16:30 Epsom Downs

Saturday 1 June 2024

All13:2514:0014:3515:1015:4516:3017:1517:50

Betfred Derby (Group 1) (British Champions Series)

Off time: 16:32 | Winning time: 2m 38.32s

1^st

(1)

City Of Troy

39-2

3/1f

T: A P O'BrienJ: R L Moore

Steadied start, held up in rear, improved into rear of mid-division on inside going strongly 8f out, not much room and switched right over 5f out, switched left and good headway over 3f out, quickened to lead just over 2f out, ridden and edged right from over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, comfortably

2^nd

2 ¾

(6)

Ambiente Friendly

39-2

9/2

T: J R FanshaweJ: R Havlin

Held up in touch, switched right and improved going strongly over 3f out, went 2nd from 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no impression on winner inside final furlong, kept on op 6/1

3^rd

3 ¼

(4)

Los Angeles

39-2

6/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: Wayne Lordan

Tracked leader, led over 3f out, headed just over 2f out, 3rd and held from over 1f out, kept on final furlong op 5/1

4^th

1 ½

(14)

Deira Mile

39-2

25/1

T: Owen BurrowsJ: Jim Crowley

Held up in rear, bumped over 4f out, headway on outside over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 4th towards finish op 28/1

5^th

(2)

Sayedaty Sadaty

39-2

50/1

T: A M BaldingJ: Tom Marquand

Chased leaders, driven over 3f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out op 40/1

6^th

(15)

Dancing Gemini

39-2

8/1

T: R A TealJ: Dylan Browne McMonagle

Held up in rear, bumped over 4f out, headway over 2f out, never on terms with leaders, no extra final 75 yards op 17/2 tchd 15/2

7^th

(12)

Bellum Justum

39-2

16/1

T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy

Slowly into stride, held up in mid-division, effort over 2f out, never on terms, weakened over 1f out tchd 14/1

8^th

2 ¾

(11)

Ancient Wisdom

39-2

6/1

T: C ApplebyJ: W Buick

Broke well, steadied and raced in touch behind leaders, effort over 3f out, no impression from 2f out, weakened over 1f out tchd 13/2

9^th

(9)

Euphoric

39-2

33/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: Declan McDonogh

Edged left start, led, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

10^th

(13)

Tabletalk

39-2

100/1

T: Tom CloverJ: James Doyle

Mid-division on outside, outpaced over 2f out, well beaten over 1f out op 125/1 tchd 80/1

11^th

4 ¼

(3)

Kamboo

39-2

80/1

T: R HughesJ: R Kingscote

Held up towards rear, bumped over 4f out no impression, well beaten final 3f

12^th

(10)

God's Window

39-2

33/1

T: J & T GosdenJ: K Shoemark

Dwelt, held up in rear, driven over 3f out, soon well beaten op 40/1

13^th

(8)

Macduff

39-2

14/1

T: R M BeckettJ: Rossa Ryan

Carried left start, held up towards rear, outpaced over 4f out, well beaten over 2f out op 12/1

14^th

(7)

Dallas Star

39-2

33/1

T: A MurrayJ: David Egan

Sweating, chased leaders, driven 4f out, lost place 3f out, well beaten and eased final 2f op 40/1

15^th

(5)

Mr Hampstead

39-2

80/1

T: D J S Ffrench DavisJ: S M Levey

Slowly into stride, in touch in mid-division, lost place 5f out, well behind final 3f, tailed off

Also Ran

(16)

Voyage

39-2

28/1

T: R HannonJ: P J Dobbs

Stumbled and unseated rider leaving stalls op 25/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.00Pl:£1.65, £1.80, £2.35EX:£18.20Trifecta:£114.20Tricast:£76.36SF:£13.64Swingers:£4.30, £6.85, £8.35

Forecasts

City Of Troy (3/1), Ambiente Friendly (9/2), Los Angeles (6/1), Ancient Wisdom (6/1), Dancing Gemini (8/1), Macduff (14/1), Bellum Justum (16/1), Deira Mile (25/1), Voyage (28/1), Euphoric (33/1), God's Window (33/1), Dallas Star (33/1), Sayedaty Sadaty (50/1), Kamboo (80/1), Mr Hampstead (80/1), Tabletalk (100/1)

Aidan O'Brien might hold the key to this race yet again. While LOS ANGELES was no striking winner of the Leopardstown Derby Trial on his fast-ground reappearance he was nicely on top at the line and looks sure to benefit from the step up to 1½m. He won't be inconvenienced should there be any ease in the going having won a Group 1 on soft at 2 and looks a solid alternative to stablemate City of Troy, who looked outstanding at 2 but bombed out in the 2000 Guineas. Macduff is next on the list.

LOS ANGELES (IRE)
CITY OF TROY (USA)
MACDUFF

Previous Winners

2023

Auguste Rodin

Weight: 9-2 |Age: 3

J: R L Moore | T: A P O'Brien

9/2

Prize Money

1st: £882,408.002nd: £334,540.003rd: £167,426.004th: £83,402.005th: £41,856.006th: £21,006.00