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16:30 Epsom Downs

Saturday 3 June 2017

All14:0014:3515:1015:4516:3017:1517:50

Investec Derby (Group 1)

Off time: 16:35 | Winning time: 2m 33.02s

1^st

(14)

Wings Of Eagles

39-0

40/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: P B Beggy

Held up well off the pace towards rear, 16th straight, headway hanging left over 1f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong to lead towards finish op 33/1

2^nd

(13)

Cliffs Of Moher

39-0

5/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: R L Moore

Held up towards rear, 14th straight steady headway on outside chasing leaders 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed and no extra towards finish op 9/2, tchd 11/2 in a place

3^rd

(7)

Cracksman

39-0

7/2f

T: J & T GosdenJ: L Dettori

Held up in 6th, 5th straight, chased leaders over 3f out, 2nd over 2f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, chased leader until well inside final furlong, kept on op 4/1 tchd 3/1 and tchd 9/2 in places

4^th

(4)

Eminent

39-0

5/1

T: M MeadeJ: Jim Crowley

Held up in mid-division, 12th straight, headway on outside 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not quite pace to challenge op 6/1

5^th

1 ¾

(16)

Benbatl

39-0

20/1

T: S bin SuroorJ: Oisin Murphy

Held up in rear, 18th straight, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on into 5th last strides, nearest finish op 25/1

6^th

(10)

Capri

39-0

16/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: J A Heffernan

Raced wide in mid-division, 12th straight, headway on outer chasing leaders soon after, ridden disputing 3rd 2f out, hung left and no extra inside final furlong tchd 18/1

7^th

(19)

Douglas Macarthur

39-0

25/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: C O'Donoghue

Led, 3 lengths clear 3f out, reduced lead over 2f out, headed just over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong tchd 33/1

8^th

1 ¾

(8)

Best Solution

39-0

12/1

T: S bin SuroorJ: P Cosgrave

Tracked leaders, 4th straight, ridden in 3rd over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong op 10/1

9^th

1 ¼

(18)

Glencadam Glory

39-0

33/1

T: J & T GosdenJ: James Doyle

Towards rear, 14th straight, plugged on final 2f

10^th

(3)

Permian

39-0

8/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: W Buick

Held up in close 5th on inside, 6th straight, pushed along over 3f out, never going pace to threaten, ridden and weakened final furlong

11^th

(1)

Dubai Thunder

39-0

9/1

T: S bin SuroorJ: A Kirby

Mid-division, 7th straight weakened 2f out op 16/1

12^th

2 ½

(9)

Venice Beach

39-0

12/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: D O'Brien

Tracked clear leading pair, 3rd and pushed along straight, ridden and weakening when hung left over 1f out tchd 16/1

13^th

(11)

Salouen

39-0

33/1

T: S KirkJ: Fran Berry

Towards rear 16th straight, never a factor op 25/1

14^th

2 ¼

(6)

Khalidi

39-0

20/1

T: J & T GosdenJ: P J Smullen

Mid-division on inside, 11th straight, weakened over 3f out

15^th

2 ¼

(12)

Crowned Eagle

39-0

33/1

T: J & T GosdenJ: Andrea Atzeni

Raced wide in mid-division, 7th straight, weakened 3f out

16^th

2 ¼

(15)

Rekindling

39-0

25/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: W M Lordan

Mid-division on outer, 8th straight, hanging left when weakened inside final 3f

17^th

(2)

The Anvil

39-0

66/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: Anastasia O'Brien

Chased leader and clear of rest, 2nd straight, ridden and lost 2nd over 2f out, weakened rapidly, soon behind

18^th

(5)

Pealer

39-0

100/1

T: J & T GosdenJ: S De Sousa

Slowly away, last pair, last and struggling straight, tailed off

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Non-Runners

(17)

Diore Lia²²

Weight: 8-11| Age: 3

T: J R Jenkins J: Patrick Pilley

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£56.60Pl:£10.80, £2.60, £1.80EX:£585.10Trifecta:£4,230.30Tricast:£921.34SF:£223.80Swingers:£65.60, £51.30, £3.50

Forecasts

Cracksman (7/2), Cliffs Of Moher (5/1), Eminent (5/1), Permian (8/1), Dubai Thunder (9/1), Best Solution (12/1), Venice Beach (12/1), Capri (16/1), Benbatl (20/1), Khalidi (20/1), Douglas Macarthur (25/1), Rekindling (25/1), Glencadam Glory (33/1), Salouen (33/1), Crowned Eagle (33/1), Wings Of Eagles (40/1), The Anvil (66/1), Pealer (100/1), Diore Lia (500/1)

Wide open renewal of this year's Investec Derby sees 19 runners declared with Aidan O'Brien and John Gosden training 11 of the entries between them. The former's best hope would appear to be Cliffs Of Moher after a dominant win at Chester last time out. However, it's Gosden's colt CRACKSMAN, in the colours of 2015 winner Golden Horn, who makes most appeal. He got up late to deny Permian last time out and that rival has advertised the form well since, winning the Dante at York. Lack of experience would be the main concern but the fact we know he handles the track offsets that and he could be even better over further. The aforementioned Mark Johnston winner isn't without a chance after being supplemented for this after his Dante win while Salouen and Best Solution are solid each-way contenders.