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2001 Epsom Derby Epsom Downs Racecourse 9 June 2001 Galileo 11/4 jf Michael Kinane Aidan O'Brien Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier 2000 2002
Epsom Derby 2001
1-2-3 File:Owner Mrs John Magnier.svg Dark blue Galileo File:Owner Ballymacoll Stud.svg Pale Blue, White and Yellow check cap Golan File:Owner Godolphin.svg Royal blue Tobougg
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4-5-6 File:Owner R A N Bonnycastle.svg Black and white diamonds, black cap Mr Combustible File:Owner Maktoum Al Maktoum.svg Royal blue, white chevron, light blue cap Storming Home File:Owner Mr K Abdulla.svg Green, pink sash and cap, white sleeves Perfect Sunday
7-8-9 File:Owner Mr Saeed Suhail.svg Royal blue, yellow chevron, yellow cap, royal blue spots Dilshaan File:Owner H R H Sultan Ahmad Shah.svg Yellow, black sash, white sleeves, black and white quartered cap Putra Sandhurst File:Owner Mrs H F Mahr.svg Royal blue, pink star and sleeves, grey cap Sunny Glenn
10-11-12 File:Owner Mr W J Gredley.svg Yellow, Black and Yellow striped sleeves, White cap Chancellor File:Owner John Carey.svg YELLOW, royal blue spots, check cap King Carew File:Owner Luke Comer.svg MAROON and WHITE DIABOLO, white sleeves, maroon cap 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.
Race details
Sponsor: Vodafone
Winner's prize money: £580,000
Going: Good to Firm
Number of runners: 12
Winner's time: 2m 33.27s
Full result
* 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.
Winner's details
Further details of the winner, Galileo:
Foaled: 30 March 1998 in Ireland
Sire: Sadler's Wells; Dam: Urban Sea (Miswaki)
Owner: Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor
Breeder: David Tsui and Orpendale
Rating in 2001 International Classifications: 129
Form analysis
Two-year-old races
Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 2000.
Tobougg – 1st Prix de la Salamandre, 1st Dewhurst Stakes
Storming Home – 2nd Solario Stakes, 9th Somerville Tattersall Stakes
Perfect Sunday – 2nd Washington Singer Stakes
Dilshaan – 1st Racing Post Trophy
King Carew – 5th Autumn Stakes
Cashel Bay – 16th Eyrefield Stakes
The road to Epsom
Early-season appearances in 2001 and trial races prior to running in the Derby.
Galileo – 1st Ballysax Stakes, 1st Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial
Golan – 1st 2,000 Guineas
Tobougg – 9th 2,000 Guineas
Mr Combustible – 1st Chester Vase
Storming Home – 1st Blue Riband Trial Stakes, 3rd Dante Stakes
Perfect Sunday – 1st Lingfield Derby Trial
Dilshaan – 1st Dante Stakes
Putra Sandhurst – 2nd Lingfield Derby Trial
Sunny Glenn – 2nd Feilden Stakes, 6th Lingfield Derby Trial
Chancellor – 1st Sandown Classic Trial
Cashel Bay – 5th Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes, 4th Amethyst Stakes, 6th Saval Beg Stakes, 12th Irish 2,000 Guineas
Subsequent Group 1 wins
Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the Derby.
Galileo – Irish Derby (2001), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2001)
Golan – King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2002)
Storming Home – Champion Stakes (2002), Clement L. Hirsch Memorial Turf Championship (2003)
Subsequent breeding careers
Leading progeny of participants in the 2001 Epsom Derby.http://galopp-sieger.de/ Stammtafeln Galopp Sieger Galopp Sieger April 27, 2020https://www.racingpost.com/search/?tab=profiles&page=1&query=&profiles_type=horses_profiles Racing Post Profiles Search April 27, 2020 16 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200616170102/https://www.racingpost.com/search/?tab=profiles&page=1&query=&profiles_type=horses_profiles dead https://www.pedigreequery.com/ Progeny Reports Pedigree Query Pedigree Query April 27, 2020
Sires of Classic winners
Galileo (1st) - Eleven time leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland and sire of 40 individual classic winners as of June 2020
Frankel - 1st 2000 Guineas Stakes (2011), European Champion Two-Year-Old, Three-Year Old and Older Horse
Australia - 1st Epsom Derby, 1st Irish Derby (2014)
Waldgeist - 1st Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2019)
Rip Van Winkle - 1st Sussex Stakes (2009), 1st Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2009), 1st International Stakes (2010)
Nightime - 1st Irish 1000 Guineas (2006) - Dam of Ghaiyyath (1st Coronation Cup 2020)
Sires of Group/Grade One winners
Golan (2nd)
Beauty Flash - 1st Hong Kong Mile (2010), 1st Hong Kong Stewards' Cup (2011), 1st Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup (2011)
Kibbutz - 1st Victoria Derby (2007)
Missunited - 1st Galway Hurdle (2013), 2nd Ascot Gold Cup (2014)
Golan Way - 1st Sharp Novices' Hurdle
Tobougg (3rd)
The Pooka - 1st New Zealand 2000 Guineas (2007)
Penny's Gift - 1st German 1,000 Guineas (2009)
Screen Star - Dam of Lumiere (1st Cheveley Park Stakes 2015) and Sheikha Reika (1st E. P. Taylor Stakes 2018)
Bouggler - 1st Mersey Novices' Hurdle (2009)
Storming Home (5th)
Lion Tamer - 1st Victoria Derby (2010)
Jakkalberry - 1st Gran Premio di Milano (2010)
Flying Cloud - 2nd Pretty Polly Stakes (2010)
Tempestatefloresco - 1st Summer Cup (2017)
Sires of National Hunt horses
Mr Combustible (4th)
Goulanes - 1st Towton Novices' Chase (2013)
Same Difference - 1st Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup (2013)
Busty Brown - 1st Monksfield Novice Hurdle (2012)
Mackeys Forge - 2nd Festival Novice Hurdle (2011)
Other Stallions
Dilshaan (7th) - Damsire of Va Bank (3rd Bayerisches Zuchtrennen 2018)Putra Sandhurst (8th) - Sired minor jumps winner
References
275309 2001 06 09 racingpost.com
sportinglife.com
Derby Days 2004 Tempus 0-7524-3202-8 175
External links
Colour Chart – Derby 2001
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