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Fifty Proof (ON)

2006 Chestnut Gelding

Trainer: Ian Black
Jockey: Luis Contreras
Owner: Kinghaven Farms, Fielding, John and Hutzel, Benjamin
Breeder: Anderson Farms (Ontario) Inc.
Fifty Proof Whiskey Wisdom Wild Again
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Phi Beta Horatius
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Making his stakes debut, Aurora Meadows and Oxbridge Farm's Court of the Realm held off the determined run of Fifty Proof to win the $269,200 King Edward (Can-IIT) June 25 at Woodbine.

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Fifty Proof wins the Sir Barton Stakes.
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Fifty Proof wins the Sir Barton Stakes.
Fifty Proof wins the 2011 Eclipse Stakes.
Photo: Michael Burns
Fifty Proof wins the 2011 Eclipse Stakes.

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