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Investec Derby Festival
31 May - 1 June 2013
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Welcome
from Rupert Trevelyan
The Investec Derby Festival is a race meeting very close to so
many of our hearts. As the first event of the official Diamond
Jubilee Celebration Weekend, the 2012 Investec Derby Day
will be remembered for generations.
This year is very important for a different reason. 2013
marks the centenary of the day that suffragette Emily Wilding
Davison walked on to the course in front of the Derby field
and was hit by the King’s horse, Anmer. Her intentions are
the subject of much debate.
She was knocked unconscious and died four days later in
Epsom’s Cottage Hospital. The centenary of her death has
been marked by Epsom Downs Racecourse with the unveiling
of a plaque, during a private ceremony with Emily Davison’s
family members, at Tattenham Corner on April 8, 2013.
On Investec Derby Day, you will notice many of the
large screens around the racecourse showing images of Emily
Davison and the suffragette movement, reminding racegoers
of events in 1913.
Last year was hugely successful for the Aidan O’Brien
team, with Was winning the Investec Oaks, St Nicholas
Abbey winning back-to-back Investec Coronation Cups, and
Camelot completing the Group One hat-trick for Ballydoyle
when he stormed to victory in the Investec Derby under
Joseph O’Brien, making Derby history with the first fatherand-son, trainer-and-jockey team to win the premier Classic.
All three races will be part of the British Champions Series
again this year, while the Road to the Derby micro-site
www.theroadtothederby.co.uk delivers a narrative for the
Investec Derby Festival throughout the Flat season.
I do hope you have a wonderful day and many thanks to all
the media for your continued support of the world’s greatest
Flat race.
Rupert Trevelyan
Regional Director, London
Contact
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Contents
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Investec Welcome
Rupert Trevelyan Welcome
Contents / Military Wives Choir / Channel 4
Gemma Chan / Philip Treacy / Julie Verhoeven
Official Partners
Investec Derby - The 234th
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History of the Investec Derby
Her Majesty The Queen / Emily Davison
Investec Derby Guest of Honour - Pat Eddery
Investec Derby Timeline
Investec Derby 2012
Investec Derby 2011
Investec Derby 2010 & 2009
Investec Derby Roll Of Honour
Road To The Derby
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Trials Introduction
bet365 Classic Trial, Sandown Park
QIPCO 2000 Guineas, Newmarket
MBNA Chester Vase, Chester
BetVictor.com Dee Stakes, Chester
Betfred Derby Trial, Lingfield
Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial, Leopardstown
Betfred Dante Stakes, York
Investec Derby Facts
Investec Derby Trainers
Investec Derby Jockeys
Investec Derby Owners
Investec Derby Betting
Investec Derby Fillies
Investec Oaks
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2012 Investec Oaks
Investec Oaks History
Investec Oaks Roll Of Honour
Investec Oaks Trainers
Investec Oaks Jockeys
Investec Oaks Trials
Investec Coronation Cup
Military Wives Choir
The Military Wives Choir will perform
the national anthem to Her Majesty The
Queen and 125,000 racegoers on Investec
Derby Day, Saturday, June 1, 2013.
Forty members of the world famous
choir, which came to prominence
following a BBC 2 series in 2011, will be at
Epsom Downs.
Channel 4
Channel 4 returns to broadcasting the
Investec Derby Festival in 2013, following a
four-year deal announced in 2012 to show
racing on British terrestrial television.
It has wide experience of covering the
Derby, having done so from 1986 to
2000 inclusive.
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Investec Coronation Cup History
Investec Coronation Cup Roll Of Honour
Investec Coronation Cup Trainers
Investec Coronation Cup Jockeys
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Supporting Races At The Investec Derby Festival
Racing & Music
Official Ticket Marketplace
The London Region of Jockey Club Racecourses, consisting of Sandown Park
Racecourse, Epsom Downs Racecourse and Kempton Park Racecourse, has
linked up with StubHub, America’s largest secondary ticketing marketplace
and part of the eBay Inc. family. The agreement takes effect immediately and
will continue through the next three years, making StubHub the Official Ticket
Marketplace of the Investec Derby Festival at Epsom Downs Racecourse.
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Investec Derby Festival
2013 Ambassadors
Fashion plays a key role in the Investec Derby Festival which is one of the
greatest sporting and social events in the British calendar. The worldfamous occasion at Epsom Downs Racecourse is expected to attract over
175,000 racegoers again this year.
Iconic Hat
Designer Philip
Treacy and
British Actress
Gemma Chan
Gemma Chan
Official Face of the Investec Derby Festival
Gemma Chan, a modern-day fashion
icon and acclaimed actress, has starred in
some of Britain’s best loved television.
She recently completed shooting
Jack Ryan, her first Hollywood film
opposite Chris Pine, Keira Knightley and
Kevin Costner.
The actress will next be seen starring in
Channel 4’s new drama series Dates and
BBC One drama Shetland.
Some of Gemma’s past credits include;
Fresh Meat, Sherlock, Secret Diary of a Call
Girl, the IT Crowd and Doctor Who.
Gemma commented: “I am thrilled
to have been asked to take on such a
prestigious role at this quintessentially
British event.
“I have been to the Derby before and
had a wonderful day; I can’t wait to soak
up the atmosphere on Derby day wearing
a fabulous hat!”
Philip Treacy
Official Hat Designer
For a second consecutive year, esteemed
milliner to the stars, Philip Treacy, will take
on the role of Official Hat Designer at the
Investec Derby Festival.
With his creations favoured by
international fashion icons including
Madonna and Lady Gaga, Philip is the
ultimate choice when it comes to millinery.
Philip said: “The Investec Derby
Festival is synonymous with fashion and
beautiful hats.
“After a highly successful 2012 Derby, I am
thrilled to be invited back again and am
really excited about the plans for this year.”
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Luxury Cashmere Blanket By Artist
And Illustrator Julie Verhoeven
World-renowned artist & illustrator Julie
Verhoeven has completed the first-ever
Investec Derby Festival print.
Incorporating the many elements which
have established the event as a highlight
of Britain’s sporting & social calendar, the
intricate design has been transformed into
a luxury blanket, now available to buy via
Scottish retailer ROAM.
The limited edition 100% cashmere
blankets retail at £700 and celebrate this
fantastic horseracing occasion.
Julie, who has worked with the likes
of Louis Vuitton, Mulberry and Versace,
commented: “The event is known and
loved by many so I wanted to create a piece
which truly reflects the different aspects of
the Derby.
“The print contains a series of individual
images, each with their own significance
that together envelop the Festival as a
whole. The print is designed to reflect the
unique aspects of the two days of racing,
no matter where you sit on the blanket.
“I have thoroughly enjoyed the challenge
of creating the print and I am now looking
forward to soaking up the atmosphere with
the crowds on Investec Derby Day.’
The finished print includes illustrations of
fashion, millinery, the horses, the crowds,
the hill, Her Majesty The Queen and
the Investec Derby trophy. Julie has also
included a commemoration of the 100year anniversary of the death of suffragette
Emily Davison.
Raymond Van Niekerk, Investec’s Head
of Global Marketing, explained: “This is the
first time we have commissioned an artist
to create an Investec Derby print and the
finished piece is a true representation of a
fantastic event full of anticipation, adrenalin
and excitement.”
Rupert Trevelyan, Regional Director London, Jockey Club Racecourses, added:
“Julie has delivered a unique design which
represents all aspects of the iconic event
through its many different faces.
“This is not just a spectacular racing
event, as the Festival is famed for its style,
atmosphere and entertainment and we are
thoroughly looking forward to the Investec
Derby Festival 2013.”
Official Partners
CORAL – Official Betting Partner
CHAMPAGNE POL ROGER – Official Champagne Partner
The partnership between Epsom Downs Racecourse and Coral
was signed recently and involves a two-year agreement. It provides
a platform for both parties to increase betting turnover around
the event and promote the Coral brand to the 175,000 racegoers
in attendance over the two days of the Investec Derby Festival. The
partnership will involve online, mobile and print, with particular
attention being paid to joint social media and PR projects
including the re-launch of The Road to the Derby micro-site
(www.theroadtothederby.co.uk) with interactive areas for users to
chat, discuss and debate the latest news and views on the Investec
Derby Festival and the Derby Trials. Epsom Downs Racecourse will
be the first racecourse in the UK to use the RaceCaller platform
on its website. RaceCaller is a social platform for horseracing fans,
allowing them to connect and compete with each other. They can
find tips and views on upcoming races, win free bets, bragging
rights and virtual badges in the Road to the Derby Tipping Game,
comment on and follow any horse in the social ante-post section
for the Investec Derby and discover the best amateur Festival or
Trials tipsters to follow. Up-to-date announcements and video
footage will also be available, including footage of the key Derby
Trials, which start at Epsom Downs Racecourse with the Investec
Derby Trial on Wednesday, April 24. The site aims to deliver a
narrative for the Investec Derby Festival throughout the Flat season
and follows the two-year-old activity leading up to the next year’s
renewal of the greatest Flat race in the world.
Champagne Pol Roger is proud of its partnership with the Investec
Derby Festival. From its foundation by the 18-year-old Pol Roger
in 1849, the company’s champagnes have been associated with
such scenes of celebration and enjoyment in the UK. An illustrious
customer, Sir Winston Churchill, named one of his racehorses “Pol
Roger” - she obligingly won the Black Prince Stakes at Kempton Park
on Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation Day. More recently
Pol Roger had the honour of having its Brut Réserve served at the
lunch following the marriage of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge. Pol Roger remains one of the smaller
of the great champagne houses and draws on its own vineyards or
growers who have supplied Pol Roger for generations for its grapes.
Its particular style is obtained twice purifying the grape juice by
cold settlement, followed by first fermentation and storage in
stainless steel, to ensure the freshness and clarity of fruit flavour
is preserved. The Pol Roger cellars, where secondary fermentation
takes place in bottle, extend to seven kilometres in the chalk below
the Avenue de Champagne in Epernay and are among the deepest
and coolest in the region.
AUDEMARS PIGUET – Official Timekeeper
As one of the most prestigious
watchmakers in the world,
Audemars Piguet has a natural
synergy with the Investec Derby
Festival and the greatest Flat race
in the world, the Investec Derby. In
2010, Workforce set a new record
for the Investec Derby, with a time
of 2m 31.33s. Epsom is also home
to the fastest race in the world, the
Investec Specialist Bank ‘Dash’. The
record of 53.6s to cover five furlongs,
which still stands today, was set
by Indigenous in 1960, ridden
by nine-time Derby winning jockey, Lester Piggott. Founded in
1875 by Jules-Louis Audemars and Edward-Auguste Piguet in the
Swiss village of Le Brassus, Audemars Piguet is the oldest
manufacturer of Haute Horlogerie never to have left the hands of
the founding families.
HARVEY NICHOLS – Official Fashion Partner
Harvey Nichols was founded in 1831 and is today the UK’s premier
fashion retailer, renowned both in the UK and internationally for
the breadth and depth of its exclusive fashion merchandise. It
offers many of the world’s most prestigious brands in womenswear,
menswear, accessories, beauty and food. Harvey Nichols, a new
partner of the Investec Derby Festival in 2013, supports Investec’s
‘What Best To Wear ‘ website and the ‘What Best to Wear’ awards
on Investec Ladies Day, Friday, May 31. The London flagship store
is located in the heart of Knightsbridge, London’s most fashionable
and exclusive shopping district. In addition to London, Harvey
Nichols currently has stores in Leeds, Birmingham, Edinburgh,
Manchester and Bristol..
CITY AM – Official Newspaper
City AM is London’s first free daily business newspaper which
covers financial, business news as well as sport and contemporary
lifestyle. The free daily newspaper is read by over 350,000
professionals throughout the City, Canary Wharf and other areas of
high business concentration. As Official Newspaper of the Investec
Derby Festival for the first time two years ago, City AM produced
a ‘Derby Special Edition’ as its first-ever Saturday newspaper. The
20-page publication was distributed along key rail routes to the
125,000 racegoers who travelled to Epsom Downs for Investec
Derby Day. City AM will form a key part of the racecourse’s media
plan going forward, with the racecourse and its commercial
partners benefiting from a variety of special features in the buildup to the Blue Riband of the turf.
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Investec Derby
History Of The Investec Derby
The Bunbury does not quite have the same ring
to it as the Derby but, if a flipped coin had fallen
the other way, then that is how the premier
Classic would probably have been known.
In 1776, ‘Gentleman’ Johnny Burgoyne,
a soldier, playwright and politician who
married into the Derby family and had
leased his Surrey mansion, the Oaks, to
the 12th Earl of Derby, Edward SmithStanley, urged his friend to introduce a
race for three-year-old fillies over a mile
and a half to emulate old comrade in arms
Anthony St Leger, founder of the St Leger
at Doncaster.
Three years later, on May 14, 1779, the
Downs above the spa town of Epsom,
hosted the initial Oaks and, appropriately,
Lord Derby’s Bridget collected victory’s
spoils.
At a celebratory party that evening,
Burgoyne proposed, because the Oaks was
such a great success, a similar race should
be founded for both colts and fillies. Sir
Charles Bunbury, a distinguished figure in
the world of horseracing, was behind the
concept of racing over a mile or a mile and
a half.
Legend has it that Bunbury and Derby
discussed the possibility and all that was
left to do was name the race. Apparently, it
was the toss of a coin in the latter’s favour
that secured the race title, which lives on as
strongly as ever.
On May 4, 1780, the inaugural Derby
Stakes was run for £1,065 15s. Despite
losing the flip of the coin, Bunbury got
some compensation when Diomed carried
his pink and white silks to success. Lord
Derby had to wait until 1787 before he saw
his colours triumph in the Classic, when
the previously unraced Sir Peter Teazle
scored under Sam Arnull. Sir Peter Teazle
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was retired to stud in October, 1789, and
developed into a great sire.
By the middle of the 19th century, the
Derby had established itself as the most
important race of the year in Britain, with
many thousands flocking to Epsom Downs
where there was also a huge fair.
Traditionally run on the first Wednesday
in June, but now on the first Saturday of
the month, the British Parliament did not
sit on Derby Day such was the importance
of the premier Classic.
Copies were spawned around the world
and there are well over 200 different Derbys,
some very illustrious like the Kentucky
Derby - America’s most famous race – and
others less so.
After the American Civil War,
the Kentucky Thoroughbred industry
experienced hard times and Colonel
Meriwether Lewis Clark represented a
group interested in reviving racing in the
state. He travelled to England and France in
1872 to study European horseracing. While
in England, Colonel Clark saw the famous
Epsom Derby and, when he returned to
Louisville, he made plans to create a race
like the one he had witnessed.
The first Kentucky Derby was run at
Churchill Downs in 1875. The fact that
the Kentucky Derby takes place on dirt
rather than turf and over 10 rather than 12
furlongs on the first Saturday in May does
not diminish the sense of flattery towards
Epsom Downs. The name Derby was used
in America and many other countries to
denote the best race for three-year-olds.
Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey
has been the stage for the premier British
Classic, except during both World Wars
(1915-1918, 1940-1945) when the course
was used to house prisoners of war.
A substitute race, the New Derby, was
staged at Newmarket instead.
The Derby, a supreme challenge for threeyear-olds over the unique undulating
track and a mile and a half, remains one
of the most prestigious Flat races in the
world and is the richest race for that age
group in Europe, as well as being Britain’s
richest offering, with a prize fund of at
least £1,325,000.
There is a hugely illustrious roll of honour,
which includes Bay Middleton, Ormonde,
Isinglass, Hyperion and Bahram, while
the last 50 years alone have seen such
luminaries prevail as Sea-Bird, Nijinsky,
Mill Reef, Shergar, Nashwan, Generous,
Lammtarra, Galileo, High Chaparral, New
Approach, Sea The Stars, Workforce
and Camelot.
Such names contribute to the Derby’s rich
history, partly through their outstanding
performances over Epsom Downs but
also, for some, through their legacy as top
stallions. Galileo, European champion sire
in 2008 thanks largely to his Derby winner
New Approach and Coronation Cup victor
Soldier Of Fortune and again in 2010, 2011
& 2012, demonstrated his prowess over the
course as recently as 2001.
There is an undoubted crescendo towards
the first Saturday in June that commences
with a lively ante-post market up a year
before the race and helps sustain interest
through the winter and into the spring.
Then the Classic trials get under way
and the hopes and dreams of owners,
trainers, jockeys, racegoers and punters are
either encouraged or dashed as Derby
Day approaches.
Derby Day draws the biggest infield
crowd of any raceday each year in Britain
and the sense of occasion is palpable.
There is a huge roar of anticipation as the
runners break from the stalls and make
their way uphill to the highest point of the
course, over 500 feet above sea level, before
sweeping down and around Tattenham
Corner to enter the straight where the
finish is fought out.
The Investec Derby is one of five British
Classics, the others being the Investec
Oaks, QIPCO 1000 Guineas (Newmarket),
QIPCO 2000 Guineas (Newmarket) and
Ladbrokes St Leger (Doncaster).
The last two, along with the Investec
Derby, make up the British Triple Crown
which 15 horses have achieved, starting
with West Australian in 1853 and most
recently Nijinsky in 1970.
Camelot went close in 2012, winning
the first two legs and then finishing the St
Leger runner-up.
Investec Derby
Her Majesty The Queen At Epsom
Downs Racecourse
Nobody can match The Queen’s longevity as a racehorse
owner. Her Majesty’s involvement in racehorse ownership
began in 1949 and has spanned eight decades, featuring
many highlights at Epsom Downs Racecourse, including
a pair of victories in the Group One fillies’ Classic, the
Investec Oaks.
Her Majesty’s golden era as a racehorse owner was in the 1950s.
Just four days after her Coronation, the monarch was at the sundrenched Epsom Downs on June 6, 1953 with a reported crowd
of 750,000 people to witness her first Derby runner, Aureole. Sent
off at 9/1 for trainer Sir Cecil Boyd-Rochfort and jockey Harry
Carr following the colt’s Lingfield Derby Trial victory, Aureole
finished four lengths second to Pinza – the closest Her Majesty
has got to victory in this most famous Classic.
Her Majesty experienced her first major victory at the historic
course the following year. Aureole, bred by The Queen’s father
King George VI, returned to Epsom a year after his Derby second
to win the Coronation Cup easily as a four-year-old. He also won
the 1954 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot and
went on to be champion sire in 1960 and 1961, with his best
progeny including the Derby winner St Paddy.
It was in 1957 that Her Majesty first enjoyed Classic success
in the Oaks, thanks to Carrozza, who was leased to her by the
National Stud. Her Majesty was accompanied to Epsom by
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret and
they cheered home the Noel Murless-trained Carrozza, who
started at 100/8 and held off Silken Glider by a short-head under
a youthful Lester Piggott who kicked on two furlongs out.
Amid huge cheering, Her Majesty led her three-year-old filly
into the famous winner’s enclosure at Epsom Downs and she
has been a regular visitor to Epsom Downs ever since. It was two
decades later, appropriately the Silver Jubilee year of 1977, that
Her Majesty enjoyed her other Oaks success.
That victory came from Dunfermline, a filly bred by The Queen’s
Royal Studs at Sandringham and trained by Dick Hern, who
prevailed by three quarters of a length from Freeze The Secret
with The Queen watching on television due to official duties.
The filly went on to confirm her brilliance when beating Alleged
in the final British Classic of the season, the St Leger, at Doncaster.
It was 30 years on from Church Parade finishing fifth in the 1981
Derby before Her Majesty had her next Investec Derby runner in
2011. The newly-married Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and
Prince Harry were among family members who came to Epsom
to support Her Majesty and Carlton House.
The Street Cry colt was sent off the 5/2 favourite on the back
of an impressive Dante Stakes victory at York. There was huge
media interest ahead of the 2011 Investec Derby, but it was not
to be a fairytale result because Carlton House, ridden by Ryan
Moore and trained by Sir Michael Stoute, lost a shoe and finished
third, a length behind the successful French raider Pour Moi.
Though the Investec Derby continues to elude Her Majesty,
she had a winner at Epsom Downs on Derby Day twice in the
1990s, thanks to Enharmonic (1993) who won the Group Three
Diomed Stakes by a head and Arabian Story (1997), who made
all for an easy win in the Paknet Rated Stakes. Frankie Dettori was
the successful jockey both times, while the horses were saddled
by Lord Huntingdon.
Her Majesty has had approaching 800 British winners and
was champion owner in both 1954 and 1957. She has enjoyed
success in the other two British Classics, the 2000 Guineas and
1000 Guineas over a mile at Newmarket, thanks to Pall Mall
(1958) and Highclere (1974) respectively.
She started her Diamond Junilee celebrations on Investec
Derby Day last year.
Emily Davison & The Derby
Emily Wilding Davison (October 11, 1872 - June 8 1913) was
a militant women’s suffrage activist. On June 4, 1913, she
stepped in front of King George V’s horse running in the
Epsom Derby, sustaining injuries that resulted in her death
four days later. Some have claimed that she was trying to
disturb the Derby rather than commit suicide.
Davison’s purpose in attending the Derby of June 4, 1913 is
unclear. Much has been made of the fact that she purchased
a return rail ticket and a ticket to a suffragette dance later that
day, both items held in the collection of the Women’s Library
in London, and both suggesting that martyrdom was not
her intention
Further evidence is a postcard she wrote to her sister Laetitia,
who lived in France and to whom she was very close, which
suggests she was due to go on holiday a few days after the Derby
to visit her sister and niece.
It is a possibility that by entering the race track she was trying
to attach a flag to Anmer, the horse owned by King George V,
so that when the horse crossed the finishing line, it would be
flying the WSPU flag. According to police reports, two flags were
found in her possession.
Pathé News captured the incident on film. The film, taken
at Tattenham Corner, shows Davison stepping out onto the
racecourse just as the leading horses sweep by. She then is seen
standing in the middle of the racecourse as two more horses
pass on the inside of her, and on the film suddenly she takes
a lunge at one of the last few trailing horses. This was Anmer.
The film is unclear but it is possible that by this point she has
taken the banner of the WSPU out from where it was concealed
in her clothing.
She is knocked to the ground unconscious. Eyewitnesses at the
time were divided as to her motivation, with many of the opinion
that she had simply intended to cross the track, believing that all
horses had passed. Others reported that she had attempted to
pull down the King's horse.
It is sometimes suggested that a few weeks beforehand Emily
Davison and other suffragettes were ‘practising’ grabbing horses
in the park near her mother’s house in Morpeth; and that they
drew straws to decide who should be the one to go to Epsom.
She died four days later in Epsom Cottage Hospital, due to
a fractured skull and internal injuries caused by the incident.
Herbert Jones, the jockey who was riding the horse, suffered
a mild concussion in the incident, but was ‘haunted by that
woman’s face’ for much longer. In 1928, at the funeral of
Emmeline Pankhurst, Jones laid a wreath “to do honour to the
memory of Mrs Pankhurst and Miss Emily Davison”. In 1951, his
son found Jones dead in a gas-filled kitchen.
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Guest of Honour
Pat Eddery
Epsom Downs has been important to Pat
Eddery from the very beginning of a riding
career that made him the most successful
jockey of his generation.
An apprentice handicap, run over the
12-furlong Derby course, showcased the
then 17-year-old Eddery’s talents as he
steered the Michael Pope-trained Alvaro
to a three-length victory on April 24, 1969.
At the time, it was “a boy’s dream come
true”, Eddery later recalled. By 1971 he
had become champion apprentice and
four years on he won the first of 11 full
championships, a record he shares with
Lester Piggott.
Eddery's career total by the time he retired
from race riding in 2003 was exceeded only
by Sir Gordon Richards as a Flat jockey.
Eddery only missed one of the 32 Derbys
from 1972 until 2003 and rode his first
winner of the premier Classic in 1975
aboard one of the great post-war horses,
Grundy, trained by Peter Walwyn in
Lambourn.
The previous year’s champion juvenile
scored by three lengths at Epsom and went
on to beat Bustino in what some billed as
the race of the century - the King George
VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.
Derby number two came in 1982 when
Golden Fleece, trained by Vincent O’Brien
at Ballydoyle in Ireland, scored by three
lengths from subsequent St Leger winner
Touching Wood. The son of Nijinsky was
owned by a syndicate headed by Robert
Sangster, by whom Eddery was retained.
Along with his three Derby victories,
Eddery finished runner-up in the premier
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Classic on six occasions, most notably
aboard the brilliant Guineas winner El Gran
Senor in 1984.
A retainer with Saudi prince Khalid
Abdullah saw Eddery line up aboard Quest
For Fame, for then fledgling trainer Roger
Charlton in 1990.
Eddery won the Investec Oaks on the
same number of occasions.
His first British Classic victory came in
the 1974 Oaks when the Walwyn-trained
Polygamy, carrying the colours of Louis
Freedman, prevailed having been beaten
in a photo for the 1000 Guineas on her
previous start.
Charlton’s predecessor at Beckhampton
stables in Wiltshire, Jeremy Tree, provided
Eddery with his next Oaks winner five
years later, Scintillate, who became the
third Classic winner for her dam Set Free,
following the 1975 Epsom heroine Juliette
Marney and St Leger victor Julio Mariner.
Oaks win number three in 1996 was
aboard the Henry Cecil-trained Lady Carla,
who scored by an impressive nine lengths.
The Investec Derby Festival’s other Group
One, the Investec Coronation Cup, proved
a happy hunting ground for Eddery. He
first captured the mile and a half contest
in 1978 aboard Daniel Wildenstein’s Crow,
trained by Walwyn, and was successful
in 1985 aboard Rainbow Quest, who
scored impressively for Tree and went on
to be awarded that year’s Prix de l’Arc de
Triomphe in the stewards’ room. A year
late, Eddery prevailed on Saint Estephe,
trained in France by Andre Fabre.
He won the 1995 Coronation Cup for
Fabre and Rainbow Quest’s owner Khalid
Abdullah with Sunshack and his final
victory in the race came three years later
with Silver Patriarch. The grey was beaten
a short-head in the 1997 Derby, before
providing Eddery with his 4,000th domestic
winner when landing the St Leger.
County Kildare-born Eddery, who was 61
on March 18, comes from a family steeped
in racing success. His father Jimmy was a
jockey and his brother Paul has enjoyed
considerable success in the saddle.
Pat's many achievements include riding a
still unprecedented 29 centuries as a jockey
in a career that saw him win the Prix de
l'Arc de Triomphe four times, including
with the brilliant Dancing Brave in 1986. He
won Breeders’ Cup races with Pebbles in
1985 and Sheikh Albadou in 1991.
After retiring from the saddle at the end
of the 2003 season, Eddery began training
in Buckinghamshire in 2005 and had his
biggest success so far with Hearts Of Fire, a
Group One-winning juvenile in 2009.
While he has yet to field a challenger in
an Epsom Classic, he has at least trained
a couple of winners at the course that
brought him many of the highlights of an
illustrious riding career.
Eddery is excited to be following some
of racing’s most iconic names in becoming
this year's Guest of Honour at Epsom.
“I am honoured to be asked to be this
year's Guest of Honour at Epsom. The
Derby is always a race which I have held
dear in my heart, winning the race three
times and I am greatly looking forward to
the day,” said Eddery.
Rupert Trevelyan, Regional Director at the
Jockey Club, London, added: “It seemed
fitting this year to ask Pat to be the Guest
of Honour as there are so many great
memories of him at Epsom over the years,
including his first-ever winner.
“Pat joins a suitably fitting list of prestigious
trainers and jockeys who have been Guests
of Honour in the past, including the likes
of Vincent O'Brien, Sir Peter O'Sullevan and
Willie Carson.”
pat eddery's derby record
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Pentland Firth (3rd)
Freefoot (3rd)
Charlie Bubbles (13th)
GRUNDY (WON)
Oats (3rd)
Night Before (PU)
Formidable (9th)
New Berry (17th)
Pelerin (4th)
Riberetto (8th)
GOLDEN FLEECE (WON)
Salmon Leap (4th)
El Gran Senor (2nd)
Law Society (2nd)
Wise Councillor (17th)
Bellotto (3rd)
Red Glow (4th)
Mill Pond (5th)
QUEST FOR FAME (WON)
Toulon (9th)
Rainbow Corner (11th)
Tenby (10th)
Sunshack (19th)
Dushyantor (2nd)
Silver Patriarch (2nd)
King Of Kings (15th)
Salford Express (14th)
Inchlonaig (11th)
Golan (2nd)
Frankies Dream (11th)
The Great Gatsby (2nd)
Investec Derby
Timeline 1780-2012
1780
The 6/4 favourite Diomed,
ridden by Sam Arul, beats
eight rivals to win the first Derby and a
prize of £1,065 15s. The date, Thursday, May
4, is the earliest in the year on which the
Classic has been run. After failing at stud in
England, Diomed is exported at the age of
20 to America, where he lives another 10
years and proves an important stallion.
1784
The race distance increases
from a mile (eight furlongs,
1,600 metres) to a mile and a half (12
furlongs; 2,400 metres). There have been
minor variations to the distance raced over
and, since 1991, the official trip has been
one mile, four furlongs and 10 yards.
1787
Sir Peter Teazle provides the
first and only victory for
the man who gave the race its name, the
12th Earl of Derby. The next winner for the
Stanley family was Sansovino, owned by
the 17th Earl, in 1924.
1788
The first Royal success.
The winner is Sir Thomas,
in the colours of the Prince of Wales (later
George IV).
1791
A colt by Florizel, later
known as Eager, becomes
the first winner to run un-named.
Middleton (1825) and Lap-dog (1826)
also acquired their names only after their
victories, but the 1797 winner was only
ever known as the Fidget colt.
1821
Gustavus becomes the first
of only four grey winners,
followed by Tagalie (1912), Mahmoud
(1936) and Airborne (1946). The most
recent grey to finish in the first three
was Silver Patriarch, beaten a short-head
in 1997.
1823
Emelius is a seventh winner
for trainer Robert Robson,
a total equalled only by John Porter and
Fred Darling.
1828
The first dead-heat. Cadland
then beats The Colonel by
half a length in a run-off.
1844
The outcome is determined
in a court of law six weeks
after the race, when it is established that
the ‘winner’, the so-called Running Rein,
is actually a four-year-old, Maccabeus.
Orlando, beaten three quarters of a length
on the day, is awarded the prize. The
amended result means that Jonathan Peel
becomes the first man to own and breed
both the winner and runner-up, in this
case Ionian.
1853
West Australian wins before
becoming the first of 15
horses to gain the Triple Crown, comprising
three Classics, the 2000 Guineas over a mile
at Newmarket, the 12-furlong Derby and
the St Leger over an extended 14 furlongs
at Doncaster. The most recent Triple
Crown winner Nijinsky achieved the feat
in 1970, while Camelot came close in 2012.
1882
A unique year in that all five
Classics were won by fillies:
Shotover (2000 Guineas and Derby), St
Marguerite (1000 Guineas), Geheimniss
(Oaks) and Dutch Oven (St Leger).
1884
The second and most recent
dead-heat. Harvester and St
Gatien share the spoils.
1886
The last of five victories
for legendary jockey Fred
Archer, on the brilliant unbeaten Ormonde,
the best horse of the 19th century. Archer,
who also won on Silvio (1877), Bend Or
(1880), Iroquois (1881) and Melton (1885),
shot himself dead five months later when
delirious during an illness brought on
by wasting.
1887
to win.
1890
At 40/95, Surefoot is
the shortest-priced losing
favourite, finishing fourth to Sainfoin in a
blanket finish.
1894
Ladas, at 2/9, is the
hottest winning favourite.
His owner, the 5th Earl of Rosebery, who
also scored with Sir Visto the following
year, is the only man to have won the
Derby while serving as Prime Minister.
1895
The Derby, won by Sir
Visto, is the first race to be
recorded on film.
1794
1862
1896
1801
1865
Gladiateur becomes the first
French-bred (and indeed
foreign-bred) winner, earning himself the
soubriquet “The Avenger of Waterloo”.
1898
1872
The present course, with the
start on the hill opposite the
grandstands, is used for the first time.
1899
1876
1881
1900
The smallest field, with
just four runners. The 6/1
outsider Daedalus, running for the first
time, wins.
Eleanor is the first of six
fillies to succeed. The
others are Blink Bonny (1857), Shotover
(1882), Signorinetta (1908), Tagalie
(1912) and Fifinella (1916). Eleanor, Blink
Bonny, Signorinetta and Fifinella also won
the Oaks.
1808
Pan, a half-brother to 1803
winner Ditto, completes
a unique double for their owner Sir
Hedworth Williamson, the only man to win
the Derby twice from just two attempts.
1813
Smolensko is the first of
only two black winners, the
other being Grand Parade in 1919.
1820
Sailor is the only horse to
win the race on his actual
third birthday, May 18.
The largest field, 34-strong.
After three false starts, 40/1
outsider Caractacus beats the 5/2 favourite
The Marquis a neck.
Kisber becomes the sole
Hungarian-foaled winner.
Iroquois,
owned
by
tobacco millionaire Pierre
Lorillard, is the first winner bred in the
USA. The next was Never Say Die in 1954.
Debutant Merry Hampton
is the most recent maiden
A second Royal success
comes about. The winner is
Persimmon, in the colours of the Prince Of
Wales, later Edward VII.
Jeddah is the first of three
100/1 winners, followed by
Signorinetta (1908) and Aboyeur (1913).
Flying Fox brings his trainer
John Porter’s score to seven,
equalling that of Robert Robson.
A third Royal success
happens. Persimmon’s fullbrother Diamond Jubilee, foaled in the
60th year of Queen Victoria’s reign, wins
for the Prince Of Wales. His victory marks
the most recent of five successes for pairs
of full-brothers, following Daedalus (1784)
and Rhadamanthus (1790); Archduke
(1799) and Paris (1806); Whalebone (1810)
and Whisker (1815); plus Lap-dog (1826)
and Spaniel (1831).
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1904
An amateur rider is placed
for the first time. George
Thursby is second on John O’Gaunt, a feat
he repeats two years later on Picton.
1907
Orby, from the stable of
Frederick McCabe, is the
first Irish-trained winner. There have been
15 more since.
1909
Minoru, leased by King
Edward VII from Colonel
Hall-Walker, is the only Derby winner to
carry the colours of the reigning monarch.
