"1979, 49 in 1980, 29 in 1981, 46 in 1982, to 27 in 1983. In the 1980 Epsom Oaks, Johnson rode The Dancer, on whom he had won a race at Newbury as a 2 year old, for Major Dick Hern. Hern's stable jockey, Willie Carson, also had the choice of Cheshire Oaks winner Shoot A Line and Musidora Stakes winner Bireme. He elected to ride Bireme, who won by 2 lengths from Vielle, with The Dancer in 3rd. Johnson made much of the running until two furlongs out and was possibly a shade unlucky - The Dancer was partially"
"Since its inception the race has been contested over various distances close to 2400 metres until 1998 when the distance was set at 2000 metres. Legendary trainer Ivan Allan has won the Derby a staggering nine times, a record which may never be surpassed. The Auric Stable has registered the most number of wins in the Derby – five times in 1970, 1975, 1990, 1995 and 1996, while Australian jockey Johnny Wilson holds the record of most wins with three (1963, 1972 and 1975). November Sun, Feu Vert and Courtline Jester are the only horses to have won the Derby"
"Ferdinand, who won the Derby in 1986, reached the lead in mid-stretch, then struggled to hold off the late charge of Alysheba. In a photo finish, Ferdinand prevailed by a nose and would later be named Horse of the Year. Alysheba came back in 1988 to win the Classic, becoming the then-leading money earner in history. In the 1989 renewal, Sunday Silence and Easy Goer faced off for the last time in one of racing's most famous rivalries. Sunday Silence had beaten Easy Goer in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes but Easy Goer turned the tables in the Belmont."
"be named in his honour). According to legend the decision was made by the toss of a coin, but it is probable that Bunbury, the Steward of the Jockey Club, deferred to his host. The inaugural running of the Derby was held on Thursday 4 May 1780. It was won by Diomed, a colt owned by Sir Charles Bunbury, who collected prize money of £1,065 15s. The first four runnings were contested over 1 mile, but this was amended to the current distance of 1½ miles in 1784. Lord Derby achieved his first success in the event in 1787, with"
"1980 English Greyhound Derby The 1980 Spillers Greyhound Derby took place during June with the final being held on 28 June 1980 at White City Stadium. The winner was Indian Joe and the winning owner Alfie McLean (a bookmaker) received £35,000. The competition was sponsored by the Spillers. At White City (over 500 metres): ¾, 1, ¾, 1½, head (lengths)<br> The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. One length is equal to 0.08 of one second. The 50th anniversary of the competition was marked by the first prize being increased to £35,000 and the"
"1989 English Greyhound Derby The 1989 Daily Mirror Greyhound Derby took place during May and June with the final being held on 24 June 1989 at Wimbledon Stadium. The winner was Lartigue Note and the winning owner Cathal McCarthy received £40,000. The competition was sponsored by the Daily Mirror. At Wimbledon (over 480 metres): 5¼, neck, 2¼, 1, 2¼ (lengths)<br> The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. One length is equal to 0.08 of one second. The Daily Mirror sponsored the Derby for the eighth consecutive year and Ireland’s top trainer Ger McKenna sent"
"1979 English Greyhound Derby The 1979 Spillers Greyhound Derby took place during June with the final being held on 23 June 1979 at White City Stadium. The winner was Sarahs Bunny and the winning owner Roy Hadley received £25,000. The competition was sponsored by the Spillers. At White City (over 500 metres): 1½, 4¼, 2¼, short head, short head (lengths)<br> The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. One length is equal to 0.08 of one second. For the second year running the format of running heats at different tracks remained. Lacca Champion returned to"
"Derby in 1992 on Pik Konig. His last Group race victory was the Fruhjahrspreis des Bankhaus Metzler in Frankfurt on 22 Apr 2001 on Blue Baloo. Great Britain Germany Billy Newnes William Anthony Paul Newnes (born Liverpool, 6 December 1959) is an Epsom Oaks winning jockey, best known for his connection with the horse Time Charter, on which he won the Oaks, Sun Chariot Stakes and Champion Stakes in 1982. He was also Champion Apprentice the same season, with 57 winners. Not long afterwards, in 1984, he was banned for three years for accepting £1,000 from professional gambler Harry Bardsley"
"1980 & 1981. In 1984, the 1984 Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old colt, Key to the Moon, won the Dominion, and in 1990, Charlie Barley (by the U.S. Triple Crown winner Affirmed) who was the 1989 Champion Grass horse in Canada, came home the winner. 1996 Canadian Horse of the Year, Mt. Sassafras has also won the Dominion Day Stakes twice: 1996 & 1999. Among other past winners, the 1963 and 2006 editions of the Dominion Day Stakes were won by Kentucky Derby winners, Decidedly and Funny Cide respectively. Time record: (at current miles distance) Most wins: Most wins by an owner:"
"of the ontrack crowd. Bob Baffert became the first trainer to win the race two years in a row in 2009 and 2010 with Misremembered and Lookin At Lucky. He won his third Indiana Derby with Power Broker in 2013, and his fourth with Cupid in 2016. Speed record: Most wins by a jockey: Most wins by a trainer: Most wins by an owner: Indiana Derby The Indiana Derby is an American thoroughbred horse race that was run from 1995 to 2012 at Hoosier Park in Anderson, Indiana. Since 2013, it has been held at Indiana Grand in Shelbyville, Indiana."
