Location | Epsom Downs Racecourse |
---|---|
Date | 7 June 1997 |
Winning horse | Benny the Dip |
Starting price | 11/1 |
Jockey | Willie Ryan |
Trainer | John Gosden |
Owner | Charles Landon Knight II & Claiborne Farm |
1-2-3 | ||
Benny The Dip | Silver Patriarch | Romanov |
Also Ran | ||
---|---|---|
4-5-6 | ||
Entrepreneur | The Fly | Fahris |
7-8-9 | ||
Symonds Inn | Musalsal | Bold Demand |
10-11-12 | ||
Cloudings | Single Empire | Crystal Hearted |
13 | ||
Papua | 13 Ran | 2m 35.77s |
The 1997 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on Saturday 7 June 1997. It was the 218th running of the Derby, and it was won by Benny the Dip. The winner was ridden by Willie Ryan and trained by John Gosden. The pre-race favourite Entrepreneur finished fourth. [1] [2] [3]
* | Horse | Jockey | Trainer † | SP | |
1 | Benny the Dip | Willie Ryan | John Gosden | 11/1 | |
2 | shd | Silver Patriarch | Pat Eddery | John Dunlop | 6/1 |
3 | 5 | Romanov | John Reid | Peter Chapple-Hyam | 25/1 |
4 | 3½ | Entrepreneur | Michael Kinane | Michael Stoute | 4/6 fav |
5 | 3 | The Fly | Ray Cochrane | Barry Hills | 12/1 |
6 | 1 | Fahris | Richard Hills | Ben Hanbury | 12/1 |
7 | 4 | Symonds Inn | Kieren Fallon | Jimmy FitzGerald | 33/1 |
8 | 3½ | Musalsal | Michael Hills | Barry Hills | 40/1 |
9 | 5 | Bold Demand | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 20/1 |
10 | 12 | Cloudings | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre (FR) | 12/1 |
11 | 1¼ | Single Empire | David Harrison | Peter Chapple-Hyam | 33/1 |
12 | 3½ | Crystal Hearted | Tony McGlone | Henry Candy | 66/1 |
13 | 5 | Papua | Gary Carter | Ian Balding | 150/1 |
* The distances between the horses are shown in
lengths or shorter. shd = short-head.
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.
Further details of the winner, Benny the Dip:
Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 1996.
Early-season appearances in 1997 and trial races prior to running in the Derby.
Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the Derby.
Leading progeny of participants in the 1997 Epsom Derby. [4] [5] [6]
Entrepreneur (4th) - Shuttled to New Zealand, exported to Japan, exported to Russia
Cloudings (10th)
Silver Patriarch (2nd)
Benny The Dip (1st) - Exported to America before standing in England
Romanov (3rd) - Exported to America - Exported to Argentina
Fahris (6th) - Fahrisee (three time jumps winner)
Musalsal (8th) - Exported to Cyprus
Bold Demand (9th) - Exported to Saudi Arabia
Single Empire (11th) - Exported to Italy