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Armed the Millionaire Horse Heads to Santa Anita Handicap Flight
A columnist imagines the celebrity horse Armed flying from Hialeah to Arcadia for the 100000 Santa Anita Handicap. He jokes about the risks of air travel for a 1150 pound horse and ponders whether to join the trip with owner Warren Wright and entourage including McLemore and jockey Douglas Dodson.
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California
Armed
Warren Wright
Mr. Wright
Mint
Hialeah
Arcadia
McLemore
Douglas Dodson
Dodson
Sorbonne
McLemores
Portland
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
B. F
J .P. Marquand
Elliott
Faye Emerson Roosevelt