| Location | Epsom Downs Racecourse |
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| Date | 7 June 2008 |
| Winning horse | New Approach |
| Starting price | 5/1 |
| Jockey | Kevin Manning |
| Trainer | Jim Bolger |
| Owner | Haya bint Hussein |
| 1-2-3 | ||
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| New Approach | Tartan Bearer | Casual Conquest |
| Also Ran | ||
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| 4-5-6 | ||
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| Doctor Fremantle | Washington Irving | Alessandro Volta |
| 7-8-9 | ||
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| Rio De La Plata | Tajaaweed | Bouguereau |
| 10-11-12 | ||
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| Curtain Call | Frozen Fire | King Of Rome |
| 13-14-15 | ||
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| Alan Devonshire | Kandahar Run | Bashkirov |
| 16 | ||
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| Maidstone Mixture | 16 Ran | 2m 36.50s |
The 2008 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on Saturday 7 June 2008. It was the 229th running of the Derby, and it was won by New Approach. The winner was ridden by Kevin Manning and trained by Jim Bolger. The pre-race favourite Casual Conquest finished third.[1]
| * | Horse | Jockey | Trainer † | SP | |
| 1 | New Approach | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger (IRE) | 5/1 | |
| 2 | ½ | Tartan Bearer | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute | 6/1 |
| 3 | 4½ | Casual Conquest | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld (IRE) | 7/2 fav |
| 4 | 1½ | Doctor Fremantle | Kerrin McEvoy | Sir Michael Stoute | 11/2 |
| 5 | ¾ | Washington Irving | Colm O'Donoghue | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) | 33/1 |
| 6 | shd | Alessandro Volta | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) | 33/1 |
| 7 | 1 | Rio de la Plata | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 20/1 |
| 8 | ½ | Tajaaweed | Richard Hills | Sir Michael Stoute | 10/1 |
| 9 | ½ | Bouguereau | Alan Munro | Peter Chapple-Hyam | 100/1 |
| 10 | 1¼ | Curtain Call | Jamie Spencer | Luca Cumani | 7/1 |
| 11 | 1¼ | Frozen Fire | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) | 16/1 |
| 12 | 9 | King of Rome | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) | 16/1 |
| 13 | 4½ | Alan Devonshire | Paul Mulrennan | Mark Tompkins | 100/1 |
| 14 | 14 | Kandahar Run | Ted Durcan | Henry Cecil | 11/1 |
| 15 | 11 | Bashkirov | David McCabe | Aidan O'Brien (IRE) | 125/1 |
| 16 | 39 | Maidstone Mixture | Michael O'Connell | Paul Murphy | 250/1 |
* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter – shd = short-head
† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated
Further details of the winner, New Approach:
Notable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 2007.
Early-season appearances in 2008 and trial races prior to running in the Derby.
Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the Derby.
Leading progeny of participants in the 2008 Epsom Derby.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
New Approach (1st)
Rio De La Plata (7th) - Settle For Bay (1st Royal Hunt Cup 2018) - Exported to Sweden
Tartan Bearer (2nd) - Exported to New Zealand
Doctor Fremantle (4th) - Exported to Venezuela
Tajaaweed (8th) - Exported to Saudi Arabia
Frozen Fire (11th) - Minor jumps winners
Kandahar Run (14th) - Minor flat and jumps winners
Bashkirov (15th) - Minor flat and jumps runners
