Herbert Jones (jockey) on 26 May, Jones rode Minoru to victory at odds of 7/2 in a field of fifteen. This was the first time a horse owned by a British reigning monarch had won the Derby. The victory for the "Royal" colt provoked "the wildest scenes of enthusiasm ever known in England", including a mass rendition of the National Anthem as the King led his horse to the winner's enclosure. In 1913, Jones rode Anmer, the King's Horse, in the Epsom Derby. He was involved in a collision with Emily Davison, the suffragette, who was fatally injured. Jones suffered significant injuries himself,
Jane Emily Herbert in the past history of our country." Jane Emily was one of five siblings. Herbert married the surgeon Thomas Mills in the Parish of Monkstown on 11 November 1858. According to their Church Marriage Record her address was Kingstown at that time, while the address for Thomas is given as Staffordshire. To date not much is known of Thomas, other than his occupation and that he was a son of Thomas Mills who was recorded as being a "gentleman". Jane Emily Herbert (Mills) was recorded as a widow on her death record when she died of heart failure at home