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Just as Cocks introduced Sheppard to the nuances of horse training by way of helping Sheppard in his riding career, likewise Sheppard himself helped current flat trainers Graham Motion and Ibm Skiffington Jr. to begin their horse careers.
Motion is now one of Maryland’s top flat trainers. Though he only rode a few steeplechase races, he said that “My time in steeplechasing was well spent. I learned a
See TRAINERS, Page 28
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