Weld relieved to break hoodoo

Legendary trainer Dermot Weld admitted that he needed to add an Investec Derby winner to his glittering C.V.

Weld has broken down barriers across the world with landmark victories in Australia and America but he had never won the blue riband event at Epsom.

That all changed on Saturday when Pat Smullen partnered the 13/2 chance to a famous victory over US Army Ranger, despite the colt suffering an injury scare on the way over.

Weld told At The Races: “We’ve been fortunate and these are the big races you want to win, I think we’ve won 23 Classics and this was a very special one.

“Life is an amazing thing, every day you value it you live but we had a very stressful, very exciting day. It all started when he pulled his shoe off at Dublin airport.

“I told Pat at the start if he wasn’t happy to say so, it didn’t matter to me if it was a maiden or a Derby.

“It was a long old day, with four hours of ice but with the help of colleagues we saved the day.

“When he …

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