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Frankel Heads 125 Going for Epsom Glory in The Investec Derby
04/03/11

Last season’s joint European champion two-year-old Frankel heads 125 hopefuls going forward for the 2011 Investec Derby following this week’s scratching stage.

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There are just over three months until Flat racing’s most famous prize is be contested at Epsom Downs on Saturday, June 4, and many classy three-year-olds are targeting the famous £1.25 million Classic.

Frankel is one of four entries representing trainer Henry Cecil, who has saddled four previous Derby winners, and could also be represented by Yarmouth maiden winner First Mohican and the unraced duo Flash Of Intuition and World Domination.

The Derby famously acquired its name at the toss of a coin between the 12th Earl of Derby and Sir Charles Bunbury, ahead of the first running in 1780 which was won by Bunbury’s Diomed. In 2011 the 12th Earl’s descendant, the 19th Earl of Derby, could see his iconic black and white silks carried by Voodoo Prince. A son of Kingmambo, Voodoo Prince is the first foal of the outstanding Ouija Board, who carried the Earl’s colours to victory in the 2004 Oaks and went on to win a total of seven Group One contests all over the world.

Ed Dunlop, the colt’s trainer, revealed: “Voodoo Prince has done well over the winter. He has strengthened up and I have been pleased with his progress so far. He had a little setback at a slightly critical time last year - it was nothing very serious but we decided to put him away.

“He obviously remains an unknown quantity but, having been entered in the Investec Derby last year, we thought that we would leave him in the race.

“He is probably a couple of weeks away from doing fast work and we might look at the Wood Ditton Stakes at Newmarket or a similar race for his debut.”

Aidan O’Brien has his usual strong team entered and among his 21 engaged are Group One Criterium International hero Roderic O’Connor, Recital, a five-length winner of the Group One Criterium de Saint-Cloud, and Seville, who finished second in last season’s Group One Racing Post Trophy.

The Investec Derby is the only British Classic that the Queen has not won in an ownership career spanning more than half a century and she looks to have a live contender this year in the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Carlton House, a nine-length maiden winner at Newbury in October. Stoute, successful in last year’s Investec Derby with Workforce, has won the race five times in total, the best record of any current trainer.

Among other well-known owners chasing Flat racing’s most sought after prize are Lord Lloyd-Webber, represented by the dual winner Treasury Devil, and footballer Michael Owen, whose home-bred Brown Panther won his only start last year.

Godolphin’s 18 entries, split between trainers Saeed bin Suroor and Mahmood Al Zarooni, include Saamidd, winner of Doncaster’s Group Two Champagne Stakes, Kempton maiden winner Badeel, and Maywood, who scored in similar company at Brighton.

Along with Aidan O’Brien’s team, other Irish-trained entries include a trio from trainer John Oxx, successful with the great Sea The Stars in the 2009 Investec Derby. Among them is the Aga Khan’s Gowran Park maiden winner Adilapour.

The nine French-trained entries include Maxios, an unbeaten half-brother to Arc hero Bago, trained by Jonathan Pease for the Niarchos family. Manhaj has won both his starts for trainer John Hammond while Alain de Royer Dupre has engaged the Aga Khan’s winning duo Dildar and Vadamar.

Those going forward in the race at the confirmation stage on Tuesday, March 1, were all entered as yearlings and there is an £8,000 second entry stage on April 5 with a final chance to be added to the field at a cost of £75,000 five days before the Classic on May 30.

Andrew Cooper, Director of Racing at Epsom Downs Racecourse, commented: “The last two runnings of the Investec Derby have seen a pair of brilliant winners in Workforce and Sea The Stars and all the ingredients are in place for another great race in 2011.

“Top-class juveniles from last season and many unexposed three-year-olds go forward into the Investec Derby after this week’s confirmation stage, and no doubt other exciting names will be added to the mix at the next entry opportunity on April 5.”

THE 2011 INVESTEC DERBY

Class 1, Group 1, £1,250,000 Total Prize Fund, Epsom Downs, Saturday, June 4, 2011. For three-year-olds only, entire colts & fillies, one mile, four furlongs and 10 yards. Entries closed December 1, 2009 (444 entries). First scratchings deadline noon, March 1, 2011 (125 remain), £8,000 secondary entry stage noon, April 5, 2011, second scratchings deadline noon, May 19, 2011, £75,000 supplementary entry & five-day confirmation stage, noon, May 30, 2011, final declaration stage 10am, June 2, 2011. Form figures supplied by Weatherbys and are correct up to and including the racing of Monday, February 28, 2011. May not include some overseas form.

