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Epsom Derby

<p>The <b>Derby Stakes</b>, also known as the <b>Epsom Derby</b> or <b>the Derby</b>, is a <a href="/en/Group_races" title="Group races" class="wl">Group 1</a> flat <a href="/en/Horse_racing" title="Horse racing" class="wl">horse race</a> in England open to three-year-old <a href="/en/Colt_(horse)" title="Colt (horse)" class="wl">colts</a> and <a href="/en/Filly" title="Filly" class="wl">fillies</a>. It is run at <a href="/en/Epsom_Downs_Racecourse" title="Epsom Downs Racecourse" class="wl">Epsom Downs Racecourse</a> in <a href="/en/Surrey" title="Surrey" class="wl">Surrey</a> on the first Saturday of June each year, over a distance of one mile, four <a href="/en/Furlong" title="Furlong" class="wl">furlongs</a> and 6 yards (2,420 metres).<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-century_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-century-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> It was first run in 1780.</p>

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</span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Location, Inaugurated, Race type, Website, Ra...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox mobile-collapse-element"><caption class="infobox-title">Derby Stakes</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader notheme" style="font-size:110%; font-style:italic; background:#77DD77">Group 1 race</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span><a href="/en/File:Jean_Louis_Théodore_Géricault_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Jean_Louis_Théodore_Géricault_001.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Jean_Louis_Th%C3%A9odore_G%C3%A9ricault_001.jpg/250px-Jean_Louis_Th%C3%A9odore_G%C3%A9ricault_001.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="2248" data-file-type="bitmap" height="176" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Jean_Louis_Th%C3%A9odore_G%C3%A9ricault_001.jpg/375px-Jean_Louis_Th%C3%A9odore_G%C3%A9ricault_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Jean_Louis_Th%C3%A9odore_G%C3%A9ricault_001.jpg/500px-Jean_Louis_Th%C3%A9odore_G%C3%A9ricault_001.jpg 2x" alt="Jean_Louis_Th%C3%A9odore_G%C3%A9ricault_001.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><i><a href="/en/The_1821_Derby_at_Epsom" title="The 1821 Derby at Epsom" class="wl">The 1821 Derby at Epsom</a></i><br>by <a href="/en/Théodore_Géricault" title="Théodore Géricault" class="wl">Théodore Géricault</a> (1791–1824)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Epsom_Downs_Racecourse" title="Epsom Downs Racecourse" class="wl">Epsom Downs</a><br><a href="/en/Epsom" title="Epsom" class="wl">Epsom</a>, Surrey, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inaugurated</th><td class="infobox-data">1780</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Race type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Flat_racing" title="Flat racing" class="mw-redirect wl">Flat</a> / <a href="/en/Thoroughbred" title="Thoroughbred" class="wl">Thoroughbred</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/epsom/events-tickets/epsom-derby/" class="external text" target="_blank">Epsom Derby</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background:#77DD77">Race information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Distance</th><td class="infobox-data">1m 4f 6y (2,420 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Surface</th><td class="infobox-data">Turf</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Track</th><td class="infobox-data">Left-handed</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Qualification</th><td class="infobox-data">Three-year-olds<small><br>excluding <a href="/en/Gelding" title="Gelding" class="wl">geldings</a></small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weight</th><td class="infobox-data">9 <a href="/en/Stone_(unit)" title="Stone (unit)" class="wl">st</a> 0 <a href="/en/Pound_(mass)" title="Pound (mass)" class="wl">lb</a><small><br><b>Allowances</b><br>3 lb for <a href="/en/Filly" title="Filly" class="wl">fillies</a></small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Purse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling" class="wl">£</a>1,604,000 <i>(2022)</i><small><br><b>1st:</b> £909,628</small></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>

<figure class="mw-default-size wiki-thumb"><a href="/en/File:Derby,_the_Paddock.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Derby,_the_Paddock.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Derby%2C_the_Paddock.jpg/220px-Derby%2C_the_Paddock.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="283" data-file-height="195" data-file-type="bitmap" height="152" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Derby%2C_the_Paddock.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Derby%2C_the_Paddock.jpg 2x" alt="Derby%2C_the_Paddock.jpg"></a><figcaption><i>Derby, the Paddock</i> (1892)</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="mw-default-size wiki-thumb"><a href="/en/File:Isinglass-Wins-The-De.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Isinglass-Wins-The-De.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Isinglass-Wins-The-De.jpg/220px-Isinglass-Wins-The-De.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="283" data-file-height="170" data-file-type="bitmap" height="132" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Isinglass-Wins-The-De.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Isinglass-Wins-The-De.jpg 2x" alt="Isinglass-Wins-The-De.jpg"></a><figcaption><i><a href="/en/Isinglass_(horse)" title="Isinglass (horse)" class="wl">Isinglass</a> wins the Derby</i> (1893)</figcaption></figure>
<p>It is Britain's richest flat horse race, and the most prestigious of the five <a href="/en/British_Classic_Races" title="British Classic Races" class="wl">Classics</a>. It is sometimes referred to as the "Blue Riband" of the turf. The race serves as the middle leg of the historically significant <a href="/en/Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing#English_Triple_Crowns" title="Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing" class="wl">Triple Crown</a> of British horse racing, preceded by the <a href="/en/2000_Guineas_Stakes" title="2000 Guineas Stakes" class="wl">2000 Guineas</a> and followed by the <a href="/en/St_Leger_Stakes" title="St Leger Stakes" class="wl">St<span>&nbsp;</span>Leger</a>, although the feat of winning all three is rarely attempted in the modern era due to changing priorities in racing and breeding, and the demands it places on horses.</p>

<p>The name "Derby" (deriving from the sponsorship of the <a href="/en/Earl_of_Derby" title="Earl of Derby" class="wl">Earl of Derby</a>) has been borrowed many times, notably by the <a href="/en/Kentucky_Derby" title="Kentucky Derby" class="wl">Kentucky Derby</a> in the United States. The name "Epsom Derby" is often used in the <a href="/en/United_States" title="United States" class="wl">United States</a>, in order to differentiate The Derby from races such as the Kentucky Derby or <a href="/en/Florida_Derby" title="Florida Derby" class="wl">Florida Derby</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span> The Derby run at Epsom is usually referred to as "the Derby" in Great Britain. It is one of Britain's great national sporting events<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span> and has a large worldwide TV audience.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="#cite_note-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span></p>



The Derby Stakes, also known as the Epsom Derby or the 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 6 yards . It was first run in 1780. It is Britain's richest flat horse race, and the most prestigious of the five Classics. It is sometimes referred to as the "Blue Riband" of the turf. The race serves as the middle leg of the historically significant Triple Crown of British horse racing, preceded by the 2000 Guineas and followed by the St Leger, although the feat of winning all three is rarely attempted in the modern era due to changing priorities in racing and breeding, and the demands it places on horses. 