Kiplingcotes Derby 2023: All the best photographs from the world's oldest horse race held each year in East Yorkshire

The race has been run since 1519 and is thought to the be the oldest horse race in the world.

In first place this year was Jason Carver on Start Me Up - believed to be the first time he has tackled the gruelling course.

Yorkshire Post photographer, Tony Johnson, went along to Kiplingcotes on Thursday, March 16. Here are the best photographs from this year’s event.

READ: Kiplingcotes Derby: The quirky horse race that has been run in the Yorkshire Wolds for over 500 years