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• Epsom in a good position ground-wise for start of Derby weekend

  30-05-2024 18:40 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  The Betfred Derby Festival appears set to start on good to soft ground after no weather dramas in the build up to Friday’s Oaks card. Epsom had managed to avoid any heavy rain by Thursday afternoon, and clerk of the course Andrew Cooper is more than content with how his preparations have gone, simply allowing […]
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• Bellarchi backed to make her presence felt at Epsom

  30-05-2024 18:09 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Bellarchi brings her experience to the table in the Aston Martin Surrey Stakes at Epsom on Friday. The Grant Tuer-trained filly has run 19 times already after a busy juvenile season that saw her win three races and collect several placings in contests over five, six and seven furlongs. This year she has returned in […]
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• Racing Insights, Friday 31/05/24

  30-05-2024 17:09 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Friday is Horses For Courses (H4C) report day at Geegeez and this feature does exactly what you'd expect, as it shows the full course history since 2009 of any horse running that has previously had a run at that track, sorted by number of wins, but this can be changed to any column at your […]
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• Yoshito Yahagi gives Shin Emperor option of Irish Champion Stakes

  30-05-2024 17:01 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Having already conquered America, Australia and the Middle East, leading Japanese trainer Yoshito Yahagi could be set to target one of Ireland’s top races. Yahagi has entered French-bred three-year-old Shin Emperor for the Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on September 14. The veteran handler – well known for his inimitable taste in hats […]
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• Browne McMonagle savouring Derby chance with Dancing Gemini

  30-05-2024 16:49 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Dylan Browne McMonagle is backing Dancing Gemini to hold his own as he takes his first ever ride in the Betfred Derby. The young jockey, 21, has risen quickly through the ranks and was crowned champion apprentice in Ireland in both 2021 and 2022 after linking up with Joseph O’Brien’s stable. O’Brien won the Derby […]
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• Derby dream may become reality for 91-year-old environmental campaigner

  30-05-2024 16:22
  
  The fourth favourite for the Classic is owned by Bill Gredley, a self-made property millionaire from an East End familyIn 1933, when Bill Gredley was born into a working-class family in the East End of London, it was a time when much of the local population would decamp to Epsom on the first Wednesday in June for an afternoon out at the Derby. And it is probably fair to say that the chance that Poplar’s newest resident would make the same trip 91 years later as the owner of one of the big-
  
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• Ylang Ylang expected to go the distance in Oaks

  30-05-2024 16:04 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Aidan O’Brien’s Ylang Ylang is vying for Classic glory as she takes her place at the head of the market for the Betfred Oaks at Epsom on Friday. The Frankel filly was last seen finishing fifth in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket, beaten only a length under Ryan Moore on what was her first run […]
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• Teej A leading Bradley raid on Woodcote Stakes

  30-05-2024 15:44 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Nick Bradley Racing have four darts to fire at the Betfred British EBF Woodcote Stakes at Epsom on Friday. The popular syndicate won the contest in 2021 with Oscula, who was en route to greater things as she went on to win multiple Group races, including the Oak Tree Stakes at Goodwood. This time the […]
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• Wisdom the smart choice for Derby honours

  30-05-2024 14:34 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Ancient Wisdom can spoil the Ballydoyle party in the Betfred Derby at Epsom. The Charlie Appleby-trained colt has barely put a foot wrong in his career to date, picking up the Futurity Trophy at Doncaster on the final start of a juvenile career that has even seen his sole defeat at two work out very […]
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• Twelve months on from weaving his Derby magic, can Aidan O’Brien do it again?

  30-05-2024 14:19 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  We have been here before. A regally-bred two-year-old who carried all before him as a juvenile, only to run poorly in the 2000 Guineas and then bounce back to win a Classic on their next start. And that is exactly what Aidan O’Brien will be hoping happens with City Of Troy in the Betfred Derby. […]
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