From the Archives: June 27th, 1907

The 1907 Irish Derby was dominated by Orby, the first horse to win both it and the Epsom Derby in the same year. It was owned by Richard ‘Boss’ Croker, the former head of Tammany Hall – the notorious political machine in New York – and freeman of Dublin





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