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  • Two Thousand Guineas, 2012
    In horse racing: Match races

    The earliest races were match races between two or at most three horses, the owners providing the purse, a simple wager. An owner who withdrew commonly forfeited half the purse, later the whole purse, and bets also came under the same “play or…

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