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17:20 Curragh

Saturday 1 July 2017

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Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (Group 1)

Off time: 17:20 | Winning time: 2m 35.45s

1^st

(1)

Capri

39-0

6/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: J A Heffernan

Chased leader in 2nd, ridden and led 2f out, strongly pressed 1f out, stayed on well under pressure final furlong, all out op 7/1

2^nd

(7)

Cracksman

39-0

3/1

T: J & T GosdenJ: P J Smullen

Held up in 6th, progress on outer 3f out, ridden in 5th 2f out, disputed 2nd under 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, went 2nd near line op 5/2

3^rd

(3)

Wings Of Eagles

39-0

2/1f

T: A P O'BrienJ: R L Moore

Chased leaders in 5th, 3rd 2f out, soon ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, joined for 2nd under 1f out, dropped to 3rd near line op 15/8

4^th

1 ½

(8)

Waldgeist

39-0

3/1

T: A FabreJ: P C Boudot

Towards rear, short of room and switched to outer and ridden 2f out, headway into 4th 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong op 11/4

5^th

2 ¼

(6)

Douglas Macarthur

39-0

12/1

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

Chased leaders in 3rd, ridden 3f out, 2nd 2f out, dropped to 5th 1f out, no impression

6^th

(5)

Taj Mahal

39-0

20/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: W M Lordan

Mid-division, ridden in 6th over 2f out, soon no impression op 25/1

7^th

3 ½

(9)

Dubai Sand

39-0

100/1

T: J S BolgerJ: K J Manning

Held up in last, ridden over 2f out, soon no impression

8^th

(2)

The Anvil

39-0

66/1

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

Led, clear halfway, ridden and strongly pressed 3f out, headed 2f out, weakened op 80/1

9^th

1 ½

(4)

Grandee

39-0

33/1

T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: C O'Donoghue

Rear of mid-division, ridden over 2f out, no impression op 40/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€6.60Pl:€1.70, €1.20, €1.10EX:€23.70Trifecta:€69.60Tricast:€48.57SF:€23.81

Forecasts

Wings Of Eagles (2/1), Cracksman (3/1), Waldgeist (3/1), Capri (6/1), Douglas Macarthur (12/1), Taj Mahal (20/1), Grandee (33/1), The Anvil (66/1), Dubai Sand (100/1)

Much like in it's English counterpart last month, Aidan O'Brien emerges mob-handed for the Derby and is responsible for saddling five of the nine runners including Epsom hero Wings Of Eagles. Whilst for most he was a shock winner of the English Derby, he displayed stamina in abundance and despite arriving on a slightly softer surface today, he does have retained rider Ryan Moore aboard. This race has been dominated by Irish trained winners over the past couple of decades, but WALDGEIST arrives as a major contender to add some flavour from France. Already a Grade 1 winner as a juvenile (Criterium de Saint-Cloud), he was agonisingly run down by Brametot in the dying embers of the French Derby at Chantilly last month. He's bred to stay this longer trip, but most importantly with showers forecast, he's fully adept on a softer surface, so he's the selection to break the O'Brien stranglehold on the Classics.