Derby (horse race)

Derby (horse race)
The start of the 2009 Hong Kong Derby.
See also: Derby (disambiguation)

A derby (UK play /ˈdɑːbɪ/ dah-bee or US /ˈdɜrbɪ/ dur-bee) is a type of horse race, named after the Derby Stakes, still run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in England.[1] That was in turn named for Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, who inaugurated the race in 1780.[2] The best-known example in the United States is the Kentucky Derby.[3][4]

Traditionally, the term "derby" is used strictly to refer to races restricted to three-year-olds,[citation needed] as the English and U.S. Triple Crown races all are. The most notable exceptions to this rule are the Hong Kong Derby and Singapore Derby, restricted to four-year-old Thoroughbreds, and the Canadian Pacing Derby, an annual harness race for "aged pacers" (Standardbreds) four years old and up.[citation needed]

Name Place Distance Restrictions First
race		 Day Notes
American Derby Arlington Park, Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA[t 1] 1 3/16 miles[t 2] 1884[5]
Australian Derby (also known as AJC Derby) Randwick Racecourse, Sydney 2,400 metres 3 yr olds 1861 Late March or early April
Bangalore Derby[6] 2,400 metres 4 yr olds & up
Epsom Derby (also known as The Derby, Derby Stakes and the English Derby) Epsom Downs Racecourse, England 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 10 yards 3 yr olds 1780 1st Saturday in June[t 3]
French Derby (more often known as Prix du Jockey Club) Chantilly Racecourse 2,100 metres (about 1 mile and 2½ furlongs) 3 yr olds 1836 Early June
German Derby Horner Rennbahn, Hamburg 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles) 1869 Early July
Hong Kong Derby
Italian Derby (Derby Italiano) 1884
Indian Derby Kolkata Racecourse, Kolkata metres
Irish Derby The Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland 1½ miles 3 yr olds 1866 Last Sunday in June[t 4]
Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, USA 1¼ miles 3 yr olds 1875 1st Saturday in May
New Zealand Derby Ellerslie Racecourse, Auckland 2,400 metres (12 furlongs) 3yr olds 1860 1st Saturday in March The richest Derby in the Southern Hemisphere
Queensland Derby
Singapore Derby
Victoria Derby
WATC Derby
Footnotes:
  1. ^ Location has varied
  2. ^ Distance has varied
  3. ^ Before 1995, 1st Wednesday in June
  4. ^ Current race date. Dates have varied over time, but have always been in late June or early July.
Other

Notes

  1. ^ Reeves 1997, p.134.
  2. ^ Vesey 2003, p. 135.
  3. ^ Freeman 1997, p. 68.
  4. ^ Schreifer & Sivell 1996.
  5. ^ Only run once between 1905 and 1925.
  6. ^ Sun Kingdom wins Bangalore Derby Retrieved 2011-2-6

References

  • Ashok, Kalyan (11 July 2010), "Derby getting bigger and better", The Hindu, http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Bangalore/article510926.ece 
  • Freeman, Morton S. (1997), A new dictionary of eponyms (Illustrated ed.), Oxford University Press US, ISBN 0195093542 
  • Reeves, Richard Stone (1997), Crown jewels of thoroughbred racing: original paintings (Illustrated ed.), Eclipse Press, ISBN 0939049902 
  • Schreifer, Kirk; Sivell, John (1996), America From Apple Pie To Ziegfeld Follies Book One: People, 1 (Illustrated ed.), Full Blast Productions, ISBN 1895451175 
  • Vesey, Barbara (2003), The Hidden Places of East Anglia: Including Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire (7 ed.), Travel Publishing, ISBN 1902007913 

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