The winner of the 2-year-old conditions race at Epsom Downs's final fixture of the racing season will from this year receive an automatic entry to the following year's G1 Investec Derby. The race is staged over one mile and 113 yards, and is this year set for Oct. 1. If not already entered as a yearling or a gelding, the winner of the totepool Conditions Race will gain an entry in the Investec Derby. Connections of the winner, if they want to remain in the Investec Derby, would pay the normal fees at the subsequent scratchings' deadlines the following year.
There are four other routes to Derby entry: the yearling entry stage, the second entry stage in April of the horse's 3-year-old year, by winning the Investec Derby Trial or at the five-day supplementary stage.
“This new initiative gives an added dimension to the end of the season at the historic home of the Investec Derby,” said Andrew Cooper, Head of Racing and Clerk of the Course at Epsom Downs Racecourse. “Classics are all about keeping the dream alive and connections of the winning horse in the totepool Conditions Race will have plenty of time to contemplate all the possibilities over the winter months.”
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