The 1986 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on Wednesday June 4, 1986. It was the 207th running of the Derby, and it was won by Shahrastani. The winner was ridden by Walter Swinburn and trained by Michael Stoute. The prerace favourite Dancing Brave finished second.
Sponsor: Ever Ready
Winner's prize money: £239,260
Going: Good
Number of runners: 17
Winner's time: 2m 37.13s
* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. shd = short-head; hd = head; PU = pulled up.
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.
Further details of the winner, Shahrastani:
Foaled: March 27, 1983, in Kentucky, USA
Sire: Nijinsky; Dam: Shademah (Thatch)
Owner: HH Aga Khan IV
Breeder: HH Aga Khan IV
Rating in 1986 International Classifications: 134
Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 1985.
Shahrastani – 2nd Haynes, Hanson and Clark Stakes
Mashkour – 1st Chromacopy Stakes
Nisnas – 4th Somerville Tattersall Stakes
Flash of Steel – 1st Beresford Stakes
Sirk – 2nd Chromacopy Stakes
Nomrood – 2nd Futurity Stakes (finished 3rd, placed 2nd)
Jareer – 8th Dewhurst Stakes
Bold Arrangement – 4th Richmond Stakes, 2nd Seaton Delaval Stakes, 1st Solario Stakes, 3rd Prix de la Salamandre, 2nd Grand Critérium, 4th Futurity Stakes (finished 2nd, placed 4th)
Arokar – 1st Prix Saint-Roman
Early-season appearances in 1986 and trial races prior to running in the Derby.
Shahrastani – 1st Sandown Classic Trial, 1st Dante Stakes
Dancing Brave – 1st Craven Stakes, 1st 2,000 Guineas
Mashkour – 3rd Craven Stakes, 1st White Rose Stakes, 1st Lingfield Derby Trial
Faraway Dancer – 2nd Craven Stakes, 1st Dee Stakes
Nisnas – 3rd White Rose Stakes
Flash of Steel – 1st Tetrarch Stakes, 1st Irish 2,000 Guineas
Sirk – 3rd Sandown Classic Trial, 2nd Chester Vase, 3rd Dante Stakes
Sharrood – 7th Craven Stakes, 4th 2,000 Guineas, 3rd Irish 2,000 Guineas
Mr John – 4th Tetrarch Stakes, 1st Amethyst Stakes, 2nd Irish 2,000 Guineas
Allez Milord – 1st Predominate Stakes
Nomrood – 1st Chester Vase, 2nd Dante Stakes
Bold Arrangement – 3rd Doncaster Mile, 3rd Blue Grass Stakes, 2nd Kentucky Derby
Arokar – 1st Prix Greffulhe, 2nd Prix Lupin
Fioravanti – 5th Irish 2,000 Guineas
Wise Counsellor – 2nd Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial
Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the Derby.
Shahrastani – Irish Derby (1986)
Dancing Brave – Eclipse Stakes (1986), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1986), Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1986)
Mashkour – San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap (1991)
Allez Milord – Preis von Europa (1986), Oak Tree Invitational Stakes (1987)
