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1994 Epsom Derby
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Epsom Downs Racecourse
Epsom Downs is a Grade 1 racecourse on the hills associated with Epsom in Surrey, England which is used for thoroughbred horse racing. The "Downs" referred to in the name are part of the North Downs. The course, which has a crowd capacity of 130,000 when taking into account people watching from the Epsom Downs, an area freely available to the public, is best known for hosting the Derby Stakes, which has come to be widely referred to as The Derby or as the Cazoo Derby for sponsorship reasons, the United Kingdom's premier thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old colts and fillies, over a mile and a half (2400 m). It also hosts the Oaks Stakes (also widely referred to as The Oaks) for three-year-old fillies, and the Coronation Cup for horses aged four years and upwards. All three races are Group 1 races and run over the same course and distance. The Chairman of the course since 2015 is Julia Budd. The course is owned by the Jockey Club. The Queen has attended the Derby most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Weaver (jockey)
Jason Charles Weaver (born 9 February 1972) is a former, classic-winning, British flat racing jockey who had his major successes in the mid-1990s. In total, Weaver rode more than 1,000 winners in a career which spanned fourteen years. Since retiring he has worked as a presenter and pundit, and currently works on ITV Racing and Sky Sports Racing. Weaver is one of only seven jockeys to have ridden two hundred winners in a season, a feat achieved in 1994 when he finished runner-up to Frankie Dettori in the jockey's championship. Biography Weaver was born in Nottingham on 9 February 1972: he was, however, brought up in Portskewett, South Wales after his family moved there when he was six months old. His father Eric Weaver was a professional footballer who played for a number of clubs, including Notts County and Swindon Town. In 1989, Weaver was apprenticed to Luca Cumani at Newmarket and rode his first winner, True Dividend, at Brighton on 30 May 1990. In 1993 he was champion ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Cochrane
Ray Cochrane (born 18 June 1957 in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland) is a retired Northern Irish horse racing jockey and current sports agent. Cochrane was the winning jockey in three of the five British Classic Races: the 1000 Guineas Stakes and Epsom Oaks on Midway Lady, trained by Ben Hanbury in 1986, and the Epsom Derby on Kahyasi for his retained stable of Luca Cumani in 1988. Cochrane was also second in the 2000 Guineas Stakes on Chief Singer in 1984 and won the Group 1 July Cup at Newmarket and Sussex Stakes at Goodwood on the same horse. Cochrane received a Flat Jockey Special Recognition Lester Award in 2000. Cochrane received the Queen's Commendation for Bravery in 2002 for saving the life of fellow jockey Frankie Dettori following a plane crash in 2000. Cochrane subsequently became Dettori's agent, a role he fulfilled until 2020. Major wins Great Britain * 1000 Guineas Stakes - '' Midway Lady (1986)'' * Champion Stakes - ''Legal Case (1989)'' * Coronat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Brittain
Clive Brittain (born 15 December 1934) is a retired British race-horse trainer. He started in racing as an apprentice in 1949, and became a licensed trainer from 1972 after working for Noel Murless. He trained at Carlburg Stables in Newmarket, Suffolk and sent out his final runner prior to retirement in October 2015. His best-known horse is Pebbles, winner of the 1,000 Guineas in 1984 and the Breeders' Cup Turf in 1985. Major wins Great Britain * 1,000 Guineas – (2) – '' Pebbles (1984), Sayyedati (1993)'' * 2,000 Guineas – (1) – '' Mystiko (1991)'' * Champion Stakes – (1) – ''Pebbles (1985)'' * Cheveley Park Stakes – (1) – ''Sayyedati (1992)'' * Coronation Cup – (2) – ''Warrsan (2003, 2004)'' * Coronation Stakes – (2) – ''Crimplene (2000), Rizeena (2014)'' * Eclipse Stakes – (1) – ''Pebbles (1985)'' * Falmouth Stakes – (2) – ''Gussy Marlowe (1992), Rajeem (2006)'' * Fillies' Mile – (3) – '' Ivanka (1992), Teggiano (1999), Hibaayeb (2009)' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Roberts (jockey)
Michael Roberts (born 17 May 1954) is a South African jockey currently a trainer in South Africa. He lives 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. His most famous equine partner was the double Eclipse Stakes winner, Mtoto Mtoto (1 April 1983 – 24 May 2011) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. In a career which lasted from 1985 until 1988, he ran ten times and won seven races. He showed some promise as three-year-old in 1986, but emerged as a top-class horse in .... References External links Michael Roberts' life and career at www.ntra.com 1954 births Living people South African jockeys British jockeys Lester Award winners British Champion flat jockeys {{Horseracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gosden
John Harry Martin Gosden (born 30 March 1951) is a British racehorse trainer. He has trained over 3,000 winners worldwide, including winners of the Breeders' Cup Classic, the Derby, the Arc, the King George, the Eclipse, and over 600 winners in the United States. Gosden has trained the winners of over 100 Group 1 races in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He is generally considered one of the finest and most successful racehorse trainers of his generation. His reputation for honesty and openness has led him to be called "one of the sport's great communicators". He is the only trainer in history whose horses have won the Cartier Awards for Cartier Champion Three-year-old Colt, Cartier Champion Three-year-old Filly and Cartier Horse of the Year in the same year. He trains at Clarehaven Stables in Newmarket, England. Early career He was educated at Eastbourne College, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he studied Economics and met his future wife, Rach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie Dettori
