Epsom Downs Racecourse the suffragette Emily Davison threw herself in front of King George V's horse Anmer, bringing him down. Davison was badly injured and died four days later. In 1952 the racecourse was featured extensively in the film "Derby Day" set around the 1952 Epsom Derby. In 2009 the racecourse opened the new Duchess's Stand. It has a capacity of 11,000 and has a 960 m² (10 000 sq ft) hall. It can be used for banqueting, conferences and exhibitions. The estimated cost of the new stand, which was built by Willmott Dixon, was £23.5 million. On 4 June 2011, in their
The Pitch That Killed the story from "The Pitch That Killed".<ref name="The List TV" group="Website/TV show"></ref> The Pitch That Killed The Pitch That Killed: Carl Mays, Ray Chapman and the Pennant Race of 1920 is a non-fiction baseball book written by Mike Sowell and published in 1989. The book concentrates on the 1920 major league season, especially the events surrounding Ray Chapman's death from a pitch thrown by Carl Mays. It won the CASEY Award for best baseball book of 1989 and was selected as a "New York Times" "Notable Book of the Year." Mike Sowell's book has been optioned by Come Aboard Productions.