The 106th running of the Irish Derby was held on Saturday 26th June 1971 over 1 mile 4 furlongs of The Curragh. Subscriptions were £270 with a pot of £30,000 added. The winner was owned by Emile Littler, bred in France by Mr Eric Coupey and Mrs E Cruz-Valer, trained by Phillipe H Lallie in Chantilly and ridden by Alfred Gilbert. The winner won by 3 lengths in 2 minutes 36.6 seconds, with a short head between second and third. |
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IRISH DERBY 1971
IRISH BALL (Bay colt by Baldric II out of Irish Lass) SR 2055
The winning owner won £62,120, (The equivalent of £834,700 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator). |
 
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| Pos. |
Horse |
Weight |
Jockey |
Owner |
Trainer |
| 1 |
IRISH BALL |
9.0 |
Alfred Gilbert |
Mr Emile Littler |
Phillipe Lallie FR |
| 2 |
LOMBARDO |
9.0 |
Lester Piggott |
Mrs Meg Mullion |
Paddy Prendergast |
| 3 |
GUILLEMOT |
9.0 |
Liam Ward |
Mr Patrick Prendergast |
Paddy Prendergast |
| 4 |
LUCKY DRAKE |
9.0 |
Thomas Murphy |
Mr Robert Hall-Dare |
Patrick Mullins |
| 5 |
MUSIC MAN |
9.0 |
Wally Swinburn |
Mrs Howell Jackson |
H Nicolas FR |
| 6 |
ST IVES |
9.0 |
Ryan Parnell |
Mr E A Holt |
Stephen Quirke |
| 7 |
TANTOUL |
9.0 |
T P Burns |
Mrs Hope Hanes |
M Vincent O'Brien |
| 8 |
GRENFALL |
9.0 |
John Roe |
Mr John W Galbreath |
M Vincent O'Brien |
| 9 |
PARNELL |
9.0 |
Alan Simpson |
Mr Rod More O'Ferrall |
Stephen Quirke |
| 10 |
TURBULENT EDDY |
9.0 |
Gary Spinks |
Mr J R Brown |
Charles Weld |
| 11 |
MERRY SLIPPER |
9.0 |
Thomas Carberry |
Mr Thomas Nicholson |
Patrick Mullins |
| 12 |
BAYONS MANOR |
9.0 |
Paul Cook |
Sir Gervais T D'Eyncourt |
Arthur Budgett |
| 13 |
WACOSO |
9.0 |
Laurence Johnson |
Mr D Brennan |
Kevin Prendergast |
| 14 |
ALL TAN |
9.0 |
George McGrath |
Mr Seamus McGrath |
Seamus McGrath |
| 15 |
LINDEN TREE |
9.0 |
Duncan Keith |
Mrs D McCalmont |
Peter Walwyn |
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Betting |
OWNER REPORT
Emile Richeux was born in Ramsgate, Kent on 9th September 1903 youngest son of Jules Richeux a cigar importer. His father died in 1911 and his mother, Agnes, remarried in 1914, marrying theatre manager Frank Rolison Littler, and Emile chose to take the name Littler. Emile became manager of the Birmingham Rep in September 1931, but two years later set up his own theatre company, producing shows like Annie Get Your Gun and The Desert Song. His main leisure interest was horse racing and he was fortunate enough to win the 1971 Irish Derby with Irish Ball (SR 2055) trained by Phillipe Lallie and ridden by Alfred Gilbert. He died at his home in Sussex on 23 January 1985 aged 81. |
| 7/4 fav |
Linden Tree |
| 7/2 |
Irish Ball |
| 13/2 |
Lombardo |
| 7/1 |
Grenfall |
| 7/1 |
Parnell |
| 16/1 |
Guillemot |
| 16/1 |
Music Man |
| 22/1 |
Tantoul |
| 100/1 |
Wacoso |
| 100/1 |
All Tan |
| 100/1 |
Bayons Manor |
| 100/1 |
Merry Slipper |
| 100/1 |
Lucky Drake |
| 100/1 |
St Ives |
| 100/1 |
Turbulent Eddy |
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Over round 120% |
| FORMLINE:- Irish Ball gained revenge on favourite Linden Tree who had finished in front of him in the Epsom Derby when they were beaten by 2 lengths and 2 1/2 lengths by Mill Reef (SR 2185). |
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