Epsom Derby 1897

This was run on Wednesday 2nd June 1897 and the winner was bred by Mr John Gubbins and trained by Sam Darling at Beckhampton. There were 11 runners from an initial entry of 291. The winner won by 2 lengths, with 8 lengths between second and third. Thw inners time was 2 mins 44 secs.

THE DERBY 1897

GALTEE MORE SR 2031

The winner won a first prize of £5,450, (The equivalent of £673,400 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

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Pos.	Horse	Jockey	Owner
1	GALTEE MORE	Charlie Wood	John Gubbins
2	VELASQUEZ	John Watts	Lord Rosebery
3	HISTORY	Mornington Cannon	Sir S.Scott
4	OAKDENE	Otto Madden	HRH Prince of Wales
Also	EAGER	F.Rickaby	Mr 'Fairie'
Also	FRISSON	Calder	Mr C.D.Rose
Also	MONTEREY	F.Allsopp	Mr Wallace Johnstone
Also	SILVER FOX	S.Loates	Mr J.G.Joicey
Also	PRIME MINISTER	W.Robinson	Mr T.Wadlow
Also	ST CLOUD II	Bradford	Mr J.R.Keene
Also	ANGELOS	F.Finlay	Mr 'Jersey'
1/4	Galtee More
10/1	*Velasquez*
25/1	*History*
33/1	*Silver Fox*
50/1	*Eager*
50/1	*Monterey*
66/1	*Oakdene*
100/1	*St Cloud II*
100/1	*Frisson*
100/1	*Prime Minister*
200/1	*Angelos*
	*Over-Round 105%*