Search results
People also ask
When did Derby start a horse race?
When did Lord Derby start?
Who won the first Derby Stakes?
Where did the Derby Stakes come from?
When did the Epsom Derby start?
How long is the Derby Stakes?
Lord Derby achieved his first success in the event in 1787, with a horse called Sir Peter Teazle. The starting point of the race was moved twice during the 19th century. The first move, suggested by Lord George Bentinck, was in 1848, and the second was in 1872.
Bunbury’s horse Diomed won the first running of the Derby on May 4, 1780. Many other horse races have since been named after the Derby (most notably the Kentucky Derby), and the term itself has come to signify a race or contest of any type.
YearHorseJockey2022Desert CrownR. Kingscote2021AdayarA. Kirby2020SerpentineE. McNamara2019Anthony Van DyckS. Heffernan- Marvin Drager
In mid-May 1648, during the throes of the Civil War, the Earl of Clarendon in his History of the Rebellion relates, “a meeting of the royalists was held on Banstead Downs, under the pretence of a horse race, and six hundred horses were collected and marched to Reigate.”
- Although there are no details in the archives concerning the foundation of The Derby Festival, history has passed on the tale that the 12th Earl of...
- At the Epsom May Meeting in 1778, Lord Derby, who often acted as a steward at the meeting, invited a party of friends to his house, including Gener...
A derby (UK: / ˈdɑːrbi / DAR-bee, US: / ˈdɜːrbi / DUR-bee) is a type of horse race named after the Derby Stakes run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in England. [1] That was in turn named after Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, who inaugurated the race in 1780. [2]
NamePlaceDistanceArlington Park, Arlington Heights, ...1 + 3⁄16 miles (1900 m) [t 2]Australian Derby (also known as AJC ...Randwick Racecourse, Sydney2400 metres (1.5 miles)Bangalore Derby [6]Bangalore Turf Club2,000 metresDanish Derby (Bet25 Derby, The Macallan ...2400 metres- Epsom Derby Jockeys and Trainers
- Famous Derby Winners
- Derby Controversy
- Other Epsom Derby Facts
Lester Piggott has been first past the post in the Derby more times than any other jockey with 9 wins to his name. His winning rides came on Never Say Die (1954), Crepello (1957), St. Paddy (1960), Sir Ivor (1968), Nijinsky (1970), Roberto (1972), Empery (1976), The Minstrel (1977), Teenoso (1983). Sir Gordon Richards first won the Derby riding Pin...
Shergar won the race by the longest distance (10 lengths) in 1981 before the colt disappeared without a trace, believed kidnapped by the IRA. Workforce (pictured above) holds the record for the fastest winning time(2min 31.11sec) from 2010. Iroquois became the first American-bred horse to win the Derbyin 1881. Ruler Of The World became the first De...
The winners in 1844 and 1913 were not the horses first past the post. In 1844, Running Rein was found to be an ineligible 4-year-old horse named Maccabeus. In 1913 the 6/4 favourite Craganour was disqualified in controversial circumstances with the race being awarded to 100/1 outsider Aboyeur. The 1913 race is more famous for the protest by suffrag...
A mechanical starting gate was introduced to the Derby in 1901. The Derby was first broadcast by the BBC in 1927, but regular TV coverage didn’t get established until 1960. The most runners to ever take part in the race was 34in 1862, while the smallest field was just 4 in 1794. Follow all the action ahead of and after the Derby at Epsom here on Ho...
Explore our comprehensive history of the Derby Festival, and how it came to be viewed as the Greatest Flat Race in the World. The Beginning. The Early Years. Suffragette Derby & thereafter.
When was the First Epsom Derby Race? The first Derby Stakes commenced on Thursday 4th May 1780 and was won by a Charles Bunbury-owned colt named Diomed, who took home prize money of £1,065 15s – equivalent to approximately £66,726 today.
