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Epsom Derby Festival 2018: Breakfast with the Stars

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.100″ background_layout=”light”] On Tuesday 22nd May 2018 a beautiful morning at Epsom Downs Racecourse greeted the Breakfast With The Stars participants, from horses through to spectators. Horses exercised on the track as usual ahead of Britain’s premier Classics, the Investec Derby (Saturday 2nd June) and the Investec Oaks (Friday 1st June). Breakfast […]

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Blue Riband at The Spring Meeting

Crossed Baton takes the Blue Riband at The Spring Meeting at Epsom Downs 2018

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.100″ background_layout=”light”] Epsom Downs opened its doors for the first time in 2018 with the Investec Spring Meeting on Wednesday 25th April, when the highlight was the £50,000 Listed Investec Blue Riband Trial (2.45pm, 19 entries) for three-year-olds. The trial for the Investec Derby, run over 10 furlongs, was promoted to Listed

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Flamboyant Fashion for Men at the Epsom Derby Festival

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.100″] If you are attending the Queen’s Stand on Investec Derby Day, men’s attire is full morning suit with top hat. For all other days of the festival the dress code in the Queen’s Stand is a jacket, collar and tie. A

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Favourites for the Epsom Derby – Festival Fashion

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” _builder_version=”3.0.100″] If you are attending the Queen’s Stand on Investec Derby Day then there are strict rules for the dress code. Ladies must wear a formal day dress or tailored trouser suit with a hat or a substantial fascinator. For all other days

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Epsom Derby: 21 Trainer Facts and Figures

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Derby Festival Trainers Facts and Figures 1          No horse trained in the United States has won the Epsom Derby and challengers from across the Atlantic are extremely rare. Iroquois, the 1881 winner, was the first US-bred horse to win the

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The Oaks at Epsom

Derby Festival: History of The Oaks at Epsom

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] The Oaks at Epsom: 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

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Epsom Derby Jockey

Epsom Derby Jockey Facts and Figures

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] 2017: Here are some fun facts and figures about jockeys at the Epsom Derby Festival: 1 The oldest winner of the Derby held annually at Epsom racecourse was jockey John Forth aged at least 60, on Frederick in 1829. He also had the distinction of having trained the winner as well as the runner-up, The Exquisite, with

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Racing Legend Lester Piggott recalls 2,000 Guineas and Triple Crown Triumphs

Piggott 2,000 Guineas: To mark the 60th anniversary since he claimed his first victory in the 2,000 Guineas aboard Crepello, Lester Piggott has spoken about that momentous year, 1957, during which he claimed no fewer than eight races which now make up the QIPCO British Champions Series. These include the King’s Stand and Gold Cup

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Racing Legend – Vincent O’Brien

Six times Derby-winning trainer, Vincent O’Brien was invited to be the Guest of Honour at the 2008 Epsom Derby Festival. For a man described by Nick Blofeld, Managing Director of Epsom Downs Racecourse as “a racing legend”, “undoubtedly the father of modern day trainers” and “a living god within the world of racing” Dr. O’Brien

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