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placed with a steeplechase handicap worth a $30,000 pot. Jerry Fishback accepted the mount on T’Was Ever Thus, while Jeff Teter had the other half of the Sheppard entry. Double Reefed. The race belonged to Double Reefed who came with a late rally to get up to the wire 40 feet in front of his stablemate.

The following week, Skin The Cat again took over the winner’s circle, with Virginia Payson’s A. Laguerre (Dick McWade) second and Corrib Duke third in a field of 12 allowance ’chasers. The next day, the Barbara McWade conditioned Publisher took advantage of Fishback’s error in judgment to get inside on the final turn and tak“ uome the winner’s share of that $15,000 purse.

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