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. 1¼ miles. Time 2:12⅗. 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.