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Sting (foaled 1921) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse bred and owned by James Butler (who also owned and raced his sire Spur).As a two-year-old Sting won the Eclipse Stakes and Wakefield Handicap and finished third in the Ardsley Handicap and the Hartsdale Stakes. At three he won the July 8 1924 Empire City Handicap setting a track record of 2:03 for a mile and a quarter on the dirt at Empire City Race Track.