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Sad Farewell To A Veteran Breeder
A co-founder with his brothers Des and Neville of Highdown Stud in 1967, he was 86 and had been ill for some time.
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A co-founder with his brothers Des and Neville of Highdown Stud in 1967, he was 86 and had been ill for some time.
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