Trial races for the Epsom Derby

Trial races for the Epsom Derby

Trial races for the Epsom Derby are horse races during April and May which are contested by three-year-olds likely to run in the Epsom Derby in early June.

Most Derby runners appear in at least one race in the weeks before the event, although some, such as the winners Lammtarra and Shaamit, may arrive at Epsom with no previous run as a three-year-old.

The leading trial of recent years has been the Dante Stakes, which has been contested by five subsequent winners of the Derby in the last twenty years. The table below shows all such races, presently classed at Listed level or above, which have included the Derby winner during the period 1989 to 2008.


2008 Derby contenders

Notable early season appearances by horses which ran in the 2008 Epsom Derby.


* Alan Devonshire - "4th Lingfield Derby Trial"
* Alessandro Volta - "4th Ballysax Stakes, 1st Lingfield Derby Trial"
* Bashkirov
* Bouguereau - "7th Derby Italiano"
* Casual Conquest - "1st Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial"
* Curtain Call - "1st Intercasino.co.uk Conditions Stakes"
* Doctor Fremantle - "1st Chester Vase"
* Frozen Fire - "2nd Dante Stakes"
* Kandahar Run - "2nd Feilden Stakes, 1st Newmarket Stakes"
* King of Rome - "5th Ballysax Stakes, 2nd Lingfield Derby Trial"
* Maidstone Mixture
* New Approach - "2nd 2,000 Guineas, 2nd Irish 2,000 Guineas"
* Rio de la Plata - "2nd Poule d'Essai des Poulains"
* Tajaaweed - "1st Dee Stakes"
* Tartan Bearer - "1st Dante Stakes"
* Washington Irving - "2nd Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial"

References

* Racing Post race records of the last twenty Derby winners:
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=43064 1989] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=54189 1990] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=57937 1991] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=66694 1992] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=83386 1993] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=81717 1994] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=96546 1995] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=107086 1996] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=109090 1997] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=476740 1998]
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=481062 1999] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=517440 2000] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=531769 2001] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=546212 2002] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=569039 2003] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=572760 2004] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=590219 2005] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=637859 2006] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=663655 2007] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/racing_horse_form.sd?horse_id=670119 2008]


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