Form Horse Owner Trainer

1- ADILAPOUR (IRE) H H Aga Khan John Oxx IRE

331(1)- ALEXANDER POPE (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE

06- ALGHANEM (IRE) Ahmed Abdel-Khaleq Maurice Phelan IRE

2- APACHE (IRE) Annemarie O'Brien Aidan O'Brien IRE

AUTOBAHN Sheikh Mohammed Trainer Unknown

2(1)- BADEEL (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

02- BALBROWN (FR) David Allan Trainer Unknown

5(1)0- BAWAAB (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

BES KEMPIR (IRE) David Allan Trainer Unknown

BROKEN EAGLE (USA) Eastwind Racing Ltd & Martha Trussell Mikael Magnusson

(1)- BROWN PANTHER Owen Promotions Limited Tom Dascombe

BUGLER'S DREAM (USA) Sheikh Mohammed Trainer Unknown

4- BURJ HATTA (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

4- CANNA (IRE) Jack Hanson & Cavendish Investing Ltd Barry Hills

21- CARLTON HOUSE (USA) The Queen Sir Michael Stoute

0560- CASTLEMORRIS KING C O'Connell Peter Chapple-Hyam

1- CHEF Brook Farm Bloodstock Andrew Balding

CHEROKEE BRAVE (FR) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE

20- COBBS QUAY Thomas Barr John Gosden

4- COMMUNICATOR Lady Davis Michael Bell

CRIMSON KNIGHT William Harrison-Allan Rod Millman

61- DILDAR (IRE) H H Aga Khan Alain de Royer Dupre FR

DUKESTOWN (USA) Sheikh Mohammed Trainer Unknown

6- DUMBARTON (IRE) Ballymacoll Stud Sir Michael Stoute

EAGLES PEAK Khalid Abdulla Sir Michael Stoute

212- ECLIPTIC (USA) Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni

(1) EIGHTY EIGHT RED Mette Campbell-Andenaes Pia Brandt FR

422- EL MUQBIL (IRE) Hamdan Al Maktoum Brian Meehan

33- ESTOURAH (IRE) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

ETERNAL HEART (IRE) Mrs Joan Keaney Mark Johnston

4514- EXODUS Michael Tabor Aidan O’Brien IRE

(3)- FAILASOOF (USA) Hamdan Al Maktoum Barry Hills

1- FARHH Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

FARRIER (USA) Sheikh Mohammed Trainer Unknown

FASCINATING (IRE) Sheikh Mohammed Trainer Unknown

FIORENTE (IRE) Ballymacoll Stud Sir Michael Stoute

1- FIRST MOHICAN Henry Ponsonby Henry Cecil

FLASH OF INTUITION (IRE) Niarchos Family Henry Cecil

1111- FRANKEL Khalid Abdulla Henry Cecil

042- FREEDOM (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE

231- FULGUR Scuderia Rencati Srl Luca Cumani

0(1)- GARDE COTIERE (USA) Sir Robert Ogden Jeremy Noseda

GATEWOOD George Strawbridge John Gosden

331- GENIUS BEAST (USA) Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni

6- GIANT STEP (IRE) Michael Tabor David Wachman IRE

4- GOODNESS Sir Evelyn De Rothschild Sir Michael Stoute

(2)- HUNTER'S LIGHT (IRE) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

(1)- IBN BAJJAH (FR) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

INTERPRET (USA) Sheikh Mohammed Trainer Unknown

4(3)0- IT'S FREEZING (IRE) Mrs Patrick Cooper Jessica Harrington IRE

ITHOUGHTITWASOVER (IRE)Crone Stud Farms Ltd Mark Johnston

1033- JACKAROO (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE

5- JUSTIFICATION Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE

0- KING OF ARNOR Ballygallon Stud Limited Andre Fabre FR

2- KIRTHILL (IRE) Leonidas Marinopoulos Luca Cumani

KOTA SAS (IRE) HRH Sultan Ahmad Shah Michael Jarvis

(2)- LAATAFREET (IRE) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

0(1)- LAST CRUSADE (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE

25(2)(3)- LONG LIVE THE KING (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE

3- LYRIC STREET (IRE) Honorable Earle I Mack Luca Cumani

01- MAN OF GOD (IRE) Bjorn Nielsen John Gosden

11- MANHAJ Hamdan Al Maktoum John Hammond FR

MASHAAREF Hamdan Al Maktoum Michael Jarvis

16- MASKED MARVEL Bjorn Nielsen John Gosden

522136- MASTER OF HOUNDS (USA) Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE

