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Twenty confirmed for Derby

Twenty have been confirmed at the five-day stage for Saturday’s 1m4f Group 1 Derby (In Honour of His Highness Aga Khan IV), including two supplementary entries from France.

RULING COURT (centre, white cap) winning the 2000 Guineas Stakes at Newmarket in England.
RULING COURT (centre, white cap) winning the 2000 Guineas Stakes at Newmarket in England. Picture: Getty Images

Godolphin's Ruling Court, winner of the Group 1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, will be attempting to be the first horse to complete the Guineas/Derby double since Camelot in 2000. Out of a High Chapparal mare, there are few concerns regarding stamina for the son of Justify, who will be stepping up beyond a mile for the first time.

He will face strong opposition from fellow racing powerhouse Ballydoyle, who field four runners, including the current favourite Delacroix. Unbeaten in two starts as a three-year-old, the Dubawi colt has relished the increase to middle distances, winning both the ten furlong Group 3 Ballysax Stakes and the Group 3 Derby Trial Stakes, in comfortable fashion. He will be joined by The Lion In Winter, who was subject to a notable drift in the betting over the weekend. Winner of his first two starts as a juvenile, the colt missed an intended target in the 2000 Guineas and was disappointing on his seasonal reappearance in the 1m2f Group 2 Dante Stakes.

The form of the traditional York trial, the Dante Stakes, is represented by the one-two of Pride Of Arras and Damysus. Ralph Beckett's Pride Of Arras is the least exposed horse in the field with only two runs to his name – taking a considerable step up from a Sandown maiden debut success when a surprise victor in the Dante. The John and Thady Gosden-trained Damysus has demonstrated promise with placings in the Group 3 Classic Trial at Sandown and the Dante, and the colt appeared to enjoy the undulations of Epsom when taking part in the traditional Jockey Club-run gallops morning.

France will have two representatives – with both Francis-Henri Graffard's Midak and Henri-Francois Devin's New Ground supplemented for the race. The Aga Khan Studs-owned Midak is unbeaten in three outings to date, culminating in a Group 3 Prix Greffulhe victory at Saint-Cloud on his latest run. Whilst New Ground has been beaten on his two runs as a three-year-old, the form of his second behind Cualificar in the Group 3 Prix La Force was given a boost over the weekend with the Godolphin colt placing in the Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club.


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