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Elsewhere at Churchill Downs, as Derby Day dawned last week, ten other three-year-olds were also being got ready for the big race. The fast California colt, Correspondent, drew a lot of attention; his jockey, Eddie Arcaro, felt reasonably confident of winning if Correspondent could only outrun the great Dancer. Other owners, riders and trainers were not figuring it quite so closely. Each had his hopes, but the betting odds reflected something like a U.S. consensus. At post time, the Dancer, coupled with his stablemate Social Outcast, was the odds-on favorite at 7-10; Correspondent (Arcaro...
...Arcadia, Calif., Calumet Farms' Chanlea (Eddie Arcaro up) won the $131,000 Santa Anita Derby in a photo finish...
...Arcadia, Calif., Calumet Farm's Mark-Ye-Well (Eddie Arcaro up) and Fleet Bird ran one-two in the $161,975 Santa Anita Maturity, winning $85,600 of the jackpot for first, $30,000 more for second place...
...International drew three first-class European horses-England's Zucchero and Wilwyn, Germany's Niederlander -and Indian Hemp, a Canadian-owned hopeful which had raced in England. The U.S. opposition, which might have been better, consisted of Brookmeade's handicap star, Greek Ship (ridden by Eddie Arcaro), Ruhe (third in the 1951 Kentucky Derby) and a favorite Maryland router named Pilaster. Although the distance and the turf course favored Zucchero (touted as "the greatest four-year-old in Europe") and Wilwyn (winner of ten straight), all three U.S. entries had good turf races to their credit...
...finish. The winner: 13-to-2 Wilwyn, a good-looking, four-year-old bay colt, ridden by English Jockey Manny Mercer. A length and a quarter behind. Ruhe closed fast to nip Zucchero, with Niederlander fourth. Greek Ship, the 6-5 favorite, was a faded sixth. Explained Arcaro: "The other horses just ran past us too fast...