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Peter Valentine Purcell Gilpin (1858 - 1928) was a
Peter Valentine Purcell Gilpin (1858 - 1928) was a British
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racehorse trainer
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. He was Champion Trainer in 1904 and his most notable winner was the filly Pretty Polly Pretty Polly may refer to:
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who won the Fillies Triple Crown in 1904. He also trained Comrade
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, the winner of the inaugural Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
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in 1920.
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