"Invertec" Derby Day Sat 5th June

We can only hope that Derby day is as good as Oaks day.

Do not fancy much from a punting aspect, but look forward to some great racing.

Hawkeythenoo in the Dash for Fallon and Frankie to win the big one on Rewilding.

Good punting!

Derby day card

www.racingpost.com/horses2/cards/card.sd...70&r_date=2010-06-05

No the same as last year with all the hype around seea the stars and all the obrien horses,Bullet train for Cecil?

Our joe mac race 1 at epsom good e/w

We have just had Epsom play second fiddle to Borrowdale park........FFS don't they have any idea?
Lucky they should have finished by Derby time !

rob Investec bought channel 206 for the entire day.swap from 232 to miss zimbos

Thanks Shayne....will do.

Bullet Train all the way in the Derby

chicken 'n chips Wrote:

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> Bullet Train all the way in the Derby

Derailed. (Terribly corny, but I couldn't resist. Sorry!)

Derby Replay

Thanks Bob

Workforce wins Derby in record-breaking time

Report: Epsom, Saturday

Investec Derby (Group 1) 3yo, 1m4f

WORKFORCE won the Derby in sensational style, breaking the track record and clinching a remarkable Classic double for champion jockey Ryan Moore in the process.

For months Newmarket and the racing world had been awash with rumours about the brilliance of Workforce. The Sir Michael Stoute-trained colt was prominent in the Derby market before he had even hit the track as a three-year-old, a testament to the remarkably high opinion connections had of this precocious animal.


And on the famous Epsom turf he proved the validity of all those comments by obliterating the Derby field in a record-breaking time.
Workforce with Sir Michael Stoute Epsom 05.06.2010


Stoute, who held Workforce in such high esteem before the Derby, was justifiably delighted with the vindicating performance.

He said: "He was seriously good today. That could be one of the great performances.

"I'm thrilled for Ryan as he missed Conduit in the St Leger so it's good for him to get the monkey off his back.

"It's great for [owner] Prince Khalid Abdullah as he is a great supporter of the yard and of the sport in Europe."

Owner Khalid Abdullah, who last won the Derby with Commander In Chief in 1993, said: "I'm delighted, I have won the Derby before but this is special. He's a wonderful horse."

Just 24 hours earlier Moore had scooped his first Classic on Snow Fairy in the Investec Oaks, becoming the first jockey to ride the Oaks-Derby double since Kieren Fallon in 2004.

The champion jockey, famous for his reserve, was almost overcome in the post-race interview. With tears in his eyes he said: "We had a real clean run, I was always happy with him, he travelled beautifully. The ground was fast enough.

"He's a real good horse. This is the most important race to me."

Moore held up the Derby 6-1 third-favourite near the rear, quietly biding his time.

Ballydoyle pacemaker At First Sight, having grappled with Azmeel for the early lead, established an undisputed advantage going uphill and rolling down Tattenham Hill stretched over ten lengths clear.

For a furlong, it almost seemed as if theimpossible would occur, that through a combination of unlikely speed and poor judgement the apparent pacemaker and 100-1 outsider would run away with the biggest prize in Flat racing.

But Workforce and Moore were blasting from the labouring pack like a rocket. They ate up the ground with a relentless stride, swooping past At First Sight, and coming home to the roars of the Epsom crowd.

Blue Square immediately quoted Workforce as a 6-1 chance for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, but were quickly forced to cut that price to 4-1.

The debate about whether this was a spectacular performance against a relatively weak field or a downright phenomenal victory is only just beginning.

There was no question about the record-breaking nature of this win, however. Workforce broke the track record of 2m32.31s, set by Lammtarra in 1995, by almost a second, getting home in 2m31.33s.

Longtime leader At First Sight came home a wonderful runner-up with Rewilding staying on into third and Jan Vermeer, the 9-4 favourite, in fourth.