Epsom Derby Winners 1780 - 2016 Click Here! The Epsom Derby In 1779, the sport of horseracing was governed by a man named Sir Charles Bunbury. At that time no races were run over a distance of less than two miles. Also, racing was for horses aged four or older so the decision to permit three-year-old racing, and at distances shorter than two miles, paved the way for a new era in the sport. The first of these races to be approved was the Oaks , named after the home of Lord Derby, which was first run over a distance of one mile and contested by three-year-old fillies only. One year later, the Derby, competed for by three-year-old colts and fillies, came into being and was also, initially, run over one mile. The race's name was decided when Derby and Bunbury span a coin to determine which of their names the race would carry.

Arabian Queen a shock winner of Juddmonte International Stakes at York | Sport | The Guardian Arabian Queen a shock winner of Juddmonte International Stakes at York • Derby winner Golden Horn second after failing to settle • Champion jockey elect Silvestre de Sousa rides winner Silvestre de Sousa celebrates success on Arabian Queen in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York. Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images Wednesday 19 August 2015 11.15 EDT Last modified on Monday 4 April 2016 08.26 EDT Close This article is 1 year old It is so easy to forget that every horse has a chance, not least when the odds-on favourite for a Group One event is an unbeaten Derby winner like Golden Horn. But there is at least one script that casts any one of the runners in the leading role, and the one that played out here on Wednesday left Arabian Queen as the winner of the International Stakes and Golden Horn beaten for the first time in his life.

Golden Horn was sent off at 4-9 to extend his record to a sixth victory and the third Group One success of his career, while Arabian Queen was a 50-1 shot, beaten in five of her last six races. To win, she needed every twist of chance to run in her favour and a perfectly judged ride by Silvestre de Sousa, but this was her day and the victory well deserved. From the off, her chance improved as Dick Doughtywylie, in the race to make the pace for Golden Horn, completely missed the break. Robert Havlin, his jockey, then seemed to overcompensate by racing Dick Doughtywylie into a clear lead, which in turn allowed Arabian Queen, in second, to settle much better than in several races earlier this year. In effect, De Sousa was able to ride a front-running race in second place, going easily a couple of lengths ahead of Golden Horn, who did not settle as readily as the eventual winner.

De Sousa could then choose his moment to strike for home, and on rain-softened ground that had already seen Gleneagles , the 2,000 Guineas winner, taken out of the race a couple of hours before the off, Golden Horn struggled to impose his quality and close the gap. Inside the final furlong, Golden Horn hauled himself level but the effort left him with no response when Arabian Queen pulled out more to win by a neck. The Grey Gatsby, who was three-and-a-half lengths behind Golden Horn in the Eclipse, ran to within a few ounces of that form back in third, while Time Test, an impressive winner at Royal Ascot in June, was only fourth. Arabian Queen’s victory owed much to the unusual way the race developed and also the rain on Tuesday that turned the ground good-to-soft. But it was a tactical triumph for De Sousa, who will surely be the champion jockey for the first time this season, and further confirmation that David Elsworth, Arabian Queen’s 75-year-old trainer, is one of the finest all-purpose trainers the sport has seen.

Elsworth has just one championship to his name, over jumps in 1987-88 when Desert Orchid was at the height of his powers and Rhyme ’N’ Reason took the Grand National. But Elsworth is also a multiple winner of Group One races on the Flat, including the International Stakes exactly a quarter of a century ago with In The Groove, who also won the Irish 1,000 Guineas, the Champion Stakes and the Coronation Cup. Elsworth did not appear for the presentation or to talk to the media after the race, according to one account because he felt a little slighted by the lack of attention on his filly beforehand. He did say a few words after saddling his runner in the following race, however, underlining that Arabian Queen is “a filly of the highest class”. “She’s tenacious and she loves to battle,” Elsworth said. “If we hadn’t turned up today, they would be hailing the favourite as the best since Frankel. “It’s a certainty [that she will stay further than the mile and a quarter of the International].

Her dam [Barshiba] got a mile-and-a-half and she won the Lancashire Oaks twice, and it took me three years to find out her best trip, I’ve been a bit quicker with this one.” Jeff Smith, the winner’s owner and one of Elsworth’s most enduring supporters, hopes to see Arabian Queen line up for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at some stage, but probably not until 2016. “I was very hopeful that we’d be in the first three,” Smith said. “Going back to the form book, there’s no line between three-year-old colts and three-year-old fillies. We all automatically assume that because we’ve got a Guineas winner and a Derby winner with good form, they are automatically better than the fillies and it doesn’t follow. “Legatissimo [the 1,000 Guineas winner] is exceptional and the French filly [Ervedya] is also exceptional and we’re up there with them but on an improving curve.

“We are in the [Group One] Fillies and Mares at Ascot [on Champions Day in October] and that would probably be it for the year, and then next year we will possibly train for her for the Arc.” Gosden has said several times this season that he expects every horse to be beaten at some stage and took Golden Horn’s first defeat on the chin. “Our fellow was fresh and keen early on and basically did too much,” Gosden said. “He gassed himself out in the ground, got in front of the filly and then just tired in what is dead ground. “There’s no doubt that he’s much better on faster ground, but take nothing from the filly, she’s outstayed them all well and if you look back to The Grey Gatsby, you see the form still there from the Eclipse. It’s just a pity that it rained, it was a pity for Gleneagles and a pity for this horse as well.” The ante-post markets reacted more sharply than the trainer to Golden Horn’s defeat, and the Derby winner can be backed at 10-1 to add the Arc in October to his Classic success in June.

Treve, the Arc winner for the last two seasons, is top-priced at 9-4 to record an unprecedented hat-trick, while Jack Hobbs, the Irish Derby winner and a stablemate of Golden Horn, is second-favourite at 8-1. Storm The Stars moved to the front of the betting for the St Leger next month after a brave success in the Group Two Great Voltigeur Stakes, but had to survive a long stewards’ inquiry after carrying Bondi Beach across most of the track in the closing stages. Storm The Stars was half a length in front at the line, and had the margin been any less, this might have been a rare example of a result on a British track being overturned by the officials. “If he was a human being he’d have green hair and earrings in his nose and through his eyebrows, but he’s a genuine horse,” William Haggas, the winner’s trainer, said. “He’s a bit of a rebel. But he’s definitely tough and when the chips are down, he goes for it, and that’s all you want, really.

