The Irish Derby is one of the most prestigious Group 1 races on the Irish racing calendar and is open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.

Contested over a distance of 1m 4f at the Curragh, the Irish Derby is the equivalent of the Epsom Derby held in the UK and is traditionally staged three weeks after that race.

As one of the Irish Classic Races, it always attracts a high-quality field from home and abroad and a total of 18 horses have completed the English-Irish Derby double, the most recent being the Dermot Weld-trained Harzand in 2016.

What	Irish Derby
Where	Curragh Racecourse, County Kildare
When	15:40, Sunday 2nd July
How to watch	bet365 Sports Live Streaming & Racing TV
Odds	Auguste Rodin 1/3, White Birch 5/1, Sprewell 5/1, Up And Under 12/1, Knight To King 16/1

When is the Irish Derby?

The Irish Derby is traditionally held three weeks after the Epsom Derby, which usually means it falls in either late June or early July on the second day of the annual Irish Derby Festival meeting.

The 2023 renewal of the race is scheduled to take place at 3.40 on Sunday 2nd July.

Where is the Irish Derby?

Like all the Irish Classics, the Irish Derby is staged at the iconic Curragh Racecourse in County Kildare.

The modern Irish Derby was first run at the venue in 1866 and the 2023 edition will be the 158th staging of the prestigious Group 1 contest.

Where can I watch the Irish Derby?

The Irish Derby, like all racing action in the UK and Ireland, is available to watch via bet365's Sports Live Streaming platform.

Alternatively, the race will also be available on television via Racing TV and on RTE in Ireland.

Who is the most successful Irish Derby trainer?

It is no surprise to see the name of Aidan O'Brien at the top of the list when it comes to the most successful trainer in Irish Derby history.

The Ballydoyle handler has won the race a record 14 times, with the first of those successes coming via Desert King in 1997.

Since then, Galileo (2001), High Chaparral (2002), Dylan Thomas (2006), Soldier of Fortune (2007), Frozen Fire (2008), Fame and Glory (2009), Cape Blanco (2010), Treasure Beach (2011), Camelot (2012), Australia (2014), Capri (2017) and Sovereign (2019) have all won the race for O'Brien, as has Santiago, who was his most recent scorer in 2020.

Who is the most successful Irish Derby jockey?

Perhaps surprisingly, it is not an O'Brien-associated jockey that has claimed the most Irish Derby wins, with those successes having been split amongst the likes of Joseph O'Brien, Johnny Murtagh and Seamie Heffernan.

Instead it is Morny Wing who holds the accolade for the most successes, as he claimed six wins between 1921 and 1946.

Which horse ran the fastest ever Irish Derby?

The fastest ever time recorded by an Irish Derby winner was set by St Jovite, who clocked a time of 2:25.60 in 1992 under the guide of jockey Christy Roche and trainer Jim Bolger.

That is a pace that is not likely to be beaten anytime soon, with the 2022 winner, Westover, coming in over nine seconds slower than that record pace.

Who has won the Irish Derby recently?

Year	Horse	Jockey	Trainer
2010	Cape Blanco	Johnny Murtagh	Aidan O'Brien
2011	Treasure Beach	Colm O'Donoghue	Aidan O'Brien
2012	Camelot	Joseph O'Brien	Aidan O'Brien
2013	Trading Leather	Kevin Manning	Jim Bolger
2014	Australia	Joseph O'Brien	Aidan O'Brien
2015	Jack Hobbs	William Buick	John Gosden
2016	Harzand	Pat Smullen	Dermot Weld
2017	Capri	Seamie Heffernan	Aidan O'Brien
2018	Latrobe	Donnacha O'Brien	Joseph O'Brien
2019	Sovereign	Padraig Beggy	Aidan O'Brien
2020	Santiago	Seamie Heffernan	Aidan O'Brien
2021	Hurricane Lane	William Buick	Charlie Appleby
2022	Westover	Colin Keane	Ralph Beckett

Who are the fancied horses in the 2023 Irish Derby?

A total of 11 horses hold entries in this year's Irish Derby ahead of final declarations and it is Epsom Derby winner Auguste Rodin who is the current favourite at 1/3.

Auguste Rodin would become the 19th horse to complete the English-Irish Derby double should he emerge victorious, while also adding a 15th Irish Derby success to O'Brien's name.

The John Murphy-trained White Birch (5/1) and Sprewell (5/1) from Jessica Harrington's yard finished third and fourth in the Epsom Derby respectively and may prove to be Auguste Rodin's main challengers this time around.

Up And Under (12/1) finished second to Sprewell in the Derby Trial Stakes at Leopardstown in May and could also challenge for trainer Joseph O'Brien, while Knight To King (16/1) holds the hopes for three-time Irish Derby winner Dermot Weld.

The remaining contenders are the Donnacha O'Brien-trained Proud And Regal (20/1), the rest of Aidan O'Brien's contingent - Adelaide River (33/1), Peking Opera (40/1), San Antonio (66/1) and Covent Garden (66/1) - as well as Ralph Beckett's Salt Bay (50/1).