# Singapore Derby

The Singapore Derby is a thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid-July at the Singapore Turf Club. Contested on turf over a left-handed course, the domestic Group 1 race is run over a 1,800-metre (9 furlongs) distance and is open to four-year-old horses only.
Inaugurated in 1880 at the Serangoon Road Race Course at Farrer Park, it was raced there until 1910 at which time it was cancelled. The Singapore Derby was revived in 1959 under the auspices of the Singapore Turf Club and hosted by the Bukit Timah Race Course through 1999 when the track was closed to be replaced by the new Singapore Turf Club.
Since 1959 the race has been contested at various distances:
* 2,414 metres : 1959-1965, 1968, 1970–1975
* 2,425 metres: 1966
* 2,011 metres: 1967, 1969
* 2,400 metres (about): 1976
* 2,400 metres: 1977-1997
* 2,000 metres (about): 1998
* 2,000 metres: 1999-2017
* 1,800 metres: 2018 to present
At the time the race was modified to a distance of 2,000 metres in 1998. The conditions were also changed, making it open to four-year-old domestic horses only.

## Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1800 metres)
* 1:46.34 - Jupiter Gold (2018)
Most wins:
* 2 - November Sun (1968, 1969)
* 2 - Feu vert (1985, 1986)
* 2 - Courtline Jester (1995, 1996)
Most wins by an owner:
* 5 - Auric Stable (1970, 1975, 1990, 1995, 1996)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 3 - Johnny L. Wilson (1963, 1972, 1975)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 9 - Ivan Allan (1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986)

