The 148th running of the Irish Derby was held on Sunday 29 June 2013 over 1 mile 4 furlongs of The Curragh. Subscriptions were €21,500 with a first prize of €725,000. The winner was owned by Mrs Jacqueline Bolger, bred by Jim Bolger in Ireland, trained by Jim Bolger at Coolcullen, and ridden by Kevin Manning. The winner won by 1 3/4 lengths in 2 minutes 27.17 seconds, with 1 3/4 lengths between second and third.

IRISH DERBY 2013

TRADING LEATHER (Bay colt by Teofilo out of Night Visit) SR 1971

The winning owner won €725,000 (The equivalent of £695,000 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

The Youtube link below is a 2 minute 50 second clip of the 2013 Irish Derby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC6NRqp0tzE

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 TRADING LEATHER 9.0 Kevin Manning Mrs Jacqueline Bolger Jim Bolger
2 GALILEO ROCK 9.0 Wayne Lordan Mr Michael O'Flynn David Wachman
3 FESTIVE CHEER 9.0 Seamie Heffernan Tabor, Smith, Magnier Aidan O'Brien
4 CAP O'RUSHES 9.0 Pat Smullen Godolphin Saeed Bin Suroor
5 RULER OF THE WORLD 9.0 Joseph O'Brien Smith, Tabor, Magnier Aidan O'Brien
6 LITTLE WHITE CLOUD 9.0 Declan McDonogh Mr Neil Jones John M Oxx
7 RALSTON ROAD 9.0 Tadhg O'Shea Thistle Bloodstock Ltd Pat Shanahan
8 LIBERTARIAN 9.0 William Buick Godolphin Mrs Elaine Burke
9 SUGAR BOY 9.0 Chris Hayes Sheikh M Bin Kkalifa Al Maktoum Patrick Prendergast
  Betting        
4/5 fav Ruler of the World        
7/2 Libertarian        
6/1 Trading Leather        
9/1 Galileo Rock        
9/1 Sugar Boy        
16/1 Little White Cloud        
33/1 Festive Cheer        
66/1 Cap O'Rushes        
100/1 Ralston Road        
  Over round 121%        
FORMLINE:- Trading Leather won by 1 3/4 lengths in 2 minutes 27.17 seconds, beating Galileo Rock who had previuosly finished third in the Epsom Derby behing Ruler of the World (SR 1983) when Libertarian and Festive Cheer were also in the field. In a career of 16 races Trading Leather won 4 and was second 5 times.

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