He always gives himself a hard race because he’s a galloper, but he’s a good galloper.” Haggas had two runners on the card and left York with a double, initiated by Recorder in the Group Three Acomb Stakes. The winner, who is owned by the Queen, is by Gaileo out of Memory, a Group Two winner as a juvenile, and is likely to step up to Group One company next month in the National Stakes at The Curragh. Derby day for queen on jubilee weekend - CNN.com Derby day for queen on jubilee weekend By Alysen Miller,CNN Updated 11:16 AM ET, Sat June 2, 2012 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. Photos: A right, royal day at the races – A fan of horse racing from a young age, then-Princess Elizabeth is seen walking through the paddock at the Epsom Downs racecourse during the derby on May 27, 1950. An appearance at Epsom Derby would be her first official engagement as queen several years later.

Hide Caption 1 of 6 Photos: A right, royal day at the races – Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh with members of the royal family including the late Queen Mother, at the Epsom Derby on June 2, 1977. Hide Caption 2 of 6 Photos: queen stud manager – Queen Elizabeth II seen here with stud manager Sir Michael Oswald, watching the Derby in 1980. One of the queen's trainers, Andrew Balding says: "She is a very well informed and keen owner, probably the best-informed owner in the country." Hide Caption 3 of 6 Photos: A right, royal day at the races – Despite being one of the UK's best-known owners and breeders of racehorses, with around 30 horses currently in training, the queen has yet to claim victory at the Epsom Derby. Hide Caption 4 of 6 Photos: A right, royal day at the races – Her Majesty pictured with race goers during the Ever Ready Derby at Epsom racecourse in Epsom, England. It is said in racing circles that the British sovereign's reading material of choice over her breakfast is the Racing Post.

Hide Caption 5 of 6 Photos: A right, royal day at the races – Perhaps her best chance to capture the Derby came last year with Carlton House. The red-hot favorite to win but bad luck in running and the loss of a shoe relegated the queen's runner to third. Hide Caption The queen starts the jubilee weekend with a visit to the Epsom Derby A racing enthusiast, the queen has around 30 horses currently in training Last time a derby winner was owned by a reigning monarch was in 1909 It's the pinnacle of the English flat racing season, bringing together the best horses from around the country -- and even further afield -- to compete for a purse of more than $2 million. The annual Epsom meeting has spawned many similar events around the world, among them the Deutsches Derby, the Derby Italiano and, perhaps most famously, the Kentucky Derby. Indeed, the name "Derby" has entered the vernacular and is now used to describe almost any race for three-year-olds. But the Epsom Derby is still the most venerable of them all.

Dating back to 1780, the race is named after its founder, the 12th Earl of Derby, himself a prominent owner and breeder of racehorses. Today it draws crowds of up to 200,000 people. But for one of that number, the Derby is more than just a race. The queen's association with the Epsom Derby runs deep. She began attending the event as a princess. After her coronation in 1953, the Derby was her first official engagement. It was nearly a fairly-tale beginning: the queen's horse Aureole should have claimed the honors but a massive bay colt named Pinza had failed to read to the script. So there's a certain symmetry to her decision to mark the beginning of her weekend of Jubilee celebrations with a visit to Epsom Downs. Interactive: A year in the life of the queen A familiar, if inscrutable, figure at track, the queen's enthusiasm for racing is well-documented (it's even said in racing circles that her reading material of choice over her breakfast is the Racing Post).

She is also one of the UK's best-known owners and breeders of racehorses, with about 30 horses currently in training. Hampshire-based trainer Andrew Balding is one of a handful of trainers entrusted with ensuring the queen's horses are kept in peak physical condition. He currently has three horses in training for the queen: "She is a very well-informed and keen owner, probably the best-informed owner in the country." "She adores breeding racehorses," says her racing manager, John Warren. "As a consequence the Derby is the most special thing because it combines all that everyone knows about racing, into this one particular race. The British bloodstock industry is very lucky to have a patron such as the queen." But despite this, the Epsom Derby remains the only one of the English "Classics" (a series of three-year-old races comprising the 2,000 Guineas, 1,000 Guineas, Oaks, St Leger and the Derby) that she has not won.

Read more: The young queen who grew into a modern monarch You have to go back to 1909 to find the last time a Derby winner was owned (in this case leased) by a reigning monarch; that was Minoru, owned by King Edward VII (although omen-watchers may note that as Prince of Wales he had success in 1900 with the portentously-named Diamond Jubilee). The queen herself has come tantalizingly close. In ten attempts, her best placing has been second (in the year of her coronation). But perhaps her best chance to capture the Derby came last year with Carlton House. The story of how the son of U.S. "super sire" Street Cry came to be in the queen's possession bears retelling: Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum, himself one of the world's biggest racing enthusiasts, approached the queen to purchase one of her horses, Highland Glen, to join his stables in Dubai. After an auspicious start to his racing career, the horse had then heaped shame on his illustrious owner when he refused to enter the starting gates for a big race at Glorious Goodwood.

In recognition of his volatile temperament, the queen refused to accept any payment for Highland Glen and let the Sheikh have him for free. Interactive: The queen in numbers The grateful Sheikh wanted to repay the queen's gesture and later that summer sent word that had hand-picked four yearlings from his own breeding program which he intended to gift to the queen. One of those was Carlton House. The colt started that year's Derby as the red-hot favourite, buoyed by a wave of public support for the prospect of a first win in the country's premier Classic for the queen. Unfortunately, bad luck in running and the loss of a shoe conspired to relegate him to third, behind an exuberant Mikael Barzalona on Pour Moi. Although the queen's reaction went unrecorded, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that Carlton House represented an unrepeatable chance for Her Majesty to lay her hands on the one piece of silverware that has eluded her for six decades. By all indications, however, the disappointment of last year has not dampened her enthusiasm for the event.

