Durbar (horse)

Durbar
Durbar returns to France after winning the Epsom Derby.
SireRabelais
GrandsireSt. Simon
DamArmenia
DamsireMeddler
SexStallion
Foaled1911
CountryFrance
ColourBay
BreederHerman B. Duryea
OwnerHerman B. Duryea
TrainerTom Murphy
Record13: 5-1-2
Earnings£
Major wins
Prix de Saint-Cloud (1914)
Prix Biennale (1914)
Prix Noailles (1914)
Epsom Derby (1914)

Durbar (known in England and the United States as Durbar II) was a French racehorse. Although not the best of his generation in France (he was inferior to both Sardanapale and La Farina) he proved too good for the leading British colts in the 1914 Epsom Derby, which he won by three lengths. His pedigree was controversial, with the British authorities not recognising him as a Thoroughbred. His racing career was ended by the outbreak of the First World War.