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First Royal Ascot win leaves jockey dumped from Derby fancy in tears
Callum Shepherd was replaced on Ambiente Friendly, who finished second in the Epsom Classic, but enjoyed a big day in the sun when Isle Of Jura landed the Hardwicke Stakes
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Running Lion lifts passionate owner from Oaks low to right royal high
David Howden, who is pouring millions into racing as an owner and corporate sponsor, realised a dream when his filly took the Duke of Cambridge Stakes
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Aidan O’Brien beaten Oaks favourite suffered muscle tear from ‘hips to ribcage’
Ylang Ylang was sent off the 11-8 favourite to win an 11th Epsom fillies’ Classic for her trainer but could finish only sixth behind winner Ezeilya
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Aidan O’Brien hails City Of Troy 'best' Derby winner after landing 10th victory
City Of Troy lost admirers when defeated for the first time in the 2,000 Guineas but showed what he was capable of with a brilliant victory in £1.5 million Epsom Classic
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The Derby: Live draw using ping-pong balls and cup cakes like ‘village fete’
The Jockey Club took the draw ceremony out into Epsom’s town centre for the first time but the event drew criticism from racing professionals
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Value Scope: Each way horseracing tips from Steve Jones for Oaks day on ITV
Our man believes Charlie Appleby trains the filly to follow in the Oaks and has three other recommendations for the first day of the Derby Festival
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Jockey who starred in award-winning film aged 12 to make Classic debut in Derby
Dylan Browne McMonagle, now 21, was featured in a movie about pony riders in Ireland and now rides 12-1 chance Dancing Gemini at Epsom
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King and Queen bid for first Classic success in Oaks with 16-1 shot Treasure
King Charles III and Queen Camilla will bid to emulate Queen Elizabeth II who won the fillies’ Classic with Dunfermline in 1977 and bred Treasure
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Aidan O'Brien star City Of Troy loses The Derby outright favourite tag
The long-time favourite for the £1.5m Betfred Derby has been joined on 3-1 by stablemate Los Angeles after drifting from odds of 7-4 a week ago
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Leading Derby contender trained at stables haunted by famous ghost
The ghost of Fred Archer, who won the Derby five times in the 19th century, is said to roam Pegasus Stables in Newmarket where 6-1 chance Ambiente Friendly is trained
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Jaw-dropping Dante Stakes winner and likely favourite ruled out of The Derby
Economics produced the most eye-catching victory from the trials, winning the Dante by six lengths, but trainer Wiliam Haggas was not keen on going to Epsom
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Owners of second favourite at the Derby ditch jockey for 50-year-old veteran
Callum Shepherd, who rode Ambiene Friendly to victory in the Lingfield Derby Trial, has been replaced in favour of the more experienced Robert Havlin who rode the winner of Saturday’s Lockinge Stakes
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Derby: Roger Teal ‘very excited’ after Dancing Gemini works way into Classic
The Lambourn trainer Roger Teal will have his first runner in the Epsom Classic after the colt worked around Tattenham Corner at the Derby Gallops morning
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Derby 2024 second favourite Arabian Crown ruled out due to 'setback'
The winner of the Sandown Classic Trial was a general 7-2 chance for Epsom but will miss most of the summer, dealing another blow to trainer Charlie Appleby
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‘Horrible moment’ as top horse racing prospect suffers fatal injury live on TV
Hidden Law ran out an empathic winner of the prestigious Epsom Classic trial, the Chester Vase, but broke a hind leg just after crossing the finish line
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Newsboy's racing tips for Tuesday's four meetings, including Epsom Nap
Newsboy expects his Nap, Champagne Piaff, to add some fizz to the Great Metropolitan Handicap (3.55) at Epsom and he also reckons Defiance can win the Betfred Blue Riband Trial at 2.45
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Derby hero Desert Crown put down after failing to recover from injury
The colt, who won the Epsom Classic in 2022 but had raced only once since, fractured a fetlock during training on the Newmarket gallops in August
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Batman actor namesake Adam West lost for words after Live In The Dream win
The Epsom trainer Adam West had never trained a Group winner of any kind but captured one of the biggest sprints in Europe with 28-1 chance Live In The Dream
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Godolphin Derby hero Adayar who earned £2million retired to stud
Adayar, who the Derby in 2021, went on to become the first horse since Galileo to win the Epsom Classic and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in the same season
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Desert Crown ruled out of clash of the Derby winners at Ascot by leg infection
Desert Crown, winner of the 2022 Derby, was expected to face off against this year's Epsom Classic hero Auguste Rodin at Ascot but misses the race
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Racing tips from Newsboy for Thursday's five cards including Epsom and Chepstow
Newsboy's Nap selection for Thursday, July 20, is the Ian Williams-trained Queensland Boy at Chepstow (4.40). The next best is Hamilton runner Agonyclite (2.50)
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Epsom Derby result and finishing order including Frankie Dettori place
Frankie Dettori had gone into his last ever Derby as favourite on Arrest but finished in 10th as thousands flocked to the historic racecourse for the race
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19 people arrested in connection with plans to disrupt Epsom Derby
Surrey Police confirmed the arrests were made on Saturday morning after animal rights activists confirmed their plans to halt the historic race
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Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Derby day on Saturday and six other meetings
Newsboy predicts that Military Order will have too many guns for his opponents in the Derby and is confident enough to have made the colt his Nap
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Value Scope: Each-way racing tips from Steve Jones for Friday on ITV
Cadillac is our man's pick in one of the feature handicaps at Epsom while he also makes a case for Austrian Theory who has been slipping down the weights
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