1913
The most sensational Derby
of all. On Tattenham Hill,
militant suffragette Emily Davison sustains
fatal injuries after running onto the track
and bringing down the King’s horse
Anmer. Then the 6/4 favourite Craganour,
who beat 100/1 shot Aboyeur a head in a
rough finish, is disqualified by the stewards
in favour of the outsider. Day Comet,
who clearly passed the post in third, was
overlooked by the judge and assigned no
official place, a mistake never corrected.
Durbar, owned and prepared
in Normandy by American
Herman Duryea, is the first French-trained
winner. Nine have followed, most recently
Pour Moi in 2011.
1936
1915
1938
1940
1941
The Derby is televised by the
BBC for the first time.
1942
1947
The first Derby on a Saturday,
a day repeated until 1945.
1914
The race, called the
New Derby, moves to
Newmarket’s July Course for four war years,
and is sponsored for the first time. As a
one-off, the 17th Earl Of Derby provided all
the added prize money (£1,000).
1918
Lady James Douglas is the
first woman to own a Derby
winner, with Gainsborough.
1921
The most tragic of winners.
Humorist, so gallant in his
neck success from Craig An Eran, has a fatal
pulmonary haemorrhage in his box two
weeks later. A post-mortem shows he had
tuberculosis.
1923
Papyrus
gives
Steve
Donoghue a unique jockeys’
hat-trick, after Humorist (1921) and
Captain Cuttle (1922). Later in the year,
the colt becomes the first Derby winner to
race in the USA, where he is well beaten in
a match with Zev in New York.
1927
The Derby, won by Call
Boy, is the first Flat race in
England broadcast on radio. The first of all
was that year’s Grand National at Aintree.
1932
The winner April The Fifth
is only the second Epsomtrained horse to score on his home track,
after Amato in 1838.
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The 3rd Aga Khan becomes
the second man to own
and breed both the winner and runner-up,
Mahmoud and Taj Akbar. Jonathan Peel in
1844 was the first.
The race moves to
Newmarket for six war years.
The victory of Owen Tudor
is number seven for trainer
Fred Darling, equalling the record scores of
John Porter and Robert Robson.
1954
Lester Piggott, aged 18, wins
the first of his record nine
Derbys, on Never Say Die.
1956
For the first time, overseastrained horses - Lavandin
(France), Montaval (France) and Roistar
(Ireland) - occupy the first three places.
A raiders’ clean sweep happened again in
1962 thanks to Larkspur (Ireland), Arcor
(France) and Le Cantilien (France); in 1970
when Nijinsky (Ireland) beat Gyr (France)
and Stintino (France), and in 2009 when Sea
The Stars (Ireland) finished ahead of Fame
And Glory (Ireland) and Masterofthehorse
(Ireland).
1962
The first peacetime Derby
on a Saturday. In order to
interfere as little as possible with post-war
industrial output, the day was repeated
until 1950.
Larkspur, who kept his feet
while seven rivals fell on the
descent to Tattenham Corner, provided
the first of six Derby winners for perhaps
the greatest trainer ever, Vincent O’Brien,
who also sent out Sir Ivor (1968), Nijinsky
(1970), Roberto (1972), The Minstrel (1977)
and Golden Fleece (1982) to victory.
1949
The result is decided with
the aid of a photo-finish for
the first time. Nimbus wins by a head from
Amour Drake, with Swallow Tail another
head back in third.
1965
1953
Palace wins.
Pinza
gives
Gordon
Richards, recently knighted
in the Coronation honours, his first victory
at his 28th and final attempt, with the new
Queen Elizabeth II’s Aureole second. The
26-time champion jockey’s career ended
after a fall at Sandown the following year.
Sea-Bird, widely considered
the greatest Derby winner,
beats Meadow Court and I Say in a canter.
1967
Starting stalls are used
for the first time. Royal
1975
Nobiliary, second to Grundy,
is the most recent of five
fillies to be placed.
1976
Empery, trained by Maurice
Zilber in France, becomes
Lester Piggott’s seventh Derby winner.
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1977
The Minstrel prevails in a
thrilling finish from Hot
Grove, handing a fifth success to trainer
Vincent O’Brien and an eighth to jockey
Lester Piggott.
1979
1980
The 200th running of the
Classic was won by Troy.
Nikoli, eighth behind Henbit
at 4/1, becomes a record
eighth consecutive losing favourite.
1981
Shergar sets a record
winning distance of 10
lengths under 19-year-old Derby debutant
Walter Swinburn.
1982
final winner.
Golden Fleece is trainer
Vincent O’Brien’s sixth and
1983
Teenoso is Lester Piggott’s
ninth and final winner,
three more than his nearest pursuers Jem
Robinson and Steve Donoghue achieved.
1984
The first commercial Derby
sponsorship - Ever Ready.
The first prize, won by Secreto, is £227,680
(compared with £165,080 the previous
year).
Shergar led in by owner the Aga Khan with
Walter Swinburn after winning the Derby
1998
The 1000 Guineas winner
Cape Verdi is the most
recent filly to run, finishing ninth as the
11/4 favourite. A supplementary stage is
introduced, allowing connections to enter
for the Derby at the five-day stage at a cost
of £75,000.
2000
Sinndar is the first horse
to capture the Derby, Irish
Derby and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in the
same season.
2001
Sadler’s Wells.
Galileo is a first winner
for 14-time champion sire
2008
New Approach, beaten a
nose in the first British colts’
Classic, the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket,
wins on his first and only attempt at 12
furlongs.
2009
Galileo's half-brother Sea The
Stars shows he is one of the
greats as he powers to glory under veteran
jockey Mick Kinane. The John Oxx-trained
colt becomes the first horse for 20 years to
follow up victory in the 2000 Guineas with
success in the Epsom Classic and goes on
to complete an unbeaten campaign with
four further Group One wins, annexing
the Coral-Eclipse, Juddmonte International,
Irish Champion Stakes and Prix de l’Arc de
Triomphe. Investec takes over sponsorship
of the Derby and backs all the races at the
two-day meeting at Epsom.
1986
2002
1989
2003
2010
Dr Devious is the first horse
to win the Derby after
contesting the Kentucky Derby, in which
he had finished seventh to Lil E Tee.
Kris Kin is the first
supplementary entry to
win the Derby. The Sir Michael Stoutetrained colt had initially been entered in
the Classic as a yearling but was scratched
at the start of his three-year-old campaign.
Connections paid £90,000 to add the
horse to the line-up at the five-day stage
following his victory in the Dee Stakes.
1994
2004
2011
1995
2005
Bold
Arrangement
becomes the first horse
to contest both the Kentucky Derby
and Derby, finishing second at Churchill
Downs to Ferdinand and 14th at Epsom
to Shahrastani.
Terimon, second to Nashwan
at 500/1, becomes the
longest-priced horse placed in any Classic.
1992
At the age of 58, Lester
Piggott has his last
Derby mount on fifth-placed 33/1
shot Khamaseen.
Lammtarra becomes the
first horse to win the Derby
on his seasonal return, sets a record time of
2m 32.31s, beating Mahmoud’s 2m 33.8s,
hand-timed in 1936. The race is switched
permanently from Wednesday to Saturday.
Vodafone takes over the sponsorship and
remains the backer up to 2008.
1996
Alex Greaves is the first
woman to ride in the
race, finishing last on 500/1 outsider
Portuguese Lil.
Aidan O’Brien records backto-back wins with sons of
Sadler’s Wells, courtesy of Michael Tabor’s
and Sue Magnier’s High Chaparral.
Kieren Fallon becomes the
first jockey in 23 years to win
the Derby two years in succession as North
Light follows up the victory of Kris Kin 12
months earlier.
Trainer Michael Bell enjoys
his first Derby success when
Motivator scores in the colours of the
Royal Ascot Racing Club, which is the first
syndicate to own a Derby winner.
2006
A multi-horse finish rivals
that of 1913 as the closest
ever. In a four-way photo, Sir Percy beats
Dragon Dancer, Dylan Thomas and Hala
Bek a short-head, a head and a short-head.
2007
attempt.
Frankie Dettori wins on
Authorized at his 15th
Ryan Moore lands a first
Derby victory on Workforce
a day after clinching an initial British Classic
success aboard Snow Fairy in the Investec
Oaks. Workforce, the first Derby winner
to have been beaten in the Dante Stakes,
breaks the Epsom Downs’ track record set
by Lammtarra in 1995 with a time of 2m
31.33s and gives trainer Sir Michael Stoute
his fifth success, making him the most
successful current trainer.
Pour Moi, trained by Andre
Fabre and partnered by
19-year-old Mickael Barzalona, becomes
the 10th French-trained winner and the
first since Empery in 1976. Carlton House,
owned by The Queen, starts the 5/2
favourite and finishes a close third.
2012
Camelot becomes the 37th
horse to follow up victory in
the 2000 Guineas with success in the Derby
as he records a convincing five-length win
at Epsom Downs. Jockey and trainer, Joseph
and Aidan O’Brien, become the first father/
son combination to win the race. Camelot
narrowly fails in his bid to win the Triple
Crown, finishing second behind Encke in
the St Leger at Doncaster.
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Full Results
2012 Investec Derby
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HORSE
OWNER
TRAINER
JOCKEY
DRAW
Camelot
Main Sequence
Astrology
Thought Worthy
Mickdaam
Bonfire
Minimise Risk
Rugged Cross
Cavaleiro
Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor
Niarchos Family
Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor
George Strawbridge
Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum
Highclere Thoroughbred Racing – Pocahontas
Fitri Hay
Thomas Barr
Guy Brook
Aidan O'Brien IRE
David Lanigan
Aidan O'Brien IRE
John Gosden
Richard Fahey
Andrew Balding
Andrew Balding
Henry Candy
Marcus Tregoning
Joseph O'Brien
Ted Durcan
Ryan Moore
William Buick
Paul Hanagan
Jimmy Fortune
Jamie Spencer
Dane O'Neill
Hayley Turner
[5]
[3]
[7]
[6]
[4]
[8]
[9]
[2]
[1]
SP
8/13 Fav
9/1
13/2
16/1
25/1
9/2
66/1
33/1
25/1
Class 1, Group 1, £1,325,000 Total Prize Fund, 4pm, Epsom Downs, Saturday, June 2, 2012. For three-year-olds only, entire colts & fillies,
One mile, four furlongs and 10 yards. Entries closed December 7, 2010 (478 entries). First scratchings’ deadline noon, March 6, 2012 (143
remained), £8,000 secondary entry stage noon, April 3, 2012 (5 second entries received), second scratchings’ deadline noon, May 18, 2012
(24 remained), £75,000 supplementary entry & five-day confirmation stage, noon, May 28, 2012 (12 remained), final declaration stage 10am,
May 31, 2012 (nine declared). Penalty Values: 1st: £751,407.50 2nd: £284,875 3rd: £142,570 4th: £71,020 5th: £35,642.50 6th: £17,887.50
9 ran Time: 2m 33.90s
Distances: 5, sh, 6, 2, 1/2, 1/2, 2, 3 1/2
Breeder: Sheikh Abdulla Bin Isa Al-Khalifa
Breeding: b c Montjeu (IRE) - Tarfah
(USA) (Kingmambo (USA))
Tote Win: £1.80
Places: £1.10;
£1.90; £2.00
Exacta: £7.30
Investec Derby Day had even greater
significance in 2012 as it marked the
beginning of Her Majesty The Queen’s
official Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Brilliant horses such as Sea-Bird, Nijinsky
and Sea The Stars have all come of age
at Epsom Downs during the monarch’s
60-year reign and Camelot’s stunning
five-length demolition of his rivals in the
premier Classic of 2012 marked him down
as colt of uncommon quality.
Camelot’s reputation has always
been huge and he was described as an
“outstanding individual” by bloodstock
experts when sold for 525,000 guineas (a
guinea=£1.05) at the Tattersalls Yearling
Sale in Newmarket during October, 2010.
Trained by Irish champion Aidan O’Brien,
Camelot was already at the forefront of the
betting for the 2012 Classics before he even
made his debut at Leopardstown on July
14, 2011, when he justified 1/3 favouritism
to win a mile maiden easily by two lengths.
He was not seen again until late October
that year with connections opting for a
major jump in class to the Group One
Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster for which
he was the 10/11 market leader. Despite his
lack of experience, Camelot exhibited an
explosive turn of foot to score impressively
again at a mile.
Camelot returned to Britain the following
spring for the first Classic of the season, the
QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. He
was the 15/8 favourite for the mile event
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but both pundits and punters questioned
whether or not he possessed the speed
to win.
After all, his sire Montjeu, a renowned
stamina influence, had an outstanding
record with middle distance performers
but had never been responsible for a
Classic-winning miler. Camelot also evoked
memories of his stable companion St
Nicholas Abbey, another son of Montjeu
who was a similarly impressive winner
of the Racing Post Trophy in 2009 before
finishing sixth when evens favourite in the
2000 Guineas the following spring.
A large field of 18 went to post and
split into three groups breaking from
the stalls but 19-year-old Joseph O’Brien
gave Camelot a ride that belied his years.
Anchored well off the pace, the pair were
still in the last trio entering the final three
furlongs but Joseph delivered his charge
with well-timed challenge inside the final
furlong to score by a neck from Frenchraider French Fifteen.
The usual concern hanging over a 2000
Guineas winner when they go on to the
Derby is whether or not they are blessed
with the stamina to stay the extra halfmile but, in Camelot’s case, many expected
the step-up in trip to bring out further
improvement and as a result he was sent
off the shortest-priced post-1945 favourite
at 8/13.
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The nine Investec Derby runners, the
smallest number since 1907, lined up
for the 233rd running of the great race
with Camelot’s chief dangers being stable
companion Astrology, an 11-length winner
of the Dee Stakes at Chester, Dante Stakes
scorer Bonfire and the unbeaten Main
Sequence, a comfortable winner of the
Lingfield Derby Trial.
Astrology, under Ryan Moore, took the
lead and set a decent pace, while Camelot
was settled in the rear under Joseph, having
only his second ride in the premier Classic.
Rounding Tattenham Corner with four
furlongs remaining, Astrology and Thought
Worthy kicked for home but Joseph was
still sitting quietly on Camelot who had
improved into sixth.
Astrology established a three-length
advantage with two and a half furlongs
remaining. Camelot was pulled wide
and produced a tremendous burst to
bridge the gap on his stable companion,
despite hanging down the camber, before
powering clear inside the final furlong for
a stunning five-length victory from Main
Sequence who snatched second from
Astrology by a short-head.
Camelot became only the second horse
since Nashwan in 1989 to complete the
QIPCO 2000 Guineas and Investec Derby
double (the other was Sea The Stars in
2009), and his odds were slashed to 1/3 to
become the 16th Triple Crown winner and
the first since Nijinsky in 1970.
Aidan O’Brien reflected: “From day one
Camelot has been exceptional, so I was
really taking it race by race rather than by
trip. He was very impressive in his two runs
at two and we were over the moon with
his first run this year in the Guineas. “He’s never had to deal with that kind of
camber before and he was still a babyish
horse coming into this race.
“Every trip he’s raced over so far has
been the same - he didn’t look finished at
the line today and it was the same in the
Guineas. He relaxes.
“We were afraid even to dream. No word
I can say can describe this and there was no
dream big enough.
“I had an idea of what he (Joseph) was
going to do in the race. We have a fair
idea of his body language in a race and he
looked happy all the way through.”
Joseph O’Brien, who turned 19 10 days
beforehand, commented: “I was pretty
confident most of the way. He was relaxed
but, just coming down the hill, he was
quite green.
“It’s the first time for him on this type of
track and only his fourth run ever and he
just wanted to see where he was putting
his feet. “Everyone feels a bit of pressure in the
Derby - it is one of biggest races in the
world, if not the biggest race, but you have
to try and block that out.
“This is a dream come to true and to win
the Derby on a horse like Camelot is very
special.”
Derrick Smith, whose colours were carried
by the winner, said: “This is the one that
everyone in racing wants. It’s not a dream
because I would have never dreamed that
I would do it. It’s just unbelievable - to win
the English Derby is a dream come true.
“What a ride from Joseph and what a
horse. To be able to travel so easily in the
early part of the race, come on the outside
with three furlongs to go - you could
see from the three-pole it was all over. I
have had such fun out of this and much
appreciation to John Magnier and the
team at Coolmore.
“They are a fantastic team of people and
it’s everything to be in ownership with John
and Michael (Tabor) - it’s great just to be
part of it.
“The Triple Crown must be on the agenda
now, mustn’t it?”
Camelot was the fourth Investec Derby
winner in eight runnings to be sired by
Montjeu, who died in early 2012.
Aidan O’Brien celebrated his third
training success in the Investec Derby,
following on from Galileo (2001) and High
Chaparral (2002)
Camelot completed a unique treble for
his trainer who also won the two other
Group One races at the Investec Derby
Festival, the fillies’ Classic, the Investec
Oaks, with Was and the Diamond Jubilee
Coronation Cup with St Nicholas Abbey.
Following his Investec Derby triumph,
Camelot enjoyed another Derby victory,
on unsuitably heavy ground, in the Irish
equivalent at the Curragh on June 30
before a mid-season break.
Connections took the decision to go for
the Triple Crown and Camelot started the
red-hot 2/5 favourite for the Ladbrokes
St Leger at Doncaster on September 15
over an extended mile and three quarters.
Ridden to preserve his stamina, Camelot
was unable to peg back Godolphin’s Encke
who, under a masterful Mickael Barzalona
ride, went clear entering the final furlong
and held on for a three quarters of a
length victory.
Camelot had one more outing in 2012,
finishing seventh in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc
de Triomphe on October 7 at Longchamp
on very heavy ground. He survived a
bout of colic shortly afterwards and has
remained in training for 2013.
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Investec Derby
2011 result
horse
owner
trainer
jockey
draw
sp
1
2
3
4
5
6
Pour Moi
Treasure Beach
Carlton House
Memphis Tennessee
Native Khan
Recital
Andre Fabre FR
Aidan O'Brien IRE
Sir Michael Stoute
Aidan O'Brien IRE
Ed Dunlop
Aidan O'Brien IRE
Mickael Barzalona
Colm O'Donoghue
Ryan Moore
Joseph O'Brien
Johnny Murtagh
Pat Smullen
[7]
[12]
[13]
[6]
[3]
[4]
4/1
25/1
5/2 Fav
20/1
8/1
5/1
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Vadamar
Masked Marvel
Pisco Sour
Seville
Ocean War
Castlemorris King
Marhaba Malyoon
Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith
Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor
The Queen
Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith
Ibrahim Araci
Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick
Smith & Eduard Mordukhovitch
Aga Khan
Bjorn Nielsen
Michael Kerr-Dineen
Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier
Godolphin
Charles O’Connell
Ahmad Al Shaikh
Alain de Royer-Dupre FR
John Gosden
Hughie Morrison
Aidan O'Brien IRE
Mahmood Al Zarooni
Michael Attwater
David Simcock
Christophe Lemaire
William Buick
Jimmy Fortune
Christophe Soumillon
Frankie Dettori
Mark Coumbe
Jamie Spencer
[9]
[5]
[1]
[2]
[10]
[11]
[8]
14/1
25/1
50/1
13/2
12/1
150/1
100/1
Class 1, Group One, £1,250,000 Total Prize Fund, 4pm, Epsom Downs, Saturday, June 4, 2011
For three-year-olds only, entire colts & fillies. One mile, four furlongs & 10 yards. Entries closed December 1, 2009 (444
entries). First scratchings deadline noon, March 1, 2011 (125 remained), £8,000 secondary entry stage noon, April 5, 2011
(12 extra entries received), second scratchings deadline noon, May 19, 2011 (22 remained), £75,000 supplementary entry
& five-day confirmation stage, noon, May 30, 2011 (17 remained), final declaration stage 10am, June 2, 2011 (13 declared).
Penalty value 1st £709,625.00 2nd £269,000.00 3rd £134,625.00 4th £67,125.00 5th £33,625.00 6th £16,875.00
Pour Moi’s victory in the 2011 Investec
Derby was notable as he came from last to
first, gave trainer Andre Fabre a first victory
and ended a drought for French-trained
Derby runners which had lasted since 1976.
But the lasting impression from the
premier Classic was the style, coolness,
daring and sheer bravado of the winning
jockey Mickael Barzalona, who stood up in
the saddle and celebrated before reaching
the winning line even though some
observers were doubtful his mount Pour
Moi had beaten runner-up Treasure Beach.
Happily for Barzalona the photo-finish
showed that Pour Moi had prevailed by a
head, with Carlton House three quarters
of a length back in third and Memphis
Tennessee the same margin in arrears
in fourth.
Just as Lester Piggott made his big
breakthrough in the Derby on Never Say
Die as an 18-year-old in 1954, 19-year-old
Barzalona enjoyed his most important
victory on Pour Moi who was his first ride
in the Epsom Downs Classic.
Andre Fabre, for all his brilliance and 23
trainer championships in France, had a less
than enviable record in the Investec Derby
before 2011, with his nine previous runners
unplaced including the 2006 favourite
Visindar - Fabre’s highest-placed finisher
in fifth.
By Montjeu and out of the Darshaan
mare Gwynn, Pour Moi finished eighth on
his debut at Fontainebleau in September,
2010, before scoring cosily in a conditions
race at Longchamp the following month.
He was third in the Group Three Prix La
Force on his seasonal return at Longchamp
in April, 2011, and posted a ready success
in the Group Two Prix Greffulhe at SaintCloud the following month. Fabre hinted
that the Investec Derby could be on the
colt’s agenda and, in a surprise turn, Pour
Moi worked at Epsom Downs at the
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Breakfast With The Stars event towards the
end of May.
The usual stir surrounding the Investec
Derby had added impetus with Her
Majesty The Queen having a worthy
favourite in Carlton House, trained by Sir
Michael Stoute, who had won the best
Derby trial, the Group Two Dante Stakes, at
York on his previous start.
Barzalona’s inexperience around the
unique undulating course was not
evident. He held up Pour Moi, owned by
Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick
Smith, a definite last of the 13 runners and
still occupied that position at the top of
the hill.
Pour Moi was asked to make progress
after turning into the straight and started
to improve his position on the outside.
The French-trained colt was still ninth
with a furlong and a half to race and sixth
at the furlong-pole but he made relentless
headway to get up close home.
Unfortunately, Pour Moi was never seen
on a racecourse again, because on August
25, 2011, an overreach to his near-fore
fetlock during exercise at Chantilly ended
his racing career after just five outings.
He retired to stud and divides his time
between Coolmore in Ireland and Windsor
Park Stud in New Zealand.
13 ran Time: 2m 34.54s
Distances: hd, 3/4, 3/4, 3/4, 2,
nk, 4, 19, 3, 7, 3 1/4, 55
Breeder: Lynch Bages Ltd
Breeding: b c Montjeu (IRE) Gwynn (IRE) (Darshaan)
Totes: Win: £5.30 Places: £1.90,
£7.80, £1.40 Exacta: £151.20
Investec Derby
2010 result
horse
owner
trainer
1
2
3
4
5
jockey
draw
sp
Workforce
At First Sight
Rewilding
Jan Vermeer
Midas Touch
Sir Michael Stoute
Aidan O'Brien IRE
Mahmood Al Zarooni
Aidan O'Brien IRE
Aidan O'Brien IRE
Ryan Moore
Seamie Heffernan
Frankie Dettori
Johnny Murtagh
Colm O'Donoghue
[8]
[6]
[11]
[12]
[4]
6/1
100/1
9/2
9/4 Fav
6/1
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Al Zir
Coordinated Cut
Buzzword
Hot Prospect
Azmeel
Ted Spread
Bullet Train
Khalid Abdullah
Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor
Godolphin
Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier
Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor,
Derrick Smith, Denford Stud
Godolphin
Lawrie Inman
Godolphin
Alan Spence
M Al-Qatami & K Al-Mudhaf
False Nose ‘n Glasses Partnership
Khalid Abdullah
Saeed bin Suroor
Michael Bell
Mahmood Al Zarooni
Michael Jarvis
John Gosden
Mark Tompkins
Henry Cecil
Kieren Fallon
Jamie Spencer
Ahmed Ajtebi
Philip Robinson
William Buick
Michael Hills
Tom Queally
[2]
[9]
[10]
[3]
[5]
[7]
[1]
14/1
20/1
40/1
50/1
14/1
28/1
13/2
Class 1, Group One, Epsom Downs, £1,359,000 guaranteed, 4.00pm, Saturday, June 5, 2010, one mile, four furlongs & 10 yards
for three-year-olds only, entire colts & fillies, weights colts 9st, fillies 8st 11lb, entries closed December 2, 2008 (388 entries).
First scratchings deadline noon, March 2, 2010 (122 remained), £8,000 secondary entry stage noon, April 6, 2010 (8 extra
entries received), second scratchings deadline noon, May 20, 2010 (19 remained), £75,000 supplementary entry & five-day
confirmation stage, noon, May 31, 2010 (13 remained plus 2 supplementary entries), final declaration stage 10am, June 3, 2010
(12 declared). Penalty value 1st £771,504.30 2nd £292,456.80 3rd £146,364.30 4th £72,978.30 5th £36,557.10 6th £18,346.50
The 2010 Investec Derby hero Workforce,
the stunning seven-length winner in a new
course record time, showed greatness by
any measure. Later that year he became
the sixth Investec Derby victor to add
the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at
Longchamp to his CV which put him on
an even higher pedestal.
Trained by Sir Michael Stoute for owner/
breeder Khalid Abdullah and ridden by
Ryan Moore, Workforce will always be
remembered for his terrific surge inside the
final furlong at Epsom Downs which took
him clear of all challengers on June 5, 2010.
12 ran Time: 2m 31.33s (new track record)
Distances: 7, 1/2, 4, hd, 1/2, hd,
3 3/4, 1 3/4, 16, 1 3/4, 2
Breeder: Juddmonte Farms Ltd.
Breeding: b c King’s Best (USA) - Soviet
Moon (IRE) (Sadler’s Wells (USA))
Totes: Win: £6.50 Places: £2.20,
£14.20, £1.50 Exacta: £541.90
2009 result
horse
owner
trainer
jockey
draw
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Sea The Stars
Fame And Glory
Masterofthehorse
Rip Van Winkle
Golden Sword
Crowded House
Age Of Aquarius
John Oxx IRE
Aidan O'Brien IRE
Aidan O'Brien IRE
Aidan O'Brien IRE
Aidan O'Brien IRE
Brian Meehan
Aidan O'Brien IRE
Mick Kinane
Seamie Heffernan
Richard Hughes
Johnny Murtagh
Colm O'Donoghue
Jamie Spencer
Pat Smullen
[4]
[10]
[2]
[9]
[7]
[12]
[1]
11/4
9/4 Fav
16/1
6/1
25/1
20/1
25/1
8
9
10
11
12
Debussy
Kite Wood
Black Bear Island
Gan Amhras
Montaff
Christopher Tsui
Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor
Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier
Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith
Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier
Paul Reddam, Carmen Burrell & Jonathan Harvey
Sue Magnier, Derrick Smith, Michael Tabor
& Eduard Mordukhovitch
HRH Princess Haya Of Jordan
Godolphin
Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith
Jackie Bolger
Barry Walters Catering
sp
John Gosden
Saeed bin Suroor
Aidan O'Brien IRE
Jim Bolger IRE
Mick Channon
Jimmy Fortune
Frankie Dettori
Ryan Moore
Kevin Manning
Richard Hills
[5]
[8]
[3]
[6]
[11]
33/1
28/1
7/1
8/1
40/1
Class 1, Group One, Epsom Downs, £1,250,000 guaranteed, 3.45pm, Saturday, June 6, one mile, four furlongs & 10 yards for three-year-olds only, entire
colts & fillies, weights colts 9st, fillies 8st 11lb, entries closed December 5, 2007, (474 entries). First scratchings deadline noon, March 3, 2009 (138
remained), £8,000 second entry stage noon April 7, 2009, (8 extra entries received), second scratchings stage May 21, 2009, (20 remained), £75,000
supplementary entry and five-day confirmation stage noon, June 1, 2009 (13 remained), final declaration stage 10am, June 4, 2009 (13 declared). Penalty
value 1st £709,625.00 2nd £269,000.00 3rd £134,625.00 4th £67,125.00 5th £33,625.00 6th £16,875.00
Sea The Stars was the best horse most
observers had seen in a lifetime the year
he won the Investec Derby as he also
triumphed in four subsequent races, all at
the highest level, including the Qatar Prix
de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp.
The Cape Cross colt, owned by
Christopher Tsui, trained by John Oxx in
Ireland and partnered by Mick Kinane,
ended 2009 as easily the world’s top
racehorse with a very high rating of 136.
