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He nearly died last year, Hobson said, explaining that the horse slipped and injured his stifle when he and Heard were schooling the Great Meadow water splash last fall. “He'd won his first timber start (at last spring’s Rappahannock races) and we were very excited about him. It’s nice that he’s come back so well after time off.”
In the three-mile Leeds Don, Apache Twist took command of the pace after a mile and won in hand, seven lengths to the better of second-placed Select Holdings.
In other timber action on the day, Maryland blacksmith Ben Swope and his Justcallmecasey rallied for a hard-fought owner-rider series win, their third this season, in a blanket finish with Nimble Nim, second, and Up and Over,
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