Epsom Downs, Saturday 7th June 2025

Acapulco Bay (IRE) 3 9 2 Westerberg/Mrs J Magnier/M Tabor/D Smith Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Aftermath (IRE) 3 9 2 Westerberg/Mrs J Magnier/M Tabor/D Smith Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Al Mumayaz (FR) 3 9 2 Green Team Racing Owen Burrows
Al Wasl Storm (IRE) 3 9 2 Green Team Racing Owen Burrows
Apples And Bananas (IRE) 3 9 2 Prince Faisal Bin Khaled Al Saud Joseph Patrick O’Brien Ireland
Archivist 3 9 2 Cheveley Park Stud William Haggas
Aurel (GER) 3 9 2 The M Team Ralph Beckett
Bethnal Green 3 9 2 The Gredley Family James Owen
Calla Lagoon 3 9 2 Juddmonte Ralph Beckett
Centigrade (IRE) 3 9 2 Highclere Thoroughbred Racing – Buzzard Ralph Beckett
Damysus 3 9 2 Wathnan Racing John & Thady Gosden
Delacroix (IRE) 3 9 2 Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. Tabor Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Devil’s Advocate 3 9 2 Godolphin John & Thady Gosden
Enea (FR) 3 9 2 Scuderia Scolari Mario Baratti France
Expanded (IRE) 3 9 2 Coolmore/Westerberg/Mrs A. M. O’Brien Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Falconer 3 9 2 Denford Stud Andrew Balding
Galveston 3 9 2 Mrs J Magnier/M Tabor/D Smith/P M Brant Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Genealogy 3 9 2 Tabor/Smith/Mrs J Magnier/Brant Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Gethin (IRE) 3 9 2 M. J. & L. A. Taylor Owen Burrows
Green Impact (IRE) 3 9 2 Mr M. Chan Mrs J. Harrington Ireland
Green Storm (IRE) 3 9 2 Ahmad Al Shaikh Charlie Johnston
Gunship (IRE) 3 9 2 Qatar BS, China Horse Club & D. Howden James Ferguson
Henri Matisse (IRE) 3 9 2 Mrs J Magnier/M Tabor/Smith/Merriebelle Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Hopewell Rock (IRE) 3 9 2 Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum George Boughey
Hotazhell 3 9 2 Silverton Hill Partnership Mrs J. Harrington Ireland
Hot Cash 3 9 2 Six or Sticks (TDH) Jack Channon
I Am I Said 3 9 2 Valmont and Ellipsis II Ralph Beckett
Isambard Brunel (USA) 3 9 2 Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. Tabor Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Ivatt 3 9 2 Andrew & Julia Turner Charlie Fellowes
Kaleido 3 9 2 Prince A. A. Faisal John & Thady Gosden
Kibris (IRE) 3 9 2 Mr Simon Munir/Mr Isaac Souede Joseph Patrick O’Brien Ireland
Kilcrea Rock (IRE) 3 9 2 Mr M. O’Flynn Joseph Patrick O’Brien Ireland
King of Cities (IRE) 3 9 2 Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum Richard Hannon
Lambourn (IRE) 3 9 2 Mrs John Magnier,Mr M.Tabor & Mr D.Smith Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Last Galileo (IRE) 3 9 2 Mr Zhang Yuesheng K. R. Burke
Lazy Griff (GER) 3 9 2 Middleham Park Racing & Mr G Griffiths Charlie Johnston
Lombardi Trophy (IRE) 3 9 2 Michael Tabor/Mrs.John Magnier Donnacha Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Luther 3 9 2 Mr P Hickman and Nicholas Jones Charlie Fellowes
Mallorca 3 9 2 Lord Lloyd Webber John & Thady Gosden
Matauri Bay (IRE) 3 9 2 Valmont, Ballylinch & Ecurie des Charmes Ralph Beckett
Maximum Promise (USA) 3 9 2 Back Racing LLC & Run For LaRose’s LLC Kenneth G. McPeek USA
Mount Kilimanjaro (FR) 3 9 2 Mrs John Magnier,Mr M.Tabor & Mr D.Smith Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Nebras 3 9 2 Mr Imad Alsagar John & Thady Gosden
