This was run on Wednesday 1st June 1938 and the winner was bred by Monsieur Leon Volterra and trained by Fred Darling at Beckhampton. There were 22 runners from an initial entry of 294. The winner won by 4 lengths with 2 lengths between second and third. The winners time was 2 mins 39.2 secs. The winner won a first prize of £8,728 15s, (The equivalent of £558,500 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

THE DERBY 1938

RATING
In the Official 3-Y-O Free Handicap Oaks and 1000 Guineas winner Rockfel was rated equal to Derby winner Bois Roussel, 6lbs higher than St Leger winner Scottish Union, and 7lbs higher than 2000 Guineas winner Pasch. Based on their entire career performances this site rates Rockfel and Bois Roussel equal, 6lbs higher than Pasch, and 8lbs higher than Scottish Union.

The British Pathe website and bank of film clips provide excellent coverage of the Epsom Derby. The link below is a 4 minute 38 second clip of the Derby. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/the-derby-1938/query/epsom+derby

BOIS ROUSSEL SR 2058

Pos.	Horse	Jockey	Owner
1	BOIS ROUSSEL	E.(Charlie) Elliott	Mr Peter Beatty
2	SCOTTISH UNION	Brownie Carslake	Mr J.V.Rank
3	PASCH	Gordon Richards	Mr H.E.Morriss
4	POUND FOOLISH	R.A.Jones	Lord Astor
Also	LICENCE	J.Crouch	His Majesty King Edward VII
Also	CAVE MAN	M.Beary	Lord Astor
Also	GOLDEN SOVEREIGN	T.Weston	Sir Abe Bailey
Also	CAERLOPTIC	F.Lane	Sir Abe Bailey
Also	FAROE	R.Perryman	Lord Derby
Also	TROON	S.Wragg	Mr J.A.Dewar
Also	MALABAR	J.Marshall	Lt-Colonel H.S.Follett
Also	CHATSWORTH	T.Lowrey	Mr P.Haldin
Also	MANORITE	P.Maher	Mr D.S.Kennedy
Also	TAHIR	C.Smirke	HH Aga Khan
Also	MIRZA II	H.Wragg	HH Aga Khan
Also	HALCYON GIFT	C.Richards	Mr G.A.Monkhouse
Also	SLIP ON	W.Rickaby	Captain L.Montagu
Also	FLYON	E.Smith	Sir L.Philipps
Also	BLANDSTAR	H.Sprague	HH Maharaja of Rajpipla
Also	PORTMARNOCK	P.Beasley	Sir H.de Trafford
Also	UNBREAKABLE	W.Stephenson	Mr J.E.Widener
Also	VALERIAN III	J.Taylor	Mr William Woodward
Tote (10p unit) Win £4.58p Places 93p 25p 28p
	Betting
9/4	Pasch
8/1	Scottish Union
8/1	Portmarnock
100/7	Mirza II
100/6	Golden Sovereign
100/6	Manorite
20/1	Bois Roussel
20/1	Pound Foolish
20/1	Cave Man
20/1	Flyon
20/1	Blandstar
28/1	Tahir
28/1	Malabar
28/1	Faroe
40/1	Valerian II
40/1	Chatsworth
40/1	Unbreakable
50/1	Halcyon Gift
50/1	Troon
100/1	Caerloptic
100/1	Slip On
100/1	Licence
	Over-Round 121%

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