Epsom Derby Saturday

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Well Men I Understand Most Of America Is Focused On Belmont Day I Personally Am Interested In The Euros As These Are The Horses That Generally Come Over To The U.s, For Events Such As Arlington Million Day And Breeders Cup And Dominate Our U.s. Based Runners.....

Epsom England Saturday June 6 Group -1 1 1/ 2 Mile $ One Million Two Hundred ,fifty Thousand Pounds --sterling...
Trainer Aidan O Brien Has 6 Runners Going In This Field Of 13 Entered..these Are The Horses And Current Odds As Of Now...

Fame And Glory 3/1 O Brien J.a. Heffernan
Sea The Stars 3/1 John Oxx No Rider
Rip Van Winkle 9/2 O Brien John Murtagh
Black Bear Island 8/1 O Brien Ryan Moore
Gan Ambras 8/1 J. Bolger No Rider
Master Of The Horse 12/1 Obrien Richard Hughes
Age Of Aquarias 25/1 Obrien P.j.smullen
Kite Wood 25/1 S.bin Surror L. Dettori
Crowded House 25/1 B.j. Meehan No Rider
Golden Sword 33/1 O Brien C.o. Donohue
South Easter 40/1 W.j. Haggas N. Callan
Debussy 50/1 John Gosden J. Fortune

Post Time Is Scheduled For 4.00pm In England...east Coast Would Be 11.00am..est..
I Will Post The Oaks Card On Thursday Night And Whom Im Selecting And Betting In These Races For Friday / Saturday.......

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On Monday European Legend Trainer "vincent O Brien " Died At His Home In Straffan--county Kildare Ireland At Age 92....mr.o Brien Started His Training Career And Saddled His First Winner On May 20th 1943....he Has Been Voted The Greatest Trainer Ever In The United Kingdom Here Are A Few Of His Accomplishments....he Won The Coveted "arc De Triomphe 3 Times His First In 1958 Ballymoss In 1977--1978 He Trained "alledged" Who Won Back To Back Those Years....he Trained 6 English Derby Winners,27 Irish Derby Winners,16 British Classic Winners .....numerous Cup Winners On The Steeple Chase Circuits And He Also Trained A Breeders Cup Winner In 1990 "royal Academy "..heres A Small List Of Some Of His World Class Horses He Trained That We No Went On To Become Great Stallions....
Sir Ivor....nijinsky....roberto....the Minstrel....golden Fleece.........lomond......el Gran Senor......he Also Had 25 Royal Ascot Winners......the Jockeys In The Derby This Weekend Will Be Wearing Special Armbands In Memory Of The Great Vincent O Brien........he Partnered With John Mangier And Robert Sangster To Form The Infamous Coolmore Stud....that Aidan Handles And Has Won At An Amazing Rate ..............

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Thats 92 Years With 75 Of Them Up A 4am Down At 10pm...which Really Makes Him 135 Years Old....

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Thank God You Dont Handle The Books For The M.o.a.

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fropm the Irish Times:

DERBY NEWS: BALLYDOYLE'S NUMBER one jockey, Johnny Murtagh, has finally plumped to ride Rip Van Winkle in Saturday's Investec Derby leaving the door open for his understudy, S?amus Heffernan, to team up with the long-time ante-post favourite Fame And Glory at Epsom.

After a number of work-outs by Aidan O'Brien's Derby contenders yesterday morning, a prolonged period of deliberation by Murtagh, O'Brien and others in the Coolmore camp resulted in jockey arrangements for all six of the trainer's intended Derby runners.

With Murtagh ending weeks of speculation by finally deciding to ride the Newmarket Guineas fourth over the unbeaten Derrinstown winner, Britain's champion jockey Ryan Moore steps in to ride the Dante hero Black Bear Island with Pat Smullen teaming up with the Lingfield Trial winner Age Of Aquarius.

That leaves Richard Hughes to partner Masterofthehorse while Colm O'Donoghue retains the ride on his surprise Chester Vase winner, Golden Sword.

Final declarations for the Derby don't have to be made until tomorrow morning and O'Brien stressed last evening: "These arrangements are not set in stone. They could change. But that is the way we are thinking right now."

Murtagh's agonising choice leaves him pursuing a fourth Derby victory on Rip Van Winkle but also leaves the way open for Heffernan to attempt a first success in the world's most famous flat race.

The Sallins native partnered Fame And Glory in his Derrinstown Stud warm-up last month and afterwards described the Montjeu colt as a "special horse". Heffernan rode both Galileo (2001) and High Chaparral (2002) to win the Derrinstown before they scored at Epsom under different riders. But he is a proven big-race pilot having won the last two Irish Derbys on Soldier Of Fortune and Frozen Fire.

Epsom's authorities announced yesterday that they are unlikely to water the track anymore as a changed weather forecast is predicting showers on Friday and Saturday.

O'Brien was unconcerned with that yesterday and said: "All any of us want is safe going. The horses that worked here this morning all seem to be fine afterwards."

In other Derby news, the 2,000 Guineas winner Sea The Stars has been left in Sunday's Prix Du Jockey Club as a precaution by trainer John Oxx.

Jockeys in Saturday's Investec Derby at Epsom will wear black armbands as a mark of respect to legendary trainer Vincent O'Brien.

The Irish maestro, who died on Monday aged 92, won the Premier Classic six times with such champions as Sir Ivor and Nijinsky, as well as saddling two Oaks winners.

After obtaining the approval of O'Brien's family, executives at the Surrey course have revealed other tributes on the day.

"We are going to have all the jockeys in the Derby wearing black armbands," said Epsom's Nick Blofeld, who said there will be other tributes.