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Research Results For 'Epsom Races'

DERBY STAKES

The Derby Stakes is the most famous horse-race in the world. It is run over 2400 meters on Epsom Downs in England on the last Wednesday in May or the first Wednesday in June by colts and fillies three years old. It was founded in 1780 by and named after Edward Smith Stanley, the 12th Earl of Derby. The races were originally known as the Epsom Races, and were famous in Victorian England as the most popular of the English horse-races, being patronised by all classes of people together.
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EPSOM RACES

The Epsom races are four days of horse-races held in May, initiated by Charles I. The first race is held on Tuesday, the second race, known as the derby or Derby Stakes is held on Wednesday the fourth day of races held on Friday is called the Oaks or Oaks Stakes.
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EPSOM RACES

Epsom races is London Cockney rhyming slang for braces.
Epsom races is London Cockney rhyming slang for a group of friends (faces).
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