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A Race to End All Races

by | Sep 1, 2007 | Features & Gunfights

The true exploits of horseman Francis Aubry.
The red dust of the Arabian Desert might have settled and cleared after Hidalgo’s epic cinematic ride in the well-done 2004 movie, but it’s nothing compared to the dust kicked up by critics of Frank T. Hopkins’ self-proclaimed heroics. It would appear that his claims to have successfully ridden over 500 races, to have belonged to Buffalo Bill Cody’s Congress of Rough Ride


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