Epsom Derby 1963

This was run on Wednesday 29th May 1963 and the winner was bred by Monsieur Francois Dupre and trained by Francois Mathet. There were 26 runners and the winning time was 2 mins 39.4 secs. The winner won by 6 lengths. The winner won a first prize of £35,338 10s, (The equivalent of £703,500 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

THE DERBY 1963

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The British Pathe website and bank of film clips provide excellent coverage of the Epsom Derby. The link below is a 6 minute 31 second clip of the Derby. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/the-derby-technicolor-1/query/epsom+derby

RELKO SR 2109

Pos.	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Owner
1	RELKO	Yves Saint-Martin	M P Dupre	Francois Mathet
2	MERCHANT VENTURER	Greville Starkey	J Oxley	Sir Foster Robinson
3	RAGUSA	Garnie Bougoure	P J Prendergast	Mr J R Mullion
4	*TARQOGAN*	Willie Snaith	S McGrath	Mr J McGrath
Also	CORPORA	Lester Piggott	R Fellowes	Mr Robin F Scully
Also	PORTOFINO	Bill Rickaby	Cottrill	Mr P Winsome
Also	FIGHTING SHIP	S.Smith	Jack Jarvis	Lord Rosebery
Also	HAPPY OMEN	Frankie Durr	S James	Major L B Holliday
Also	COLISEUM	Edward Hide	Elsey	Captain A M Keith
Also	DEEP GULF	T P Glennon	M V O'Brien	Mr J McGrath
Also	SINGER	J Uttley	Ingham	Mr Bernard Sunley
Also	FERN	Scobie Breasley	J Rogers	Mrs A Plesch
Also	DUPLATION	Jimmy Lindley	Towser Gosden	Lady Zia Wernher
Also	IRON PEG	W Harry Carr	Captain Cecil Boyd-Rochfort	Mr H F Guggenheim
Also	CREDO	P.Matthews	P J Prendergast	Mr Lawrence Gelb
Also	COUNT ALBANY	F Palmer	P J Prendergast	Mr G M Bell
Also	FINAL MOVE	Bill Williamson	J Rogers	Mrs Thursby
Also	NEVERLONE	Duncan Keith	Walter Nighingall	Mr A J Allen
Also	*AFRICAN DRUM*	Doug Smith	O'Brien	Mr K G Boardman
Also	DOUDANCE	Joe Mercer	F Armstrong	Mrs J F C Bryce
Also	HANASSI	Bobby Elliott	H Ryan Price	Mr C Leigh
Also	THE WILLIES	Ron Hutchinson	Budgett	Mr R N Richardson-Watson
Also	HYACINTHE	Stan Clayton	Harry Wragg	Mrs A Plesch
Also	FAIR DECISION	Wally Swinburn	F Armstrong	Mr E Thurston-Smith
Also	VAKIL-UL-MULK	A Harrison	Meacock	Mr J Meacock
Also	HULABALOO	E.Smith	Budgett	Mr R N Richardson-Watson
5/1	Relko
6/1	*Duplation*
8/1	*Fighting Ship*
100/8	*Corpora*
100/7	*Final Move*
100/6	*Fern*
100/6	*Happy Omen*
100/6	*Portofino*
18/1	*Merchant Venturer*
25/1	*Ragusa*
28/1	*African Drum*
30/1	*Iron Peg*
33/1	*Deep Gulf*
50/1	*Doudance*
50/1	*Neverlone*
66/1	*Credo*
66/1	*Fair Decision*
66/1	*The Willies*
100/1	*Coliseum*
100/1	*Count Albany*
100/1	*Hanassi*
100/1	*Hullabaloo*
100/1	*Hyacinthe*
100/1	*Singer*
100/1	*Tarqogan*
100/1	*Vakil-ul-Mulk*