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

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

In Scandinavian harness racing Derby is restricted to four-year-olds. Exception is the Finnhorse Derby, which is restricted to five-year-olds.

Name	Place	Distance	Restrictions	First race	Day	Notes
American Derby	Arlington Park, Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA^{[t 1]}	1 3/16 miles^{[t 2]}		1884^[5]
Australian Derby (also known as AJC Derby)	Randwick Racecourse, Sydney	2,400 metres	3 yr olds	1861	Late March or early April
Bangalore Derby^[6]		2,400 metres	4 yr olds & up
Epsom Derby (also known as The Derby, Derby Stakes and the English Derby)	Epsom Downs Racecourse, England	1 mile, 4 furlongs and 10 yards	3 yr olds colts and fillies	1780	1st Saturday in June^{[t 3]}
French Derby (more often known as Prix du Jockey Club)	Chantilly Racecourse	2,100 metres (about 1 mile and 2½ furlongs)	3 yr olds colts and fillies	1836	Early June
German Derby	Horner Rennbahn, Hamburg	2,400 metres (about 1½ miles)	3 yr olds colts and fillies	1869	Early July
Hong Kong Derby	Sha Tin Racecourse	2,000 metres	4 yr olds	1873	mid March
Italian Derby (Derby Italiano)	Capannelle Racecourse	2200		1884
Indian Derby	Mahalaxmi Racecourse, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India	2,400 metres	4 yr olds	1943	1st Sunday in Feb.
Irish Derby	The Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland	1½ miles	3 yr olds	1866	Last Sunday in June^{[t 4]}
Kentucky Derby	Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, USA	1¼ miles	3 yr olds	1875	1st Saturday in May
New Zealand Derby	Ellerslie Racecourse, Auckland	2,400 metres (12 furlongs)	3yr olds	1860	1st Saturday in March	The richest Derby in the Southern Hemisphere
Queensland Derby
Singapore Derby	Kranji Racecourse	2,000 metres	4 yr olds	1880	Mid July
Swedish Trotting Derby (Svenskt Travderby)	Jägersro Racetrack, Malmö	2,640 metres (1,64 miles)	4yr olds	1928	1st Sunday in September
Tokyo Yushun Japanese Derby	Tokyo Racecourse	2,400 metres	3 yr olds colts and fillies	1932	late May or Early June	The richest Derby in current date
Victoria Derby	Flemington Racecourse	2,500 metres	3 yr olds
WATC Derby
Footnotes: ^ Location has varied ^ Distance has varied ^ Before 1995, 1st Wednesday in June ^ Current race date. Dates have varied over time, but have always been in late June or early July.

Other

Notes

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

References

Ashok, Kalyan (11 July 2010), "Derby getting bigger and better", The Hindu
Freeman, Morton S. (1997), A new dictionary of eponyms (Illustrated ed.), Oxford University Press US, ISBN 0-19-509354-2
Reeves, Richard Stone (1997), Crown jewels of thoroughbred racing: original paintings (Illustrated ed.), Eclipse Press, ISBN 0-939049-90-2
Schreifer, Kirk; Sivell, John (1996), America From Apple Pie To Ziegfeld Follies Book One: People, vol. 1 (Illustrated ed.), Full Blast Productions, ISBN 1-895451-17-5
Vesey, Barbara (2003), The Hidden Places of East Anglia: Including Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire (7 ed.), Travel Publishing, ISBN 1-902007-91-3

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[Place-5] Location has varied

[Distance-6] Distance has varied

[9] Before 1995, 1st Wednesday in June

[10] Current race date. Dates have varied over time, but have always been in late June or early July.

[FOOTNOTEReeves1997[httpbooksgooglecombooksidtaIfkYgVCWIClpgPA134pgPA134vonepageqffalse_p.134]-1] Reeves 1997, p.134.

[FOOTNOTEVesey2003[httpbooksgooglecombooksid5YiIzxJT5o8ClpgRA1-PT110pgRA1-PT110vonepageqffalse_p._135]-2] Vesey 2003, p. 135.

[FOOTNOTEFreeman1997[httpbooksgoogleconzbooksiddujiiVP2KJICpgPA68hleneieL9tTPubFY6CvgPVkdz1DgsaXoibook_resultctresultresnum5ved0CD4Q6AEwBAvonepageqffalse_p._68]-3] Freeman 1997, p. 68.

[FOOTNOTESchreiferSivell1996-4] Schreifer & Sivell 1996.

[7] Only run once between 1905 and 1925.

[8] Sun Kingdom wins Bangalore Derby Retrieved 2011-2-6

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