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Derby Festival 2023: Seventh Oaks winner for Frankie Dettori as Soul Sister romps home

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Derby Festival 2023: Frankie Dettori rode a seventh Betfred Oaks winner on Soul Sister – the Frankel filly scored by a length and three-quarters from 5/6 Favourite Savethelastdance. Dettori’s previous Oaks winners were Balanchine (1994), Moonshell (1995), Kazzia (2002), Enable (2017), Anapurna (2019) and Snowfall (2021). He has now ridden 23 English Classic winners. John Gosden, […]

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Derby Festival 2023: Auguste Rodin hands O’Brien NINTH Derby success

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Derby Festival 2023: Auguste Rodin handed a record-extending ninth Betfred Derby success to trainer Aidan O’Brien in the premier British Classic on 3rd June. It was a third success for jockey Ryan Moore and a record-extending 10th for a Coolmore syndicate as owners. A major disappointment in the opening Classic of the season, the QIPCO

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Derby Festival 2023: Seventh Oaks Victory for Frankie Dettori as Soul Sister Romps Home

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Frankie Dettori rode a seventh Betfred Oaks winner on Soul Sister (11/4) at Epsom Downs Racecourse, 2023. The Frankel filly scored by a length and three-quarters from 5/6 Favourite Savethelastdance. Dettori’s previous Oaks winners were Balanchine (1994), Moonshell (1995), Kazzia (2002), Enable (2017), Anapurna (2019) and Snowfall (2021). He has now ridden 23 English Classic winners.

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Derby Festival 2023: Chester’s May Meeting shows potential of Oaks and Derby contenders

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Chester’s May Festival provides Epsom Oaks and Derby contenders with a popular trial for the Derby Festival, as its tight corners are similar to the famous Epsom course. The results from the feature races, showed the exciting potential of this year’s young contenders. The Cheshire Oaks Savethelastdance (8/11 Favourite) catapulted herself into 6/4 favouritism with

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Derby Festival 2022: Desert Crown heads 21 entries going forward for Epsom Derby

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Desert Crown heads 21 entries going forward for the Group One Derby at Epsom Downs on Saturday 4th June following the second scratchings deadline. The premier Classic is being staged for the 243rd time in 2022, when it will form part of the official celebrations for Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. A son of Nathaniel, Desert

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Derby Festival 2020: Serpentine’s Derby Win puts Aidan O’Brien in the Record Books

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Aidan O’Brien created history by becoming the most successful trainer in the history in the Investec Derby, as Serpentine handed the master of Ballydoyle an eighth winner of the premier Classic. O’Brien said: “We discuss each horse and try and give every horse the best chance in the race and we ride them all accordingly.

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Derby Festival 2020: Summer Romance makes all the running to take Princess Elizabeth Stakes

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Summer Romance made all the running to take the G3 Princess Elizabeth Stakes (Sponsored by Investec) over an extended mile. The Godolphin runner was returned at 9/1 and held on to score by three-quarters of a length from Cloak Of Spirits. Winning jockey William Buick said: “Summer Romance ran in the 1,000 Guineas last time

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Derby Festival 2020: Love wins the Oaks, nine lengths clear

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The winning jockey Ryan Moore, winning the Investec Oaks for the third time following Snow Fairy (2010) and Minding (2016), said of 2020 winner Love: “I couldn’t have been happier with Love, and I don’t think she could have been any more impressive today. “You never expect to win an Oaks – I don’t know

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Derby Festival 2020: Results and comments from the first three races

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Due to disruptions to the fixture list caused by coronavirus, the Derby Festival 2020 was postponed from its usual June setting to Saturday 4th July. For the first time ever, the Oaks and the Derby were run on the same day, with a total of seven races overall. The first three races were: Investec Woodcote

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Derby Festival 2020: Chapple-Hyam hoping for big run from Bharani Star as eight declared for Investec Oaks

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A field of eight goes to post for the £250,000 G1 Investec Oaks (3.40pm) at Epsom Downs this Saturday, 4th July. Heading the market with official betting partner Unibet is Love (Aidan O’Brien/Ryan Moore). The daughter of Galileo is seeking a second Classic success as she steps up to a mile and a half for

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