Derby runners

The going for the Epsom's Cazoo Derby meeting on Saturday has quickened to good with some good to firm places on the 5f track. Clerk of the course Andrew Cooper described conditions as good after racing on Friday, although the Derby circuit included ...

"The magic of the Derby goes back to its history," Cooper said. Desert Crown is a lot of people's fancy, but I just wonder if it's one of those races with three or four horses in a line coming to it." We're talking mid-morning for that and this is amounting to nothing now, and you can't see any further rain on the radar. "It's part of the fabric of British society. We understand, but I'm sure she'll enjoy watching it on TV." "Once this blows through, it could very well stay dry.