So although the queen's red and purple silks won't be seen on any of the runners entered in this year's Derby, whether it's the Aiden O'Brien-trained Camelot or Andrew Balding's mercurial colt Bonfire who joins the ranks of the immortals, one thing is certain: there will be one fan on Derby Day cheering louder than them all. Dr Carlo d`Alessio .... > Betfair Community > Horse Racing Report themightymac • August 5, 2016 12:38 AM BST Wollow and Gianfranco Dettori above. I know we had a similar thread before but what the heck Wollow and Gianfranco Dettori above.I know we had a similar thread before but what the heck Report differentdrum • August 5, 2016 8:55 AM BST 'Leading staying horse' seems to play down Le Moss a little. Didn't he win the stayers triple crown two years running? I think everyone remembers those epic battles with Ardross where the challenger kept getting a bit closer but couldn't get past. 'Leading staying horse' seems to play down Le Moss a little.

Didn't he win the stayers triple crown two years running? I think everyone remembers those epic battles with Ardross where the challenger kept getting a bit closer but couldn't get past.

Report portmanpark • August 5, 2016 9:24 AM BST tmm............bolkonski won the 2000q but didn't he get beat at odds on in the sussex stakes tmm............bolkonski won the 2000q but didn't he get beat at odds on in the sussex stakes Report Nightfly • August 5, 2016 9:34 AM BST Take Your Place A top two year old that didnt train on...i know i waded into him at Sandown...oops Still, all great memories Take Your PlaceA top two year old that didnt train on...i know i waded into him at Sandown...oopsStill, all great memories Report portmanpark • August 5, 2016 9:40 AM BST sorry tmm.................he won odds on................my father bought tips and went on holiday to blackpool and had the tip wired to his hotel..............the guy gave him bolkonski...............think it started at 8\13.........then his next tip was odds on and got beat..........he finally realised his tips were crap sorry tmm.................he

 won odds on................my father bought tips and went on holiday to blackpool and had the tip wired to his hotel..............the guy gave him bolkonski...............think it started at 8\13.........then his next tip Report ged • August 5, 2016 11:44 AM BST The obit is wrong in a couple of ways.

There had been at least 2 other owners who won back-to-back 2000 Guineas after 1834 - one of them a direct ancestor of the Queen Mum; also, the man who owned the winner of the 1834 race also owned the winners of the race in the next 3 years to win 4 in a row. And Wollow may have bounced back to form in the Eclipse after disappointing in the Derby, but he still only finished second in it. The horse that beat him was DQ'd 6 weeks after the race for a banned substance. And yes, a bit dismissive to describe Le Moss as just 'a leading staying horse'. He won the stayers' triple crown 2 years running - Ascot Gold Cup, Goodwood Cup, Doncaster Cup. In the 2nd year, he beat 4yo Ardross into 2nd place in all 3 races, each time with a prolonged head-to-head battle up the straight. Ardross in turn went on to win all 3 races in subsequent years with Le Moss retired. Le Moss was as solid a staying champion as you could get. The obit is wrong in a couple of ways.

There had been at least 2 other owners who won back-to-back 2000 Guineas after 1834 - one of them a direct ancestor of the Queen Mum; also, the man who owned the winner of the 1834 race also owned the winners of Report Raggetty • August 5, 2016 12:19 PM BST Remember a particularly lumpy double involving one of his beasts a two year old called Fire Thatch won at Newmarket with Lester up and Touching Wood subsequent St Leger winner in the Welsh Derby at Chepstow who beat Diamond Shoal. Happy days bar the 9% tax paid on. Remember a particularly lumpy double involving one of his beasts a two year old called Fire Thatch won at Newmarket with Lester up and Touching Wood subsequent St Leger winner in the Welsh Derby at Chepstow who beat Diamond Shoal. Happy days bar the Report TheFear • August 5, 2016 12:34 PM BST Never heard of him . Didn't know Filthy was assistant to Sir Henry either,,, Never heard of him.

Didn't know Filthy was assistant to Sir Henry either,,, Report blackbarn • August 5, 2016 1:14 PM BST Sir Henry pays great tribute to Luca Cumani in his 1983 Autobiography . "Luca Cumani was my assistant in 1975 and his father trained for Bolkonski's owner Carlo D'Alessio" Er, that's it really The ONLY other mention relates to Century City, trained by Cumani beating Henry's Simply Great. Sir Henry pays great tribute to Luca Cumani in his 1983 Autobiography. "Luca Cumani was my assistant in 1975 and his father trained for Bolkonski's owner Carlo D'Alessio" Er, that's it reallyThe ONLY other mention relates to Century City, trained Report ged • August 5, 2016 1:23 PM BST Luca rode Cecil's Fools Mate in the Moet and Chandon "amateur riders' Derby" at the Epsom August bank holiday meeting in 1975. They went off evens fav.

Unfortunately for them, they came off second best to the Dermot Weld trained-and-ridden 2nd fav, Lanes Court. Luca rode Cecil's Fools Mate in the Moet and Chandon "amateur riders' Derby" at the Epsom August bank holiday meeting in 1975. They went off evens fav. Unfortunately for them, they came off second best to the Dermot Weld trained-and-ridden 2nd fav, L Report ged • August 5, 2016 2:45 PM BST There's a 10 minute clip about Gianfranco Dettori here... It's in Italian, but you can switch subtitles on (though they're a bit pidgin in places). You see a couple of shots of Sergio Cumani, Luca's father (he trained Gay Lussac, who finished 5th in the 1972 KG&QE under Piggott). Franco talks about Cumani (the older) being a second father to him. He talks a bit about d'Alessio, Bolkonski and Wollow. The last couple of minutes are about his son.

There's a 10 minute clip about Gianfranco Dettori here... in Italian, but you can switch subtitles on (though they're a bit pidgin in places).You see a couple of shots of Sergio Cumani, Luca's father (he Report themightymac • August 6, 2016 10:37 PM BST Raggetty Was Touching Wood not trained by Harry Thomson Jones RaggettyWas Touching Wood not trained by Harry Thomson Jones Report Nightfly • August 6, 2016 10:43 PM BST Take Your Place (4 February 1973 – 1995) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He was one of the best two-year-olds of his generation in Britain in 1975 when he was unbeaten in three races including the Group One Observer Gold Cup. He began the following year as a leading contender for the Epsom Derby but was beaten in all three of his starts. He later stood as a breeding stallion but had little success as a sire of winners.