New Century 3 9 2 Qatar Racing Limited Andrew Balding
Nightwalker 3 9 2 Juddmonte John & Thady Gosden
Noble Horizon 3 9 2 Nat Rothschild William Haggas
Nordic Norm 3 9 2 David & Yvonne Blunt K. R. Burke
Officer (IRE) 3 9 2 Mrs John Magnier,Mr M.Tabor & Mr D.Smith Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Opportunity 3 9 2 Wathnan Racing William Haggas
Oursin 3 9 2 Mr B. Lynam Charles Hills
Paratrooper 3 9 2 Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum K. R. Burke
Pinhole 3 9 2 Juddmonte Ralph Beckett
Pride of Arras (IRE) 3 9 2 Mr and Mrs David Aykroyd Ralph Beckett
Puppet Master (IRE) 3 9 2 Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. Tabor Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Purview 3 9 2 Juddmonte D. K. Weld Ireland
Push The Limit (FR) 3 9 2 Valmont Ralph Beckett
Regal Ulixes 3 9 2 Mr Gary Gillies Andrew Balding
Rock of Cashel (IRE) 3 9 2 Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Rogue Impact 3 9 2 The Rogues Gallery James Owen
Rogue Millions 3 9 2 The Rogues Gallery James Owen
Roosevelt 3 9 2 Mrs J Magnier/M Tabor/D Smith/P M Brant Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Royal Playwright 3 9 2 Mr J. C. Smith Andrew Balding
Ruling Court (USA) 3 9 2 Godolphin Charlie Appleby
Saddadd (IRE) 3 9 2 Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum Roger Varian
Sallaal (IRE) 3 9 2 Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum Roger Varian
Saratoga (IRE) 3 9 2 Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. Tabor Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Scandinavia (USA) 3 9 2 Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Seacruiser (IRE) 3 9 2 Marcstown Ltd Ralph Beckett
Sea Scout (IRE) 3 9 2 Mr Abdulla Al Mansoori Simon & Ed Crisford
Serious Contender (IRE) 3 9 2 Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. Tabor Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Shackleton (IRE) 3 9 2 P Brant/Mrs J Magnier/M Tabor/D Smith Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Sir Dinadan (IRE) 3 9 2 Marcstown Ltd Ralph Beckett
Spanish Voice 3 9 2 Mr Saeed Suhail Andrew Balding
Stanhope Gardens (IRE) 3 9 2 Marcstown Ltd & Chelsea Thoroughbreds Ralph Beckett
Starzintheireyes 3 9 2 Marcstown Ltd Ralph Beckett
Sword of Wessex (IRE) 3 9 2 Mr P Hickman and Westerberg Charlie Fellowes
Tennessee Stud (IRE) 3 9 2 Westerberg,Tabor,Magnier,Smith Joseph Patrick O’Brien Ireland
Test Score (USA) 3 9 2 Amerman Racing LLC H. Graham Motion USA
The Lion In Winter (IRE) 3 9 2 Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Thrice (IRE) 3 9 2 Mrs John Magnier,Mr M.Tabor & Mr D.Smith Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Tiberius Thunder (IRE) 3 9 2 AMO Racing Limited/Giselle De Aguiar Adrian Murray Ireland
Too Soon 3 9 2 Too Soon Partnership
Tornado Alert (IRE) 3 9 2 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
Trinity College (IRE) 3 9 2 M Matsushima/Mrs Magnier/M Tabor/D Smith Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Tuscan Hills (FR) 3 9 2 Amo Racing Limited Raphael Freire
Twain (IRE) 3 9 2 Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier Aidan O’Brien Ireland
Tycoon 3 9 2 Mr B. E. Nielsen John & Thady Gosden
Valedictory 3 9 2 Godolphin John & Thady Gosden
Wimbledon Hawkeye 3 9 2 The Gredley Family James Owen
Windlord 3 9 2 Juddmonte Andrew Balding

