Sports

Britain is one of the world countries where people have the possibility to play a variety of sport. In Britain every year a calendar is establishing to shows when and where the most important sport events will happen. This year, this month there are two rest of sport event: Derby horse racing on the flat and the Wimbledon tennis fortnight.

The Derby horse racing is the oldest and most famous horse races in the world and the most popular flat race in the English racing calendar. It takes places on the first Saturday of June each year and it is the 3^rd classic of the English flat racing season. Horses run over a distance of 1mile 4 furlongs. The home of the derby is Epsom downs racecourse; and the race has been run since 1661.The particularity of this event is the fact that the Queen always assists to it since she has her own horse in the race.

This year, the derby horse racing has been won by a 19 years old French rider. Her horse, called “Pour MOI” spoiled the dream of the Queen which was of finally winning the world’s greatest flat race. BBC (2011):” Her Majesty's race favourite Carlton House played his part in one of the great renewals of the Derby at Epsom, but Pour Moi spoiled the party with a spine-tingling last to first success”.

References:

BBC(2011) Derby 2011:Queen’s dream dashed by French resistance. Available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/horse_racing/13656762.stm. Accessed (12 june2011)

Epsom(2011) Epsom Derby 2011. Available at: http://www.epsom-derby.net/ . Accessed (12june2011)