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Imported horses and American racing aims in the Derby
The piece discusses American reliance on foreign bred horses for the Kentucky Derby, citing Sunset Trail and Raoul Walsh. It notes import costs, registration rules at Santa Anita, and past imports like Thankerton Grand Manitou Seabiscuit and Phar Lap, with Canada’s 1935 copper exports as context.
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Ike
Uncle Sam
Raoul Walsh
Hollywood Boulevard
Trauthe
Sunset Trail
Mr. Walch
Thankerton
Quashed
Omaha
England
Pink
Walsh
United States
Santa Anita
Jockey Club
Mr. Walsh
Grand Manitou
Seabiscuit
Phar Lap
Boy Painter
San Juan Capistrano
Kantar
Aethelstan
Ksar
Blenheim Challenger
Grand Manuou