With questions about many I have every confidence in my 14-1 Epsom Derby-Dutje
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The Aga wins the Aga Derby. That is fairytale -like things, right? I’m not sure.
I am talking about of course MidacleOne of the French Raiders supplemented with the group 1 Betfred Derby on Saturday, the world’s most famous classic shone to you live on ITV.
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Derby Day must always be something special for anyone who likes the thoroughbred.
For many, it is the ultimate test of the flat racing horse, and it has tested the best.
Winners such as Nijinsky, Mill Reef, Nashwan and Sea the Stars … as well as those in defeat such as Dancing Brave and El Gran Senor.
The turns are one thing, the endurance test more than one and a half kilometers from the Epsom Downs another.
Will he stay? That will be the question that many ask about the majority of today’s runners.
It is certainly a doubt for 2,000 Guineas Hero Ruling courtwho was barely mentioned after he had been chased home by quickly finishing gold at the head office.
Could it be a prevailing court, was the best horse for William Buick and Charlie Appleby? Time will learn it.
Delacroix Should really stay for the Derby King of Trainers, Aidan O’Brien.
But Ballysax and Leopardstown Derby test Victor Delacroix is from Dubawi.
That is not a bad thing in itself.
But the Super Stallion has so far had nine runners in seven different editions of the derby and none of them ended in the first four.
Dubawi himself walked in the 2005 derby and eventually went to Motivator eight lengths.
That was six years after his father, Dubai Millennium, met the only defeat of his career when he sent the favorite for the Derby.
Proud of Arras only raced twice, but looked very useful when he runs from home Damysus In a slow run Dante in York who saw The lion in the winter Pull his chance away in the first two Furlongs.
The challenger of Ralph Beckett, driven by Hector Crouch, is being bred to stay and could be the real deal for owner-kneeder Mrs. David Aykroyd.
Her colors are also worn by Amiloc, who was recently hacked at Goodwood, but cannot run here because he is earned.
Lambourn Is a similar type like Los Angeles that ran far behind the stable accompanying city of Troy last year.
Another O’Brien Raider, Lambourn, has been proven to have landed further the Chester -vase, but he was defeated by Delacroix in the Ballysax.
The other I want to mention before I go to Midak is Stanhope GardensThat is another for Beckett and always seemed to be a derby type.
Last season, Stanhope Gardens was only made a neck by Delacroix in the autumn tires in Newmarket. That puts it in the mix.
Ghaiyyath’s son was bred to stay good and recently had a racecourse in Gallop in Salisbury when winning an event that was specially set up for him.
But let’s go back to my French imagination Midacle.
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He runs in the colors of Aga Khan Studs Scea in a derby -run in memory of his Highness Aga Khan IV.
That means that he carries the green and red silk that were worn in Epsom by legends such as Shergar, Shahrastani, Kahyasi, Sinndar and Harzand.
So, of course, a Francis-Henri Graffard-educated Midak victory would be fairy tales under Mickaël Barzalona, who won this on Pour Moi in 2011.
Midak is from a Sinndar mare and is already very useful.
My hope is unbeaten in three races and his shape suggests that he is a solid, improvement of group 2 horse, which the last time scored well over an extensive 1m2f on Saint-Cloud.
He continued to continue that day and suggest that this trip would fit and of course he was bred for it.
“He is definitely a horse that improves with his races and will certainly get the journey,” Nemone Routh explains, racing manager for the Aga Khan Studs.
“We are not sure about his form lines and how it stacks, but the only thing he can do is win and he has won every start.
“He will have to handle the track and he is a big horse with a large, long pass. Mickael Barzalona thinks he will handle the track because he is well balanced.
“We would be very happy to see him end up in the first three or even the first five, but he is a bit of an unknown amount and he does everything easily at home. It is a bit of a shot in the dark, but we thought it was worth it.”
It is the type of Derby to just ‘make an attempt’.
And there would be no moving victory than one for Midak.
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