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Category: Florida Open All-Age Championship

25 Years of The Florida Championship, Part 1

January 12, 2019 | Field Trial Championships, Florida Open All-Age Championship | Comments
(Starts Sunday, January 13, 2019) This January marks My twenty-fifth year Reporting the Florida Championship What fun it has been To carouse with like-minded men Their dogs and their horses And the Chinquapin quail Read more
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