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Colonial Cup triumph tops rainy Camden steeplechase card
In Camden 18,000 spectators watched the Colonial Cup meet amid rain and mud. Tuscalee, ridden by Joe Aitcheson Jr., won the Hobkirk Hill race tying the all time steeplechase victory record at 31. Yamasoor captured the $1,000 Carrollinian at 3:07.4 with Doug Wells aboard. Top Bid edged Shadow Brook and Jaunty to claim the Colonial Cup’s $63,000 winner’s purse, quarters helping Aitcheson and Mrs. Ogden Phipps sweep key titles. Karamann II won the Tricentennial Plate in 1:43.
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James P. Lewis
Ened
Inkslinger
Mike O’brien
Soothsayer
Top Bid
Crisp
Jaunty
Bob McDonald
Ireland
Mrs. Phipps
Shadow Brook
Stephen C. Clark
L’escargot
Karamann II
Jerry Fishback
Aitcheson
Olympia
Temple Gwathney
America
J. L. Aitcheson Jr
Ogden Phipps
L. O’brien
S.C. Clark Jr