"run out the winner from Lacca Champion. The defending champion had recovered well to finish second and could have won a second Derby but for the trouble. 1979 English Greyhound Derby The 1979 Spillers Greyhound Derby took place during June with the final being held on 23 June 1979 at White City Stadium. The winner was Sarahs Bunny and the winning owner Roy Hadley received £25,000. The competition was sponsored by the Spillers. At White City (over 500 metres): 1½, 4¼, 2¼, short head, short head (lengths)<br> The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths."
"Slave and Dodford Bill both went out after encountering trouble. In the final Indian Joe broke well sitting just behind Corduroy but Fred Flinstone soon took the lead with Indian Joe pursuing. Coming out of the second bend Indian Joe took a decisive lead and held off the fast finishing Hurry on Bran to take the trophy back to Ireland. 1980 English Greyhound Derby The 1980 Spillers Greyhound Derby took place during June with the final being held on 28 June 1980 at White City Stadium. The winner was Indian Joe and the winning owner Alfie McLean (a bookmaker) received"
"finished 4th in 1987. Sunday Silence finished 2nd in 1989. Real Quiet finished 2nd in 1998. Charismatic finished 3rd in 1999. War Emblem finished 8th in 2002. Funny Cide finished 3rd in 2003. Smarty Jones finished 2nd in 2004. Big Brown did not finish in 2008. I'll Have Another did not start (injury) 2012. California Chrome finished 4th in 2014. In the 1979-2015 period, horses who contested all three races, losing the Kentucky Derby but winning the Preakness and the Belmont were Risen Star in 1988, Hansel in 1991, Tabasco Cat in 1994, Point Given in 2001, and Afleet Alex"
"Eddie Delahoussaye Edward J. Delahoussaye (born September 21, 1951) is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana. He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins. He has won the Kentucky Derby in two consecutive years, riding Gato Del Sol in 1982 and Sunny's Halo in 1983; he had finished second in the 1981 Derby. In addition to his wins at the Kentucky Derby, he won the 1988 Preakness Stakes and the 1988 and 1992 Belmont Stakes as well as seven Breeders' Cup races. Eddie Delahoussaye was awarded the"
"meeting. A total of eighteen horses have now completed the English-Irish Derby double, and the most recent was Harzand in 2016. Leading jockey (6 wins): Leading trainer (12 wins): Leading owner (13 wins): A Unique Racing Record - Only Owner to complete the Derby and Grand National Double In 1880 William Brophy completed a unique double by owning the winner of both the Irish Derby with King of the Bees and the Irish Grand National with Controller. Also uniquely both winners were out of the same Dam Winged Bee. Premonition finished first in 1953 but was disqualified. The 1924 and"
"won it in 1985 and Carl Llewellyn who won the race in 1992 and again in 1998. Another notable Welsh jockey was Dick Francis, who was British jump racing Champion Jockey in the 1953-54 season and was famous for riding Devon Loch when the horse slipped close to the winning post when leading the 1956 Grand National. In retirement Francis became a best-selling author of crime novels set in the racing world. Two jockeys have been inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame. Jack Anthony and Geoff Lewis, who in 1971 won both the Derby and the Prix de"
"1985–86, Peter Scudamore 1986–88 Fred Winter Frederick Thomas Winter, (20 September 1926 – 5 April 2004) was a British National Hunt racing racehorse jockey and trainer. He was British jump racing Champion Jockey four times and British jump racing Champion Trainer eight times. He is the only person to have won the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle and Grand National as both jockey and trainer. Winter won the Grand National four times, as a jockey in 1957 (Sundew) and 1962 (Kilmore), and as a trainer in 1965 (Jay Trump) and 1966 (Anglo). His most famous victory as a jockey was"
"1979 Irish Greyhound Derby The 1979 Irish Greyhound Derby took place during June and July with the final being held at Shelbourne Park in Dublin on 28 July 1979. The winner Penny County won £20,000 and was trained by Matt Travers, owned by Paddy Hurney & Sean Dunne and bred by Con Moore. The competition was sponsored by Carrolls. At Shelbourne, 28 July (over 525 yards): 2¼, ¾, 1¼, 6, short-head (lengths) The fastest time in the opening round of the Irish Derby was set by Up Nineteen in 29.06 secs, closely followed by Penny County in 29.12. Other winners"
