Preview: Irish Derby (Including Full Runner List, 2018 Race Video & Finishing List and Race Info)
Derby Rematch - Madhmoon Vs Anthony Van Dyck
English Derby winner, Anthony Van Dyck will bid to become the fifth Ballydoyle inmate to follow up in the Irish equivalent after his sire Galileo (2001) and several other illustrious racehorses - High Chaparral (2002), Camelot (2012) and Australia (2014).
The Galileo sired colt gave the master of Ballydoyle, Aidan O’Brien with a seventh victory in the Investec Derby at Epsom four weeks ago.
will be following in some illustrious hoof prints if he can complete a Derby double at the Curragh.
O’Brien has won the spectacle 12 previous times. He is responsible for five of the eight runners – with Anthony Van Dyck joined by Epsom fourth Broome, as well as outsiders Il Paradiso, Norway and Sovereign.
O’Brien said of Ryan Moore’s mount: “Everything seems fine with Anthony – everything has gone well since Epsom.
O’Brien believes this year’s renewal of the Epsom showpiece was particularly strong, having since saddled the third home Japan and the sixth Circus Maximus to win major prizes at Royal Ascot.
With that in mind, the County Tipperary maestro is particularly respectful of the threat posed by the Epsom runner-up Shadwell owned-Madhmoon – trained by the soon-to-be 87-year-old Kevin Prendergast.
Madhmoon will be bidding to make it third time lucky in Classic company, having finished fourth in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket before getting within half a length of Anthony Van Dyck on the Surrey Downs – and Prendergast is relishing the rematch.
Complete List Of Runners
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Full Finishing list 2018
1st Latrobe (J. O'Brien,D. O'Brien), 2nd Rostropovich (A. O'Brien,P. Beggy ), 3rd Saxon Warrior (A. O'Brien,R. Moore), 4th Delano Roosevelt (A. O'Brien,S. Heffernan), 5th The Pentagon (A. O'Brien,W. Lordan), 6th Old Persian (C. Appleby,W. Buick ), 7th Dee Ex Bee (M. Johnston,S. Sousa ), 8th Bandua (D. Weld,D. McDonogh), 9th Platinum Warrior (M. Halford,S. Foley ), 10th Carlo Biraghi (J. Stack,C. Hayes )
Race Info:
Distance: 1m 4f (2,414 metres), Surface: Turf, Track: Right-handed, Qualification: Three-year-olds,excluding geldings, Weight: 9 st 0 lb,Allowances,3 lb for fillies, Purse: €1,500,000 (2018),1st: €855,000