Epsom Oaks
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The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1
Conditions races
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 flat
Flat racing
Flat racing is a form of Thoroughbred horse racing which is run over a level track at a predetermined distance. It differs from steeplechase racing which is run over hurdles...

 horse race
Horse racing
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 in Great Britain
Great Britain
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 open to three-year-old thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...

 fillies
Filly
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. It is run at Epsom Downs
Epsom Downs Racecourse
Epsom Downs is a Grade 1 racecourse near Epsom, Surrey, England. The "downs" referred to in the name are part of the North Downs. The course is best known for hosting the Epsom Derby, the United Kingdom's premier thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old colts and fillies, over a mile and a half...

 over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 10 yards (2,423 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early June.

It is the third of Britain's five Classic races to be held during the season, and the second of two restricted to fillies. It can also serve as the middle leg of the Fillies' Triple Crown
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing consists of three races for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses. Winning all three of these Thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment of a Thoroughbred racehorse...

, preceded by the 1,000 Guineas and followed by the St Leger
St. Leger Stakes
The St. Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of 1 mile, 6 furlongs and 132 yards , and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.Established in 1776, the St. Leger...

, although the feat of winning all three is rarely attempted.

History

The event is named after The Oaks, an estate located to the east of Epsom which was leased to the 12th Earl of Derby
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby PC , styled Lord Strange between 1771 and 1776, was a British peer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries...

 in the 18th century. He and his guests devised the race during a party at the estate in 1778. It was first run in 1779, one year before the introduction of the Derby Stakes
Epsom Derby
The Derby Stakes, popularly known as The Derby, internationally as the Epsom Derby, and under its present sponsor as the Investec Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies...

. The inaugural winner, Bridget, was owned by Lord Derby himself.

The Oaks subsequently became one of Britain's leading events for three-year-olds. By the mid-1860s, the five leading events for this age group were referred to as "Classics". The concept was later adopted in many other countries.

European variations of the Oaks include the Irish Oaks
Irish Oaks
The Irish Oaks is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in July....

, the Preis der Diana
Preis der Diana
The Preis der Diana, sometimes referred to as the German Oaks, is a Group 1 flat horse race in Germany which is open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Düsseldorf over a distance of 2,200 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in early August.The event was...

, the Prix de Diane
Prix de Diane
The Prix de Diane, sometimes referred to as the French Oaks, is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies...

 and the Oaks d'Italia
Oaks d'Italia
The Oaks d'Italia is a Group 2 flat horse race in Italy open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Milan over a distance of 2,200 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in May or June....

. Other national equivalents include the AJC Oaks
AJC Oaks
The AJC Oaks is a Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred horserace for three-year-old fillies at set weights contested over 2,400 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney in April. The AJC Australian Oaks is the premier staying race for three-year-old fillies during the Sydney autumn racing carnival. Total...

, the New Zealand Oaks
New Zealand Oaks
The New Zealand Oaks is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three year-old fillies run at set weights over a distance of 2400 metres on the third Saturday of March every year at Trentham racecourse in Wellington, New Zealand....

 and the Yushun Himba
Yushun Himba
The , also known as the is a Japanese domestic Grade 1 flat horse race for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 2,400 metres at the Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchū, Tokyo in May....

.

Records


Leading jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...

 (9 wins):
  • Frank Buckle
    Francis Buckle
    Francis Buckle was an English jockey.Born in Newmarket, Buckle started racing at the stables of Richard Vernan, making his first appearance in 1783 at the age of 17. His first win in one of the English Classics came in 1800, when he won both the St. Leger Stakes and the Epsom Derby on Champion...

     – Nike (1797), Bellissima (1798), Bellina (1799), Scotia (1802), Theophania (1803), Meteora (1805), Neva (1817), Corinne (1818), Zinc (1823)

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Leading trainer
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...

 (13 wins):
  • Robert Robson
    Robert Robson
    Robert Robson was a horse trainer.The leading racehorse trainer of his time, he raised their status from glorified groom to professional. Based initially at Lewes he spent most of his career at Newmarket and continued to live there after his retirement in 1828, when, as a testimonial, members of...

     – Scotia (1802), Pelisse (1804), Meteora (1805), Briseis (1807), Morel (1808), Maid of Orleans (1809), Music (1813), Minuet (1815), Landscape (1816), Corinne (1818), Pastille (1822), Zinc (1823), Wings (1825)

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Leading owner (6 wins):
  • 4th Duke of Grafton
    George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
    George Henry FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, KG was a British peer and Whig politician, known as Earl of Euston from birth until 1811....

     – Music (1813), Minuet (1815), Pastille (1822), Zinc (1823), Turquoise (1828), Oxygen (1831)

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  • Fastest winning time (at Epsom) – Intrepidity (1993), 2m 34.19s
  • Widest winning margin – Sun Princess (1983), 12 lengths
  • Longest odds winners – Vespa (1833) and Jet Ski Lady (1991), 50/1
  • Shortest odds winner – Pretty Polly (1904), 8/100
  • Most runners – 26, in 1848
  • Fewest runners – 4, in 1799 and 1904


Winners

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
1779 Bridget Dick Goodisson Saunders 12th Earl of Derby
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby PC , styled Lord Strange between 1771 and 1776, was a British peer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries...

1780 Tetotum Dick Goodisson Thomas Douglas
1781 Faith Dick Goodisson John Pratt 1st Earl Grosvenor
Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor
Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor , known as Sir Richard Grosvenor, 7th Baronet between 1755 and 1761 and as The Lord Grosvenor between 1761 and 1784, was a British peer, racehorse owner and art collector...

1782 Ceres Sam Chifney John Pratt 1st Earl Grosvenor
Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor
Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor , known as Sir Richard Grosvenor, 7th Baronet between 1755 and 1761 and as The Lord Grosvenor between 1761 and 1784, was a British peer, racehorse owner and art collector...

1783 Maid of the Oaks Sam Chifney John Pratt 1st Earl Grosvenor
Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor
Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor , known as Sir Richard Grosvenor, 7th Baronet between 1755 and 1761 and as The Lord Grosvenor between 1761 and 1784, was a British peer, racehorse owner and art collector...

1784 Stella Charles Hindley Philip Burlton
1785 Trifle J. Bird John Pratt 1st Earl of Clermont
William Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont
William Henry Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont KP was an Irish peer and politician.He served as High Sheriff of Louth in 1746. He became Earl of Clermont in 1777 and was appointed a Knight Founder of the Order of St Patrick on 30 March 1795...

1786 Yellow Filly James Edwards Richard Prince Sir Frank Standish
1787 Annette Dennis Fitzpatrick J. Watson Richard Vernon
1788 Nightshade Dennis Fitzpatrick Frank Neale 3rd Earl of Egremont
George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont was a British peer. A direct descendant of Sir John Wyndham, he succeeded to his father's titles in 1763 at the age of 12, inheriting estates at Petworth, Egremont, Leconfield and land in Wiltshire and Somerset. He later inherited the lands of the Earl...

1789 Tag Sam Chifney Frank Neale 3rd Earl of Egremont
George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont was a British peer. A direct descendant of Sir John Wyndham, he succeeded to his father's titles in 1763 at the age of 12, inheriting estates at Petworth, Egremont, Leconfield and land in Wiltshire and Somerset. He later inherited the lands of the Earl...

1790 Hippolyta Sam Chifney Matt Stephenson 5th Duke of Bedford
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford was an English aristocrat and Whig politician, responsible for much of the development of central Bloomsbury.-Life:...

1791 Portia John Singleton, Jr. Matt Stephenson 5th Duke of Bedford
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford was an English aristocrat and Whig politician, responsible for much of the development of central Bloomsbury.-Life:...

1792 Volante Charles Hindley John Pratt 1st Earl of Clermont
William Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont
William Henry Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont KP was an Irish peer and politician.He served as High Sheriff of Louth in 1746. He became Earl of Clermont in 1777 and was appointed a Knight Founder of the Order of St Patrick on 30 March 1795...

1793 Caelia John Singleton, Jr. Matt Stephenson 5th Duke of Bedford
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford was an English aristocrat and Whig politician, responsible for much of the development of central Bloomsbury.-Life:...

1794 Hermione Sam Arnull Saunders 12th Earl of Derby
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby PC , styled Lord Strange between 1771 and 1776, was a British peer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries...

1795 Platina Dennis Fitzpatrick Frank Neale 3rd Earl of Egremont
George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont was a British peer. A direct descendant of Sir John Wyndham, he succeeded to his father's titles in 1763 at the age of 12, inheriting estates at Petworth, Egremont, Leconfield and land in Wiltshire and Somerset. He later inherited the lands of the Earl...

1796 Parisot John Arnull Richard Prince Sir Frank Standish
1797 Nike Frank Buckle
Francis Buckle
Francis Buckle was an English jockey.Born in Newmarket, Buckle started racing at the stables of Richard Vernan, making his first appearance in 1783 at the age of 17. His first win in one of the English Classics came in 1800, when he won both the St. Leger Stakes and the Epsom Derby on Champion...

John Pratt 1st Earl Grosvenor
Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor
Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor , known as Sir Richard Grosvenor, 7th Baronet between 1755 and 1761 and as The Lord Grosvenor between 1761 and 1784, was a British peer, racehorse owner and art collector...

1798 Bellissima Frank Buckle
Francis Buckle
Francis Buckle was an English jockey.Born in Newmarket, Buckle started racing at the stables of Richard Vernan, making his first appearance in 1783 at the age of 17. His first win in one of the English Classics came in 1800, when he won both the St. Leger Stakes and the Epsom Derby on Champion...

Richard Prince John Durand
1799 Bellina Frank Buckle
Francis Buckle
Francis Buckle was an English jockey.Born in Newmarket, Buckle started racing at the stables of Richard Vernan, making his first appearance in 1783 at the age of 17. His first win in one of the English Classics came in 1800, when he won both the St. Leger Stakes and the Epsom Derby on Champion...

John Pratt 1st Earl Grosvenor
Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor
Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor , known as Sir Richard Grosvenor, 7th Baronet between 1755 and 1761 and as The Lord Grosvenor between 1761 and 1784, was a British peer, racehorse owner and art collector...

