Witness History
Witness History
BBC World Service
The Cross Border Horse Race
8 minutes Posted Sep 22, 2017 at 12:50 am.
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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