Festival Focus

Not to be confused with the historic Derby Stakes, which is, of course, run over a mile and a half at Epsom on the first Saturday in June, t...

Of course, the Derby Stakes was famously founded by Sir Charles Bunbury and Edward Smith-Stanley, the Twelfth Earl of Derby, in 1780 and rep...

For the uninitiated, the British, or English, Triple Crown consists of the 2,000 Guineas Stakes, run over a mile at Newmarket in early May, ...

Run annually over 1 mile, 6 furlongs and 115 yards on Town Moor, Doncaster in September, the St. Leger Stakes is the final British Classic o...

The 2,000 Guineas, the Derby and the St. Leger are the three British Classic races open to three-year-old horses of both sexes – the other t...