1800 Ephemera Dennis Fitzpatrick Frank Neale 3rd Earl of Egremont
George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont was a British peer. A direct descendant of Sir John Wyndham, he succeeded to his father's titles in 1763 at the age of 12, inheriting estates at Petworth, Egremont, Leconfield and land in Wiltshire and Somerset. He later inherited the lands of the Earl...

1801 Eleanor John Saunders J. Frost Sir Charles Bunbury
Sir Charles Bunbury, 6th Baronet
Sir Thomas Charles Bunbury, 6th Baronet , was a British politician and the first husband of Lady Sarah Lennox.Bunbury was the eldest son of Reverend Sir William Bunbury, 5th Baronet, Vicar of Mildenhall, Suffolk, and his wife Eleanor, daughter of Vere Graham. The caricaturist Henry Bunbury was his...

1802 Scotia Frank Buckle
Francis Buckle
Francis Buckle was an English jockey.Born in Newmarket, Buckle started racing at the stables of Richard Vernan, making his first appearance in 1783 at the age of 17. His first win in one of the English Classics came in 1800, when he won both the St. Leger Stakes and the Epsom Derby on Champion...

Robert Robson
Robert Robson
Robert Robson was a horse trainer.The leading racehorse trainer of his time, he raised their status from glorified groom to professional. Based initially at Lewes he spent most of his career at Newmarket and continued to live there after his retirement in 1828, when, as a testimonial, members of...

John Wastell
1803 Theophania Frank Buckle
Francis Buckle
Francis Buckle was an English jockey.Born in Newmarket, Buckle started racing at the stables of Richard Vernan, making his first appearance in 1783 at the age of 17. His first win in one of the English Classics came in 1800, when he won both the St. Leger Stakes and the Epsom Derby on Champion...

Sam King Sir Thomas Gascoigne
Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 8th Baronet
Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 8th Baronet was the son of Sir Edward Gascoigne, 7th Baronet and a member of the Gascoigne family....

1804 Pelisse Bill Clift Robert Robson
Robert Robson
Robert Robson was a horse trainer.The leading racehorse trainer of his time, he raised their status from glorified groom to professional. Based initially at Lewes he spent most of his career at Newmarket and continued to live there after his retirement in 1828, when, as a testimonial, members of...

3rd Duke of Grafton
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, KG, PC , styled Earl of Euston between 1747 and 1757, was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian era...

1805 Meteora Frank Buckle
Francis Buckle
Francis Buckle was an English jockey.Born in Newmarket, Buckle started racing at the stables of Richard Vernan, making his first appearance in 1783 at the age of 17. His first win in one of the English Classics came in 1800, when he won both the St. Leger Stakes and the Epsom Derby on Champion...

Robert Robson
Robert Robson
Robert Robson was a horse trainer.The leading racehorse trainer of his time, he raised their status from glorified groom to professional. Based initially at Lewes he spent most of his career at Newmarket and continued to live there after his retirement in 1828, when, as a testimonial, members of...

2nd Earl Grosvenor
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, KG was the son of the 1st Earl Grosvenor, whom he succeeded in 1802 as 2nd Earl Grosvenor. He was created Marquess of Westminster in 1831. He was an English Member of Parliament and an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster...

1806 Bronze William Edwards Dixon Boyce Berkeley Craven
1807 Briseis Sam Chifney, Jr. Robert Robson
Robert Robson
Robert Robson was a horse trainer.The leading racehorse trainer of his time, he raised their status from glorified groom to professional. Based initially at Lewes he spent most of his career at Newmarket and continued to live there after his retirement in 1828, when, as a testimonial, members of...

Thomas Grosvenor
Thomas Grosvenor (British Army officer)
Field Marshal Thomas Grosvenor was a senior officer in the British Army.-Military career:Born the third son of Thomas Grosvenor MP, Grosvenor was educated at Westminster School and commissioned into the 1st foot guards in 1779. He was in charge of security at the Bank of England during the Gordon...

1808 Morel Bill Clift Robert Robson
Robert Robson
Robert Robson was a horse trainer.The leading racehorse trainer of his time, he raised their status from glorified groom to professional. Based initially at Lewes he spent most of his career at Newmarket and continued to live there after his retirement in 1828, when, as a testimonial, members of...

3rd Duke of Grafton
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, KG, PC , styled Earl of Euston between 1747 and 1757, was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian era...

1809 Maid of Orleans Ben Moss Robert Robson
Robert Robson
Robert Robson was a horse trainer.The leading racehorse trainer of his time, he raised their status from glorified groom to professional. Based initially at Lewes he spent most of his career at Newmarket and continued to live there after his retirement in 1828, when, as a testimonial, members of...

John Leveson-Gower
1810 Oriana Bill Peirse Bill Peirse Sir William Gerard
1811 Sorcery Sam Chifney, Jr. Dixon Boyce 5th Duke of Rutland
John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland
John Henry Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland, KG , styled Lord Roos from 1778 until 1779 and Marquess of Granby from 1779 until 1787, was a British peer....

1812 Manuella Bill Peirse Bill Peirse W. N. W. Hewett
1813 Music Tom Goodisson Robert Robson
Robert Robson
Robert Robson was a horse trainer.The leading racehorse trainer of his time, he raised their status from glorified groom to professional. Based initially at Lewes he spent most of his career at Newmarket and continued to live there after his retirement in 1828, when, as a testimonial, members of...

4th Duke of Grafton
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
George Henry FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, KG was a British peer and Whig politician, known as Earl of Euston from birth until 1811....

1814 Medora Sam Barnard Dixon Boyce 5th Duke of Rutland
John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland
John Henry Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland, KG , styled Lord Roos from 1778 until 1779 and Marquess of Granby from 1779 until 1787, was a British peer....

1815 Minuet Tom Goodisson Robert Robson
Robert Robson
Robert Robson was a horse trainer.The leading racehorse trainer of his time, he raised their status from glorified groom to professional. Based initially at Lewes he spent most of his career at Newmarket and continued to live there after his retirement in 1828, when, as a testimonial, members of...

4th Duke of Grafton
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
George Henry FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, KG was a British peer and Whig politician, known as Earl of Euston from birth until 1811....

1816 Landscape Sam Chifney, Jr. Robert Robson
Robert Robson
Robert Robson was a horse trainer.The leading racehorse trainer of his time, he raised their status from glorified groom to professional. Based initially at Lewes he spent most of his career at Newmarket and continued to live there after his retirement in 1828, when, as a testimonial, members of...

John Leveson-Gower
1817 Neva Frank Buckle
Francis Buckle
Francis Buckle was an English jockey.Born in Newmarket, Buckle started racing at the stables of Richard Vernan, making his first appearance in 1783 at the age of 17. His first win in one of the English Classics came in 1800, when he won both the St. Leger Stakes and the Epsom Derby on Champion...

Dixon Boyce George Watson
1818 Corinne Frank Buckle
Francis Buckle
Francis Buckle was an English jockey.Born in Newmarket, Buckle started racing at the stables of Richard Vernan, making his first appearance in 1783 at the age of 17. His first win in one of the English Classics came in 1800, when he won both the St. Leger Stakes and the Epsom Derby on Champion...

Robert Robson
Robert Robson
Robert Robson was a horse trainer.The leading racehorse trainer of his time, he raised their status from glorified groom to professional. Based initially at Lewes he spent most of his career at Newmarket and continued to live there after his retirement in 1828, when, as a testimonial, members of...

John Udney
1819 Shoveler Sam Chifney, Jr. William Chifney Thomas Thornhill
1820 Caroline Harry Edwards Robert Stephenson 3rd Earl of Egremont
George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont was a British peer. A direct descendant of Sir John Wyndham, he succeeded to his father's titles in 1763 at the age of 12, inheriting estates at Petworth, Egremont, Leconfield and land in Wiltshire and Somerset. He later inherited the lands of the Earl...

1821 Augusta Jem Robinson R. Prince, Jr. 2nd Marquess of Exeter
Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter
Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter KG, PC , styled Lord Burghley until 1804, was a British peer, courtier and Tory politician...

1822 Pastille Harry Edwards Robert Robson
Robert Robson
Robert Robson was a horse trainer.The leading racehorse trainer of his time, he raised their status from glorified groom to professional. Based initially at Lewes he spent most of his career at Newmarket and continued to live there after his retirement in 1828, when, as a testimonial, members of...

4th Duke of Grafton
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
George Henry FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, KG was a British peer and Whig politician, known as Earl of Euston from birth until 1811....

1823 Zinc Frank Buckle
Francis Buckle
Francis Buckle was an English jockey.Born in Newmarket, Buckle started racing at the stables of Richard Vernan, making his first appearance in 1783 at the age of 17. His first win in one of the English Classics came in 1800, when he won both the St. Leger Stakes and the Epsom Derby on Champion...

Robert Robson
Robert Robson
Robert Robson was a horse trainer.The leading racehorse trainer of his time, he raised their status from glorified groom to professional. Based initially at Lewes he spent most of his career at Newmarket and continued to live there after his retirement in 1828, when, as a testimonial, members of...

4th Duke of Grafton
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
George Henry FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, KG was a British peer and Whig politician, known as Earl of Euston from birth until 1811....

1824 Cobweb Jem Robinson James Edwards 5th Earl of Jersey
1825 Wings Sam Chifney, Jr. Robert Robson
Robert Robson
Robert Robson was a horse trainer.The leading racehorse trainer of his time, he raised their status from glorified groom to professional. Based initially at Lewes he spent most of his career at Newmarket and continued to live there after his retirement in 1828, when, as a testimonial, members of...

Thomas Grosvenor
Thomas Grosvenor (British Army officer)
Field Marshal Thomas Grosvenor was a senior officer in the British Army.-Military career:Born the third son of Thomas Grosvenor MP, Grosvenor was educated at Westminster School and commissioned into the 1st foot guards in 1779. He was in charge of security at the Bank of England during the Gordon...

1826 Lilias Tommy Lye John Forth John Forth
1827 Gulnare Frank Boyce John Kent 5th Duke of Richmond
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and 5th Duke of Lennox KG, PC , styled Earl of March until in 1819, was a British soldier, politician and a prominent Conservative.-Background and education:...

