1986 Epsom Derby

The 1986 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on Wednesday June 4, 1986. It was the 207th running of the Derby, and it was won by Shahrastani. The winner was ridden by Walter Swinburn and trained by Michael Stoute. The prerace favourite Dancing Brave finished second.

Race details

Sponsor: Ever Ready
Winner's prize money: £239,260
Going: Good
Number of runners: 17
Winner's time: 2m 37.13s

Full result

	*	Horse	Jockey	Trainer ^†	SP
1		Shahrastani	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute	11/2
2	½	Dancing Brave	Greville Starkey	Guy Harwood	2/1 fav
3	2½	Mashkour	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	12/1
4	hd	Faraway Dancer	Willie Ryan	Henry Cecil	33/1
5	shd	Nisnas	Philip Waldron	Paul Cole	40/1
6	¾	Flash of Steel	Michael Kinane	Dermot Weld (IRE)	25/1
7	¾	Sirk	Philip Robinson	Clive Brittain	50/1
8	1	Sharrood	Willie Carson	Dick Hern	25/1
9	hd	Mr John	Tony Ives	Liam Browne (IRE)	50/1
10	½	Allez Milord	Cash Asmussen	Guy Harwood	8/1
11	hd	Nomrood	Richard Quinn	Paul Cole	20/1
12	1	Jareer	Brian Rouse	Michael Stoute	16/1
13	3	Then Again	Rae Guest	Luca Cumani	33/1
14	2½	Bold Arrangement	Chris McCarron	Clive Brittain	12/1
15	shd	Arokar	Yves Saint-Martin	Jacques de Chevigny (FR)	18/1
16	10	Fioravanti	Christy Roche	David O'Brien (IRE)	33/1
PU		Wise Counsellor	Pat Eddery	Vincent O'Brien (IRE)	16/1

* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. shd = short-head; hd = head; PU = pulled up.
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Shahrastani:

Foaled: March 27, 1983 in Kentucky, USA
Sire: Nijinsky; Dam: Shademah (Thatch)
Owner: HH Aga Khan IV
Breeder: HH Aga Khan IV
Rating in 1986 International Classifications: 134

Form analysis

Two-year-old races

Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 1985.

Shahrastani – 2nd Haynes, Hanson and Clark Stakes
Mashkour – 1st Chromacopy Stakes
Nisnas – 4th Somerville Tattersall Stakes
Flash of Steel – 1st Beresford Stakes
Sirk – 2nd Chromacopy Stakes
Nomrood – 2nd Futurity Stakes (finished 3rd, placed 2nd)
Jareer – 8th Dewhurst Stakes
Bold Arrangement – 4th Richmond Stakes, 2nd Seaton Delaval Stakes, 1st Solario Stakes, 3rd Prix de la Salamandre, 2nd Grand Critérium, 4th Futurity Stakes (finished 2nd, placed 4th)
Arokar – 1st Prix Saint-Roman

The road to Epsom

Early-season appearances in 1986 and trial races prior to running in the Derby.

Shahrastani – 1st Sandown Classic Trial, 1st Dante Stakes
Dancing Brave – 1st Craven Stakes, 1st 2,000 Guineas
Mashkour – 3rd Craven Stakes, 1st White Rose Stakes, 1st Lingfield Derby Trial
Faraway Dancer – 2nd Craven Stakes, 1st Dee Stakes
Nisnas – 3rd White Rose Stakes
Flash of Steel – 1st Tetrarch Stakes, 1st Irish 2,000 Guineas
Sirk – 3rd Sandown Classic Trial, 2nd Chester Vase, 3rd Dante Stakes
Sharrood – 7th Craven Stakes, 4th 2,000 Guineas, 3rd Irish 2,000 Guineas
Mr John – 4th Tetrarch Stakes, 1st Amethyst Stakes, 2nd Irish 2,000 Guineas
Allez Milord – 1st Predominate Stakes
Nomrood – 1st Chester Vase, 2nd Dante Stakes
Bold Arrangement – 3rd Doncaster Mile, 3rd Blue Grass Stakes, 2nd Kentucky Derby
Arokar – 1st Prix Greffulhe, 2nd Prix Lupin
Fioravanti – 5th Irish 2,000 Guineas
Wise Counsellor – 2nd Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial

Subsequent Group 1 wins

Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the Derby.

Shahrastani – Irish Derby (1986)
Dancing Brave – Eclipse Stakes (1986), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1986), Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1986)
Mashkour – San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap (1991)
Allez Milord – Preis von Europa (1986), Oak Tree Invitational Stakes (1987)

References

youtube.com – Shahrastani – Derby Stakes.
Derby Days. Tempus. 2004. p. 114. ISBN 0-7524-3202-8.

Epsom Derby

year	1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Related articles	Epsom Downs Epsom Oaks Derby Trials

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/28/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.