History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921O'Connor, John Lawrence
History
History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921
O'Connor, John Lawrence
Horse racing -- Kentucky; Kentucky Derby
There was no delay at the post, and as the barrier was lowered, the horses
came walking up and Starter Dwyer gave the word. "They're off!" yelled the
crowd with one accord, and down the stretch came the sextette in pretty
close order. Nearing the eighth pole, Hyperion II drew clear and by the
time the judges' stand was reached he was three lengths in front, with
Velours and Sir Huon next in order. Then came Lady Navarre and James
Reddick, and Debar brought up the rear. As the club-house turn was
rounded, Sir Huon dropped in behind Hyperion II, and there he laid all the
way up the back stretch. Velours was done when the field straightened out
in the backstretch, and James Reddick, which showed unexpected speed,
moved up behind Sir Huon. Out in front Hyperion II was still sifting sand,
Troxler sitting still and holding Sir Huon well in hand. Lady Navarre, who
had suffered a little interference on the lower turn, was being whipped to
keep up and Velours was now the trailer.
As they approached the far turn, Hyperion still had a clear lead, but now
Troxler had gone to work on the son of Falsetto and it took considerable
of an effort on his part to run the flying Hyperion down. He caught him
and passed him on the stretch turn and then the Ellison pair closed, as
the rest were beaten. Straightened for home, Troxler plied his whip and
then sat down to ride. Dominick was busy on James Reddick and Burns was
putting forth his best efforts on Lady Navarre, but it was to no avail,
for the big colt had enough left to stall off the efforts of the tired
pair behind him.
Sir Huon broke a tradition in the race, and that was that a colt which had
not previously started the same year that the Derby was run always got
beat, no matter how good his work might have been.
THIRTY-THIRD DERBY 1907
Louisville, Ky., May 6, 1907.--Weather bad. Track heavy. 1-1/4 miles. Time
2:12-3/5. Value to winner $4,850, second $700, third $300. 128
nominations.
Pink Star, 117, Minder 1
Zal, 117, Boland 2
Ovelando, 117, Nicol 3
Redgauntlet, Austin; Wool Sandals; Koerner; and Orlandwick, J. Lee also
ran.
Betting 6 to 5 Redgauntlet; 3 each Ovelando and Sandals; 8 Zal, 10
Orlandwick. Good start. Won easily by 2 lengths; 1 between 2nd and 3rd.
Pink Star, b c, 3, by Pink Coat--Mary Malloy. Owned by J. Hal Woodford,
trained by W. H. Fizer.
In the presence of an enormous crowd, J. Hal Woodford's Pink Star won the
Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Monday, the opening day of the New
Louisville Jockey Club's spring meeting. Behind Pink Star were Zal,
Ovelando, Redgauntlet, Wool Sandals and Orlandwick.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account