1828 Turquoise John Barham Day Robert Stephenson 4th Duke of Grafton
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
George Henry FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, KG was a British peer and Whig politician, known as Earl of Euston from birth until 1811....

1829 Green Mantle George Dockeray Charles Marson 2nd Marquess of Exeter
Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter
Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter KG, PC , styled Lord Burghley until 1804, was a British peer, courtier and Tory politician...

1830 Variation George Edwards Bobby Pettit Scott Stonehewer
1831 Oxygen John Barham Day Robert Stephenson 4th Duke of Grafton
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
George Henry FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, KG was a British peer and Whig politician, known as Earl of Euston from birth until 1811....

1832 Galata Patrick Conolly Charles Marson 2nd Marquess of Exeter
Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter
Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter KG, PC , styled Lord Burghley until 1804, was a British peer, courtier and Tory politician...

1833 Vespa Jem Chapple H. Scott Sir Mark Wood
1834 Pussy John Barham Day W. Day Thomas Cosby
1835 Queen of Trumps Tommy Lye John Blenkhorn Edward Lloyd-Mostyn
Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn
Edward Mostyn Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn , was a British peer and Member of Parliament .Mostyn was the son of Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn...

1836 Cyprian Bill Scott
William Scott (jockey)
William Scott was a British jockey. Known as "Bill", he was a brother of the renowned trainer John Scott who frequently conditioned horses that he rode....

John Scott
John Scott (horseman)
John Scott was the preeminent horse trainer in British Thoroughbred racing during the 19th century. Known as "The Wizard of the North," he was a brother to the successful jockey Bill Scott....

John Scott
John Scott (horseman)
John Scott was the preeminent horse trainer in British Thoroughbred racing during the 19th century. Known as "The Wizard of the North," he was a brother to the successful jockey Bill Scott....

1837 Miss Letty John Holmes I. Blades Thomas Orde-Powlett
1838 Industry Bill Scott
William Scott (jockey)
William Scott was a British jockey. Known as "Bill", he was a brother of the renowned trainer John Scott who frequently conditioned horses that he rode....

John Scott
John Scott (horseman)
John Scott was the preeminent horse trainer in British Thoroughbred racing during the 19th century. Known as "The Wizard of the North," he was a brother to the successful jockey Bill Scott....

6th Earl of Chesterfield
George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield
George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield PC , styled Lord Stanhope until 1815, was a British Tory politician, courtier and race horse owner...

1839 Deception John Barham Day W. Treen Fulwar Craven
1840 Crucifix
Crucifix (horse)
Crucifix was an undefeated, Classic Race winning, British-bred Thoroughbred racemare. She was also the dam of three sires who had a great influence on the breed.-Breeding:...

John Barham Day John Barham Day Lord George Bentinck
Lord George Bentinck
Lord George Frederick Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck , better known as simply Lord George Bentinck, was an English Conservative politician and racehorse owner, best known for his role in unseating Sir Robert Peel over the Corn Laws.Bentinck was a younger son of the 4th Duke of Portland, and elected a...

1841 Ghuznee Bill Scott
William Scott (jockey)
William Scott was a British jockey. Known as "Bill", he was a brother of the renowned trainer John Scott who frequently conditioned horses that he rode....

John Scott
John Scott (horseman)
John Scott was the preeminent horse trainer in British Thoroughbred racing during the 19th century. Known as "The Wizard of the North," he was a brother to the successful jockey Bill Scott....

1st Marquess of Westminster
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, KG was the son of the 1st Earl Grosvenor, whom he succeeded in 1802 as 2nd Earl Grosvenor. He was created Marquess of Westminster in 1831. He was an English Member of Parliament and an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster...

1842 Our Nell Tommy Lye Tom Dawson George Dawson
1843 Poison Frank Butler R. Fisher George Ford
1844 The Princess Frank Butler John Scott
John Scott (horseman)
John Scott was the preeminent horse trainer in British Thoroughbred racing during the 19th century. Known as "The Wizard of the North," he was a brother to the successful jockey Bill Scott....

George Anson
1845 Refraction Henry Bell John Kent, Jr. 5th Duke of Richmond
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and 5th Duke of Lennox KG, PC , styled Earl of March until in 1819, was a British soldier, politician and a prominent Conservative.-Background and education:...

1846 Mendicant Sam Day John Barham Day John Gully
John Gully
John Gully was an English prize-fighter, horse racer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1837.-Early life:...

1847 Miami Sim Templeman W. Beresford Sir Joseph Hawley
Sir Joseph Henry Hawley, 3rd Baronet
Sir Joseph Henry Hawley Bt. was a noted Thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder in nineteenth century England.Four of his horses won the Epsom Derby: Teddington , Beadsman , Musjid and Blue Gown...

1848 Cymba Sim Templeman John Day, Jr. Harry Hill
1849 Lady Evelyn Frank Butler Tom Taylor 6th Earl of Chesterfield
George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield
George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield PC , styled Lord Stanhope until 1815, was a British Tory politician, courtier and race horse owner...

1850 Rhedycina Frank Butler William Goodwin George Hobson
1851 Iris Frank Butler John Scott
John Scott (horseman)
John Scott was the preeminent horse trainer in British Thoroughbred racing during the 19th century. Known as "The Wizard of the North," he was a brother to the successful jockey Bill Scott....

Lord Stanley
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC was an English statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party. He was known before 1834 as Edward Stanley, and from 1834 to 1851 as Lord Stanley...

1852 Songstress Frank Butler John Scott
John Scott (horseman)
John Scott was the preeminent horse trainer in British Thoroughbred racing during the 19th century. Known as "The Wizard of the North," he was a brother to the successful jockey Bill Scott....

John Scott
John Scott (horseman)
John Scott was the preeminent horse trainer in British Thoroughbred racing during the 19th century. Known as "The Wizard of the North," he was a brother to the successful jockey Bill Scott....

1853 Catherine Hayes Charlie Marlow Mathew Dawson
Mathew Dawson
Mathew Dawson was a British racehorse trainer. In a career which lasted from 1840 until his death in 1898 he trained the winners of twenty-eight British Classic Races, a figure surpassed by only two other men. He was significant as one of the first trainers to run a public stable, rather than...

John Don-Wauchope
1854 Mincemeat Jack Charlton William Goodwin William Cookson
1855 Marchioness Sim Templeman John Scott
John Scott (horseman)
John Scott was the preeminent horse trainer in British Thoroughbred racing during the 19th century. Known as "The Wizard of the North," he was a brother to the successful jockey Bill Scott....

William Rudston-Read
1856 Mincepie Alfred Day John Day, Jr. Harry Hill
1857 Blink Bonny Jack Charlton William I'Anson William I'Anson
1858 Governess Tom Ashmall Tom Eskrett William Gratwicke
1859 Summerside George Fordham
George Fordham
George Fordham was a British jockey. From 1855-63 he was the leading jockey, and had a career high of 165 wins in 1862. He the Epsom Derby in 1879, and won the Oaks five times, and the Grand Prix de Paris three times....

Tom Taylor 1st Baron Londesborough
Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough
Albert Denison Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough, KCH, FRS, FSA was a British Liberal Party politician and diplomat, known as Lord Albert Conyngham from 1816-49.-Early life and career:...

1860 Butterfly Jim Snowden G. Oates Richard Eastwood
1861 Brown Duchess Luke Snowden Joseph Saxon Joseph Saxon
1862 Feu de Joie Tom Chaloner James Godding Richard Naylor
1863 Queen Bertha Tom Aldcroft John Scott
John Scott (horseman)
John Scott was the preeminent horse trainer in British Thoroughbred racing during the 19th century. Known as "The Wizard of the North," he was a brother to the successful jockey Bill Scott....

6th Viscount Falmouth
1864 Fille de l'Air Arthur Edwards Tom Jennings, Sr. Frédéric de Lagrange
1865 Regalia John Norman William Harlock William Graham
1866 Tormentor Jimmy Mann C. Blanton Benjamin Ellam
1867 Hippia John Daley Joseph Hayhoe Mayer A. de Rothschild
Mayer Amschel de Rothschild
Mayer Amschel de Rothschild of the English branch of the Rothschild family was the fourth and youngest son of Nathan Mayer Rothschild . He was named Mayer Amschel Rothschild, for his grandfather, the patriarch of the Rothschild family.-Life:Known to his family as "Muffy", he was born in New Court,...

1868 Formosa George Fordham
George Fordham
George Fordham was a British jockey. From 1855-63 he was the leading jockey, and had a career high of 165 wins in 1862. He the Epsom Derby in 1879, and won the Oaks five times, and the Grand Prix de Paris three times....

Henry Woolcott William Graham
1869 Brigantine Tom Cannon, Sr. William Day Sir Frederick Johnstone
Sir Frederick Johnstone, 8th Baronet
Sir Frederick John William Johnstone, 8th baronet was an English racehorse owner and Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1885....

1870 Gamos George Fordham
George Fordham
George Fordham was a British jockey. From 1855-63 he was the leading jockey, and had a career high of 165 wins in 1862. He the Epsom Derby in 1879, and won the Oaks five times, and the Grand Prix de Paris three times....

Henry Woolcott William Graham 2:46.50
1871 Hannah Charlie Maidment Joseph Hayhoe Mayer A. de Rothschild
Mayer Amschel de Rothschild
Mayer Amschel de Rothschild of the English branch of the Rothschild family was the fourth and youngest son of Nathan Mayer Rothschild . He was named Mayer Amschel Rothschild, for his grandfather, the patriarch of the Rothschild family.-Life:Known to his family as "Muffy", he was born in New Court,...

2:51.00
1872 Reine George Fordham
George Fordham
George Fordham was a British jockey. From 1855-63 he was the leading jockey, and had a career high of 165 wins in 1862. He the Epsom Derby in 1879, and won the Oaks five times, and the Grand Prix de Paris three times....

Tom Jennings, Sr. Claude-Joachim Lefèvre
1873 Marie Stuart Tom Cannon, Sr. Robert Peck James Merry
James Merry (Scottish politician)
James Merry was a Scottish ironmaster and race-horse breeder and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1859 to 1874....

