The Wettest Derby on record in 1927 with numerous well-known personalities of the turf coping with the flooded course with the help of umbrellas and rowing boats. Includes the jockey M. Bearey, Lord Londonderry, Lord Durham, Lord Glaneley, H. Beasley, C. Smirke, Frank Curzon, Mr A. K. Macomber, Lord Queenborough, Mr Jack Joel, Lord Astor, E. C. Elliott, Sir Abe Bailey, Mr Sol (Solly) Joel, Steve Donoghue, Reg Day, the Aga Khan, Tommy Weston, Lord Carnarvon, Sir Walter Gilbey, Brownie Carslake, Joe Childs, Lord Woolavington, Lord Derby, Mr Jack Hampton, Lord Lonsdale and Mr J. de Rothschild.