>> Epsom Derby at Epsom Downs Racecourse |
June 5th 2010 |
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Since 1779 one of sports great spectacles has taken place at Epsom, Surrey, South of London. Watch the horses tackle the rollercoaster of the famous mile and a half course of Epsom Downs.
A carnival atmosphere and top class horse racing make the Derby a must do event on the sporting and social calendar. So get you glad rags on and join First Festival Travel in the trackside Tattnrham Straight Enclosure for an afternoon of excitement at the rails and bubbly on the picnic blanket.
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| Epsom Derby Details |
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>> Epsom Derby 2010 Tour Option |
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| Epsom Derby Day Tour Package: |
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| Coach Day Trip - Saturday 5th June 2010 |
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| Tattenham Straight Enclosure - £49 per person |
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Saturday June 5th 2010
Departure from Stamford Brook, London is 10am for the one hour drive to Epsom Downs racecourse. During the journey we'll crack open the bubbly to get the party mood started. Upon arrival at Epsom,
we will head directly into the Tattenham Straight Enclosure where we take up position for the afternoon's racing. After the racing has concluded we will load up the coaches and make the journey back to London. Expected arrival is 7.30pm for the conclusion of the day trip.
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| >> Day Tour Package Includes: |
 Return charter coach transport from central London [including bubbly on your journey there]
Tattenham Straight enclosure ticket
Services of a First Festival Travel tour leader |
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 Personal expenses
Meals |
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Tattenham Straight Enclosure:
The Tattenham Straight is a pedestrian area with live music and a variety of food and drinks units. With access to the rails and the bookmakers, it makes this the perfect enclosure to make the most of your race day experience and live it up without paying the Grandstand prices!
History of Epsom and it's Derby
The town of Epsom first became famous for it's natural mineral water when a local farmer, Henry Wicker took his cattle up to a watering hole on the Downs in 1618. The alleged healing properties of the water brought crowds from London who wanted to escape the squalor in return for the country air.
1661 saw the first recorded race meeting to be held on the Downs and the tradition continued until the summer of 1779 when one of today's greatest sporting spectacles was established.
Edward Smith Stanley, the 12th Earl of Derby, organised a race for himself and his friends to race their three-year-old fillies over one and a half miles. He named it the Oaks after his estate. The race became so successful that the following year a new race was added for colts and fillies.
The title of the race was decided after the Earl of Derby and Sir Charles Bunbury, a leading racing figure of the day and friend of the Earl's, flipped a coin. So begun the inaugural running of the ' Derby ' won, incidentally, by Sir Charles Bunbury's horse Diomed.
The contest was held over a mile with the starting point in a straight line beyond the current five-furlong marker. Tattenham Corner was not introduced until 1784 when the course was extended to its current distance of a mile- and-a-half. |
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