1874 Apology John Osborne, Jr. William Osborne John King 2:48.00
1875 Spinaway Fred Archer Mathew Dawson
Mathew Dawson
Mathew Dawson was a British racehorse trainer. In a career which lasted from 1840 until his death in 1898 he trained the winners of twenty-eight British Classic Races, a figure surpassed by only two other men. He was significant as one of the first trainers to run a public stable, rather than...

6th Viscount Falmouth
1876
(dh)
Camelia
Enguerrande
Tom Glover
Hudson
T. Cunnington
C. Wetherall
Frédéric de Lagrange
Auguste Lupin
1877 Placida Harry Jeffery Joseph Marsh John Fiennes 2:54.50
1878 Jannette Fred Archer Mathew Dawson
Mathew Dawson
Mathew Dawson was a British racehorse trainer. In a career which lasted from 1840 until his death in 1898 he trained the winners of twenty-eight British Classic Races, a figure surpassed by only two other men. He was significant as one of the first trainers to run a public stable, rather than...

6th Viscount Falmouth 2:54.00
1879 Wheel of Fortune Fred Archer Mathew Dawson
Mathew Dawson
Mathew Dawson was a British racehorse trainer. In a career which lasted from 1840 until his death in 1898 he trained the winners of twenty-eight British Classic Races, a figure surpassed by only two other men. He was significant as one of the first trainers to run a public stable, rather than...

6th Viscount Falmouth 3:02.00
1880 Jenny Howlet Jim Snowden William I'Anson, Jr. Charles Perkins 2:49.00
1881 Thebais George Fordham
George Fordham
George Fordham was a British jockey. From 1855-63 he was the leading jockey, and had a career high of 165 wins in 1862. He the Epsom Derby in 1879, and won the Oaks five times, and the Grand Prix de Paris three times....

Alec Taylor, Sr.
Alec Taylor, Sr.
Alec Taylor, Sr. was a highly successful British Thoroughbred horse trainer. He first began working as a trainer for Sir Joseph Hawley in 1848 at Fyfield, Wiltshire...

William Stirling Crawfurd 2:46.00
1882 Geheimniss Tom Cannon, Sr. John Porter
John Porter (horseman)
John Porter was an English Thoroughbred flat racing trainer whose horses won the English Triple Crown three times.-Biography:Born in Rugeley, Staffordshire, the National Horseracing Museum says that John Porter "was undoubtedly the most successful trainer of the Victorian era."From 1854 to 1855,...

7th Earl of Stamford
George Grey, 7th Earl of Stamford
George Harry Grey, 7th Earl of Stamford, 3rd Earl of Warrington was an English peer.George Harry Grey was born in Enville, Staffordshire, the son of George Harry Grey, Baron Grey of Groby . He succeeded his father as 9th Baron Grey of Groby in 1835...

1883 Bonny Jean John Watts Joe Cannon 5th Earl of Rosebery
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, KG, PC was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister. Between the death of his father, in 1851, and the death of his grandfather, the 4th Earl, in 1868, he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Dalmeny.Rosebery was a Liberal Imperialist who...

2:53.00
1884 Busybody Tom Cannon, Sr. Tom Cannon, Sr. George Baird
1885 Lonely Fred Archer William Gilbert, Jr. 5th Earl Cadogan
George Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan
George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan KG, PC, JP was a British Conservative politician.-Background and education:...

2:44.00
1886 Miss Jummy John Watts Richard Marsh 12th Duke of Hamilton
William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton
William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton, 9th Duke of Brandon, 2nd Duke of Châtellerault KT was a Scottish nobleman.-Biography:...

2:54.40
1887 Reve d'Or Charles Wood Alec Taylor, Sr.
Alec Taylor, Sr.
Alec Taylor, Sr. was a highly successful British Thoroughbred horse trainer. He first began working as a trainer for Sir Joseph Hawley in 1848 at Fyfield, Wiltshire...

8th Duke of Beaufort
Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort
Captain Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort KG, PC, DL , styled Earl of Glamorgan until 1835 and Marquess of Worcester from 1835 to 1853, was a British peer, soldier and Conservative politician...

2:50.40
1888 Seabreeze Jack Robinson James Jewitt 5th Baron Calthorpe
Frederick Gough-Calthorpe, 5th Baron Calthorpe
Frederick Henry William Gough-Calthorpe, 5th Baron Calthorpe was a British Liberal Party politician.-Background and education:...

1889 L'Abbesse de Jouarre Jimmy Woodburn Robert Sherwood Lord Randolph Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill MP was a British statesman. He was the third son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough and his wife Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane , daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry...

2:45.00
1890 Memoir John Watts George Dawson 6th Duke of Portland
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland
William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland KG, GCVO, PC, TD, DL , known as William Cavendish-Bentinck until 1879, was a British landowner, courtier and Conservative politician...

2:40.80
1891 Mimi Fred Rickaby Mathew Dawson
Mathew Dawson
Mathew Dawson was a British racehorse trainer. In a career which lasted from 1840 until his death in 1898 he trained the winners of twenty-eight British Classic Races, a figure surpassed by only two other men. He was significant as one of the first trainers to run a public stable, rather than...

Noel Fenwick 2:54.60
1892 La Fleche
La Fleche (horse)
La Fleche was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. After being undefeated as a two-year-old in 1891 she went on to become the dominant British three-year-old of 1892, whe she claimed the Fillies’ Triple Crown by winning the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket, the Oaks at Epsom and the St Leger...

George Barrett John Porter
John Porter (horseman)
John Porter was an English Thoroughbred flat racing trainer whose horses won the English Triple Crown three times.-Biography:Born in Rugeley, Staffordshire, the National Horseracing Museum says that John Porter "was undoubtedly the most successful trainer of the Victorian era."From 1854 to 1855,...

Baron Maurice de Hirsch
Maurice de Hirsch
Maurice de Hirsch was a German-Jewish philanthropist who set up charitable foundations to promote Jewish education and improve the lot of oppressed European Jewry. He was the founder of the Jewish Colonization Association which sponsored large-scale Jewish immigration to Argentina...

1893 Mrs Butterwick John Watts George Dawson 6th Duke of Portland
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland
William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland KG, GCVO, PC, TD, DL , known as William Cavendish-Bentinck until 1879, was a British landowner, courtier and Conservative politician...

2:44.00
1894 Amiable Walter Bradford George Dawson 6th Duke of Portland
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland
William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland KG, GCVO, PC, TD, DL , known as William Cavendish-Bentinck until 1879, was a British landowner, courtier and Conservative politician...

2:50.00
1895 La Sagesse Sam Loates Martin Gurry Sir James Miller 2:48.80
1896 Canterbury Pilgrim Fred Rickaby George Lambton
George Lambton
George Lambton was a British thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He was British flat racing Champion Trainer in the 1906, 1911 and 1912 seasons....

16th Earl of Derby
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby KG, GCB, GCVO, PC , known as Frederick Stanley until 1886 and as Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Colonial Secretary from 1885 to 1886 and the sixth Governor General...

2:45.60
1897 Limasol Walter Bradford Tom Jennings, Jr. 2nd Baron Hindlip
Samuel Allsopp, 2nd Baron Hindlip
Samuel Charles Allsopp, 2nd Baron Hindlip , was a British businessman and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1873 and 1887 when he inherited the peerage....

2:45.00
1898 Airs and Graces Walter Bradford Fred Day W. T. Jones 2:45.20
1899 Musa Otto Madden Harry Enoch Douglas Baird 2:44.00
1900 La Roche Morny Cannon
Mornington Cannon
Herbert Mornington Cannon , commonly referred to as Morny Cannon, was a six-time leading jockey in the United Kingdom in the 1890s. He holds the records for the most wins by a jockey at the Craven Stakes, Coronation Stakes and Prince of Wales's Stakes. His most famous mount was Flying Fox who won...

John Porter
John Porter (horseman)
John Porter was an English Thoroughbred flat racing trainer whose horses won the English Triple Crown three times.-Biography:Born in Rugeley, Staffordshire, the National Horseracing Museum says that John Porter "was undoubtedly the most successful trainer of the Victorian era."From 1854 to 1855,...

6th Duke of Portland
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland
William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland KG, GCVO, PC, TD, DL , known as William Cavendish-Bentinck until 1879, was a British landowner, courtier and Conservative politician...

2:48.20
1901 Cap and Bells II Milton Henry Sam Darling Foxhall Keene
Foxhall P. Keene
Foxhall Parker Keene was an American thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder, a World and Olympic Gold Medallist in polo. He was rated the best all-around polo player in the United States for eight consecutive years, a golfer who competed in the U.S...

1902 Sceptre
Sceptre (horse)
Sceptre was a British-bred and British-trained Thoroughbred racemare whose career ran from 1901 to 1904. In 1902 she became the only racehorse to win four British Classic Races outright.-Breeding:...

Herbert Randall Bob Sievier Bob Sievier
1903 Our Lassie Morny Cannon
Mornington Cannon
Herbert Mornington Cannon , commonly referred to as Morny Cannon, was a six-time leading jockey in the United Kingdom in the 1890s. He holds the records for the most wins by a jockey at the Craven Stakes, Coronation Stakes and Prince of Wales's Stakes. His most famous mount was Flying Fox who won...

Charles Morton Jack Barnato Joel
Jack Barnato Joel
Jack Barnato Joel was a South African mining magnate and a champion horse breeder.-Biography:He was born on 29 September 1862. He had two brothers, Solomon Barnato Joel and Woolf Joel.-References:...

1904 Pretty Polly Willie Lane Peter Gilpin Eustace Loder 2:46.00
1905 Cherry Lass Herbert Jones
Herbert Jones (jockey)
Herbert Ebsworth Jones was a leading British Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.He often rode horses for King Edward VII. In 1900, he won the British Triple Crown when he rode Diamond Jubilee to victory in the 2,000 Guineas Stakes, Epsom Derby and St. Leger Stakes. He remains only one of only...

