The 92nd running of the Irish Derby was held on Wednesday 26th June 1957 over 1 mile 4 furlongs of The Curragh. Subscriptions were 60 sovereigns with a pot of 4000 sovereigns added, 750 sovereigns to the second and 250 sovereigns to the third. The winner was owned by Mr John McShain, bred in Ireland by Richard Ball, trained by Vincent O'Brien and ridden by T P Burns. The winner won by 4 lengths in 2 minutes 39.12 seconds, with a length between second and third.

IRISH DERBY 1957

BALLYMOSS (Chestnut colt by Mossborough out of Indian Call) SR 2108

The winning owner won 6790 sovereigns, (The equivalent of £155,600 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).
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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 BALLYMOSS 9.0 T P Burns Mr John McShain M Vincent O'Brien
2 HINDU FESTIVAL 9.0 Rae Johnstone Mr C F Myerscough Paddy Prendergast
3 VALENTINE SLIPPER 9.0 Patrick Powell jnr Mrs Anna Maria King Sir Hugh Nugent
4 AMPLEFORTH 9.0 Liam Ward Miss E R Sears Charles A Rogers
5 STAR PRINCE 9.0 James Eddery Mr Joseph McGrath Seamus McGrath
6 POLAR PRINCE 9.0 Philip Canty Lady Mairi Bury Corporal Darby Rogers
7 SOLARTICKLE 9.0 John Wright Mr Joseph McGrath Seamus McGrath
8 BUGLE 9.0 Michael Kennedy Lady Marie Ainsworth David Ainsworth
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TRAINER PROFILE
Vincent O'Brien was born on 9th April 1917 at Churchtown, County Cork and was to become the greatest racehorse trainer of all time. It is impossible to do him justice in a brief report, but he won the 16 English Classics and 27 Irish Classics from his Ballydoyle Stables. He won the Epsom Derby on 6 occasions, firstly in 1962 with Larkspur (SR 1921), then in 1968 with Sir Ivor (SR 2092), 1970 Nijinsky (SR 2140), 1972 Roberto (SR 2107), 1977 The Minstrel (SR 2094) and finally in 1982 with Golden Fleece (SR 2065). He was equally successful in the Irish Derby, winning in 1953 with Chamier (SR 2009), 1957 Ballymoss (SR 2108), 1970 Nijinsky (SR 2140), 1977 The Minstrel (SR 2094), 1984 El Gran Senor (SR 2110), and finally in 1985 with Law Society (SR 2002). He died on 1st June 2009 aged 92.
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8/1 Ampleforth
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50/1 Polar Prince
66/1 Solartickle
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FORMLINE:- The impressive, highly regarded winner won in easy style by 4 lengths in 2 minutes 39.12 seconds, having previously been runner-up at 33/1 in the Epsom Derby beaten 1 1/2 lengths by Crepello. Ballymoss later won the St Leger in fine style beating Court Harwell and Brioche by a length and 3/4 of a length.

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