Edward E. "Eddie" Ambrose (April 13, 1894 – June 8, 1994) was an American jockey

Jockey

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 in Thoroughbred horse racing

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. In the 1910s and 1920s he rode for top owners such as Harry Payne Whitney

Harry Payne Whitney

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, Willis Sharpe Kilmer

Willis Sharpe Kilmer

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, and Walter M. Jeffords.

During his career Ambrose had four mounts in the Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby

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 and seven in the Preakness Stakes

Preakness Stakes

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 with his best result in both aboard Toro in 1928 when he finished third in the Derby and second in the Preakness for owner Edward B. McLean

Edward Beale McLean

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, publisher of the Washington Post. Another of his best mounts was Prudery, condsidered in retrospect as the American Champion Two and Three-Year-Old, Filly

In a famous 1920 edition of the Dwyer Stakes

Dwyer Stakes

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 involving just two entrants, Ambrose rode John P. Grier to a strong second-place finish against the great Man o' War

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Ambrose lived to be 100. He was a resident of Towson, Maryland

Towson, Maryland

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at the time of his death in 1994.