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Spa Opening Day 2012: Who the heck is James Marvin?

James Marvin made his first posthumous appearance at Saratoga Race Course in the fourth race on August 9, 2008.  It is unlikely, though, that that was Marvin’s first appearance at the track known as the Old Spa. Marvin was born just outside Saratoga in 1809, moving to the Spa City in 1828. Within three years,…

July 20, 2012 in Brooklyn Backstretch.

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