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In Citation: Breeding and early years
In 1941 Wright purchased Hydroplane II from Britain and had her shipped to America via the Pacific Ocean to avoid the Atlantic conflicts of World War II. Her first two foals proved rather ordinary, but on April 11, 1945, out of a mating with Bull Lea, she dropped her…
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