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Riding out some bad luck. Apprentice jockey Francine Villeneuve can still smile and talk about returning to race riding as she recovers in Etobicoke G(...)
Riding out some bad luck. Apprentice jockey Francine Villeneuve can still smile and talk about returning to race riding as she recovers in Etobicoke G(...)

Riding out some bad luck. Apprentice jockey Francine Villeneuve can still smile and talk about returning to race riding as she recovers in Etobicoke G(...)

Date8/2/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Riding out some bad luck. Apprentice jockey Francine Villeneuve can still smile and talk about returning to race riding as she recovers in Etobicoke General Hospital from a fractured pelvis she suffered when a horse flipped on top of her at Woodbine on Monday.
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