Take Your Place (4 February 1973 – 1995) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He was one of the best two-year-olds of his generation in Britain in 1975 when he was unbeaten in three races including the Group One Observer Go Report themightymac • August 6, 2016 10:44 PM BST Blackbarn A question regarding his colours. Did his horses run in different colours in Italy? This old photo suggests they did. Any info on what the colours were, as photo is in black and white: BlackbarnA question regarding his colours. Did his horses run in different colours in Italy? This old photo suggests they did. Any info on what the colours were, as photo is in black and white: Report themightymac • August 6, 2016 10:44 PM BST New Model was the first horse he sent to England to be trained. New Model was the first horse he sent to England to be trained.

Report themightymac • August 6, 2016 10:49 PM BST LYPHARDS WISH Report themightymac • August 6, 2016 10:50 PM BST DR CARLO D`ALESSIO ON RIGHT DR CARLO D`ALESSIO ON RIGHT Report themightymac • August 6, 2016 10:50 PM BST THE GREAT STAYER LE MOSS THE GREAT STAYER LE MOSS Report themightymac • August 6, 2016 10:51 PM BST On rails beating the mighty Ardross On rails beating the mighty Ardross Report themightymac • August 6, 2016 10:54 PM BST Charles St George later bought Ardross. Here is a better photo of the legend Charles St George later bought Ardross.

Here is a better photo of the legend Report themightymac • August 6, 2016 10:55 PM BST CORMORANT WOOD BEATING TOLOMEO IN THE BENSON AND HEDGES CUP AT YORK CORMORANT WOOD BEATING TOLOMEO IN THE BENSON AND HEDGES CUP AT YORK Report verbotene liebe • August 6, 2016 10:58 PM BST That's before one of his Yorkshire Cups - background looks familiar. That's before one of his Yorkshire Cups - background looks familiar. Report themightymac • August 6, 2016 10:58 PM BST Nightfly Take Your Place was a very good horse, particularly at two. Nice post. NightflyTake Your Place was a very good horse, particularly at two. Nice post.

Report verbotene liebe • August 6, 2016 10:59 PM BST Referring to Ardross of course - Sadlers Wells just in pic in B & H Referring to Ardross of course - Sadlers Wells just in pic in B & H Report themightymac • August 6, 2016 11:01 PM BST Not only was Ardross such a good stayer, he also finished 2nd in the Arc. The duels between him and Le Moss were unforgettable. Not only was Ardross such a good stayer, he also finished 2nd in the Arc. The duels between him and Le Moss were unforgettable. Report ged • August 7, 2016 11:47 AM BST Gay Lussac ran in those colours in the 72 KG&QE. (Orange and white hoops, orange cap - to look at, anyway) - and probably in the name of Scuderia Cieffedi. Gay Lussac ran in those colours in the 72 KG&QE.

(Orange and white hoops, orange cap - to look at, anyway) - and probably in the name of Scuderia Cieffedi. Report blackbarn • August 7, 2016 12:10 PM BST Hi ged. I don't have a record of his colours anywhere in my records as I think he used his Italian colours presumably under the reciprocal scheme. I seem to recall Mac telling me that they were RED not Orange even though they look like orange. This would make some sense, given they are the colours of the Italian flag. Hi ged. I don't have a record of his colours anywhere in my records as I think he used his Italian colours presumably under the reciprocal scheme. I seem to recall Mac telling me that they were RED not Orange even though they look like orange. Th Report differentdrum • August 7, 2016 1:35 PM BST Anyone know what happened to Gay Lussac after the King George? I understand the Italian's had a better one in Tierceron? Anyone know what happened to Gay Lussac after the King George? I understand the Italian's had a better one in Tierceron?

Report blackbarn • August 7, 2016 1:48 PM BST According to Timeform - retired after the KH to the Mirabello Stud in Italy. Doesn't seem to have been a great success at stud! According to Timeform - retired after the KH to the Mirabello Stud in Italy. Doesn't seem to have been a great success at stud! Report ged • August 7, 2016 2:13 PM BST Looks like he was packed off to Japan fairly quickly, as he had offspring foaled there from 1980 onwards. However, before he went, he was responsible for the filly Solac, who although she only managed a single place as a 3yo in Italy, managed to do much better herself at stud. She is the granddam of that admirable horse Sunblazer, but has much better claims to fame. Looks like he was packed off to Japan fairly quickly, as he had offspring foaled there from 1980 onwards.

However, before he went, he was responsible for the filly Solac, who although she only managed a single place as a 3yo in Italy, managed to do m Report differentdrum • August 7, 2016 2:15 PM BST In Italian but little bit on Gay Lussac and Tierceron. Italian but little bit on Gay Lussac and Tierceron. Report ged • August 7, 2016 2:18 PM BST Tierceron was beaten by gay Lussac in the Derby Italiano of 1972, but that was his only defeat in 10 starts. Doesn't look like he was much of a success at stud either. Tierceron was beaten by gay Lussac in the Derby Italiano of 1972, but that was his only defeat in 10 starts. Doesn't look like he was much of a success at stud either.

Report themightymac • August 7, 2016 5:05 PM BST Report themightymac • August 7, 2016 5:06 PM BST Sorry wrong photo, it was already posted Sorry wrong photo, it was already posted Report themightymac • August 7, 2016 5:07 PM BST Report themightymac • August 7, 2016 5:13 PM BST Speaking of Italian racing, here is the great Ribot, arguably the greatest racehorse in Italian history and greatest racehorse of the 20th century. Speaking of Italian racing, here is the great Ribot, arguably the greatest racehorse in Italian history and greatest racehorse of the 20th century. Report themightymac • August 7, 2016 5:23 PM BST Thanks guys for the input. I remember them colours, Orange and White hoops. Thanks guys for the input. I remember them colours, Orange and White hoops.

Report blackbarn • August 7, 2016 6:19 PM BST mac - so it wasn't you who posted that his colours were red not orange then! Someone did. I don't know as they are not in my records. Does anyone know for certain? mac - so it wasn't you who posted that his colours were red not orange then! Someone did. I don't know as they are not in my records. Does anyone know for certain? Report themightymac • August 7, 2016 8:44 PM BST Yes it was I blackbarn. Definitely Red, not orange, just looks slightly orange in the photos. Like you said, It was the Italian national colours. I didn`t know that they were still on the go in Italy and registered owner is a Stable or Stud. Arpinati finished 3rd in the 2013 Grand Criterium at San Siro. Here is some photos of him, he was a wonderful looking specimen. Yes it was I blackbarn. Definitely Red, not orange, just looks slightly orange in the photos.

