Manila raced for owner, history

Thoroughbred breeder Eduardo Cojuangco was tied to the Ferdinand Marcos regime in the Philippines. When the deposed dicator left the 3,000-island country on a plane under the heavy clouds of malfeasance, Cojuangco was with him. After his forced departure from his homeland, Cojuangco found money hard to come by, so he sold the thoroughbred, Manila, to Bradley Shannon.

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