## Winners

    As of 2022
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 2022 | Lim's Kosciuszko | Daniel Robert Beasley | Daniel Francis Meagher | Lim's Stable | 1:49:15 |
| 2021 | Hard Too Think | Marc Robert Lerner | Stephen Gray | Stephen Gray Racing Stable | 1:48.27 |
| 2020 | Top Knight | Vladimir Duric | Michael John Clements | Falcon Racing No 7 Stable | 1:48.79 |
| 2019 | Sun Marshal | Joseph Ryan Azzopardi | Lee Freedman | Sun Bloodstock Racing Stable | 1:49.10 |
| 2018 | Jupiter Gold | Olivier Denis Placais | Hideyuki Takaoka | Jupiter Gold Stable | 1:46.34 |
| 2017 | Infantry | Manoel Nunes Da Silva | Tan Hai Wang (Alwin) | Kajorn Petch Racing No 2 Stable | 2:02.29 |
| 2016 | Well Done | Michael Rodd | David Kok Teik Wai | Well Done Stable | 2:03.00 |
| 2015 | Quechua | Corey Brown | Patrick Bernard Shaw | Avengers Stable | 2:03.14 |
| 2014 | Spalato | Manoel Nunes Da Silva | O’Hara John Fitzgerald Ceineidi | Graham Christopher Mackie | 2:02.40 |
| 2013 | Better Life | Alan Keith Munro | Hideyuki Takaoka | Suzuka Racing Stable | 2:01.20 |
| 2012 | Chase Me | Joao Henrique Almansa Moreira | Koh Chor Yung Desmond | Super Trio Stable | 2:04.60 |
| 2011 | Clint | John Powell | Cliff Brown | Oscar Racing Stable | 2:02.60 |
| 2010 | Race Ahead | Opie Bosson | Bruce Marsh | Race Ahead Stable | 2:02.16 |
| 2009 | Jolie's Shinju | Ronnie Stewart | Hideyuki Takaoka | Hippocrates Stable | 2:00.2 |
| 2008 | Top Spin | Noel Callow | Laurie Laxon | Lim's Stable | 2:02.2 |
| 2007 | Lim's Prestige | Din Azis | Stephen Gray | Lim's Stable | 2:03.3 |
| 2006 | Our Falstaff † | Robbie Fradd | Patrick Shaw | Kantor & Nestadt Stable | 2:07.5 |
| 2005 | Hello and Goodbye | John Powell | Bruce Marsh | Naga Mas Stable | 2:10.2 |
| 2004 | Dreyfuss | Shane Dye | Laurie Laxon | Oscar Racing Stable | 2:08.2 |
| 2003 | Lead to Victory | Larry Cassidy | Charlie Read | Our Stable | 2:05.7 |
| 2002 | Smart Bet | Larry Cassidy | Mohd Yusof | Smart Bet Stable | 2:04.0 |
| 2001 | Bocelli | Grant Cooksley | Patrick Busuttin | Fairdeal Stable et al. | 2:02.8 |
| 2000 | All The Way | Darryll Holland | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 2:03.2 |
| 1999 | Par Excellence | Saimee Jumaat | Malcolm Thwaites | Fairdeal Stable | 2:01.1 |
| 1998 | Ouzo | Saimee Jumaat | Malcolm Thwaites | Eres Tu No. 2 Stable | 2:13.3 |
| 1997 | Peak Of Perfection XI | Ismadi Ismail | Malcolm Thwaites | Lucky Stable | 2:29.3 |
| 1996 | Courtline Jester | Oo Khuang Liang | Henry Tan | Auric Stable | 2:28.4 |
| 1995 | Courtline Jester | M. S. Suhaimi | Teh Choon Beng | Auric Stable | 2:29.7 |
| 1994 | Noble Spirits | Oscar Chavez | Mohd Yusof | Goh & Goh Stable | 2:35.2 |
| 1993 | Lee's Bid | S. Y. Leong | Yashaiya Bin Ahmad | Nikko Stable | 2:37.0 |
| 1992 | Peak Of Perfection X | Ronald Woodworth | Malcolm Thwaites | Lucky Stable | 2:30.9 |
| 1991 | Brixton Town † | Rick Dominguez | R. Ang | SME Stable | 2:39.6 |
| 1990 | Man Of Honour V | G. Hall | Teh Choon Beng | Auric Stable | 2:30.7 |
| 1989 | Istanbul | A. John | Malcolm Thwaites | Taj Stable | 2:31.5 |
| 1988 | Grand Illusion | Leslie Khoo | Charlie Read | Redcap Stable | 2:35.0 |
| 1987 | Chinese Wall | Grant Cooksley | W. Chua | Tan Sri Stable | 2:28.7 |
| 1986 | Feu vert | K. C. Ng | Ivan W. Allan | Ace-In-The-Hole Stable | 2:29.7 |
| 1985 | Feu Vert | K. C. Ng | Ivan W. Allan | Ace-In-The-Hole Stable | 2:33.8 |
| 1984 | Win-Em-All | Jimmy Bleasdale | S. H. Lee | Coronation Stable | 2:27.6 |
| 1983 | Andermatt | Jimmy Bleasdale | Ivan W. Allan | Equus Stable | 2:31.4 |
| 1982 | Timber Tycoon | S. Sairi | G.E. West | Golden Arrow Stable | 2:38.4 |
| 1981 | Grand Harvest | T. G. Autridge | Ivan W. Allan | Lee Ah Seong | 2:34.5 |
| 1980 | Vaaron | Larry N. Francis | Ivan W. Allan | Upali Stable | 2:31.3 |
| 1979 | Saas Fee | Lester Piggott | Ivan W. Allan | Equus Stable | 2:30.1 |
| 1978 | Regal Tan | Larry G. Olsen | Teh Choon Beng | Goodman Stable | 2:37.6 |
| 1977 | Batu Karang | R. Rajoo | D. Tan | Tong Stable | 2:33.8 |
| 1976 | Suspicion | Terry Lucas | Ivan W. Allan | No Expense Stable | 2:37.4 |
| 1975 | Tien An Mun | Johnny L. Wilson | Teh Choon Beng | Auric Stable | 2:34.4 |
| 1974 | Dilettante | G. S. Sng | Ivan W. Allan | Dillettante Stable | 2:31.6 |
| 1973 | Showgirl V | L. F. Harbridge | C. M. Tulloh | Shaw Stable | 2:41.0 |
| 1972 | Jumbo Jet | Johnny L. Wilson | Ivan W. Allan | Lee Ah Seong | 2:31.0 |
| 1971 | Forest Jim | J. J. Miller | Teh Choon Beng | Income Kongsi | 2:39.0 |
| 1970 | Keep Going | Glynn M. Pretty | Rinus van Breukelen | Auric Stable | 2:36.6 |
| 1969 | November Sun | Garnet Bougoure | Rinus van Breukelen | MC Stable | 2:06.6 |
| 1968 | November Sun | Garnet Bougoure | Rinus van Breukelen | MC Stable | 2:40.4 |
| 1967 | Gambalan | L. Kang | K. Y. Lee | Sultan of Pahang | 2:17.0 |
| 1966 | Grenadier | Alan J. Trevena | Rinus van Breukelen | Ng Loong Kee | 2:32.4 |
| 1965 | Oleander III | Keith G. Moxham | S. K. Tjoa | Pil Stable | 2:32.4 |
| 1964 | Moviegoer | Frank G. Moore | C. M. Tulloh | Shaw Stable | 2:31.4 |
| 1963 | Dark Romance II | Johnny L. Wilson | M. Sullivan | Winning Stable | 2:30.6 |
| 1962 | Amsterdam | Moses Lee | K. R. Daniels | Latin Stable | 2:38.2 |
| 1961 | White Heather | M. J. Posner | John Rodgers | H. Cowling | 2:35.0 |
| 1960 | Marksman | Arthur F. Ward | K. R. Daniels | AP Stable | 2:30.0 |
| 1959 | Flying Dragon | Moses Lee | John Rodgers | M/M Loh Chin | 2:38.0 |
* † 2006 winner Our Falstaff was originally registered as Falstaff.
* † 1991 winner Brixton Town was originally registered as Tamanaco