Like you said, It was the Italian national colours.I didn`t know that they were still on the go in Italy and registered owner is a Stable or Stud. Arpinati Report themightymac • August 7, 2016 8:48 PM BST Pattaya ridden by Mario Esposito And Keshiro ridden by Mario Esposito Pattaya ridden by Mario EspositoAnd Keshiro ridden by Mario Esposito Report themightymac • August 7, 2016 8:49 PM BST Apologie, the bottom horse above is Arpinati. Here is Keshito Apologie, the bottom horse above is Arpinati.

Here is Keshito Report themightymac • August 7, 2016 8:51 PM BST ^^^ The only six legged horse in the history of the Turf ^^^ The only six legged horse in the history of the Turf Report themightymac • August 7, 2016 8:53 PM BST Ribot was a legend so some more photos below Ribot was a legend so some more photos below Report themightymac • August 7, 2016 9:11 PM BST And of course, Federico Tesio must arguably be the greatest breeder in Turf history with Nearco and Ribot two of the greatest. Tesio The Myth is a great book for anybody interested in Turf history. NEARCO And of course, Federico Tesio must arguably be the greatest breeder in Turf history with Nearco and Ribot two of the greatest.

Tesio The Myth is a great book for anybody interested in Turf history.NEARCO Report themightymac • August 7, 2016 9:13 PM BST THE LEGENDARY FERERICO TESIO Report themightymac • August 7, 2016 9:15 PM BST ^^^^ and caricature of Ribot`s owner ^^^^ and caricature of Ribot`s owner Report Sir Epicure Mammon • August 8, 2016 12:02 AM BST Was that Signor Incisa the father of the Don Enrico Inccisa who used to train outside Middleham and only employed women jockeys? Or was he some other relation? Was that Signor Incisa the father of the Don Enrico Inccisa who used to train outside Middleham and only employed women jockeys? Or was he some other relation?

Report themightymac • August 8, 2016 1:25 AM BST Sir Epicure He certainly was the son of Marchese Incisa della Rocchetta, the famous joint owner breeder with Tesio of Nearco and Ribot but preferred to be known quite simply as Don Enrico Incisa. Sir EpicureHe certainly was the son of Marchese Incisa della Rocchetta, the famous joint owner breeder with Tesio of Nearco and Ribot but preferred to be known quite simply as Don Enrico Incisa. Report themightymac • August 8, 2016 1:35 AM BST Don Enrico learned his trade as assistant trainer for 15 years to the great Ugo Penco, who trained Ribot. He was quite successful as a trainer in Italy, with Tierceron (mentioned earlier) the best he trained, before moving to Coverham, near Middleham, on the advice of his parents who feared him being kidnapped and held for ransom. Kim Tinkler was his regular jockey and she had a great association with McGillycuddy Reeks, whom she recommended to Don Enrico.

Don Enrico learned his trade as assistant trainer for 15 years to the great Ugo Penco, who trained Ribot.He was quite successful as a trainer in Italy, with Tierceron (mentioned earlier) the best he trained, before moving to Coverham, near Middleham, horse racing | sport | Britannica.com Horse racing Triple Crown Horse racing, sport of running horses at speed, mainly Thoroughbreds with a rider astride or Standardbreds with the horse pulling a conveyance with a driver. These two kinds of racing are called racing on the flat and harness racing , respectively. Some races on the flat—such as steeplechase , point-to-point , and hurdle races —involve jumping. This article is confined to Thoroughbred horse racing on the flat without jumps. Racing on the flat with horses other than Thoroughbreds is described in the article quarter-horse racing . Camelot (right), ridden by Joseph O’Brien, after beating French Fifteenth to win the Two Thousand … Press Association/AP Horse racing is one of the oldest of all sports , and its basic concept has undergone virtually no change over the centuries.

It developed from a primitive contest of speed or stamina between two horses into a spectacle involving large fields of runners, sophisticated electronic monitoring equipment, and immense sums of money, but its essential feature has always been the same: the horse that finishes first is the winner. In the modern era, horse racing developed from a diversion of the leisure class into a huge public-entertainment business. By the first decades of the 21st century, however, the sport’s popularity had shrunk considerably. A discussion concerning the museum at the racetrack in Saratoga Springs, New York, from the … Great Museums Television (A Britannica Publishing Partner) Early history Knowledge of the first horse race is lost in prehistory. Both four-hitch chariot and mounted (bareback) races were held in the Olympic Games of Greece over the period 700–40 bce. Horse racing, both of chariots and of mounted riders, was a well-organized public entertainment in the Roman Empire. The history of organized racing in other ancient civilizations is not very firmly established.

Presumably, organized racing began in such countries as China , Persia, Arabia, and other countries of the Middle East and in North Africa , where horsemanship early became highly developed. Thence came too the Arabian, Barb, and Turk horses that contributed to the earliest European racing. Such horses became familiar to Europeans during the Crusades (11th–13th century ce), from which they brought those horses back. Similar Topics sledding Racing in medieval England began when horses for sale were ridden in competition by professional riders to display the horses’ speed to buyers. During the reign of Richard the Lion-Heart (1189–99), the first known racing purse was offered, £40, for a race run over a 3-mile (4.8-km) course with knights as riders. In the 16th century Henry VIII imported horses from Italy and Spain (presumably Barbs) and established studs at several locations. In the 17th century James I sponsored meetings in England. His successor, Charles I , had a stud of 139 horses when he died in 1649.

Organized racing Charles II (reigned 1660–85) became known as “the father of the English turf” and inaugurated the King’s Plates, races for which prizes were awarded to the winners. His articles for these races were the earliest national racing rules. The horses raced were six years old and carried 168 pounds (76 kg), and the winner was the first to win two 4-mile (6.4-km) heats. The patronage of Charles II established Newmarket as the headquarters of English racing. In France the first documented horse race was held in 1651 as the result of a wager between two noblemen. During the reign of Louis XIV (1643–1715), racing based on gambling was prevalent. Louis XVI (reigned 1774–93) organized a jockey club and established rules of racing by royal decree that included requiring certificates of origin for horses and imposing extra weight on foreign horses. Organized racing in North America began with the British occupation of New Amsterdam (now New York City ) in 1664. Col.

