The five best Epsom Derby winners of the 21st century including Workforce, Galileo...

Diomed was the first winner of the Blue Riband Epsom Classic back in 1780, since when most of the greatest horses in history have added their name to the roll of honour. Lester Piggott remains synonymous with the race, having won a record nine Derbies between 1954 and 1983.

The greatest Derby performance in terms of winning margin was by Shergar (1981), who won by 10 lengths, although the track record is held by the 2010 winner Workforce, who did it in 2 mins 31.33 seconds for the same trainer, Sir Michael Stoute.

Winning performances are always subjective. Did you back the winner? Was it a fast time? What were the conditions like? What was the opposition like? Here, Planet Sport looks at five that would get my vote as the best of the best from the 21st Century.

The market had it spot on for once, with both of the leading players coming home first and second, Galileo leading just over two out and lengthening impressively to win by three and a half lengths under Mick Kinane.

Galileo went on to win both the Irish Derby and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, before retirement.

He also had a stellar career at stud and, of the many Group 1 winners he sired, he could name the great Frankel to that number.

This great performance just happened to be by a colt who came from the same stable as Galileo, that of Aidan O'Brien.

2002 Epsom Derby - High Chaparral @JohnnyMurtagh #highchaparral pic.twitter.com/cvkmjpC8Br

It had been a superb effort and he could afford to run to a level a few pounds inferior when following up in the Irish Derby, before June was out.

He later added two Breeders' Cup Turfs to his CV (the second a dead heat), plus an Irish Champion Stakes, while he was third to Dalakhani in his only