Epsom Derby Epsom Derby The Derby Stakes, officially the Investec Derby, popularly known as the Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey over a distance of one mile, four furlongs and 6 yards (2,420 metres), on the first Saturday of June each year. It is Britain's richest horse race, and the most prestigious of the five Classics. It is sometimes referred to as the "Blue Riband" of the turf. The race serves as the middle leg of the Triple Crown, preceded by the
Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap The Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early February at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. A Grade I event open to horses 4 years of age and older, the race is now run at a distance of one and one-eighths miles (9 furlongs) on the turf and offers a current purse of $350,000 added. From 1986 through 1990, the race was run at a distance of miles. From 1991 through 2008 the distance was lengthened considerably to 11 furlongs, or miles. In 2009, the distance was reduced by