The 2023 Epsom Derby takes place today with an earlier-than-normal start for the biggest race of the British Flat season.
A rather hectic set of headlines leading up to The Derby Festival has seen train strikes, the FA Cup final and even the threat of a mid-race protest cloud the preparations for one of horse racing’s great spectacles.
Aidan O’Brien’s Auguste Rodin is the favourite to take the crown.
How to watch the Epsom Derby 2023
TV channel: ITV1 will show live coverage of the Derby plus a support race, with coverage beginning at 12.30pm BST and the Derby scheduled for 1.30pm.
Coverage of the FA Cup final then takes over at 2.05pm, at which point ITV’s Derby coverage heads to ITV4.
Eight races are on the schedule, starting with the Betfred Diomed Stakes at 12.50pm and culminating in the JRA Tokyo Trophy Handicap at 5.05pm.
