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The 241st running of the premier Classic takes place on the second day of the Investec Derby Festival and carries a total prize fund of at least £1.5 million, making it the most valuable race run in Britain.
Those remaining in the race were all entered as yearlings in December 2018.
There is a £9,000 second entry stage on Tuesday, 7 April and an £85,000 supplementary entry stage on Monday, 1 June.
Aidan O'Brien registered a record-equalling seventh Investec Derby victory in 2019, courtesy of Anthony Van Dyck, and Ireland's multiple champion trainer has 47 entries going forward as he chases an unprecedented eighth success in the 12-furlong showpiece.
O'Brien's formidable team includes Innisfree, Year Of The Tiger and Mogul, who filled the places in that order behind Kameko (Andrew Balding) in the rearranged G1 Vertem Futurity Trophy at Newcastle in November.
The G1 National Stakes runner-up Armory and G2 Royal Lodge Stakes victor Royal Dornoch are also engaged for the Ballydoyle trainer.
The total number of entries trained by the O'Brien family stands at 55, with four entries each for Aidan O'Brien's sons Joseph, who rode Camelot (2012) and Australia (2014) to Investec Derby success, and Donnacha, who landed the 2018 Investec Oaks on Forever Together and commenced his training career at the end of 2019.
Godolphin's Pinatubo (Charlie Appleby) is the 7/1 favourite with Unibet, official betting partner of the Investec Derby Festival, although he does not currently hold an entry.
The Shamardal colt carried all before him in six starts last season, with his winning streak headlined by a memorable nine-length victory in the G1 Vincent O'Brien National Stakes at the Curragh in September - a performance that earned him the highest two-year-old rating for 25 years.
Britain's champion trainer John Gosden, successful with Benny The Dip (1997) and Golden Horn (2015), has the hugely exciting Waldkonig among his 16 contenders.
A half-brother to last year's G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Waldgeist, the Kingman colt could not have been more impressive on debut at Wolverhampton in December.
Gosden's team also features Newmarket maiden winner Tuscan Gaze and Darain, who is an unraced full brother to multiple G1 scorer Too Darn Hot.
Sir Michael Stoute enjoyed the most recent of his five Investec Derby triumphs in 2010 with Workforce.
The Newmarket handler's four entries are led by unbeaten pair Highest Ground and Satono Japan, who made eye-catching debuts at Leicester and Kempton Park respectively at the backend of last season.
Hughie Morrison has two promising colts in Starcat and Kipps.
The former won a well-contested novice race first time out at Kempton Park on 11 December, while the latter was off the mark at the second attempt in a similar contest over 10 furlongs at Lingfield Park on 28 December.
Morrison said: "Starcat and Kipps are two nice horses. "Starcat won nicely on his debut at Kempton. I am not sure he is a horse who will stay a mile and a half, but hopefully he has a nice future ahead of him. "Kipps is a lovely horse and I was pleased with his victory last time out. He could potentially head for the Blue Riband Trial at Epsom in April as a starting point. He looks exciting as he should enjoy that trip. "Both horses are working well and hopefully they can have a good campaign."
The three fillies going forward include Do You Love Me (Karl Burke), who is an unraced full sister to 2018 Investec Oaks heroine Forever Together and cost €3.2 million at the Goffs Orby Sale in 2018.
