Derby | |
Location | Epsom Downs Racecourse |
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Date | 3 June 1981 |
Winning horse | Shergar |
Starting price | 10/11 Fav |
Jockey | Walter Swinburn |
Trainer | Michael Stoute |
Owner | Aga Khan IV |
Conditions | Dead |
1-2-3 | ||
Shergar | Glint of Gold | Scintillating Air |
The 1981 Epsom Derby was the 202nd annual running of the Derby horse race. It took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 3 June 1981.
The race was won by the Aga Khan's Shergar, at odds of 10/11 ridden by the nineteen-year-old jockey Walter Swinburn and trained at Newmarket, Suffolk by Michael Stoute. The winning margin of ten lengths was the largest in the history of the race. However, the winning time of 2:44.21 was the slowest since 1946.
Dist * | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | SP | |
1 | Shergar | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | 10–11 | |
2 | 10 | Glint of Gold | John Matthias | Ian Balding | 13-1 |
3 | 2 | Scintillating Air | Geoff Baxter | Bruce Hobbs | 50-1 |
4 | 2 | Shotgun | Lester Piggott | Chris Thornton | 7-1 |
5 | 4 | Church Parade | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | 25-1 |
6 | 1½ | Sheer Grit | Joe Mercer | Clive Brittain | 28-1 |
7 | 1 | Silver Season | Ernie Johnson | Clive Brittain | 100-1 |
8 | hd | Riberetto | Pat Eddery | Ron Boss | 22-1 |
9 | 4 | Sunley Builds | Philip Waldron | Gavin Hunter | 200-1 |
10 | 3 | Kings General | Brian Taylor | Guy Harwood | 150-1 |
11 | shd | Sass | John Reid | Paul Kelleway | 500-1 |
12 | 4 | Krug | Bruce Raymond | Stan Mellor | 66-1 |
13 | 3 | Kalaglow | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood | 11-1 |
14 | 2 | Robellino | Paul Cook | Ian Balding | 28-1 |
15 | 6 | Golden Brigadier | Paul Bradwell | Clive Brittain | 150-1 |
16 | ½ | Kind of Hush | Steve Cauthen | Barry Hills | 25-1 |
17 | 20 | Al Nasr | Alfred Gibert | André Fabre (FR) | 16-1 |
18 | ¾ | Waverley Hall | Bryn Crossley | Rod Simpson | 1000-1 |
DNS | 1 | Lydian | Freddy Head | Criquette Head |
1 Lydian was scratched at the start after refusing to enter the stalls. [1]
Further details of the winner, Shergar:
Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 1980: [2]
Early-season appearances in 1981 and trial races prior to running in the Derby: [3]
Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the Derby.
Leading progeny of participants in the 1981 Epsom Derby. [4] [5] [6]
Robellino (14th)
Shergar (1st)
Al Nasr (17th)
Kalaglow (13th)
Glint of Gold (2nd)
Sheer Grit (6th)
Riberetto (8th)
Sunley Builds (9th)
Kind Of Hush (16th) – Itsabrahma (2nd
Prix de la Forêt 1991), Osario (3rd
Prix de la Forêt 1991)
Silver Season (7th) – Great grandsire of 2007
Lancashire Oaks winner Turbo Linn
Church Parade (5th) – Exported to New Zealand, produced 1988
New Zealand 2000 Guineas runner up Testament
Scintillating Air (3rd) – Exported to India