A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the 12th Earl of Derby, in 1780.
A stakes event for 3 year olds.
(noun) To ride around in a circle with a beer in one hand,steering with the other, trying to knock your friends off their bikes. Classic game of destruction and good times. A game initiated by the Koski brothers of Marin County, whose parents owned a bike shop.
a fishery of a few days' or weeks' duration, during which fishers race to take as much catch as they can before the fishery closes
a 'stake' race for three-year-old colts and a 'classic' is for all three year olds, but it has a tradition behind it, such as the Belmont Stakes in the US
Field Trial competition for dogs under two years of age being handled by any handler, professional or amateur.
Stakes races for three-year-olds.
A classic race for three-year-old horses.
A stakes event for three-year-olds.
A stakes race for three-year-old colts.
A classic race for three-year-old pacers or trotters.
A Stakes race for three-year-olds
A stakes race for 4-year olds.
Pronounced “darby” in England. A stakes for three-year-olds only. The word derby is derived from the name of the 12th Earl of Derby, 1780, who initiated the Derby (English/Epsom) at Epsom Downs in England.
A significant stakes race for 3-year-olds, as in the Kentucky Derby.
Derby (pronounced "dar-bee" ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent and is surrounded by the shire county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census the population of the borough was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407.
A derby (pronounced "dar-bee" /dÉ‘Ëbɪ/ in most of the English-speaking world and "dur-bee" /dÉšbɪ/ in North American English) is a type of horse race, named after the Epsom Derby, still run at Epsom racecourse in England. It was in turn named for Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, who inaugurated the race in 1780. Probably the best-known example in the United States is the Kentucky Derby.
Derby is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire.