This was run on Saturday 27th May 1950 and the winner was bred by Monsieur Marcel Boussac and trained by Charles H.Semblat in France. There were 25 runners from an initial entry of 372. The winner won by a head with 4 lengths between second and third. The winners time was 2 mins 36.8 secs. The winner won a first prize of £17,010 10s, (The equivalent of £554,100 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

THE DERBY 1950

The British Pathe website and bank of film clips provide excellent coverage of the Epsom Derby. The link below is a 3 minute 50 second clip of the Derby. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/the-derby-13/query/derby+1950

GALCADOR SR 2058

Pos.	Horse	Jockey	Owner
1	GALCADOR	W. (Rae) Johnstone	Monsieur Marcel Boussac
2	PRINCE SIMON	W. (Harry) Carr	Mr William Woodward
3	DOUBLE ECLIPSE	Eph Smith	Lady Zia Wernher
4	TELEGRAM II	A. (Scobie) Breasley	Monsieur Francois Dupre
Also	RISING FLAME	Edgar Britt	Lord Allendale
Also	CASTLE ROCK	Bill Rickaby	Lord Roseberry
Also	BRIGHT SOCIETY	K.Gethin	Mr L.A.Abelson
Also	BABU'S PET	T.Burn	HH Maharajag of Baroda
Also	WELSH VIEW	C.Elliott	Colonel W.A.G.Burns
Also	STENIGOT	M.Moloney	Mr F.W.Dennis
Also	PETER FOX II	F.Palmer	Madame V.Esmond
Also	BILBROUGH	J.Caldwell	Commander D.C.Lycett Green
Also	TRAMPER	T.Hawcroft	Mr C.R.Harper
Also	NEW PIONEER	F.Barlow	Mr J.Ismay
Also	KHORASSAN	C.Smirke	HH Aga Khan
Also	PEWTER PLATTER	T.Lowrey	Miss B.Locker-Lampson
Also	PORT O' LIGHT	T.Gosling	Mr C.C.Matthews
Also	NAPOLEON BONAPARTE	G.Richards	Mr A.G.Samuel
Also	MAIN ROAD	D.Smith	Mr P.Bartholomew
Also	PARADISO	T.Weston	Lord Rosebery
Also	VIEUX MANOIR	J.Laumain	Baron Guy de Rothschild
Also	BILLITER STREET	J.Marshall	Mr S.R.Single
Also	PERSIA	J.Thompson	Mrs P.T.Dodd
Also	L'AMIRAL	R.Poincelet	Madame L.Volterra
Also	MATTYGAINMAL	A.Roberts	Baron de Montalbo
	Betting	Tote (10p unit) Win £1.26p Places 38p 18p £1.26p
2/1	Prince Simon
11/2	L'Amiral
7/1	Vieux Manoir
9/1	Castle Rock
100/9	Khorassan
100/9	Galcador
25/1	Telegram II
28/1	Napoleon Bonaparte
40/1	Double Eclipse
40/1	Persia
50/1	Rising Flame
50/1	Port O' Light
66/1	Tramper
66/1	Welsh View
66/1	Billiter Street
66/1	Babu's Pet
100/1	Mattygainmal
100/1	Paradiso
100/1	Main Road
100/1	Pewter Platter
100/1	New Pioneer
100/1	Stenigot
100/1	Peter Fox II
100/1	Bilbrough
100/1	Bright Society
	Over-Round 119%