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“He ran OK in the Hennessy off a big weight on ground that was quite testing. He ran over hurdles at Christmas, but didn’t run any sort of race.
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“He ran OK in the Hennessy off a big weight on ground that was quite testing. He ran over hurdles at Christmas, but didn’t run any sort of race.
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