1913 Epsom Derby 1913 Epsom Derby The 1913 Epsom Derby, sometimes referred to as “The Suffragette Derby”, was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on 4 June 1913. It was the 134th running of the Derby. The race was won, controversially, by Aboyeur at record 100–1 odds. The winner was ridden by Edwin Piper and trained by Alan Cunliffe. The race is regarded as the world's most famous horse race, but not for the performances of the horses on the track. The race itself was shadowed by the death of suffragette Emily Davison, who was killed when she ran out
1959 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes 1959 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes The 1959 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 18 July 1959. It was the 9th running of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The race attracted a field of eleven runners, four trained in the United Kingdom, five in France, one in Ireland and one in Germany. The favourite was the Cecil Boyd-Rochfort-trained Alcide, a four-year-old colt owned by Sir Humphrey de Trafford who had been a hot favourite for previous year’s Epsom Derby, but could not run in