Winter Derby
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The Winter Derby is a Group 3 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs (2,013 metres) at Lingfield Park in mid March.
It was first run in 1998 and attained Group 3 status in 2006, thus becoming the earliest Pattern race in the British flat racing calendar.
It is one of three British Pattern races which are now regularly contested on an all-weather surface, along with the September Stakes and the Sirenia Stakes at Kempton Park. However, the first all-weather Pattern race to take place in Britain was the Silver Trophy Stakes when it was transferred to Lingfield from Ascot in July 2005.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
| 1998 | Running Stag | 4 | Ray Cochrane | 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 | David Barron | 2:04.59 |
| 2002 | Adiemus | 4 | Shane Kelly | Jeremy Noseda | 2:05.54 |
| 2003 | Parasol | 4 | Frankie Dettori | David Loder | 2:03.60 |
| 2004 | Caluki | 7 | Frankie Dettori | Luigi Camici | 2:05.85 |
| 2005 | Eccentric | 4 | John Egan | Andrew Reid | 2:03.79 |
| 2006 | Sri Diamond | 6 | Jamie Spencer | Sylvester Kirk | 2:04.77 |
| 2007 | Gentleman's Deal | 6 | Paul Mulrennan | Mick Easterby | 2:04.57 |