12 ran
Time: 2m 36.74s Non-runner: 13
SOUTH EASTER (self certificate - bad scope)
Distances: 1 3/4, nk, nse, sh, 6, 1/2, nk,
4 1/2, hd, 5, 11 Breeder: Sunderland
Holdings Ltd Breeding: b c Cape Cross
(IRE) - Urban Sea (USA) (Miswaki (USA))
Totes: Win: £3.40 Places: £1.50,
£1.50, £5.00 Exacta: £11.20
Investec Derby Festival 2013 | 17
Investec Derby
Roll Of Honour 1780-2012
ran/draw
year
winner
owner
trainer
jockey
sp
2012
Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier
& Michael Tabor
Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor
& Derrick Smith
Khalid Abdulla
Aidan O'Brien IRE
Joseph O'Brien
8/13 Fav
Andre Fabre FR
Mickael Barzalona
4/1
13-7
Sir Michael Stoute
Ryan Moore
6/1
12-8
Christopher Tsui
John Oxx IRE
Michael Kinane
11/4
12-4
HRH Princess Haya of Jordan
Jim Bolger IRE
Kevin Manning
5/1
16-3
Saleh Al Homaizi & Imad Al Sagar
Peter Chapple-Hyam
Frankie Dettori
5/4 Fav
17-14
Anthony Pakenham
Marcus Tregoning
Martin Dwyer
6/1
18-10
Royal Ascot Racing Club
Michael Bell
Johnny Murtagh
3/1 Fav
13-5
Ballymacoll Stud
Sir Michael Stoute
Kieren Fallon
7/2 Jt Fav
14-6
Saeed Suhail
Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier
Sir Michael Stoute
Aidan O’Brien IRE
Kieren Fallon
Johnny Murtagh
6/1
7/2
20-4
12-9
Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor
H H Aga Khan IV
Aidan O’Brien IRE
John Oxx IRE
Michael Kinane
Johnny Murtagh
11/4 Jt Fav
7/1
12-10
15-15
Thoroughbred Corporation
Sheikh Mohammed Obaid
Al Maktoum
Landon Knight
Henry Cecil
Luca Cumani
Kieren Fallon
Olivier Peslier
13/2
20/1
16-1
15-14
John Gosden
Willie Ryan
11/1
13-8
Khalifa Dasmal
Saeed Maktoum Al Maktoum
William Haggas
Saeed bin Suroor Michael Hills
Walter Swinburn
12/1
14/1
20-9
15-7
Hamdan Al Maktoum Khalid Abdullah
John Dunlop
Henry Cecil
Willie Carson
Michael Kinane
7/2 Fav
15/2
Sidney H Craig Peter Chapple-Hyam
John Reid
8/1
18-4
HRH Prince Fahd Salman
Khalid Abdullah
Paul Cole
Roger Charlton
Alan Munro
Pat Eddery
9/1
7/1
13-10
18-10
Hamdan Al Maktoum Dick Hern
Willie Carson
5/4 Fav
12-10
H H Aga Khan IV
Louis Freedman Luca Cumani
Henry Cecil Ray Cochrane
Steve Cauthen
11/1
6/4 Fav
14-13
19-10
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
Camelot
(05/03/09)
Pour Moi
(10/01/08)
Workforce
(14/03/07)
Sea The Stars
(06/04/06)
New Approach
(18/02/05)
Authorized
(14/02/04)
Sir Percy
(27/01/03)
Motivator
(22/02/02)
North Light
(01/03/01)
Kris Kin (05/03/00)
High Chaparral
(01/03/99)
Galileo (30/03/98)
Sinndar
(27/02/97)
Oath (22/04/96) High-Rise
(03/05/95)
Benny The Dip
(25/03/94)
Shaamit (11/02/93)
Lammtarra
(02/02/92)
Erhaab (24/05/91)
Commander In
Chief (18/05/90)
Dr Devious
(10/03/89)
Generous (08/02/88)
Quest For Fame
(15/02/87)
Nashwan
(01/03/86)
Kahyasi (02/05/85)
Reference Point
(26/02/84)
Shahrastani Slip Anchor Secreto Teenoso Golden Fleece
Shergar Henbit
Troy
Michael Stoute
Henry Cecil David O’Brien IRE Geoff Wragg
Vincent O’Brien IRE Michael Stoute
Dick Hern
Dick Hern
Walter Swinburn
Steve Cauthen
Christy Roche
Lester Piggott
Pat Eddery
Walter Swinburn
Willie Carson
Willie Carson
11/2
9/4 Fav
14/1
9/2 Fav
3/1 Fav
10/11 Fav
7/1
6/1
17-10
14-3
17-14
21-5
18-9
18-6
24-5
23-4
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
Shirley Heights The Minstrel Empery Grundy Snow Knight
Morston Roberto Mill Reef
H H Aga Khan IV
9th Baron Howard de Walden
Luigi Miglietti
Eric Moller Robert Sangster
H H Aga Khan IV Etti Plesch
Sir Michael Sobell &
Sir Arnold Weinstock
3rd Earl of Halifax
Robert Sangster Nelson Bunker Hunt Dr Carlo Vittadini Sharon Phillips Arthur Budgett John Galbreath Paul Mellon
John Dunlop Vincent O’Brien IRE Maurice Zilber FR Peter Walwyn Peter Nelson Arthur Budgett
Vincent O’Brien IRE Ian Balding
Greville Starkey
Lester Piggott Lester Piggott
Pat Eddery Brian Taylor
Edward Hide Lester Piggott
Geoff Lewis
8/1
5/1
10/1
5/1
50/1
25/1
3/1 Fav
100/30 Fav
25-18
22-10
23-17
18-5
18-17
25-5
22-1
21-13
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
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9-5
25-15
16-6
Investec Derby
year
winner
owner
trainer
jockey
sp
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
1950
1949
1948
1947
1946
1945
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
1939
1938
1937
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927
1926
1925
1924
1923
1922
1921
1920
1919
1918
1917
1916
1915
1914
1913
1912
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
Nijinsky Blakeney Sir Ivor Royal Palace Charlottown
Sea-Bird
Santa Claus Relko Larkspur Psidium St Paddy Parthia Hard Ridden Crepello Lavandin Phil Drake Never Say Die Pinza Tulyar Arctic Prince Galcador
Nimbus My Love Pearl Diver
Airborne *Dante *Ocean Swell
*Straight Deal
*Watling Street
*Owen Tudor
* Pont l’Eveque
Blue Peter
Bois Roussel
Mid-day Sun
Mahmoud
Bahram
Windsor Lad
Hyperion
April The Fifth
Cameronian
Blenheim
Trigo
Felstead
Call Boy
Coronach
Manna
Sansovino
Papyrus
Captain Cuttle
Humorist
Spion Kop
Grand Parade
*Gainsborough
*Gay Crusader
*Fifinella
*Pommern
Durbar II
Aboyeur
Tagalie
Sunstar
Lemberg
Minoru
Signorinetta
Orby
Spearmint
Cicero
Charles Engelhard Arthur Budgett
Raymond Guest Jim Joel
Lady Zia Wernher Jean Ternynck John Ismay Francois Dupre
Raymond Guest Etti Plesch Sir Victor Sassoon Sir Humphrey de Trafford Sir Victor Sassoon Sir Victor Sassoon Pierre Wertheimer Suzy Volterra Robert Sterling Clark Sir Victor Sassoon H H Aga Khan III
Joseph McGrath Marcel Boussac Marion Glenister H H Aga Khan III
Baron Geoffroy de Waldner John Ferguson Sir Eric Ohlson 6th Earl of Rosebery
Dorothy Paget
17th Earl of Derby
Catherine MacDonald-Buchanan
Fred Darling
Lord Rosebery
Peter Beatty
Lettice Miller
H H Aga Khan III
H H Aga Khan III
H H Maharaja Of Rajpipla
Lord Derby
Tom Walls
John Arthur Dewar
H H Aga Khan III
William Barnett
Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen
Frank Curzon
Lord Woolavington
Henry Morriss
Lord Derby
Ben Irish
Lord Woolavington
Jack Joel
Major Giles Loder
1st Baron Glanely
Lady James Douglas
Alfred Cox
Sir Edward Hulton
Solly Joel
Herman Duryea
Alan Cunliffe
Walter Raphael
Jack Joel
Alfred Cox
HM King Edward VII
Odoardo Ginistrelli
Richard Croker
Major Eustace Loder
5th Earl of Rosebery
Vincent O’Brien IRE Arthur Budgett Vincent O’Brien IRE Noel Murless
Gordon Smyth Etienne Pollet FR Mick Rogers IRE` Francois Mathet FR Vincent O’Brien IRE Harry Wragg Noel Murless
Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
Mick Rogers IRE Noel Murless
Alec Head FR Francois Mathet FR Joe Lawson
Norman Bertie Marcus Marsh Willie Stephenson Charles Semblat FR George Colling Richard Carver FR Percy Carter FR Dick Perryman Matt Peacock Jack Jarvis
Walter Nightingall
Walter Earl
Fred Darling
Fred Darling
Jack Jarvis
Fred Darling
Fred Butters
Frank Butters
Frank Butters
Marcus Marsh
George Lambton
Tom Walls
Fred Darling
Dick Dawson
Dick Dawson
Captain Ossie Bell
Jack Watts
Fred Darling
Fred Darling
George Lambton
Basil Jarvis
Fred Darling
Charles Morton
Peter Gilpin
Frank Barling
Alec Taylor
Alec Taylor
Dick Dawson
Charles Peck
Tom Murphy FR
Tom Lewis
Dawson Waugh
Charles Morton
Alec Taylor
Richard Marsh
Odoardo Ginistrelli
Fred McCabe IRE
Peter Gilpin
Percy Peck
Lester Piggott
Ernie Johnson
Lester Piggott
George Moore
Scobie Breasley
Pat Glennon
Scobie Breasley
Yves Saint-Martin
Neville Sellwood
Roger Poincelet
Lester Piggott
Harry Carr Charlie Smirke
Lester Piggott Rae Johnstone
Freddie Palmer
Lester Piggott Sir Gordon Richards
Charlie Smirke
Chuck Spares
Rae Johnstone
Charlie Elliott
Rae Johnstone
George Bridgland
Tommy Lowrey
Billy Nevett
Billy Nevett
Tommy Carey
Harry Wragg
Billy Nevett
Sam Wragg
Ephraim Smith
Charlie Elliott
Michael Beary
Charlie Smirke
Freddie Fox
Charlie Smirke
Tommy Weston
Fred Lane
Freddie Fox
Harry Wragg
Joe Marshall
Harry Wragg
Charlie Elliott
Joe Childs
Steve Donoghue
Tommy Weston
Steve Donoghue
Steve Donoghue
Steve Donoghue
Frank O’Neill
Fred Templeman
Joe Childs
Steve Donoghue
Joe Childs
Steve Donoghue
Matt MacGee
Edwin Piper
Johnny Reiff
George Stern
Bernard Dillon
Herbert Jones
William Bullock
Johnny Reiff
Danny Maher
Danny Maher
11/8 Fav
15/2
4/5 Fav
7/4 Fav
5/1
7/4 Fav
15/8 Fav
5/1
22/1
66/1
7/1
10/1
18/1
6/4 Fav
7/1
100/8
33/1
5/1
11/2
28/1
100/9
7/1
100/9
40/1
50/1
100/30 Fav
28/1
100/6
6/1
25/1
10/1
7/2 Fav
20/1
100/7
100/8
5/4 Fav
15/2
6/1 Fav
100/6
7/2 Fav
18/1
33/1
33/1
4/1 Fav
11/2
9/1
9/2 Fav
100/15
10/1
6/1
100/6
33/1
8/13 Fav
7/4 Fav
11/2
11/10 Fav
20/1
100/1
100/8
13/8 Fav
7/4 Fav
7/2
100/1
100/9
6/1
4/11 Fav
* War-time Derby staged at Newmarket
ran/draw
11-9
26-1
13-3
22-19
25
22
17
26
26
28
17
20
20
22
27
23
22
27
33
33
25
32
32
15
17
27
20
23
13
20
16
27
22
21
22
16
19
24
21
25
17
26
19
23
19
27
27
19
30
23
19
13
13
12
10
17
30
15
20
26
15
15
18
9
22
9
Investec Derby Festival 2013 | 19
Investec Derby
year
winner
owner
trainer
jockey
sp
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
St Amant
Rock Sand
Ard Patrick
Volodyovski
Diamond Jubilee
Flying Fox
Jeddah
Galtee More
Persimmon
Sir Visto
Ladas
Isinglass
Sir Hugo
Common
Sainfoin
Donovan
Ayrshire
Merry Hampton
Ormonde
Melton
DH St Gatien
DH Harvester
St Blaise
Shotover
Iroquois
Bend Or
Sir Bevys
Sefton
Silvio
Kisber
Galopin
George Frederick
Doncaster
Cremorne
Favonius
Kingscraft
Pretender
Blue Gown
Hermit
Lord Lyon
Gladiateur
Blair Athol
Macaroni
Caractacus
Kettledrum
Thormanby
Musjid
Beadsman
Blink Bonny
Ellington
Wild Dayrell
Andover
West Australian
Daniel O’Rourke
Teddington
Voltigeur
The Flying Dutchman
Surplice
Cossack
Pyrrhus The First
The Merry Monarch
Orlando
Cotherstone
Attila
Leopold de Rothschild
Sir James Miller
John Gubbins
William Collins Whitney
HRH The Prince Of Wales
1st Duke of Westminster
James Larnach
John Gubbins
HRH The Prince Of Wales
5th Earl of Rosebery
5th Earl of Rosebery
Harry McCalmont
3rd Earl of Bradford
Sir Frederick Johnstone
Sir James Miller
6th Duke of Portland
6th Duke of Portland
George Baird
1st Duke of Westminster
20th Baron Hastings
Jack Hammond
Sir John Willoughby
Sir Frederick Johnstone
1st Duke of Westminster
Pierre Lorillard
1st Duke of Westminster
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild
William Stirling Crawfurd
6th Viscount Falmouth
Alexander Baltazzi
Prince Gustavus Batthyany
W S Cartwright
James Merry
Henry Savile
Baron Meyer de Rothschild
6th Viscount Falmouth
John Johnstone
Sir Joseph Hawley
Henry Chaplin
Richard Sutton
Count Frederic de Lagrange
William I’Anson
Richard Naylor
Charles Snewing
Colonel Charles Towneley
James Merry
Sir Joseph Hawley
Sir Joseph Hawley
William I’Anson
Admiral Octavius Harcourt
Francis Popham
John Gully
John Bowes
John Bowes
Sir Joseph Hawley
2nd Earl of Zetland
13th Earl of Eglinton
3rd Viscount Clifden
T H Pedley
John Gully
G W K Gratwicke
Colonel Jonathan Peel
John Bowes
Colonel George Anson
Alfred Hayhoe
George Blackwell
Sam Darling
John Huggins
Richard Marsh
John Porter
Richard Marsh
Sam Darling
Richard Marsh
Mathew Dawson
Mathew Dawson
James Jewitt
Tom Wadlow
John Porter
John Porter
George Dawson
George Dawson
Martin Gurry
John Porter
Mathew Dawson
Robert Sherwood
James Jewitt
John Porter
John Porter
Jacob Pincus
Robert Peck
Joseph Hayhoe
Alec Taylor Snr
Matthew Dawson
Joseph Hayhoe
John Dawson
Tom Leader
Robert Peck
William Gilbert
Joseph Hayhoe
Mathew Dawson
Tom Dawson
John Porter
G Bloss
James Dover
Tom Jennings
William I’Anson
J Godding
Robert Smith
G Oates
Mathew Dawson
George Manning
George Manning
William I’Anson
Tom Dawson
J Rickaby
John Day jnr
John Scott
John Scott
Alec Taylor snr
R Hill
John Forbert
John Kent
John Day jnr
John Day jnr
John Forth
W Cooper
John Scott
John Scott
Kempton Cannon
Danny Maher
Skeets Martin
Lester Reiff
Herbert Jones
MorningtonCannon
Otto Madden
Charlie Wood
Jack Watts
Sam Loates
Jack Watts
Tommy Loates
Fred Allsopp
George Barrett
Jack Watts
Tommy Loates
Fred Barrett
Jack Watts
Fred Archer
Fred Archer
Charlie Wood
Sam Loates
Charlie Wood
Tom Cannon
Fred Archer
Fred Archer
George Fordham
Harry Constable
Fred Archer
Charles Maidment
Jack Morris
Harry Custance
Fred Webb
Charles Maidment
Thomas French
Thomas French
John Osborne
John Wells
Johnny Daley
Harry Custance
Harry Grimshaw
Jim Snowden
Tom Chaloner
James Parsons
Ralph Bullock
Harry Custance
John Wells
John Wells
Jack Charlton
Tom Aldcroft
Robert Sherwood
Alfred Day
Frank Butler
Frank Butler
Job Marson
Job Marson
Charlie Marlow
Sim Templeman
Sim Templeman
Sam Day
Foster Bell
Nat Flatman
William Scott
William Scott
5/1
4/6 Fav
100/14
5/2 Fav
6/4 Fav
2/5 Fav
100/1
1/4 Fav
5/1
9/1
2/9 Fav
4/9 Fav
40/1
10/11 Fav
100/15
8/11 Fav
5/6 Fav
100/9
4/9 Fav
75/40 Fav
100/8
100/7
5/1
11/2
11/2
2/1 Fav
20/1
100/12
100/9
4/1
2/1 Fav
9/1
45/1
3/1
9/1
20/1
11/8 Fav
7/2
1000/15
5/6 Fav
5/2 Fav
14/1
10/1
40/1
16/1
4/1
9/4
10/1
20/1
20/1
Evens Fav
7/2
6/4 Fav
25/1
3/1 Fav
16/1
2/1 Jt Fav
Evens Fav
5/1
8/1
15/1
20/1
13/8 Fav
5/1
1883
1882
1881
1880
1879
1878
1877
1876
1875
1874
1873
1872
1871
1870
1869
1868
1867
1866
1865
1864
1863
1862
1861
1860
1859
1858
1857
1856
1855
1854
1853
1852
1851
1850
1849
1848
1847
1846
1845
1844
1843
1842
20 | Investec Derby Festival 2013
ran/draw
8
7
18
25
14
12
18
11
11
15
7
11
13
11
8
13
9
11
9
12
15
11
14
15
19
23
22
17
15
18
20
12
23
17
15
22
18
30
26
29
30
31
34
18
30
30
23
30
23
12
27
28
27
33
24
26
17
32
27
31
29
23
24
Investec Derby
ran/draw
year
winner
owner
trainer
jockey
sp
1841
1840
1839
1838
1837
1836
1835
1834
1833
1832
1831
1830
1829
1828
1827
1826
1825
1824
1823
1822
1821
1820
1819
1818
1817
1816
1815
1814
1813
1812
1811
1810
1809
1808
1807
1806
1805
1804
1803
1802
1801
1800
1799
1798
1797
1796
1795
1794
1793
1792
1791
1790
1789
1788
1787
1786
1785
1784
1783
1782
1781
1780
Coronation
Little Wonder
Bloomsbury
Amato
Phosphorus
Bay Middleton
Mundig
Plenipotentiary
Dangerous
St Giles
Spaniel
Priam
Frederick
Cadland
Mameluke
Lap-dog
Middleton
Cedric
Emilius
Moses
Gustavus
Sailor
Tiresias
Sam
Azor
Prince Leopold
Whisker
Blucher
Smolensko
Octavius
Phantom
Whalebone
Pope
Pan
Election
Paris
Cardinal Beaufort
Hannibal
Ditto
Tyrant
Eleanor
Champion
Archduke
Sir Harry
Br C By Fidget
Didelot
Spread Eagle
Daedalus
Waxy
John Bull
Eager
Rhadamanthus
Skyscraper
Sir Thomas
Sir Peter Teazle
Noble
Aimwell
Serjeant
Saltram
Assassin
Young Eclipse
Diomed
Abraham Rawlinson
David Robertson
William Ridsdale
Sir Gilbert Heathcote
4th Baron Berners
5th Earl of Jersey
John Bowes
Stanlake Batson
Isaac Sadler
Robert Ridsdale
Viscount Lowther
William Chifney
G W K Gratwicke
5th Duke of Rutland
5th Earl of Jersey
3rd Earl of Egremont
5th Earl of Jersey
Sir John Shelley
John Udney
H R H Duke Of York
John Hunter
Thomas Thornhill
4th Duke of Portland
Thomas Thornhill
John Payne
HRH Duke of York
4th Duke of Grafton
2nd Baron Stawell
Sir Charles Bunbury
Robert Ladbroke
Sir John Shelley
3rd Duke of Grafton
3rd Duke of Grafton
Sir Hedworth Williamson
3rd Earl of Egremont
3rd Baron Foley
3rd Earl of Egremont
3rd Earl of Egremont
Sir Hedworth Williamson
Duke Of Grafton
Sir Charles Bunbury
Christopher Wilson
Sir Frank Standish
Joseph Cookson
5th Duke of Bedford
Sir Frank Standis
Sir Frank Standish
1st Earl of Grosvenor
Sir Ferdinand Poole
1st Earl of Grosvenor
5th Duke of Bedford
1st Earl of Grosvenor
5th Duke of Bedford
H R H Prince Of Wales
12th Earl of Derby
Tommy Panton
1st Earl of Clermont
Colonel Dennis O’Kelly
John Parker
3rd Earl of Egremont
Major Dennis O’Kelly
Sir Charles Bunbury
Mr Painter
John Forth
William Ridsdale
Ralph Sherwood
J Doe
John Edwards
John Scott
George Payne
Isaac Sadler
J Webb
Joe Rogers
William Chifney
John Forth
Dixon Boyce
James Edwards
Mr Bird
James Edwards
James Edwards
Robert Robson
William Butler
Mr Crouch
William Chifney
Richard Prince
Tom Perren
Robert Robson
William Butler
Robert Robson
Dixon Boyce
Mr Crouch
Dixon Boyce
James Edwards
Robert Robson
Robert Robson
John Lonsdale
Dixon Boyce
Richard Prince
Dixon Boyce
Frank Neale
John Lonsdale
Robert Robson
Jem Frost
Tom Perren
Richard Prince
Frank Neale
Matt Stephenson
Richard Prince
Richard Prince
John Pratt
Robert Robson
John Pratt
Matt Stephenson
John Pratt
Matt Stephenson
Frank Neale
Mr Saunders
Frank Neale
John Pratt
Colonel O’Kelly
Frank Neale
Frank Neale
Major O’Kelly
R Teasdale
Patrick Conolly
William Macdonald
Sim Templeman
Jem Chapple
George Edwards
Jem Robinson
William Scott
Patrick Conolly
Jem Chapple
William Scott
Will Wheatley
Sam Day
John Forth
Jem Robinson
Jem Robinson
George Dockeray
Jem Robinson
Jem Robinson
Frank Buckle
Tom Goodisson
Sam Day
Samuel Chifney Jnr
William Clift
Samuel Chifney Jnr
Jem Robinson
Will Wheatley
Tom Goodisson
William Arnull
Tom Goodisson
William Arnull
Frank Buckle
William Clift
Tom Goodisson
Frank Collinson
John Arnull
John Shepherd
Dennis Fitzpatrick
William Arnull
William Clift
Frank Buckle
John Saunders
William Clift
John Arnull
Sam Arnull
John Singleton
John Arnull
Anthony Wheatley
Frank Buckle
William Clift
Frank Buckle
Matt Stephenson
John Arnull
Samuel Chifney Snr
William South
Sam Arnull
J White
Charles Hindley
John Arnull
Charles Hindley
Sam Arnull
Charles Hindley
Sam Arnull
5/2 Fav
50/1
25/1
30/1
40/1
7/4 Fav
6/1
9/4 Fav
30/1
3/1 Fav
50/1
4/1 Fav
40/1
4/1
9/1
50/1
7/4 Fav
9/2
11/8 Fav
6/1
2/1 Fav
4/1
5/2 Fav
7/2
50/1
20/1
8/1
5/2 Fav
Evens Fav
7/1
5/1
2/1 Fav
20/1
25/1
3/1 Fav
5/1
20/1
3/1
7/2
7/1
5/4 Fav
7/4 Fav
12/1
7/4 Fav
10/1
no odds given
3/1
6/1
12/1
4/6F
5/2
5/4 Fav
4/7 Fav
5/6 Fav
2/1 30/1
7/1
3/1 Fav
5/2 Jt Fav
5/1
10/1
6/4 Fav
29
17
21
23
17
21
14
22
25
22
23
22
17
15
23
19
18
17
11
12
13
15
16
16
13
11
13
14
12
14
16
11
10
10
13
12
15
8
6
9
11
13
11
10
7
11
11
4
13
7
9
10
11
11
7
15
10
11
6
13
15
9
Investec Derby Festival 2013 | 21
The Road To The Derby
Investec Derby Trials
The Investec Derby is
the ultimate test for
a thoroughbred and
few three-year-olds line
up at Epsom Downs
on the first Saturday
in June without being
tested beforehand
in a trial for the
premier Classic.
Only two horses, Lammtarra (1995) and
Shaamit (1996), have won the Derby on
their seasonal returns and both headed to
Epsom without a run by accident rather by
design following interrupted preparations.
An established rhythm of trials
allows connections to establish whether
or not they have a genuine Investec
Derby contender and gives the public
valuable clues on a horse’s suitability for
Epsom Downs.
The contests themselves are highlights
among the early narrative of the Flat season,
commencing with Sandown Park in April,
through to the prestigious Guineas Festival
at Newmarket and on to Chester, Lingfield
and York. Trials in Ireland and France fit
neatly into same time frame.
Some focus on balance and dexterity,
such as the constant turns of Chester or
the challenging undulations of Lingfield
Park. Others, such as the 2000 Guineas
and York’s Dante Stakes, seek to expose a
horse’s raw ability and temperament for the
big occasion.
But perhaps the greatest asset heading
into the Investec Derby is the ability to
handle the unique demands of the course
at Epsom Downs.
The Investec Derby Trial, highlight of the
Investec Spring Meeting at Epsom Downs,
offers a rare chance for horses to experience
racing over the course. The 10-furlong
contest is worth £50,000 and, since 2012,
gives the winner a wild-card entry into the
Investec Derby, if not already entered.
Horses also get the chance to work
over the course at Breakfast With The
Stars, which happens at Epsom Downs
on the Thursday of the week before the
Invested Derby Festival. Andre Fabre used
the opportunity to give Pour Moi his first
taste of the racecourse in 2011 and the
colt returned nine days later for a famous
victory in the Investec Derby.
22 | Investec Derby Festival 2013
Maxime Guyon, Andre Fabre and Mickael Barzalona
during Breakfast with the Stars in 2011.
YEAR
WINNNER
PREVIOUS RUN
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
Camelot
Pour Moi
Workforce
Sea The Stars
New Approach
Authorized
Sir Percy
Motivator
North Light
Kris Kin
High Chaparral
Galileo
Sinndar
Oath
High-Rise
Benny The Dip
Shaamit
Lammtarra
Erhaab
Commander In Chief
1st 2000 Guineas (Newmarket, May 5)
1st Prix Greffulhe (Saint-Cloud, FRA, May 7)
2nd Dante Stakes (York, May 13)
1st 2000 Guineas (Newmarket, May 2)
2nd Irish 2, 000 Guineas (Curragh, IRE, May 24)
1st Dante Stakes (York, May 17)
2nd 2000 Guineas (Newmarket, May 6)
1st Dante Stakes (York, May 12)
1st Dante Stakes (York, May 12)
1st Dee Stakes (Chester, May 8)
1st Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial (Leopardstown, IRE, May 12)
1st Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial (Leopardstown, IRE, May 12)
1st Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial (Leopardstown, IRE, May 14)
1st Dee Stakes (Chester, May 6)
1st Lingfield Derby Trial (Lingfield May 9)
1st Dante Stakes (York, May 14)
1st Median Auction Maiden (Doncaster, November 4)
1st Washington Singer Stakes (Newbury, August 12)
1st Dante Stakes (York, May 11)
1st Glasgow Conditions Stakes (York, May 13)
The Road To The Derby
bet365 Classic Trial, Sandown Park
(Group Three), 1m 2f 7yds, Friday, April 26, 2013
The Sandown Classic Trial, sponsored by
bet365, is a Group Three race for three-yearolds who have Investec Derby aspirations
and last year’s second, Thought Worthy,
finished fourth at Epsom Downs.
The inaugural Sandown Classic Trial
took place in 1953 when named the Royal
Stakes. There have been a respectable
number of Derby winners from the contest,
particularly in the 1970s and 1980s.
Snow Knight (1974) and Shirley Heights
(1978) finished runner-up in the Sandown
Classic Trial before success in the Derby,
while Troy (1979) won both races.
Another three Derby winners emerged
from the Sandown race in the following
decade – Henbit (1980), Shergar (1981) and
Sharastani (1986) and they each triumphed
in the two races.
The Sandown Classic Trial continues to
yield the odd Classic clue. Thought Worthy,
on just his second start, finished runnerup to Imperial Monarch at Sandown for
Newmarket trainer John Gosden before
going on to be fourth behind Camelot in
the Investec Derby.
Gosden also saddled Masked Marvel
to be fifth at Sandown in 2011 and colt
finished eighth in the Investec Derby
before progressing to Classic success in
the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster in
September.
Sakhee, successful in the Sandown Classic
Trial in 2000, was an excellent second to
Sinndar at Epsom, while the 2005 Sandown
victor Fracas finished fourth to Motivator
in the Derby.
The 1990s saw one Derby hero emerge
from Sandown. The Gosden-trained Benny
The Dip came second in the trial, a head
in front of the grey Silver Patriarch in 1997,
and the pair dominated at Epsom Downs.
Benny The Dip, under Willie Ryan, led
with a half a mile remaining and went clear
but was all out to hold on by a short-head
when the Pat Eddery-ridden Silver Patriarch
threw down a storming challenge.
Other Derby winners to have run in the
Sandown Classic Trial since 1970 are
1974 SNOW KNIGHT (2nd at Sandown)
1978 SHIRLEY HEIGHTS (2nd)
1979 TROY (1st)
Thought Worthy ridden by William Buick
goes to post in the Investec Derby
year
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
horse
Thought Worthy
Masked Marvel
Azmeel
No Derby runners
No Derby runners
Regime Petara Bay
No Derby runners
Fracas
Hattan
Kings Quay
No Derby runners
Shield Strength ‘N Honour
Summerland
No Derby runners
Chancellor
Sakhee
Going Global
Glamis
Courteous BENNY THE DIP
Silver Patriarch
Glory Of Dancer
Double Leaf
Busy Flight
No Derby runners
Khamaseen
sandown
derby
year
2nd
5th
1st
4th
8th
10th
1st
7th
13th
15th
1st
3rd
6th
4th
6th
11th
1st
3rd
6th
10th
17th
11th
1st
1st
3rd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
2nd
4th
6th
10th
2nd
13th
6th
12th
1st
2nd
4th
10th
18th
1993 Redenham
1992 Pollen Count
Assessor
Alflora
1991 Hailsham
1990 Karinga Bay
Missionary Ridge
1989 No Derby runners
1988 Glacial Storm
Maksud
1987 Gulf King
1986 SHAHRASTANI
Sirk
1985 Damister
Petoski
1984 Alphabatim
1983 Gordian
Neorion
Peacetime
1982
Jalmood
1981 SHERGAR
King’s General
Sheer Grit
Krug
1980 HENBIT
Master Willie
Ribo Charter
horse
2nd
5th
sandown
derby
4th
1st
3rd
7th
1st
3rd
4th
7th
16th
13th
6th
8th
5th
10th
2nd
3rd
1st
1st
3rd
1st
2nd
1st
1st
2nd
1st
3rd
1st
3rd
4th
6th
1st
4th
5th
2nd
13th
15th
1st
7th
3rd
11th
5th
10th
13th
7th
14th
1st
10th
6th
12th
1st
2nd
20th
Investec Derby Festival 2013 | 23
The Road To The Derby
QIPCO 2000 Guineas, Newmarket
(Group One), 1m, Saturday, May 4, 2013
The QIPCO 2000 Guineas is the first British
Classic of the year and the initial leg of the
colts’ Triple Crown which is completed
by two other British Classics, the Investec
Derby and Ladbrokes St Leger.
The Group One race is run over
the Rowley Mile at Newmarket and, despite
being half a mile shorter than the Investec
Derby, is a good trial for the Epsom Downs
Classic.
The first 2000 Guineas was run in 1809
and 37 winners have progressed to victory
in the Derby.
Camelot became the latest three-year-old
to win both Classics in 2012 - taking the
QIPCO 2000 Guineas by a neck from French
Fifteen but his Investec Derby triumph was
altogether easier, with five lengths to spare
over Main Sequence.
He tried to become the 16th winner of
the Triple Crown and the first for 42 years
but the bid ended in disappointment as he
went down by three quarters of a length to
Encke in the Ladbrokes St Leger.
The previous Triple Crown winner was
Nijinsky in 1970. West Australian (1853)
was the first horse to capture the Triple
Crown, followed by Gladiateur (1865), Lord
Lyon (1866), Ormonde (1886), Common
(1891), Isinglass (1893), Galtee More (1897),
Flying Fox (1899), Diamond Jubilee (1900),
Rock Sand (1903), Pommern (1915), Gay
Crusader (1917), Gainsborough (1918) and
Bahram (1935).
The following all won the 2000 Guineas
and the Derby but did not go for the St
Leger- Smolensko (1813), Cadland (1828),
Bay Middleton (1836), Macaroni (1863),
Sunstar (1911), Blue Peter (1939), Nimbus
(1949), Crepello (1957), Royal Palace (1967),
Sir Ivor (1968), Nashwan (1989) and Sea
The Stars (2009).
The nine horses, in addition to Camelot,
who took both the 2000 Guineas and
Derby but failed in the St Leger, were
Cotherstone (1843), 1869 Pretender (1869),
Shotover (1882), Ayrshire (1888), Ladas
(1894), St Amant (1904), Minoru (1909),
Manna (1925) and Cameronian (1931).
Sea The Stars, successful in both races in
2009, was an outstanding champion. After
winning the Derby, he captured four more
Group Ones that year to be unbeaten
at three.
Two runner-ups in the 2000 Guineas have
gone on to triumph in the Derby in recent
years - Sir Percy in 2006 and New Approach
in 2008 - while Generous finished fourth in
the 1991 Guineas and then won the Derby.
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year
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998*
1997
1996
1995
1994
horse
Camelot
Native Khan
Al Zir
Buzzword
SEA THE STARS
Gan Amhras
Rip Van Winkle
New Approach
Eagle Mountain
Strategic Prince
Yellowstone
SIR PERCY
Horatio Nelson
Dubawi
Oratorio
Snow Ridge
Salford City
Refuse To Bend
Norse Dancer
Lundy’s Lane
Hawk Wing
Where Or When
Naheef
Coshocton
Golan
Tobougg
Barathea Guest
Broche
Brancaster
Compton Admiral
Border Arrow
Haami
King Of Kings
Entrepreneur
Even Top
Alhaarth
Storm Trooper
Pennekamp
Mister Baileys
Colonel Collins
Star Selection
Just Happy
King's Theatre
guineas derby
1st
3rd
9th
14th
1st
3rd
4th
2nd
5th
8th
11th
2nd
8th
5th
4th
2nd
6th
1st
3rd
19th
2nd
11th
14th
15th
1st
9th
3rd
20th
4th
13th
3rd
5th
1st
1st
2nd
4th
11th
1st
1st
3rd
6th
8th
13th
Other Derby winners to have run in the
QIPCO 2000 Guineas since 1970
THE MINSTREL (1977 3rd)
GRUNDY (1975 2nd)
ROBERTO (1972 2nd)
MILL REEF (1971 2nd)
NIJINSKY (1970 1st)
1st
5th
6th
8th
1st
11th
4th
1st
2nd
16th
8th
1st
PU
3rd
10th
7th
5th
13th
4th
19th
2nd
6th
7th
Fell
2nd
3rd
8th
12th
10th
8th
3rd
14th
15th
4th
13th
5th
15th
11th
4th
3rd
9th
8th
2nd
year
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
horse
Barathea
Rodrigo De Triano
Silver Wisp
Muhtarram
Thourios
Alnasr Alwasheek
Mystiko
GENEROUS
Hokusai
Marju
Mujaazif
Elmaamul
NASHWAN
Doyoun
Charmer
Bellotto
Most Welcome
Ajdal
Dancing Brave
Sharrood
Shadeed
Supreme Leader
Royal Harmony
Lanfranco
El Gran Senor
Lomond
Tolomeo
Wassl
Guns Of Navarone
Rocamadour
Silver Hawk
Wongchoi
Scintillating Air
Kind Of Hush
Church Parade
Star Way
Tyrnavos
Saint Jonathon
Braughing
guineas derby
2nd
1st
4th
5th
7th
9th
1st
4th
8th
11th
13th
7th
1st
1st
2nd
2nd
disq
from
3rd
4th
1st
4th
1st
3rd
4th
7th
1st
1st
2nd
9th
11th
4th
5th
16th
6th
13th
14th
4th
7th
11th
12th
5th
9th
3rd
4th
10th
7th
10th
1st
7th
2nd
13th
3rd
1st
3rd
11th
3rd
2nd
9th
2nd
8th
13th
4th
9th
5th
2nd
16th
9th
14th
5th
8th
3rd
17th
3rd
16th
5th
9th
12th
13th
17th
In 1998, Cape Verdi, the 1000 Guineas
winner, became only the third filly since the
Second World War to run in the Derby, in
which she finished ninth.
The Road To The Derby
MBNA Chester Vase, Chester
(Group Three), 1m 4f 66yds, Thursday, May 9, 2013
The MBNA Chester Vase, run over 12
furlongs and 66 yards, is the first of two
established Derby trials at Chester’s historic
May Festival.
The most recent Derby winner emerged
from the Vase in 1990 - the Roger Charltontrained Quest For Fame (second at Chester)
– but seven Chester runners have been in
the frame at Epsom since.
Last year’s winner Mickdaam started 2012
by racing in Dubai, when coming home
fourth in the UAE Derby, and the Richard
Fahey-trained colt acquitted himself well at
Epsom Downs when finishing fifth.
Irish raider Treasure Beach quickened well
to beat Nathaniel by a head in the 2011
MBNA Chester Vase. The Aidan O’Brientrained winner looked set to emulate Quest
For Fame at Epsom the following month,
when going for home only to be caught in
the shadow of the post by Pour Moi who
triumphed by a head.
Golden Sword led a Chester one-two for
O’Brien in 2009, with Masterofthehorse in
second. The form was reversed at Epsom as
Masterofthehorse finished third to Sea The
Stars with Golden Sword in fifth. Debussy,
third at Chester, was eighth in the Investec
Derby.
The 2008 Chester Vase winner Doctor
Fremantle, from Sir Michael Stoute’s
Newmarket stable, finished fourth in the
Epsom Downs Classic, while the 2006
second Dragon Dancer went down by just
a short-head to Sir Percy in the Derby.
The 2001 Vase victor Mr Combustible,
trained by Barry Hills, came fourth at
Epsom, as did the 1999 first past the post
Housemaster (disqualified and placed
fourth at Chester), while the 1993 fourth
Cairo Prince occupied the same position
the following month at Epsom Downs.
Law Society, trained in Ireland by the
legendary Vincent O'Brien, finished two
and a half lengths clear in 1985 and went
on to finish second to Slip Anchor in
the Derby.
The 1981 victor Shergar, trained by Stoute,
was the greatest in the history of the Group
Three event at Chester. After running away
with the Vase by 12 lengths, the Aga Khanowned colt gained the Derby by a record
10 lengths.
Henbit captured the 1980 Chester Vase
prior to success in the Derby the following
month for trainer Dick Hern and jockey
Willie Carson.
No other Derby winners have run in the
MBNA Chester Vase since 1970.
