This was run on Wednesday 27th May 1936 and the winner was bred by HH Aga Khan III and trained by Frank Butters at Newmarket. There were 22 runners from an initial entry of 287. The winner won by 3 lengths with 3/4 length between second and third. The winners time was 2 mins 33.8 secs. The winner won a first prize of £9,934 5s, (The equivalent of £667,400 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

THE DERBY 1936

RATING
In the Official 3-Y-O Free Handicap Derby winner Mahmoud was rated 1lb higher than 2000 Guineas winner Pay Up, 4lbs higher than St Leger winner Boswell, 17lbs higher than 1000 Guineas winner Tide-Way, and fully 21lbs higher than Oaks winner Lovely Rosa. Based on their entire career performances this site rates Mahmoud 3lbs higher than Pay Up, 6lbs higher than Boswell, 12lbs higher than Tide-Way and 18lbs higher than Lovely Rosa.

The British Pathe website and bank of film clips provide excellent coverage of the Epsom Derby. The link below is a 5 minute 36 second clip of the Derby. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/the-derby-1936/query/epsom+derby

MAHMOUD SR 2020

Pos.	Horse	Jockey	Owner
1	MAHMOUD	Charlie Smirke	HH Aga Khan III
2	TAJ AKBAR	Gordon Richards	HH Aga Khan III
3	THANKERTON	Tommy Burns	Mrs J.Shand
4	PAY UP	Robert Dick	Lord Astor
Also	HIS GRACE	Harry Wragg	Lord Carnarvon
Also	SQUADRON CASTLE	Joe Dines	Mrs W.P.Ahern
Also	MENDICANT FRIAR	T.Weston	Sir Abe Bailey
Also	BARRYSTAR	J.Marshall	Mr F.W.Shenstone
Also	COUVERT	M.Beary	Mr H.G.Blagrave
Also	ABJER	E.C.Elliott	Monsieur M.Boussac
Also	NOBLE KING	R.Perryman	Sir A.Butt
Also	WALVIS BAY	T.Lowrey	Major J.S.Courtauld
Also	MAGNET	B.Carslake	Lord Hirst
Also	RAEBURN	J.Sirett	Mr S.D.Hollingworth
Also	BALA HISSAR	R.A.Jones	HH Aga Khan
Also	HAULFRYN	F.Lane	Mr F.C.Minoprio
Also	CARIOCA	A.Wragg	HH Maharaja of Rajpipla
Also	SPINALOT	H.Jelliss	Mr J.Ramsden
Also	MIDSTREAM	F.Fox	Mr A.de Rothschild
Also	FEARLESS FOX	E.Smith	Mr A.G.Smith
Also	BEL AETHEL	S.Donoghue	Duke of Norfolk
Also	BOSWELL	P.Beasley	Mr William Woodward
Tote (10p unit) Win £1.25p Places 41p 35p 52p
	Betting
5/1	Pay Up
6/1	Taj Akbar
9/1	Noble King
9/1	Boswell
100/8	Abjer
100/8	Mahmoud
100/6	Bala Hissar
22/1	Carioca
28/1	Barrystar
28/1	His Grace
28/1	Midstream
33/1	Couvert
33/1	Thankerton
40/1	Magnet
40/1	Bel Aethel
40/1	Fearless Fox
45/1	Raeburn
66/1	Haulfryn
100/1	Spinalot
100/1	Mendicant Friar
100/1	Squadron Castle
100/1	Walvis Bay
	Over-Round 108%

Shown below is an extract from Lord Derby's and his stud manager Major Jack Paine's Studbook.