The 141st running of the Irish Derby was held on Sunday 2 July 2006 over 1 mile 4 furlongs of The Curragh. Subscriptions were €23,500 with a first prize of €847,500. The winner was owned by Mrs Susan Magnier and Mr Michael Tabor, bred by Tower Bloodstock in Ireland, trained by Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle, and ridden by Kieren Fallon. The winner won by 3 1/2 lengths in 2 minutes 29.7 seconds, with 1 1/2 lengths between second and third.

IRISH DERBY 2006

DYLAN THOMAS (Bay colt by Danehill out of Lagrion) SR 2048

The winning owner won €847,500 (The equivalent of £1,026,000 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

The Youtube link below is a 2 minute 33 second clip of the 2006 Irish Derby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux5Npu9sOvU
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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 DYLAN THOMAS 9.0 Kieran Fallon Mrs Susan Magnier, Mr Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien
2 GENTLEWAVE 9.0 Johnny Murtagh Mr Gary A Tanaka Andre Fabre FR
3 BEST ALIBI 9.0 Mick Kinane Gainsborough Stud Sir Michael Stoute
4 DRAGON DANCER 9.0 Darryl Holland Mr J L C Pearce Geoff Wragg
5 DARSI 9.0 Christophe Soumillon HH Aga Khan IV Alain de Royer-Dupre
6 MOUNTAIN 9.0 Seamie Heffernan Tabor, Smith, Magnier Aidan O'Brien
7 HELIOSTATIC 9.0 Kevin Manning Mrs Jacqueline Bolger Jim Bolger
8 BEST NAME 9.0 Christophe-P Lemaire Mr Paul Vidal Robert Collet FR
9 CLASSIC PUNCH 9.0 John Egan Mr J C Smith David Elsworth
10 PUERTO RICO 9.0 Colm O'Donoghue Mrs Susan Magnier Aidan O'Brien
11 MONSIEUR HENRI 9.0 Niall McCullagh Mr Francis O'Toole John C Hayden
12 COUGAR BAY 9.0 Wayne Lordan Mr Joseph Joyce David Wachman
13 LAND BEFORE TIME 9.0 Robert Burke Thistle Bloodstock Ltd Robert Osborne
  Betting        
9/2 fav Dylan Thomas        
5/1 Darsi        
11/2 Gentlewave        
13/2 Best Name        
7/1 Dragon Dancer        
9/1 Best Alibi        
12/1 Puerto Rico        
14/1 Mountain        
22/1 Classic Punch        
25/1 Heliostatic        
28/1 Cougar Bay        
200/1 Land Before Time        
400/1 Monsieur Henri        
  Over round 112%        
FORMLINE:- Dylan Thomas won by 3 1/2 lengths in 2 minutes 29.7 seconds and later went on to triumph in the Prix de L'Arcc de Triomphe. In a career of 18 races he was victorious 10 times.

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