The Irish Derby

[my miss storm cat]

Sunday July 2 2006
Curragh 15:50
Budweiser Irish Derby (group 1)
£1500000.00 added, 3yo only, 1m 4f, Class 1, £847500.00 penalty

1 (7) Best Alibi (IRE) 29 3 9-0 Sir Michael Stoute M J Kinane

2 (4) Best Name 28 3 9-0 R Collet C P Lemaire

3 (5) Classic Punch (IRE) 27 3 9-0 D R C Elsworth J F Egan

4 (3) Cougar Bay (IRE) 22 3 9-0 b D Wachman W M Lordan

5 (2) Darsi (FR) 28 3 9-0 A de Royer-Dupre C Soumillon

6 (12) Dragon Dancer 29 3 9-0 G Wragg D Holland 120

7 (9) Dylan Thomas (IRE) 29 3 9-0 A P O'Brien K Fallon

8 (8) Gentlewave (IRE) 42 3 9-0 A Fabre J P Murtagh

9 (10) Heliostatic (IRE) 22 3 9-0 J S Bolger K J Manning

10 (6) Land Before Time (IRE) 32 3 9-0 R J Osborne R M Burke

11 (13) Monsieur Henri (USA) 18 3 9-0 J C Hayden N G McCullagh

12 (11) Mountain (IRE) 29 3 9-0 A P O'Brien J A Heffernan

13 (1) Puerto Rico (IRE) 35 3 9-0 A P O'Brien C O'Donoghue

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So who do you all like? As expected, Papal Bull was ruled out this morning.

Dylan Thomas / Best Alibi

Come home safe, all of you.