Richard Nicolls , commander of the British troops, established organized racing in the colonies by laying out a 2-mile (3.2-km) course on the plains of Long Island (called Newmarket after the British racecourse) and offering a silver cup to the best horses in the spring and fall seasons. From the beginning, and continuing until the Civil War, the hallmark of excellence for the American Thoroughbred was stamina, rather than speed. After the Civil War, speed became the goal and the British system the model. Match races Ringling Bros. Folds Its Tent The earliest races were match races between two or at most three horses, the owners providing the purse, a simple wager. An owner who withdrew commonly forfeited half the purse, later the whole purse, and bets also came under the same “play or pay” rule. Agreements were recorded by disinterested third parties, who came to be called keepers of the match book.

One such keeper at Newmarket in England, John Cheny, began publishing An Historical List of All Horse-Matches Run (1729), a consolidation of match books at various racing centres, and this work was continued annually with varying titles, until in 1773 James Weatherby established it as the Racing Calendar, which was continued thereafter by his family. Open field racing Turn Up the Heat By the mid-18th century the demand for more public racing had produced open events with larger fields of runners. Eligibility rules were developed based on the age, sex, birthplace, and previous performance of horses and the qualifications of riders. Races were created in which owners were the riders (gentlemen riders), in which the field was restricted geographically to a township or county, and in which only horses that had not won more than a certain amount were entered. An act of the British Parliament of 1740 provided that horses entered had to be the bona fide property of the owners, thus preventing “ringers,” a superior horse entered fraudulently against inferior horses; horses had to be certified as to age; and there were penalties for rough riding.

Contemporary accounts identified riders (in England called jockeys—if professional—from the second half of the 17th century and later in French racing), but their names were not at first officially recorded. Only the names of winning trainers and riders were at first recorded in the Racing Calendar, but by the late 1850s all were named. This neglect of the riders is partly explained in that when races consisted of 4-mile heats, with the winning of two heats needed for victory, the individual rider’s judgment and skill were not so vital. As dash racing (one heat) became the rule, a few yards in a race gained importance, and, consequently, so did the rider’s skill and judgment in coaxing that advantage from his mount. Bloodlines and studbooks Facebook Twitter YouTube Instagram Pinterest All horse racing on the flat except quarter-horse racing involves Thoroughbred horses. Thoroughbreds evolved from a mixture of Arab, Turk, and Barb horses with native English stock. Private studbooks had existed from the early 17th century, but they were not invariably reliable. In 1791 Weatherby published An Introduction to a General Stud Book , the pedigrees being based on earlier Racing Calendars and sales papers.

After a few years of revision, it was updated annually. All Thoroughbreds are said to descend from three “Oriental” stallions (the Darley Arabian , the Godolphin Barb , and the Byerly Turk , all brought to Great Britain, 1690–1730) and from 43 “royal” mares (those imported by Charles II). The preeminence of English racing and hence of the General Stud Book from 1791 provided a standard for judging a horse’s breeding (and thereby, at least to some degree, its racing qualities). In France the Stud Book Française (beginning in 1838) originally included two classifications: Orientale (Arab, Turk, and Barb) and Anglais (mixtures according to the English pattern), but these were later reduced to one class, chevaux de pur sang Anglais (“horses of pure English blood”). The American Stud Book dates from 1897 and includes foals from Canada , Puerto Rico , and parts of Mexico , as well as from the United States .

The long-standing reciprocity among studbooks of various countries was broken in 1913 by the Jersey Act passed by the English Jockey Club, which disqualified many Thoroughbred horses bred outside England or Ireland . The purpose of the act was ostensibly to protect the British Thoroughbred from infusions of North American (mainly U.S.) sprinting blood. After a rash of victories in prestigious English races by French horses with “tainted” American ancestry in the 1940s, the Jersey Act was rescinded in 1949. Evolution of races Editor Picks: Exploring 10 Types of Basketball Movies The original King’s Plates were standardized races—all were for six-year-old horses carrying 168 pounds at 4-mile heats, a horse having to win two heats to be adjudged the winner. Beginning in 1751, five-year-olds carrying 140 pounds (63.5 kg) and four-year-olds carrying 126 pounds (57 kg) were admitted to the King’s Plates, and heats were reduced to 2 miles (3.2 km).

Other racing for four-year-olds was well established by then, and a race for three-year-olds carrying 112 pounds (51 kg) in one 3-mile (4.8-km) heat was run in 1731. Heat racing for four-year-olds continued in the United States until the 1860s. By that time, heat racing had long since been overshadowed in Europe by dash racing, a “dash” being any race decided by only one heat, regardless of its distance. The modern age of racing The beginning of the modern era of racing is generally considered to have been the inauguration of the English classic races: the St. Leger in 1776, the Oaks in 1779, and the Derby in 1780. All were dashes for three-year-olds. To these races were later added the Two Thousand Guineas in 1809 and the One Thousand Guineas in 1814. (The St.

Leger, Derby, and Two Thousand Guineas have come to constitute the British Triple Crown of horse racing.) During the 19th century, races of the English classic pattern—dashes for three-year-olds carrying level weights—spread all over the world. The French classics are the Prix du Jockey Club (1836), the Grand Prix du Paris (1863), and the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (1920). Willie Carson guiding Nashwan to win the Two Thousand Guineas in 1989. Sporting Pictures (UK) Ltd. The American classics are the Belmont Stakes (1867), the Preakness Stakes (1873), and the Kentucky Derby (1875), which make up the American Triple Crown . Since the establishment of the British and American Triple Crown series, scores of countries have instituted their own (less prestigious) Triple Crowns of elite races. Jockey clubs and racing authorities The Jockey Club of Britain , founded at Newmarket about 1750, wrote its own rules of racing.

In contrast to the earlier King’s Plates rules, these new rules took into account different kinds of contests involving horses of various ages and were thus more detailed. The new rules originally applied only to Newmarket, but, when the rules were printed in the Racing Calendar, they served as a model for rules throughout Britain. The Jockey Club later acquired the General Stud Book and came to control English racing in the 19th century. Its regulatory powers ended in 2006 when governance over British racing was transferred to the Horseracing Regulatory Authority. In 2007 power shifted to a new group, the British Horseracing Authority, which formed from a merger of the Horseracing Regulatory Authority and the British Horseracing Board. Trending Topics Eyjafjallajökull volcano France Galop is the organization governing French horse racing. The organization was created in 1995 from the merger of three horse racing authorities: the Société d’Encouragement et des Steeple-Chases de France, the Société de Sport de France, and the Société Sportive d’Encouragement. In the United States the governance of racing resides in state commissions; track operation is private.

