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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 2020 Epsom Derby was the 241st annual running of the Derby horse race and took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 4 July 2020. The race was sponsored by Investec.It was originally scheduled to take place at on 6 June 2020, but was postponed until later in the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic [1] and eventually rescheduled to take place on 4 July 2020.
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]
10 June – Channel 4 shows the Epsom Derby for the final time for more than the next decade as the contract for Epsom transfers to the BBC. Channel 4 had shown the event since 1984, and exclusively since 1989. It will return to the channel in 2013 for four more years. 2001. 9 June – For the first time since 1979, the BBC shows the Epsom ...
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 ]
Anthony Van Dyck (19 May 2016 – 3 November 2020) [2] was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, best known for winning the 2019 Epsom Derby.He was a top-class two-year-old in 2018 when he won three of his seven races including the Tyros Stakes and the Futurity Stakes as well as finishing second in the National Stakes and third in the Dewhurst Stakes.
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In 2020, the Derby was postponed from May 2 to September 5 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [25] This was the second time in history the race had been postponed, the other being in 1945 . [ 5 ] Churchill Downs used a new singular 20-stall starting gate for the 2020 Kentucky Derby , replacing the previous arrangement that used a standard 14-stall ...