Which horse, ridden by Kevin Manning, won the 2008 Epsom Derby?
Kevin Manning (jockey) Alexander Goldrun who won 5 Group 1 races . Manning's highest profile victory came in 2008 when he rode New Approach to a half-length victory over Tartan Bearer in The Derby. He subsequently won the Irish Champion Stakes and English Champion Stakes on New Approach who is now a leading sire. He has also won the Gr 1 Dewhurst Stakes on 5 occasions. In 2013 Manning won the 2000 Guineas & St James' Palace Stakes on New Approach's son Dawn Approach. Manning is married to Bolger's daughter, Úna Ireland France Great Britain Hong Kong Kevin Manning (jockey) Kevin James Manning
1780 Epsom Derby 1780 Epsom Derby The 1780 Epsom Derby was the inaugural running of The Derby – the horse race which would become the "greatest turf event in the world" and after which more than 140 other horse races, including the famous Kentucky Derby, are named. It took place on 4 May 1780 on Epsom Downs in Surrey, England, and was won by Diomed, owned by Sir Charles Bunbury and ridden by Sam Arnull. At the previous year's Epsom May race meeting, Lord Derby had instigated a 1 1/2 mile race for three-year-old fillies, which he had named the Oaks after the