Location | Epsom Downs Racecourse |
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Date | 6 June 2009 |
Winning horse | Sea the Stars |
Starting price | 11/4 |
Jockey | Michael Kinane |
Trainer | John Oxx |
Owner | Christopher Tsui |
1–2–3 | ||
Sea The Stars | Fame And Glory | Masterofthehorse |
Also Ran | ||
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4–5–6 | ||
Rip Van Winkle | Golden Sword | Crowded House |
7–8–9 | ||
Age of Aquarius | Debussy | Kite Wood |
10–11–12 | ||
Black Bear Island | Gan Amhras | Montaff |
The 2009 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on Saturday 6 June 2009. It was the 230th running of the Derby, and it was won by Sea the Stars. The winner was ridden by Michael Kinane and trained by John Oxx. The pre-race favourite Fame and Glory finished second.
* | Horse | Jockey | Trainer† | SP | |
1 | Sea the Stars | Michael Kinane | John Oxx (IRE) | 11/4 | |
2 | 1¾ | Fame and Glory | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) | 9/4 fav |
3 | nk | Masterofthehorse | Richard Hughes | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) | 16/1 |
4 | nse | Rip Van Winkle | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) | 6/1 |
5 | shd | Golden Sword | Colm O'Donoghue | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) | 25/1 |
6 | 6 | Crowded House | Jamie Spencer | Brian Meehan | 20/1 |
7 | ½ | Age of Aquarius | Pat Smullen | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) | 25/1 |
8 | nk | Debussy | Jimmy Fortune | John Gosden | 33/1 |
9 | 4½ | Kite Wood | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 28/1 |
10 | hd | Black Bear Island | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) | 7/1 |
11 | 5 | Gan Amhras | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger (IRE) | 8/1 |
12 | 11 | Montaff | Richard Hills | Mick Channon | 40/1 |
* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter – nse = nose; shd = short-head; hd = head; nk = neck
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated
Further details of the winner, Sea the Stars :
Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 2008.
Early-season appearances in 2009 and trial races prior to running in the Derby.
Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the Derby.
Leading progeny of participants in the 2009 Epsom Derby. [1] [2] [3]
Sea The Stars (1st) Sire of fourteen individual Group/Grade One winners including six classic winners as of August 2020
Rip Van Winkle (4th) - Later exported to New Zealand
Fame And Glory (2nd)
Masterofthehorse (3rd) - Flat and jumps winners
Golden Sword (5th) - Exported to South Africa
Crowded House (6th) - Exported to Australia
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