Location | Epsom Downs Racecourse |
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Date | 9 June 2001 |
Winning horse | Galileo |
Starting price | 11/4 jf |
Jockey | Michael Kinane |
Trainer | Aidan O'Brien |
Owner | Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier |
1-2-3 | ||
Galileo | Golan | Tobougg |
Also Ran | ||
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4-5-6 | ||
Mr Combustible | Storming Home | Perfect Sunday |
7-8-9 | ||
Dilshaan | Putra Sandhurst | Sunny Glenn |
10-11-12 | ||
Chancellor | King Carew | Cashel Bay |
The 2001 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on Saturday 9 June 2001. It was the 222nd running of the Derby, and it was won by the pre-race joint favourite Galileo. The winner was ridden by Michael Kinane and trained by Aidan O'Brien. The other joint favourite Golan finished second.
* | Horse | Jockey | Trainer † | SP | |
1 | Galileo | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) | 11/4 jf | |
2 | 3½ | Golan | Pat Eddery | Sir Michael Stoute | 11/4 jf |
3 | nk | Tobougg | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 9/1 |
4 | 1¾ | Mr Combustible | Richard Hills | Barry Hills | 20/1 |
5 | ½ | Storming Home | Michael Hills | Barry Hills | 14/1 |
6 | nk | Perfect Sunday | Richard Hughes | Barry Hills | 9/2 |
7 | 1¾ | Dilshaan | Johnny Murtagh | Sir Michael Stoute | 5/1 |
8 | 1 | Putra Sandhurst | Philip Robinson | Michael Jarvis | 16/1 |
9 | nk | Sunny Glenn | Jason Weaver | Nick Littmoden | 150/1 |
10 | 6 | Chancellor | Richard Quinn | Barry Hills | 25/1 |
11 | 1¾ | King Carew | Craig Williams | Mick Channon | 200/1 |
12 | 1½ | Cashel Bay | John Carroll | Luke Comer (IRE) | 300/1 |
* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. nk = neck.
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.
Further details of the winner, Galileo:
Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 2000.
Early-season appearances in 2001 and trial races prior to running in the Derby.
Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the Derby.
Leading progeny of participants in the 2001 Epsom Derby.[1][2][3]
Galileo (1st) - Eleven time leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland and sire of 40 individual classic winners as of June 2020
Golan (2nd)
Tobougg (3rd)
Storming Home (5th)
Mr Combustible (4th)
Dilshaan (7th) - Damsire of Va Bank (3rd Bayerisches Zuchtrennen 2018)
Putra Sandhurst (8th) - Sired minor jumps winner