The 153rd running of the Irish Derby was held on Saturday 30th June 2018 over 1 mile 4 furlongs of The Curragh. The winner was owned by Mr Lloyd J Williams, bred by Sweetman's Bloodstock, trained by Joseph O'Brien and ridden by Donnacha O'Brien. The winner won by half a length in 2 minutes 32.62 seconds, with a neck between second and third.

IRISH DERBY 2018

LATROBE (Brown colt by Camelot out of Question Times) SR 1845

The winning owner won €855,000, with €285,000 to the second and €135,000 to the third.

The Youtube link below is a 10 minute 3 second clip of the 2018 Irish Derby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k41x54zTGvo

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 LATROBE 9.0 Donnacha O'Brien Lloyd J Williams Joseph O'Brien
2 ROSTROPOVICH 9.0 P B Beggy Smith, Magnier, Tabor Aidan O'Brien
3 SAXON WARRIOR 9.0 Ryan Moore Smith, Magnier, Tabor Aidan O'Brien
4 DELANO ROOSEVELT 9.0 Seamie Heffernan Smith, Magnier, Tabor Aidan O'Brien
5 THE PENTAGON 9.0 Wayne Lordan Smith, Magnier, Tabor Aidan O'Brien
6 OLD PERSIAN 9.0 William Buick Godolphin Charlie Appleby
7 DEE EX BEE 9.0 Silvestre De Sousa Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum Mark Johnston
8 BANDUA 9.0 Declan McDonogh Calumet Farm Dermot Weld
9 PLATINUM WARRIOR 9.0 Shane Foley Zhang Yuesheng M Halford
10 CARLO BIRAGHI 9.0 Chris Hayes Mrs E Irwin & Mrs J Magnier J A Stack
11 KNIGHT TO BEHOLD 9.0 Frankie Dettori Neil Jones Harry Dunlop
12 THEOBALD 9.0 Kevin Manning Mrs J S Bolger Jim Bolger
  Betting        
Evens fav Saxon Warrior        
100/30 Dee Ex Bee        
8/1 Old Persian        
12/1 Delano Roosevelt        
14/1 Latrobe        
16/1 Knight To Behold        
16/1 The Pentagon        
25/1 Platinum Warrior        
25/1 Rostropovich        
33/1 Bandua        
100/1 Carlo Biraghi        
150/1 Theobald        
  Over round 123%        
FORMLINE:- The unfancied winner trained by Joseph O'Brien scrambled home by half a length in 2 minutes 32.62 seconds in front of Aidan O'Brien horses occupying the next 4 places.

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