This was run on Saturday 7th June 1947 and the winner was bred by Monsieur Edward Esmond and trained by Claude Halsey at Somerville Lodge, Newmarket. There were 15 runners from an initial entry of 253. The winner won by 4 lengths with 3/4 length between second and third. The winners time was 2 mins 38.4 secs. The winner won a first prize of £9.101 4s, (The equivalent of £338,600 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

THE DERBY 1947

The British Pathe website and bank of film clips provide excellent coverage of the Epsom Derby. The link below is a 3 minute 40 second clip of the Derby.http://www.britishpathe.com/video/the-derby-1947-1/query/epsom+derby

PEARL DIVER SR 2000

Pos.	Horse	Jockey	Owner
1	PEARL DIVER	George Bridgland	Baron Geoffroy de Waldner
2	MIGOLI	Doug Smith	HH Aga Khan
3	SAYAJIRAO	Edgar Britt	Gaekwar of Baroda
4	TUDOR MINSTREL	Gordon Richards	Mr J.A.Dewar
Also	CADIR	E.(Charlie) Elliott	Monsieur M.Boussac
Also	GRAND WEATHER	Tommy Burns	Mr Y.J.Kirkpatrick
Also	FIREMASTER	Eph Smith	Lord Rosebery
Also	MERRY QUIP	Tommy Weston	Mr J.V.Rank
Also	PARISIEN	R.Brethes	Monsieur L.Volterra
Also	SARAVAN	Charlie Smirke	Princess Aly Khan
Also	CASTLE STREET	T.Burn	Sir O.Goonmetilleke
Also	TITE STREET	W.Evans	Lord Harewood
Also	RICHARD THE THIRD	Cliff Richards	Mr J.W.Boyle
Also	BHISHMA	P.Khade	Gaekwar of Baroda
Also	BLUE CORAL	W.Carr	Mr W.Hutchinson
	Betting	Tote (10p unit) Win £3.36p Places 66p 32p 23p
4/7	Tudor Minstrel
13/2	Sayajirao
100/6	Grand Weather
20/1	Migoli
22/1	Merry Quip
28/1	Saravan
40/1	Pearl Diver
40/1	Tite Street
40/1	Cadir
50/1	Firemaster
50/1	Parisien
100/1	Castle Street
200/1	Blue Coral
200/1	Bhishma
200/1	Richard The Third
	Over-Round 110%

I am gratful to Mary O'Byrne, daughter of Claude Halsey, trainer of Pearl Diver, for the photo shown below.