Lawn Derby
| Lawn Derby | |
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| Breed | Standardbred |
| Sire | Robert Derby |
| Grandsire | Globe Derby |
| Dam | Roselawn |
| Damsire | Childewood |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1930 |
| Died | 7 November 1954 |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | J F Mackenny |
| Owner | J F Mackenny |
| Trainer | W J O'Shea |
| Major wins | |
| New South Wales Pacers Derby (1934) Easter Cup (1937) Ascot Pacers Cup (1937) Ascot 500 (1937) Presidents Handicap (1937) |
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| Honours | |
| First pacer to pace a mile under 2:00 outside North America New Zealand Mile Record Australian Mile Record |
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| Last updated on 2016-03-05 | |
Lawn Derby is an Australian Standardbred racehorse who became the first pacer to pace a mile in under two minutes outside of North America at Addington, New Zealand, in 1938. He also set records in Australia.
Lawn Derby was bred at Cowra, New South Wales and was a foal of 1930 by Robert Derby a son of Globe Derby. Lawn Derby won the New South Wales Pacers Derby in 1934 but there was drama after the race when the horse was unwell and it appeared that he may have been doped.
Lawn Derby travelled to Tasmania for Easter racing in 1935 but did not figure in the finish of the Easter Cup. He began serving mares in 1935 and as a result was not able to travel to Perth for the first running of the Inter Dominion at Gloucester Park. At the Sydney Showgrounds in 1936 Lawn Derby recorded a time of 2:03 1/5 in a time trial, the second fastest recorded in Australia at the time behind only Walla Walla. In 1937 Lawn Derby contested the Inter Dominion at Wayville Showgrounds, Adelaide. Lawn Derby won on the first night of the Championships and later "won" a heat on the second night but the race was found to have been run a lap short and was re-run with Lawn Derby out of the placings. In the final he was a close fourth behind Dan's Son and a week later in a time trial he recorded a mile in 2:05 which was the fastest time recorded in the state of South Australia. Lawn Derby travelled to Tasmania for the Easter racing and won the Easter Cup from an 84 yards handicap and was second in the Easter Plate from 148 yards behind. He then won the Northall Champion Stakes in Hobart from a 108 yards handicap.
In Melbourne in the spring of 1937 Lawn Derby won the Ascot Pacers Cup from 96 yards behind in course record time, broke the Melbourne Showgrounds track record by more than four seconds with a 2:03 3/5 time trial and then won the Ascot 500 from 120 yards behind in an Australian record mile rate of 2.08 2/3 for 1 ½ miles. Taken to New Zealand Lawn Derby broke stride after suffering interference in the Auckland Trotting Cup but he then won the Presidents Handicap beating New Zealand Trotting Cup winner Lucky Jack with Indianapolis among the unplaced horses. Back in Australia he won the Championship Trial at Ascot and recorded a 2.02 4/5 mile in a time trial at Harold Park was which only two fifths of a second slower than Walla Walla's Australian record. At the Brisbane show Lawn Derby lowered a long-standing record with a 2:09 ½ mile against time. In Melbourne he finished fourth from a 120 yards handicap in the Ascot Pacers Cup and won a free-for-all at the Melbourne Show defeating 1936 Inter Dominion Final winner Logan Derby Lawn Derby then made an historic trip to New Zealand.
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