Mickdaam ridden by Tony Hamilton wins
the MBNA Chester Vase from Model Pupil.
year
horse
chester vase
2012 Mickdaam
Minimise Risk
2011 Treasure Beach
2010 Ted Spread
2009 Golden Sword
Masterofthehorse
Debussy
2008 Doctor Fremantle
2007 Soldier Of Fortune
2006 Papal Bull
Dragon Dancer
2005 Hattan
Almighty
2004 No Derby runners
2003 Dutch Gold
Summerland
2002 Fight Your Corner
2001 Mr Combustble
2000 Kingsclere
1999 Housemaster
1998 Gulland
The Glow-Worm
1997 No Derby runners
1996 St Mawes
Prince Of
My Heart
Maralinga
derby
1st
5th
1st
1st
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
1st
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
5th
7th
2nd
11th
5th
3rd
8th
4th
5th
10th
2nd
6th
12th
1st
2nd
1st
1st
5th
4th
disq.
from 1st
1st
2nd
6th
11th
5th
4th
15th
4th
2nd
3rd
17th
19th
3rd
15th
11th
6th
year
horse
chester vase
1994 Broadway Flyer
The Flying
Phantom
1993 Cairo Prince
1992 Twist And Turn
1991 Toulon
1990 QUEST FOR FAME
Missionary Ridge
1989 Warrshan
1988 Unfuwain
1987 No Derby runners
1986 Nomrood
Sirk
1985 Law Society
Petoski
1984 Kaytu
1983 Meeting Abandoned
1982 Super Sunrise
Father Rooney
Lobkowiez
1981 SHERGAR
Sunley Builds
Golden Brigadier
1980 HENBIT
Moomba
Masquerade
derby
1st
4th
21st
20th
4th
1st
1st
2nd
3rd
3rd
1st
4th
5th
9th
1st
10th
11th
7th
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
1st
11th
7th
2nd
11th
8th
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
6th
1st
2nd
12th
13th
15th
1st
9th
15th
1st
11th
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The Road To The Derby
BetVictor.com Dee Stakes, Chester
(Group Three), 1m 2f 75yds, Friday, May 10, 2013
The Group Three BetVictor.com Dee
Stakes, run over 10 furlongs and 75 yards,
is held on the final day of Chester’s May
Festival and provides an opportunity for
unexposed colts to show their Investec
Derby potential.
The tight Chester course, just over a mile
round, means that horses are constantly
on the turn which is a good learning
experience before running at Epsom
Downs.
Astrology posted an impressive all the
way 11-length success at Chester for
Ireland’s champion trainer Aidan O’Brien in
2012 and was a good third behind stable
companion Camelot in the Investec Derby,
only losing second by a short-head.
The 2003 Dee Stakes was won by Kris
Kin, who captured the Derby the following
month from 19 rivals Epsom Downs.
Trained by Sir Michael Stoute, he was the
second Dee Stakes winner in five runnings
to go on to victory in the premier Classic.
The Henry Cecil-trained Oath produced
a dazzling display in 1999 at Chester to
defeat Little Rock by five lengths. He then
headed to Epsom and won the Derby
stylishly.
The 1993 Chester second Blues Traveller,
from Barry Hills’ Lambourn stable, ran in
the Derby, belying his 150/1 odds to finish
third to Commander In Chief.
The 1990 Dee Stakes proved a Classic
pointer, with the winner Blue Stag, also
trained by Hills, only finding Chester Vase
second Quest For Fame too good in the
Derby.
Sir Harry Lewis, successful in the 1987 Dee
Stakes, came fourth in the Derby for Hills.
Faraway Dancer, triumphant at Chester in
1986 for Cecil, also went on to take fourth
place behind Shahrastani in the Derby.
No other Derby winners have run in the
BetVictor.com Dee Stakes since 1970
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Astrology ridden by Joseph
O'Brien wins the Dee Stakes
year
horse
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
Astrology
No Derby runners
Azmeel
No Derby runners
Tajaaweed
Admiralofthefleet
No Derby runners
Gypsy King
No Derby runners
KRIS KIN
No Derby runners
No Derby runners
Zyz
OATH Through The Rye
No Derby runners
Crystal Hearted
No Derby runners
dee stakes
derby
1st
3rd
1st
10th
1st
1st
8th
10th
1st
5th
1st
1st
3rd
1st
4th
9th
1st
16th
1st
12th
year
horse
dee stakes
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
No Derby runners
Waiting
Chickawicka
Blues Traveller
No Derby runners
Hundra
Arokat
Blue Stag
No Derby runners
Clifton Chapel
Sir Harry Lewis
Faraway Dancer
No Derby runners
No Derby runners
Meeting abandoned
No Derby runners
Kings General
No Derby runners
derby
2nd
5th
2nd
17th
18th
3rd
1st
3rd
1st
5th
12th
2nd
1st
1st
1st
12th
4th
4th
6th
10th
The Road To The Derby
Betfred Derby Trial, Lingfield Park
(Listed), 1m 3f 106yds, Saturday, May 11, 2013
The resemblance of Lingfield Park to
Epsom makes the Betfred Derby Trial, first
run in 1932, a meaningful precursor to
taking part in the premier Classic.
The Lingfield Derby Trial certainly started
well as the initial winner, April The Fifth,
trained by actor Tom Walls, went on to win
the 1932 Derby.
It took just five years for the trial to
produce another Derby winner when Midday Sun won both races by a length and
a half.
After a 15-year barren spell, Lingfield was
back among the Derby winners in the
shape of the Aga Khan's brilliant colt Tulyar,
who won seven out of seven during 1952.
Following Parthia's victories in both races
in 1959, the trial went through a lean time,
but there was a huge upturn in fortunes at
the start of the 1980s.
Teenoso was successful in both events
by three lengths in 1983. Then Slip
Anchor came along and the Henry Ceciltrained colt, partnered by Steve Cauthen,
impressed the Lingfield crowd by winning
by 10 lengths in 1985 and went on to land
the Derby equally convincingly at Epsom
when making all to triumph by seven
lengths.
The Luca Cumani-trained Kahyasi made
it three Derby winners in six years in
1988 for the Lingfield Park trial, giving the
present Aga Khan a Lingfield Derby Trial/
Derby double.
The Newmarket-based trainer clearly
appreciated the benefit of providing a
Derby hopeful experience on a very similar
circuit as he did exactly the same thing 10
years later with High-Rise, who was made
to work really hard for both victories,
landing the trial by a neck and then getting
home by a head in the Derby.
The 2005 Lingfield Park Derby Trial
runner-up, Walk In The Park, came second
in the Epsom Downs Classic. Aqaleem took
the 2007 Lingfield renewal and progressed
to finish third behind Authorized in the
Derby.
Last year’s race was the first recognised
Derby Trial to be run on an all-weather
surface as the race was switched to
Lingfield’s Polytrack course due to
waterlogging.
Main Sequence took the spoils for trainer
David Lanigan, owner the Niarchos Family
and jockey Ted Durcan prior to finding
only Camelot five lengths too good at
Epsom Downs.
Other Derby winners to have run in the
Betfred Derby Trial since 1970:
1970: SNOW KNIGHT (1974 3rd)
Jockey Ted Durcan and trainer David Lanigan
(right) pose with Main Sequence after
winning the Betfred Derby Trial Stakes
year
horse
2012
Main Sequence
Cavaleiro
Marhaba Malyoon
Bullet Train
Hot Prospect
Age Of Aquarius
Montaff
Alessandro Volta
King Of Rome
Alan Devonshire
Aqaleem
Kid Mambo
Linda’s Lad
Before You Go
Kong
Walk In The Park
Kings Quay
Percussionist
Hazyview
Franklins Gardens
Let Me Try Again
Bandari
Perfect Sunday
Putra Sandhurst
Sunny Glenn
Going Global
Lucido
Daliapour
HIGH-RISE
Sadian
Silver Patriarch
Papua
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
lingfield
1st
3rd
6th
1st
3rd
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
4th
1st
3rd
1st
4th
1st
2nd
6th
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
1st
1st
2nd
6th
2nd
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
1st
4th
derby
2nd
9th
13th
12th
9th
7th
12th
6th
12th
13th
3rd
7th
9th
13th
13th
2nd
11th
4th
8th
14th
7th
8th
6th
8th
9th
13th
15th
2nd
1st
7th
2nd
13th
year
1996
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
horse
lingfield
Mystic Knight
Zaforum
Acharne
Riyadian
Chocolat de Meguro
Wishing
Bob's Return
Shareek
Zind
Assessor
Corrupt
No Derby runners
Cacoethes
KAHYASI
Legal Bid
Mountain Kingdom
Ibn Bey
Water Boatman
Mashkour
SLIP ANCHOR
Alphabatim
TEENOSO
Shearwalk
Yawa
Neorion
Appeal To Me
Jalmood
Riberetto
Sheer Grit
Krug
Sass
Ribo Charter
Marcello
derby
1st
3rd
6th
2nd
2nd
3rd
1st
3rd
6th
1st
1st
6th
16th
8th
9th
12th
14th
6th
15th
16th
13th
6th
1st
1st
1st
2nd
5th
6th
1st
1st
1st
1st
2nd
3rd
5th
6th
1st
1st
2nd
4th
7th
2nd
5th
3rd
1st
14th
6th
13th
16th
3rd
1st
5th
1st
3rd
UR
13th
17th
14th
8th
6th
12th
11th
20th
23rd
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The Road To The Derby
Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial, Leopardstown
(Group Two), 1m 2f, Sunday, May 12, 2013
The Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial is a
Group Two event over a mile and a quarter
which was first run in 1971.
Known as the Nijinsky Stakes until 1983,
the race had a golden period as a Derby
trial at the turn of the century thanks to
winners Sinndar (2000), Galileo (2001) and
High Chaparral (2002) all going on to take
the Derby at Epsom Downs.
Golden Fleece gave the Irish race a first
Derby winner after being successful in 1982.
He was trainer Vincent O’Brien’s sixth and
last Derby winner when partnered by Pat
Eddery at Epsom Downs.
Salmon Leap, the following year’s victor at
Leopardstown, came fourth to Teenoso in
the Derby.
The Jim Bolger-trained St Jovite took the
honours in 1992 before travelling across the
Irish Sea to run second behind Dr Devious
in the Derby.
Sunshine Street was second in 1998
before finishing fourth at Epsom Downs.
The John Oxx-trained Sinndar came good
in both races two years later and then
Aidan O’Brien saddled Galileo and High
Chaparral to success at Leopardstown and
Epsom Downs.
The 2003 winner and second, Alamshar
and The Great Gatsby, swapped places in
the Derby, coming home second and third
to Kris Kin.
The 2005 Leopardstown scorer Fracas was
a respectable fourth in the English Classic,
while the 2006 hero Dylan Thomas finished
a close third in the Derby.
The 2008 first and second, Casual
Conquest and Washington Irving, both
ran at Epsom Downs and did well in third
and fifth respectively, while the 2009 victor
Fame And Glory found only Sea The Stars
too strong in the Investec Derby.
At First Sight finished third in the
Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial in 2010
before coming home second behind
Workforce in the Investec Derby, while the
Leopardstown winner Midas Touch was
fifth at Epsom Downs.
O’Brien sent out his 10th winner of the
Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial in 2011 as
Recital comfortably beat stable companion
Memphis Tennessee.
The form was reversed in the Investec
Derby, with Memphis Tennessee coming
home fourth behind Pour Moi, two places
in front of Recital.
Sinndar’s jockey Johnny Murtagh celebrates his win
year
horse
2012
2011
No Derby runners
Recital
Memphis Tennessee
Midas Touch
At First Sight
Fame And Glory
Casual Conquest
Washington Irving
Archipenko
Yellowstone
Dylan Thomas
Mountain
Fracas
Grand Central
No Derby runners
Alamshar
The Great Gatsby
Brian Boru
HIGH
CHAPARRAL
GALILEO
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
No other Derby winners have run in the
Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial since 1971
2002
2001
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leopardstown
derby
1st
2nd
1st
3rd
1st
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
1st
3rd
6th
4th
5th
2nd
2nd
3rd
5th
17th
8th
3rd
8th
4th
9th
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
3rd
2nd
16th
1st
1st
1st
year
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
horse
leopardstown
SINNDAR
No Derby runners
Sunshine Street
No Derby runners
No Derby runners
Humbel
No Derby runners
No Derby runners
St Jovite
No Derby runners
No Derby runners
No Derby runners
No Derby runners
No Derby runners
Wise Counsellor
Theatrical
No Derby runners
Salmon Leap
GOLDEN FLEECE
No Derby runners
Noble Seamus
derby
1st
1st
2nd
4th
1st
8th
1st
2nd
2nd
1st
17th
7th
1st
1st
4th
1st
5th
19th
The Road To The Derby
Betfred Dante Stakes, York
(Group Two), 1m 2f 88yds, Thursday, May 16, 2013
Bonfire and Jimmy Fortune beat Ektihaam
and Tadhg O’Shea in the Betfred Dante Stakes
year
2012
2011
2010
The highlight of York’s May meeting is
the Group Two Betfred Dante Stakes, the
leading Derby trial over an extended 10
furlongs.
It is the most successful and important
prep race for the Derby, having produced
four of the last nine winners of the premier
Classic.
Authorized (2007), Motivator (2005) and
North Light (2004) won both races, while
Workforce (2010) became the first horse
to win the Derby after being beaten in the
Dante Stakes, following his second to Cape
Blanco at York.
The 2011 victor Carlton House endured a
troubled passage in the Investec Derby but
ran well to finish a close third behind Pour
Moi after losing a shoe. Seville and Pisco
Sour, second and third in the Dante Stakes,
also ran at Epsom, finishing 10th and ninth
respectively.
Tartan Bearer, successful in 2008 at York,
just found New Approach half a length too
strong at Epsom Downs.
The previous Dante Stakes winner to go
on to success in the Derby was Benny The
Dip in 1997, while Sakhee, the 2000 Dante
winner, almost completed the double
when finding only Sinndar better at Epsom.
Erhaab won both races in 1994, as did
Reference Point in 1987 and Shahrastani in
1986.
Last year saw a rare setback for the Dante
Stakes, with the winner Bonfire only able to
finish sixth to Camelot at Epsom Downs.
Other Derby winners to have run in the
Betfred Dante Stakes since 1970:
SHIRLEY HEIGHTS (1978 1st).
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
horse
Bonfire
Carlton House
Seville
Pisco Sour
Workforce
Coordinated Cut
Black Bear Island
Kite Wood
Crowded House
Tartan Bearer
Frozen Fire
AUTHORIZED
Septimus
Best Alibi
Snoqualmie Boy
MOTIVATOR
The Geezer
NORTH LIGHT
Rule Of Law
Let The Lion Roar
Magistretti
Dunhill Star
Graikos
Moon Ballad
Where Or When
Jelani
Dilshaan
Storming Home
Sakhee
Best Of The Bests
Salford Express
Glamis
Saratoga Springs
City Honours
Border Arrow
Benny The Dip
Musalsal
Glory Of Dancer
Dushyantor
Jack Jennings
Double Leaf
Storm Trooper
Presenting
Salmon Ladder
ERHAAB
Weigh Anchor
dante
derby
1st
1st
2nd
3rd
2nd
3rd
1st
5th
8th
1st
2nd
1st
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
3rd
5th
1st
4th
5th
1st
3rd
1st
3rd
1st
7th
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
5th
6th
3rd
6th
1st
2nd
6th
3rd
10th
9th
1st
7th
10th
9th
6th
2nd
11th
1st
12th
6th
16th
1st
8th
1st
2nd
3rd
9th
15th
8th
3rd
6th
4th
7th
5th
2nd
4th
14th
6th
10th
2nd
3rd
1st
8th
4th
2nd
7th
10th
15th
3rd
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1
Workforce recorded the fastest time
in the 233 runnings of the Derby in
2010. His 2 minutes 31.33 seconds was just
under a second faster than the previous
Derby record of 2 minutes 32.31 seconds
set by Lammtarra in 1995, who bettered
Mahmoud’s longstanding (hand-timed)
record of 2 minutes 33.8 seconds clocked in
1936. The 2001 winner Galileo is the third
fastest Derby winner, coming home in 2
minutes 33.27 seconds.
2
The largest Derby field was 34 in 1862,
and the smallest just four in 1794.
There is now a safety limit of 20 for the
Investec Derby.
3
Several horses have won by a shorthead, the last being 2006 victor Sir
Percy who came out best of a four-way
photo-finish, which rivalled the other
closest finish of 1913. There have been
three other short-head winners since 1945
- in 1998 (Benny The Dip), in 1984 (Secreto)
and in 1972 (Roberto). The longest winning
margin is Shergar’s 10 lengths in 1981.
4
The longest distance accurately
recorded between first and third was
14 lengths in 2002, when High Chaparral
beat Hawk Wing by two lengths, with
Moon Ballad 12 lengths third. The next
best was 13 lengths in 1985 (Slip Anchor,
Law Society, Damister - 7 & 6), then 12
lengths in 1981 (Shergar, Glint Of Gold,
Scintillating Air - 10 & 2) and in 1991
(Generous, Marju, Star Of Gdansk - 5 & 7).
Before 1900 distances were more vaguely
recorded, with a wide margin often referred
to merely as ‘bad’.
5
The 1909 Derby is the only time that
the reigning monarch has owned the
Derby winner. Minoru was owned by King
Edward VII, who died the following year. He
had also won the Derby with Persimmon
in 1896 and Diamond Jubilee in 1900 when
the Prince of Wales. George IV won with
Sir Thomas in 1788, when still Prince of
Wales. The present Queen has owned the
winner of every other domestic Classic
but is still waiting for her first success in
Britain’s premier race. She came closest
with Aureole, who was second to Pinza in
the Coronation year of 1953, while in 2011
she was represented by the 5/2 favourite
Carlton House, who took third behind
Pour Moi.
6
Lord Rosebery is the only person to
have owned the Derby winner while
Prime Minister, winning both in 1894 with
Ladas and the following year with Sir Visto.
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There are only three letters of the
alphabet with which a Derby winner’s
name has not begun, U (Umiddad was
beaten a head in 1943), X and Z (Zionist
was second in 1935). The most popular
initial letter is S with 43 instances, and the
most popular number of letters is eight,
with 46 instances. Quest For Fame’s victory
in 1990 accounted for Q.
8
To date, 42 Derby winners have been
sired by Derby winners, the first being
the 1798 hero Sir Harry, a son of Sir Peter
Teazle (won the Derby in 1787). New
Approach in 2008 is the most recent Derbywinning son of a Derby winner, being by
the 2001 victor Galileo. Lammtarra, sired
by the 1970 Derby winner Nijinsky, was the
previous one in 1995.
9
Nine Derby winners retired unbeaten:
Sailor (2 races) 1820; Middleton (1
race) 1825; Bay Middleton (6 races) 1836;
Amato (1 race) 1838; Ormonde (16 races)
1886; Bahram 1935 (9 races); Morston (2
races) 1973; Golden Fleece (4 races) 1982;
Lammtarra (4 races) 1995.
13
The great Gladiateur was the
first French-bred to succeed in
the Derby in 1865. He has been followed
by nine more, the most recent being the
outstanding Sea-Bird in 1965.
14
The tote (now totepool) first
operated on Derby Day in 1930
when Blenheim was successful under Harry
Wragg. The winner returned 40s 9d, while
the places paid 10s 6d, 10s 3d, and 4s 6d
for a 2s unit.
15
With seven Derby wins apiece,
Robert Robson, John Porter and
Fred Darling are the most successful trainers
in the history of the Classic. Robson’s initial
triumph came with Waxy in 1793 and his
last was Emilius in 1823, while Porter took
his first Derby with Blue Gown in 1868 and
rounded off his septet in 1899 with Flying
Fox. Darling’s wins stretched from Captain
Cuttle in 1922 to Owen Tudor’s win in the
war-time substitute at Newmarket in 1941.
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Six sets of half-brothers have won
the Derby, the most recent being
Galileo (2001) and Sea The Stars (2009).
Five pairs of full-brothers have been
successful in the Epsom Classic, but none
since Persimmon (1896) and Diamond
Jubilee (1900), who were by the great St
Simon out of the Ayr Gold Cup winner
Perdita II.
Reference Point became the 35th
and most recent Derby winner
to also triumph in the final Classic, the
St Leger at Doncaster. The first horse to
complete the Derby/St Leger double was
Champion in 1800. Phenomenon, last in
the 1783 Derby, was the first horse to go
on from the Epsom Classic and compete in
the St Leger, which he won. Camelot, the
2012 Investec Derby winner, was the latest
to try, finishing second to Encke in the St
Leger.
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The first American-bred Derby
winner was Iroquois, owned by
tobacco millionaire Pierre Lorillard. Bred
in Philadelphia, the colt was accompanied
to England as a yearling by his American
trainer Jacob Pincus and took the 1881
Derby under Fred Archer. Never Say Die
in 1954 was the second US-bred Derby
winner.
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Epsom Downs Racecourse, home
of the Investec Derby, is served
by three railway stations - Epsom in the
town itself at the bottom of the hill,
about a mile and a half away. Tattenham
Corner, near the top of the hill above the
racecourse, opened in 1901, while Epsom
Downs station started operating in 1865.
The last-named was originally due to have
been built 220 yards from the grandstands
but ended up 1,100 yards away - it is now
surrounded by a housing estate. The Royal
train used to go to Epsom Downs but
switched to Tattenham Corner after the
Second World War.
The oldest winning jockey was John
Forth, who was over 60 when he
partnered Frederick to victory in the 1829
Derby. He also has the distinction of having
trained the winner, as well as the runner-up,
The Exquisite, with both colts returned at
40/1. Mick Kinane was 49 when partnering
Sea The Stars to victory in 2009 as was Sir
Gordon Richards when successful on Pinza
in 1953, while Scobie Breasley was 52 when
he triumphed on Charlottown in 1966.
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West Australian (1853) was the
first horse to gain the Triple Crown.
Eleven more colts have tasted Epsom Derby
victory en route to securing the Triple
Crown, most recently Nijinsky in 1970. A
further three Triple Crown winners secured
their Classic triumphs at Newmarket
during the war years - Pommern (1915),
Gay Crusader (1917) and Gainsborough
(1918). The latest colt to try and win the
Triple Crown was Camelot in 2012 - but he
finished second in the St Leger.
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Camelot (2012) is the most recent
Derby winner to have previously
captured the first colt’s Classic of the
season, the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.
Thirty-seven horses have won both
Classics, the first being Smolensko in 1813.
New Approach went close in 2008, going
down by a nose in the 2000 Guineas and
then capturing the Derby.
20
Only one filly has added the Derby
to earlier success in the 1000
Guineas at Newmarket. Tagalie in 1912 led
from start to finish in both races, taking
the Epsom Classic by four lengths under
Johnny Reiff. The last filly to attempt the
feat was Cape Verdi, who was ninth at
Epsom in 1998 after routing the opposition
in the Newmarket Classic over a mile.
21
Tagalie was a rare grey Derby
winner. Only four of that hue
have prevailed, the others being Gustavus
(1821), Mahmoud (1936) and Airborne
(1946). The latest grey to come close to
victory was Silver Patriarch, a short-head
runner-up to Benny The Dip in 1997, while
Terimon was second in 1989.
22
Diomed ran for a purse of £1,065
15s when taking the inaugural
Derby in 1780, while this year’s contest
carries total prize money of at least £1.325
million.
23
The Derby course over 12 furlongs
and 10 yards at Epsom Downs is
in the rough shape of a horseshoe. From
the start, 360 feet above sea level, there
is a slight right-handed bend and a rise of
some 134 feet sweeping leftwards until the
top of the hill. A left-hand descent of 34
feet around Tattenham Corner leads into
the cambered straight where there is a 50feet drop until half a furlong out where the
ground level rises by 10 feet.
24
The photo-finish camera decided
the Derby result for the first time
in 1949 when Nimbus, bred by bookmaker
William Hill, landed the spoils by a head
from French raider Amour Drake.
25
Wild Dayrell took the premier
Classic in 1855 and was the first
Derby winner to be photographed. The
same year, a new schooner, one of the last
opium clippers to be built, was named the
Wild Dayrell and launched from Cowes in
the Isle of Wight.
26
Triple Crown winner Nijinsky was
the first Canadian-bred winner of
the Derby. Successful in 1970, he was bred
in Ontario by the legendary E P Taylor and
trained in Ireland at Ballydoyle by Vincent
O’Brien.
27
High-Rise is the most recent of
four Derby winners with a hyphen
in their names. The colt by High Estate out
of the High Line mare, High Tern, took the
race in 1998 for trainer Luca Cumani. The
others are Sea-Bird (1965), Mid-day Sun
(1937) and Lap-dog (1826).
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Kris Kin, in 2003, was the first Derby
winner to take advantage of the
supplementary entry stage. Although one
of the original entries as a yearling, he was
withdrawn at the end of his juvenile career.
He was restored to the field a few days
before the race at a cost of £90,000 and
earned £852,600 with his victory. The full
list of horses supplemented is as follows:
2010 Rewilding 3rd, Buzzword 8th; 2009
none; 2008 Casual Conquest 3rd, Doctor
Fremantle 4th, River Proud - non-runner;
2007 none; 2006 Papal Bull 10th, 2005 none;
2004 Hazyview 8th, Gatwick 10th; 2003 Kris
Kin WON, Norse Dancer 4th, Dutch Gold
6th; 2002 Fight Your Corner 5th, Bandari
8th; 2001 none; 2000 none; 1999 Lucido
15th; 1998 Cape Verdi 9th.
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The 2009 Derby winner Sea The
Stars emulated New Approach
(2008) by ending the season as the
European champion racehorse. Others to
gain the accolade in the past 50 years have
been Lammtarra (1995), Generous (1991),
Nashwan (1989), Reference Point (1987),
Shergar (1981), Troy (1979), Grundy (1975),
Mill Reef (1971), Nijinsky (1970), Sea-Bird
(1965) and Santa Claus (1964).
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The only Derby winner to be
disqualified for an incident in
the Classic was Craganour in 1913. The
stewards judged that the 6/4 favourite
had been guilty of ‘bumping and boring’
the runner-up Aboyeur, the 100/1 shot
who was awarded the prize. The outcome
of the 1844 race was decided in a court
of law six weeks later, when the ‘winner’
Running Rein was revealed as a four-yearold, Maccabeus, and the race awarded to
the runner-up Orlando.
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Epsom became a spa in the early
17th century when a spring
containing Epsom salts was discovered on
the common. Its popularity with London
society brought visits from Samuel Pepys
and Nell Gwyn among many others, plus
the development of shops, inns and the
oldest spa assembly rooms in England.
1661 saw the first recorded race meeting
held on the Downs and the tradition
continued until the summer of 1780 when
one of today’s greatest sporting spectacles
was established.
32
Two owners share the record of five
for winning Derby ownership. The
third Earl of Egremont won with Assassin
(1782), Hannibal (1804), Cardinal Beaufort
(1805), Election (1807) and Lapdog (1826).
The third Aga Khan won with Blenheim
(1930), Bahram (1935), Mahmoud (1936),
My Love (1948) and Tulyar (1952). The
fourth Aga Khan (the third’s grandson)
is now on four, with Shergar (1981),
Shahrastani (1986), Kahyasi (1988) and
Sinndar (2000), along with Sue Magnier
and Michael Tabor, who co-owned Galileo
(2001), High Chaparral (2002), Pour Moi
(2011) and Camelot (2012).
33
The oldest stallion to sire a Derby
winner has been Muley, who was
26 when he got Little Wonder (1840). The
youngest have both been four: Blue Peter
responsible for Ocean Swell (1944), and
Prince Chevalier for Arctic Prince (1951).
34
The only Derby victor to result
from the mating of a Derby and
Oaks winner is Lammtarra. His sire Nijinsky
won the premier Classic in 1970 and his
dam Snow Bride was awarded the fillies’
equivalent in 1989 on the disqualification
of Aliysa. Five other Derby winners have
been out of Oaks winners: Bay Middleton
(1836) by Sultan out of Cobweb; Beadsman
(1858), by Weatherbit out of Mendicant;
Blair Athol (1864) by Stockwell out of
Blink Bonny (who also won the Derby);
Humorist (1921) by Polymelus out of Jest;
and Charlottown (1966) by Charlottesville
out of Meld.
35
The oldest dam to produce a
Derby winner was Horatia, aged 25
when she produced the 1806 victor Paris.
The youngest was Betty’s Secret, who gave
birth to Secreto (1984) when four.
36
The 2012 winner Camelot was
the fourth Derby hero in eight
runnings for his late father Montjeu, who
also sired Motivator (2005), Authorized
(2007) and Pour Moi (2011), making
him the joint most successful Derby sire
alongside Sir Peter Teazle, Cyllene, Waxy
and Blandford. Montjeu’s sire Sadler’s Wells
was responsible for two Derby winners
(2001 Galileo and 2002 High Chaparral),
while Northern Dancer, the sire of Sadler’s
Wells, fathered Nijinsky (1970), The
Minstrel (1977) and Secreto (1984). Galileo
sired the 2008 winner New Approach.
37
The latest Derby winner to become
European champion sire is Galileo,
top of the list in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Before him, it was Mill Reef in 1987.
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Only twice has the same stallion
sired the first three in the Derby.
Sir Peter Teazle, with Ditto, Sir Oliver and
an un-named colt in 1803 was followed
by Stockwell, with Lord Lyon, Savernake
and Rustic in 1866. Eight stallions have
sired the first two, most recently Montjeu,
with Motivator and Walk In The Park in
2005. Before him, Northern Dancer was
responsible for Secreto and El Gran Senor
in 1984.
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It is a remarkable achievement
to breed, own and train a Derby
winner. Isaac Sadler did just that in 1833
with Dangerous, while William l’Anson
bred, owned and trained both Blink
Bonny (1857) and Blair Atholl (1864).
Odoardo Ginistrelli achieved the feat with
Signorinetta (1908), while Arthur Budgett
was the latest do this with the half-brothers
Blakeney (1969) and Morston (1973).
40
Because of the way the genetic
transmission of coat colour works,
most thoroughbreds are bay or brown and
therefore most races are won by bays or
browns. Of the 234 (including one set of
dead-heaters) winners of the Derby, 172
have been bay or brown, 56 have been
chestnut, four have been grey and two
have been registered as black.
41
The last winner of the Derby
staged at Epsom to be trained in
the town was April The Fifth, sent out by
Tom Walls in 1932.
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Epsom installed a watering system
in 1965, ahead of Sea-Bird’s victory.
Sailor is the only horse to have
won the Derby on his real third
birthday - May 18, 1820.
49
Since 1986, when Shahrastani won,
the Derby victor has been drawn
in stall 10 seven times. Sir Percy (2006) was
the latest colt to succeed when drawn 10.
50
Lammtarra, the 1995 Derby victor
trained by Saeed bin Suroor, was
the first horse to win the premier Classic
on his seasonal debut since Grand Parade
in 1919. Amazingly, Shaamit, trained by
William Haggas, managed the same feat a
year later.
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In 1992, Dr Devious became the
first Derby winner to have run
previously in the Kentucky Derby. The Peter
Chapple-Hyam-trained colt finished a
respectable seventh to Lil E. Tee in America
before beating St Jovite by two lengths at
Epsom Downs. The Clive Brittain-trained
Bold Arrangement, who finished second
in the American Classic at Churchill
Downs in 1986, was the first horse to run
in both races, although he fared less well
in the Derby, coming home 14th of the
17 runners.
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The Derby has been run on
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Saturday, and now takes place on
the first Saturday in June. It was switched
from Wednesday to Saturday in 1995. The
first Derby in 1780 was run on May 4 - the
Classic’s earliest staging during a year while the 1917 renewal was the latest on
July 31.
Lady James Douglas became the
first woman to own a Derby winner
when Gainsborough won the Classic in
1918 at Newmarket. There have still been
no Derby winners either trained or ridden
by women. Alex Greaves, who rode 500/1
shot Portuguese Lil in 1996, became the
first woman to take part in the Derby she finished last, a position also filled by
Hayley Turner on 25/1 chance Cavaleiro in
2012. Criquette Head-Maarek is the latest
woman to train a runner – American Post,
who came sixth in 2004.
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There have been two dead-heats
in the Derby - between Cadland
and The Colonel in 1828, with the former
winning the run-off later that afternoon.
St Gatien and Harvester could not be
separated in 1884.
44
Steve Donoghue is the only jockey
to have ridden three consecutive
Derby winners - Humorist (1921), Captain
Cuttle (1922) and Papyrus (1923).
45
Starting stalls were first used for
the 1967 Derby, won by Royal
Palace from 21 rivals.
46
Five winners of the Derby have
had the prefix St of which St Paddy
(1960) was the latest. However, the most
popular prefix has been Sir, seen eight
times, most recently with Sir Percy in 2006.
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The last time the same owner,
trainer and jockey won the Investec
Oaks and Investec Derby in the same year
was in 2001, with Imagine and Galileo. They
were trained by Aidan O’Brien and ridden
by Michael Kinane. Both horses were
owned partly by Sue Magnier - Galileo
was also jointly owned by Michael Tabor,
while Diane Nagle had a share in Imagine.
The previous time the same jockey, trainer
and owner won the Oaks and Derby in
the same year in 1950 when owner Marcel
Boussac, trainer Charles Semblat and
jockey Rae Johnstone were responsible for
Derby victor Galcador and Oaks winner
Asmena. It nearly happened in 2012, with
Was and Camelot, both trained by O’Brien
and owned by Derrick Smith, Magnier and
Tabor. However, the two three-year-olds
had different jockeys. Seamie Heffernan
rode Was, while Joseph O’Brien partnered
Camelot - the first time the son of the
winning trainer had ridden the winner.
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Aidan O’Brien was the first trainer
to send out in the same year the
winners of all three Group One races at the
Investec Derby Festival in 2012. St Nicholas
Abbey won the Investec Coronation Cup,
Was captured the Investec Oaks and
Camelot triumphed in the Investec Derby.
55
Workforce in 2010 became the
first horse to be beaten (second)
in the Dante Stakes at York - the premier
Derby trial - and then win the Epsom
Downs Classic.
56
Several Derby runners have later
excelled over jumps. Sea Pigeon,
who finished seventh to Morston in 1973,
went on to win two Champion Hurdles at
the Cheltenham Festival.
57
Lester Piggott came 15th on Prince
Charlemagne in the 1953 Derby
and then rode the same horse to victory
in the Triumph Hurdle nine months later.
