63^rd Kentucky Derby
1937 - War Admiral
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Race Summary :23 1/5, :46 4/5, 1:12 2/5, 1:37 2/5, 2:03 1/5. Track fast. Winner - Br.c by Man o' War - Brushup, by Sweep, trained by George Conway; bred in Kentucky by S.D. Riddle. $2 mutuels paid - War Admiral, $5.20 straight, $4.20 place, $3.40 show; Pompoon, $9.40 place, $6.00 show; Reaping Reward (coupled with Military as Milky Way Farms entry), $3.80 show. $50,000 added and $5,000 Gold Cup. Net to winner $52,050; second $6,000; third $3,000; fourth $1,000. 103 nominations.

1937: World History

Race Footnotes

Horse	Finish	Jockey	Owner	Breeder	Trainer
War Admiral	1st	Charle Kurtsinger	Glen Riddle Farm	Samuel D. Riddle	George Conway
Pompoon	2nd	Harry Richards	J. Louchheim	William R. Coe	C. E. Clarke
Reaping Reward	3rd	Alfred Robertson	Milky Way Farms	Claiborne Farm	Robert McGarvey
Melodist	4th	John Longden	Wheatley Stable	Wheatley Stable	Jame Fitzsimmons
Sceneshifter	5th	James Stout	Maxwell Howard	Joseph E. Widener	Earl Sande
Heelfly	6th	Wayne D. Wright	Three D's Stock Farm	Three D's Stock Farm	Jack R. Pryce
Dellor	7th	Basil James	J. W. Parrish	J. W. Parrish	John Milton Goode
Burning Star	8th	Charle Parke	Shandon Farm	Shandon Farm	John J. Greely, Sr.
Court Scandal	9th	Earl Steffen	Townsend B. Martin	Llangollen Stable	Walter Burrows
Clodion	10th	Irving Anderson	Walter A. Carter	Hal Price Headley	Walter Carter
Fairy Hill	11th	Maurice Peters	Foxcatcher Farms	Foxcatcher Farms	Richard E. Handlen
Merry Maker	12th	Hilton Dabson	Miss E. G. Rand	V. Jack Howard	W. Shea
No Sir	13th	Hubert LeBlanc	Mary Hirsch	A. C. Schwartz	Mary Hirsch
Grey Gold	14th	Joseph Rosen	E. W. Duffy	H. C. McGehee	G. R. Miller
Military	15th	Charles Corbett	Milky Way Farms	Lucas Berthold Combs	Robert McGarvey
Sunset Trail II	16th	Robert Dotter	Raoul Walsh	Brownstown Stud	George Walsh
Fencing	17th	Jack Westrope	Maxwell Howard	Joseph E. Widener	Earl Sande
Bernard F.	18th	Lee Hardy	I. J. Collins	I. J. Collins	Al Miller
Sir Damion	19th	Edward Yager	Marshall Field	Marshall Field	George Odom
Billionaire	20th	George Woolf	E. R. Bradley	Idle Hour Stock Farm	Herbert John Thompson

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Start good and slow. Won easily; second and third driving. WAR ADMIRAL, fractious at post, was away fast, was taken under restraint after racing quarter-mile, set the pace, easily to the final half-mile, increased his advantage gradually on the stretch turn and won in hand. POMPOON, forced wide throughout, was reserved off the pace, offered good response when called upon. REAPING REWARD, in close quarters early, tired. SCENESHIFTER, jostled about on the first turn and eased back in several futile attempts to get racing room between horses, lost much ground on the final turn, then closed well in a splendid effort. HEELFLY had to be taken back slightly on the first turn as FAIRY HILL came over, tired in the stretch. DELLOR lost ground much of the race. BURNING STAR could not get up. COURT SCANDAL tired. CLODION was in close quarters on the inside of the back stretch. FAIRY HILL had speed but was through after a mile. MILITARY was far back throughout. FENCING quit. BILLIONAIRE was through early.