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1963 newspaper clipping about horse racing victory of Spartan General owned by Sir Freddie Laker at Epsom Spring meeting

1963 newspaper clipping about horse racing victory of Spartan General owned by Sir Freddie Laker at Epsom Spring meeting

A vintage newspaper clipping from April 1963 reporting on horse racing results from the Epsom Spring meeting. The article details the victory of Spartan General, a racehorse owned by Sir Freddie Laker and trained by Ron Smyth, who won the Dean Swift Handicap over the Derby course. This clipping provides insight into Sir Freddie Laker's interests beyond aviation, showing his involvement in thoroughbred horse racing during the early 1960s.

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