90 entries
31 Irish-trained
2 USA-trained
1 French-trained

Race Conditions

Total prize fund £1,500,000

For three yrs old colts and fillies only

Enter by noon, February 25th
Second Entry by noon, April 23rd
First scratching deadline by noon on May 6th
Second scratchings deadline by noon on May 20th
Five-day confirmations & supplementary entry stage June 2nd
Final declaration stage by 10.00, June 5th

Weights: Colts 9st 2lb; fillies 8st 13lb

Horses will only be eligible to run in this race provided that they have a current BHA Handicap Rating of 80 or higher at midday of the confirmation stage.

Horses which do not qualify for a rating may also be eligible providing the BHA Handicapper is satisfied that the horse’s racecourse performances up to and including 31st May merit a provisional assessment of 80 or higher. Horses which have not run will not be eligible.

The winning horse in The Derby ‘Wild Card’ EBF Conditions Stakes at Epsom Downs on 29 September 2024 and in the Blue Riband Trial, run at the Spring Meeting at Epsom Downs on 22 April 2025, if not a gelding or already entered, will receive an automatic entry to this race on the proviso that, should the horse remain in The Derby after the subsequent scratching stages on 6 May and 20 May, and confirmation stage on 2 June, the owner will be liable to meet the corresponding payments respectively. In the event of a dead-heat in either race, both horses will receive an automatic entry to The Betfred Derby.

This race also forms part of the 2025 Churchill Downs ‘Wild Card’ Scheme. A runner from the American Turf Stakes, (Grade 2, 1m 0.5f. $500,000), run on Kentucky Derby Day (Saturday 4th May), will receive an entry and a travel incentive to run in The Betfred Derby.

This race will be restricted to 20 runners plus two reserves. The two reserves will be nominated as R21 and R22.

Latest Betfred odds
5-1 The Lion In Winter
16-1 Opera Ballo, Expanded
18-1 Ruling Court
20-1 Twain
25-1 Delacroix, Stanhope Gardens, Green Impact
28-1 Hotazhell
33-1 Henri Matisse, Officer, Acapulco Bay, Tennessee Stud, Mount Kilimanjaro
40-1 Wimbledon Hawkeye, Starzintheireyes, Devil’s Advocate, Isambard Brunel, Hopewell Rock, I Am I Said, Kibris, Pinhole, Pride of Arras, Push The Limit, Sallaal, Serious Contender, Shackleton, Tycoon
50-1 Scandinavia, Damysus, Aftermath, Devil’s Advocate
66-1 Bar

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It is understood this is the first time The Derby has been run in memory of any individual.

Jockeys will wear black armbands and there will be a minute’s applause at around 4pm this afternoon before The Cazoo Derby (In Memory of Lester Piggott) is run at 4:30pm.

Phil White, London Regional Director for Jockey Club Racecourses, said:

“No jockey is more synonymous with our most famous race than Lester Piggott. Running The Cazoo Derby in his memory, which we believe has not been done in the 242 previous editions of the race, is a fitting tribute to one of the greatest jockeys of the modern era and the record-holder for most wins by a rider.

“We want to give racegoers on both days the opportunity to pay their respects and celebrate the life and career of this extraordinary sportsman, and we hope that taking the unprecedented step of re-naming The Derby shows the high esteem in which Lester is held.”

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Two supplementary entries were made this week, namely Godolphin’s Nations Pride and the Stan Moore-trained El Habeeb, both added to the line-up at a cost of £75,000.

Teofilo colt Nations Pride entered Cazoo Derby calculations when the seven-length winner of the Listed Newmarket Stakes at the QIPCO Guineas Festival at Newmarket on April 29^th. He is joined stablemates Nahanni and Walk Of Stars as trainer Charlie Appleby aims for a third Derby success in five years following Masar in 2018 and Adayar 12 months ago.

Ante-post favourite Desert Crown will aim to give his trainer Michael Stoute a sixth Derby success, while Aidan O’Brien has Changingoftheguard, Star Of India and Stone Age in the race, as he chases a record-extending ninth Derby victory.

The Cazoo Derby is part of the QIPCO British Champions Series.

4:30pm Cazoo Derby (Group 1) 1m 4f 6y

Changingoftheguard (IRE) 3 9 2 Westerberg/Mrs J Magnier/M Tabor/D Smith Aidan O’Brien Ireland

