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 Pickwick Papers (1913 film) the Vitagraph party shot several one-reel films while abroad, including "Bunny at Sea", filmed on board ship to England; "Bunny at the Derby", filmed at Epsom Downs; "Cork and Vicinity", filmed in Cork, Ireland; and "The Blarney Stone", filmed at Blarney Castle. The group returned to the United States after three months abroad and incidental stops in Paris and Berlin. "The Honourable Event" and "The Adventure of Westgate Seminary" were released in the United States on February 28, 1913, and "The Adventure of the Shooting Party" was released on September 5, 1913. Despite the effort Bunny and his associates invested