16:00 Epsom Downs

Saturday 6 June 2026

Premier Race Day Text
All13:3014:0514:4015:1516:0016:4017:2017:55

Betfred Derby (Group 1)

  • 3YO only  |   Class 1  |   1m 4f 6y  |   14 Runners  |   Turf
Odds by:
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Odds
Live Odds
Odds
7
Benvenuto Cellini
9/4
9
Item
4/1
12
Pierre Bonnard
6/1
10
James J Braddock
7/1
11
Maltese Cross
9/1
8
Christmas Day
11/1
6
Bay Of Brilliance
12/1
1
Action
12/1
3
Ancient Egypt
25/1
14
Rebel Rocker
66/1
2
Alderman
80/1
5
Balzac
80/1
4
A Taste of Glory
125/1
13
Poker
150/1
SP Book Percentage 128.11

Forecasts

Benvenuto Cellini (2/1), Item (7/2), Pierre Bonnard (4/1), Maltese Cross (8/1), Bay Of Brilliance (10/1), James J Braddock (10/1), Ancient Egypt (12/1), Action (14/1), Christmas Day (20/1), Balzac (66/1), Rebel Rocker (100/1), A Taste of Glory (150/1), Poker (200/1), Alderman (200/1)

Verdict

Easy Chester Vase winner BENVENUTO CELLINI can provide Aidan O'Brien with a fourth successive Derby and record-extending twelfth overall. Dante winner Item is one of the least inexperienced in the line-up having had only 3 runs but that makes his York performance all the more impressive and he can progress again and provide the chief threat ahead of Lingfield Derby Trial 1-2 Maltese Cross and Bay of Brilliance. The selection's stablemate Pierre Bonnard completes the shortlist.

  1. BENVENUTO CELLINI (IRE)
  2. ITEM
  3. MALTESE CROSS (FR)

Previous Winners

2025
Lambourn
Weight: 9-2  |Age: 3
J: Wayne Lordan  |  T: A P O'Brien
13/2

Prize Money

1st: £1,000,000.002nd: £400,000.003rd: £200,000.004th: £130,000.005th: £80,000.006th: £50,000.007th: £35,000.008th: £30,000.009th: £25,000.0010th: £20,000.00

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