The Yorkshire Post says: Derby traditions as racing history made at Kiplingcotes
For, while Yorkshire is proud of its racing heritage, the Kiplingcotes Derby remains a contest like no other. Open to horses and riders of all ages and abilities, its 500th renewal was a spectacle worthy of England’s oldest race.
And while the Epsom Derby, thoroughbred racing’s most cherished contest, has lost some of its allure as time catches up with old traditions, the Derby has lost none of its eccentricities, a fact borne out by the number of people who came out to support an event which still stops the Yorkshire Wolds on the third Thursday of every March.