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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]
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 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.
The 2022 Epsom Derby was the 243rd annual running of the Derby horse race which took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 4 June 2022. The race was sponsored for the second time by the online car-dealer Cazoo. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the first entries were closed in February 2022. [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.
Arthur Budgett (26 May 1916 [1] – 21 June 2011 [2]) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who was one of only two people to have bred, owned and trained two English Derby winners. Based at Whatcombe Estate in Berkshire, Budgett was British flat racing champion trainer in 1969. Budgett purchased the mare Windmill Girl in 1962.
The 2019 Epsom Derby was the 240th annual running of the Derby horse race and took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 1 June 2019. The race was sponsored by Investec . The winner was the Coolmore Stud 's bay colt Anthony Van Dyck , ridden by Seamie Heffernan and trained at Ballydoyle in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien .
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.