Who is running in the Derby? The 18 confirmed horses for the Epsom Classic
Epsom Derby
Wondering what horses will run in the Epsom Derby? Well wonder no more as Planet Sport have a list of all the runners in the Classic race on Saturday, June 4.
Sir Michael Stoute's runaway Dante Stakes winner Desert Crown is the favourite of 18 runners confirmed for the Group 1 race over one mile, four furlongs and 10 yards on the Epsom Downs.
Yet, Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien is not letting Stoute have his own way and has three of the 18 runners in the line-up.
His Stone Age looks a very serious contender after shaping like a Derby winner when swooping to victory in the Leopardstown Derby Trial by five and a half lengths.
Meanwhile, Charlie Appleby, the trainer of last year's winner Adayar, looks to have a wild card entry in Nations Pride who has been supplemented late on and has assumed third place in the market in some places.
Ralph Beckett's Westover and Roger Varian's Eydon are both well bred, interesting entries, not without a chance of taking a place or maybe more.
