IT is a pity that US Army Ranger scoped poorly during the week. It would have been great to have the 1-2-3 from Epsom battling it out once more in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby this afternoon.
Hopefully Harzand takes his chance now. To lose one Epsom Derby horse may be regarded as a misfortune, but to lose two, well that would just be really misfortunate. Unsurprisingly, the Epsom Derby winner has a good record in the Irish Derby. Australia did the double, Camelot did the double. Only two have done the double in the last 10 years. Interestingly, all four of the Aga Khan’s Epsom Derby winners - Shergar, Shahrastani, Kahyasi and Sinndar - have attempted the double, and all four have succeeded. That all augurs well for Harzand.
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