Porterhouse and El Khobar Vie in Hollywood Four-Horse Race, Daily Racing Form, 1957-06-26

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Porterhouse and El Khobar Vie In Hollywood Four-Horse Race HOLLYWOOD PARK, Inglewood, Calif., June 25. — A four-horse race featuring a meeting between Porterhouse, the sprint champion of the meeting, and FJ Khobar, start import from New Zealand, will be the highlight of Wednesdays program at Hollywood Park. They and Blessbull and Liberal Art will clash at seven furlongs in the 0,000 Speed to Spare Purse. Porterhouse is generally rated the best sprinter on the grounds following sparkling victories in the Los Angeles Handicap and the Hollywood Express. In the latter event he picked up 125 pounds and set a new worlds record of 1:02% for five and one-half furlongs. El Khobar made an auspicious debut here a few days ago when he rattled off six furlongs in 1:09 to win an allowance race from Head Man, Travertine, Scotch and others.


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