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reads like a United Nations roster: leading earner Praise The Prince was bred in New Zealand; runner-up Quel Senor hails from France; third-placed Pompeyo first raced in his native Chile; lOth-place All Gong was bred in England.
Accents on the leading rider’s list vary, too: Craig Thornton is from New Zealand, David Bentley and Rob Massey from England, Cyril Murphy from Ireland. Champion jockey Gus Brown is from Warrenton, just one of four top 10 riders bom in the U.S.
Why the foreign flavor?
Consider the strength of the U.S. dollar, the expanding breadth of American steeplechasing, the strong U.S. hurdle stakes program, and
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