
“Back in the Race: Alabama’s Historic Ties and Fresh Hopes at the 151st Kentucky Derby”
An Alabama-trained champion: Hoop Jr.’s 1945 triumph In 1943, Fred W. Hooper, a self-made businessman and construction magnate based in Montgomery, entered the horse racing world by purchasing his first …
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