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Barnstorming, with jockey Sean McDermott in the saddle, flies over the final fence to win the Michael D. Walsh Novice Stakes on Aug. 15 ay Saratoga. Photo: Skip Dickstein/Times Union.

September 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Barnstorming, with jockey Sean McDermott in the saddle, flies over the final fence to win the Michael D. Walsh Novice Stakes on Aug. 15 ay Saratoga. Photo: Skip Dickstein/Times Union.

Barnstorming with jockey Sean McDermott in the saddle flies over the final fence and goes on to win The Michael D. Walsh Novice Stakes Thursday afternoon, Aug. 15, 2013, at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

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