User:Peaky76/1861 Epsom Derby

there was much critisim of the state of the Epsom course which had been badly neglected and strewn with rubbish.

Kettledrum was a luck winner. The favourite, Dundee, ridden by Henry Custance looked like he would win easily at Tattenham Corner, but eighty yards from the winning post, the horse broke down badly on both forelegs and Kettledrum won by a neck.

Owner Charles Townley used the winnings to build St Hubert's Church at Dunsop Bridge in the Ribble Valley. The Kettledrum Inn, near Burnley, is named after the Derby winner. Both still stand.