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ON THIS DAY - 21 March
Key Tips • 21 March 2022
ON THIS DAY - 21st March
On this day in 1519 the world's oldest horse race was inaugurated - the Kiplingcotes Derby. It is held over four miles and starts from the former Kiplingcotes Station site in Etton, Yorkshire and takes place every year on the third Thursday of March.
The race has been called off only three times – during one of the coldest British winters in 1947, in 2001 due to the foot and mouth epidemic, and 2018 as a result of damage by off-road vehicles.