EPSOM DERBY: Authorized & Dettori Score...
 

19 left at the 5 day stage headed by odds on Authorised who could be the first odds on shot to contest the derby since Entrepreneur failed to stay in 1997.. Pletcher had 5 in Kentucky but O'Brien could have as many as 8 at Epsom.. 8...Ive liked Admiralofthefleet since he won last September but he wouldnt want it soft and he has stamina doubts..

1 12 Acapulco 28 A P O´Brien 50 3 9-0 118 111
2 131-71 Admiralofthefleet 22 A P O´Brien 50 3 9-0 131 131
3 31-51 Anton Chekhov 25 A P O´Brien 50 3 9-0 122 120
4 32-1 Aqaleem 21 M P Tregoning 33 3 9-0 112 126 92
5 7-12 Arabian Gulf 23 Sir Michael Stoute 57 3 9-0 106 120 109
6 021-1 Archipenko 20 A P O´Brien 50 3 9-0 128 96
7 31-1 Authorized 16 P W Chapple-Hyam 40 3 9-0 L Dettori 116 135 134
8 2214-5 Eagle Mountain 28 A P O´Brien 50 3 9-0 131 133
9 1-32 Eastern Anthem 9 Saeed Bin Suroor 100 3 9-0 101 117 109
10 512-23 Kid Mambo 21 T G Mills — 3 9-0 Joe Fanning 104 120 111
11 42 Leander 27 B R Johnson 100 3 9-0 89 51
12 211 Lucarno 7 J H M Gosden 71 3 9-0 92 127 105
13 911 Mahler 27 A P O´Brien 50 3 9-0 117 108
14 010-17 Petara Bay 35 T G Mills — 3 9-0 Dane O´Neill 105 122 104
15 4127-1 Regime 35 M L W Bell 38 3 9-0 Martin Dwyer 110 125 108
16 2-121 Salford Mill 28 D R C Elsworth 86 3 9-0 Ted Durcan 105 122 113
17 212-11 Soldier Of Fortune 23 A P O´Brien 50 3 9-0 130 128
18 5113-8 Strategic Prince 28 P F I Cole 38 3 9-0 Eddie Ahern 117 131 131
19 73-502 Yellowstone 20 A P O´Brien 50 3 9-0 126 122

Aqaleem for me........... would love to see Mahler win, but looking on betfair he looks unlikely to run.

Anything but Authorized and i will be happy

Wow, thought I'd already replied to this....

Anyways, AUTHORIZED!!

Katy

Authorized deserves to be odds-on, looks a class above the rest to me.

arabian gulf.

I'm still narrowing it down but i love Yellowstone, Eagle Mountain and Chekov.

AOB has it covered but I hope Eastern Anthem does well too.

archipenko

No horse deserves to be odds on for the Derby, not in my opinion, anyway.

Entrepreneur was odds on for the derby and he got beat, i think Tenby was odds on too!

His odds are to do with hype, not to do with form. Aqaleem has already finished in front of Authorized as a 2yo.

You can't choose Coolmore and Darley horses....... they call that no mans land :D

I can and i will!

There's no law saying it's either / or.... love them both so sue me.

Morty...

You need to behave.

Great post Snowy...may I call you Snowy?

r u going Thebby on me....ma'am?





Never assume Chapter One is a reflection of things to come.

Oh Genesis was pretty good,too.

Now look at the mess we have.







You have hurt my feelings.

I want my rib back.

What have i missed??????

Let's just all play nice or this thread goes bye bye and that wouldn't be fair.

DROP IT.

YOU have a dart gun!!!!???










Are you kidding me!?









I knew something fishy was going on here.













At least DebODeb likes me.

Back on topic........

From the RP..... by Tom Peacock

MARCUS TREGONING has maintained the same tradition as with last year's Vodafone Derby winner Sir Percy by taking Aqaleem for a spin at Lingfield in preparation for the big race.

A combination of bad weather in Lambourn and a little bit of fine tuning saw Tregoning bring his colt to theSurrey track on Tuesday - four days ahead of his assignment a few miles away at Epsom.

Aqaleem, who is as low as 8-1 second favourite for the Classic behind Authorized, has been to Lingfield before.

The son of Sinndar entered the Derby reckoning after an impressive victory in the Group 3 trial race a fortnight ago and was again partnered by Richard Hills in his exercise.

"Richard met me at Lingfield this morning and we worked Aqaleem over a mile," explained Tregoning.

"Richard was very satisfied and the thinking behind it was really that I wanted to see him come down a hill yet again.

"We have had a lot of rain at home and the gallops are so soft they are really unsuitable to work him on.

"We worked him on the Polytrack andit all went terribly well. It is exactly what we did with Sir Percy a year ago.

"Aqaleem is very fit and that was his last proper piece of work.

"We will just keep him cantering until the big race."


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For what it's worth, i think the Derby winner will either have a name that begins with "A" or is trained by someone who's name begins with "A" :D

I admit i've never seen him (... love the name).

Is there a replay anywhere? Thanks.

he doesnt strike me as the Derby winner but being by the hugely underated sire Sinndar, I wouldnt mind see him win.

Your wish is my command:

http://play.www.atr.servecast.net/pp..._05_12_03_1515

He races in the same silks as your boy Maraahel