Epsom Downs Racecourse the turf. In the summer of 1779 Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, organised a race for himself and his friends to race their three-year-old fillies. He named it the Oaks after his nearby estate. The race became so successful that in the following year 1780 a new race was added for three-year old colts and fillies—-the Derby. In 1784 the course was extended to its current distance of a mile and a half and Tattenham Corner was introduced. Henry Dorling, step-father to cookery writer Mrs Beeton, was a Clerk of the Course at Epsom, appointed in 1840. In 1913
Tattenham Corner railway station run to London Victoria, which is also served by some morning and evening peak services. It was initially proposed that from 2018, when the Thameslink Programme is completed, services on this line would be operated with larger 12 car trains offering all day direct services to via . However, in September 2016, these proposals were dropped; instead, services on the Tattenham Corner Line were to "remain as Southern "South London Metro" services with increased capacity as compared to today". Tattenham Corner railway station Tattenham Corner railway station is in Surrey, in England. The station and all trains serving it are