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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]
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 ]
The "Indian Derby" is the premier horse racing event of the country held annually on the first Sunday of February. A derby is a type of horse race, named after the Epsom Derby, run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in England. It was named after for Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, who inaugurated the race in 1780. Indian Derby Winners since 1943
In the 245th running of the Epsom Derby on 1 June, City of Troy, with Moore in the saddle, was made the 3/1 favourite in a field of sixteen three-year-old colts. The other fancied contenders included Ambiente Friendly ( Lingfield Derby Trial ), Ancient Wisdom ( Futurity Trophy ), Los Angeles ( Leopardstown Derby Trial ) and Dancing Gemini ...
Pride of India Joe Sime J E Watts Jim Joel: 1:29.00 1948 Royal Forest Gordon Richards: Noel Murless: R Macdonald-Buchanan 1:29.80 1949 Emperor Charlie Elliott: Charles Semblat: Marcel Boussac: 1:28.00 1950 Turco Harry Carr Cecil Boyd-Rochfort: William Woodward Sr. 1:30.20 1951 Marsyad Rae Johnstone: Charles Semblat: Marcel Boussac: 1:27.20 1952 ...
Society Man is one of 20 horses expected to enter the 2024 Kentucky Derby on May 4 at Churchill Downs. Spots for the Run for the Roses are earned by gaining points through a series of Kentucky ...
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.
The event is named after Diomed, the inaugural winner of Epsom's most famous race, the Epsom Derby. It was established in 1971, although it could be regarded as a continuation of a previous event, the St James Stakes. The Diomed Stakes is now held on the second day of Epsom's two-day Derby Festival meeting, the same day as the Epsom Derby.