Five Feminine Riders Ready for Ladies Race at Pimlico, Daily Racing Form, 1951-05-09

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of r he te P r h • ■ " t™ top " £. ™ in in d! day e b* be z! ■ to ■ 2 ot • to to •r Jc s jc ■j Cj e ia this e th the - ha half of 11 c£ *• Ia ■ ar and Five Feminine Riders Ready For Ladies Race at Pimlico PIMLICO, Baltimore, Md., May 8.— Miss Wantha Davis, generally regarded as the woman rider of the day, was an arrival Baltimore today from her home in Dun- can, Okla., ready for her appearance Fri-™ in the special ladies race which will run between regular events on the pro-I gram. Five feminine riders have been named to oppose Miss Davis in the mile and a sixteenth race, for which there will be trophies the successful rider and owner. Misses Joyce Goldschmidt, Betty Bosley, Judy Johnson and Phyllis Lose along with Mrs. Charles Lewis are the other entrants in the ladies race. For Miss Davis and Miss Goldschmidt, will be a renewal of an old rivalry for former defeated Miss Goldschmidt by a length in a special match at Agua Caliente, where Miss Davis first gained fame by defeating jockeys Johnny Longden Jack Westrope in special events.


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