Live updates from Epsom with the big race at 3.30pm BST
Greg Wood’s Derby day preview | Horse-by-horse guide
2.10pm “DASH” HANDICAP
And they’re off … this will be very fast … Ruby’s Profit is quick into stride … Naana’s Sparkle is there but Stromy Impact finishes best of all from the back of the field to get up close home.
Lydia Hislop on Racing TV has also been talking to trainer Aidan O’Brien, who now has three of the first four in the Derby betting. O’Brien has walked the course and reports that his stable jockey Ryan Moore thinks the ground is “riding much softer than yesterday”. The trainer feared that it might not suit The Lion In Winter as much as his other runners. He also told Hislop that his runner Lambourn will be “going forward” and running from the front.
