04/06/2022. International Horse Racing World: Desert Crown dominates to provide Sir Michael Stoute with super sixth Derby win (Epsom – UK) // Derby Glory for Desert Crown (by TDN)

 

 
By Scott Burton – Saturday: Cazoo Derby, Epsom

Desert Crown earned Sir Michael Stoute a tremendous sixth victory in the Cazoo Derby after a dominant performance under Richard Kingscote.

 

Cazoo Derby (In Memory Of Lester Piggott) (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (No Geldings)

(Class 1) (3yo) (1m4f6yds) 1m4f Good – 1st £909,628.40 2nd £344,860 3rd £172,590.40 4th £85,974.40 5th £43,147.60 6th £21,654

 
 
POS.
HORSE / SP
JOCKEY
TRAINER
AGE WGT OR TS      
1 (12) 
Runner Jacket

2.

3 92 117      
Sweating, midfield, shaken up and smooth headway on outer 3f out, pushed along to lead over 2f out, drifted left but ridden clear over 1f out, kept on well against far rail inside final furlong, eased towards finish, comfortably (op 9/4 tchd 11/4)
 
2 (3)2½
Runner Jacket

6.

3 92 h 105      
Dwelt start, in rear
 
3 (2)hd[2¾]
Runner Jacket

16.

3 92 109      
Sweating, midfield on inner (op 33/1)
 
4 (8)5½[8¼]
Runner Jacket

7.

Masekela  (IRE) 66/1
3 92 107      
Held up in rear (op 80/1)
 
5 (16)1[9¼]
Runner Jacket

1.

3 92 p1 110      
Sweating, raced wide early, led, pushed along 4f out, ridden over 3f out, headed over 2f out (op 17/2 tchd 8/1)
 
6 (4)1¾[11]
Runner Jacket

14.

Stone Age  (IRE) 7/2
3 92 115      
Sweating, in touch with leaders, pushed along 3f out (op 4/1 tchd 10/3)
 
7 (6)¾[11¾]
Runner Jacket

8.

Nahanni  25/1
3 92 p 99      
Sweating, dwelt start and slowly into stride, in rear
 
8 (5)1¾[13½]
Runner Jacket

9.

Nations Pride  (IRE) 15/2
3 92 116      
Midfield (op 6/1)
 
9 (11)1¼[14¾]
Runner Jacket

17.

West Wind Blows  (IRE) 40/1
3 92 h 101      
Raced wide early, raced in second, pushed along and pressed leader over 3f out, soon ridden, lost second 2f out (op 50/1)
 
10 (14)shd[14¾]
Runner Jacket

3.

El Habeeb  (IRE) 250/1
3 92      
Sweating, towards rear
 
11 (17)1¼[16]
Runner Jacket

5.

Grand Alliance  (IRE) 40/1
3 92 98      
Sweating, always towards rear, pushed along 6f out (op 50/1 tchd 33/1)
 
12 (7)½[16½]
Runner Jacket

10.

Piz Badile  (IRE) 9/1
3 92 110      
Never better than mid-division (op 10/1)
 
13 (15)1½[18]
Runner Jacket

13.

Star Of India  (IRE) 16/1
3 92 109      
Raced wide early, in touch with leaders (op 14/1)
 
14 (10)6[24]
Runner Jacket

4.

Glory Daze  (IRE) 66/1
3 92 105      
In touch with leaders, dropped to midfield 8f out, pushed along 6f out, ridden 4f out
 
15 (13)nk[24¼]
Runner Jacket

12.

Sonny Liston  (IRE) 100/1
3 92 104      
Sweating, never better than mid-division (op 66/1)
 
16 (1)13[37¼]
Runner Jacket

11.

Royal Patronage  (FR) 28/1
3 92 112      
Never better than mid-division (op 33/1)
 
17 (9)34[71¼]
Runner Jacket

15.

3 92 107      
Never better than mid-division, pushed along and unbalanced 5f out (op 20/1)
 
  • 17 ran Off time: 4:38:27 Winning time: 2m 36.38s (slow by 0.68s) Total SP: 118%
  • 1st owner: Saeed Suhail (Desert Crown)  1st breeder: Strawberry Fields Stud
  • 2nd owner: Ahmad Al Shaikh (Hoo Ya Mal) 
  • 3rd owner: Juddmonte (Westover) 
  • Tote win: £3.50 PL: £1.55 £17.45 £6.40 Ex: £200.50 CSF: £479.59 Tricast: £7,575.29 Trifecta: £5,120.50
  • Jackpot:
  • Placepot:
  • Quadpot:
  • DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-6] 69 (39%) M [7-11] 32 (20%) H [12-17] 49 (41%)

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Derby Glory For Desert Crown

Saturday’s G1 Cazoo Derby In Memory of Lester Piggott was graced with a performance to mark the special edition as Saeed Suhail’s TDN Rising Star Desert Crown (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) proved a class apart to… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

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