Derby Day

Derby day generally refers to any sporting event featuring a pair of sports teams engaged in a rivalry. (The term originated from association football, for the day when a certain local derby takes place.) Derby Day specifically may refer to: 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) Victoria Derby, during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, Australia Kentucky Derby, United States New Zealand Derby Derby Day (light opera), a 1931 light opera Derby Day (1923 film), Our Gang short Derby Day (1952 film), a British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox The Derby Day, an 1858 painting by William Powell Frith