51^st Kentucky Derby
1925 - Flying Ebony

Race Summary :23 2/5, :47 3/5, 1:12 3/5, 1:39 3/5, 2:07 3/5. Track sloppy. Winner - Blk.c. by The Finn - Princess Mary, by Hessian, trained by W.B. Duke; bred in Kentucky by J.E. Madden. $2 mutuels paid - Flying Ebony (Field), $8.30 straight, $3.80 place, $2.80 show; Captain Hal, $5.50 place, $4.40 show; Son of John, (coupled with Step Along as D.W. Scott and F.M. Grabner entry), $5.50 show. $50,000 added and $5,000 Gold Cup. Net to winner $52,950; second $6,000; third $3,000; fourth $1,000. 139 nominations.

1925: World History

Race Footnotes

Horse	Finish	Jockey	Owner	Breeder	Trainer
Flying Ebony	1st	Earl Sande	Clifford A. Cochran	John E. Madden	William Duke
Captain Hal	2nd	Jack Heupel	A. A. Kaiser	G. B. Goring	Walter S. Hopkins
Son of John	3rd	Clarence Turner	D. W. Scott	Daniel W. Scott	Will Perkins
Single Foot	4th	Albert Johnson	J. Edwin Griffith	J. Edwin Griffith	Harry Rites
Step Along	5th	Earl Pool	F. M. Grabner	William B. Miller	Will Perkins
Swope	6th	Edward Legere	H. C. Fisher	Himyar Stud	Albert Gordon
Prince of Bourbon	7th	Andy Schuttinger	Lexington Stable	Allen T. Simmons	Roy Waldron
Needle Gun	8th	Clyde Ponce	William Ziegler, Jr.	R. T. Judy	W. J. Speirs
Kentucky Cardinal	9th	Mack Garner	G. Frank Croissant	Himyar Stud	Mose F. Shapoff
Boon Companion	10th	Eddie Ambrose	S. A. Cowan	Idle Hour Stock Farm	A. G. Woodman
Broadway Jones	11th	Hurley Meyer	E. R. Bradley	Idle Hour Stock Farm	Herbert John Thompson
Quatrain	12th	Bennie Breuning	Frederick Johnson	Belair Stud	Clyde Ector
Almadel	13th	Lawrence McDermott	Hal Price Headley	Hal Price Headley	Will Buford
Backbone	14th	Linus McAtee	Harry Payne Whitney	Harry Payne Whitney	James Rowe, Sr.
Sweeping Away	15th	Clifford Robinson	Xalapa Farm Stable	Eugene Rucker	Roy Waldron
Elector	16th	John D. Mooney	La Brae Stable	Herbert H. Hewitt	John B. McKee
The Bat	17th	Ivan Parke	Harry Payne Whitney	Harry Payne Whitney	James Rowe, Sr.
Lee O. Cotner	18th	Willie Fronk	R. W. Collins	M. E. Cotner	Lon Johnson
Voltaic	19th	Frank Coltiletti	R. L. Gerry	Claiborne Farm	George Odom
Chief Uncas	20th	William J. McCleary	A. A. Busch	Claiborne Farm	H. Sanderson

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Start good and slow. Won easily; second and third driving. FLYING EBONY, well ridden and away forwardly, set the early pace, then followed CAPTAIN HAL closely and, after a sharp drive through the stretch outstayed the latter and won going away. CAPTAIN HAL showed fine speed and raced into a good lead, but tired slightly and appeared to have suffered from some interference when FLYING EBONY came over in the last eighth. SON OF JOHN raced prominently all the way and was in close quarters through last eighth. QUATRAIN began slowly and was far back all the way. Scratched - Reminder, Chantey, Reputation, King Nadi, Elsass.