Auguste Rodin ridden by Ryan Moore won the race in 2023, trained by Aidan O'Brien and owned by Tabor/Smith/Magnier/Westerberg.
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The Betfred Derby Festival
The Betfred Derby takes place every year at Epsom Downs Racecourse on the first Saturday in June. It’s one of the most anticipated flat horse races in England, and has a long and colourful history. Learn some of the most fascinating The Betfred Derby facts below.
Auguste Rodin ridden by Ryan Moore won the race in 2023, trained by Aidan O'Brien and owned by Tabor/Smith/Magnier/Westerberg.
Desert Crown ridden by Richard Kingscote won the race. Desert Crown is trained by Sir Michael Stoute and owned by Mr Saeed Suhail.
Adayar ridden by Adam Kirby won the race. Adayar is trained by Charlie Appleby and owned by Godolphin
Serpentine ridden by Emmet McNamara won the race and trainer Aidan O'Brien become the most successful Derby-winning trainer of all time.
Anthony Van Dyke won the Epsom Derby in 2019 - a bay colt ridden by jockey Seamie Heffernan with odds of 13/2.
Masar won the 239th Derby in 2018, ridden by jockey William Buick with odds of 16/1.
The Derby 2017 winner was Wings of Eagles ridden by Padraig Beggy, who won with odds of 40/1 - the biggest upset for 43 years.
In 2016 the 237th Derby winner was Harzand, ridden by jockey Pat Smullen with odds of 13/2, on 4th of June 2016.
Whilst the Derby is open to three-year old colts and fillies, today the Derby is rarely contested by fillies. The last filly to run in the Derby was Cape Verdi in 1998.
Six fillies have won the Derby, the most recent being Fifinella in 1916. The other five fillies who have won the Derby are: Eleanor in 1801, Blink Bonny in 1857, Shotover in 1882, Signorinetta in 1908 and Tagalie in 1912.
Lester Piggot is the greatest of all Derby winners, having won the race a total of nine times during his career.
The first ever Epsom Derby took place in 1780, making the event over 240 years old.
The 1913 Epsom Derby is also known as the “Suffragette Derby” because suffragette Emily Davison was killed when she ran out in front of King George V’s horse. Davison was a militant suffragette who campaigned for votes for women in the UK. The horse hit Davison as she tried to grab its reins, and she died from her injuries four days later.
The Epsom Derby is run over a distance of one mile, four furlongs and six yards, or 2,420 metres.
A total of seven races take place on Derby Day at Epsom Racecourse.
Horseracing is a key plotline in popular TV series Peaky Blinders, so much so that the Epsom Derby features. The sixth and final episode of season two takes place at the Epsom Derby, set in 1920’s England.
