The total number of entries trained by the O’Brien family stands at 55, with four entries each for Aidan O’Brien’s sons Joseph, who rode Camelot (2012) and Australia (2014) to Investec Derby success, and Donnacha, who landed the 2018 Investec Oaks on Forever Together and commenced his training career at the end of 2019
The 2018 Investec Derby, the premier Classic and Britain’s richest race won by Masar on June 2 at Epsom Downs Racecourse, has been named as the best three-year-old race run anywhere in the world last year
You can borrow the name, but no-one has yet attempted to reconstruct The Derby in its purest form
With prize money of £1,625,000, Saturday’s 238TH running of the Gr1 Investec Derby will be the richest race ever run in Britain
The most famous of all Flat races is run over 2400m at Epsom Downs, with a maximum field of 20 runners, on Saturday, June 3
The 2015 Breakfast With The Stars at Epsom Downs Racecourse had everything – with three of the first four in the betting for Britain’s premier Classic, the Investec Derby, exercising on the course
The Gr1 Investec Derby is ranked the greatest flat race in the world and one of Great Britain’s most traditional days out
The cost to make a second entry to Britain’s richest race was £8,000 and the additions mean there are now 110 horses remaining engaged in the premier Classic race
These horses have been given their initial ticket to the greatest Flat race in the world, and can remain in the Classic with no further financial commitment until the March of their three-year-old careers
The Aidan O’Brien-trained Ruler Of The World lived up to his name when landing an eventful Investec Derby by a length and a half.
The evergreen hero travelled to Vereeniging on Thursday for a 100% strike rate from two rides that saw him bring up his recordbreaking 5555th winner milestone
‘The Breeders Cup Distaff is definitely still on the cards and Beach Bomb will probably have one more race before then’ – Gaynor Rupert
It will be good news for South African racing fans that, despite a number of offers from abroad, Gerald and Karen Kalil’s multiple champion Quid Pro Quo will continue her 3yo season on African soil
The son of Twice Over has been gelded and will be aimed at the Betway Gr1 Summer Cup, the L’Ormarins King’s Plate and the WSB Cape Town Met