412- MAWAAKEF (IRE) Hamdan Al Maktoum Kevin Prendergast IRE

11- MAXIOS Niarchos Family Jonathan Pease FR

(2)1- MAYWOOD Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni

MEDAL OF VALOUR (JPN) Sheikh Mohammed Trainer Unknown

5(1)- MEMPHIS TENNESSEE (IRE)Michael Tabor Aidan O’Brien IRE

MIDSUMMER FAIR (USA) Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni

MONAMAR Claudio Marzocco Jean-Marie Beguigne FR

(0)- MONTE CARLO (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE

42- MUSAWAMA (IRE) Hamdan Al Maktoum John Gosden

22- NATHANIEL (IRE) Lady Rothschild John Gosden

NO SUCH NUMBER Khalid Abdulla Dermot Weld IRE

2- NOTABLE GRADUATE (IRE)Moyglare Stud Farms Ltd Dermot Weld IRE

5- OCEAN WAR Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni

ON A STORM (USA) Sheikh Mohammed Trainer Unknown

2- PAREO (FR) 6C Racing Alain de Royer Dupre FR

251- PARLOUR GAMES Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni

4- PINTRADA Scotyork Partnership I James Bethell

0(1)120- PISCO SOUR (USA) Michael Kerr-Dineen Hughie Morrison

15- PIVOTMAN John Connolly Amanda Perrett

01- POUR MOI (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O’Brien IRE

PRESS OFFICE (USA) Sheikh Mohammed Trainer Unknown

02- PURIFICATION (IRE) Martin Hughes & Michael Kerr-Dineen John Gosden

3- QUEST FOR PEACE (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE

4(4)- RAW SPIRIT (GER) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

11- RECITAL (FR) Derrick Smith Aidan O’Brien IRE

04- REFLECT (IRE) Julie Wood Richard Hannon

5(1)- REGENT STREET (IRE) Derrick Smith Aidan O’Brien IRE

421033- ROBIN HOOD (IRE) Derrick Smith Aidan O’Brien IRE

3121- RODERIC O'CONNOR (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE

116- SAAMIDD Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

0- SAQIL (USA) Hamdan Al Maktoum Dermot Weld IRE

SARY SHAYAN (IRE) David Allan Trainer Unknown

SCIENTIST (FR) Sheikh Mohammed Trainer Unknown

(0)- SCRIBE (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O’Brien IRE

1- SEELO (USA) George Strawbridge John Gosden

212- SEVILLE (GER) Michael Tabor Aidan O’Brien IRE

10- SHROPSHIRE (IRE) Hon Catherine Corbett & Chris Wright Barry Hills

SINGE THE TURF (IRE) Jackie Bolger Jim Bolger IRE

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE Sheikh Mohammed Trainer Unknown

4- SPLENDID LIGHT George Strawbridge John Gosden

3- SUHAILI Bjorn Nielsen Michael Jarvis

(1)2- TAHAAMAH Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

TARGET POINT Sheikh Mohammed Trainer Unknown

TAZAAMUN (IRE) Hamdan Al Maktoum Kevin Prendergast IRE

2- THIMAAR (USA) Hamdan Al Maktoum John Gosden

3- TONNERRE (IRE) Ballymacoll Stud Sir Michael Stoute

TRADE COMMISSIONER (IRE) Lady Rothschild John Gosden

4- TRAIN OF THOUGHT (IRE) Dr Ronan Lambe Dermot Weld IRE

21123- TREASURE BEACH Michael Tabor Aidan O’Brien IRE

110- TREASURY DEVIL (USA) Lord Lloyd-Webber John Gosden

30- UNEX RENOIR Bill Gredley John Gosden

61- VADAMAR (FR) H H Aga Khan Alain de Royer Dupre FR

VOODOO PRINCE Lord Derby Ed Dunlop

WAKHAN (IRE) H H Aga Khan John Oxx IRE

(1)- WAR IS WAR (IRE) Ballygallon Stud Limited Eoghan O’Neill FR

WILLIAM WAKE (USA) Sheikh Mohammed Trainer Unknown

WORLD DOMINATION (USA)Khalid Abdulla Henry Cecil

2(1)- YASEER (IRE) Hamdan Al Maktoum Marcus Tregoning

YASIR (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

ZANUGHAN (IRE) H H Aga Khan John Oxx IRE

125 entries remain after March 1 confirmation stage

34 Irish-trained entries

9 French-trained entries