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The 2022 Epsom Derby was the 243rd annual running of the Derby horse race which took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 4 June 2022. The race was sponsored for the second time by the online car-dealer Cazoo. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the first entries were closed in February 2022. [1]
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 ]
In 1844, Running Rein finished first in the Epsom Derby, but was disqualified as he was actually an ineligible four-year-old horse named Maccabeus. In 1913, Craganour finished first in the Epsom Derby, but was controversially disqualified. In 1980, Nureyev finished first in the 2000 Guineas, but was relegated to last place following a stewards ...
The 241st running of the Epsom Derby took place a month later than usual, behind closed doors, over 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles at Epsom Racecourse on 4 July. The race was run on good ground in wet, overcast conditions and attracted a field of seventeen runners.
The race attracted a field of six runners, four from England and one each from Germany and Ireland. The favourite was Westover, a three-year-old colt who finished third in the 2022 Epsom Derby, making up ground late in the race after an obstructed progress, and who went on to win the Irish Derby by seven lengths.
Desert Crown (2 March 2019 – 23 October 2023) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse.After winning his only race as a juvenile in 2021, he took the Dante Stakes on his three-year-old debut and then maintained his unbeaten record by winning the Epsom Derby.
Kentucky Derby 2022: What trainers are saying about Bob Baffert's absence. Zandon. Despite being considered a closer, the Chad Brown-trained horse won the Bluegrass Stakes on a track rated as good.
Trial races for the Epsom Derby are horse races during April and May which are contested by three-year-olds likely to run in the Derby in early June. Most Derby runners appear in at least one race in the weeks before the event, although some, such as the winners Lammtarra and Shaamit , may arrive at Epsom with no previous run as a three-year-old.