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Defeats jockey Longden
Associated Press · December 18, 1949
Mrs. Wantha Davis, 32, veteran midwest and west county fair and bush track rider, beat America's champion jockey Johnny Longden in a six-furlong match race today. She is shown in the winner's circle on Northeast, held by an unidentified groom. Northeast led Longden's Grey Spook to the finish by a length and three-quarters in 1:12. Track officials rated the horses as equals.
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