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It's thrilling. There's birth and death and frustration and victory in raising horses. It's like a little microcosm of life is built into the short lives of these creatures.

John Phillips

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John Phillips
Age: 65 †
Born: 1935
Born: August 30
Died: 2001
Died: March 18
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Parris Island
South Carolina
John Edmond Andrew Phillips
John E. A. Phillips
John Edmund Andrew Phillips
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