Indian Derby

It is run over 2,400-metres and held on the first Sunday of February at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse in Mumbai.

The "Indian Derby" is the premier horse racing event of the country held annually on the first Sunday of February.

The race was first held in 1943 and was won by a filly Princess Beautiful, ridden by Edgar Britt.

There have been many exciting finishes to the Indian Derby but none have come close to the one that occurred on 8 February 1947, a filly named "Her Majesty" ridden by Australian jockey W.T Evans son of 1907 Melbourne Cup winning jockey William (Billy) Evans,[1] had a dramatic fall after the start of the race but both the rider and the horse were brave enough to get back on their feet and run the race only to finish second to Bucephalus by a "nose".

Two weeks later Her Majesty beat Bucephalus in the classic Indian St. Leger by twenty lengths.