58
There have been 16 Derby winners
trained in Ireland. The first was
Orby (Fred MacCabe, 1907), followed by
Hard Ridden (Mick Rogers, 1958), Larkspur
(Vincent O’Brien, 1962), Santa Claus (Mick
Rogers, 1964), Sir Ivor (Vincent O’Brien,
1968), Nijinsky (Vincent O’Brien, 1970),
Roberto (Vincent O’Brien, 1972), The
Minstrel (Vincent O’Brien, 1977), Golden
Fleece (Vincent O’Brien, 1982), Secreto
(David O’Brien, 1984), Sinndar (John Oxx,
2000), Galileo (Aidan O’Brien, 2001), High
Chaparral (Aidan O’Brien, 2002), New
Approach (Jim Bolger, 2008), Sea The Stars
(John Oxx, 2009) and Camelot (Aidan
O’Brien, 2012).
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Horses trained in France have
won the Derby 10 times: Durbar
(Herman Duryea, 1914), Pearl Diver (Percy
Carver, 1947), My Love (Dick Carver, 1948),
Galcador (Charles Semblat, 1950), Phil
Drake (Francois Mathet, 1955), Lavandin
(Alec Head, 1956), Relko (Francois Mathet,
1963), Sea-Bird (Etienne Pollet, 1965),
Empery (Maurice Zilber, 1976) and Pour
Moi (Andre Fabre, 2011).
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On four occasions, overseastrained horses have shut out the
home side. In 1956 Lavandin (France) beat
Montaval (France) and Roistar (Ireland); in
1962 Larkspur (Ireland) finished ahead of
Arcor (France) and Le Cantilien (France);
and in 1970 Nijinsky (Ireland) beat Gyr
(France) and Stintino (France). In 2009,
Irish-trained horses filled the first five
places, as Sea The Stars triumphed over
Fame And Glory, Masterofthehorse, Rip
Van Winkle and Golden Sword.
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Facts & Figures
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Sir Michael Stoute is the most
successful current trainer in the
Investec Derby with five wins – Shergar
(1981), Shahrastani (1986), Kris Kin (2003),
North Light (2004) and Workforce (2010).
2
The most successful trainers in the
history of the Derby, with seven
winners each, have been Robert Robson
(1793, 1802, 1809, 1810, 1815, 1817 & 1823),
John Porter (1868, 1882, 1883, 1886, 1890,
1891 & 1899) and Fred Darling (1922, 1925,
1926, 1931, 1938, 1940 & 1941).
3
There is usually a strong overseas
challenge in the Derby, particularly
from Ireland and France. The Irish have
won the Classic six times since the turn
of the century with Camelot, Sea The
Stars, New Approach, Sinndar, Galileo and
High Chaparral, following something of a
drought as before them the previous Irish
winner was the David O’Brien-trained
Secreto in 1984. There was an even longer
period without a French-trained winner,
with Pour Moi in 2011 becoming the first
French raider to score since Empery in 1976.
4
In the 1977 Derby, won by The
Minstrel, six of the first seven home
were either trained in Ireland or France. In
total there have been nine Derby winners
sent out from the famous Ballydoyle
yard in Co Tipperary, Ireland. Camelot in
2012, High Chaparral in 2002 and Galileo
in 2001, trained by the present trainer
Aidan O’Brien, joined the six winners
from the yard by the great Vincent
O’Brien (no relation) - Larkspur (1962),
Sir Ivor (1968), Nijinsky (1970), Roberto
(1972), The Minstrel (1977) and Golden
Fleece (1982).
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Aidan O'Brien achieved the feat of
saddling the first two home in the
2002 Derby - High Chaparral and Hawk
Wing. He had an incredible eight runners in
2007, when he did best with second Eagle
Mountain, while five were saddled in 2008
and his six in 2009 resulted in second to fifth
inclusive. His three runners in 2010 finished
second, fourth and fifth. In 2011, O’Brien
was represented by four runners, with
the head runner-up Treasure Beach faring
best of the quartet, while last year’s Classic
saw him saddle Camelot and Astrology
to finish first and third respectively.
Sir Michael Stoute during Investec Derby Day at Epsom Racecourse
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The previous trainer to send out the
1-2 in the Derby was Richard Carver,
with My Love and Royal Drake in 1948. It
was the 64-year-old Carver’s first visit to
Epsom. Nine other men have trained both
the winner and runner-up the same year.
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Challengers from the United States are
extremely rare. The most recent was
the Michael Dickinson-trained Wolf Prince,
eighth to Commander In Chief at 40/1
in1993. Before him, Slewpy, subsequently a
Grade One winner back home, finished18th
in 1983. In 1909 US-based Sir Martin started
3/1 favourite, but clipped heels and fell on
Tattenham Hill.
O’Brien trained the winners of the first
four of the five British Classics in 2012
and just failed to become the first trainer to
win all five when the Investec Derby victor
Camelot came second in the St Leger at
Doncaster. The champion Irish trainer did
set a new landmark when sending out the
winners of all three of the Group One races
at the Investec Derby Festival at Epsom
Downs last year - the Investec Derby with
Camelot, the Investec Oaks with Was
and the Investec Coronation Cup with St
Nicholas Abbey.
Arthur Budgett saddled four Derby
runners, two of whom he owned Blakeney, successful in 1969, and Morston
the winner in 1973. For good measure,
Budgett also bred the two half-brothers,
making him only the second man to
have owned, bred and trained two Derby
winners - the first being William I’Anson,
who won the Classic with Blink Bonny in
1857 and Blair Athol in 1864.
8
11
Another Irish handler John Oxx
enjoyed success with his first Derby
runner, Sinndar, in 2000, while in 2003
he trained the third horse home, Alamshar,
and saddled Sea The Stars to victory
in 2009.
10
Trainer Geoff Wragg, now retired,
had an excellent strike-rate in the
Derby. Four of his six runners finished in the
first four and Wragg won the Classic with
his first runner, Teenoso, in 1983.
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12
Geoff Wragg’s father Harry,
nicknamed the ‘Head Waiter’
because of his famed waiting tactics when
riding, was the last person to have both
trained and ridden a Derby winner. Harry
Wragg rode Felstead to victory in 1928,
as well as Blenheim (1930) and Watling
Street (1942), but waited until 1961 to
train Psidium to win at Epsom Downs.
Three other men, Matt Stephenson,
John Forth and Robert Sherwood, have
both ridden and trained a Derby winner.
Michael Attwater
2011-12 Castlemorris King
Andrew Balding
2012-6 Bonfire
2012-7 Minimise Risk
Michael Bell
1995-15 Maralinga
1999-4 Housemaster
2005-1 MOTIVATOR
2007-13 Regime
2010-7 Coordinated Cut
Jim Bolger IRE
1988-9 Project Manager
1991-3 Star Of Gdansk
1992-2 St Jovite
1993-2 Blue Judge
1993-11 Desert Team
2008-1 NEW APPROACH
2009-11 Gan Amhras
Clive Brittain
1974-15 Grey Thunder
1975-18 Tanzor
1976-10 Radetzky
1976-11 Tierra Fuego
1976-16 Coin of Gold
1977-21 Noble Venture
1978-6 Julio Mariner
1979-22 Lasko Floko
1980-17 Braughing
1980-23 Marcello
1981-6 Sheer Grit
1981-7 Silver Season
1981-15 Golden Brigadier
1982-15 Lobkowiez
1983-5 Guns Of Navarone
1983-13 Neorion
1983-15 Tivian
1985-4 Supreme Leader
1986-7 Sirk
1986-14 Bold Arrangement
1987-6 Mountain Kingdom
1989-2 Terimon
1991-8 Hailsham
1991-10 Mystiko
1992-6 Alflora
1992-14 Paradise Navy
1992-15 Lobilio
1994-11 Ionio
13
Sir Michael Stoute became the
16th trainer to win the Derby in
two consecutive years in 2004. O’Brien
went close to winning the premier Classic
in three consecutive years when The Great
Gatsby was runner up in 2003.
14
A select band of five trainers have
managed to win Britain’s two
most famous races - the Grand National
and the Derby. They are George Blackwell
(Grand National: 1923 Sergeant Murphy;
Derby: 1903 Rock Sand), Richard Dawson
(Grand National: 1898 Droghead; Derby:
1916 Fifinella, 1929 Trigo, 1930 Blenheim),
James Jewitt (Grand National: 1876 Regal;
Derby: 1884 Harvester, 1892 Sir Hugo),
1995-12 Korambi
1996-8 Acharne
1996-14 Spartan Heartbeat
2003-6 Dutch Gold
2003-19 Lundy’s Lane
2005-6 Hattan
Gerard Butler
1999-8 Compton Admiral
2003-10 Shield
Henry Candy
1977-12 St Petersburg
1980-2 Master Willie
1997-12 Crystal Hearted
2012-8 Rugged Cross
Sir Henry Cecil
1970-7 Approval
1973-6 Relay Race
1974-12 Arthurian
1976-5 Wollow
1977-20 Royal Plume
1979-5 Lyphards Wish
1980-6 Hello Gorgeous
1984-13 Claude Monet
1985-1 SLIP ANCHOR
1985-5 Lanfranco
1986-3 Mashkour
1986-4 Faraway Dancer
1987-1 REFERENCE POINT
1987-14 Legal Bid
1990-14 Razeen
1990-16 River God
1991-7 Hokusai
1992-5 Twist And Turn
1993-1 COMMANDER IN CHIEF
1993-10 Tenby
1994-2 King’s Theatre
1996-2 Dushyantor
1996-15 Storm Trooper
1998-7 Sadian
1999-1 OATH
2000-3 Beat Hollow
2000-5 Wellbeing
2008-14 Kandahar Run
2010-12 Bullet Train
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Vincent O’Brien (Grand National: 1953
Early Mist, 1954 Royal Tan, 1955 Quare
Times; Derby: 1962 Larkspur, 1968 Sir Ivor,
1970 Nijinsky, 1972 Roberto, 1977 The
Minstrel, 1982 Golden Fleece) and Willie
Stephenson (Grand National: 1959 Oxo;
Derby: 1951 Arctic Prince). Among current
trainers, David Elsworth has come closest
to repeating this feat. The trainer won
the 1988 Grand National with Rhyme ‘N’
Reason and saddled Mighty Flutter (third
in 1984) and Norse Dancer (fourth in 2003)
among 12 Derby runners.
Mick Channon
2001-11 King Carew
2004-10 Gatwick
2006-11 Championship Point
2009-12 Montaff
Peter Chapple-Hyam
1992-1 DR DEVIOUS
1992-9 Rodrigo de Triano
1993-4 Cairo Prince
1993-12 Planetary Aspect
1993-16 Zind
1994-3 Colonel Collins
1994-6 Pencader
1995-5 Court Of Honour
1995-13 Spectrum
1996-9 Chief Contender
1997-3 Romanov
1997-11 Single Empire
1999-10 Brancaster
2007-1 AUTHORIZED
2008-9 Bouguereau
Roger Charlton
1990-1 QUEST FOR FAME
1996-6 Mystic Knight
Paul Cole
1974-9 Court Dancer
1984-9 Sheer Heights
1985-6 Reach
1985-14 Main Reason
1986-5 Nisnas
1986-11 Nomrood
1987-13 Ibn Bey
1990-7 Zoman
1991-1 GENEROUS
1992-8 Great Palm
1994-9 Star Selection
1994-17 Waiting
1995-7 Riyadian
1995-10 Salmon Ladder
1998-12 Courteous
2007-16 Strategic Prince
Robert Collet FR
1979-15 Son Of Love
Luke Comer IRE
2001-12 Cashel Bay
Luca Cumani
1983-9 Tolomeo
1986-13 Then Again
1988-1 KAHYASI
1988-5 Kefaah
1989-8 Torjoun
1993-5 Barathea
1998-1 HIGH-RISE
1999-2 Daliapour
2004-9 Pukka
2008-10 Curtain Call
Ed Dunlop
1999-12 Zaajer
2003-18 Unigold
2011-5 Native Khan
David Elsworth
1982-11 Tidworth Tattoo
1984-3 Mighty Flutter
1990-13 Bookcase
1992-12 Well Saddled
1994-22 Darkwood Bay
1999-14 Salford Express
2003-4 Norse Dancer
2004-5 Salford City
2004-11 Massif Centrale
2005-8 The Geezer
2006-16 Snoqualmie Boy
2007-6 Salford Mill
Andre Fabre FR
1981-17 Al Nasr
1991-9 Toulon
1992-11 Rainbow Corner
1994-19 Sunshack
1995-11 Pennekamp
1997-10 Cloudings
1999-11 Val Royal
2006-5 Visindar
2006-9 Linda’s Lad
2011-1 POUR MOI
Richard Fahey
2012-5 Mickdaam
James Fanshawe
1991-11 Environment Friend
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John Gosden
1992-4 Muhtarram
1992-16 Pollen Count
1994-10 Linney Head
1995-2 Tamure
1995-3 Presenting
1996-3 Shantou
1997-1 BENNY THE DIP
1999-6 Glamis
2003-11 Summerland
2004-4 Percussionist
2007-4 Lucarno
2009-8 Debussy
2010-10 Azmeel
2011-8 Masked Marvel
2012-4 Thought Worthy
Brian Meehan
2009-6 Crowded House
Wiliam Haggas
1996-1 SHAAMIT
David Nicholls
1996-20 Portuguese Lil
Alain de Royer-Dupre FR
1987-8 Sadjiyd
2011-7 Vadamar
John Hammond FR
2005-2 Walk In The Park
Jeremy Noseda
2006-7 Sixties Icon
David Simcock
2011-13 Marhaba Malyoon
Richard Hannon
1973-18 Mon Fils
1974-17 Hope of Holland
1978-20 Son Fils
1989-6 Gran Alba
1992-13 Assessor
1993-7 Redenham
1993-13 Geisway
1994-14 Wishing
2005-11 Kings Quay
Aidan O’Brien IRE
1998-8 Second Empire
1998-10 Saratoga Springs
1998-15 King Of Kings
1999-7 Saffron Walden
2000-10 Aristotle
2001-1 GALILEO
2002-1 HIGH CHAPARRAL
2002-2 Hawk Wing
2002-9 Louisville
2003-2 The Great Gatsby
2003-5 Balestrini
2003-12 Alberto Giacometti
2003-16 Brian Boru
2004-14 Meath
2005-5 Gypsy King
2005-9 Grand Central
2005-10 Oratorio
2005-12 Almighty
2006-3 Dylan Thomas
2006-8 Mountain
2006-12 Septimus
2006-PU Horatio Nelson
2007-2 Eagle Maountain
2007-5 Soldier Of Fortune
2007-8 Yellowstone
2007-9 Acapulco
2007-10 Admiralofthefleet
2007-11 Mahler
2007-12 Anton Chekhov
2007-17 Archipenko
2008-5 Washington Irving
2008-6 Alessandro Volta
2008-11 Frozen Fire
2008-12 King Of Rome
2008-15 Bashkirov
2009-2 Fame And Glory
2009-3 Masterofthehorse
2009-4 Rip Van Winkle
2009-5 Golden Sword
2009-7 Age Of Aquarius
2009-10 Black Bear Island
2010-2 At First Sight
2010-4 Jan Vermeer
2010-5 Midas Touch
2011-2 Treasure Beach
2011-4 Memphis Tennessee
2011-6 Recital
2011-10 Seville
2012-1 CAMELOT
2012-3 Astrology
Tommy Stack IRE
1990-15 Bastille Day
Criquette Head-Maarek FR
2004-6 American Post
Lady Herries
1988-6 Sherriff’s Star
John Hills
1994-21 Broadway Flyer
2000-14 Cracow
Reg Hollinshead
1978-3 Remainder Man
John Jenkins
1994-24 Plato’s Republic
Brett Johnson
2007-14 Leander
Mark Johnston
1994-4 Mister Baileys
2002-5 Fight Your Corner
2002-8 Bandari
2006-15 Atlantic Waves
David Lanigan
2012-2 Main Sequence
Nick Littmoden
2001-9 Sunny Glenn
George Margarson
2000-8 Barathea Guest
Noel Meade IRE
1998-4 Sunshine Street
Rod Millman
1994-18 Chickawicka
2003-20 Prince Nuryeyev
Les Montague Hall
1996-16 Zaforum
Hughie Morrison
2011-9 Pisco Sour
Paul Murphy
2008-16 Maidstone Mixture
John Oxx IRE
2000-1 SINNDAR
2003-3 Alamshar
2009-1 SEA THE STARS
John Panvert
2006-17 Noddies Way
Kevin Prendergast IRE
1973-5 Ragapan
1976-15 Whistling Deer
1977-5 Lordedaw
1977-6 Nebbiolo
1985-10 Snow Plant
1996-12 Tasdid
Sir Michael Stoute
1978-19 Hill’s Yankee
1979-6 Hardgreen
1980-21 Running Mill
1981-1 SHERGAR
1983-3 Shearwalk
1984-14 My Volga Boatman
1985-13 Shadeed
1986-1 SHAHRASTANI
1986-12 Jareer
1987-9 Ajdal
1987-11 Ascot Knight
1988-3 Doyoun
1989-11 Warrshan
1991-13 Mujaazif
1992-7 Alnasr Alwasheek
1993-15 Shareek
1994-7 Golden Ball
1994-8 Just Happy
1994-16 Jabaroot
1994-UR Foyer
1996-10 Double Leaf
1997-4 Entrepreneur
1998-5 Greek Dance
1999-3 Beat All
2001-2 Golan
2001-7 Dilshaan
2003-1 KRIS KIN
2004-1 NORTH LIGHT
2006-6 Best Alibi
2006-10 Papal Bull
2008-2 Tartan Bearer
2008-4 Doctor Fremantle
2008-8 Tajaaweed
2010-1 WORKFORCE
2011-3 Carlton House
Saeed bin Suroor
1995-1 LAMMTARRA
1995-6 Vettori
1997-9 Bold Demand
1998-2 City Honours
1998-9 Cape Verdi
1999-9 Dubai Millennium
1999-13 Adair
2000-4 Best Of The Bests
2000-6 Hatha Anna
2000-11 Inchlonaig
2000-12 Broche
2001-3 Tobougg
2002-3 Moon Ballad
2002-7 Naheef
2003-8 Graikos
2004-2 Rule Of Law
2004-7 Snow Ridge
2005-3 Dubawi
2008-7 Rio De La Plata
2009-9 Kite Wood
2010-6 Al Zir
Mark Tompkins
1993-6 Bob’s Return
1994-20 The Flying Phantom
1996-13 Even Top
2003-14 Franklins Gardens
2006-14 Sienna Storm
2008-13 Alan Devonshire
2010-11 Ted Spread
Marcus Tregoning
2002-10 Tholjannah
2004-13 Elshadi
2006-1 SIR PERCY
2007-3 Aqaleem
2012-9 Cavaleiro
Andy Turnell
2002-4 Jelani
Chris Wall
1987-19 Romantic Prince
David Wachman IRE
2005-4 Fracas
Dermot Weld IRE
1975-15 No Alimony
1985-7 Theatrical
1986-6 Flash Of Steel
1995-8 Humbel
2003-13 Refuse To Bend
2008-3 Casual Conquest
Mahmood Al Zarooni
2010-3 Rewilding
2010-8 Buzzword
2011-11 Ocean War
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Jockeys riding in the 2012 Investec
Derby line up before the Classic
Jockeys
4
Ryan Moore partnered both the
Derby winner Workforce and the
Oaks scorer Snow Fairy in 2010, the first
jockey to achieve this double since Kieren
Fallon in 2004.
Facts & Figures 5
1
The oldest winning jockey was John
Forth, aged at least 60, on Frederick in
1829. Scobie Breasley, who died at the age
of 92 in 2006, was 52 when successful on
Charlottown in 1966.
2
The youngest winning jockey was
John Parsons, who was believed to
be 16 when successful on Caractacus in
1862. Lester Piggott was 18 when he won
on Never Say Die in 1954, with Walter
Swinburn a year older when he triumphed
on Shergar in 1981. The last two winning
jockeys, Mickael Barzalona (2011 - Pour
Moi) and Joseph O’Brien (2012 - Camelot),
were also 19.
3
O’Brien became the first son of a
trainer, who sent out the winner, to be
the successful jockey in 2012. He partnered
Camelot, trained by his father Aidan.
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Piggott, who announced his
retirement from the saddle in 1995,
rode in the Derby 36 times and partnered
an unequalled nine winners (1954, 1957,
1960, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1977 & 1983)
of the premier Classic.
6
He participated in the Classic in five
different decades, having his final ride
when aged 58 in 1994. Piggott’s association
with the Derby continued as Shaamit, the
1996 winner, was trained by William Haggas,
his son-in-law. Both Steve Donoghue (1915,
1917, 1921, 1922, 1923 & 1925) and Jem
Robinson (1817, 1824, 1825, 1827, 1828 &
1836) partnered six Derby winners.
7
Among current riders, the best score is
three by Johnny Murtagh (2000, 2002
& 2005) and Kieren Fallon (1999, 2003 &
2004).
8
Steve Cauthen became the first
victorious American-born jockey for
65 years when winning the 1985 Derby on
Slip Anchor. Cauthen, who won the Derby
again in 1987 on Reference Point, was
also the first jockey to ride the winner of
both the Kentucky Derby and the Derby.
Cauthen had won the American Triple
Crown, of which the first leg is the Kentucky
Derby, on Affirmed in 1978 when just 18.
9
It took Frankie Dettori 15 attempts to
win the Derby for the first time, which
he did on Authorized in 2007. Famously, Sir
Gordon Richards had to wait even longer.
The 1953 winner Pinza was his 28th (and
last; injury forced his retirement before the
next running) mount at the age of 49.
10
Alex Greaves was the first woman
to ride in the Derby, finishing last
on 500/1 shot Portuguese Lil, trained by her
husband Dandy Nicholls, in 1996. In 2012,
Hayley Turner became the second woman
to ride in the premier Classic, finishing last
on 25/1 chance Cavaleiro in 2012.
11
Harry Barker recorded the unusual
feat of finishing second in both
the Derby and the Grand National in 1893.
He rode Ravensbury at Epsom Downs and
Aesop at Aintree.
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Eddie Ahern
2003-10 Shield
2004-8 Hazyview
2007-16 Strategic Prince
Ahmed Ajtebi
2010-8 Buzzword
Mickael Barzalona
2011-1 POUR MOI
Fran Berry
2007-9 Acapulco
William Buick
2010-10 Azmeel
2011-8 Masked Marvel
2012-4 Thought Worthy
Mark Coumbe
2011-12 Castlemorris King
Frankie Dettori
1992-16 Pollen Count
1993-8 Wolf Prince
1994-10 Linney Head
1995-2 Tamure
1996-3 Shantou
1997-9 Bold Demand
1998-9 Cape Verdi
1999-9 Dubai Millennium
2001-3 Tobougg
2002-7 Naheef
2003-8 Graikos
2004-7 Snow Ridge
2005-3 Dubawi
2006-9 Linda’s Lad
2007-1 AUTHORIZED
2008-7 Rio De La Plata
2009-9 Kite Wood
2010-3 Rewilding
2011-11 Ocean War
Steve Drowne
2003-20 Prince Nureyev
2007-4 Lucarno
Kieren Fallon
1994-15 Party Season
1997-7 Symonds Inn
1998-7 Sadian
1999-1 OATH
2002-9 Louisville
2003-1 KRIS KIN
2004-1 NORTH LIGHT
2005-5 Gypsy King
2006-PU Horatio Nelson
2010-6 Al Zir
Kevin Manning
1988-9 Project Manager
2008-1 NEW APPROACH
2009-11 Gan Amhras
Joe Fanning
2006-15 Atlantic Waves
2007-7 Kid Mambo
Kerrin McEvoy
2004-2 Rule Of Law
2008-4 Doctor Fremantle
Michael Fenton
1995-15 Maralinga
Ian Mongan
2006-13 Before You Go
Jimmy Fortune
1999-10 Brancaster
2000-9 Zyz
2002-6 Where Or When
2003-11 Summerland
2005-9 Grand Central
2009-8 Debussy
2011-9 Pisco Sour
2012-6 Bonfire
Ryan Moore
2005-7 Unfurled
2006-6 Best Alibi
2008-2 Tartan Bearer
2009-10 Black Bear Island
2010-1 WORKFORCE
2011-3 Carlton House
2012-3 Astrology
Paul Hanagan
2012-5 Mickdaam
Seamie Heffernan
2006-8 Mountain
2007-10 Admiralofthefleet
2008-6 Alessandro Volta
2009-2 Fame And Glory
2010-2 At First Sight
Darryll Holland
1993-3 Blues Traveller
1994-22 Darkwood Bay
1998-6 The Glow-Worm
2003-7 Let Me Try Again
2004-9 Pukka
2006-2 Dragon Dancer
Ted Durcan
2003-14 Franklins Gardens
2006-11 Championship Point
2007-6 Salford Mill
2008-14 Kandahar Run
2012-2 Main Sequence
Richard Hughes
2000-7 St Expedit
2001-6 Perfect Sunday
2003-17 Strength ‘n Honour
2004-6 American Post
2005-13 Kong
2009-3 Masterofthehorse
Martin Dwyer
2004-13 Elshadi
2006-1 SIR PERCY
2007-13 Regime
Thierry Jarnet
1995-11 Pennekamp
1999-8 Compton Admiral
John Egan
2006-16 Snoqualmie Boy
Shane Kelly
2006-7 Sixties Icon
Christophe Lemaire
2011-7 Vadamar
Wayne Lordan
2007-5 Soldier Of Fortune
David McCabe
2008-15 Bashkirov
Declan McDonogh
2007-12 Anton Chekhov
Gerald Mosse
1990-9 Linamix
1999-2 Daliapour
Paul Mulrennan
2008-13 Alan Devonshire
Alan Munro
1990-12 Sober Mind
1991-1 GENEROUS
1992-8 Great Palm
1993-14 Canaska Star
1994-9 Star Selection
2005-2 Walk In The Park
2008-9 Bouguereau
Johnny Murtagh
1996-10 Double Leaf
1998-4 Sunshine Street
1999-5 All The Way
2000-1 SINNDAR
2001-7 Dilshaan
2002-1 HIGH CHAPARRAL
2003-3 Alamshar
2004-5 Salford City
2005-1 MOTIVATOR
2006-3 Dylan Thomas
2007-2 Eagle Mountain
2008-12 King Of Rome
2009-4 Rip Van Winkle
2010-4 Jan Vermeer
2011-5 Native Khan
Colm O’Donoghue
2007-8 Yellowstone
2008-5 Washington Irving
2009-5 Golden Sword
2010-5 Midas Touch
2011-2 Treasure Beach
Dane O’Neill
1996-16 Zaforum
2004-11 Massif Centrale
2005-11 Kings Quay
2007-15 Petara Bay
2012-8 Rugged Cross
Olivier Peslier
1996-4 Glory Of Dancer
1997-10 Cloudings
1998-1 HIGH-RISE
1999-11 Val Royal
2000-15 Kingsclere
Tom Queally
2010-12 Bullet Train
Seb Sanders
2003-18 Unigold
2005-6 Hattan
Pat Smullen
2003-13 Refuse To Bend
2005-12 Almighty
2007-11 Mahler
2008-3 Casual Conquest
2009-7 Age Of Aquarius
2011-6 Recital
Christophe Soumillon
2000-12 Broche
2003-12 Alberto Giacometti
2006-5 Visindar
2011-10 Seville
Jamie Spencer
2002-3 Moon Ballad
2003-5 Balestrini
2004-14 Meath
2005-4 Fracas
2008-10 Curtain Call
2009-6 Crowded House
2010-7 Coordinated Cut
2011-13 Marhaba Malyoon
2012-7 Minimise Risk
Hayley Turner
2012-9 Cavaleiro
Robert Winston
2006-10 Papal Bull
Joseph O’Brien
2011-4 Memphis Tennessee
2012-1 CAMELOT
Daragh O’Donohoe
1999-13 Adair
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Celebrations after the 2012 Investec Derby
Selected Owners
Khalid Abdullah
1984-16 Cataldi
1984-5 Alphabatim
1985-3 Damister
1986-2 Dancing Brave
1987-3 Bellotto
1990-1 QUEST FOR FAME
1990-11 Digression
1990-17 Aromatic
1991-12 Arokat
1991-9 Toulon
1992-11 Rainbow Corner
1993-1 COMMANDER
IN CHIEF
1993-10 Tenby
1994-19 Sunshack
1996-2 Dushyantor
1999-3 Beat Hollow
2001-6 Perfect Sunday
2004-6 American Post
2008-4 Doctor Fremantle
2010-1 WORKFORCE
2010-12 Bullet Train
H.H. Aga Khan
1977-3 Blushing Groom
1981-1 SHERGAR
1986-1 SHAHRASTANI
1987-8 Sadjiyd
1988-1 KAHYASI
1988-3 Doyoun
1989-8 Torjoun
1999-2 Daliapour
2000-1 SINNDAR
2003-3 Alamshar
2006-5 Visindar
2011-7 Vadamar
Ballymacoll Stud
2004-1 NORTH LIGHT
2008-2 Tartan Bearer
Thomas Barr
2012-8 Rugged Cross
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Andrew Black
2008-9 Bougeureau
Jackie Bolger
2009-11 Gan Amhras
Guy Brook
2012-9 Cavaleiro
Khalifa Dasmal
1996-1 SHAAMIT
Fittocks Stud
2004-9 Pukka
Godolphin
1995-6 Vettori
1997-9 Bold Demand
1998-2 City Honours
1998-9 Cape Verdi
1999-9 Dubai Millennium
1999-13 Adair
2000-4 Best Of The Bests
2000-6 Hatha Anna
2000-11 Inchlonaig
2000-12 Broche
2001-3 Tobougg
2002-3 Moon Ballad
2002-7 Naheef
2003-8 Graikos
2004-2 Rule Of Law
2004-7 Snow Ridge
2005-3 Dubawi
2008-7 Rio De La Plata
2009-9 Kite Wood
2010-3 Rewilding
2010-6 Al Zir
2010-8 Buzzword
2011-11 Ocean War
Investec Derby Records
Bill Gredley
1980-17 Braughing
1981-15 Golden Brigadier
1991-11 Environment Friend
1992-14 Paradise Navy
1999-16 Through The Rye
2000-9 Zyz
2001-10 Chancellor
Jack Hanson & Sir
Robert Ogden
1978-14 Majestic Maharaj
Fitri Hay
2012-7 Minimise Risk
H R H Princess
Haya Of Jordan
2008-1 NEW APPROACH
2009-8 Debussy
Highclere Thoroughbred
Racing
1999-4 Housemaster
2007-13 Regime
2012-6 Bonfire
Saleh Al Homaizi &
Amad Al Sagar
2007-1 AUTHORIZED
Neil Jones
2004-3 Let The Lion Roar
2005-13 Kong
Sue Magnier
1996-9 Chief Contender
2000-10 Aristotle
2002-2 Hawk Wing
2003-2 The Great Gatsby
2003-12 Alberto Giacometti
2003-16 Brian Boru
2004-14 Meath
2005-5 Gypsy King
2005-9 Grand Central
2005-12 Almighty
Sue Magnier & Diane Nagle
2006-PU Horatio Nelson
Sue Magnier, Derrick
Smith, Michael Tabor,
Eduard Mordukhovitch
2009-7 Age Of Aquarius
2011-6 Recital
Sue Magnier &
Michael Tabor
1998-15 King Of Kings
2001-1 GALILEO
2002-9 Louisville
2005-10 Oratorio
2006-3 Dylan Thomas
Sue Magnier/MichaelTabor/
Niarchos Family
1999-7 Saffron Walden
Sue Magnier, Michael
Tabor & Derrick Smith
2006-10 Papal Bull
2007-5 Soldier Of Fortune
2007-11 Mahler
2009-4 Rip Van Winkle
2009-10 Black Bear Island
2010-5 Midas Touch
2011-1 POUR MOI
2011-4 Memphis Tennessee
Sue Magnier, Michael
Tabor, Derrick Smith
& Denford Stud
2010-5 Midas Touch
Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum
1983-14 Wassl
1988-5 Kefaah
1992-7 Alnasr Alwasheek
2004-13 Elshadi
2006-4 Hala Bek
Hamdan Al Maktoum
1984-4 At Talaq
1987-18 Alwasmi
1988-10 Al Mufti
1988-13 Maksud
1988-14 Al Muhalhal
1988-7 Unfuwain
1989-1 NASHWAN
1990-3 Elmaamul
1991-2 Marju
1992-4 Muhtarram
1994-1 ERHAAB
1995-14 Daffaq
1995-4 Fahal
1995-9 Munwar
1996-5 Alhaarth
1996-12 Tasdid
1997-6 Fahris
1998-13 Mutamam
1998-14 Haami
1999-12 Zaajer
2000-2 Sakhee
2002-8 Bandari
2002-10 Tholjanah
2007-3 Aqaleem
2008-8 Tajaaweed
Saeed Maktoum Al
Maktoum (Godolphin)
1995-1 LAMMTARRA
Luigi Miglietti
1984-1 SECRETO
Sangster Family
2004-4 Percussionist
Sheikh Mohammed
1982-14 Jalmood
1985-9 Royal Harmony
1986-16 Fioravanti
1986-8 Sharrood
1987-16 Water Boatman
1987-9 Ajdal
1989-11 Warrshan
1990-14 Razeen
1990-16 River God
1991-8 Hailsham
1992-16 Pollen Count
1993-5 Barathea
1994-10 Linney Head
1994-2 King's Theatre
1994-UR Foyer
1995-11 Pennekamp
1995-2 Tamure
1996-3 Shantou
1997-10 Cloudings
1999-6 Glamis
HRH Sultan Ahmad Shah
2001-8 Putra Sandhurst
2007-16 Strategic Prince
Moyglare Stud Farm
2003-13 Refuse To Bend
2008-3 Casual Conquest
Sean Mulryan
2006-9 Linda’s Lad
Niarchos Family
2012-2 Main Sequence
Bjorn Nielsen
1992-13 Assessor
1993-7 Redenham
2011-8 Masked Marvel
Anthony Pakenham
2006-1 SIR PERCY
John Pearce
2000-7 St Expedit
2006-2 Dragon Dancer
Hamdan bin Mohammed
Al Maktoum
2002-5 Fight Your Corner
The Queen
1953-2 Aureole
1954-8 Landau
1956-5 Atlas
1957-10 Doutelle
1958-6 Miner’s Lamp
1959-5 Above Suspicion
1978-18 English Harbour
1979-10 Milford
1981-5 Church Parade
2011-3 Carlton House
Sheikh Mohammed
baid Al Maktoum
1998-1 HIGH-RISE
Paul Reddam, Carmen
Burrell & Jonathan Harvey
2009-6 Crowded House
Sheikh Mohammed bin
Khalifa Al Maktoum
2012-5 Mickdaam
Guy Reed
1981-4 Shotgun
Mana Al Maktoum
1996-10 Double Leaf
Sheikh Marwan Al Maktoum
2003-6 Dutch Gold
Saeed Manana
2003-19 Lundy’s Lane
2005-6 Hattan
Susan Roy
2006-7 Sixties Icon
Royal Ascot Racing Club
1999-10 Brancaster
2005-1 MOTIVATOR
Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier
& Michael Tabor
2006-8 Mountain
2006-12 Septimus
2007-2 Eagle Mountain
2007-9 Acapulco
2008-5 Washington Irving
2008-12 King Of Rome
2009-2 Fame And Glory
2010-2 At First Sight
2011-2 Treasure Beach
2012-1 CAMELOT
2012-3 Astrology
Jeff Smith
2003-4 Norse Dancer
2005-8 The Geezer
2006-16 Snoqualmie Boy
George Strawbridge
1995-3 Presenting
2007-4 Lucarno
2012-4 Thought Worthy
Saeed Suhail
1967-20 Scottish Sinbad
1968-3 Mount Athos
1972-6 Scottish Rifle
1999-3 Beat All
2001-7 Dilshaan
2003-1 KRIS KIN
Michael Tabor
2000-15 Kingsclere
2003-9 Magistretti
2004-5 Salford City
2005-2 Walk In The Park
2007-10 Admiralofthefleet
Michael Tabor &
Sue Magnier
1997-4 Entrepreneur
1998-8 Second Empire
1998-10 Saratoga Springs
2002-1 HIGH CHAPARRAL
2003-5 Balestrini
2007-17 Archipenko
Michael Tabor, Sue
Magnier & Derrick Smith
2007-8 Yellowstone
Michael Tabor, Derrick
Smith & Sue Magnier
2007-12 Anton Chekhov
2008-6 Alessandro Volta
2008-11 Frozen Fire
2008-15 Bashkirov
2009-3 Masterofthehorse
2009-5 Golden Sword
2010-4 Jan Vermeer
2011-10 Seville
Christopher Tsui
2009-1 SEA THE STARS
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Investec Derby
Betting
How The Favourites Have Fared 1965-2012
year
favourite
sp
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
CAMELOT
Carlton House
Jan Vermeer
Fame And Glory
Casual Conquest
AUTHORIZED
Visindar
MOTIVATOR
NORTH LIGHT
Snow Ridge
Refuse To Bend
Hawk Wing
GALILEO
Golan
Beat Hollow
Dubai Millennium
Cape Verdi
Entrepreneur
Dushyantor
Pennekamp
ERHAAB
Tenby
Rodrigo de Triano
Corrupt
Toulon
Razeen
NASHWAN
Red Glow
REFERENCE POINT
Dancing Brave
SLIP ANCHOR
El Gran Senor
TEENOSO
GOLDEN FLEECE
SHERGAR
Nikoli
Ela-Mana-Mou
Inkerman
Blushing Groom
Wollow
Green Dancer
Nonoalco
Ksar
ROBERTO
MILL REEF
NIJINSKY
Ribofilio
SIR IVOR
ROYAL PALACE
Pretendre
Right Noble
SEA-BIRD
8/13
5/2
9/4
9/4
7/2
5/4
2/1
3/1
7/2 jt
7/2 jt
11/4
9/4
11/4 jt
11/4 jt
7/2
5/1
11/4
4/6
9/2
11/8
7/2
4/5
13/2
4/1 jt
4/1 jt
9/2
5/4
5/2
6/4
2/1
9/4
8/11
9/2
3/1
10/11
4/1
9/2
4/1
9/4
11/10
6/4
9/4
5/1
3/1
100/30
11/8
7/2
4/5
7/4
9/2 jt
9/2 jt
7/4
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
The shortest-priced of 18 odds-on Derby
winners was Ladas, at 2/9 in 1894. The latest was
Camelot at 8/13 last year.
