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Belmont Park in New York).

“Records were never my focus,” Aitcheson said. “But when I’d get close to breaking one — like when I nearly broke Dooley Adams’ [38 jumping win season] record in my first champion year — it would become a big dfeal to me.” After winning 37 races, nearing Adams’ previous all-time mark for a rider, in 1961, Aitcheson eclipsed his old friend and rival in 1961 with a new record of 40 steeplechase wins in one season, a

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