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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated December 24, 1955 reads, "Ogden Phipps' Great Captain, shown with exercise rider Leon Butler, is one of hundreds of horses back at Santa Anita where the 55-day meeting is to open Monday with a banner holiday program. Great Captain won the San Marcos Handicap over the grass at Santa Anita last year." The racetrack is in Arcadia.
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