There have been 14 beaten odds-on
Derby favourites, the most recent being
Entrepreneur who finished fourth at 4/6 to
Benny The Dip in 1997. The shortest-priced
losing favourite was Surefoot, fourth at
40/95 in 1890.
The longest-priced Derby favourite ever
was Ki Ming at 9/1 in 1951, while the
longest-priced winning Derby favourite was
Lavandin at 7/1 in 1956.
The Derby is usually won by a fancied
horse and, since 1965, the Classic has gone
to the favourite on 18 occasions.
The longest starting price for a Derby
winner has been 100/1, which has occurred
three times: Jeddah in 1898, Signorinetta
in 1908 and Aboyeur (on a disqualification)
in 1913.
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The biggest outsiders to win in the postwar period were Psidium at 66/1 in 1961
and Snow Knight at 50/1 in 1974.
The longest-priced placed horse was
500/1 shot Terimon, runner-up in 1989.
Two who started at 150/1, Blue Judge and
Blues Traveller, finished second and third
in 1993, while 66/1 chance Dragon Dancer
failed by a short-head in 2006 and 100/1
shot At First Sight found only Workforce
too strong in 2010.
The tote first operated on Derby Day
in 1930. The winner Blenheim (SP 18/1)
returned 40s 9d (to a 2s unit); the places 10s
6d, 10s 3d (Iliad, at 25/1, was second) and
4s 6d (the 11/4 favourite Diolite was third).
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
position
WON
3rd
4th
2nd
3rd
WON
5th
WON
WON
7th
13th
2nd
WON
2nd
3rd
9th
9th
4th
2nd
11th
WON
10th
9th
6th
9th
14th
WON
4th
WON
2nd
WON
2nd
WON
WON
WON
8th
4th
21st
3rd
5th
6th
7th
4th
WON
WON
WON
5th
WON
WON
2nd
9th
WON
Investec Derby
The first woman to ride in the Derby, Alex Greaves,
takes Portugese Lil out for a practice ride at
Epsom Downs Racecourse before the big race
Fillies
The Investec Derby
is open to both threeyear-old colts and
three-year-old fillies,
though the latter are
now a rare commodity
as they usually
go instead for
the Investec Oaks.
Colts carry 9st in the Investec Derby, with
fillies receiving a 3lb allowance at 8st 11lb.
The last filly to run in the Derby was
Cape Verdi in 1998. The impressive winner
of the 1000 Guineas, the mile Classic at
Newmarket for fillies, was supplemented
by Godolphin at a cost of £75,000.
She was one of the 15 runners on the
day in the premier Classic. Though sent off
the 11/4 favourite, she failed to stay the 12
furlongs of the Derby and finished ninth.
Cape Verdi was only the sixth filly since
1918 to run in the Derby.
Winners
*1916 Fifinella
SP: 11/2
10 ran
Owner: Edward Hulton
Trainer: Dick Dawson
Jockey: Joe Childs
(Went on to win the Oaks)
1908 Signorineta
SP: 100/1
18 ran
Owner: Odoardo Ginistrelli
Trainer: Odoardo Ginistrelli
Jockey: William Bullock
(Went on to win the Oaks)
1857 Blink Bonny
SP: 20/1
30 ran
Owner: William I’Anson
Trainer: William I’Anson
Jockey: Jack Charlton
(Went on to win the Oaks)
1912 Tagalie
SP: 100/8
20 ran
Owner: Walter Raphael
Trainer: Dawson Waugh
Jockey: Johnny Reiff
(Previously won the 1000
Guineas - only grey filly
to have won the Derby)
1882 Shotover
SP: 11/2
14 ran
Owner: 1st Duke
of Westminster
Trainer: John Porter
Jockey: Tom Cannon
(Previously won the 2000
Guineas but beaten a neck
in the 1000 Guineas)
1801 Eleanor
SP: 5/4 Fav
11 ran
Owner: Sir Charles Bunbury
Trainer: Jem Frost
Jockey: John Saunders
(Went on to win the Oaks)
1975 Nobiliary
SP: 20/1
2nd (18 ran)
Owner: Nelson
Bunker Hunt
Trainer: Maurice Zilber FR
Jockey: Yves Saint-Martin
(Previously second in the
French 1,000 Guineas)
1937 Gainsborough Las
SP: 100/7
20th (21 ran)
Owner: Sir John Jarvis
Trainer: Jack Jarvis
Jockey: Harry Wragg
(She previously finished
third in the 1000 Guineas)
Since The First World War
1998 Cape Verdi
SP: 11/4 Fav
9th (15 ran)
Owner: Godolphin
Trainer: Saeed bin Suroor
Jockey: Frankie Dettori
(Previously won the
1000 Guineas)
1996 Portuguese Lil
SP: 500/1
20th (20 ran)
Owner: David Windle
Trainer: David Nicholls
Jockey: Alex Greaves
(Previously tenth in
the 1000 Guineas)
*1944 Garden Path
SP: 5/1 2nd Fav
11th (20 ran)
Owner: Lord Derby
Trainer: Walter Earl
Jockey: Harry Wragg
(Had previoulsy beaten the
colts in the 2000 Guineas)
1927 Stampede
SP: 1000/1
23rd (23 ran)
Owner: Dowager
Marchioness of
Queensberry
Trainer: Unknown
Jockey: G Bowden
(Only racecourse start)
*wartime substitute
run at Newmarket
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Investec Oaks
2012 Investec Oaks
Regally-bred Was provided Ireland’s champion
trainer Aidan O’Brien with his 200th Group One
winner in the 2012 Investec Oaks.
A daughter of the 2001 Derby winner and
champion sire Galileo, her pedigree hinted
she was destined for great things.
Was is closely related to another Derby
victor, New Approach, who triumphed
at Epsom Downs in 2008, and had the
distinction of being the highest-priced
yearling in Europe when purchased
by Coolmore for 1.2 million guineas at
Tattersalls Sales in 2010.
In spite of her lineage and hefty price
tag, Was appeared to be among the lesser
lights of a quintet of Investec Oaks runners
from O’Brien, who had already sent out
Homecoming Queen and Camelot to
annex the first two Classics of the year
at Newmarket.
Maybe captured a Group One as a
juvenile for O’Brien and was stepping up to
a mile and a half after coming home third
behind Homecoming Queen in the 1000
Guineas.
Betterbetterbetter had been touched off
in the Cheshire Oaks, while Twirl has also
finished second in another leading trial for
Epsom when finding the John Gosdentrained The Fugue too strong in York’s
Musidora Stakes.
Devotion also headed into the Investec
Oaks on the back of a good race in defeat,
having filled the runner-up spot in the Irish
1000 Guineas Trial at Leopardstown.
Was had made two racecourse
appearances prior to lining up at Epsom
Downs, easily winning a Curragh maiden
on debut in August, 2011, and coming
home third on her seasonal return in the
Group Three Blue Wind Stakes at Naas 16
days beforehand.
O’Brien’s strength in numbers policy was
in contrast to the approach of William
Haggas, who was hoping that Lingfield
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Oaks Trial scorer Vow could continue his
exceptional 100 per cent record in Epsom
Classics following the victories of Shaamit
in the 1996 Investec Derby and Dancing
Rain in the 2011 Investec Oaks.
Kailani, a daughter of the 2002 Investec
Oaks heroine Kazzia, was supplemented
by Godolphin following a comprehensive
victory in the Listed Pretty Polly Stakes at
Newmarket, while The Fugue was sent off
the 11/4 favourite.
The going rode good, good to firm in
places, although any preconceptions of
a fast time were quickly dashed as Nayarra
and Twirl led the field at a pedestrian
early pace.
While 20/1 chance Was found herself
ideally placed on the inside rail behind
the leaders alongside Vow, several of the
12 runners seemed uncomfortable with
the slow gallop, most notably The Fugue,
Maybe, Coquet and Kailani, who all found
themselves short of room early on.
Nayarra continued to lead as the field
started the descent into Tattenham
Corner, with Kailani struggling to cope with
the gradient as the race started in earnest
turning for home.
Several fillies look set to lay down strong
challenges as Nayarra and Twirl started to
fade, with Seamie Heffernan going for an
audacious route on the inside rail with Was
who took the advantage approaching the
final two furlongs.
Vow pressed strongly for the lead over
a furlong from home but could not get
on terms with the Coolmore runner,
who found plenty under pressure to defy
the late thrust of Darryll Holland-ridden
Shirocco Star and prevail by a neck over
the Hughie Morrison-trained runner-up.
The Fugue flew home from the rear
to take third under William Buick, with
Maybe also making striking headway in
fifth, one place behind Vow.
It was a fourth Investec Oaks success
for O’Brien, following on from Shahtoush
(1998), Imagine (2001) and Alexandrova
(2006), but a landmark first Classic win in
Britain for Heffernan, who had been an
integral member of the trainer’s team at
Ballydoyle for 18 years.
“Obviously, all of my runners are seriously
well-bred fillies and anything is possible,”
commented O’Brien in the winner’s
enclosure. “Seamus gave her a lovely ride
and she has come on lovely from her first
run this year. We are delighted. She is a very
good-looking filly and she is rangy enough
with a great pedigree
“Seamus is a great fellow and a world-class
jockey. He always has been and he knows
the horses inside out. Nobody deserves
it more.”
The winning jockey reflected: “I’ve been
runner-up in the Derby a couple of times
and it’s nice to win a Classic anywhere, but
especially at Epsom, which is known as the
home of the Derby.
“I’ve ridden a lot of good horses and the
great thing when I get a ride in one of these
races is that the horse always has a chance.
“I had a good position all the way. I was
out of trouble and on the rails. We had
three or four plans beforehand and usually
they don’t work out but fortunately it did
for me today.
“I was worried about her lack of
experience but she has improved a lot
from her last run. I also have to thank my
yoga teacher, Lynn, as she has been helping
to keep me relaxed!”
Following an eventful race, other
connections were left to rue their luck,
including The Fugue’s trainer John Gosden,
who said: “We got badly run into and were
lucky not to be brought down early in
the race.”
Compensation for The Fugue came when
she recorded Group One success in the
Nassau Stakes at Goodwood before going
down by a neck in the Yorkshire Oaks, with
Was third in both races.
The Fugue helped her handler to a gain
a first British trainers’ title and ended her
season with another unlucky in-running
third, this time in the Breeders’ Cup Filly &
Mare Turf at Santa Anita park, USA.
Shirocco Star also augmented the Epsom
form by filling the same position in both
the Irish Oaks and the QIPCO British
Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes on
Champions Day at Ascot.
Investec Oaks
The Queen Mother smiles as Dunfermline, ridden by Willie
Carson, walks into the winner’s circle after the Jubilee Oaks
History
Older than the Derby by a year, the Oaks was
the brainchild of Johnny Burgoyne, a soldier,
playwright and politician who married into
Lord Derby’s family.
Burgoyne had leased his mansion to
his nephew, the 12th Earl of Derby, and
persuaded the nobleman to create a race
over a mile and a half for three-year-old
fillies, in response to the St Leger, which
had been founded at Doncaster as a twomile race for colts of the same age in 1776.
The first Oaks, named after Burgoyne’s
Surrey residence, took place in 1779. The
winner was Lord Derby’s Bridget, whose
sire Herod was also responsible for Faith,
successful in the fillies’ Classic two years
later, and 1783 victor Maid Of The Oaks.
In 1801, Eleanor became the first horse
to win the Derby and triumph in the Oaks
the very next day. The filly’s trainer, Mr Cox,
died shortly before both races and his last
words were recorded as “Depend on it, that
Eleanor is a hell of a mare”.
John Gully, the prize-fighter and politician
who had 12 children by each of his two
wives, landed many big races as an owner
and in 1846 he saw Mendicant win the
Oaks to climax a fantastic week that began
with his colt Pyrrhus The First taking
the Derby.
Fully 56 years after Eleanor, Blink Bonny
became the second filly to complete the
Derby-Oaks double when she prevailed
in 1857. Trained and owned by William
I’Anson in Malton, Yorkshire, the filly would
have probably won the St Leger in the
same year, but was pulled by regular pilot
John Charlton on the orders of bookmaker
John Jackson, who was renowned for
corrupting jockeys.
La Fleche took her place in the 1892 Oaks
field seeking compensation for defeat in
the Derby three days previously. Already
successful in that season’s 1000 Guineas,
Baron de Hirsch’s St Simon filly was the
victim of a deplorable Derby ride from her
apparently insane jockey, George Barrett,
and was beaten less than a length. She
duly won the Oaks and secured the fillies’
Triple Crown with victory in the St Leger.
The winner of 16 races, La Fleche also won
the Cambridgeshire, Champion Stakes and
Gold Cup at Ascot.
In 1902, Sceptre captured both the 1000
and 2000 Guineas at Newmarket before
finishing fourth in the Derby following an
interrupted preparation. Trained by owner,
journalist and adventurer Robert Sievier,
the filly returned to form with a resounding
victory in the Oaks two days later. She went
on to capture the St Leger, becoming the
only horse to win four British Classics.
Pretty Polly won all nine of her starts
as a two-year-old and started the 1904
campaign with victory in the 1000 Guineas,
before going on to triumph in both the
Oaks - when the shortest-priced scorer
at 8/100 - and the St Leger for the fillies’
Triple Crown. One of the greatest-ever
fillies, Pretty Polly triumphed in 22 of her
24 starts.
Signorinetta became the third filly to
complete the Derby-Oaks double in 1908,
belying a starting price of 100/1 against
the colts, while Fifinella was the last filly to
manage the Classic double in 1916, when
both races were held at Newmarket due to
the First World War.
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Investec Oaks
Colledge Leader saddled Lord Stanley’s
33/1 chance Quashed to win the 1935
Oaks. Quashed entered racing folklore the
following season when becoming the fifth
filly or mare to win the Ascot Gold Cup, a
victory she achieved after a tremendous
battle with the US champion Omaha.
Along with the 1901 winner Cap And Bells,
Quashed is one of only two Oaks heroines
deemed ineligible for the General Stud
Book as her dam, Verdict, was the product
of both a half-bred sire and a half-bred dam.
Sun Chariot triumphed in the 1942 Oaks,
run at Newmarket during World War II,
despite giving the rest of the field a furlong
start when slowly away. The filly, leased
to King George VI for her racing career
by the Irish National Stud, won both the
1000 Guineas and the St Leger in more
impressive fashion to claim the fillies’
Triple Crown.
This feat was emulated by Meld in 1955,
who ran only four times as a three-year-old,
but won them all - the 1000 Guineas, Oaks,
Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot and the
St Leger.
French-trained fillies have captured
the Oaks on 10 occasions, the first being
Imprudence from Joseph Lieux’s stable,
who in 1947 added the mile and a half
contest to victories in the English and
French Guineas. Andre Fabre saddled the
most recent triumphant French raider,
Intrepidity, who scored for owner Sheikh
Mohammed in 1993.
Carrozza became the initial Classic
winner for Her Majesty The Queen when
successful in 1957, while winning jockey
Lester Piggott returned to partner 1000
Guineas scorer Petite Etoile to victory two
years later, a filly he would later describe as
the best he ever rode. Piggott won the Oaks
on six occasions, the other four triumphs
coming on board Valoris (1966), Juliette
Marny (1975), Blue Wind (1981) and Circus
Plume (1984).
The Queen enjoyed a second Oaks
success in her Silver Jubilee year of 1977,
when Dunfermline triumphed before
going on to win the St Leger. Six years later,
another Dick Hern-trained filly, Sun Princess
also completed that same Classic double.
The filly won the Oaks by 12 lengths and
was also third to the previous year’s Oaks
winner, the brilliant Time Charter, in the
King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes
before finishing runner-up to another
outstanding filly, All Along, in the Prix de
l’Arc de Triomphe.
Oh So Sharp gave Sheikh Mohammed his
initial Classic victory in the 1000 Guineas
before going on to an emphatic six-length
win in the Oaks in 1985. The outstanding
filly completed the fillies’ Triple Crown
when taking the St Leger and is the latest
three-year-old to achieve the feat. The
owner has since gained three more Oaks
victories - Unite (1987), Diminuendo (1988)
and Intrepidity (1993) - in his own colours.
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There was controversy in the 1989 Oaks
when first past the post Aliysa subsequently
became the first British Classic winner to be
disqualified following a positive dope test,
with Snow Bride eventually promoted to
first place. Aliysa’s owner, the Aga Khan,
subsequently withdrew from British racing
for five years in protest at the amended
result, which he mounted a strong
challenge against.
Snow Bride went on to further distinction
as the dam of 1995 Derby, King George VI
& Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner
Lammtarra who remained unbeaten in a
glittering career.
Salsabil enjoyed a fantastic Classic
campaign in 1990, winning the 1000
Guineas before turning the Oaks into a
procession with a five-length victory. The
John Dunlop-trained filly then beat the
colts with a fine turn of foot in the Irish
Derby.
Jet Ski Lady, one of nine Irish-trained fillies
to win the Oaks, was joint top-priced of
any winner of the Classic, starting at 50/1 –
the other successful filly at these odds was
Vespa in 1833.
User Friendly was another prolific scorer
as a three-year-old, winning six times during
the 1992 season. The Clive Brittain-trained
filly, who won the Oaks from a select field
of six rivals, went on to score in the Irish
Oaks and Yorkshire Oaks before becoming
the most recent filly to complete the OaksSt Leger double. She also finished runnerup in that year’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
Sheikh
Mohammed’s
Godolphin
operation had a first Group One success
when Balanchine powered home in the
1994 Oaks and the filly also provided
jockey Frankie Dettori with his first British
Classic success. Balanchine also triumphed
in the Irish Derby. Another Godolphinowned filly, Moonshell, was successful
the following year. Imagine beat Flight Of
Fancy, owned by The Queen, and Relish
The Thought in the 2001 Oaks, with all
three being by stallion Sadler’s Wells.
Kazzia, also owned by Godolphin,
became the latest filly to complete the
1000 Guineas-Oaks double when prevailing
by half a length at Epsom Downs in 2002.
Further glory came in North America,
where the filly took the Grade One Flower
Bowl Invitational Stakes at Belmont Park.
Another globe-trotting filly, Ouija Board,
carried the famous Lord Derby colours to
a seven-length victory in the 2004 Oaks,
225 years after Bridget had triumphed in
the same silks in the inaugural running of
the Classic. The Earls of Derby have won
the Classic on seven occasions. Ouija Board
went on to score six more times at the
highest level, including the Irish Oaks, two
Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turfs in the USA
and the Hong Kong Vase.
Eswarah gave her trainer, the late Michael
Jarvis, an Oaks success in 2005 and the
filly was the first produce of another Oaks
winner, 1986 scorer Midway Lady, since
1912 when Murska, a daughter of 1899
winner Musa, triumphed.
Alexandrova powered to a six-length
victory in the 2006 Oaks to become the fifth
daughter of Sadler’s Wells to win the race.
The Aidan O’Brien-trained Alexandrova
went on to complete an Oaks treble with
triumphs in the Irish and Yorkshire versions.
There were emotional scenes in the
winner’s enclosure in 2007 when Light Shift
gave Sir Henry Cecil an eighth victory in
the Oaks and his first since Love Divine in
2000. The Newmarket trainer’s other Oaks
winners came through Oh So Sharp (1985),
Diminuendo (1988), Snow Bride (1989),
Lady Carla (1996), Reams Of Verse (1997)
and Ramruma (1999).
However, Cecil still has some way to go
to catch Robert Robson, who saddled an
incredible 12 Oaks winners between 1802
and 1825.
The 2008 renewal of the Oaks brought
success for Look Here who triumphed for
owner-breeder Julian Richmond-Watson,
the first senior steward of the Jockey Club
to have owned an Oaks winner since the
Earl of Chesterfield’s Industry was saddled
to victory by John Scott in 1838.
Four years after enjoying Derby success
with Motivator, Michael Bell celebrated a
second Classic triumph at Epsom in the
2009 Investec Oaks courtesy of Sariska. The
Lady Bamford home-bred followed up with
an effortless victory in the Irish Oaks, while
head runner-up Midday went on to score
six times at the highest level.
The 2010 Investec Oaks winner, Snow
Fairy, was supplemented at a cost of
£20,000 at the five-day stage and rewarded
her owner Cristina Patino. The Ed Dunloptrained filly provided jockey Ryan Moore
with a first English Classic victory and went
on to triumph in the Irish Oaks, Japan’s
Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup,
the Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin and the
Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup at
Kyoto, Japan.
Newmarket trainer William Haggas is the
only trainer with a 100 per cent record in
the Investec Derby, having scored with his
only runner Shaamit in 1996, and in 2011
won the Investec Oaks with his first starter
when Dancing Rain led from pillar to post
under Johnny Murtagh. The filly went on
to land the German Oaks at Dusseldorf
and the QIPCO British Champions Fillies’
And Mares’ Stakes at the inaugural
QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot
that October.
Was provided Aidan O’Brien with a
fourth Investec Oaks success in 2012 as the
daughter of Galileo recorded a neck verdict
over Shirocco Star. Her victory started a
golden weekend at Epsom Downs for her
handler, who also captured the Investec
Coronation Cup with St Nicholas Abbey
and the Investec Derby with Camelot – the
first time a trainer has won all three Group
One races at the Derby meeting.
