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The Derby Stakes, also known as the Derby or the Epsom Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old colts and fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey on the first Saturday of June each year, over a distance of one mile, four furlongs and 10 yards (2,423 metres), or about 1½ miles. [ 1 ]
1913 Epsom Derby. Craganour (3rd from left) and Aboyeur (4th from left) get in each others' way. The 1913 Epsom Derby, sometimes referred to as "The Suffragette Derby", was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on 4 June 1913. It was the 134th running of the Derby. The race was won, controversially, by Aboyeur at record 100–1 odds.
In fact, Lord Derby himself was known to prefer cock-fighting to horse racing. [11] Moreover, in those days, the journey from London to Epsom took around 12 to 14 hours over difficult roads. [citation needed] All this combined to mean there were few spectators. The day is reported to have a comparatively meagre attendance, probably fewer than ...
10 June – Channel 4 shows the Epsom Derby for the final time for more than the next decade as the contract for Epsom transfers to the BBC. Channel 4 had shown the event since 1984, and exclusively since 1989. It will return to the channel in 2013 for four more years. 2001. 9 June – For the first time since 1979, the BBC shows the Epsom ...
The first “Derby Day” on May 17, 1875, looked nothing like the international spectacle that draws hundreds of thousands of people to a storied racetrack rigged out with bars, clubs and ...
The 1882 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on 24 May 1882 near Epsom in Surrey, England. It was the 102nd running of the Derby . The race was won by Shotover in a popular victory for Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster .
What’s the slowest winning time in the history of the Kentucky Derby? A plucky turtle is in the running. These horses — and one turtle — have the slowest win times in Kentucky Derby history
The Kentucky Derby is not the world’s oldest sporting event. It was modeled after the Epsom Derby , which has been run in England since 1780. But the Derby has been around longer than these ...