Real Delight Makes Good As Kentucky Oaks Choice, Daily Racing Form, 1952-05-03

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Real Delight Makes Good As Kentucky Oaks Choice ChoiceCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 2 Calumet Farms Real De ¬ light was a punctual oddson favorite in the seventheighth running of the 25000 Kentucky Oaks here this show ¬ ery afternoon jockey Eddie Arcaro handriding her to the finish of this coveted mile and onesixteenth Derby for Fillies a length and threequarters in advance of C W Winters Whirla Lea Circle Ms Big Mo was a steady third a bit more than a length farther back and H P Headleys Aesthete was a wellbeaten fourth in a field of 15 15The The winner was one of the high weights under 121 pounds and went over the track which remained fast in a moderate 145 The runnerup a former stablemate gave her a bit of a tussle for it through the stretch run Whirla Lea finally gained the lead from the pacemaking Stagestruck swinging for home was attacked by the Calumet filly who opened up about the eighth pole but then came again on the inside near the finish and had Arcaro handriding to beat her


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