Investec Oaks
Roll Of Honour 1779-2012
YEAR
WINNER
OWNER
TRAINER
JOCKEY
SP
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
1950
1949
1948
1947
1946
1945
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
1939
1938
Was
Dancing Rain
Snow Fairy
Sariska
Look Here
Light Shift
Alexandrova
Eswarah Ouija Board
Casual Look
Kazzia
Imagine
Love Divine
Ramruma
Shahtoush
Reams Of Verse
Lady Carla
Moonshell
Balanchine
Intrepidity
User Friendly
Jet Ski Lady
Salsabil
Snow Bride
Diminuendo
Unite
Midway Lady
Oh So Sharp
Circus Plume
Sun Princess
Time Charter
Blue Wind
Bireme
Scintillate
Fair Salinia
Dunfermline
Pawneese
Juliette Marny
Polygamy
Mysterious
Ginevra
Altesse Royale
Lupe
Sleeping Partner
La Lagune
Pia
Valoris
Long Look
Homeward Bound
Noblesse
Monade
Sweet Solera
Never Too Late II
Petite Etoile
Bella Paola
Carrozza
Sicarelle
Meld
Sun Cap
Ambiguity
Frieze
Neasham Belle
Asmena
Musidora
Masaka
Imprudence
Steady Aim
*Sun Stream
*Hycilla
*Why Hurry
*Sun Chariot
*Commotion
*Godiva
Galatea II
Rockfel
Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, & Michael Tabor
Martin & Lee Taylor
Anamoine Limited
Lady Bamford
Julian Richmond-Watson
Niarchos Family
Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith
Hamdan Al Maktoum Lord Derby
William Farish III
Godolphin
Diane Nagle & Sue Magnier
Lordship Stud
HRH Prince Fahd Salman
Diane Nagle & Sue Magnier
Khalid Abdullah
Wafic Said
Maktoum Al Maktoum & Godolphin
Godolphin
Sheikh Mohammed
Bill Gredley
Maktoum Al Maktoum
Hamdan Al Maktoum
Sheikh Mohammed
Sheikh Mohammed
Sheikh Mohammed
Harry Ranier
Sheikh Mohammed
Sir Robin McAlpine
Sir Michael Sobell
Robert Barnett
Diana Firestone
Dick Hollingsworth
James Morrison
Sven Hanson
HM Queen Elizabeth II
Daniel Wildenstein
James Morrison
Louis Freedman
George A Pope Jnr
Charles St George
Roger Hue-Williams
Gladys Joel
Lord Rosebery
Henry Berlin
Countess Margit Batthyany
Charles Clore
Jimmy Cox Brady
Sir Foster Robinson
Evelyn Olin
George Goulandris
Mrs Magnus Castello
Mrs Howell E Jackson
Prince Aly Khan
Francois Dupre
HM Queen Elizabeth II
Suzy Volterra
Lady Zia Wernher
Mme Robert Forget
Lord Astor
Alexander Keith
Major Lionel Holliday
Marcel Boussac
Norman Donaldson
H H Aga Khan III
Mme Pierre Corbiere
Sir Alfred Butt
Lord Derby
W Woodward
Jimmy Rank
HM King George VI
Arthur Dewar
Esmond Harmsworth
Robert Stirling Clark
Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen
Aidan O’Brien IRE
William Haggas
Ed Dunlop
Michael Bell
Ralph Beckett
Henry Cecil
Aidan O’Brien IRE
Michael Jarvis Ed Dunlop
Andrew Balding Saeed bin Suroor
Aidan O’Brien IRE
Henry Cecil
Henry Cecil
Aidan O’Brien IRE
Henry Cecil
Henry Cecil
Saeed bin Suroor
Hilal Ibrahim
Andre Fabre FR
Clive Brittain
Jim Bolger IRE
John Dunlop
Henry Cecil
Henry Cecil
Michael Stoute
Ben Hanbury
Henry Cecil
John Dunlop
Dick Hern
Henry Candy
Dermot Weld IRE
Dick Hern Jeremy Tree
Michael Stoute
Dick Hern
Angel Penna FR
Jeremy Tree
Peter Walwyn
Noel Murless
Ryan Price
Noel Murless
Noel Murless
Doug Smith
Francois Boutin FR
Bill Elsey
Vincent O’Brien IRE
Vincent O’Brien IRE
John Oxley
Paddy Prendergast IRE
Jospeh Lieux FR
Reg Day
Etienne Pollet FR
Noel Murless
Francois Mathet FR
Noel Murless
Francois Mathet FR
Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
Dick Carver FR
Jack Colling
Charles Elsey
Geoffrey Brooke
Charles Semblat FR
Charles Elsey
Frank Butters
Joseph Lieux FR
Frank Butters
Walter Earl
Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
Noel Cannon
Fred Darling
Fred Darling
William Jarvis
Joseph Lawson
Ossie Bell
Seamie Heffernan
Johnny Murtagh
Ryan Moore
Jamie Spencer
Seb Sanders
Ted Durcan
Kieren Fallon
Richard Hills
Kieren Fallon
Martin Dwyer
Frankie Dettori
Michael Kinane
Richard Quinn
Kieren Fallon
Michael Kinane
Kieren Fallon
Pat Eddery
Frankie Dettori
Frankie Dettori
Michael Roberts
George Duffield
Christy Roche
Willie Carson
Steve Cauthen
Steve Cauthen
Walter Swinburn
Ray Cochrane
Steve Cauthen
Lester Piggott
Willie Carson
Billy Newnes
Lester Piggott
Willie Carson
Pat Eddery
Greville Starkey
Willie Carson
Yves Saint Martin
Lester Piggott
Pat Eddery
Geoff Lewis
Tony Murray
Geoff Lewis
Sandy Barclay
John Gorton
Gerard Thiboeuf
Edward Hide
Lester Piggott
Jack Purtell
Greville Starkey
Garnie Bougoure
Yves Saint-Martin
Bill Rickaby
Roger Poincelet
Lester Piggott
Max Garcia
Lester Piggott
Freddie Palmer
Harry Carr
Rae Johnstone
Joe Mercer
Edgar Britt
Stan Clayton
Rae Johnstone
Edgar Britt
Billy Nevett
Rae Johnstonea
Harry Wragg
Harry Wragg
George Bridgland
Charlie Elliott
Gordon Richards
Harry Wragg
Doug Marks
Robert Jones
Harry Wragg
20/1
20/1
9/1
9/4 Fav
33/1
13/2
9/4 Fav
11/4 Jt Fav
7/2
10/1
100/30 Fav
3/1 Fav
9/4 Fav
3/1
12/1
5/6 Fav
100/30
3/1
6/1
5/1
5/1
50/1
2/1 Fav
13/2
7/4 Fav
11/1
15/8 Fav
6/4 Fav
4/1
6/1
12/1
3/1 Jt Fav
9/2
20/1
8/1
6/1
6/5 Fav
12/1
3/1 Fav
13/8 Fav
8/1
6/4 Fav
100/30 Fav
100/6
11/8 Fav
100/7
11/10 Fav
100/7
100/7
4/11 Fav
7/1
11/4 Fav
6/5 Fav
11/2
6/4 Fav
100/8
3/1 Fav
7/4 Fav
100/8
18/1
100/7
33/1
5/1
4/1 Fav
7/1
7/4 Fav
7/1
6/4 Fav
8/1
7/1
1/4 Fav
8/1
7/4 Fav
10/11 Fav
3/1 Fav
RAN
12
13
15
10
16
14
10
12
7
15
14
14
16
10
8
12
11
10
10
14
7
9
8
9
11
11
15
12
16
15
21
12
11
14
15
13
14
12
15
10
17
11
16
15
14
12
13
18
18
9
18
12
10
11
17
11
14
13
21
21
19
16
19
17
25
11
10
16
16
13
12
12
14
21
14
Investec Derby Festival 2013 | 45
Investec Oaks
YEAR
WINNER
OWNER
TRAINER
JOCKEY
SP
1937
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927
1926
1925
1924
1923
1922
1921
1920
1919
1918
1917
1916
1915
1914
1913
1912
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
1879
1878
1877
1876
Exhibitionist
Lovely Rosa
Quashed
Light Brocade
Chatelaine
Udaipur
Brulette
Rose Of England
Pennycomequick
Toboggan
Beam
Short Story
Saucy Sue
Straitlace
Brownhylda
Pogrom
Love In Idleness
Charlebelle
Bayuda
*My Dear
*Sunny Jane
*Fifinella
*Snow Marten
*Princess Dorrie
Jest
Mirska
Cherimoya
Rosedrop
Perola
Signorinetta
Glass Doll
Keystone II
Cherry Lass
Pretty Polly
Our Lassie
Sceptre
Cap And Bells II
La Roche
Musa
Airs And Graces
Limasol
Canterbury Pilgrim
La Sagesse
Amiable
Mrs Butterwick
La Fleche
Mimi
Memoir
’AbbesseDeJouarre
Seabreeze
Reve D’or
Miss Jummy
Lonely
Busybody
Bonny Jean
Geheimniss
Thebais
Jenny Howlet
Wheel Of Fortune
Jannette
Placida
DH Camelia
DH Enguerrande
Spinaway
Apology
Marie Stuart
Reine
Hannah
Gamos
Brigantine
Formosa
Hippia
Tormentor
Regalia
Fille De L’air
Queen Bertha
Feu De Joie
Brown Duchess
Butterfly
Summerside
Sir Victor Sassoon
Sir Abe Bailey
Lord Stanley
Lord Durham
Ernest Thronton-Smith
HH Aga Khan III
Charles Birkin
Lord Glanely
Lord Astor
Lord Derby
Lord Durham
Lord Astor
Lord Astor
Sir Edward Hulton
Vicomte de Fontarce
Lord Astor
Joseph Watson
Alan Cunliffe
Lady James Douglas
Alfred Cox
Waldorf Astor
Sir Edward Hulton
Ludwig Neumann
Jack Joel
Jack Joel
Jean Prat
William Brodick Cloete Sir William Bass
William Cooper
Odoardo Ginistrelli
Jack Joel
Lord Derby
William Hall Walker
Eustace Loder
Jack Joel
Robert Sievier
Foxhall Keene
Duke of Portland
Douglas Baird
W T Jones
Lord Hindlip
Lord Derby
Sir James Miller
Duke of Portland
Duke of Portland
Baron Maurice de Hirsch
Noel Fenwick
Duke of Portland
Lord Churchill
Lord Calthorpe
Duke of Beaufort
Duke of Hamilton
Lord Cadogan
George Baird
Lord Rosebery
Lord Stamford
William Stirling Crawfurd
Charles Perkins
Lord Falmouth
Lord Falmouth
John Fiennes
Count Frederic de Lagrange
Auguste Lupin
Lord Falmouth
John King
James Merry
Joachim Lefevre
Baron Meyer de Rothschild
William Graham
Sir Frank Johnstone
William Graham
Baron Meyer de Rothschild
Benjamin Ellam
William Graham
Count Frederic de Lagrange
Lord Falmouth
Richard Naylor
Joseph Saxon
Richard Eastwood
Lord Londesborough
Joseph Lawson
Harry Cottrill
Colledge Leader
Frank Butters
Fred Templeman
Frank Butters
Frank Carter
Thomas Hogg
Joseph Lawson
Frank Butters
Frank Butters
Alec Taylor Jnr
Alec Taylor Jnr
Dawson Waugh
Richard Dawson
Alec Taylor Jnr
Alec Taylor Jnr
Sandy Braime
Alec Taylor Jnr
Alec Taylor Jnr
Alec Taylor Jnr
Richard Dawson
Peter Gilpin
Charles Morton
Charles Morton
Thomas JenningsJnr
Charles Marsh
Alec Taylor Jnr
Saunders Davies
Odoardo Ginistrelli
Charles Morton
George Lambton
Jack Robinson
Peter Gilpin
Charles Morton
Robert Sievier
Sam Darling
John Porter
H Enoch
Frederick Day
Thomas Jennings Jnr
George Lambton
Martin Gurry
George Dawson
George Dawson
John Porter
Matthew Dawson
George Dawson
Robert Sherwood
James Jewitt
Alec Taylor Snr
Richard Marsh
William Gilbert Jnr
Thomas Cannon
Joseph Cannon
John Porter
Alec Taylor Snr
William I’Anson Jnr
Matthew Dawson
Matthew Dawson
Joseph Marsh
T Cunnington
C Wetherall
Matthew Dawson
W Osborne
Robert Peck
Thomas Jennings
Joseph Hayhoe
Henry Woolcott
William Day
Henry Woolcott
Joseph Hayhoe
C Blanton
W Harlock
Thomas Jennings
John Scott
James Godding
Joseph Saxon
G Oates
Tom Taylor
Steve Donoghue
Tommy Weston
Henri Jelliss
Brownie Carslake
Sam Wragg
Michael Beary
Charlie Elliott
Gordon Richards
Henri Jelliss
Tommy Weston
Tommy Weston
Robert Jones
Frank Bullock
Frank O’Neill
Victor Smyth
Edward Gardner
Joe Childs
Albert Whalley
Joe Childs
Steve Donoghue
Otto Madden
Joe Childs
Walter Griggs
William Huxley
Frederick Rickaby Jn
Joe Childs
Fred Winter
Charles Trigg
Frank Wootton
William Bullock
Herbert Randall
Danny Maher
Herbert Jones
William Lane
MorningtonCannon
Herbert Randall
Milton Henry
MorningtonCannon
Otto Madden
Walter Bradford
Walter Bradford
Fred Rickaby
Sam Loates
Walter Bradford
Jack Watts
George Barrett
Fred Rickaby
Jack Watts
James Woodburn
Jack Robinson
Charles Wood
Jack Watts
Fred Archer
Thomas Cannon
Jack Watts
Thomas Cannon
George Fordham
James Snowden
Fred Archer
Fred Archer
Henry Jeffrey
Tom Glover
Hudson
Fred Archer
John Osborne Jnr
Thomas Cannon
George Fordham
Charles Maidment
George Fordham
Thomas Cannon
George Fordham
John Daley
Jimmy Mann
John Norman
Arthur Edwards
Thomas Aldcroft
Thomas Chaloner
Luke Snowden
James Snowden
George Fordham
3/1 Fav
33/1
33/1
7/4 Fav
25/1
10/1
7/2 Jt Fav
7/1
11/10 Fav
100/15
4/1
5/1 Fav
30/100 Fav
100/30
10/1
5/4 Fav
5/1 Fav
7/2
100/7
3/1 Fav
4/1
8/13 Fav
20/1
11/4 Fav
8/1
33/1
25/1
7/1
5/1
3/1
25/1
5/2 Fav
4/5 Fav
8/100 Fav
6/1
5/2 Fav
9/4 Fav
5/1
20/1
100/8
100/8
100/8
5/1
7/1
100/7
8/11 Fav
4/7 Fav
100/30
20/1
7/4
8/11Fav
Evens Fav
85/40 Fav
100/105Fav
5/1
4/6 Fav
4/6 Fav
33/1
1/3 Fav
65/40 2/1
5/4 Fav
4/1
5/4 Fav
5/2 2/1 Fav
3/1
6/5 Fav
100/8
7/2
8/11 Fav
11/1
5/1
20/1
6/4 Fav
40/1
20/1
100/7
10/1
4/1
1875
1874
1873
1872
1871
1870
1869
1868
1867
1866
1865
1864
1863
1862
1861
1860
1859
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RAN
13
17
17
8
14
12
15
15
13
13
16
16
12
12
12
11
22
17
10
15
11
7
11
21
12
14
21
11
14
13
14
12
12
4
10
14
21
14
12
13
8
11
15
11
17
7
6
7
12
6
9
12
10
9
14
5
12
13
8
8
9
14
7
11
18
17
9
7
15
9
8
18
18
19
20
19
17
13
15
Investec Oaks
YEAR
WINNER
OWNER
TRAINER
JOCKEY
SP
1858
1857
1856
1855
1854
1853
1852
1851
1850
1849
1848
1847
1846
1845
1844
1843
1842
1841
1840
1839
1838
1837
1836
1835
1834
1833
1832
1831
1830
1829
1828
1827
1826
1825
1824
1823
1822
1821
1820
1819
1818
1817
1816
1815
1814
1813
1812
1811
1810
1809
1808
1807
1806
1805
1804
1803
1802
1801
1800
1799
1798
1797
1796
1795
1794
1793
1792
1791
1790
1789
1788
1787
1786
1785
1784
1783
1782
1781
1780
1779
Governess
Blink Bonny
Mincepie
Marchioness
Mincemeat
Catherine Hayes
Songstress
Iris
Rhedycina
Lady Evelyn
Cymbra
Miami
Mendicant
Refraction
The Princess
Poison
Our Nell
Ghuznee
Crucifix
Deception
Industry
Miss Letty
Cyprian
Queen Of Trumps
Pussy
Vespa
Galata
Oxygen
Variation
Green Mantle
Turquoise
Gulnare
Lilias
Wings
Cobweb
Zinc
Pastille
Augusta
Caroline
Shoveler
Corinne
Neva
Landscape
Minuet
Medora
Music
Manuella
Sorcery
Oriana
Maid Of Orleans
Morel
Briseis
Bronze
Meteora
Pelisse
Theophania
Scotia
Eleanor
Ephemera
Bellina
Bellissima
Nike
Parisot
Platina
Hermione
Caelia
Volante
Portia
Hippolyta
Tag
Nightshade
Annette
Yellow Filly
Trifle
Stella
Maid Of The Oaks
Ceres
Faith
Tetotum
Bridget
G W K Gratwicke
William I’Anson
Harry Hill
William Rudston Read
William Cookson
John Don Wauchope
John Scott
Lord Stanley
George Hobson
Lord Chesterfield
Harry Hill
Sir Joseph Hawley
John Gully
Duke of Richmond
Colonel George Anson
George Ford
George Dawson
Lord Westminster
Lord George Bentinck
Fulwar Craven
Lord Chesterfield
Thomas Orde-Powlett
John Scott
Edward Lloyd Mostyn
Thomas Cosby
Sir Mark Wood
Lord Exeter
Duke of Grafton
Scott Stonehewer
Lord Exeter
Duke of Grafton
Duke of Richmond
John Forth
Thomas Grosvenor
Lord Jersey
Duke of Grafton
Duke of Grafton
Lord Exeter
Lord Egremont
Thomas Underhill
John Udny
George Watson
General John Leveson-Gower
Duke of Grafton
Duke of Rutland
Duke of Grafton
W N W Hewett
Duke of Rutland
Sir William Gerard
General John Leveson-Gower
Duke of Grafton
Thomas Grosvenor
Berkeley Craven
Lord Grosvenor
Duke of Grafton
Sir Thomas Gascoigne
John Wastell
Sir Charles Bunbury
Lord Egremont
Lord Grosvenor
John Durand
Lord Grosvenor
Sir Frank Standish
Lord Egremont
Lord Derby
Duke of Bedford
Lord Clermont
Duke of Bedford
Duke of Bedford
Lord Egremont
Lord Egremont
Richard Vernon
Sir Frank Standish
Lord Clermont
Philip Burlton
Lord Grosvenor
Lord Grosvenor
Lord Grosvenor
Thomas Douglas
Lord Derby
T Eskrett
William I’Anson
John Day Jnr
John Scott
William Goodwin
Matthew Dawson
John Scott
John Scott
William Goodwin
Tom Taylor
John Day Jnr
W Beresford
John Barham Day
John Kent Jnr
John Scott
R Fisher
Thomas Dawson
John Scott
John Barham Day
W Treen John Scott
I Blades
John Scott
J Blenkhorn
W Day
H Scott
Charles Marson
Robert Stephenson
R Pettit
Charles Marson
Robert Stephenson
John Kent
John Forth
Robert Robson
James Edwards
Robert Robson
Robert Robson
R Prince Jnr
Robert Stephenson
W Chifney
Robert Robson
Dixon Boyce
-
Robert Robson
Dixon Boyce
Robert Robson
William Peirse
Dixon Boyce
William Peirse
Robert Robson
Robert Robson
Robert Robson
Dixon Boyce
Robert Robson
Robert Robson
S King
Robert Robson
Jem Frost
Frank Neale
John Pratt
Richard Prince
John Pratt
Richard Prince
Frank Neale
Mr Saunders
Matt Stephenson
John Pratt
Matt Stephenson
Matt Stephenson
Frank Neale
Frank Neale
J Watson
Richard Prince
John Pratt
-
John Pratt
John Pratt
John Pratt
-
Mr Saunders
Thomas Ashmall
Jack Charlton
Alfred Day
Sim Templeman
Jack Charlton
Charles Marlow
Frank Butler
Frank Butler
Frank Butler
Frank Butler
Sim Templeman
Sim Templeman
Sam Day
Henry Bell
William Scott
Francis Butler
Thomas Lye
William Scott
John Barham Day
John Barham Day
William Scott
John Holmes
William Scott
Thomas Lye
John Barham Day
John Chapple
George Dockeray
John Barham Day
George Edwards
George Dockeray
John Barham Day
Frank Boyce
Thomas Lye
Samuel Chifney Jnr
Jem Robinson
Francis Buckle
Harry Edwards
Jem Robinson
Harry Edwards
Samuel Chifney Jnr
Frank Buckle
Frank Buckle
Samuel Chifney Jnr
Thomas Goodisson
Sam Barnard
Tom Goodisson
William Peirse
Samuel Chifney Jnr
William Peirse
Ben Moss
William Clift
Samuel Chifney Jnr
William Edwards
Frank Buckle
William Clift
Frank Buckle
Frank Buckle
John Saunders
Dennis Fitzpatrick
Frank Buckle
Frank Buckle
Frank Buckle
John Arnull
Dennis Fitzpatrick
Sam Arnull
John Singleton Jnr
Charles Hindley
John Singleton Jnr
Samuel Chifney Snr
Samuel Chifney Snr
Dennis Fitzpatrick
Dennis Fitzpatrick
James Edwards
J Bird
Charles Hindley
Samuel Chifney Snr
Samuel Chifney Snr
-
-
Richard Goodisson
4/1
4/5 Fav
5/2 Fav
12/1
10/1
5/4 Fav
2/1 Fav
4/1
6/1
3/1 Jt Fav
7/1
9/1
9/4 Fav
25/1
5/1
30/1
8/1
7/4 Fav
1/3 Fav
8/13 Fav
9/2
7/1
9/4 Fav
8/1
20/1
50/1
9/4
12/1
28/1
5/2
25/1
14/1
15/1
13/1
8/11 Fav
Evens Fav
7/2
20/1
8/1
2/1
5/2
Evens Fav
2/1 Fav
3/1 Jt Fav
10/1
5/2 Fav
20/1
3/1
4/1
100/6
3/1 Fav
15/1
10/1
7/2
4/5 Fav
5/2
6/4 Fav
4/7 Fav
9/4 Fav
5/2
6/4 Fav
15/8 Fav
7/2
3/1
5/2
4/1
4/1
5/2
6/1
5/2 Jt Fav
1/2 Fav
4/6 Fav
5/2 Fav
5/1
20/1
4/1 Fav
4/7 Fav
4/1
6/4 Jt Fav
5/2 Fav
RAN
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Investec Oaks
Trainers
David Arbuthnot
1996-7 Faraway Waters
Andrew Balding
2003-1 CASUAL LOOK
Ralph Beckett
2007-9 Kayah
2008-1 LOOK HERE
2010-13 Ceilidh House
2012-9 Colima
Jean-Marie Beguigne FR
1988-4 Indian Rose
Michael Bell
2001-14 Zanzibar
2005-11 Higher Love
2009-1 SARISKA
John Best
2006-2 Rising Cross
Patrick Biancone USA
1987-6 Sakura Reiko
Jim Bolger IRE
1991-1 JET SKI LADY
1992-6 Fawaayid
1993-13 Alouette
2005-3 Pictavia
2008-5 Lush Lashes
2009-7 Oh Goodness Me
2010-5 Akdarena
Giles Bravery
2000-12 Bluebell Wood
Clive Brittain
1974-13 Always Faithful
1979-5 La Dolce
1983-9 Current Raiser
1985-8 Pertradia
1986-14 Volida
1990-2 Game Plan
1992-1 USER FRIENDLY
1993-4 Sueboog
1995-4 Musetta
1995-8 Kshessinskaya
1997-10 Attitre
1998-4 Cloud Castle
2001-9 Mameha
2007-10 Darrfonah
2009-9 Wadaat
Gerard Butler
2000-13 Whitefoot
2003-4 Inchberry
Henry Candy
1976-5 Centrocon
1979-3 Britannia’s Rule
1982-1 TIME CHARTER
1983-4 Shore Line
1986-11 Broken Wave
1987-5 On The Staff
1987-10 Honey Line
Sir Henry Cecil
1973-10 Rich Girl
1978-11 Varishkina
1979-6 L’Ile Du Reve
1982-9 Tants
1985-1 OH SO SHARP
1987-PU Scimitarra
1988-1 DIMINUENDO
1989-1 SNOW BRIDE
1989-5 Tessla
1991-8 Peplum
1992-2 All At Sea
1996-1 LADY CARLA
1997-1 REAMS OF VERSE
1997-4 Yashmak
1998-3 Midnight Line
1998-8 Trophy Wife
1999-1 RAMRUMA
2000-1 LOVE DIVINE
2000-6 Corinium
2007-1 LIGHT SHIFT
2007-8 Passage Of Time
2009-2 Midday
2010-6 Aviate
2010-8 Timepiece
Mick Channon
2000-16 Miletrian
2001-5 Sunstone
2005-10 Joint Aspiration
2006-7 Kassiopeia
2006-8 Kaylianni
2011-9 Zain Al Boldan
2011-13 Fork Handles
2012-12 Nayarra
Sir Henry Cecil
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Luca Cumani
1977-2 Freeze The Secret
1977-3 Vaguely Deb
1978-13 Spring In Deepsea
1986-10 Tralthee
1988-2 Sudden Love
1991-2 Shamshir
Simon Dow
1999-10 Frippet
Ed Dunlop
2001-4 Mot Juste
2001-12 Candice
2004-1 OUIJA BOARD
2007-11 Dalvina
2010-1 SNOW FAIRY
Mick Easterby
1977-12 Mrs McArdy
David Elsworth
1990-4 In The Groove
1991-4 Jaffa Line
1993-14 Bobbie Dee
1994-4 Spot Prize
1994-10 Fragrant Belle
1998-5 Napoleon’s Sister
2000-15 Premier Prize
2001-10 Foodbroker Fancy
2005-2 Something Exciting
James Eustace
1997-9 Imperial Scholar
Andre Fabre FR
1992-5 Shining Bright
1993-1 INTREPIDITY
1993-5 Wemyss Bight
1994-5 Bonash
1999-4 Sunday Picnic
James Given
2003-3 Summitville
Peter Chapple-Hyam
1993-3 Oakmead
1993-7 Abury
1996-4 Camporese
1997-5 Etoile
2008-6 Cape Amber
John Gosden
1993-8 Marillette
1995-10 Bunting
2003-12 High Praise
2008-7 Michita
2009-4 Rainbow View
2010-4 Gertrude Bell
2011-3 Izzi Top
2012-3 The Fugue
Roger Charlton
2008-4 Clowance
Rae Guest
2006-5 Guilia
Paul Cole
1981-8 Fiesta Fun
1987-4 Bint Pasha
1990-3 Knight’s Baroness
1991-7 Ausherra
2000-7 Solaia
William Haggas
2011-1 DANCING RAIN
2012-4 Vow
Clive Cox
2008-11 Miracle Seeker
John Hammond FR
1997-2 Gazelle Royale
Investec Oaks
Richard Hannon
1994-9 Brentwood
1995-5 Asterita
2009-5 The Miniver Rose
Jessica Harrington IRE
2011-7 Siren’s Song
Criquette Head-Maarek FR
1988-3 Animatrice
2000-11 Gold Round
John Hills
1994-2 Wind In Her Hair
John Jenkins
1995-9 Last Spin
Mark Johnston
2010-7 Bikini Babe
2010-11 Marie De Medici
David Lanigan
2010-Disq Meeznah
Nick Littmoden
2000-14 So Precious
Brian Meehan
2004-5 Crystal
2005-6 Magical Romance
Hughie Morrison
2012-2 Shirocco Star
2012-6 Coquet
William Muir
2008-10 Saphira’s Fire
Jeremy Noseda
2000-2 Kalypso Katie
2002-6 Mellow Park
2002-14 Spinnette
2007-6 Simply Perfect
Aidan O’Brien IRE
1998-1 SHAHTOUSH
1999-6 Sunspangled
1999-8 Crystal Downs
2001-1 IMAGINE
2002-2 Quarter Moon
2002-4 Starbourne
2002-11 Kournakova
2002-12 Maryinsky
2003-2 Yesterday
2003-PU L’Ancresse
2004-2 All Too Beautiful
2004-4 Necklace
2004-7 Kisses For Me
2005-4 Virginia Waters
2005-5 Silk And Scarlet
2005-9 Mona Lisa
2006-1 ALEXANDROVA
2007-2 Peeping Fawn
2007-3 All My Loving
2007-5 Cherry Hinton
2007-12 Nell Gwyn
2008-2 Moonstone
2008-8 Savethisdanceforme
2008-13 Sail
2008-14 Tiffany Diamond
2008-15 Adored
2008-16 Ice Queen
2009-10 Perfect Truth
2010-2 Remember When
2010-10 Awe Inspiring
2010-12 Cabaret
2011-2 Wonder Of Wonders
2011-5 Misty For Me
2011-8 Eirnin
2011-12 Why
2012-1 WAS
2012-5 Maybe
2012-8 Betterbetterbetter
2012-10 Devotion
2012-11 Twirl
Eoghan O’Neill FR
2002-5 Red Rioja
John Oxx IRE
1988-7 Catina
1997-6 Ebadiyla
2007-4 Four Sins
2008-3 Katiyra
Amanda Perrett
2009-8 Tottie
Kevin Prendergast IRE
1968-5 Kylin
1972-8 Pidget
1976-7 Lady Singer
Pam Sly
2006-4 Speciosa
Tommy Stack IRE
1998-6 Tarascon
Sir Michael Stoute
1977-4 Triple First
1978-1 FAIR SALINIA
1978-8 Sofala
1979-4 Reprocolor
1979-13 Rimosa’s Pet
1981-11 Allegretta
1983-7 Royal Heroine
1984-4 Optimistic Lass
1984-8 Malaak
1985-5 Bella Colora
1985-9 Morning Devotion
1986-2 Untold
1986-3 Maysoon
1986-4 Colorspin
1987-1 UNITE
1988-10 Dabaweyaa
1989-Disq Aliysa
1989-4 Knoosh
1989-6 Musical Bliss
1990-8 Kartajana
1991-6 Dartrey
1992-7 Perfect Circle
1993-6 Iviza
1994-3 Hawajiss
1994-8 Dance To The Top
1995-2 Dance A Dream
1995-3 Pure Grain
1996-6 Whitewater Affair
1997-3 Crown Of Light
2000-4 Petrushka
2001-2 Flight Of Fancy
2001-6 Gay Heroine
2002-8 Islington
2003-13 Waldmark
Michael Bell
2003-14 Halawanda
2006-3 Short Skirt
2006-10 Riyalma
2007-7 Dance Of Light
2009-6 Phillipina
2011-10 Havant
Saeed bin Suroor
1995-1 MOONSHELL
1996-2 Pricket
1997-7 Bint Baladee
1997-11 Siyadah
1998-2 Bahr
1999-3 Zahrat Dubai
1999-9 Kilting
2000-3 Melikah
2001-13 Najah
2002-1 KAZZIA
2003-5 Hi Dubai
2004-3 Punctilious
2004-6 Sundrop
2005-12 Fen Shui
2007-13 Measured Tempo
James Toller
2003-6 Hanami
Mark Tompkins
1993-11 Grove Daffodil
1996-8 Honest Guest
2003-8 Thingmebob
Marcus Tregoning
2002-3 Shadow Dancing
2002-13 Esloo
2003-11 Hammiya
2010-3 Rumoush
Dermot Weld IRE
1981-1 BLUE WIND
1984-12 Easy To Copy
1996-9 Identify
2005-8 Dream To Dress
2008-9 Chinese White
Sean Woods HK
1996-10 Shirley Venture
1997-12 Ukraine Venture
Mahmood Al Zarooni
2011-4 Blue Bunting
2012-7 Kailani
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Investec Oaks
Jockeys
Eddie Ahern
2003-4 Inchberry
2007-10 Darrfonah
2010-8 Timepiece
George Baker
2006-2 Rising Cross
Mickael Barzalona
2011-12 Why
2012-7 Kailani
Fran Berry
2011-7 Siren’s Song
William Buick
2010-4 Gertrude Bell
2011-3 Izzi Top
2012-3 The Fugue
Neil Callan
2007-12 Nell Gwyn
2009-9 Wadaat
Jim Crowley
2009-8 Tottie
2010-13 Ceilidh House
2012-9 Colima
Tony Culhane
2006-7 Kassiopeia
Frankie Dettori
1991-2 Shamshir
1993-3 Oakmead
1994-1 BALANCHINE
1995-1 MOONSHELL
1996-2 Pricket
1997-11 Siyadah
1998-2 Bahr
1999-3 Zahrat Dubai
2001-13 Najah
2002-1 KAZZIA
2003-5 Hi Dubai
2004-3 Punctilious
2005-12 Fen Shui
2006-6 Time On
2007-13 Measured Tempo
2008-4 Clowance
2010-14 Sajjhaa
2011-4 Blue Bunting
Ted Durcan
2003-8 Thingmebob
2005-10 Joint Aspiration
2006-8 Kaylianni
2007-1 LIGHT SHIFT
2010-Disq Meeznah
2011-6 Beatrice Aurore
Martin Dwyer
2002-3 Shadow Dancing
2003-1 CASUAL LOOK
2007-2 Peeping Fawn
2008-10 Saphira’s Fire
2012-12 Nayarra
John Egan
2002-5 Red Rioja
Kieren Fallon
1997-1 REAMS OF VERSE
1998-3 Midnight Line
1999-1 RAMRUMA
2000-4 Petrushka
2001-2 Flight Of Fancy
2002-8 Islington
2003-13 Waldmark
2004-1 OUIJA BOARD
2005-4 Virginia Waters
2006-1 ALEXANDROVA
2010-7 Bikini Babe
2011-2 Wonders Of Wonders
Joe Fanning
2010-11 Marie De Medici
Micky Fenton
2001-14 Zanzibar
2003-3 Summitville
2006-4 Speciosa
Jimmy Fortune
1997-2 Gazelle Royale
2000-7 Solaia
2008-7 Michita
2009-4 Rainbow View
Robert Havlin
2012-6 Coquet
Seamie Heffernan
2007-5 Cherry Hinton
2008-14 Tiffany Diamond
2010-10 Awe Inspiring
2011-5 Misty For Me
2012-1 WAS
Sam Hitchcott
2011-9 Zain Al Boldan
Darryll Holland
1993-12 Yawl
1998-7 High And Low
2002-6 Mellow Park
2003-6 Hanami
2005-11 Higher Love
2012-2 Shirocco Star
Richard Hughes
2000-12 Bluebell Wood
2001-4 Mot Juste
2002-12 Maryinsky
2003-12 High Praise
2007-8 Passage Of Time
2008-2 Moonstone
2009-5 The Miniver Rose
2012-10 Devotion
Thierry Jarnet
1992-5 Shining Bright
Adam Kirby
2008-11 Miracle Seeker
Kevin Manning
2005-3 Pictavia
2008-5 Lush Lashes
2009-7 Oh Goodness Me
2010-5 Akdarena
David McCabe
2008-16 Ice Queen
Kerrin McEvoy
2004-6 Sundrop
2007-7 Dance Of Light
Ryan Moore
2008-13 Sail
2009-6 Phillipina
2010-1 SNOW FAIRY
2011-10 Havant
Alan Munro
1991-7 Ausherra
2006-5 Guilia
Johnny Murtagh
1997-6 Ebadiyla
2001-6 Gay Heroine
2002-4 Starbourne
2003-14 Halawanda
2004-4 Necklace
2005-9 Mona Lisa
2007-6 Simply Perfect
2008-15 Adored
2009-10 Perfect Truth
2010-2 Remember When
2011-1 DANCING RAIN
2012-4 Vow
Joseph O’Brien
2011-8 Eirnin
2012-5 Maybe
Colm O’Donoghue
2008-8 Savethisdanceforme
2010-12 Cabaret
2012-8 Betterbetterbetter
Dane O’Neill
2001-10 Foodbroker Fancy
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Ouija Board,
ridden by Kieren
Fallon
Olivier Peslier
1997-3 Crown Of Light
1999-4 Sunday Picnic
2000-13 Whitefoot
2007-11 Dalvina
Tom Queally
2009-2 Midday
2010-6 Aviate
Seb Sanders
2005-7 Cassydora
2007-9 Kayah
2008-1 LOOK HERE
Christophe Soumillon
2006-10 Riyalma
2007-3 All My Loving
Pat Smullen
2003-10 Hearts ‘n Minds
2005-8 Dream To Dress
2008-9 Chinese White
2012-11 Twirl
Jamie Spencer
1998-6 Tarascon
2002-14 Spinnette
2004-2 All Too Beautiful
2008-6 Cape Amber
2009-1 SARISKA
2011-13 Fork Handles
Investec Oaks
Was wins the 2012 Investec Oaks
Investec Oaks Trials
A total of 47 fillies have won the QIPCO 1000
Guineas at Newmarket and gone on to glory
in the Investec Oaks including outstanding
performers such as Crucifix (1840), Sceptre
(1902), Pretty Polly (1904), Sun Chariot (1942),
Meld (1955) and Petite Etoile (1959).
There have been eight winners of both
Classics since 1960 - Never Too Late (1960),
Sweet Solera (1961), Altesse Royale (1971),
Mysterious (1973), Oh So Sharp (1985),
Midway Lady (1986), Salsabil (1990) and
Kazzia, who was the most recent filly to
complete the double in 2002.
However, defeat over a mile at
Newmarket is no barrier to success in the
Investec Oaks and, since 1960, Long Look
(1965), Polygamy (1974), Fair Salinia (1978),
Time Charter (1982), Diminuendo (1988),
Balanchine (1994), Moonshell (1995),
Reams Of Verse (1997) and Casual Look
(2003) have all been victorious at Epsom
after being beaten on their previous start
in the 1000 Guineas. Shahtoush (1998) also
reversed the form of her Newmarket run
in 1998, having been 10th in the Irish 1000
Guineas in the interim.
Due to its proximity to the Investec
Derby Festival, it has become uncommon
for a filly to contest both the Tattersalls
Irish 1000 Guineas and the Investec Oaks
although Valoris (1966) and Imagine
(2001) captured both races, while Blue
Wind warmed up for Epsom glory by
taking the runner-up spot in the Curragh
Classic in 1982.
York’s Group Three Tattersalls Musidora
Stakes is one of the leading trials for
the Epsom Downs fillies’ Classic and
the winner of the extended 10-furlong
Group Three invariably sits near the
head of the market for the Oaks. In 2009,
Sariska became the sixth filly since 1960
to follow up success on the Knavesmire
with Investec Oaks glory, joining Noblesse
(1963), Bireme (1980), Diminuendo (1988),
Snow Bride (1989) and Reams Of Verse
(1997). Pia (1967) and Alexandrova (2006)
were beaten in the Musidora Stakes before
landing the Oaks.
With an undulating left-hand course
similar to Epsom Downs, many trainers
aim their potential Oaks fillies at the
Betfred Oaks Trial at Lingfield Park, and
the extended 11-furlong Listed contest has
been won by Oaks scorers Sleeping Partner
(1969), Ginevra (1972), Juliette Marny
(1975), User Friendly (1992), Lady Carla
(1996) and Ramruma (1999). Look Here
was beaten into second at Lingfield in 2008
before storming to a convincing victory in
the Oaks.
Since its inception in 1950, the Listed
Weatherbys Bank Cheshire Oaks, run over
11 furlongs at Chester’s May meeting, has
produced two winners of the Oaks, Lupe
(1970) and Light Shift (2007).
Other races that have produced
Oaks winners in recent years include
Newmarket’s 10-furlong Listed Pretty Polly
Stakes, in which Dunfermline (1977) and
Ouija Board (2004) were both successful,
and the Listed Newbury Trial Stakes over
the same trip, which was won by 2005
Oaks scorer Eswarah. The 2011 Investec
Oaks heroine Dancing Rain went down
by a head in the Newbury contest before
going to Classic glory at Epsom Downs.
The 2010 Investec Oaks winner Snow
Fairy was supplemented for the Classic
after winning the Listed Height Of
Fashion Stakes over a mile and a quarter
at Goodwood, which was introduced
at the Sussex course in 2007 to replace
the racecourse’s former Oaks Trial, the
Lupe Stakes.
Last year’s winner Was could only finish
third in the Blue Wind Stakes at Naas,
a 10-furlong Group Three named after
the 1981 Oaks heroine, the previous
month but the Aidan O’Brien-trained
filly improved for her seasonal return and
recorded a game neck success at Epsom
Downs 16 days later on just her third start.
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Investec Coronation Cup
St Nicholas Abbey wins the Investec Coronation
Cup for the second successuve year in 2012
History of the Investec Coronation Cup
Run over the same distance as the Investec Derby
and Investec Oaks, the Investec Coronation
Cup first took place in 1902 to celebrate the
accession to the throne of King Edward VII, who
celebrated three victories in the Derby, thanks
to Persimmon (1896), Diamond Jubilee (1900)
and Minoru (1909), as well as winning the Grand
National with Ambush.
The inaugural running of the 12-furlong
race for older horses was won by Osboch,
whose trainer Richard Marsh provided
Edward VII with Derby winners Persimmon
and Minoru.
Pretty Polly became the first of six dual
winners of the Coronation Cup when
successful in 1906, 12 months after her
initial success in the race. One of the
greatest fillies in English racing, Pretty
Polly was successful on 22 of her 24 starts,
including victories in the 1000 Guineas,
the Oaks and the St Leger, the fillies’ Triple
Crown, in 1904.
The following two runnings - 1907 & 1908
- went to The White Knight, a top stayer
who also won the Gold Cup at Ascot in
those two years.
The 1910 Derby winner Lemberg returned
to Epsom Downs the following year to
triumph in the Coronation Cup, while
St Leger and dual Ascot Gold Cup scorer
Prince Palantine won in 1913. Pommern
took the Derby at Newmarket in 1915
en route to Triple Crown glory. The colt
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returned to the Suffolk track, used as a
substitute for Epsom during the First World
War, to gain the 1916 Coronation Cup on
his only start that year.
St Leger winner Solario proved himself
to be one of racing’s stars with a 15-length
victory in the Coronation Cup in 1926.
The four-year-old colt also won that year’s
Gold Cup at Ascot and went on to sire
two Derby winners - Mid-day Sun (1937)
& Straight Deal (1943) - as well as 1000
Guineas and Oaks scorer Exhibitionist.
Coronach came back to Epsom in 1927 to
win the Coronation Cup, having triumphed
by five lengths in the previous year’s Derby.
The Fred Darling-trained colt also won the
St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot by
20 lengths, the Eclipse by six lengths and set
a record time when taking the St Leger.
American-bred Reigh Count was sent
to England in late 1928, having won that
season’s Kentucky Derby. Owned by former
taxi driver John Hertz, the four-year-old
triumphed in the 1929 Coronation Cup
before finishing second in the Ascot Gold
Cup and went on to sire American Triple
Crown hero Count Fleet.
One of racing’s unluckiest horses, Dastur
finished second in the 2000 Guineas, the
Derby, the St Leger and the Champion
Stakes. A half-brother to Triple Crown
winner Bahram, the Aga Khan-owned colt
did win the 1933 Coronation Cup, along
with that season’s Champion Stakes.
