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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 ]
Pages in category "Epsom Derby winners" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 245 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
People who have owned a racehorse that won England's Epsom Derby. Pages in category "Owners of Epsom Derby winners" The following 98 pages are in this category, out of 98 total.
Sefton (1875–1891) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.In a career that lasted from 1877 to 1878 he ran thirteen times and won three races. He showed little promise as a two-year-old, but developed into a leading colt the following year, when his wins included the 1878 Epsom Derby.
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.
Lester Keith Piggott (5 November 1935 – 29 May 2022) was an English professional jockey and horse trainer.With 4,493 career flat racing wins in Britain, including a record nine Epsom Derby victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest flat racing jockeys of all time and the originator of a much-imitated style.
The 2021 Epsom Derby was the 242nd annual running of the Derby horse race and took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 5 June 2021. The race was sponsored for the first time by the online car-dealer Cazoo. [1] The winner was Godolphin's bay colt Adayar, ridden by Adam Kirby and trained at Newmarket by Charlie Appleby.
Iroquois (1878–September 17, 1899), was the first American-bred Thoroughbred race horse to win the prestigious Epsom Derby at Epsom Downs Racecourse, Epsom, Surrey, England. He then went on to win the St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster Racecourse.