Desert Crown 3 9 2 Mr Saeed Suhail Sir Michael Stoute

El Habeeb (IRE) 3 9 2 Mr Mohamed Khalid Abdulrahim Stan Moore

Eydon (IRE) 3 9 2 Prince A. A. Faisal Roger Varian

Glory Daze (IRE) 3 9 2 Glory Gold Partnership Andy Oliver Ireland

Grand Alliance (IRE) 3 9 2 Mrs Susan Roy Charlie Fellowes

Hoo Ya Mal 3 9 2 Ahmad Al Shaikh Andrew Balding

Masekela (IRE) 3 9 2 Mick and Janice Mariscotti Andrew Balding Jason Watson

Nahanni 3 9 2 Godolphin Charlie Appleby

Nations Pride (IRE) 3 9 2 Godolphin Charlie Appleby

Piz Badile (IRE) 3 9 2 Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd Donnacha O’Brien Ireland Frankie Dettori

Royal Patronage (FR) 3 9 2 Highclere T’Bred Racing – Woodland Walk Charlie & Mark Johnston

Sonny Liston (IRE) 3 9 2 Chelsea Thoroughbreds – The Big Bear Charles Hills Tom Marquand

Star of India (IRE) 3 9 2 M Tabor/D Smith/Mrs J Magnier/Westerberg Aidan O’Brien Ireland

Stone Age (IRE) 3 9 2 Peter Brant/Mrs John Magnier/M Tabor Aidan O’Brien Ireland

Walk of Stars 3 9 2 Godolphin Charlie Appleby

Westover 3 9 2 Juddmonte Ralph Beckett

West Wind Blows (IRE) 3 9 2 Mr Abdulla Al Mansoori Simon & Ed Crisford Jack Mitchell

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Coolmore Stud issued a statement on Saturday confirming that the winner of the 2001 Epsom and Irish Derbies had been euthanized on humane grounds.

The statement from the County Tipperary outfit read as follow:

“Regretfully our world-renowned Champion Sire Galileo was put to sleep earlier today on humane grounds owing to a chronic, non-responsive, debilitating injury to the left fore foot.

“It is a very sad day,” said John Magnier, “but we all feel incredibly fortunate to have had Galileo here at Coolmore. I would like to thank the dedicated people who looked after him so well all along the way. He was always a very special horse to us and he was the first Derby winner we had in Ballydoyle in the post M V O’Brien era. I would also like to thank Aidan and his team for the brilliant job they did with him. The effect he is having on the breed through his sons and daughters will be a lasting legacy and his phenomenal success really is unprecedented.”

Coolmore Stud’s statement continued:

“Following Galileo’s strikingly impressive Epsom Derby success the front-page headline in the Racing Post was the single word ‘PERFECTION.’ It could not have been more apt.

“Bred in the purple by Sadler’s Wells out of ‘Arc’ heroine Urban Sea and unbeaten in his first six starts, Galileo proved an immediate success at stud siring Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Nightime from his first crop. Appropriately he became the most successful Group 1 sire of all time when his daughter Peaceful won the same race in June of last year.

His total of individual Group 1 winners now stands at 91 while no less than 20 of his sons have sired Group 1 winners on the flat, headed by Frankel and Australia.”

To learn more about the career of Galileo and his influence on breeding and racing, read The Greatness of Galileo, written by Paul Rhodes with Anne Alston.

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Serpentine was a complete outsider, at least by the odds of 25/1. Jockey Emmet McNamara was also looking for his first win in his first Derby. The wins take O’Brien’s record to 8 wins. Khalifa Sat finished second at massive odds of 50/1, while another one of O’Brien’s horses Amhran Na Bhfiann finished in third at odds of 66/1. Ed Walkers English King could only manage 5th, while Ryan Moore was 6th on board another from the Ballydoyle stable, Mogul.

McNamara opted to take a lead from the front and he stretched the lead coming up to the 2f pole. This is probably what won the race as the other horses in the race left it to late to make any kind of impact. In the end Serpentine won by 5 and a half lengths. Speaking after the race McNamara said, “I think I got a little bit of a freebie. I had huge amount of confidence in the horse having spoken to Aidan during the week”.

The Limerick man continued, “He said he was a horse that is going to stay a mile and six well. He said jump, go your own tempo and just from halfway, from the six to the five, give him a breather. He said he’ll keep going and he was right”.

O’Brien was impressed with McNamara. Speaking to Racing Post he said, “Emmet gave him a brilliant ride. He judged the pace well and he knew he was on a horse that would stay every yard of the mile and a half.”We know the road is so long with so many links in the chain,” he said. “You never expect anything, you always do your best, hope it will happen and then accept the result.”

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