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Ahead of this week’s Cazoo Derby (5 June 2021), we pick five of the greatest winners of the Epsom Classic. So here are some of the greatest Derby moments

Share Paying homage: The hooves of the great Seabiscuit were preserved for all time by being turned into ashtrays – becoming a glamorous fashion statement and conversation piece There was a time when the greatest tribute owners could pay to their favourite racehorses was to preserve their hooves - and sometimes other parts of their anatomy - as cherished mementoes, often displayed around their homes. Carly Silver reports.   One chilly afternoon in November 2018, I entered a basement storage room at the Keeneland Library in Lexington, Kentucky. Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a gl...

Racing: Sam Collett can collar the double at Ellerslie 30 Dec, 2020 11:00 AM 5 minutes to read Coventina Bay is another late-closing rocket who tends to get well back in the running. Photo / File NZ Herald By: Michael Guerin Sam Collett has been at the top of racing's tree long enough to know how this works. Already a premiership champion, winner of the last two Auckland Cups and one of the most popular jockeys in the country, Collett knows the first day of 2021 could go different ways. In the dream scenario, Collett could have two perfect rides and snare the $200,000 Railway with Levante and...