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MILL POWER

Graham Buddry traces the sensational career of superstar Mill Reef

Mill Reef in 1972

It’s so long ago now that it’s sometimes hard to believe it ever happened.
As Nijinsky was striding through his classic season of 1970 to immortality there were a pair of two year olds who would also claim their places on the equine Mount Olympus.
An American bred in the ownership of Paul Mellon it was decided very early on that his action would not suit dirt courses and the colt would be better off racing on turf. As such he was shipped to England and placed in the care of Ian Bald...

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