The 65th running of the filly classic Oaks was the stage for a huge upset Sunday as Daiwa el Cielo handed the overwhelming favorite Dance in the Mood her first loss.
Daiwa el Cielo, a distant sixth pick at the windows, broke well from the gate, moved in to the rail from the No. 13 post position and took the lead from the backstretch, a position she held to the end.
"The pace was really slow," jockey Yuichi Fukunaga said afterward, "and I figured the only way to run this was from up front."
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