Derby Day Explained
Derby day generally refers to any sporting event featuring a pair of sports teams engaged in a local rivalry. (The term originated from association football, for the day when a certain local derby takes place.)
Derby Day specifically may refer to:
Sport
- Epsom Derby, at Epsom Downs Racecourse, England (the original and definitive use of the term referring to the classic race founded in 1780 by Lord Derby)
- Derby Day (UK), an annual rugby match between University of East Anglia and University of Essex
- Australia-New Zealand sports rivalries aka Trans-Tasman Derby, match days in several sports between Australia and New Zealand
- India-Pakistan cricket rivalry aka IndoPak Derby, a match day between India and Pakistan
- Kentucky Derby, a horse race in the United States
- Kolkata Derby, a football match day between Indian clubs Mohun Bagan and East Bengal in Kolkata
- New Zealand Derby
- Victoria Derby, during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, Australia
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