The McDowell’s Indian Derby is a horse racing event held on the first Sunday of February at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse in Mumbai, India. It is one of the premier sporting activities in the city. It was first run in the year 1943. The event of Indian Derby Weekend owns the credit of being one of the biggest events on the Mumbai social calendar. The event is fun packed sporting one which goes for a weekend’s time attracting around 25,000 people.

There are many attractions to this event other than only the horse racing, like international aerial ballet, professional salsa dancing, and live bands playing tributes to The Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Cliff Richard.

The Indian Derby weekend packs in unmatched grandeur with fashion, entertainment and sport on a mammoth scale.

The weekend event is held at Mahalaxmi Racecourse in Mumbai.

The Indian Derby in Mumbai offers the richest prize purse ever of Rupees 10 million rupees with over six million rupees.