The 97th running of the Irish Derby was held on Saturday 30th June 1962 over 1 mile 4 furlongs of The Curragh. Subscriptions were 170 sovereigns with a pot of £30,000 added which represented a massive increase on previous years due mainly to the fact that this was the launch of the Irish Sweeps Derby. The winner was owned by Mrs Howell E Jackson, bred in USA at the Bull Run Stud, trained by Etienne Pollet in Chantilly and ridden by Roger Poincelet. |
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IRISH DERBY 1962
TAMBOURINE II (Bay colt by Princequillo out of Le Mirambule) SR 1952
The winning owner won £50,027.50, (The equivalent of £1,014,700 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).
The winner won by a short head in 2 minutes 28.8 seconds, with 5 lengths between second and third. |
 
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| Pos. |
Horse |
Weight |
Jockey |
Owner |
Trainer |
| 1 |
TAMBOURINE II |
9.0 |
Roger Poincelet |
Mrs Howell E Jackson |
Etienne Pollet |
| 2 |
ARCTIC STORM |
9.0 |
Bill Williamson |
Mrs E M Carroll |
John Oxx |
| 3 |
SEBRING |
9.0 |
Pat Glennon |
Mr Townsend Martin |
M Vincent O'Brien |
| 4 |
LARKSPUR |
9.0 |
Scobie Breasley |
Mr Raymond Guest |
M Vincent O'Brien |
| 5 |
ATLANTIS |
9.0 |
Liam Ward |
Mrs Anne Biddle |
Thomas Shaw |
| 6 |
SAINT DENYS |
9.0 |
Philip Canty |
Mrs T Gray & Princess N d'Imeretie |
Michael Hurley |
| 7 |
CYRUS |
9.0 |
Bill Rickaby |
Jocelyn Hambro |
Geoffrey Brooke |
| 8 |
OUR GUILE |
9.0 |
Eph Smith |
Mrs Gladys Joel |
Humphrey Cottrill |
| 9 |
SOLPETRE |
9.0 |
George McGrath |
Mr Fred Turner jnr |
Kevin R Kerr |
| 10 |
TRADE WIND |
9.0 |
John Greenaway |
Mr Clifford Nicholson |
Bill Elsey |
| 11 |
SNOWHOUND |
9.0 |
Michael Kennedy |
Mr Thomas Power |
Charles Weld |
| 12 |
ARCOR |
9.0 |
Neville Sellwood |
Marcel Boussac |
Henri Nicholas |
| 13 |
RUNNING ROCK |
9.0 |
John Power |
Mr Michael Kennedy |
Patrick Norris |
| 14 |
LE PIRATE |
9.0 |
Peter Boothman |
Major Victor McCalmont |
Robert Fetherstonehaugh |
| 15 |
LONDON GAZETTE |
9.0 |
Greville Starkey |
Mrs Victor McCalmont |
H Thompson-Jones |
| 16 |
MUMZOWA |
9.0 |
T P Burns |
Mr Rex Beaumont |
Kevin Bell |
| 17 |
MARCH WIND |
9.0 |
Willie Robinson |
Mrs Anne Biddle |
Thomas Shaw |
| 18 |
T.V. |
9.0 |
Patrick Powell jnr |
Commander A R Bradshaw |
Stuart Murless |
| 19 |
GAIL STAR |
9.0 |
Douglas Page |
Mr Joseph McGrath |
Seamus McGrath |
| 20 |
TICONDEROGA |
9.0 |
Patrick Sullivan |
Colonel James Reid |
John Oxx |
| 21 |
TALGO ABBESS |
9.0 |
Robert Moylan |
Mr Thomas Scahill |
Private |
| 22 |
SIR PAT |
9.0 |
Wilfred Berg |
Mr Peter McCarthy |
Clement Magnier |
| 23 |
BORGHESE |
9.0 |
Garnet Bougoure |
Mrs Meg Mullion |
Paddy Prendergast |
| 24 |
TRIMATIC |
9.0 |
Edward Cracknell |
Mrs H Taylor |
Patrick Norris |
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Betting |
JOCKEY PROFILE
Poger Poincelet was born on 3rd March 1921 and became a multiple Classic winning French jockey who often made forays to England and Ireland to plunder Classic victories. He won 5 English Classics, starting with the 2000 Guineas in 1952 aboard Thunderhead (SR 1965), followed by a Classic double in 1960 in the 1000 Guineas and Oaks aboard Never Too Late (SR 2016). He then won the biggest prize of all, the Epsom Derby in 1961 on Psidium (SR 1966), finishing with a 1000 Guineas winner in 1963 on Hula Dancer (SR 2001). He also won the 1962 Irish Derby on Tambourine II (SR 1952). He retired from riding in 1971 and died after a long illness on 1st November 1977 aged 57. |
| 9/4 fav |
Larkspur |
| 6/1 |
Sebring |
| 15/2 |
Tambourine II |
| 15/2 |
Arctic Storm |
| 10/1 |
Arcor |
| 100/7 |
Saint Denys |
| 25/1 |
Cyrus |
| 33/1 |
Running Rock |
| 33/1 |
Our Guile |
| 33/1 |
Le Pirate |
| 33/1 |
London Gazette |
| 66/1 |
Atlantis |
| 66/1 |
March Wind |
| 66/1 |
T.V. |
| 66/1 |
Gail Star |
| 75/1 |
Trade Wind |
| 100/1 |
Solpetre |
| 100/1 |
Snowhound |
| 100/1 |
Mumzowa |
| 100/1 |
Ticonderoga |
| 100/1 |
Talgo Abbess |
| 100/1 |
Sir Pat |
| 100/1 |
Borghese |
| 100/1 |
Trimatic |
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Over round 114% |
| FORMLINE:- The French trained winner won by a short head in the fast time of 2 minutes 28.8 seconds, in the process defeating the Epsom Derby winner Larkspur (SR 1921). |
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