New Posts For Thread: 1941 Wartime Derby Newmarkethttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31864405/1941-wartime-derby-newmarket1941 Wartime Derby at NewmarketA bookmaker with his chalked tote board displays the betting odds for the wartime New Derby run at Newmarket racecourse in Suffolk, 18th June 1941. Owen Tudor won the race ridden by Willie Nevett. Original Publication:More wartime New Derbies at Newmarket: 1915 thru 1918.The one in 1917 was run on July 31, as the Government had imposed a ban on horse racing, which resumed on July 17.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31864405/1941-wartime-derby-newmarket?post_id=564509099#564509099More wartime New Derbies at Newmarket: 1915 thru 1918.The one in 1917 was run on July 31, as the Government had imposed a ban on horse racing, which resumed on July 17.Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:40:36 -0600Gordon Richards broke his leg on May 9 when a horse kicked him at the start at Salisbury. He missed the rest of the season, so Harry Wragg won the jockeys' championship in 1941. It was the only year Gordon didn't win it from 1931 thru 1953.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31864405/1941-wartime-derby-newmarket?post_id=564509071#564509071Gordon Richards broke his leg on May 9 when a horse kicked him at the start at Salisbury. He missed the rest of the season, so Harry Wragg won the jockeys' championship in 1941. It was the only year Gordon didn't win it from 1931 thru 1953.Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:34:14 -0600Thanks Ged.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31864405/1941-wartime-derby-newmarket?post_id=564509063#564509063Thanks Ged.Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:28:21 -0600stewarts: 1940 thru 1945.It was run as the New Derby Stakes for the first 5 of those years, and as the Derby Stakes for the last of them.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31864405/1941-wartime-derby-newmarket?post_id=564509053#564509053stewarts: 1940 thru 1945.It was run as the New Derby Stakes for the first 5 of those years, and as the Derby Stakes for the last of them.Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:24:36 -0600The two Smith brothers, Doug and Eph, also rode in it, but there was only one Richards, and that was Cliff. I don't know where Gordon was that day, I guess he was injured.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31864405/1941-wartime-derby-newmarket?post_id=564509047#564509047The two Smith brothers, Doug and Eph, also rode in it, but there was only one Richards, and that was Cliff. I don't know where Gordon was that day, I guess he was injured.Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:20:45 -0600Great posts fellas, how many war time Derbys were run at Newmarket, i know Ocean Swell won one of them.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31864405/1941-wartime-derby-newmarket?post_id=564509045#564509045Great posts fellas, how many war time Derbys were run at Newmarket, i know Ocean Swell won one of them.Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:19:40 -0600Harry Wragg's two brothers also rode in that Derby. Sam finished 8th, and Arthur was unplaced.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31864405/1941-wartime-derby-newmarket?post_id=564509037#564509037Harry Wragg's two brothers also rode in that Derby. Sam finished 8th, and Arthur was unplaced.Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:17:37 -0600Well spotted there ged, but unfortunately I never took notice of the names of the runners.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31864405/1941-wartime-derby-newmarket?post_id=564509031#564509031Well spotted there ged, but unfortunately I never took notice of the names of the runners.Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:14:32 -0600Thanks for posting, sparrow.But the odds shown are for the 2yo race that was run an hour after the Derby. The board would have been complicated by 7 of them being unnamed (including the winner). If you expand the photo, you can make out 'High Hat' (nhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31864405/1941-wartime-derby-newmarket?post_id=564509023#564509023Thanks for posting, sparrow.But the odds shown are for the 2yo race that was run an hour after the Derby. The board would have been complicated by 7 of them being unnamed (including the winner). If you expand the photo, you can make out 'High Hat' (nThu, 23 Jan 2025 10:10:16 -06001941 Wartime Derby at NewmarketA bookmaker with his chalked tote board displays the betting odds for the wartime New Derby run at Newmarket racecourse in Suffolk, 18th June 1941. Owen Tudor won the race ridden by Willie Nevett. Original Publication:https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31864405/1941-wartime-derby-newmarket?post_id=564508507#5645085071941 Wartime Derby at NewmarketA bookmaker with his chalked tote board displays the betting odds for the wartime New Derby run at Newmarket racecourse in Suffolk, 18th June 1941. Owen Tudor won the race ridden by Willie Nevett. Original Publication:Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:52:33 -0600