"jockey in the United States that year. On April 1, 1969, Snyder won six races on a single card at Oaklawn Park, the first jockey to ever do so at that racetrack. On August 17, 1981 he rode five winners on a single program, tying the Louisiana Downs record. Among his notable wins were victories in the 1983 Rebel Stakes aboard that year's Kentucky Derby winner, Sunny's Halo, as well as the 1989 Arkansas Derby on Dansil whom he would ride to a fourth-place finish in both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. At Louisiana Downs on August 24, 1989,"
"1980 Irish Greyhound Derby The 1980 Irish Greyhound Derby took place during June and July with the final being held at Shelbourne Park in Dublin on 26 July 1980. The winner Suir Miller won £22,500 and was trained by Michael Barrett, owned and bred by Elizabeth Flood. The competition was sponsored by Carrolls. At Shelbourne, 26 July (over 525 yards): 3¼, ½, head (lengths) Indian Joe topped the ante-post list after his 1980 English Greyhound Derby win and Ger McKenna's Knockrour Slave and Nameless Pixie were considered major contenders. English derby finalist Fred Flinstone lined up for the event and"
"1984 Epsom Derby The 1984 Epsom Derby was the 205th annual running of the Derby horse race. It took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 6 June 1984. It was the first edition of the race to be commercially sponsored and was known as the Ever Ready Derby. The sponsorship meant that the first prize of £227,680 was the biggest in the history of the race. The race was won by Luigi Miglietti's Secreto at odds of 14/1, ridden by Christy Roche and trained in Ireland by David O'Brien. The favourite El Gran Senor, trained by David O'Brien's father Vincent"
"Marlon St. Julien Marlon St. Julien (born February 13, 1972 in Lafayette, Louisiana) is an American equestrian professional in Thoroughbred horse racing. In 2000, he became the first African-American jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby in 79 years, when he rode Curule to a seventh-place finish. St. Julien began his professional riding career in 1989 at Evangeline Downs where he won his first race. He was the leading jockey at Delta Downs in 1993 and 1994, at Lone Star Park in 1998, and at Kentucky Downs in 1999. As part of Black History Month, ABC Sports broadcast """" which"
"fans (the second largest Derby crowd in history), Fusaichi Pegasus became the first Kentucky Derby winner since Spectacular Bid in 1979 to win the Derby as the betting favourite, and the first winner to have raced only once as a two-year-old. The others were Leonatus (1883), Tim Tam (1958) and Lucky Debonair (1965). Jockey Kent Desormeaux said he broke like a pony, after being trapped behind the group, but when an opening occurred, he came through strong on the rail in the stretch, taking the lead approaching the eighth pole and finishing 1½ lengths ahead of Aptitude. Fusaichi Pegasus earned"
"favourite in the history of the Derby. Other leading entries included Shady Parachute a finalist the previous year and the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh owned dog Camira Flash. Yellow Printer set a new track record in qualifying during heat 14 when recording 28.30 sec at White City but he was nearly eliminated in the first round after finding trouble but he just got up to take the third qualifying spot. Camira Flash and Shady Parachute both won and the fastest first round winner was El Campo in 28.76 sec. The quarter-finals provided a shock as Yellow Printer went out"
"in 1980. In total, ten winners of the race have achieved victory in the Derby. The first was St Paddy in 1960, and the most recent was Golden Horn in 2015. The 2014 Dante Stakes winner, The Grey Gatsby, subsequently won France's equivalent of the Derby, the Prix du Jockey-Club while the 2015 runner-up, Jack Hobbs, won the Irish Derby. The Dante Stakes is currently staged on the second day of York's three-day Dante Festival meeting. Leading jockey (6 wins): Leading trainer (7 wins): Dante Stakes The Dante Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open"
