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First Annual Mule Races at Shafter Oilmen's event
The first annual Oilmen's Mule Races took place at O'Brien Downs near Shafter with mules from Arizona New Mexico and California competing in eight races over a weekend. About 50 mules were entered as the Far West Mule Racing Association of Ventura organizes a circuit spanning Bishop Victorville Shafter and on to Wyoming New Mexico and Texas.
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Oilmen’s
O’brien
Wyoming
New Mexico
Texas
Schleimer
Frankie Leclair
Leclair Racing
Lancaster
Greg
Farwest Mule, Racing Association
Leclairs
Sharon Betancourt
Dexter
Betancourt
California
Boling
Yosemite Valley
High Sierra
Lee Vining