On This Day...

[simmo]

From the On This Day in History website.

• 1989 American jockey Steve Cauthen wins Irish Derby on Old Vic to become the first rider in history to sweep the world's 4 major Derbies (Kentucky, Epsom, French, Irish)

 

[jinnyj]

I was there - only time I have ever been to the Irish Derby too.

 

[edgt]

I remember the scare with the warble fly cyst.
They had to cut a piece out of the saddle foam which was so thick that the saddle was nigh impossible to tighten.