"Great Britain United States United Arab Emirates Freddy Head Freddy Head (born 19 June 1947, in Neuilly, France) is a retired champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing and currently a horse trainer. Known also as ""Freddie"", his grandfather was a jockey as was his father Alec Head who also became a successful trainer and owner of Haras du Quesnay near Deauville. Alec Head's horses won The Derby and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. In the 1976 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Freddie Head rode to victory on a horse trained by his father and in 1979 took another win"
"Forty Niner (horse) Forty Niner (foaled May 11, 1985 in Kentucky) is an American champion thoroughbred racehorse. Forty Niner was sired by Champion sire Mr. Prospector out of the mare File. He was bred and raced by Claiborne Farm. Forty Niner was the U.S. Champion colt at age two after major wins in the Champagne Stakes, Belmont Futurity Stakes and Breeders' Futurity Stakes. Forty Niner was one of the Winterbook betting favorites to win the 1988 Kentucky Derby. Although he drew the disadvantageous post position seventeen in the Derby, he quickly moved into contention and with a strong stretch drive"
"February 1848 at Oxford Street in London, after a long illness, and was buried in St. Martin's Churchyard, Epsom. Great Britain Great Britain John Forth John Forth (c. 1769 - 4 February 1848) was a British jockey and racehorse trainer. He is the oldest man to have ridden the Derby winner and one of the very few to have both ridden and trained the winner. Forth rose to prominence in the horseracing world late in life. There is no record of him having any major race victories as a young man, either as jockey or trainer. The peak of his"
"Imperial Cup, 1987 Fighting Fifth Hurdle and 1988 Kingwell Hurdle. He rode the 1989 Grand National winner Little Polveir when completing the course in the 1986 Grand National and when falling in the 1987 Grand National. He also partnered the 1988 Grand National winner, Rhyme 'n' Reason, to victory in the Mildmay Cazalet Memorial Chase at Sandown Park three months before his win at Aintree Racecourse. Brown retired as a jockey after riding at the Cheltenham Festival on March 17, 1988. Colin Brown (jockey) Colin Brown (born August 16, 1955) is a former National Hunt jockey in the UK, best"
"(won 3 times (1973, 1974, 1977), runner up twice (1975, 1976)); Mr Frisk (1990) (the last winner to date to be ridden by an amateur jockey and still holds the record for the fastest time); Aldaniti (1981) (ridden by Bob Champion shortly after he had recovered from cancer. His story was made into a film); and Foinavon (1967) (won at odds of 100/1 after a mêlée at the 23rd fence resulted in the majority of the field falling or refusing. Foinavon was far enough behind at that point to avoid the confusion and ran on to win by 20 lengths."
"was stuffed and is still on display at Gibson's saddlery in Newmarket. Robert the Devil (horse) Robert the Devil (1877–1889) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from 1879 to 1881 he ran eleven times and won nine races. He was the leading three-year-old colt in Europe in 1880 when his wins included the Grand Prix de Paris in France and the St Leger and the Cesarewitch in England. He had a notable rivalry with the Duke of Westminster's colt Bend Or, winning three of their five racecourse meetings. Robert the Devil was regarded by"
"the winning trophy was presented by George Best. As the 1980s ended Maurice Massey won a fifth trainers track title. The recent success had made Oxford one of the leading provincial tracks in the UK and the first ever Derby success came in 1994 when Ringa Hustle trained by Tony Meek won the 1994 English Greyhound Derby. Kind of Magic won the 1993 Scurry Gold Cup for Litzi Miller who herself would win eight trainers titles. However, as the 90s progressed Northern Sports parent company Hawkins of Harrow were beginning to suffer from the recession that was affecting their other"
"of the 1980 English Greyhound Derby with Young Breeze. In 1981 Careless Dragon trained by Jim Morgan won the Trafalgar Cup one year before Northern Sports announced plans to invest heavily into Oxford and sister track Ramsgate Stadium. Mick Wheble arrived as Racing Manager in 1984, Joe Farrand retired after 45 years as a trainer and Arthur Hitch won the 1984 BBC TV Trophy with Weston Prelude. The investment promised came to fruition in 1986 when Northern Sports spent £1.5 million on a new three tier grandstand restaurant and sports centre including squash courts, a snooker club, gymnasium, sauna and"