King Salmon was another horse to finish
second in both the 2000 Guineas and the
Derby. Fulfilment came as a four-year-old
with victory in the 1934 Coronation Cup,
followed by a sensational win in the Eclipse
at Sandown where he beat outstanding
Derby winner Windsor Lad, himself a
Coronation Cup victor 12 months later.
The only dead-heat in the history of the
Coronation Cup occurred in 1937, when
Cecil and His Grace could not be split.
Ardan became the first French-trained
winner of the Coronation Cup in 1946,
having captured the French Derby and the
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe the year before
as a three-year-old. His trainer Charles
Semblat sent over Goyoma to win the
Coronation Cup two years later. Dual Arc
winner Tantieme (1951) and Nuccio (1952)
continued the impressive French record in
the race.
Derby runner-up Aureole gave Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth II one of her first
major successes as an owner when winning
the 1954 Coronation Cup. The four-yearold then triumphed in the King George VI
& Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot before
becoming champion sire in 1960 and 1961.
Ballymoss, another Derby runner-up, gave
legendary Irish trainer Vincent O’Brien a
Investec Coronation Cup
first success in the Coronation Cup in 1958
and the four-year-old followed up with
victories in the King George VI & Queen
Elizabeth Stakes and the Prix de l’Arc
de Triomphe.
Lester Piggott, the most successful
Coronation Cup jockey with nine successes,
rattled up a hat-trick of wins between 1959
and 1961 with Nagami and dual winner
Petite Etoile, who had also been victorious
in the 1000 Guineas and the Oaks.
Exbury won the 1963 Coronation Cup by
an authoritative six lengths. The Frenchtrained colt proved to be one the best
middle distance performers in Europe with
comfortable victories in the Prix Ganay
and the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
Derby winner Relko triumphed in heavy
ground in the 1964 Coronation Cup 12
months after his Classic success, while
Charlottown, the 1966 Derby scorer, also
completed the Epsom Downs double the
following year.
Royal Palace went one better in 1968,
having collected the 2000 Guineas as
well as the Derby in 1967, and the Noel
Murless-trained colt then took the Eclipse
Stakes at Sandown.
Lupe won the Oaks in 1970 easily by four
lengths for trainer Sir Noel Murless with
Sandy Barclay up. Geoff Lewis took the
ride in the 1971 Coronation Cup and Lupe
won for the second time at Epsom Downs
but the finish was much tighter, with the
favourite, French raider Stintino, partnered
by Barclay coming with a strong late run to
get within a neck at the line. Murless sent
out four other winners of the Coronation
Cup (Petite Etoile twice, Royal Palace and
Caliban), making him the second most
successful trainer in the race’s history.
The great Mill Reef made his final
racecourse appearance a winning one in
the 1972 Coronation Cup. The outstanding
colt, victorious in the Derby, Eclipse, King
George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and
the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, also sired
two Derby winners, Shirley Heights (1978)
and Reference Point (1987).
The 1972 Derby winner Roberto returned
to Epsom 12 months later to take the
Coronation Cup, beating Attica Meli by
five lengths, making him the most recent
victor of both these races.
The Investec Coronation Cup has been
won by nine colts who triumphed in the
Derby and by four exceptional fillies who
took the Oaks (Pretty Polly, Petite Etoile,
Lupe and Time Charter).
Trainer Dick Hern and jockey Joe Mercer
enjoyed two successive years of Coronation
Cup glory - with Buoy winning in 1974 and
then Bustino coming home ahead in 1975.
Exceller was a top-class horse on turf and
dirt, winning the 1977 Coronation Cup
for French trainer Francois Mathet before
enjoying victory in the Jockey Club Gold
Cup at Belmont Park, edging out American
Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew.
Time Charter was one of the Coronation
Cup’s most impressive winners when
scoring by four lengths in 1984, having
already triumphed in the Oaks, Champion
Stakes and the King George VI & Queen
Elizabeth Stakes.
Rainbow Quest was placed in both the
French and Irish Derbys and proved to be
an outstanding four-year-old, turning the
Coronation Cup into a procession in 1985,
before going on to gain the Prix de l’Arc de
Triomphe in the stewards’ room.
Triptych was one of the toughest mares
ever seen on a racecourse. Having been
narrowly denied by Saint Estephe in the
1986 Coronation Cup, she went one
better the following year, winning by three
quarters of a length despite idling. “The Iron
Mare” became only the fourth dual winner
of the race when beating three opponents
in 1988. In five seasons, Triptych raced 41
times and won nine at Group One level,
including victories in the English and Irish
Champion Stakes as well as the Juddmonte
International.
Saint Estephe’s trainer Andre Fabre
returned to the winner’s enclosure in
1990 with In The Wings, who went on to
capture the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Belmont
Park later that year.
Sir Michael Stoute enjoyed successive
Coronation Cup victories with Saddlers’
Hall in 1992 and the outstanding middledistance performer Opera House a year
later, before Fabre rattled off a hat-trick
of wins, starting with Apple Tree in 1994,
who had been demoted from second 12
months earlier. The French trainer returned
in 1995 to saddle Sunshack and celebrated
another win the following year when
subsequent dual King George VI & Queen
Elizabeth Stakes winner Swain took the
spoils by a neck.
Singspiel narrowly failed to beat Swain on
that occasion, but the Stoute-trained colt
destroyed a quality field by five lengths
in 1996. Described as racing’s first “world
champion”, Singspiel won races on three
continents, including the Dubai World
Cup, the Canadian International and the
Japan Cup.
St Leger winner and close Derby second
Silver Patriarch took the 1998 Coronation
Cup, while another grey, Daylami, came
out on top the following year en route to
scintillating victories in the King George
VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, the Irish
Champion Stakes and the Breeders’ Cup
Turf at Gulfstream Park.
Derby runner-up Daliapour also proved
to be a top quality international performer
and became Stoute’s fourth winner of the
Coronation Cup in 2000 before Hong Kong
Vase success at Sha Tin. The Newmarket
trainer gained his fifth Coronation Cup
success in 2009 when the six-year-old
triumphed in the first running of race
sponsored by Investec.
Boreal created a bit of history in 2002 as
he was the first German-trained winner
of the Coronation Cup, while Warrsan,
subsequently successful in two German
Group Ones, was the fifth horse to win
the Epsom Downs Group One twice
when following up his 2003 triumph 12
months later.
Warrsan returned to Epsom in 2005, but
could only finish fourth behind the Aidan
O’Brien-trained Yeats, who proved himself
one of the best stayers ever with four
victories in the Gold Cup at Ascot.
Fabre enjoyed his sixth Coronation Cup
success when Breeders’ Cup Turf winner
Shirocco defeated Oaks heroine Ouija
Board by a length and three quarters
in 2006.
O’Brien, Ireland’s champion trainer, has
dominated the Coronation Cup in recent
years, matching Fabre’s tally of six wins
in 2012.
Following Yeats’ victory in 2006, he
enjoyed first and second in the 2007
renewal as Scorpion held Septimus, while
Soldier Of Fortune, fifth in the Derby the
year before, saw off Youmzain by three
quarters of a length in 2008.
Fame And Glory finished runner-up to
Sea The Stars in the 2009 Investec Derby
before landing the Irish equivalent by
nine lengths.
The O’Brien-trained colt stayed on
strongly to hold 2009 Investec Oaks
heroine Sariska by a length and a half in the
2010 Investec Coronation Cup and went
on to capture the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot
in 2011.
St Nicholas Abbey had been touted as a
potential Triple Crown contender in 2010
after a scintillating juvenile season for
O’Brien but the colt missed the majority of
his Classic season with a setback.
He started to realise his potential as a
four-year-old in 2011 when swooping for a
length victory over top filly Midday in the
Investec Coronation Cup.
He gained further success at the highest
level with an impressive win in the Grade
One Breeders’ Cup Turf at Churchill Downs.
In tribute to Her Majesty The Queen,
who celebrated her Diamond Jubilee as
Britain’s monarch in 2012, the race was
renamed the Diamond Jubilee Coronation
Cup and switched from Friday to Saturday.
St Nicholas Abbey returned to Epsom
Downs to become the sixth dual winner
of the Investec Coronation Cup, this time
readily accounting for subsequent Hong
Kong Vase scorer and Dubai World Cup
second Red Cadeaux and Ladbrokes St
Leger victor Masked Marvel.
The son of Montjeu has gone on to
further Group One glory in the 2013 Dubai
Sheema Classic, in which he defeated
Japanese horse of the year Gentildonna,
and could bid for an unprecedented hattrick of wins in the Investec Coronation
Cup this year.
The 2013 Investec Coronation Cup will be
run on Saturday, June 1 and has had a prize
money boost to £350,000 - up £50,000.
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Investec Coronation Cup
Roll Of Honour
1902-2012
year
winner
owner
trainer
jockey
sp
2012
St Nicholas Abbey
5-9-00
St Nicholas Abbey
4-9-00
Fame And Glory
4-9-00
Ask 6-9-00
Soldier Of Fortune
4-9-00
Scorpion 5-9-00
Shirocco 5-9-00
Yeats 4-9-00
Warrsan 6-9-00
Warrsan 5-9-00
Boreal 4-9-00
Mutafaweq 5-9-00
Daliapour 4-9-00
Daylami 5-9-00
Silver Patriarch 4-9-00
Singspiel 5-9-00
Swain 4-9-00
Sunshack 4-9-00
Apple Tree5-9-00
Opera House 5-9-00
Saddlers’ Hall 4-9-00
In The Groove 4-8-11
In The Wings 4-9-00
Sheriff’s Star 4-9-00
Triptych 6-8-11
Triptych 5-8-11
Saint Estephe
Rainbow Quest
Time Charter
Be My Native
Easter Sun
Master Willie
Sea Chimes
Ile De Boubon
Crow
Exceller
Quiet Fling
Bustino
Buoy
Roberto
Mill Reef
Lupe
Caliban
Park Top
Royal Palace
Charlottown
I Say
Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier
& Michael Tabor
Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier
& Michael Tabor
Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier
& Michael Tabor
Pat Fahey
Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor
& Derrick Smith
Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor
Baron Georg Von Ullmann
Sue Magnier & Diane Nagle
Saeed Manana
Saeed Manana
Gestut Ammerland
Godolphin
H H Aga Khan IV
Godolphin
Peter Winfield
Sheikh Mohammed
Sheikh Mohammed
Khalid Abdullah
Saud Al Kabeer
Sheikh Mohammed
Lord Weinstock
Brian Cooper
Sheikh Mohammed
Duchess Of Norfolk
Peter M Brant
Alan Clore
Yan Houyvet
Khalid Abdullah
Robert Barnett
Ken Hsu
Lady Beaverbrook
Robert Barnett
J Thursby
Sir Philip Oppenheimer
Daniel Wildenstein
Nelson B Hunt
Jock Whitney
Lady Beaverbrook
Dick Hollingsworth
John Galbreath
Paul Mellon
Mrs Stanhope Joel
Stanhope Joel
Duke Of Devonshire
Jim Joel
Lady Zia Wernher
Louis Freedman
Aidan O’Brien IRE
Joseph O’Brien
8/11 Fav
6
Aidan O'Brien IRE
Ryan Moore
Evens Fav
5
Aidan O’Brien IRE
Johnny Murtagh
5/6 Fav
9
Sir Michael Stoute
Aidan O'Brien IRE
Ryan Moore
Johnny Murtagh
5/1
9/4
8
11
Aidan O’Brien IRE Andre Fabre FR Aidan O’Brien IRE Clive Brittain
Clive Brittain
Peter Schiergen GER
Saeed bin Suroor
Sir Michael Stoute
Saeed bin Suroor
John Dunlop
Michael Stoute
Andre Fabre FR
Andre Fabre FR
Andre Fabre FR
Michael Stoute
Michael Stoute
David Elsworth
Andre Fabre FR
Lady Herries
Paul Biancone FR
Paul Biancone FR
Andre Fabre FR
Jeremy Tree
Henry Candy
Robert Armstrong
Michael Jarvis
Henry Candy
John Dunlop
Fulke Johnson Houghton
Peter Walwyn
Francois Mathet FR
Jeremy Tree
Dick Hern
Dick Hern
Vincent O’Brien IRE
Ian Balding
Noel Murless
Noel Murless
Bernard van Cutsem
Noel Murless
Gordon Smyth
Walter Nightingall
Michael Kinane
Christophe Soumillon
Kieren Fallon
Darryll Holland
Philip Robinson
Kieren Fallon
Frankie Dettori
Kieren Fallon
Frankie Dettori
Pat Eddery
Frankie Dettori
Frankie Dettori
Pat Eddery
Thierry Jarnet
Michael Roberts
Walter Swinburn
Steve Cauthen
Cash Asmussen
Ray Cochrane
Steve Cauthen
Tony Cruz
Pat Eddery
Pat Eddery
Steve Cauthen
Lester Piggott
Bruce Raymond
Philip Waldron
Lester Piggott
John Reid
Pat Eddery
Gerard Dubroeucq
Lester Piggott
Joe Mercer
Joe Mercer
Lester Piggott
Geoff Lewis
Geoff Lewis
Sandy Barclay
Lester Piggott
Sandy Barclay
Jimmy Lindley
Duncan Keith
8/1
8/11Fav
5/1
7/1
9/2
4/1
11/2
11/8 Fav
9/2
7/2
5/4 Fav
11/10 Fav
10/1
12/1
9/4 Fav
5/4 Fav
7/2
15/8 Fav
11/4 Fav
11/8 Fav
4/5 Fav
20/1
8/15 Fav
100/30
8/1
20/1
1/2 Fav
5/4 Fav
4/6 Fav
9/4
13/8
5/2
11/10 Fav
4/1
4/9 Fav
2/15 Fav
5/2
8/1
11/4
4/9 Fav
11/8 Fav
10/1
7
6
7
11
9
6
6
4
7
7
5
4
7
11
8
9
7
6
9
4
5
10
7
6
6
8
5
4
4
5
6
6
6
5
5
4
6
4
7
4
7
7
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
54 | Investec Derby Festival 2013
ran
Investec Coronation Cup
year
winner
owner
trainer
jockey
sp
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
1950
1949
1948
1947
1946
1945
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
1939
1938
1937
Oncidium
Relko
Exbury
Dicta Drake
Petite Etoile
Petite Etoile
Nagami
Ballymoss
Fric
Tropique
Narrator
Aureole
Zucchero
Nuccio
Tantieme
Amour Drake
Beau Sabreur
Goyama
Chanteur II
Ardan
*Borealis
*Persian Gulf
*Hyperides
No Race
**Winterhalter
No Race
Scottish Union
Monument
DH Cecil
DH His Grace
Plassy
Windsor Lad
King Salmon
Dastur
Salmon Leap
Parenthesis
Plantago
Reigh Count
Apelle
Coronach
Solario
St Germans
Verdict
Condover
Franklin
Silvern
Manilardo
He
No Race
No Race
*Pommern
*Black Jester
Blue Stone
Prince Palatine
Stedfast
Lemberg
Sir Martin
Dean Swift
The White Knight
The White Knight
Pretty Polly
Pretty Polly
Zinfandel
Valenza
Osboch
Lord Howard de Walden
Francois Dupre
Baron Guy de Rothschild
Suzy Volterra
H H Aga Khan IV
Prince Aly Khan
Etti Plesch
John McShain
M Calmann
Baron Guy de Rothschild
Major Lionel Holliday
H M Queen Elizabeth II
G Rolls
H H Aga Khan III
Francois Dupre
Suzy Volterra
A B Macnaughton
Marcel Boussac
W Hill
Marcel Boussac
Lord Derby
Lady Zia Wernher
Lord Rosebery
George Todd
Francois Mathet FR
G Watson FR
Francois Mathet FR
Noel Murless
Noel Murless
Harry Wragg
Vincent O’Brien IRE
P Lallie FR
G Watson FR
Humphrey Cottrill
Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
Bill Payne
Alec Head FR
Francois Mathet FR
Reginald Carver FR
Cecil Brabazon IRE
Charles Semblat FR
Harry Count FR
Charles Semblat FR
Walter Earl
Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
Sir Jack Jarvis
Scobie Breasley
Yves Saint-Martin
Jean Deforge
Yves Saint-Martin
Lester Piggott
Lester Piggott
Lester Piggott
Scobie Breasley
Jean Deforge
P Blanc
Frank Barlow
Eph Smith
Lester Piggott
Roger Poincelet
Jacko Doyasbere
Roger Poincelet
W Cook
Charlie Elliott
R Brethes
Charlie Elliott
Harry Wragg
Bobby Jones
Eph Smith
11/2
4/6 Fav
11/8
2/1
2/5 Fav
1/3 Fav
5/4 Fav
Evens Fav
7/2
13/8
100/30
5/2
100/7
3/1
2/7 Fav
15/8
9/4
5/2
1/3 Fav
5/6 Fav
5/2
5/2
7/4
H H Aga Khan III
Frank Butters
Doug Smith
7/2
6
James Rank
Duke Of Marlborough
Sir Abe Bailey
James Rank
Lord Derby
Martin Benson
Sir Richard Brooke
H H Aga Khan III
Mrs Arthur James
Lord Woolavington
Washington Singer
Mrs John Hertz
R McCreery
Lord Woolavington
Sir J Rutherford
Lord Astor
Lord Coventry
Mrs A Bendir
Lord Canarvon
Sir Edward Hulton
A R Cox
Lord Glanely
Noel Cannon
Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
Joe Lawson
Richard Dawson
Colledge Leader
Marcus Marsh
Captain Ossie Bell
Frank Butters
George Lambton
Fred Darling
Joe Lawson
-
Atty Persse
Fred Darling
Reg Day
Alec Taylor Jnr
Willie Waugh
E Harper
Richard Dawson
Frank Hartigan
Alec Taylor Jnr
Frank Barling
Sir Gordon Richards
Patrick Beasley
Tommy Weston
Sir Gordon Richards
Dick Perryman
Charlie Smirke
Harry Wragg
Charlie Elliott
Tommy Weston
Fred Fox
Cyril Ray
Joe Childs
Harry Beasley
Joe Childs
Joe Childs
Frank Bullock
Steve Donoghue
Harry Beasley
Steve Donoghue
Frank O’Neill
Joe Childs
Arthur Smith
85/40
9/2
100/8
100/9
11/8 Fav
1/2 Fav
7/4
4/7 Fav
7/2
9/4
100/30
10/1
100/15
30/100 Fav
2/1
11/4
3/1
11/4
2/1
11/4
Evens Fav
Evens Fav
6
7
8
8
4
3
4
8
11
6
9
4
3
5
7
7
8
7
6
8
3
Solly Joel
Jack Joel
Jack Joel
T Pilkington
Lord Derby
Alfred Cox
L Winans
Jack Joel
Colonel Tom Kirkwood
Colonel Tom Kirkwood
Major Eustace Loder
Major Eustace Loder
Lord Howard de Walden
E Heinemann
Lord Wolverton
Charles Peck
Charles Morton
Charles Morton
Henry Beardsley
George Lambton
Alec Taylor Jnr
Joseph Cannon
Charles Morton
Harry Sadler
Harry Sadler
Peter Gilpin
Peter Gilpin
Charles Beatty
Frederick Day
Richard Marsh
Steve Donoghue
W Huxley
W Huxley
William Saxby
Fred Rickaby
Bernard Dillon
Skeets Martin
Wal Griggs
William Halsey
William Halsey
Bernard Dillon
Otto Madden
Mornington Cannon
Otto Madden
Daniel Maher
4/9 Fav
4/7 Fav
7/1
5/6 Fav
11/4
9/4
5/1
7/2
2/1
7/1
2/11 Fav
4/9 Fav
9/2
10/1
4/1
6
16
7
4
5
8
9
6
5
4
3
3
4
6
6
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927
1926
1925
1924
1923
1922
1921
1920
1919
1918
1917
1916
1915
1914
1913
1912
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
ran
10
7
9
7
5
3
3
5
8
6
6
8
10
5
5
6
3
5
5
3
4
6
7
* Run at Newmarket ** Run at Newbury
Investec Derby Festival 2013 | 55
Investec Coronation Cup
Richard Fahey
2008-8 Anna Pavlova
Trainers
Andrew Balding
2009-8 Buccellati
Pascal Bary FR
1999-3 Dream Well
Ralph Beckett
2009-3 Look Here
Michael Bell
2010-2 Sariska
John Best
2007-4 Rising Cross
Patrick Biancone USA
1986-2 Triptych
1987-1 TRIPTYCH
1988-1 TRIPTYCH
Jim Bolger IRE
1984-4 Flame Of Tara
1994-8 Perfect Imposter
Clive Brittain
1973-3 Baragoi
1983-6 Lafontaine
1989-6 Mountain Kingdom
1990-5 Top Class
1991-2 Terimon
1992-3 Terimon
1993-4 User Friendly
1993-8 Garden Of Heaven
1995-6 Ionio
1996-4 Punishment
1998-5 Luso
2003-1 WARRSAN
2004-1 WARRSAN
2005-4 Warrsan
2007-5 Hattan
Henry Candy
1981-1 MASTER WILLIE
1984-1 TIME CHARTER
1992-5 Always Friendly
Sir Henry Cecil
1975-5 Arthurian
1977-4 Laomedonte
1978-5 Paico
1982-3 Critique
1987-2 Rakaposhi King
1991-6 Spritsail
1997-2 Dushyantor
1999-2 Royal Anthem
2001-2 Wellbeing
2011-2 Midday
Mick Channon
2004-9 Imperial Dancer
2008-2 Youmzain
2009-2 Youmzain
2010-4 Youmzain
Roger Charlton
1991-4 Quest For Fame
2011-3 Clowance
Paul Cole
1987-5 Nisnas
1988-4 Bint Pasha
1990-3 Ibn Bey
1992-7 Snurge
1995-3 Time Star
1998-6 Posidonas
Luke Comer IRE
2001-6 Chimes At Midnight
2010-8 Bashkirov
James Given
2011-4 Dandino
2011-5 Indian Days
John Gosden
2009-4 Duncan
2009-7 Expresso Star
2010-3 High Heeled
2012-3 Masked Marvel
William Haggas
2010-6 South Easter
2012-5 Beaten Up
Lady Herries
1989-1 SHERIFF’S STAR
Luca Cumani
1983-3 Old Country
1985-2 Old Country
1988-2 Infamy
1990-4 Roseate Tern
1994-7 Only Royale
1995-2 Only Royale
2005-2 Alkaased
2012-4 My Quest For Peace
Mark Johnston
1999-6 Fruits Of Love
2002-3 Zindabad
2003-4 Bandari
2003-5 Zindabad
2004-7 Scott’s View
2004-10 Systematic
2005-5 Bandari
2010-7 Jukebox Jury
Alain de Royer-Dupre FR
2005-6 Pride
Elie Lellouche FR
2004-3 Vallee Enchantee
Philippe Demercastel FR
1997-3 Le Destin
Brian Meehan
2008-6 Red Rocks
Ed Dunlop
2006-2 Ouija Board
2012-2 Red Cadeaux
William Muir
2006-3 Enforcer
2008-10 Big Robert
Nerys Dutfield
2004-11 Sunny Glenn
Jeremy Noseda
2007-7 Sixties Icon
David Elsworth
1991-1 IN THE GROOVE
1992-8 Sapience
2002-5 Pawn Broker
2003-8 Pawn Broker
2006-6 Something Exciting
Aidan O’Brien IRE
2003-3 Black Sam Bellamy
2004-5 Brian Boru
2005-1 YEATS
2006-4 Ace
2007-1 SCORPION
2007-2 Septimus
2008-1 SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
2008-3 Macarthur
2008-11 Song Of Hiawatha
2009-5 Frozen Fire
2010-1 FAME AND GLORY
2010-9 Dixie Music
2011-1 ST NICHOLAS ABBEY
2012-1 ST NICHOLAS ABBEY
2012-6 Robin Hood
Andre Fabre FR
1986-1 SAINT ESTEPHE
1990-1 IN THE WINGS
1992-4 Subotica
1993-Disq placed 3rd
Apple Tree (finished 2nd)
1994-1 APPLE TREE
1994-11 Intrepidity
1995-1 SUNSHACK
1995-5 Carnegie
1996-1 SWAIN
1996-3 De Quest
1998-4 For Valour
1999-5 Borgia
2003-6 Polish Summer
2005-3 Reefscape
2006-1 SHIROCCO
2008-5 Getaway
Peter Chapple-Hyam
1994-5 White Muzzle
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John Oxx IRE
1998-3 Ebadiyla
Jonathan Pease FR
1995-4 Tikkanen
Kevin Prendergast IRE
1973-5 Pidget
1974-5 Conor Pass
1997-5 Oscar Schindler
Sir Mark Prescott
2003-7 Albanova
Peter Schiergen GER
2002-1 BOREAL
Sir Michael Stoute
1983-2 Electric
1984-5 Shearwalk
1986-4 Shardari
1987-4 Maysoon
1989-9 Lazaz
1991-3 Rock Hopper
1992-1 SADDLERS’ HALL
1992-2 Rock Hopper
1992-9 Mellaby
1993-1 OPERA HOUSE
1993-6 Zinaad
1994-3 Blush Rambler
1996-2 Singspiel
1997-1 SINGSPIEL
1998-7 Nicole Pharly
2000-1 DALIAPOUR
2001-5 Petrushka
2006-5 Notable Guest
2007-3 Maraahel
2008-4 Papal Bull
2009-1 ASK
Saeed bin Suroor
1998-2 Swain
1999-1 DAYLAMI
1999-7 Central Park
2000-2 Fantastic Light
2000-4 Sagamix
2001-1 MUTAFAWEQ
2001-4 Ekraar
2002-4 Marienbard
2002-6 Kutub
2003-2 Highest
2004-2 Doyen
2009-6 Eastern Anthem
2010-5 Cavalryman
Alan Swinbank
2008-7 Turbo Linn
Mark Tompkins
1997-4 Ela-Aristokrati
Marcus Tregoning
2004-4 High Accolade
2005-7 Alkaadhem
2007-6 Sir Percy
Paul Webber
2003-9 Ulundi
Investec Coronation Cup
Her Majesty The Queen hands over the jockey’s
trophy to Joseph O’Brien last year
Jockeys
William Buick
2009-8 Buccellati
2010-3 High Heeled
2012-3 Masked Marvel
Neil Callan
2008-7 Turbo Linn
Frankie Dettori
1990-4 Roseate Tern
1994-9 Talented
1995-2 Only Royale
1996-1 SWAIN
1997-1 SINGSPIEL
1998-2 Swain
1999-1 DAYLAMI
2001-1 MUTAFAWEQ
2002-6 Kutub
2003-2 Highest
2004-2 Doyen
2006-2 Ouija Board
2007-7 Sixties Icon
2008-6 Red Rocks
2009-6 Eastern Anthem
2010-5 Cavalryman
Ted Durcan
2004-9 Imperial Dancer
2007-4 Rising Cross
2008-9 Multidimensional
Martin Dwyer
2004-4 High Accolade
2006-3 Enforcer
2007-6 Sir Percy
2008-10 Big Robert
Kieren Fallon
1997-2 Dushyantor
1999-2 Royal Anthem
2000-1 DALIAPOUR
2001-5 Petrushka
2002-1 BOREAL
2004-7 Scott’s View
2005-1 YEATS
2006-4 Ace
2010-4 Youmzain
2012-4 My Quest For Peace
Royston Ffrench
2010-7 Jukebox Jury
Jimmy Fortune
2000-3 Border Arrow
2005-2 Alkaased
2009-4 Duncan
Paul Hanagan
2008-8 Anna Pavlova
2011-5 Indian Days
Richard Hughes
2003-9 Ulundi
2006-5 Notable Guest
2008-2 Youmzain
2011-3 Clowance
Joseph O’Brien
2012-1 ST NICHOLAS ABBEY
Thierry Jarnet
1992-4 Subotica
1993-Disq placed 3rd
Apple Tree (finished 2nd)
1994-1 APPLE TREE
1995-5 Carnegie
Daragh O’Donohoe
1999-7 Central Park
Kevin Manning
1994-8 Perfect Imposter
Stephane Pasquier
2008-5 Getaway
Ryan Moore
2008-4 Papal Bull
2009-1 ASK
2010-6 South Easter
2011-1 ST NICHOLAS ABBEY
2012-2 Red Cadeaux
Olivier Peslier
1998-4 For Valour
1999-5 Borgia
2000-4 Sagamix
2005-6 Pride
Colm O’Donoghue
2008-11 Song Of Hiawatha
Dane O’Neill
2003-8 Pawn Broker
Tom Queally
2011-2 Midday
Richard Mullen
2009-7 Expresso Star
Seb Sanders
2007-5 Hattan
2009-3 Look Here
Paul Mulrennan
2011-4 Dandino
Robert Havlin
2004-11 Sunny Glenn
Alan Munro
1992-5 Always Friendly
Seamie Heffernan
2008-3 Macarthur
2010-9 Dixie Music
2012-6 Robin Hood
Johnny Murtagh
1998-3 Ebadiyla
2004-6 Magistretti
2007-2 Septimus
2008-1 SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
2009-5 Frozen Fire
2010-1 FAME AND GLORY
2012-5 Beaten Up
Darryll Holland
2004-1 WARRSAN
2005-4 Warrsan
Christophe Soumillon
2003-6 Polish Summer
2005-3 Reefscape
2006-1 SHIROCCO
Jamie Spencer
2002-4 Marienbard
2004-5 Brian Boru
2010-2 Sariska
Robbie Walsh
2010-8 Bashkirov
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Investec Coronation Cup
Supporting Races
The Investec Derby Festival showcases a host of top-quality supporting
races over the two days, besides the three superb Group One contests for
which it is known around the world.
TIME
RACE
DISTANCE
VALUE
Friday, May 31, 2013
1.40pm
The Princess Elizabeth Stakes (Sponsored By Investec) (Group 3)
2.15pm
The Investec Wealth & Investment Handicap
2.50pm
The Investec Diomed Stakes (Group 3)
3.25pm
The Investec Mile (Handicap) (86-105)
4.05pm
The Investec Oaks (Group 1)
4.50pm
The Investec Surrey Stakes (Listed Race)
5.25pm
The Investec Asset Management Handicap (81-100)
1m 114y
1m 2f 18y
1m 114y
1m 114y
1m 4f 10y
7f
7f
£60,000
£50,000
£60,000
£30,000
£400,000
£40,000
£25,000
3+
4+
3+
4+
3
3
3
Saturday, June 1, 2013
1.35pm
The Investec Out Of The Ordinary Handicap (0-105)
2.05pm
The Investec Woodcote Stakes (Listed Race)
2.40pm
The Investec Coronation Cup (Group 1)
3.15pm
The Investec Specialist Bank 'Dash' (Heritage Handicap)
4.00pm
The Investec Derby (Group 1)
4.50pm
The Investec Zebra Handicap (81-100)
5.25pm
The Voyage By Investec Handicap (81-100)
1m 2f 18y
6f
1m 4f 10y
5f
1m 4f 10y
1m 4f 10y
6f
£50,000
£30,000
£350,000
£100,000
£1,325,000
£25,000
£25,000
3
2
4+
3+
3
4+
4+
The Princess Elizabeth Stakes
(Sponsored By Investec) (Group 3) 1m 114y
Initially held as an Oaks trial at Epsom’s Spring Meeting in April,
the race was re-introduced in 2001 at the Investec Derby Festival
and attained Group Three status in 2004. Echelon took the spoils
in both 2006 and 2007 for trainer Sir Michael Stoute before going
on to Group One glory in the Matron Stakes at Leopardstown.
The Investec Diomed Stakes (Group 3) 1m 114y
Intikhab was a comprehensive five-length winner in 1998 prior
to posting an even more impressive victory in the Queen Anne
Stakes, while the 1999 scorer Lear Spear also went on to glory at
the Royal meeting, beating Fantastic Light by a head in the Prince
Of Wales’s Stakes 10 days after his Epsom success.
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The Investec Woodcote Stakes (Listed) 6f
An early opportunity for precocious two-year-olds to register
some black type, the Investec Woodcote Stakes also boasts a rich
pedigree of producing future champions. First run in 1807, the
early roll of honour included subsequent Derby winners Cremorne
(1871), Ladas (1893) and Cicero (1905). Sceptre, who annexed four
Classics in 1902, made a winning racecourse debut in the race in
1901, while The Tetrarch, widely regarded as the greatest twoyear- old ever, gained the spoils in 1913. More recently the race has
proven to be a useful pointer to some of the season’s top juvenile
contests. Caspar Netscher finished fourth in 2011 before going on
to Group Two success in the Gimcrack Stakes at York and the Mill
Reef Stakes at Newbury.
The Investec Specialist Bank 'Dash' (Handicap) 5f
The Investec Surrey Stakes (Listed) 7f
This Listed contest for three-year-olds has a reputation for
producing smart performers, most notably in 2005, when Galeota
beat Goodricke by a length. Both horses progressed to make their
marks as sprinters with Galeota chasing home Cape Of Good
Hope in the Group One Golden Jubilee Stakes on his next start
and Goodricke graduating to Group One honours in the Haydock
Sprint Cup.
The Investec Out Of The Ordinary Handicap 1m 2f 18y
This is a race that often goes the way of an improving horse, with
the 2008 winner Conduit standing out as a prime example. After
recording a comprehensive six-length victory off a mark of 85,
the Sir Michael Stoute-trained colt progressed to win the final
Classic of the season, the St Leger at Doncaster, prior to ending
his year with success in the Grade One Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa
Anita, California. He continued to contest some of the leading
international races in 2009, leading home an unprecedented 1-2-3
for his trainer in the Group One King George VI & Queen Elizabeth
Stakes at Ascot before returning to California to register a second
win in the Breeders’ Cup Turf.
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Stone Of Folca
This race is one of the undoubted highlights of Investec Derby
Day, with a maximum field of 20 sprinters blitzing down the fastest
five-furlong course in the world. Indigenous set the current track
record of 53.6 seconds when storming to a four-length success
under Lester Piggott in 1960. Sprint king David Nicholls has farmed
the race since it was introduced in 1994, sending out no fewer than
five winners from his Yorkshire stable - his runners even managed
to fill the first two places in both 2002 and 2005. The trainer’s most
recent victory was with Indian Trail in 2009. Last year’s winner
Stone Of Folca nearly broke Indigenous’ course record, scoring in
53.69 seconds, despite being sent off a 50/1 chance.