Investec Derby - Unibet prices (italics not currently entered): 7/1 Pinatubo 12/1 Mogul, Kameko 14/1 Waldkonig 16/1 Military March 20/1 Innisfree, Palace Pier 25/1 Armory, Year Of The Tiger 33/1 Al Suhail, Brentford Hope, Convict, Enemy, Highest Ground, Iberia, Lope Y Fernandez, Max Vega, Persia, Royal Dornoch, Tuscan Gaze 40/1 Cape Palace, Choctaw Ridge, Darain, Gauntlet, Khaloosy, Mythical, Silver Fox, Starcat, Thunderous 50/1 Amhran Na Bhfiann, Arrow of Gold, Byzantine Empire, Cabot Hills, Caldwell, Celtic High King, Chachnak, Ciel d'Afrique, Copper Point, Do You Love Me, Greek Gladiator, Harakann, Keats, Khabaab, Kipling, Monarch Of Egypt, Napa Valley, Nobel Prize, Numen, Order Of Australia, Palm Beach, Ramesses The Great, Royal Lytham, Santiago, Satono Japan, Star Of Juniper, Taqareer, Vatican City 66/1 Al Aasy, Almighwar, Arthurs Kingdom, Blow Your Horn, Colonize, Coventry, Cozone, Dawn Rising, Daylight Come, Dune of Pilat, Emperor Of The Sun, English King, First Receiver, Fiscal Rules, Grand Bazaar, Grand Rock, Hukum, King Fairy, Law Of One, Lost Eden, My Oberon, Nasraawy, Noonday Gun, Robert Walpole, Russian Emperor, San Pedro, Sherpa, Sky Commander, Thames River, The Boatman, Tiger Moth, To Nathaniel, Toronto, Ursa Minor, Yankee Stadium 80/1 Desert Emperor, Mark of Gold 100/1 Al Zaraqaan, Berkshire Rocco, Bodyline, Cormorant, Count of Amazonia, Dawn Patrol, Delphi, Dream With Me, Father of Jazz, Flying Scotsman, HMS President, Hootton, Jacksonian, Khalifa Sat, Kipps, Luncies, Maori Knight, Matthew Flinders, Memorabilis, Monument Valley, Mr G, Mr Tambourine Man, Papa Power, Postileo, Retrospect, Serpentine, Shoshone Warrior, Solar Screen, Sunchart, Tammani, Taramansour, Thank You Power The Seventh Day, Thumur, Tyson Fury, Valyrian Steel, Victory Road, Vintage Rascal, War Cross 125/1 Emaraty Hero 150/1 Nova Roma, Paradiso, Port Lockroy, Sheer Bravado, Stepney Causeway, Verdon Gorge 200/1 Incendiere, Louve, Moomba, Nevendon, Pharoah King 250/1 Eaglesglen THE INVESTEC DERBY G1, £1,500,000 total prize fund. For three-year-old colts and fillies. 1m 4f 6y, Epsom Downs, Saturday, 6 June. Weights: colts 9st, fillies 8st 11lb. 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 who 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 the day before confirmation merit a provisional assessment of 80 or higher.
Horses who have not run will not be eligible. Entries closed 4 December, 2018 (356 entries), first scratchings deadline 3 March (139 remain), £9,000 second entries close 7 April, second scratchings deadline 19 May, five-day confirmations & £85,000 supplementary stage 1 June.
Final declarations 4 June.
Horse Owner Trainer
Al Aasy (IRE) Hamdan Al Maktoum William Haggas
Al Zaraqaan Hamdan Al Maktoum William Haggas Almighwar Hamdan Al Maktoum John Gosden
Amhran Na Bhfiann (IRE) Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
Armory (IRE) Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE
Arrow of Gold (IRE) Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum Kevin Ryan
Arthur's Kingdom (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
Berkshire Rocco (FR) Berkshire Parts & Panels Ltd Andrew Balding
Blow Your Horn (IRE) Anthony Oppenheimer Charlie Fellowes
Bodyline (IRE) Tim Bunting - Osborne House IV Sir Mark Prescott Bt
Byzantine Empire Rachel Hood John Gosden
Cabot Hills (IRE) Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor Donnacha O'Brien IRE
Caldwell Khalid Abdullah Dermot Weld IRE
Cape Palace Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum John Gosden
Celtic High King (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
Chachnak (FR) Ecurie La Vallee Martigny Earl Fabrice Vermeulen FR
Choctaw Ridge (IRE) Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE
Ciel d'Afrique (IRE) Moyglare Stud Farms Ltd Dermot Weld IRE
Colonize Prince A A Faisal John Gosden
Convict Brian Haggas William Haggas
Copper Point (IRE) Godolphin John Gosden
Cormorant (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
Count of Amazonia (IRE) Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum Richard Hannon
Coventry (IRE) Tabor/Smith/Sue Magnier/Flaxman Stables Aidan O'Brien IRE
Cozone John Connolly & Odile Griffith Amanda Perrett
Darain Qatar Racing Ltd and Watership Down Stud John Gosden
Dawn Patrol (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
Dawn Rising (IRE) Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE
