Permian, the Dante Stakes winner, and Khalidi, who took the Cocked Hat Stakes
Johnny Manziel Youth Jersey at Goodwood last week in a course?record time, were added to the field for the Investec Derby at Epsom on Monday morning at a cost of ?85,000, leaving a possible field of 20 runners and a first prize of nearly ?1m for the Flat season’s most prestigious Classic on Saturday. Permian’s supplementary entry was confirmed before the colt had left the winner’s enclosure at York on 17 May but Khalidi had seemed an unlikely runner at Epsom after last Friday’s success, with the Group 2 King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot suggested as a more likely target by Frankie Dettori, his jockey. Talking Horses: Why it's a mistake to let no-hopers run in the Derby Read more However, Nizar Anwar, Khalidi’s owner, has decided to give the colt a chance to join the Derby’s roll of honour, alongside Dettori’s partner Cracksman, another contender from the John Gosden stable and the narrow favourite for the Classic at a top price of 4-1. Crowned Eagle, Glencadam Glory and Pealer, who are all priced at 40-1 or bigger, are other possible runners from the same yard, while Cliffs Of Moher, the 9-2 second favourite, is one of seven possible contenders for Aidan O’Brien following the withdrawal of Yucatan, the beaten favourite in the Derrinstown Derby Trial at Leopardstown. The most significant omission from the five-day declarations was Waldgeist, a Group
http://www.authenticsandiegopadres.com/Luis-Sardinas-Jersey 1 winner as a juvenile in the Criterium de St Cloud, who had been expected to represent André Fabre’s stable in Chantilly. As a result there will be no French-trained runner in this year’s race, and three trainers – Gosden, O’Brien and Godolphin’s Saeed bin Suroor – are responsible for 15 of the 20 remaining entries. The other five include Permian, who is trained in Yorkshire by Mark Johnston, the Craven Stakes winner Eminent, who is the 7-1 third-favourite, and the 1,000-1 no-hoper Diore Lia, a filly who remains a maiden after two starts in low-grade maidens. She will run for John Jenkins, having left Jane Chapple-Hyam’s yard after the trainer suggested to the owner, Richard Aylward, that she was not good enough to run in the Classic. Gina Mangan, a 7lb claimer who has ridden one winner, has been booked to ride by Aylward, who hopes publicity around Diore Lia’s participation will raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. Advertisement “The filly was with me originally and then she went to Jane’s because she thought she might be able to get [2015 Melbourne Cup-winning jockey] Michelle Payne over from Australia to ride her,” Jenkins said. “When that didn’t happen, the owner decided to send her back to me and, all being well, she’ll run on Saturday. At the end of the day it’s the owner’s decision. He pays the bills, he’s paid all the entry fees and he’s entitled to run
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