The Winter Derby is a Group 3

Conditions races

Conditions races are horse races where 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...

 flat

Flat racing

Flat racing is a form of Thoroughbred horse racing which is run over a level track at a predetermined distance. It differs from steeplechase racing which is run over hurdles...

 horse race

Horse racing

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 in Great Britain

Great Britain

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 which is open to thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

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s aged four years or older. It is run at Lingfield Park over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in March.

The event was established in 1998, and it was given Listed status the following year. It was promoted to Group 3 level in 2006, and it is now Britain's first "Group" race of the year.

The Winter Derby is run on a Polytrack surface, and it is currently one of three non-turf Group 3 events in Britain, along with the September Stakes

September Stakes

The September Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Kempton Park over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in early September.The event was established in 1979, and it...

 and the Sirenia Stakes

Sirenia Stakes

The Sirenia Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to two-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at Kempton Park over a distance of 6 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in early September....

. The country's first all-weather race at this level was the Silver Trophy Stakes

Summer Mile Stakes

The Summer Mile Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile , and it is scheduled to take place each year in July.-History:...

, which was temporarily switched to Lingfield's synthetic track in July 2005.

Records

Most successful horse:

• no horse has won this race more than once

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Leading jockey

Jockey

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 (2 wins):

• Richard Hughes
  Richard Hughes (jockey)
  Richard Hughes is an Irish flat jockey who most commonly rides in Great Britain. Born in Dublin, he is the son of successful National Hunt trainer, Dessie Hughes. His main provider of rides has been trainer Richard Hannon who is also his father in law andfrom 2001 to 2007 he was also retained by...
  
   – Sergeant York (2001), Scintillo (2009)
• Frankie Dettori
  Frankie Dettori
  Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races.. He has had many successes in his role of stable jockey to Godolphin Racing...
  
   – Parasol (2003), Caluki (2004)

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Leading trainer

Horse trainer

In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...

 (2 wins):

• Clive Brittain
  Clive Brittain
  Clive Brittain is a British race-horse trainer. He began training as an apprentice in 1949, and on his own as a licensed trainer in the early 1970s. He currently trains at Carlburg Stables in Newmarket, Suffolk...
  
   – Hattan (2008), Nideeb (2011)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1998	Running Stag	4	Ray Cochrane Ray Cochrane Ray Cochrane is a retired horse racing jockey and current sports agent.He was the winning jockey in three of the five British Classic Races: the Oaks Stakes, 1,000 Guineas Stakes and Epsom Derby Stakes...	Philip Mitchell	2:05.92
1999	Supreme Sound	5	Gary Bardwell	Peter Harris	2:05.44
2000	Zanay	4	Tom McLaughlin	Jacqui Doyle	2:05.03
2001	Sergeant York	5	Richard Hughes Richard Hughes (jockey) Richard Hughes is an Irish flat jockey who most commonly rides in Great Britain. Born in Dublin, he is the son of successful National Hunt trainer, Dessie Hughes. His main provider of rides has been trainer Richard Hannon who is also his father in law andfrom 2001 to 2007 he was also retained by...	David Barron	2:04.59
2002	Adiemus	4	Shane Kelly	Jeremy Noseda Jeremy Noseda Jeremy Noseda is a British racehorse trainer.After six years working for John Dunlop, and five years as assistant to John Gosden, he joined Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation in late 1993, and played a significant role in training such horses as Lammtarra, Halling and Balanchine.He started...	2:05.54
2003	Parasol	4	Frankie Dettori Frankie Dettori Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races.. He has had many successes in his role of stable jockey to Godolphin Racing...	David Loder David Loder David Loder is a retired trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses.David Loder is the son of Simon Loder, of the family of Loder Baronets, by Sandra Fleming, a descendant of Robert Fleming...	2:03.60
2004	Caluki	7	Frankie Dettori Frankie Dettori Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races.. He has had many successes in his role of stable jockey to Godolphin Racing...	Luigi Camici	2:05.85
2005	Eccentric	4	John Egan	Andrew Reid	2:03.79
2006	Sri Diamond	6	Jamie Spencer Jamie Spencer Jamie Spencer is an Irish flat racing jockey currently riding in the UK. He has been champion jockey in both Ireland and Britain and has won four classics, two in each country. Spencer is widely regarded as one of the best, and most naturally talented, UK-based jockeys - despite not having a...	Sylvester Kirk	2:04.77
2007	Gentleman's Deal	6	Paul Mulrennan	Mick Easterby Mick Easterby Michael William 'Mick' Easterby is a British racehorse trainer.He is a dual-purpose trainer, saddling runners in both flat racing and National Hunt racing...	2:04.57
2008	Hattan	6	Seb Sanders Seb Sanders Seb Sanders is a flat race jockey.He came into racing by getting a job with trainer Bryan McMahon, and it was for McMahon that Sanders rode his first winner on 12 June 1990 on Band On The Run....	Clive Brittain Clive Brittain Clive Brittain is a British race-horse trainer. He began training as an apprentice in 1949, and on his own as a licensed trainer in the early 1970s. He currently trains at Carlburg Stables in Newmarket, Suffolk...	2:03.61
2009	Scintillo Scintillo Scintillo is a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse which raced out of the United Kingdom. At the age two the colt won the Gran Criterium Group 1. Following an average three year old season he, like his sire, came into his own as a four year old, winning several significant contests. These include...	4	Richard Hughes Richard Hughes (jockey) Richard Hughes is an Irish flat jockey who most commonly rides in Great Britain. Born in Dublin, he is the son of successful National Hunt trainer, Dessie Hughes. His main provider of rides has been trainer Richard Hannon who is also his father in law andfrom 2001 to 2007 he was also retained by...	Richard Hannon Richard Hannon Richard Hannon is a British horse trainer based in East Everleigh Stables, Marlborough, Wiltshire.Hannon's family has a tradition of horse training—his father was also a horse trainer, his son Richard is currently the assistant trainer, and his son-in-law Richard Hughes is the stable jockey. ...	2:03.79
2010	Tranquil Tiger	6	Tom Queally Tom Queally Thomas P. Queally is a Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began his professional career in 2000 while still attending school...	Henry Cecil Henry Cecil Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil is a successful English horse racing trainer who has had many winners in the Epsom Derby, 1,000 Guineas and 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Oaks and the St. Leger Stakes....	2:03.27
2011	Nideeb	4	Philip Robinson Philip P. Robinson Philip Peter Robinson is an English flat racing jockey.The son of Peter Robinson, a jockey and trainer, he rode his first winner in 1978 at Great Yarmouth. He was British flat racing Champion Apprentice in 1979 and 1980. One of his most famous victories was his win on Pebbles, trained by Clive...	Clive Brittain Clive Brittain Clive Brittain is a British race-horse trainer. He began training as an apprentice in 1949, and on his own as a licensed trainer in the early 1970s. He currently trains at Carlburg Stables in Newmarket, Suffolk...	2:03.42