Wink, the incredible life and epic journey of Jimmy Winkfield, Ed Hotaling
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Wink, the incredible life and epic journey of Jimmy Winkfield, Ed Hotaling
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Wink
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Ed Hotaling
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the incredible life and epic journey of Jimmy Winkfield
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In 1904, at age 23, two-time Kentucky Derby-winner Jimmy Winkfield was forced from American horseracing by a virulent combination of racism and hard times. Wink left his beloved Kentucky, bought a steamer ticket for Europe, and made the world his racetrack. There he embarked on a decades-long odyssey, rising to superstardom and winning and losing two fortunes. Driven at gunpoint from Russia by the Bolshevik Army and from France by Nazi occupiers, the 105-pound jockey proved himself the most resilient, courageous athlete of the 20th century. In 2005, Winkfield was inducted into America's horse racing Hall of Fame
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