Editing Epsom Derby (section)

==Timeline==
[[File:Amato.jpg|thumb|[[Amato (racehorse)|''Amato'']], 1838 Derby winner by [[John Frederick Herring, Sr.|John Frederick Herring, Sr]]]]
[[File:Shirley Heights.jpg|thumb|''[[Shirley Heights (horse)|Shirley Heights]]'', 1978 Derby winner by [[Bob Demuyser]] (1920–2003)]]
* '''1805''': One of the horses was brought down by a spectator.
* '''1825''': Middleton never raced before or after winning the Derby.
* '''1838''': [[Amato (racehorse)|Amato]] never raced before or after winning the Derby.
* '''1844''': The original winner Running Rein was disqualified as he was actually an ineligible four-year-old horse named Maccabeus.<ref name=Foulkes>{{Cite book|last=Foulkes |first= N. |year=2010 |title=Gentlemen and Blackguards: Gambling Mania and Plot to Steal the Derby of 1844 |location=London |publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson |isbn=978-0297844594|page=?}}</ref>
* '''1881''': [[Iroquois (horse)|Iroquois]] became the first American-bred to win a leg of the British triple crown.
* '''1884''': The race finished with a dead-heat between [[Harvester (horse)|Harvester]] and St. Gatien.
* '''1887''': Merry Hampton is the most recent horse to win the Derby with no previous victories.
* '''1894''': The winner was owned by the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] at the time, the [[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery|5th Earl of Rosebery]].
* '''1901''': The first year in which a mechanical starting gate was used.
* '''1909''': Minoru was the first Derby winner owned by a reigning monarch, [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VII]], who had previously won twice as [[Prince of Wales]].
* '''1913''': The 6/4 favourite Craganour, owned by Charles B. Ismay, brother of [[J. Bruce Ismay]] of the [[RMS Titanic|Titanic]], was controversially disqualified, and the race was awarded to the 100/1 outsider Aboyeur. Suffragette [[Emily Davison]] was struck by [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]]'s horse, Anmer, she died four days later.
* '''1916''': [[Fifinella (horse)|Fifinella]], who also won [[Epsom Oaks|The Oaks]], is the most recent (as of 2022) of six fillies to win the race. The previous five were Eleanor (1801), Blink Bonny (1857), Shotover (1882), Signorinetta (1908), Tagalie (1912).
* '''1921''': The winner Humorist died two weeks after the race.
* '''1927''': The first Derby to be broadcast by the [[BBC]].
* '''1931''': The first outdoor sporting event ever televised (by [[John Logie Baird]] and his company using the [[BBC]]'s transmitter).
* '''1932''': [[April the Fifth]] is the most recent winner trained at [[Epsom]].
* '''1946''': Airborne is the most recent (as of 2017) of four grey horses to win the Derby.
* '''1953''': Pinza was the only winner in the race for the jockey [[Gordon Richards (jockey)|Sir Gordon Richards]], after 27 unsuccessful attempts.
* '''1960''': Although there had been an experimental TV transmission of the race in the early 1930s, regular television coverage of the Derby began this year, initially on both [[BBC]] and [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].
* '''1962''': Larkspur wins at odds of 22/1 after seven horses are bought down nearing Tattenham Corner; one horse is killed and four jockeys are detained in hospital. 
* '''1967''': Starting stalls used for the first time.
* '''1989''': The runner-up [[Terimon]] is the longest-priced horse to finish placed in the Derby, at odds of 500/1.
* '''1996''': [[Alex Greaves]] became the first female jockey to ride in the race. She finished last of the 20 runners on the filly Portuguese Lil.<ref name=":0" />
* '''1998''': The most recent (as of 2019) filly to take part, the [[1,000 Guineas Stakes|1,000 Guineas]] winner Cape Verdi, started as 11/4 favourite but could only finish ninth.<ref name=":1" />
* '''2006''': [[Martin Dwyer]]'s winning ride on [[Sir Percy]] subsequently won the [[Lester Award]] for "Flat Ride of the Year".<ref name=":2" />
* '''2007''': [[Authorized (horse)|Authorized]] provided jockey [[Frankie Dettori]] with his first winner in the Derby after 14 previous attempts.<ref name=":3" />
* '''2008''': [[Jim Bolger (racehorse trainer)|Jim Bolger]], the trainer of the winner [[New Approach]], had left the horse entered for the race "by mistake", having not initially intended to run.<ref name=":4" />
* '''2010''': [[Workforce (horse)|Workforce]] broke the Epsom track record winning in the time 2m 31.33s previously held by [[Lammtarra]] who set it in 1995 at 2m 32.31s.<ref name=":5" />
* '''2012''': [[Aidan O'Brien]] and his 19-year-old son [[Joseph O'Brien (jockey)|Joseph]] became the first father-son/trainer-jockey combination to win the race.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/02/sport/horse-racing-epsom-derby-camelot/index.html |title=Camelot makes history as Queen watches |date=2 June 2012 |publisher=CNN |author=Alysen Miller |access-date=3 June 2012 |archive-date=3 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603044547/http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/02/sport/horse-racing-epsom-derby-camelot/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Hayley Turner]] became the second female jockey to ride in the race, on Cavaleiro, finishing last of the nine horses which went to post, the lowest number since 1907.<ref name=":7" />
* '''2014''': [[Aidan O'Brien]] became the first person to train three consecutive winners of the race.<ref name=":8" />
* '''2017''': Ana O'Brien, daughter of Aidan, was the third female jockey to ride in the race, on The Anvil. By finishing 17th of the 18 runners, she became the first woman to beat another runner to the line.<ref name=":9" />
* '''2019''': Kevin McCarthy and Michael Church (Official Derby Historian), wrote a 17-page Academic Essay to solve the debated question of  "Where did the first Derby start from?" (See www.michaelchurchracingbooks.com).Proving it to be from the Mile Post on the old Orbicular or Cup Course - a few yards from today's running rail. Thereafter, a week before the 2019 Derby, the Epsom management put up a plaque to commemorate the starting place of the first Derby.