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The 1986 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on Wednesday 4 June 1986. It was the 207th running of the Derby, and it was won by Shahrastani. The winner was ridden by Walter Swinburn and trained by Michael Stoute. The prerace favourite Dancing Brave finished second. [1]
Dancing Brave was the outstanding European racehorse of 1986, when he won the 2000 Guineas, the Eclipse Stakes, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. His only defeats came in the Derby and the Breeders' Cup Turf .
The 1986 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 26 July 1986. It was the 36th running of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The winner was Khalid Abdullah's Dancing Brave, a three-year-old bay colt trained at Newmarket, Suffolk by Guy Harwood and ridden by the Irish jockey Pat ...
Shahrastani (1983–2011) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse.He won four of his seven races between September 1985 and October 1986. He is best known for his performances in the summer of 1986 when he defeated Dancing Brave in the Epsom Derby and went on to win the Irish Derby by eight lengths.
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 ]
France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Dancing Brave; Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Shahrastani; Japan – Japan Cup won by Jupiter Island; English Triple Crown Races: 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Dancing Brave; The Derby – Shahrastani [2] St. Leger Stakes – Moon Madness; United States Triple Crown Races: Kentucky Derby – Ferdinand
It is now Britain's second richest horse race, with a purse exceeded only by that of The Derby. The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes became part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series in 2011. The winner now earns an automatic invitation to compete in the same year's Breeders' Cup Turf. [4]
The 1986 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 5 October 1986. [1] It was the 65th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. The winner was Dancing Brave, a three-year-old colt trained in Great Britain by Guy Harwood. The winning jockey was Pat Eddery. [2] The winning time of 2m 27.7s set a new record for the race.