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Grecian Queen Again Made Eligible to Rich New Castle DELAWARE PARK, Stanton, Del., May 12.Grecian Queen, whose 1953 triumph in Delaware Parks 00,000-added New Castle Handicap, worlds richest race for fillies and mares, aided her in being voted the champion distaff thoroughbred of last year, has again ben named for the classic, which is down for decision on July 5, closing day of the meeting. The daughter of Qbania, who won seven out of 12 starts last year and earned 29,375, was the fifth three-year-old to have captured the stake. Qbania has been far more successful as a producer than as a racer, although she was a "winner at four." Her first foal was Hitex in 1949, also a stakes winner. Grecian Queen was her second foal.
