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1962 newspaper clipping about Sir Freddie Laker's racehorse Spartan General selling to trainer Fred Rimell

1962 newspaper clipping about Sir Freddie Laker's racehorse Spartan General selling to trainer Fred Rimell

A 1962 newspaper clipping titled 'Rimell's Bid' reporting that Sir Freddie Laker's four-year-old racehorse Spartan General sold for 4,500 guineas to trainer Fred Rimell. The article notes Rimell's purchase of the 1962 Derby tenth-place finisher and plans for the horse's training in jumping and hurdles.

Sir Freddie Laker horse racing Spartan General Fred Rimell 1962 Derby newspaper clipping 1960s thoroughbred jumping hurdles

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