Lanfranco Dettori (; born 15 December 1970), better known as Frankie Dettori, is an Italian horse racing jockey based in the United Kingdom. Dettori has been British flat racing Champion Jockey three times and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races. This includes 20 winners of the English classics. His most celebrated achievement was riding all seven winners on British Champions' Day at Ascot Racecourse in 1996. He is the son of the Sardinian jockey Gianfranco Dettori, who was a prolific winner in Italy. He was described by the late Lester Piggott as the best jockey currently riding. Since the end of 2012, Dettori has been operating as a freelance, having split with Godolphin Racing, for whom he was stable jockey and had most of his big race victories. On 5 December 2012, he was suspended from riding for six months after being found guilty of taking a prohibited substance, believed to be cocaine. Career Born in Milan, Italy, Dettori's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Cole
Paul F. I. Cole (born 11 September 1941) is a British racehorse trainer. Since 1987 he has been based at Whatcombe Estate in Berkshire, the former stables of Dick Dawson and Arthur Budgett. He was British flat racing Champion Trainer in 1991, the year in which he trained Generous to win the Epsom Derby. Notable owners he has trained for include Prince Fahd bin Salman and Martyn Arbib, and regular jockeys have been Richard Quinn and Alan Munro. In March 2020 Cole took out a joint training licence with his son, Oliver, who had previously been his assistant trainer. Major wins Great Britain * Ascot Gold Cup – (1) – '' Mr Dinos (2003)'' * Cheveley Park Stakes – (1) – ''Pass the Peace (1988)'' * Derby – (1) – '' Generous (1991)'' * Dewhurst Stakes – (1) – ''Generous (1990)'' * Fillies' Mile – (1) – ''Culture Vulture (1991)'' * King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes – (1) – ''Generous (1991)'' * Lockinge Stakes – (1) – ''Broken Hearted (1988) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Munro (jockey)
Alan Munro (born 14 January 1967) is an English flat racing jockey. He has won many major races including The Derby and the Irish Derby in 1991. He also rode Sergeant Cecil to win the Northumberland Plate, the Ebor Handicap and the Cesarewitch in the same season, a feat never achieved before. Major wins Great Britain * Derby – '' Generous (1991)'' * King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes – ''Generous (1991)'' * St. James's Palace Stakes – ''Araafa (2006)'' ---- France * Prix d'Ispahan – ''Zoman (1992)'' ---- Hong Kong * Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup) – ''Indigenous (1997)'' * Hong Kong Gold Cup – ''Industrialist (2000)'' * Queen Elizabeth II Cup – ''Industrialist (2000)'' ---- Ireland * Irish 2,000 Guineas – ''Araafa (2006)'' * Irish Derby – ''Generous (1991)'' * Phoenix Stakes – ''Mac's Imp (1990)'' * Tattersalls Gold Cup – ''Zoman (1991)'' ---- Italy * Oaks d'Italia – ''Bright Generation (1993)'' * Premio Lydia Tesio The Premio Lydia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Swinburn
Walter Robert John Swinburn (7 August 1961 – 12 December 2016) was a flat racing jockey and trainer who competed in Great Britain and internationally. Biography Swinburn was born in Oxford. He was the son of Wally Swinburn, who won the Irish flat racing Champion Jockey title in 1976 and 1977 and was the first jockey to record over 100 winners in an Irish flat season. Nicknamed the "Choirboy", he rode his first winner, Paddy's Luck, on 12 July 1978 at Kempton Park but gained considerable fame for riding the superstar Shergar to victory in The Derby in 1981 by a record 10 lengths. Swinburn went on to win the Derby two more times. In 1983, he rode All Along to victory in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe then the filly captured 1983 Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year honors with three straight major event wins in North America: the Washington, D.C. International at Laurel, Maryland, the Canadian International Stakes (Rothmans International) at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Stoute
Sir Michael Ronald Stoute (born 22 October 1945) is a Barbadian British Thoroughbred horse trainer in flat racing. Career 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. His first win as a trainer came on 28 April 1972 when Sandal, a horse owned by Stoute's father, won at Newmarket Racecourse in England.Sir Michael Stoute: NTRA Profile , ntra.com, retrieved 20 February 2010. Since then, he has gone on to win races all over the globe, including victories in the , the |
Kevin Darley
Kevin Darley (born 5 August 1960, in Penn, Wolverhampton) is a retired jockey, and a co-president of the Jockeys' Association of Great Britain. He was British flat racing Champion Apprentice in 1978 with 70 wins and Champion Jockey in 2000 with 155 wins. He also won the Lester Award for Flat Jockey of the Year in 2000, and won the Lester Special Recognition Award in 1997 and 2007. He was associated with a number of trainers including Mark Johnston, for whom he won the English 1,000 Guineas, Irish 1,000 Guineas, Coronation Stakes and Sun Chariot Stakes on Attraction. He also won the St Leger on Bollin Eric and French Derby on Celtic Swing. Married with two daughters, he retired as a jockey in November 2007, after a disappointing year blighted by niggling injuries. Statistics Flat wins in Great Britain by year, from 1988 Major wins Great Britain * 1,000 Guineas - (1) - '' Attraction (2004)'' * Coronation Stakes - (1) - ''Attraction (2004)'' * Dewhurst Stakes - (1) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
