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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 ]
The 1979 Epsom Derby was the 200th annual running of the Derby horse race. It took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 6 June 1979. With a prize of £153,980 to the winner, the race value was a significant increase on the £98,410 offered the previous year and a record for a race contested in Europe [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
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 ...
The 1781 Epsom Derby was the second running of The Derby - the horse race known as the "greatest turf event in the world". [1] It took place on 24 May 1781 on Epsom Downs in Surrey , England, and was won by Young Eclipse , owned by gambler Dennis O'Kelly and ridden by Charles Hindley .
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The 1980 Epsom Derby was the 201st annual running of the Derby horse race. It took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 4 June 1980. The race was won by Etti Plesch's American bred Henbit at odds of 7/1. Ridden by Willie Carson and trained at West Ilsley by Dick Hern, Henbit would
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.
The 1981 Epsom Derby was the 202nd annual running of the Derby horse race. It took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 3 June 1981. The race was won by the Aga Khan 's Shergar , at odds of 10/11 ridden by the nineteen-year-old jockey Walter Swinburn and trained at Newmarket, Suffolk by Michael Stoute .