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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.
Gustavus (1818–1840) was a Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1821 Epsom Derby. Gustavus was the first grey horse to win the Epsom Derby. He raced until he was four years old and was retired to stud in 1823. Gustavus was exported to Prussia in 1836, at the age of 18. Gustavus was not a successful sire.
Cicero: winner of the 1905 Epsom Derby as the shortest-priced successful favourite in the history of the event; Cigar: champion in the 1990s who won 16 consecutive races; Citation: U.S. Triple Crown winner (1948); also won 16 consecutive major stakes races; first horse to earn $1 million
Epsom Derby (1862) Caractacus (1859–1878) was a Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1862 Epsom Derby . The 1862 Derby was memorable due to the large field (34 horses), the winner being ridden by a 16-year-old stable boy and Caractacus' near disqualification for an underweight jockey and a false start.
Piper began riding in the show ring [1] and started his racing career as apprentice to H. D. Bates in 1905. He was not a fashionable jockey of the time [1] and prior to the Derby win for which he is noted, his big race successes were limited, although he did win the Great Jubilee Handicap at Kempton Park in 1908, weighing out at 6st 12, [2] and the Chester Vase.
Cossack, 1847 Epsom Derby winner, with jockey Sim Templeman. Painting by Harry Hall (1814-1882) Templeman was born into a long standing farming family in the village of Everingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire. [1] His parents are variously reported as Charles John Templeman and Jane Templeman [2] or Edward and Hannah Templeman. [1]
The 2023 Epsom Derby was the 244th annual running of the Derby horse race which took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 3 June 2023. [1] Race time was at 1:30pm due to an FA Cup final broadcast clash, as ITV have the broadcasting rights to both events.