Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted June 7, 2019 Journalists Share Posted June 7, 2019 Last weekend’s G1 Investec Derby runner-up Madhmoon (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) could bid for Classic compensation in the G1 Irish Derby on June 29. “The Irish Derby was our first discussion on Monday, depending on how the horse is,” said Angus Gold, racing manager to owner Sheikh Hamdan. Madhmoon found just Anthony Van Dyck (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) too good after perhaps hitting the front too soon at Epsom, and Gold suggested that a mile and a quarter may be ideal for the horse down the road. “We have the option of coming back to a mile and a quarter with him, but if we do that the obvious race is the Eclipse, which we’d have to supplement for anyway and it would be a third trip over to England and Sheikh Hamdan may want to keep him in Ireland,” he said. “The obvious race for Madhmoon is the Irish Champion S.–I think he’s tailor-made for that–but nobody can say he didn’t stay, because if the winner hadn’t run he’d have won a Derby. “From my own point of view he made up his ground so quickly between three and one out that he’d be more effective at a mile and a quarter, but that is only my personal view–I’m not saying he didn’t stay, otherwise he wouldn’t have been placed. He stumbled at the path and Chris Hayes said that just lit him up a little bit earlier than he wanted and he went and hit the front– he’d have loved to have waited a bit longer.” The post Madhmoon Likely For Irish Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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