4.15 1m. 18 Declared. Dubai Duty Free Derby Festival H'cap of €100,000.00 3-y-o plus
1st - €60,000.00 2nd - €20,000.00 3rd - €10,000.00 4th - €5,000.00 5th - €3,000.00 6th - €2,000.00
FormscanBy Michael Graham - With the prize money on offer, this is ferociously competitive. Joseph O'Brien's ARNIEMAC can show up well. Since switching to O'Brien this season, he has posted a runner-up berth behind a very solid yardstick in Sligo, and showed improvement to score decisively in a Killarney maiden. The runner-up franked the form in no uncertain terms by winning a Listowel maiden by eight lengths. Johnny Murtagh's Rahmi won one of these €100,000 handicaps over course and distance on just his second start in May. He clearly has plenty of ability and should be a factor off 4lb higher. Farnborough is bred for better things and could improve after landing a Limerick maiden last week. He holds a Group 3 entry for Leopardstown. Ado McGuinness saddles eight horses and his Current Option ran well for a long way off the front before dropping to fifth in that aforementioned race won by Rahmi.
An extended handicap for three years old and upwards that have run three or more times under any Rules of Racing on or before 19th June, 2023, at least one of those runs having been on or after 1st June, 2022 (100 = 10st)Penalties - (after calculation of the handicap) A winner shall carry 7lb extra for each race won.