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
Turf Club (Ireland) Turf Club (Ireland) The Turf Club was the regulatory body for horse racing in Ireland until 31 December 2017. The origin of the Turf Club was a regulatory body known as "the Society of Sportsmen", which became "The Jockey Club" by 1755, before taking on its present name of the "Turf Club" in 1784. Despite being independent of the English Jockey Club, it did on occasion referred disputes to that organisation. A similar body for National Hunt races, the Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Committee, was later formed under the Turf Club to ensure fair running of National Hunt meetings. The