The (North American) Jockey Club, founded in 1894 in New York , at one time exercised wide but not complete control of American racing. It maintains The American Stud Book. English racing spread to Australia , New Zealand , Canada, South Africa , and India in the 19th century, and many of their governing bodies emulated the British. Thousands of jockey clubs, both local and national, are today present around the world. Most of the national jockey clubs are members of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, whose annual conference in Paris reviews racing developments and discusses issues related to breeding, racing, and betting. The conference is hosted by the Jockey Club de Paris. Handicap racing One major type of Thoroughbred horse race is the handicap race, in which the weights horses must carry during a race are adjusted in relation to their age (the more immature the horse, the less weight it carries). In this system, a two-year-old, the youngest racer, competes with less weight to carry than a horse that is three years or older. In general, a horse is reckoned as being fully aged at five years and is handicapped accordingly.

There are also sex allowances for fillies, so that they carry slightly lower weights than males. Weight penalties or allowances are also provided on the basis of individual horses’ past performance. Such handicaps may be set centrally where racing is so controlled or by individual tracks, the goal being to render all horses as nearly equal as possible by establishing what is called racing form. The handicap race thus represents an outright repudiation of the classic concept that the best horse should win. Instead, handicaps are assigned with the specific objective of giving all the horses in a race an equal chance of winning. Some handicap races are major sporting events. For instance, the Melbourne Cup , a handicap inaugurated in 1861, is the most important race of the Southern Hemisphere. In the United States the Metropolitan, Brooklyn, and Suburban handicaps—all dating to the 19th century—were once the most valuable American events and remain reasonably comparable to the classics. The Santa Anita Handicap, first run in 1935, pioneered among such races with $100,000 or more purse value.

Purse money and stake fees Sponsored races in which much of the purse money is put up by commercial firms include the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Durban July. In the United States most of the purse money for the richest events (offering purses in the millions of dollars) is provided by the stakes fees of the owners. Purses were winner-take-all in the early days of racing, but, as the racing of fields of horses came to predominate, a second prize came to be offered. Gradually, third and fourth prizes were added and occasionally fifth. On the average, modern-day purses are allocated about 60 percent to the winner, 20 percent to the second-place finisher, 12 percent to the third, 6 percent to the fourth, and 2 percent to the fifth-place finisher. Wagers The same historical progression was followed for wagers, with the bets in early (two-horse) races being simply to win and modern bets being placed on the first three horses (win, place, and show).

From private bets, wagering was extended in the 19th century to bookmaking (a bookmaker is a professional bet accepter who tries to set his odds so that a percentage is working in his favour). Later in that century, betting was taken over worldwide by the racetrack managements in the form of the pari-mutuel . This is a common betting pool in which those who bet horses finishing in the first three places share the total amount bet minus a percentage for the management. The pari-mutuel was perfected with the introduction in the 20th century of the totalizator, a machine that mechanically records bets and can provide an almost instant reflection of betting in all pools. It displays the approximate odds to win on each horse and the total amount of wagering on each horse in each of various betting pools. The customary pools are win, place, and show, and there are such specialty wagers as the daily double (winners of the first two races), perfecta (win and place winners in order in one race), quiniela (as in the perfecta but not in order), and trifecta (win, place, and show winners in order in one race).

Other specialty wagers, sometimes offering extremely high payouts, require the bettor to select multiple trifectas, the winners of several races, or the first four horses in one race. As racing became big business, governments entered wagering with offtrack betting, which was very beneficial to racing in Australia, New Zealand, and France and less so in England and New York City. In the United States, illegal bookmaking offtrack became the province of organized crime. Legal offtrack betting parlours proliferated during the late 20th century but were less prevalent in the 21st because of the growth of online gambling and the general decline in horse racing’s popularity. Racing ages A racehorse achieves peak ability at age five, but the classic age of three years and the escalating size of purses, breeding fees, and sale prices have led to fewer races held with horses beyond age four. There are notable exceptions to this, however.

Famous races that admit horses older than three include the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, the Gran Premio Internacional Carlos Pellegrini in Argentina , the Caulfield and Sydney cups in Australia, the Grande Prêmio São Paulo Internacional in Brazil , the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in England, the Gran Premio del Jockey Club and Gran Premio di Milano in Italy, the Emperor’s Cup and Arima Memorial in Japan , the Wellington Cup in New Zealand, the Durban July in South Africa, and the Gran Premio Clásico Simón Bolívar in Venezuela . Breeding theory and practice To be registered as a Thoroughbred, a foal must be the product of a “live cover,” meaning a witnessed natural mating of a stallion and a mare. Though artificial insemination and embryo transfer are possible and common in other horse breeds, it is banned with Thoroughbreds. The population of the breed is thereby controlled, assuring a high monetary value for the horses in the process. Because each foal is assigned an official birth date of January 1, to facilitate the age groups that define Thoroughbred races, it is important that mares foal as early as possible in the calendar year.

This assures maximum development time for the foal before training and racing. The guiding principle for breeding winning racehorses has always been best expressed as “breed the best to the best and hope for the best.” The performance of a breeding horse’s progeny is the real test, but, for horses untried at stud, the qualifications are pedigree, racing ability, and physical conformation. What breeders learned early in the history of horse racing is that crossing bloodlines can potentially overcome flaws in horses. If, for example, one breed is known for stamina and another known for speed, interbreeding the two might result in a healthy mix of both qualities in their offspring. Racecourses The ownership of racetracks ranges from complete state control, in which case the national government may own the tracks and horses and employ trainers, jockeys, grooms, and other necessary personnel, to complete private enterprise, as in most of the United States, where tracks are privately owned and operated for profit, as are the horses, and trainers and jockeys are independent contractors. In-between conditions include government ownership of tracks and in some cases horses, which are leased, and nonprofit privately owned tracks, as in Australia and the New York Racing Association.

