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There have been few ante-post setbacks to match it in recent seasons, and victory for the new O'Brien-trained favourite, Jan Vermeer, would be a relative "skinner" for the layers in ante-post terms as he was barely on the punters 'radar until his win in the Gallinule Stakes 10 days ago.
Cape Blanco to join St Nicholas Abbey in missing the Derby 2010
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There is still no word from Aidan O'Brien's stable to confirm running or riding plans for his Epsom team but Jan Vermeer is no bigger than 2-1 with the bookies in the expectation that Johnny Murtagh, O'Brien's stable jockey, will be aboard the Gallinule Stakes winner on Saturday.
St Nicholas Abbey continues to drift in Derby betting market 2010
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Gallinule, 'meaning of course, if he knew it, the twice-over little
Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds John Ruskin 1859
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The three last cases devoted to wading birds, contain the varieties of the British and North American Rails: the varieties of the Gallinule, including the European purple gallinule, the South
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
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This beautiful bird greatly resembles the purple Gallinule in shape and make, but is much superior in size, being as large as a dunghil fowl.
The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) Arthur Phillip 1776
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Another spectacular species that stalked the reed beds of southern Dahab Island was the Purple Gallinule (not to be confused with the American Purple Gallinule, a different species).
unknown title 2009
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Gallinule and moorhens: Sept. 5-Nov. 13; daily bag of 15, possession limit of 30;
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New Holland Cassowary; White Gallinule; Dog from New South Wales; Spotted
The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) Arthur Phillip 1776
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232 24 Crocodile; _Caiman sclerops_ (Schneid.) 233 6 Jacana; _Jacana j. jacana_ (Linné) 8 Gallinule; _Ionornis martinicus_ (Linné) 9 Green Herons; _Butorides striata_ Linné
Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919
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"He'll probably run on Irish Guineas weekend, either in the Guineas or the Gallinule Stakes, then on to the Irish Derby.
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