Find more facts and information on our topic page about
Derby
Derby
A Dictionary of British History
|
2004
|
|
© A Dictionary of British History 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information)
Copyright
Derby Described by Disraeli as ‘the Blue Riband of the Turf’, the Derby is the top event in the flat season's racing calendar. First run on 4 May 1780, the race is named after its founder, the 12th earl of Derby. It is a race for 3‐year‐olds, run on Epsom downs.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
Derby field taking shape: Big Brown rises, Pyro falls
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 4/14/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...about who the favorite should be for the Kentucky Derby. That would be Big Brown, the trainer's 3...for-3 record to Churchill Downs for the May 3 Derby. So what, he says, if Florida Derby winner Big Brown tries to become the first horse...
|
 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
|
DERBY HOPEFULS TO BATTLE IN 3 TESTS.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 4/10/1998; 700+ words
; ...MODESTI Horse Racing The May 2 Kentucky Derby could be the first since Secretariat...5 favorite in the $500,000 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park, which shares the national...mile races comprising the final round of Derby preps. Favorite Trick has run just once...
|
|
Derby field in transition makes Pool 2 betting tricky.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 3/15/2002; ; 700+ words
; FORT WORTH _ Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager is the overdone steak of the...from the first three years the Kentucky Derby Future Wager has been offered. Pool 2 for this year's Kentucky Derby Future Wager opened Thursday. It closes...
|
|
|
DERBY SET FOR REPEAT VICTOR.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 2/7/2003; 700+ words
; ...decades. The last to ride back-to-back Derby winners was Eddie Delahoussaye, and it...Cross to hire a jockey who had won the Derby before. Cross contacted Angel Cordero...rode the horse, but he'd never won the Derby,'' Cross said of Sunny's Halo's...
|
|
|
DERBY DOMINATOR; TRAINER BAFFERT AIMS FOR THIRD STRAIGHT - AND HISTORY.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 4/28/1999; 700+ words
; ...and spring, toward Kentucky Derby history. Between rain showers at Churchill Downs, the two Derby favorites splashed through their...Baffert, who won the past two Derbies with Silver Charm and Real Quiet...his two star fillies in the Derby or keep both with their own...
|
 "The Racing Post (London, England)")
|
Derby quiz: So you think you know about the premier Classic?(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 6/27/2003; 700+ words
; ...compiled this brain-teasing quiz around the Derby. Warning: Only attempt this if you think...bd, bd, ?, bk, bk 2. Allen Gift's Derby victory time of 29.04sec was the slowest...Name the three fastest winners of the Derby in the last 15 years (one point for each...
|
|
Derby capsules
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 5/6/2006; 700+ words
; ...Odds: 30-1 Jockey: Fernando Jara. Derby rookie Trainer: Kiaran McLaughlin. Debuted...Trainer: Daniel Peitz. Newcomer to Derby. Owner: Robert and Lawana Low Sire...361,250 Last start: Second, Arkansas Derby Top Beyer Figure: 94 (twice) Positives...
|
|
Derby festivities down but not yet out; Hard times forcing racing fans to cut back, make do with less.(PAGE ONE)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 5/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...Kentucky's state capital to the Kentucky Derby has been scratched this year by Gov. Steven...A free breakfast offered under tents on Derby morning has been cut, with this year...picnic tables and paying for their meals. Derby corporate sponsorships are off, and the...
|
 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
|
KENTUCKY DERBY FAVORITES HOPING TO BREAK JINXES.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 4/23/2007; 700+ words
; ...Rosenblatt, Associated Press This Kentucky Derby is all about bucking tradition. In less...several trainers will attempt to win the Derby having defied long-held ideas on what...champion ran five times last year. The last Derby winner with two preps as a 3-year-old...
|
 "South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)")
|
Derby hopes abound today.
Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL); 4/7/2007; 700+ words
; ...of earning a trip to the May 5 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. In New York, Holy...Juvenile winner Street Sense in the Tampa Bay Derby. In California, Sam P., Liquidity and El Camino Real Derby winner Bwana Bull lead a field of 10 in...
|
|
Derby
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
...gray, and brown. Derbies usually featured...flattened bow. Derby hats were named...the man in the derby hat." At the time derbies were adopted by...the shape of huge derby hats, immortalizing...the early 1930s derbies found an even broader...
|
|
Derby, Elias Hasket (1739-1799)
Book article from: American Eras
Elias Hasket Derby (1739-1799) International merchant The House of Derby . Elias Hasket Derby ’ s father, Richard Derby, had been one of the most prosper-ous merchants in Salem, Massachusetts. In 1761 Elias Derby married Elizabeth...
|
|
Derby, Edward Stanley, 14th earl of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Derby, Edward Stanley, 14th earl of (1799...resigners from the cabinet in 1834 (the Derby Dilly ) and briefly commanded a following...as his subordinate leader in the Commons. Derby (he inherited the earldom in 1851) was...
|
|
Derby ware
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Derby ware , English china produced at Derby since about 1750, when William Duesbury opened a pottery there...style to contemporary Chelsea ware and Bow ware , whose factories Derby absorbed in the 1770s. It became Royal Crown Derby in 1890 by...
|
|
Derby, George Horatio
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Derby, George Horatio (1823–61...engineer, born in Dedham, Massachusetts. Derby spent most of his career on the Pacific Coast...the Oregon Territory. During his lifetime Derby was a well-known literary figure and frontier...
|
