{| class="collapsible collapsed" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="clear:right; float:right; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" width="280px" ! colspan="3" style="border:1px solid black; background-color: #77DD77;" | Also Ran The 2001 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on Saturday 9 June 2001. It was the 222nd running of the Derby, and it was won by the pre-race joint favourite Galileo. The winner was ridden by Michael Kinane and trained by Aidan O'Brien. The other joint favourite Golan finished second.

Race details

Full result

• The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. nk = neck. † Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Galileo:

Form analysis

Two-year-old races

Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 2000.

The road to Epsom

Early-season appearances in 2001 and trial races prior to running in the Derby.

Subsequent Group 1 wins

Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the Derby.

Subsequent breeding careers

Leading progeny of participants in the 2001 Epsom Derby.

Sires of Classic winners

Galileo (1st) - Eleven time leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland and sire of 40 individual classic winners as of June 2020

Sires of Group/Grade One winners

Golan (2nd) Tobougg (3rd) Storming Home (5th)

Sires of National Hunt horses

Mr Combustible (4th)

Other Stallions

Dilshaan (7th) - Damsire of Va Bank (3rd Bayerisches Zuchtrennen 2018) Putra Sandhurst (8th) - Sired minor jumps winner