The hard-trying Power Squeeze showed grit and determination when denying Sidamara by a whisker in a thrilling edition of the Grade 3, $300,000 Delaware Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles at Delaware Park. The Oaks card was originally scheduled to be held Saturday, but a heat wave in the region forced the entire program to be moved to Monday. Trained by Jorge Delgado for Bill Cosgrove’s Lea Farms, Power Squeeze broke on top, but jockey Javier Castellano was content to let the race develop with Ringy Dingy and ground-saving Call Another Play picking up the gauntlet through fractions of 24.45 and 50.34 seconds. Castellano maneuvered Power Squeeze outside into stalking range entering the backstretch while favored Sidamara was bottled up just to her inside. At the three-eighths pole, Ringy Dingy shook clear of Call Another Play, and she briefly appeared to have the chasers off the bridle after a six-furlong clocking of 1:13.32. Power Squeeze made a wide bid, and her move was followed by Sidamara, who shook free on the outside at the quarter pole. Power Squeeze finally collared Ringy Dingy with a furlong remaining, and she braced for Sidamara’s strong late challenge under Jose Ortiz. :: Subscribe to the DRF Post Time Email Newsletter: Get the news you need to play today's races!  Power Squeeze switched to her inside lead, and that might have given her the burst of energy needed to deny Sidamara by a nose in 1:47.65. Regaled, a 71-1 outsider, rallied to finish third, 2 1/4 lengths behind Sidamara. She was followed by Call Another Play, Ringy Dingy, and Princess Indy. Mystic Lake scratched. Power Squeeze paid $4.60 to win as the second betting choice. “She broke so well out of the gate,” Castellano said in a post-race interview broadcast by Delaware Park. “She made me get into good position on the first turn. I like the way she split horses. When she felt pressure from both sides, she was encouraged again. I like the way she finished.” “I haven’t been nervous in a long time, but I was today,” added Delgado. “I felt a couple of times that we were losing, but she came back and in the last three jumps it could go both ways. Happily, it went our way.” Bred in Kentucky by Forging Oaks Farm, Power Squeeze sold for $50,000 as a yearling before being purchased by Cosgrove for $90,000 as an OBS April juvenile. A daughter of Union Rags, Power Squeeze is a half-sister to stakes-winning dirt sprinter Call On Mischief out of Callmethesqueeze, an Awesome Again mare who won stakes races on both turf and dirt. Power Squeeze won once from three starts last year, that victory coming at Delaware in her two-turn debut, an off-turf maiden special weight on Oct. 3. :: Bet the races with a $200 First Deposit Match + FREE All Access PPs! Join DRF Bets. She went on a roll over the winter in Florida, winning three stakes including the Grade 3 Gulfstream Park Oaks on March 30. Sixth in the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks after a wide trip, Power Squeeze finished a solid third behind divisional leader Thorpedo Anna in the Grade 1 Acorn at Saratoga on June 7. Power Squeeze has now captured 5 of 9 starts for earnings of $592,450. Delgado said that his main objective for Power Squeeze is the Grade 1 Cotillion Stakes at Parx on Sept. 21, with a possible prep run in the $200,000 Cathryn Sophia Stakes there on Aug. 24. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.