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2011 Epsom Derby

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Location
  
Epsom Downs Racecourse

Winning horse
  
Pour Moi

Jockey
  
Mickael Barzalona

Date
  
4 June 2011

SP
  
4/1

Trainer
  
André Fabre

The 2011 Epsom Derby was the 232nd running of the Derby horse race which took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse, England, on 4 June 2011.

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The race was won by second-favourite Pour Moi, the first Derby winner to have been trained in France since Empery in 1976.

The winning horse was ridden by jockey Mickael Barzalona and was trained by André Fabre. Pour Moi beat Treasure Beach by a head; Carlton House, the pre-race favourite at 5/2, finished third by three-quarters of a length. Carlton House was owned by Elizabeth II.

Race details

  • Sponsor: Investec
  • Winner's prize money: £709,625
  • Going: Good to firm (good in places)
  • Number of runners: 13
  • Winner's time: 2 minutes, 34.54 seconds

    • Full result

    * The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter; hd = head, nk = neck.
    † Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.

    Winner details

    Further details of the winner, Pour Moi:

  • Foaled: 10 January 2008, in Ireland
  • Sire: Montjeu; Dam: Gwynn (Darshaan)
  • Owner: Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith
  • Breeder: Lynch Bages, Ltd.

    • Two-year-old races

    Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 2010:

  • Treasure Beach – 3rd in Royal Lodge Stakes
  • Native Khan – 1st in Solario Stakes; 4th in Racing Post Trophy
  • Recital – 1st in Critérium de Saint-Cloud
  • Masked Marvel – 6th in Autumn Stakes
  • Pisco Sour – 2nd in Tattersalls Millions 2YO Trophy; 8th in Critérium International
  • Seville – 2nd in Racing Post Trophy
  • Castlemorris King – 5th in Champagne Stakes

    • The road to Epsom

    Early-season appearances in 2011 and trial races prior to running in the Derby:

  • Pour Moi – 3rd in Prix La Force; 1st in Prix Greffulhe
  • Treasure Beach – 1st in Chester Vase
  • Carlton House – 1st in Dante Stakes
  • Memphis Tennessee – 2nd in Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial
  • Native Khan – 1st in Craven Stakes; 3rd in 2,000 Guineas Stakes
  • Recital – 3rd in Ballysax Stakes; 1st in Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial
  • Vadamar – 1st in Prix François Mathet; 3rd in Prix Greffulhe
  • Masked Marvel – 5th in Sandown Classic Trial; 1st in Cocked Hat Stakes
  • Pisco Sour – 3rd in Dante Stakes
  • Seville – 2nd in Dante Stakes
  • Ocean War – 1st in Newmarket Stakes
  • Marhaba Malyoon – 6th in Lingfield Derby Trial

    • Subsequent Group 1 wins

    Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the Derby:

  • Treasure Beach – Irish Derby (2011), Secretariat Stakes (2011)
  • Masked Marvel - St. Leger Stakes (2011)

    • References

    2011 Epsom Derby Wikipedia
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