Daylight Come (IRE) Jackie Bolger Jim Bolger IRE
Delphi (IRE) Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE
Desert Emperor Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum Roger Varian
Do You Love Me (IRE) Phoenix Thoroughbred Limited Karl Burke
Dream With Me (IRE) Saeed Suhail Mark Johnston
Dune of Pilat (FR) Sun Bloodstock SARL Joseph O'Brien IRE
Eaglesglen Tony Elliott Tom Clover
Emaraty Hero Ahmad Al Shaikh Karl Burke
Emperor of The Sun (IRE)Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor Donnacha O'Brien IRE
Enemy Qatar Racing Ltd & Lady O'Reilly John Gosden
English King (FR) Bjorn Nielsen Ed Walker
Father of Jazz Bill & Tim Gredley Michael Bell
First Receiver The Queen Sir Michael Stoute
Fiscal Rules (IRE) Jackie Bolger Jim Bolger IRE
Flying Scotsman (IRE) J P McManus Aidan O'Brien IRE
Gauntlet (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
Grand Bazaar Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum John Gosden
Greek Gladiator (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
Harakann (IRE) HH Aga Khan Michael Halford IRE
Highest Ground (IRE) Niarchos Family Sir Michael Stoute
HMS President (IRE) HP Racing HMS President Eve Johnson Houghton
Hootton (FR) Ecurie Normandy Spirit Fabrice Vermeulen FR
Hukum (IRE) Hamdan Al Maktoum Owen Burrows
Iberia (IRE) Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
Incendiere (IRE) Ecuries Serge Stempniak Fabrice Vermeulen FR
Innisfree (IRE Derrick Smith/Sue Magnier/Michael Tabor/Annemarie O'Brien Aidan O'Brien IRE
Jacksonian Khalid Abdullah Ralph Beckett
Kameko (USA) Qatar Racing Limited Andrew Balding
Keats (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
Khabaab (IRE) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
Khalifa Sat (IRE) Ahmad Al Shaikh Andrew Balding
Khaloosy (IRE) Hamdan Al Maktoum Roger Varian
King Fairy (IRE) Sunderland Holding Inc William Haggas
Kipling (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
Kipps (IRE) M Kerr-Dineen, M Hughes & W Eason Hughie Morrison
Law of One (IRE) Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd Sir Michael Stoute
Lope Y Fernandez (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
Lost Eden (IRE) Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum Richard Hannon
Louve R Dupuy-Naulot Fabrice Vermeulen FR
Luncies Bill & Tim Gredley Simon Crisford
Maori Knight (IRE) White Beech Farm Richard Hughes
Mark of Gold Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum Richard Hannon
Matthew Flinders S Stuckey Ed Walker
Memorabilis (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
Mogul Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
Monarch of Egypt (USA) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
Monument Valley (IRE) Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE
Moomba (IRE) Benny Andersson Amanda Perrett
Mr G Hussain Alabbas Lootah William Haggas
Mr Tambourine Man (IRE) Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE
My Oberon (IRE) Sunderland Holding Inc William Haggas
Mythical (FR) Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE
Napa Valley (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
Nasraawy (USA) Hamdan Al Maktoum John Gosden
Nevendon Bill & Tim Gredley Michael Bell
Nobel Prize (IRE) Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE
Noonday Gun Rockcliffe Stud Richard Hannon
Nova Roma Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum John Gosden
Numen (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
Order of Australia (IRE) Derrick Smith/Sue Magnier/Michael Tabor/Annemarie O'Brien Aidan O'Brien IRE
Palm Beach (IRE) Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE
Papa Power King Power Racing Co Ltd Andrew Balding
Paradiso (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
Persia (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
Pharoah King (USA) Qatar Racing Limited John Gosden
Port Lockroy (FR) Annemarie O'Brien Joseph O'Brien IRE
Postileo (IRE) Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum Roger Varian
Ramesses The Great (USA) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
Retrospect (IRE) Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum Roger Varian
Robert Walpole Bill and Tim Gredley George Scott
Royal Dornoch (IRE) Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
Royal Lytham (FR) Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
Russian Emperor (IRE) Atlantic Jewel Syndicate Aidan O'Brien IRE
