Goodwood Derby
The Goodwood Derby, launched 78 years after the more famous Epsom Derby, was run over a mile and a half of the Gratwicke Course for colts carrying 8st 10lbs and fillies carrying 8st 7lbs. The race conditions imposed penalties, up to a maximum of 10lb, for winners of prestigious races; the Epsom Derby winner and second to carry 10lb and 7lb extra respectively, the Oaks winner and second to carry 6lb and 4 lb respectively, the winner of the 2000 Guineas, 1000 Guineas or Stockbridge Derby to carry 5lb extra. |
| Goodwood Derby 1878 | Group 1 | 1 mile 4 furlongs | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Age/weight | Owner |
| 1 | LORD CLIVE | Fred Archer | 3-8st 10lbs | Duke of St Albans 8/11 fav |
| 2 | CLEMENTINE | Jem Goater | 3-8st 7lbs | Count Frederick de Lagrange 7/4 |
| 3 | KNIGHT OF THE CROSS | Cannon | 3-8st 7lbs | Mr F Gretton 10/1 |
| This race took place on Wednesday 31st July 1878 and was a subscription race of 25 sovereigns each for 3-y-o carrying 8st 10lbs, fillies 8st 7lbs, with various penalties for Classic winners. There were 16 subscribers, and it was valued at 300 sovereigns (equivalent to £37,000 in 2021). Knight of the Cross was the only one of the three to contest the Epsom Derby finishing unplaced behind Mr William Stirling Crawfurd's SEFTON (SR 1968). | Over round 102% | |||