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The Cross Border Horse Race

22/09/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Cross Border Horse Race

A showdown on the American/Mexican border on September 14th 1958.

A showdown on the American/Mexican border in September 14th 1958.

A showdown on the American/Mexican border on September 14th 1958 - in which two horses raced along either side of the border fence. Lucy Burns speaks to Ralph Romero, whose father was the owner of Relampago, the Mexican horse.

Photo: Relampago, courtesy of Ralph Romero

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