San Pedro (IRE) Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
Santiago (IRE) Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
Satono Japan (JPN) Satomi Horse Company Ltd Sir Michael Stoute
Serpentine (IRE) Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE
Sheer Bravado (IRE) Jackie Bolger Jim Bolger IRE
Sherpa (IRE) Michael Tabor/Derrick Smith/Sue Magnier/Annemarie O'Brien Donnacha O'Brien IRE
Shoshone Warrior (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
Silver Fox (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
Sky Commander (IRE) Saeed Manana James Tate
Solar Screen (IRE) Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum Roger Varian
Star of Juniper (JPN) Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith Donnacha O'Brien IRE
Starcat Martin Hughes & Michael Kerr-Dineen Hughie Morrison
Stepney Causeway Bill and Tim Gredley Michael Bell
Sunchart P Garvey Andrew Slattery IRE
Tammani Prince A A Faisal William Haggas
Taqareer (IRE) Hamdan Al Maktoum John Gosden
Taramansour (IRE) HH Aga Khan Dermot Weld IRE
Thames River Sun Bloodstock SARL Joseph O'Brien IRE
Thank You Power (IRE) King Power Racing Co Ltd David Elsworth
The Boatman (IRE) Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE
The Seventh Day (IRE) Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum Richard Hannon
Thumur (USA) Hamdan Al Maktoum Owen Burrows
Thunderous (IRE) Highclere T'Bred Racing - George Stubbs Mark Johnston
Tiger Moth (IRE) Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE
To Nathaniel George Strawbridge John Gosden
Toronto (IRE) Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
Tuscan Gaze (IRE) Lady Bamford, Magnier, Smith & Tabor John Gosden
Tyson Fury Balasuriya,Cook,Cunningham,Gowing,Spencer Richard Spencer
Ursa Minor (IRE) Godolphin John Gosden
Valyrian Steel (IRE) HH SH Nasser Bin Hamad Al Khalifa Roger Varian
Vatican City (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
Verdon Gorge (IRE) Sun Bloodstock SARL Joseph O'Brien IRE
Victory Road (IRE) Annemarie O'Brien Aidan O'Brien IRE
Vintage Rascal (FR) Charlie Rosier & Mrs Julia Rosier Tom Ward
Waldkonig Gestut Ammerland & Newsells Park Stud John Gosden
War Cross (USA) Phoenix Thoroughbred Limited Ed Vaughan
Yankee Stadium (IRE) Sue Magnier/Michael Tabor/Moyglare Stud Farm Aidan O'Brien IRE
Year of The Tiger (IRE) Smith/Sue Magnier/Tabor/Flaxman Stables Aidan O'Brien IRE
139 entries remain following 3 March scratchings deadline 63 Irish-trained 4 French-trained
About Epsom Downs Racecourse & the Investec Derby Festival
Epsom Downs Racecourse is situated on the North Downs in Surrey, some 15 miles from central London. Epsom is a historic training centre and home to a number of racing stables. The racecourse is the venue for the Greatest Flat Race in the World, the Group One Investec Derby, run for the 241st time in 2020, which takes place on the first Saturday in June and is Britain's richest race.
The Investec Derby Festival also features the Investec Oaks and the Investec Coronation Cup, both also run over the Derby course of one mile and four furlongs for three-year-old fillies and older horses respectively, on Investec Ladies' Day.
The Investec Derby and Investec Oaks, two of the five British Classics, are for three-year-olds, with the former open to colts and fillies and the latter to fillies.
Investec started sponsoring the Investec Derby Festival in 2009 and will continue to back the great event until 2026.
The 2020 Investec Derby Festival is staged on Friday and Saturday, June 5 & June 6.
More information is available at: https://www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/epsom
Epsom Downs is part of The Jockey Club which has been at the heart of British racing for more than 260 years and stages thrilling sporting occasions including The Randox Health Grand National, The Festival™ presented by Magners and The Investec Derby. Millions of people every year enjoy the special experiences The Jockey Club offers through racing, music, food and entertainment. Governed by Royal Charter, every penny made goes back into British Racing to help the sport thrive. The Jockey Club was founded in 1750 and today is the largest commercial group in Britain's second-biggest spectator sport, operating 15 racecourses nationwide, The National Stud, Jockey Club Estates, Jockey Club Catering, Jockey Club Live and the charity, Racing Welfare.