Jack Robinson William Hall Walker
William Walker, 1st Baron Wavertree
William Hall Walker, 1st Baron Wavertree was a British businessman, politician, art collector, and an important figure in Thoroughbred racehorse breeding.-Background:...

2:38.00
1906 Keystone II Danny Maher
Daniel A. Maher
Daniel Aloysius Maher was an American Hall of Fame jockey who also became a Champion jockey in Great Britain.- U.S. Riding Career :...

George Lambton
George Lambton
George Lambton was a British thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He was British flat racing Champion Trainer in the 1906, 1911 and 1912 seasons....

16th Earl of Derby
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby KG, GCB, GCVO, PC , known as Frederick Stanley until 1886 and as Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Colonial Secretary from 1885 to 1886 and the sixth Governor General...

1907 Glass Doll Herbert Randall Charles Morton Jack Barnato Joel
Jack Barnato Joel
Jack Barnato Joel was a South African mining magnate and a champion horse breeder.-Biography:He was born on 29 September 1862. He had two brothers, Solomon Barnato Joel and Woolf Joel.-References:...

1908 Signorinetta
Signorinetta
Signorinetta was an English bred Thoroughbred racemare that was only the third filly to win the 1908 Epsom Derby and Epsom Oaks double.-Origins:...

Billy Bullock Odoardo Ginistrelli Odoardo Ginistrelli
1909 Perola Frank Wootton Saunders Davies William Cooper 2:39.80
1910 Rosedrop Charlie Trigg Alec Taylor, Jr.
Alec Taylor, Jr.
Alec Taylor, Jr. was a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who followed in the footsteps of his highly successful father, Alec Taylor, Sr.....

Sir William Bass
Sir William Bass, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Arthur Hamar Bass, 2nd Baronet was a British racehorse owner and a significant contributor to the racing industry. He also provided support for the British film industry in its early days....

1911 Cherimoya Fred Winter, Sr. Charlie Marsh William Broderick Cloete 2:41.60
1912 Mirska Joe Childs Tom Jennings, Jr. Jean Prat 2:43.00
1913 Jest Fred Rickaby, Jr. Charles Morton Jack Barnato Joel
Jack Barnato Joel
Jack Barnato Joel was a South African mining magnate and a champion horse breeder.-Biography:He was born on 29 September 1862. He had two brothers, Solomon Barnato Joel and Woolf Joel.-References:...

2:37.30
1914 Princess Dorrie Bill Huxley Charles Morton Jack Barnato Joel
Jack Barnato Joel
Jack Barnato Joel was a South African mining magnate and a champion horse breeder.-Biography:He was born on 29 September 1862. He had two brothers, Solomon Barnato Joel and Woolf Joel.-References:...

1915 Snow Marten Walter Griggs Peter Gilpin Ludwig Neumann
1916 Fifinella
Fifinella (horse)
Fifinella was a British Thoroughbred who is the last racemare to ever win both the Epsom Derby and Epsom Oaks and the last filly to ever win the Epsom Derby....

Joe Childs Dick Dawson
Richard C. Dawson
Richard Cecil "Dick" Dawson was an Irish-born owner and trainer of racehorses.From his home in Cloghran, Dawson went to Lambourn, England in 1897 and set up shop at Whatcombe Stables in Wantage, Oxfordshire. He brought with him the steeplechase horse Drogheda who won the 1898 Grand National...

Sir Edward Hulton
Edward Hulton
Edward Hulton was a British newspaper publisher and thoroughbred racehorse owner. He founded the Daily Sketch in 1909.-Biography:...

1917 Sunny Jane Otto Madden Alec Taylor, Jr.
Alec Taylor, Jr.
Alec Taylor, Jr. was a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who followed in the footsteps of his highly successful father, Alec Taylor, Sr.....

Waldorf Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor was an American-born British politician and newspaper proprietor.-Early life:...

2:43.40
1918 My Dear Steve Donoghue
Steve Donoghue
Steve Donoghue was a leading English flat-race jockey in the 1910s and 1920s. He was Champion Jockey 10 times between 1914 and 1923 and was one of the most celebrated horse racing sportsmen after Fred Archer, arguably only Sir Gordon Richards eclipsing him.-Background:Born in Warrington, Cheshire,...

Alec Taylor, Jr.
Alec Taylor, Jr.
Alec Taylor, Jr. was a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who followed in the footsteps of his highly successful father, Alec Taylor, Sr.....

Alfred Cox
1919 Bayuda Joe Childs Alec Taylor, Jr.
Alec Taylor, Jr.
Alec Taylor, Jr. was a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who followed in the footsteps of his highly successful father, Alec Taylor, Sr.....

Lady James Douglas
1920 Charlebelle Albert Whalley Sandy Braime Alan Cunliffe
1921 Love in Idleness Joe Childs Alec Taylor, Jr.
Alec Taylor, Jr.
Alec Taylor, Jr. was a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who followed in the footsteps of his highly successful father, Alec Taylor, Sr.....

Joseph Watson
Joseph Watson, 1st Baron Manton
Joseph Watson, 1st Baron Manton was a prominent English industrialist and philanthropist.Watson was the only son of George Watson, soap manufacturer, of Donisthorpe House near Moor Allerton, Leeds, Yorkshire...

1922 Pogrom Ted Gardner Alec Taylor, Jr.
Alec Taylor, Jr.
Alec Taylor, Jr. was a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who followed in the footsteps of his highly successful father, Alec Taylor, Sr.....

2nd Viscount Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor was an American-born British politician and newspaper proprietor.-Early life:...

1923 Brownhylda Vic Smyth Dick Dawson
Richard C. Dawson
Richard Cecil "Dick" Dawson was an Irish-born owner and trainer of racehorses.From his home in Cloghran, Dawson went to Lambourn, England in 1897 and set up shop at Whatcombe Stables in Wantage, Oxfordshire. He brought with him the steeplechase horse Drogheda who won the 1898 Grand National...

Vicomte de Fontarce
1924 Straitlace Frank O'Neill Dawson Waugh Sir Edward Hulton
Edward Hulton
Edward Hulton was a British newspaper publisher and thoroughbred racehorse owner. He founded the Daily Sketch in 1909.-Biography:...

1925 Saucy Sue Frank Bullock Alec Taylor, Jr.
Alec Taylor, Jr.
Alec Taylor, Jr. was a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who followed in the footsteps of his highly successful father, Alec Taylor, Sr.....

2nd Viscount Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor was an American-born British politician and newspaper proprietor.-Early life:...

1926 Short Story Bobby Jones Alec Taylor, Jr.
Alec Taylor, Jr.
Alec Taylor, Jr. was a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who followed in the footsteps of his highly successful father, Alec Taylor, Sr.....

2nd Viscount Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor was an American-born British politician and newspaper proprietor.-Early life:...

1927 Beam Tommy Weston Frank Butters
Frank Butters
Frank Joseph Arthur Butters was a racehorse trainer specialising in flat racing who trained in Austria, Italy and England in the first half of the 20th century...

3rd Earl of Durham
John Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham
John George Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham KG, GCVO, PC , known as Viscount Lambton until 1879, was a British peer....

2:34.60
1928 Toboggan Tommy Weston Frank Butters
Frank Butters
Frank Joseph Arthur Butters was a racehorse trainer specialising in flat racing who trained in Austria, Italy and England in the first half of the 20th century...

17th Earl of Derby
Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby KG, GCB, GCVO, TD, PC, KGStJ, JP , known as Lord Stanley from 1893 to 1908, was a British soldier, Conservative politician, diplomat and racehorse owner. He was twice Secretary of State for War and also served as British Ambassador to...

1929 Pennycomequick Henri Jelliss Joe Lawson 2nd Viscount Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor was an American-born British politician and newspaper proprietor.-Early life:...

1930 Rose of England Gordon Richards
Gordon Richards
Sir Gordon Richards was an English jockey, and is often considered the world's greatest ever jockey. He remains the only jockey to have been knighted....

Thomas Hogg 1st Baron Glanely
William Tatem, 1st Baron Glanely
William James Tatem, 1st Baron Glanely , known as Sir William Tatem, Bt, between 1916 and 1918, was a Cardiff ship-owner and thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder.-Career:...

1931 Brulette Charlie Elliott Frank Carter Charles Birkin
1932 Udaipur Michael Beary Frank Butters
Frank Butters
Frank Joseph Arthur Butters was a racehorse trainer specialising in flat racing who trained in Austria, Italy and England in the first half of the 20th century...

HH Aga Khan III
Aga Khan III
Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, Aga Khan III, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, PC was the 48th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. He was one of the founders and the first president of the All-India Muslim League, and served as President of the League of Nations from 1937-38. He was nominated to represent India to...

1933 Chatelaine Sam Wragg Fred Templeman Ernest Thornton-Smith
1934 Light Brocade Brownie Carslake Frank Butters
Frank Butters
Frank Joseph Arthur Butters was a racehorse trainer specialising in flat racing who trained in Austria, Italy and England in the first half of the 20th century...

5th Earl of Durham
John Lambton, 5th Earl of Durham
John Lambton was the 5th Earl of Durham. He is best remembered for the donation of Penshaw Monument to the National Trust.John Lambton married Hermione Bullough, daughter and sole heir of George Bullough, 1st Baronet Bullough....

2:35.20
1935 Quashed
Quashed
Quashed was a British-bred and British-trained thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Epsom Oaks in 1935.For many years, the Verdict family was not accepted into the British Stud Book because Quashed's dam was effectively a half-bred and it was not until the 1960s era of the July Cup winner...

Henri Jelliss Leader Lord Stanley
1936 Lovely Rosa Tommy Weston Harry Cottrill Sir Abe Bailey
Abe Bailey
Sir Abraham "Abe" Bailey, 1st Baronet, KCMG , was a South African diamond tycoon, politician, financier and cricketer.-Early years:...

2:36.00
1937 Steve Donoghue
Steve Donoghue
Steve Donoghue was a leading English flat-race jockey in the 1910s and 1920s. He was Champion Jockey 10 times between 1914 and 1923 and was one of the most celebrated horse racing sportsmen after Fred Archer, arguably only Sir Gordon Richards eclipsing him.-Background:Born in Warrington, Cheshire,...

