 His safe evacuation from the Paris area to Normandy was in part due to the actions of his African American groom, who reportedly wrapped the horse in an American flag with a notice reading, 

In their book "A Century of Champions", John Randall and Tony Morris rated Durbar an “average” Derby winner, but one who was some way behind both Sardanapale and La Farina.Durbar first stood as a stallion at his owner's Haras du Gazon at Neuvy-au-Houlme in Normandy, France.In 1924 he was sent to America to stand at the Claiborne Farm stud at Paris, Kentucky.