The 101st running of the Irish Derby was held on Saturday 2nd July 1966 over 1 mile 4 furlongs of The Curragh. Subscriptions were £270 with a pot of £30,000 added. The winner was owned by Mr Radha J Sigtia, bred in Ireland by Major E O'Kelly at the Kilcarn Stud, trained by George E Todd at Manton and ridden by Frankie Durr. The winner won by a length in 2 minutes 31.5 seconds, with 2 1/2 lengths between second and third. |
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IRISH DERBY 1966
SODIUM (Bay colt by Psidium out of Gambade) SR 1949
The winning owner won £52,157.50, (The equivalent of £923,800 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).
The Youtube link below is a 20 second clip of the 1966 Irish Derby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlgo68XY-eM |
 
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| Pos. |
Horse |
Weight |
Jockey |
Owner |
Trainer |
| 1 |
SODIUM |
9.0 |
Frankie Durr |
Mr Radha J Sigtia |
George E Todd |
| 2 |
CHARLOTTOWN |
9.0 |
Scobie Breasley |
Lady Zia Wernher |
Gordon Smyth |
| 3 |
PAVEH |
9.0 |
Patrick Powell jnr |
Mr R A B Widener |
David Ainsworth |
| 4 |
BAYLANX |
9.0 |
Bobbie Elliott |
Mr W G Reynolds |
Stuart Murless |
| 5 |
AGOGO |
9.0 |
Nicholas Brennan |
Mrs Florence Graham |
Stuart Murless |
| 6 |
KHALEKAN |
9.0 |
Desmond Lake |
Mr Rory Mor O'Ferrall |
Paddy Prendergast |
| 7 |
ALCIGLIDE |
9.0 |
George McGrath |
Mr Seamus McGrath |
Seamus McGrath |
| 8 |
REUBENS |
9.0 |
Patrick Sullivan |
Mrs Beryl Murless |
Stuart Murless |
| 9 |
AL-ALAWI |
9.0 |
Ron Sheather |
Mrs T Gray & Princesse N d'Imeretie |
Michael Connolly |
| 10 |
POLEMIC |
9.0 |
John Roe |
Mr P McManus |
John Oxx |
| 11 |
CROZIER |
9.0 |
Joe Mercer |
Mr A D G Oldrey |
Peter Walwyn |
| 12 |
BUSTED |
9.0 |
Peter Boothman |
Mr Stanhope Joel |
Robert Fetherstonehaugh |
| 13 |
NOT SO COLD |
9.0 |
Wally Swinburn |
Comte Antoine de Laubespin |
Michael Hurley |
| 14 |
PETIT JEAN |
9.0 |
Willie Robinson |
Mr Richard Greene |
Michael Hurley |
| 15 |
RADBROOK |
9.0 |
T P Burns |
Lady Maud Evelyn Sassoon |
Michael Rogers |
| 16 |
BEAU CHAPEAU |
9.0 |
John Murtagh |
Mr Miles Valentine |
M Vincent O'Brien |
| 17 |
AMBERICOS |
9.0 |
Liam Ward |
Mrs Anne Ford |
M Vincent O'Brien |
| 18 |
DEMOCRAT |
9.0 |
Michael Kennedy |
Mr A S Hewitt |
Michael Rogers |
| 19 |
ASCOT |
9.0 |
L W Johnson |
Mr Hugo Dolan |
Charles Weld |
| 20 |
WHITE GLOVES |
9.0 |
John Power |
Mrs M A Moore |
M Vincent O'Brien |
| 21 |
RIPPING TIME |
9.0 |
Joseph Larkin |
Mrs H P Gallagher |
Christopher Grassick |
| 22 |
DRUMLANE |
9.0 |
Patrick Vaughan |
Mr Hugo Dolan |
Charles Weld |
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Betting |
JOCKEY PROFILE
Francis Durr, universally known as Frankie, was born in Liverpool on 10th November 1925 and began riding as an apprentice at Bedford Lodge in 1944, riding his first winner Merle at Pontefract in that year. The next season he shared the apprentice jockeys championship with Tommy Gosling. His most prestigious winner as a jockey was the 1966 Irish Derby winner Sodium (SR 1949).When he retired from riding in 1979 he launched a training career, from his Fitzroy Stables in Newmarket, which proved challenging initially. His most important winner as a trainer was the 1983 Cambridgeshire victor Sagamore. He died on 18th January 2000 in Cambridge aged 74. |
| 8/11 fav |
Charlottown |
| 13/2 |
Sodium |
| 100/8 |
Democrat |
| 100/8 |
Paveh |
| 100/7 |
Crozier |
| 20/1 |
Khalekan |
| 22/1 |
Busted |
| 22/1 |
Ambericos |
| 50/1 |
Radbrook |
| 50/1 |
Beau Chapeau |
| 100/1 |
Ripping Time |
| 100/1 |
White Gloves |
| 100/1 |
Ascot |
| 100/1 |
Petit Jean |
| 100/1 |
Not So Cold |
| 100/1 |
Al-Alawi |
| 100/1 |
Alciglide |
| 100/1 |
Baylanx |
| 100/1 |
Agogo |
| 100/1 |
Reubens |
| 100/1 |
Polemic |
| 100/1 |
Drumlane |
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Over round 125% |
| FORMLINE:- Prior to winning this Classic by a length, Sodium had finished fourth in the Epsom Derby beaten a neck and 5 lengths by Charlottown (SR 1965). |
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