Joe Lawson Sir Victor Sassoon
Victor Sassoon
Sir Ellice "Victor" Sassoon, 3rd Baronet, GBE was a businessman and hotelier from the Sassoon banking family. He succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his father Edward Elias Sassoon in 1924...

1938 Rockfel Harry Wragg
Harry Wragg
Harry Wragg was a British jockey and trainer.Wragg became a jockey in 1920. The Champion Jockey in 1941, he rode 13 winners of British Classic Races, as follows:*1,000 Guineas - Campanula , Herringbone , Sun Stream...

Ossie Bell Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen
Hugo Cunliffe-Owen
Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen, 1st Baronet was an English industrialist.Cunliffe-Owen was the younger son of Sir Philip Cunliffe-Owen. He was educated at Brighton College and then Clifton College and then went into business in Bristol...

1939 Galatea II Bobby Jones Joe Lawson Robert Sterling Clark
Robert Sterling Clark
Robert Sterling Clark , heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune, was an American art collector, horse breeder, and philanthropist.-Biography:...

1940 Godiva Doug Marks William Rose Jarvis Esmond Harmsworth
Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere
Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere was a British Conservative politician and press magnate.Harmsworth's father, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, had been the financial wizard behind the creation of the Daily Mail in partnership with his brother Alfred Harmsworth,...

2:29.40
1941 Commotion Harry Wragg
Harry Wragg
Harry Wragg was a British jockey and trainer.Wragg became a jockey in 1920. The Champion Jockey in 1941, he rode 13 winners of British Classic Races, as follows:*1,000 Guineas - Campanula , Herringbone , Sun Stream...

Fred Darling
Fred Darling
Frederick Darling was a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who trained a record-equalling seven English Derby winners.Fred’s father, Sam Darling senior, was a trainer at Beckhampton, Wiltshire who trained two Derby winners himself...

Arthur Dewar
1942 Sun Chariot
Sun Chariot (horse)
Sun Chariot was a good Thoroughbred racehorse that won the Fillies Triple Crown series of races.She was bred by the National Stud and raced for King George VI. Sun Chariot was a filly of great talent but very difficult temperament...

Gordon Richards
Gordon Richards
Sir Gordon Richards was an English jockey, and is often considered the world's greatest ever jockey. He remains the only jockey to have been knighted....

Fred Darling
Fred Darling
Frederick Darling was a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who trained a record-equalling seven English Derby winners.Fred’s father, Sam Darling senior, was a trainer at Beckhampton, Wiltshire who trained two Derby winners himself...

King George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

2:33.20
1943 Why Hurry Charlie Elliott Noel Cannon Jimmy Rank
1944 Hycilla Georges Bridgland Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
Sir Cecil Charles Boyd-Rochfort CVO was a British thoroughbred racehorse trainer who was British flat racing Champion Trainer five times....

William Woodward, Sr.
William Woodward, Sr.
William Woodward, Sr. was an American banker and major owner and breeder in thoroughbred horse racing.-Background:...

2:30.40
1945 Sun Stream Harry Wragg
Harry Wragg
Harry Wragg was a British jockey and trainer.Wragg became a jockey in 1920. The Champion Jockey in 1941, he rode 13 winners of British Classic Races, as follows:*1,000 Guineas - Campanula , Herringbone , Sun Stream...

Walter Earl 17th Earl of Derby
Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby KG, GCB, GCVO, TD, PC, KGStJ, JP , known as Lord Stanley from 1893 to 1908, was a British soldier, Conservative politician, diplomat and racehorse owner. He was twice Secretary of State for War and also served as British Ambassador to...

2:30.00
1946 Steady Aim Harry Wragg
Harry Wragg
Harry Wragg was a British jockey and trainer.Wragg became a jockey in 1920. The Champion Jockey in 1941, he rode 13 winners of British Classic Races, as follows:*1,000 Guineas - Campanula , Herringbone , Sun Stream...

Frank Butters
Frank Butters
Frank Joseph Arthur Butters was a racehorse trainer specialising in flat racing who trained in Austria, Italy and England in the first half of the 20th century...

Sir Alfred Butt
Alfred Butt
Sir Alfred Butt, 1st Baronet was a British theatre entrepreneur, Conservative politician and racehorse owner and breeder...

1947 Imprudence Rae Johnstone Joseph Lieux Mrs Pierre Corbière
1948 Masaka Billy Nevett Frank Butters
Frank Butters
Frank Joseph Arthur Butters was a racehorse trainer specialising in flat racing who trained in Austria, Italy and England in the first half of the 20th century...

HH Aga Khan III
Aga Khan III
Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, Aga Khan III, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, PC was the 48th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. He was one of the founders and the first president of the All-India Muslim League, and served as President of the League of Nations from 1937-38. He was nominated to represent India to...

1949 Musidora Edgar Britt
Edgar Britt
Edgar Britt, born 1913, was one of the first of many Australian jockeys who came to ride in Britain after World War II. He rode his first winner at Canterbury, in Sydney, in 1930, before riding for the Gaekwar of Baroda in India for a decade from 1935...

Charles Elsey Norman Donaldson
1950 Asmena Rae Johnstone Charles Semblat Marcel Boussac
Marcel Boussac
Marcel Boussac was a French entrepreneur best known for his ownership of the Maison Dior and one of the most successful thoroughbred race horse breeding farms in European history....

2:42.40
1951 Neasham Belle Stan Clayton Geoffrey Brooke Lionel Holliday 2:41.20
1952 Frieze Edgar Britt
Edgar Britt
Edgar Britt, born 1913, was one of the first of many Australian jockeys who came to ride in Britain after World War II. He rode his first winner at Canterbury, in Sydney, in 1930, before riding for the Gaekwar of Baroda in India for a decade from 1935...

Charles Elsey Alexander Keith 2:35.36
1953 Ambiguity Joe Mercer
Joe Mercer (jockey)
Joseph Mercer is a retired English Thoroughbred race horse jockey. He was active as a jockey from 1947 to 1985 and rode a total of 2,810 winners in Britain, a figure exceeded only by Sir Gordon Richards, Lester Piggott and Doug Smith at the time of Mercer’s retirement, and subsequently only...

Jack Colling 3rd Viscount Astor 2:36.48
1954 Sun Cap Rae Johnstone Richard Carver Mrs Robert Forget 2:39.12
1955 Meld
Meld (horse)
When Meld completed the British Fillies Triple Crown by defeating Nucleus in the 1955 St. Leger, she was only the fourth filly to do so in the 20th century...

Harry Carr Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
Sir Cecil Charles Boyd-Rochfort CVO was a British thoroughbred racehorse trainer who was British flat racing Champion Trainer five times....

Lady Zia Wernher
Anastasia de Torby
Countess Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby, CBE , also named Lady Zia Wernher, was the elder daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, a grandson of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, by Countess Sophie of Merenberg.-Biography:Like her mother, Anastasia was born of a morganatic marriage, and was...

2:47.48
1956 Sicarelle Freddie Palmer François Mathet Suzy Volterra 2:42.00
1957 Carrozza Lester Piggott
Lester Piggott
Lester Keith Piggott is a retired English professional jockey, popularly known as "The Long Fellow". With 4,493 career wins, including nine Epsom Derby victories, he is one of the most well-known English flat racing jockeys of all time....

Noel Murless
Noel Murless
Sir Charles Francis Noel Murless began his career as a racehorse trainer in 1935 at Hambleton Lodge in Yorkshire before moving to Hambleton House after the war, at one time sharing premises with the equally legendary Ryan Price...

Queen Elizabeth II 2:37.24
1958 Bella Paola
Bella Paola
Bella Paola was a racehorse owned and bred by François Dupré and trained by François Mathet. She was the second best two-year-old in France with three successes including the Grand Critérium – only her stablemate Texana was rated superior to her...

Max Garcia François Mathet François Dupré
François Dupré
François Dupré was a French, hotelier, art collector, and owner of the thoroughbred horse breeding and racing farm, Haras d'Ouilly....

2:40.48
1959 Petite Etoile
Petite Etoile
Petite Etoile was a filly of the highest quality, but her success would hardly have been anticipated by those who saw her in her first race as a two-year-old when she was beaten by eight lengths in a two-horse race...

Lester Piggott
Lester Piggott
Lester Keith Piggott is a retired English professional jockey, popularly known as "The Long Fellow". With 4,493 career wins, including nine Epsom Derby victories, he is one of the most well-known English flat racing jockeys of all time....

Noel Murless
Noel Murless
Sir Charles Francis Noel Murless began his career as a racehorse trainer in 1935 at Hambleton Lodge in Yorkshire before moving to Hambleton House after the war, at one time sharing premises with the equally legendary Ryan Price...

Prince Aly Khan
Prince Aly Khan
Prince Ali Solomone Aga Khan , known as Aly Khan was a son of Aga Khan III, the head of the Ismaili Muslims, and the father of Aga Khan IV. A socialite, racehorse owner and jockey, he was the third husband of actress Rita Hayworth...

2:35.48
1960 Never Too Late Roger Poincelet Etienne Pollet Mrs Howell Jackson 2:39.12
1961 Sweet Solera Bill Rickaby Reginald Day Mrs Magnus Castello 2:39.24
1962 Monade Yves Saint-Martin
Yves Saint-Martin
Yves Saint-Martin is a retired champion jockey in French Thoroughbred horse racing. He is widely considered one of the greatest riders in French racing history....

Joseph Lieux George Goulandris 2:38.12
1963 Noblesse
Noblesse (horse)
Noblesse was a champion thoroughbred racehorse and was also the greatest filly ever trained in Ireland. Owned by American Evelyn Olin, she was sired by Mossborough, who also sired the great Ballymoss, and was out of the mare Duke's Delight...

Garnie Bougoure
Garnet Bougoure
Garnet Bougoure was an Australian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who was highly successful competing in South-East Asia and in Europe....

Paddy Prendergast Evelyn Olin
John M. Olin
John Merrill Olin was an American businessman. He was the son of Franklin W. Olin.-Early life:Born in Alton, Illinois, Olin graduated from Cornell University with a B.Sc. degree in chemistry and as a brother of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity...

