Location | Epsom Downs Racecourse |
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Date | 8 June 2002 |
Winning horse | High Chaparral |
Starting price | 7/2 |
Jockey | Johnny Murtagh |
Trainer | Aidan O'Brien |
Owner | Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier |
1-2-3 | ||
High Chaparral | Hawk Wing | Moon Ballad |
Also Ran | ||
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4-5-6 | ||
Jelani | Fight Your Corner | Where Or When |
7-8-9 | ||
Naheef | Bandari | Louisville |
10-11-12 | ||
Tholjanah | Frankies Dream | Coshocton |
The 2002 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on Saturday 8 June 2002. It was the 223rd running of the Derby, and it was won by High Chaparral. The winner was ridden by Johnny Murtagh and trained by Aidan O'Brien. The pre-race favourite Hawk Wing finished second.
* | Horse | Jockey | Trainer † | SP | |
1 | High Chaparral | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) | 7/2 | |
2 | 2 | Hawk Wing | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) | 9/4 fav |
3 | 12 | Moon Ballad | Jamie Spencer | Saeed bin Suroor | 20/1 |
4 | 1 | Jelani | Fergal Lynch | Andrew Turnell | 100/1 |
5 | 5 | Fight Your Corner | Kevin Darley | Mark Johnston | 8/1 |
6 | 17 | Where Or When | Jimmy Fortune | Terry Mills | 66/1 |
7 | 2 | Naheef | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 5/1 |
8 | 12 | Bandari | Richard Hills | Mark Johnston | 9/2 |
9 | 7 | Louisville | Kieren Fallon | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) | 25/1 |
10 | 6 | Tholjanah | Willie Supple | Marcus Tregoning | 14/1 |
11 | 6 | Frankies Dream | Pat Eddery | Terry Mills | 100/1 |
Fell | Coshocton | Philip Robinson | Michael Jarvis | 28/1 |
* The distances between the horses are shown in
lengths.
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.
Further details of the winner, High Chaparral:
Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 2001.
Early-season appearances in 2002 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 2002 Epsom Derby. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
High Chaparral (1st) - Shuttle stallion
Hawk Wing (2nd) - Exported to South Korea in 2009
Where Or When (6th)
Bandari (8th) - Sired several jumps winners in sole crop
Jelani (4th) - Minor flat and jumps winners
Moon Ballad (3rd) - Exported to Japan - Relocated to Ireland
Frankies Dream (11th) - Exported to Saudi Arabia