4-659: The Derby Trial Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old colts and geldings . It is run over a distance of 1 mile, 3 furlongs and 133 yards (2,334 metres) at Lingfield Park in May. Established in 1932, the event serves as a trial for the Epsom Derby . The first running was won by the subsequent Derby winner April the Fifth . The left-handed track at Lingfield Park
8-673: Is similar to that at Epsom . It has an undulating, cambered terrain with a sharp downhill turn into the home straight. Nine winners of the race have achieved victory in the Derby. The most recent was Anthony Van Dyck in 2019. The most recent participant to win the Derby is Adayar , the 2021 runner-up. For a period the Derby Trial Stakes held Group 3 status. It was relegated to Listed level in 2013. Leading jockey (6 wins): Leading trainer (10 wins): Conditions races Conditions races are horse races in which
12-545: The weights carried are laid down by an official handicapper to equalise the difference in ability between the runners. In Great Britain, for example, the British Horseracing Authority 's rules define a conditions race as being one "which is none of the following; a Handicap Race or a Novice Race, a race restricted to Maiden Horses, or a race governed by Selling or Claiming provisions." Conditions races are staged at all levels of horse racing. As all of
16-535: The weights carried by the runners are laid down by the conditions attached to the race. Weights are allocated according to the sex of the runners, with female runners carrying less weight than males; the age of the runners, with younger horses receiving weight from older runners to allow for relative maturity, referred to as weight for age ; and the quality of the runners, with horses that have won certain values of races giving weight to less successful entrants. Conditions races are distinct from handicap races , for which
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