2:39.36
1964 Homeward Bound Greville Starkey
Greville Starkey
Greville Starkey was an English jockey who rode almost 2,000 winners during a 33-year career on the flat.Starkey scaled the heights of his profession during his 33-year career in which he rode 1,989 winners on the Flat...

John Oxley Sir Foster Robinson
Foster Robinson
Sir Foster Gotch Robinson was born 19 September 1880 in Sneyd Park, Bristol, son of Edward Robinson and grandson of Elisha Smith Robinson. He died 31 October 1967 in Eastwood Manor, Somerset.-Career:A first-class cricketer for Gloucestershire...

2:49.36
1965 Long Look Jack Purtell Vincent O'Brien
Vincent O'Brien
Dr. Michael Vincent O'Brien was an Irish race horse trainer from Churchtown, County Cork, Ireland. In 2003 he was voted the greatest influence in horse racing history, according to a worldwide vote hosted by the Racing Post newspaper...

James Cox Brady, Jr. 2:39.56
1966 Valoris Lester Piggott
Lester Piggott
Lester Keith Piggott is a retired English professional jockey, popularly known as "The Long Fellow". With 4,493 career wins, including nine Epsom Derby victories, he is one of the most well-known English flat racing jockeys of all time....

Vincent O'Brien
Vincent O'Brien
Dr. Michael Vincent O'Brien was an Irish race horse trainer from Churchtown, County Cork, Ireland. In 2003 he was voted the greatest influence in horse racing history, according to a worldwide vote hosted by the Racing Post newspaper...

Charles Clore
Charles Clore
Sir Charles Clore was a British financier, retail and property magnate and philanthropist.-Career:Charles Clore owned, through Sears Holdings, the British Shoe Corporation and Selfridges department store, as well as investing heavily in property.He owned Jowett Cars Ltd from 1945-1947 where he was...

2:39.35
1967 Pia Edward Hide Bill Elsey Countess Batthyany 2:38.34
1968 La Lagune Gérard Thiboeuf François Boutin
François Boutin
François Boutin was a French Thoroughbred horse trainer. The son of a farmer, he was born in the village of Beaunay in the northerly Seine Maritime département. He began riding horses at a young age and competed in show jumping and cross-country equestrianism...

Henry Berlin 2:41.66
1969 Sleeping Partner John Gorton Doug Smith
Doug Smith (jockey)
Doug Smith was an English flat racing jockey and trainer. During his career he was champion jockey 5 times finishing second on the rider's list 7 times, riding a total of 3,112 winners...

6th Earl of Rosebery
Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery
Albert Edward Harry Meyer Archibald Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery and 2nd Earl of Midlothian , known by his third name of Harry, was a UK politician who briefly served as Secretary of State for Scotland in 1945...

2:39.94
1970 Lupe Sandy Barclay Noel Murless
Noel Murless
Sir Charles Francis Noel Murless began his career as a racehorse trainer in 1935 at Hambleton Lodge in Yorkshire before moving to Hambleton House after the war, at one time sharing premises with the equally legendary Ryan Price...

Gladys Joel 2:41.46
1971 Altesse Royale Geoff Lewis
Geoff Lewis
Geoff Lewis is a Welsh retired jockey who was born in Talgarth, .He moved to London with his family in 1946. He came from a large family and started his career with Ron Smyth, who was a trainer in Epsom. He will be best remembered as the jockey that won the 1,000 Guineas, 2,000 Guineas, Oaks ,...

Noel Murless
Noel Murless
Sir Charles Francis Noel Murless began his career as a racehorse trainer in 1935 at Hambleton Lodge in Yorkshire before moving to Hambleton House after the war, at one time sharing premises with the equally legendary Ryan Price...

Roger Hue-Williams 2:36.95
1972 Ginevra Tony Murray Ryan Price
H. Ryan Price
Henry Ryan Price 16 August 1912 - 16 August 1986) was a British Thoroughbred horse trainer in both flat and National Hunt racing.Born in Hindhead, Surrey, he is known by his middle name, Ryan. He began his career in horse racing as a jockey based at East Lavant in West Sussex. In 1937, he...

Charles St George 2:39.35
1973 Mysterious Geoff Lewis
Geoff Lewis
Geoff Lewis is a Welsh retired jockey who was born in Talgarth, .He moved to London with his family in 1946. He came from a large family and started his career with Ron Smyth, who was a trainer in Epsom. He will be best remembered as the jockey that won the 1,000 Guineas, 2,000 Guineas, Oaks ,...

Noel Murless
Noel Murless
Sir Charles Francis Noel Murless began his career as a racehorse trainer in 1935 at Hambleton Lodge in Yorkshire before moving to Hambleton House after the war, at one time sharing premises with the equally legendary Ryan Price...

George Pope, Jr. 2:36.31
1974 Polygamy Pat Eddery
Pat Eddery
Patrick James John "Pat" Eddery is a former flat racing jockey. Pat's father Jimmy Eddery was a jockey, as is his brother Paul Eddery.-Career:...

Peter Walwyn
Peter Walwyn
Peter Tyndall Walwyn is a retired British racehorse trainer. He was based at stables at in the Lambourn, Berkshire, area and enjoyed his period of greatest success in the mid 1970s when he was British flat racing Champion Trainer twice....

Louis Freedman 2:39.39
1975 Juliette Marny Lester Piggott
Lester Piggott
Lester Keith Piggott is a retired English professional jockey, popularly known as "The Long Fellow". With 4,493 career wins, including nine Epsom Derby victories, he is one of the most well-known English flat racing jockeys of all time....

Jeremy Tree
Jeremy Tree
Arthur Jeremy Tree, was a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.-Background:Born into a prominent London, England family, Tree was always known by his middle name, Jeremy. His father was Ronald Tree, an American-born British journalist, investor and Conservative Member of Parliament for the...

James Morrison 2:39.10
1976 Pawneese
Pawneese
Pawneese was an French Thoroughbred racehorse who was Europe's top racing filly in 1976. Bred in Ireland by her owner, Daniel Wildenstein, she was sired by Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud winner Carvin and out of the mare Plencia, a daughter of Le Haar, 1963's Leading sire in France.Trained by Angel...

Yves Saint-Martin
Yves Saint-Martin
Yves Saint-Martin is a retired champion jockey in French Thoroughbred horse racing. He is widely considered one of the greatest riders in French racing history....

Angel Penna, Sr.
Angel Penna, Sr.
Angel A. Penna, Sr. was an Argentine-born U. S. Racing Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer. Penna was an international trainer who worked and raced on three continents...

Daniel Wildenstein
Daniel Wildenstein
Daniel Leopold Wildenstein was a French art dealer and scholar, as well as a leading thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder....

2:35.25
1977 Dunfermline Willie Carson
Willie Carson
William Fisher Hunter Carson, OBE is a retired jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.-Life and career:Best known as "Miserable Willie", Carson was born in Stirling, Scotland. In 1957 he was apprenticed to Captain Gerald Armstrong at his stables at Tupgill, North Yorkshire...

Dick Hern
Dick Hern
William Richard "Dick" Hern, CVO, was an English Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and winner of sixteen British Classic Races between 1962 and 1995, and was Champion Trainer on four occasions....

Queen Elizabeth II 2:36.53
1978 Fair Salinia Greville Starkey
Greville Starkey
Greville Starkey was an English jockey who rode almost 2,000 winners during a 33-year career on the flat.Starkey scaled the heights of his profession during his 33-year career in which he rode 1,989 winners on the Flat...

Michael Stoute
Michael Stoute
Sir Michael Ronald Stoute is a Barbadian British thoroughbred horse trainer in flat racing. Stoute, whose father was the Chief of police for Barbados, left the island in 1964 at the age of 19 to become an assistant to trainer Pat Rohan and began training horses on his own in 1972...

Sven Hanson 2:36.82
1979 Scintillate Pat Eddery
Pat Eddery
Patrick James John "Pat" Eddery is a former flat racing jockey. Pat's father Jimmy Eddery was a jockey, as is his brother Paul Eddery.-Career:...

Jeremy Tree
Jeremy Tree
Arthur Jeremy Tree, was a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.-Background:Born into a prominent London, England family, Tree was always known by his middle name, Jeremy. His father was Ronald Tree, an American-born British journalist, investor and Conservative Member of Parliament for the...

James Morrison 2:43.74
1980 Bireme Willie Carson
Willie Carson
William Fisher Hunter Carson, OBE is a retired jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.-Life and career:Best known as "Miserable Willie", Carson was born in Stirling, Scotland. In 1957 he was apprenticed to Captain Gerald Armstrong at his stables at Tupgill, North Yorkshire...

Dick Hern
Dick Hern
William Richard "Dick" Hern, CVO, was an English Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and winner of sixteen British Classic Races between 1962 and 1995, and was Champion Trainer on four occasions....

Dick Hollingsworth 2:34.33
1981 Blue Wind Lester Piggott
Lester Piggott
Lester Keith Piggott is a retired English professional jockey, popularly known as "The Long Fellow". With 4,493 career wins, including nine Epsom Derby victories, he is one of the most well-known English flat racing jockeys of all time....

Dermot Weld
Dermot Weld
Dermot K. Weld is one of Ireland's most successful racehorse trainers. He holds the record for the most winners trained in Ireland ....

Diana Firestone 2:40.93
1982 Time Charter
Time Charter
Time Charter was an Irish-bred, British-trained thoroughbred racehorse who won several important races between 1982 and 1984.-Background:...

Billy Newnes Henry Candy Robert Barnett 2:34.21
1983 Sun Princess Willie Carson
Willie Carson
William Fisher Hunter Carson, OBE is a retired jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.-Life and career:Best known as "Miserable Willie", Carson was born in Stirling, Scotland. In 1957 he was apprenticed to Captain Gerald Armstrong at his stables at Tupgill, North Yorkshire...

Dick Hern
Dick Hern
William Richard "Dick" Hern, CVO, was an English Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and winner of sixteen British Classic Races between 1962 and 1995, and was Champion Trainer on four occasions....

Sir Michael Sobell
Michael Sobell
Sir Michael Sobell was a British businessman, a major philanthropist, and a prominent owner/breeder of thoroughbred racehorses....

