The 109th running of the Irish Derby was held on Saturday 29th June 1974 over 1 mile 4 furlongs of The Curragh. Subscriptions were £295 with a pot of £30,000 added. The winner was owned and bred by Mrs Vera Hue-Williams, trained by Peter Walwyn at Lambourn and ridden by Yves Saint Martin. The winner won by 1 1/2 lengths in 2 minutes 33.4 seconds, with a length between second and third. |
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IRISH DERBY 1974
ENGLISH PRINCE (Bay colt by Petingo out of English Miss) SR 2004
The winning owner won £74,945, (The equivalent of £742,500 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator). |
 
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| Pos. |
Horse |
Weight |
Jockey |
Owner |
Trainer |
| 1 |
ENGLISH PRINCE |
9.0 |
Yves Saint Martin |
Mrs Vera Hue-Williams |
Peter Walwyn |
| 2 |
IMPERIAL PRINCE |
9.0 |
Geoff Lewis |
Colonel Roger Hue-Williams |
Noel Murless |
| 3 |
SIR PENFRO |
9.0 |
Thomas Murphy |
Hon James Philipps |
M Vincent O'Brien |
| 4 (disq) |
MISSISSIPIAN |
9.0 |
Freddie Head |
Mr Nelson Bunker Hunt |
Maurice Zilber |
| 5 |
RED CANUTE |
9.0 |
Bruce Raymond |
Mr David Robinson |
Michael Jarvis |
| 6 |
GORFOU |
9.0 |
J-Claude Desaint |
Mr Alan Clore |
Giles Delloye |
| 7 |
FURRY GLEN |
9.0 |
George McGrath |
Mr Patrick McGrath |
Seamus McGrath |
| 8 |
CARACOLERO |
9.0 |
Lester Piggott |
Mrs Maria Felix Berger |
Francois Boutin |
| 9 |
APPLEBY FAIR |
9.0 |
Joe Mercer |
Hon John J Astor |
Dick Hern |
| 10 |
MISTIGRI |
9.0 |
Christy Roche |
Mr Rory More O'Ferrall |
Paddy Prendergast |
| 11 |
FLOWER ROBE |
9.0 |
Ryan Parnell |
Mr Seamus McGrath |
Seamus McGrath |
| 12 |
PYTHIA |
9.0 |
T P Burns |
Mr Nelson Bunker Hunt |
Ted Curtin |
| 13 |
LOVE TALE |
9.0 |
John Roe |
Mr Seamus McGrath |
Seamus McGrath |
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Betting |
TRAINER PROFILE
Peter Tyndall Walwyn was born on 1 July 1933 son of Charles Walwyn MC DSO and had racing in his blood. His uncle was the legendary National Hunt trainer Fulke Walwyn, and he was closely related to trainer Fulke Johnson Houghton. Peter was educated at Charterhouse school and then became assistant trainer to Geoffrey Brooke before branching out on his own in October 1960. In 1965 he took over the stables of Seven Barrows in Lambourn, winning the trainers championship in 1974 and 1975 and training 3 English Classic winners. In 1970 he won the 1000 Guineas with Humble Duty (SR 1966), followed in 1974 with the Epsom Oaks via Polygamy (SR 1847), and then in 1975 he reached the pinnacle of his career training Grundy (SR 2123) to win the Epsom Derby. He was equally successful when crossing the Irish Sea, winning the Irish Derby in consecutive years, firstly in 1974 with English Prince (SR 2004) and then with Grundy (SR 2123). He retired from the training ranks in 1999, but continued his involvement in racing by chairing the Lambourn Trainers Association. He died on 7 December 2017 aged 84. |
| 11/5 fav |
Imperial Prince |
| 7/2 |
Caracolero |
| 5/1 |
Mississipian |
| 8/1 |
English Prince |
| 12/1 |
Sir Penfro |
| 15/1 |
Furry Glen |
| 16/1 |
Appleby Fair |
| 16/1 |
Mistigri |
| 33/1 |
Red Canute |
| 50/1 |
Gorfou |
| 100/1 |
Love Tale |
| 300/1 |
Pythia |
| 300/1 |
Flower Robe |
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Over round 111% |
| FORMLINE:- English Prince beat Imperial Prince by 1 1/2 lengths in 2 minutes 33.4 seconds. Previously Imperial Prince finished second in the Epsom Derby, beaten 2 lengths by outsider Snow Knight (SR 1954). |
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