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448 entries for 2018 Derby
- Updated: December 14, 2016
Connections of 448 yearlings have taken the opportunity to enter their horse for the 2018 Investec Derby at a cost of just £560, after the initital entries were unveiled on Wednesday for the 239th running of the premier British Classic.
The 2018 Investec Derby will be worth at least £1.5 million, with the prize fund for Britain’s richest race boosted from 2017.
There are two further opportunities for horses to be entered in the mile and a half Group One race – at the second entry stage in April 2018 and at the supplementary entry stage on Monday May 28 2018.
Andrew Cooper, Head of Racing and Clerk of the Course at Epsom Downs Racecourse, said he was delighted with the uptake.
He commented: “We are thrilled to see such a strong and numerically high yearling entry for the 2018 Investec Derby.
“We are grateful to all owners and trainers concerned for their continuing support of the Classic which firmly remains as Britain’s richest race.”
Plenty of the highest-priced yearlings sold at public auction this year feature among the entries, including both of the two 2.6million guineas sale-toppers at Tattersalls in October.
The colts are both sired by Dubawi, with the one owned by Godolphin out of Coronation …