Horse racing at the Galway Race Course, Ballybrit, County Galway, Connaught (Connacht), Ireland. Nutan/Tourism Ireland Racetrack stands range from the elegant (Longchamp in France, Ascot in England) to the modest and purely functional (Cologne, the Curragh in Ireland). The same variety is true of the saddling area, the paddock. Most European and other racing surfaces are grass; in North and South America the common surface is dirt, though grass became increasingly popular in the 20th century. Synthetic racing surfaces, which routinely drain better than natural surfaces and cause fewer fatal injuries, were increasingly installed at racetracks during the 21st century. Racing takes place mainly in the daytime. Older racetracks, mainly European, conform to natural terrain, accommodations for spectators having been added later. The course at Newmarket , for example, can accommodate a race of 2.25 miles (3.6 km) with a gentle change of direction of less than 90 degrees, but spectators cannot see all the race. Newer tracks are elliptical 1-mile- (1.6-km-) long tracks.

Racing procedure The eligibility of racers is checked the day before they are raced. Before the race, jockeys weigh out and report to the paddock for instructions by trainers and mount up, the identity of the horses having been checked. Horses and riders proceed to the track in a parade to the post for the stewards ’ (race officials’) inspection and a brief warm-up gallop. Horses are almost universally started from electrically operated starting gates, the horses being walked or led into their stalls prior to the start of the race. The starter actuates the upward swing of the barrier from the stalls when all are in place. During the race, stewards and patrol judges are alert for racing violations, supplemented by a motion-picture patrol. The finish is photographed by a special camera, and, when the race is close, the picture is awaited before winners are announced. The race’s result does not become official until the jockeys have weighed in and the riders of horses that finished in the money are certified to have carried the proper weight. At weighing in, a jockey, owner, or trainer may claim foul against a horse that interfered with his mount.

The judgment of the stewards may result in a horse being lowered in order of finish from first to last. The stewards declare the race official, and then payoffs are flashed on the totalizator. Postrace urine tests are made of winning horses and a sample of the field, and if results show the presence of forbidden substances, the results may be changed on payment of purses but not on bets. Most time records are clustered in North America, where speed has long been a desideratum. Races in the United States are timed to 1/5 of a second, as opposed to 1/100 of a second elsewhere. Racing silks Colourful racing silks are a familiar element of horse racing, and their introduction dates to the formal organization of the sport in the 18th century. Though they primarily serve an aesthetic purpose in the modern sport, their original use in racing was to allow spectators to distinguish one horse from another during races in an age before television and public-address systems. To this day horse owners must register a unique pattern and set of colours (worn on the jockey’s jacket and helmet cover) with a regulatory board.

Racing strategy The earliest American racecourses were typically straight quarter-mile sprints. For these short distances, American jockeys developed a style of riding involving a short stirrup and a crouching posture—this “ American seat ” eventually became standard worldwide for all distances. As longer, elliptical racetracks were built in New York and throughout the South, a greater onus was placed on jockeys to pace their horses. Because Thoroughbred horses are capable of running only about a quarter of a mile at top speed, determining what pace to set and when to unleash this burst of speed is crucial to winning. The American jockey Isaac Murphy was famous in the 1880s and ’90s for his “grandstand finishes.” Training The training of racehorses, simply expressed, is maintaining a horse in the best condition to run. Exercise and feeding programs and knowledge of the individual horse are factors involved. A good trainer selects a jockey who suits the horse and, perhaps more important, enters the horse in suitable races.

A trainer of a horse for a classic race not only must develop the horse into peak condition but must time the development so that the horse reaches its peak on a certain day, which is the most difficult art of all. The state of racing In America, interest in horse racing exploded after the Civil War . By 1890 there were 314 racetracks, operating in nearly every state. Incensed, antigambling coalitions pushed through legislation in most parts of the country, and by 1908 only 25 racetracks remained in operation. Finally, even New York racetracks were shut down in 1911 when state legislation outlawed quoting of odds, soliciting bets, and recording bets in a fixed place. In response, many owners, trainers, and jockeys shifted their operations to Europe. When New York racetracks reopened in 1913, most of the earlier African American jockeys never returned.

Barbaro, ridden by Edgar Prado, racing across the finish line to win the 132nd Kentucky Derby at … Al Behrman/AP During the late 1920s and the ’30s racetracks became an important source of tax revenue, and by the second half of the 20th century horse racing had become big business. Fields regularly numbered a dozen or more. Once race meetings lasted a day or two, later a week or two, and today, particularly where climate allows, races may be scheduled for half the year or more. More racing dates require more horses, and horses are raced more intensively. Purses grew, particularly after World War II . In 1981 a new American race, the Arlington Million (run at Arlington Park in Arlington Heights , Illinois , outside of Chicago ), was the first million-dollar race. Purses routinely topped this amount in the 21st century, growing to greater than $10 million for certain high-profile races. Where there is gambling, there is cheating, and the history of racing repeats itself with recurrent race fixing and running of ringers.

A new threat to the sport arose in the 1960s with the widespread use of anti-inflammatory and coagulant drugs on horses. Various racing bodies limited or forbade the use of such drugs; others did not. Over-racing, particularly in the United States, encouraged their use, and both legal and illegal drug use may explain the higher death rate among American racehorses. (The U.S. Jockey Club reported that about 600 horses died racing-related deaths on U.S. racetracks in 2006, a significantly larger number than those recorded in other countries.) The use of steroids on horses, like their use by star athletes in many sports, came under particular scrutiny in the late 20th century. Animal rights organizations have long criticized horse racing. Activists have sought to expose horse doping, institute a ban on horse whipping by jockeys, limit the number of races a horse (especially three years old and younger) can run in a season, and eliminate dirt tracks in favour of safer synthetic surfaces.

Two notable tragedies in the early 21st century helped propel calls for reform: the shattering of bones in one of Kentucky Derby champion Barbaro’s legs just seconds after the start of the Preakness Stakes in 2006 (the horse was euthanized eight months later) and the death of three horses during production of the TV series Luck (2011–12), a drama about horse racing. (The deaths and subsequent outcry among many viewers helped lead to the abrupt cancellation of the show after just one season.) Such events—augmented by the changing interests of the global sporting public—contributed to the continuing decline in the popularity of horse racing through the first decades of the 21st century. Horse of the Year winners Winners of the Horse of the Year award are listed in the table. Horse of the Year

Question: Which is the only one of the English Classic horse races for which the Queen has not owned the winner?
Answer: The Derby