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Bull Lea. (Printed verso includes lineage information. Also reads:

Bull Lea. (Printed verso includes lineage information. Also reads: "BULL LEA, best son of his Sire and his Dam (which produced 6 stakes winners); won $94,825 including the BLUE GRASS STAKES, the KENNER, THORNTON MEMORIAL and AUTUMN HANDICAPS, at 3, and the WIDENER HANDICAP (beating STAGEHAND (to which he ran second in the McLENNAN MEMORIAL), at 4. 27 starts, 10 wins, 7 seconds, 3 thirds. BULL LEA is sire of 15 STAKES WINNERS with 6 crops to race through May 1, 1948, including TWILIGHT STAR (first filly to be Horse of the year, 1944, and shared best two-year-old filly honors in 1943 with DURAZNA); ARMED (world's leading money winning gelding, with $773,700, through 5/1/48 and Horse of the year in 1947. HARRIET SUE; TWOSY; GOOD BLOOD; BULL PLAY; HIGH SHINE; DEGAGE; FAULTLESS; LOOKOUT JESTER; ANN'S LEE; BEWITCH (best two-year-old filly of 1947, winner of $221,925 though 5/1/48); CITATION (best two-year-old of 1947, winner KENTUCKY DERBY and PREAKNESS in 1948); COALTOWN (winner BLUE GRASS STAKES in record time, and placed behind stablemate, CITATION, in KENTUCKY DERBY, 1948); and many other winners. Sire of seven $100,000 Stakes winners, included in above mentioned stakes horses; leading sire of 1947 with his get having earned $2,638,570 though December 1, 1947. CALUMET FARM (WARREN WRIGHT), Versailles Pike 5/15/48, Lexington, Ky., R. R. 2".)

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