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The 2024 Epsom Derby was the 245th annual running of the Derby horse race and took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 1 June 2024 at 4.30pm BST. The race was sponsored for the first time by the bookmaker Betfred. [1] The purse for 2024 was £1.5 million, with £850,650 in prize money for the winner. [2]
It is run at Epsom Downs over a distance of 1 mile and 113 yards (1,713 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June. The event is named after Diomed , the inaugural winner of Epsom's most famous race, the Epsom Derby .
Epsom Downs is a Grade 1 racecourse in a hilly area near Epsom in Surrey, England which is used for thoroughbred horse racing. The "Downs" referred to in the name are part of the North Downs . The course has a crowd capacity of 130,000 including people watching from the Epsom Downs , an area freely open to the public. [ 1 ]
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 .
It is run at Epsom over a distance of 7 furlongs and 3 yards (1,411 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June. The race was first run in 1995, as the Vodacom Conditions Stakes .
The Coronation Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Epsom Downs over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 6 yards (2,420 metres), or about 1½ miles, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June.
Epsom Downs is an area of chalk upland near Epsom, Surrey; [1] in the North Downs. Part of the area is taken up by the racecourse , the gallops are part of the land purchased by Stanly Wootton in 1925 and are open to users such as ramblers , model aircraft flyers, golfers and cyclists .
An event called the Princess Elizabeth Stakes used to be contested at Epsom in April. It was restricted to three-year-old fillies, and it served as a trial for the Oaks . For a period it held Group 3 status, but it was subsequently downgraded to Listed level.