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Steve Brooks Brooks Introduced to Winn In Downs Winners Circle CircleSTEVE STEVE BROOKS rider of Sub Fleet 31 years of age and a native of McCook Ne ¬ braska is no stranger to Kentucky Derby competition having won the event with Calumet Farms Pon ¬ der in 1949 Brooks was given his early riding lessons by his uncle Ed Orrin who brought him up on the Wests smaller tracks The McCook reinsmans first winning effort came about at Shreve port Louisiana in No ¬ vember 1938 the Ne braskan scoring on Coventry Cup In the winners ring with Ponder after the 1949 Derby Brooks con ¬ fided to the late Col Matt Winn that he had always wanted to meet him but he didnt think the introduction would ever take place in the cpveted circle reserved for the victors in the nations greatest horse
