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Old 04-16-2011, 11:29 AM
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Salvator was probably the most popular African American horse in American history. A famed Negro folk song was 'can't ketch Salvator' - his regular jockey was the black Isaac Murphey.
The 'black Isaac Murphy'? Was there a white one?
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