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13:30 Epsom Downs

Saturday 3 June 2023

All12:5013:3014:1014:4515:2015:5516:3017:05

Betfred Derby (Group 1) (British Champions Series)

Off time: 13:32 | Winning time: 2m 33.88s

1^st

(10)

Auguste Rodin

39-2

9/2

T: A P O'BrienJ: R L Moore

Held up towards rear, good headway out wide tracking leaders over 2f out, went 2nd inside final 2f, ridden and closed 1f out, stayed on best to lead final 100 yards tchd 5/1

2^nd

(4)

King Of Steel

39-2

66/1

T: R VarianJ: K Stott

Wore hood to post, held up in mid-division on inside, smooth headway tracking leaders over 3f out, soon switched right, led over 2f out, ridden clear over 1f out, stayed on well but headed final 100 yards, clear 2nd

3^rd

4 ¾

(2)

White Birch

39-2

12/1

T: J J MurphyJ: C T Keane

Edgy loading, slowly into stride and bumped start, held up in rear, headway out wide over 1f out, stayed on into modest 3rd inside final furlong, no chance with leading duo

4^th

1 ¾

(6)

Sprewell

39-2

14/1

T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: S Foley

Sweating, mid-division, pushed along turning in, headway between horses under pressure over 1f out, went 4th inside final furlong, never any chance with leading duo tchd 12/1

5^th

1 ¼

(3)

The Foxes

39-2

7/1

T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy

Went left and stumbled start, towards rear, headway out wide edging left on camber inside final 2f, went 3rd soon after, no chance with leading duo, weakened and lost places inside final furlong op 8/1

6^th

2 ¼

(11)

Waipiro

39-2

25/1

T: E WalkerJ: Tom Marquand

Wore hood to post, slowly into stride, off the pace in last pair, some late minor headway, never remotely on terms op 33/1

7^th

(8)

Artistic Star

39-2

22/1

T: R M BeckettJ: Rob Hornby

Raced in mid-division until lost place and in last trio 10f out, some late minor headway, never on terms op 18/1 tchd 25/1

8^th

(14)

Adelaide River

39-2

33/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: J A Heffernan

Sweating, tracked leaders out wide, led 10f out, awkward on downhill run, narrowly headed turning in, every chance 3f out, went 2nd again 2f out, ridden and lost 2nd inside final 2f, chased clear leading pair, well held and weakened final furlong op 50/1

9^th

(5)

Dubai Mile

39-2

25/1

T: C JohnstonJ: Daniel Muscutt

Tracked leaders on inside, pushed along 3f out, weakened 2f out op 20/1

10^th

(13)

Arrest

39-2

4/1f

T: J & T GosdenJ: L Dettori

Wore hood to post, sweating, led for 2f, steadied in 3rd over 9f out, tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened soon after

11^th

4 ¼

(12)

San Antonio

39-2

18/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: W M Lordan

Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 9f out, led turning in, every chance 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened quickly op 22/1

12^th

(7)

Passenger

39-2

8/1

T: Sir Michael StouteJ: R Kingscote

Raced keenly, leaders, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened op 7/1

13^th

(1)

Dear My Friend

39-2

100/1

T: C JohnstonJ: Andrea Atzeni

Slowly into stride, off the pace and always towards rear, never a factor op 125/1 tchd 150/1

14^th

(9)

Military Order

39-2

9/2

T: C ApplebyJ: W Buick

Wore hood to post, well placed in 5th out wide, pushed along 3f out, weakened quickly over 2f out, soon behind op 4/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.50Pl:£2.05, £19.20, £4.35EX:£305.90Trifecta:£4,824.90Tricast:£3,316.29SF:£297.06Swingers:£56.30, £16.30, £127.95

Forecasts

Arrest (4/1), Auguste Rodin (9/2), Military Order (9/2), The Foxes (7/1), Passenger (8/1), White Birch (12/1), Sprewell (14/1), San Antonio (18/1), Artistic Star (22/1), Waipiro (25/1), Dubai Mile (25/1), Adelaide River (33/1), King Of Steel (66/1), Dear My Friend (100/1)

A wide-open renewal with plenty of progressive and unexposed colts but MILITARY ORDER's win at Lingfield was the most convincing of all the trials, so this brother to 2021 Derby winner Adayar has plenty going for him with his stamina guaranteed. Passenger arguably would have won the Dante at York (on only his second career start) had he not been forced to wait for a gap so he is high on the shortlist along with Chester Vase winner Arrest, who should continue to improve.