2:40.98
1984 Circus Plume Lester Piggott
Lester Piggott
Lester Keith Piggott is a retired English professional jockey, popularly known as "The Long Fellow". With 4,493 career wins, including nine Epsom Derby victories, he is one of the most well-known English flat racing jockeys of all time....

John Dunlop
John L. Dunlop
John L. Dunlop is a successful race horse trainer based in Arundel, Sussex, with over 3000 winners between 1966 and 2002.He was the British flat racing Champion Trainer in 1995....

Sir Robin McAlpine 2:38.97
1985 Oh So Sharp
Oh So Sharp
Oh So Sharp was a successful racehorse trained in Great Britain by Henry Cecil. She became the first classic winner for her owner-breeder Sheikh Mohammed when she came out best in a double short-head finish in the 1985 1,000 Guineas. It extended her unbeaten run to five races and she went on to...

Steve Cauthen
Steve Cauthen
Steve Cauthen is a retired American jockey.Cauthen, the son of a trainer and a farrier, grew up in Walton, Kentucky around horses, which made race-riding a logical career choice. He rode his first race on May 12, 1976 at Churchill Downs; he finished last, riding King of Swat...

Henry Cecil
Henry Cecil
Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil is a successful English horse racing trainer who has had many winners in the Epsom Derby, 1,000 Guineas and 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Oaks and the St. Leger Stakes....

Sheikh Mohammed
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , also Sheikh Mohammed, , is the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates , and absolute monarch of Dubai.-Personal life and education:...

2:41.37
1986 Midway Lady Ray Cochrane
Ray Cochrane
Ray Cochrane is a retired horse racing jockey and current sports agent.He was the winning jockey in three of the five British Classic Races: the Oaks Stakes, 1,000 Guineas Stakes and Epsom Derby Stakes...

Ben Hanbury Harry Ranier 2:35.60
1987 Unite Walter Swinburn
Walter Swinburn
Walter R. Swinburn is a retired flat racing jockey who competed in Great Britain and Ireland as well as internationally.Swinburn was born in Oxford...

Michael Stoute
Michael Stoute
Sir Michael Ronald Stoute is a Barbadian British thoroughbred horse trainer in flat racing. Stoute, whose father was the Chief of police for Barbados, left the island in 1964 at the age of 19 to become an assistant to trainer Pat Rohan and began training horses on his own in 1972...

Sheikh Mohammed
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , also Sheikh Mohammed, , is the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates , and absolute monarch of Dubai.-Personal life and education:...

2:38.17
1988 Diminuendo Steve Cauthen
Steve Cauthen
Steve Cauthen is a retired American jockey.Cauthen, the son of a trainer and a farrier, grew up in Walton, Kentucky around horses, which made race-riding a logical career choice. He rode his first race on May 12, 1976 at Churchill Downs; he finished last, riding King of Swat...

Henry Cecil
Henry Cecil
Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil is a successful English horse racing trainer who has had many winners in the Epsom Derby, 1,000 Guineas and 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Oaks and the St. Leger Stakes....

Sheikh Mohammed
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , also Sheikh Mohammed, , is the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates , and absolute monarch of Dubai.-Personal life and education:...

2:35.02
1989 Snow Bride
Snow Bride
Snow Bride is a British thoroughbred race horse sired by Blushing Groom. She was owned by Sheikh Mohammed and trained in the United Kingdom by Henry Cecil. She is in the record books as having won the Epsom Oaks in 1989 by disqualification after the Aga Khan's winning filly Aliysa tested positive...

 
Steve Cauthen
Steve Cauthen
Steve Cauthen is a retired American jockey.Cauthen, the son of a trainer and a farrier, grew up in Walton, Kentucky around horses, which made race-riding a logical career choice. He rode his first race on May 12, 1976 at Churchill Downs; he finished last, riding King of Swat...

Henry Cecil
Henry Cecil
Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil is a successful English horse racing trainer who has had many winners in the Epsom Derby, 1,000 Guineas and 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Oaks and the St. Leger Stakes....

Saeed bin M. Al Maktoum 2:34.22
1990 Salsabil Willie Carson
Willie Carson
William Fisher Hunter Carson, OBE is a retired jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.-Life and career:Best known as "Miserable Willie", Carson was born in Stirling, Scotland. In 1957 he was apprenticed to Captain Gerald Armstrong at his stables at Tupgill, North Yorkshire...

John Dunlop
John L. Dunlop
John L. Dunlop is a successful race horse trainer based in Arundel, Sussex, with over 3000 winners between 1966 and 2002.He was the British flat racing Champion Trainer in 1995....

Hamdan Al Maktoum
Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the Deputy Ruler of Dubai and the Minister of Finance and Industry of the United Arab Emirates . He is the second son of the late ruler, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum ....

2:38.70
1991 Jet Ski Lady Christy Roche
Christy Roche
Christy Roche is a retired champion Irish flat racing jockey.Over his thirty year career between 1968 and 1998 he won the Budweiser Irish Derby 3 times which he won in 1982, 1992 and 1997. His 1997 victory was on Desert King.-External links:*...

Jim Bolger
Jim Bolger (racehorse trainer)
James S. "Jim" Bolger is an Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and breeder based in Coolcullen in County Kilkenny. For many years now he has been recognised as one of the racing greats in Ireland...

Maktoum Al Maktoum
Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum , also referred to as Sheikh Maktoum was the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and the emir of Dubai.-Biography:...

2:37.30
1992 User Friendly
User Friendly (horse)
User Friendly is a European Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.-Background:Bred by Stetchworth Park Stud Ltd...

George Duffield
George Duffield
George Duffield MBE is a retired English flat racing jockey.He served a seven year apprenticeship with Jack Waugh, and rode his first winner on 15 June 1967 at Great Yarmouth Racecourse on a horse called Syllable, trained by Waugh.He became stable jockey for trainer John C...

Clive Brittain
Clive Brittain
Clive Brittain is a British race-horse trainer. He began training as an apprentice in 1949, and on his own as a licensed trainer in the early 1970s. He currently trains at Carlburg Stables in Newmarket, Suffolk...

Bill Gredley 2:39.77
1993 Intrepidity Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts (jockey)
Michael Roberts is a South African jockey currently residing in Suffolk, England, with his wife Verna and two daughters, Melanie and Carolyn. Roberts has had a successful career, winning many English and South African races multiple times. He was British flat racing Champion Jockey in 1992...

André Fabre
André Fabre
André Fabre is a French thoroughbred horse racing trainer.The son of a diplomat, Fabre graduated from university with a law degree but then decided to pursue a career in thoroughbred horse racing. He began by working in the stables as a groom then as a schooling rider...

Sheikh Mohammed
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , also Sheikh Mohammed, , is the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates , and absolute monarch of Dubai.-Personal life and education:...

2:34.19
1994 Balanchine
Balanchine (horse)
Balanchine is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse, bred in the United States and trained in the United Kingdom and Dubai. She is best known for defeating male opposition in the 1994 Irish Derby and for being one of the first successes for Godolphin Racing....

Frankie Dettori
Frankie Dettori
Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races.. He has had many successes in his role of stable jockey to Godolphin Racing...

Hilal Ibrahim Maktoum
Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum , also referred to as Sheikh Maktoum was the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and the emir of Dubai.-Biography:...

 / Godolphin
2:40.37
1995 Moonshell Frankie Dettori
Frankie Dettori
Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races.. He has had many successes in his role of stable jockey to Godolphin Racing...

Saeed bin Suroor
Saeed bin Suroor
Saeed bin Suroor , is a horse racing trainer. Formerly a policeman, he took out his training license in 1994 and the following year was appointed as the trainer for Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation....

Maktoum
Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum , also referred to as Sheikh Maktoum was the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and the emir of Dubai.-Biography:...

 / Godolphin
2:35.44
1996 Lady Carla Pat Eddery
Pat Eddery
Patrick James John "Pat" Eddery is a former flat racing jockey. Pat's father Jimmy Eddery was a jockey, as is his brother Paul Eddery.-Career:...

Henry Cecil
Henry Cecil
Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil is a successful English horse racing trainer who has had many winners in the Epsom Derby, 1,000 Guineas and 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Oaks and the St. Leger Stakes....

Wafic Saïd
Wafic Saïd
Wafic Rida Saïd is a Syrian-Saudi Arabian businessman living in Monaco and Paris.-Personal life:Saïd married British born Ann Rosemary Thompson in 1969...

2:35.55
1997 Reams of Verse Kieren Fallon
Kieren Fallon
Kieren Francis Fallon is a professional flat racing jockey and has been British Champion Jockey six times....

Henry Cecil
Henry Cecil
Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil is a successful English horse racing trainer who has had many winners in the Epsom Derby, 1,000 Guineas and 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Oaks and the St. Leger Stakes....

Khalid Abdullah 2:35.59
1998 Shahtoush Michael Kinane
Michael Kinane
Michael J. Kinane is a former flat racing jockey. He had a 34-year career, retiring on 8 December 2009....

Aidan O'Brien
Aidan O'Brien
Aidan Patrick O'Brien is an Irish horse racing trainer. Since 1996, he has been the private trainer at Ballydoyle Stables near Cashel in County Tipperary for John Magnier and his Coolmore Stud associates....

Nagle / Magnier 2:38.23
1999 Ramruma
Ramruma
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2000 Love Divine Richard Quinn Henry Cecil
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Lordship Stud 2:43.11
2001 Imagine Michael Kinane
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Nagle / Magnier 2:36.70
2002 Kazzia
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2003 Casual Look
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2:35.41
2005 Eswarah Richard Hills Michael Jarvis
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2:39.00
2006 Alexandrova
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2:37.71
2007 Light Shift Ted Durcan Henry Cecil
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2008 Look Here Seb Sanders
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Michael Bell Lady Bamford 2:35.28
2010 Snow Fairy
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2011 Dancing Rain Johnny Murtagh
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William Haggas Martin and Lee Taylor 2:41.73


The race finished as a dead-heat in 1858, but Governess defeated Gildermire in a run-off.


Stony Ford finished first in 1918, but she was disqualified for causing interference to My Dear.


Aliysa was first in 1989, but she was later disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance.

See also

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