This week in 1923

Derby Spectator by Topical Press Agency

A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby races in, ridden by Steve Donoghue, who started the race with odds of 100/15. Later in 1923, was sent to New York for an unsuccessful match race against the Kentucky Derby winner, . It was the earliest example of a British horse being sent across the Atlantic to participate in a single race. was retired in 1924 to stud – among his descendants is the outstanding , who was stolen for ransom in 1983 and never recovered.