Epsom Derby and Oaks Fields Revealed

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Bjorn Nielsen’s English King (Fr) (Camelot), winner of Lingfield’s Listed Derby Trial and ante-post favourite for Saturday’s £500,000 G1 241st Investec Derby, will depart from the dreaded one box and heads a field of 16 declarations for Epsom’s Blue Riband. Qatar Racing’s G1 2000 Guineas hero Kameko (Kitten’s Joy) has been allocated gate 11. Aidan O’Brien’s team of six includes G1 Futurity Trophy fourth Mogul (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) and G3 Hampton Court S. victor Russian Emperor (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who are drawn two and six, respectively. Eight fillies will head postward for the £250,000 Investec Oaks with Anthony Oppenheimer’s G2 Ribblesdale S. victress Frankly Darling (GB) (Frankel {GB}) leading the home defence from gate three. The Ballydoyle contingent is again numerically strongest with a trio headed by G1 1000 Guineas heroine Love (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who has drawn stall five. Stablemates and Ribblesdale placegetters Ennistymon (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Passion (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) are drawn in four and one, respectively. Final declarations Sunday’s equivalent Classics at Chantilly have also been announced with Godolphin’s G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains winner Victor Ludorum (GB) (Shamardal) due out of stall one in the 17-runner €900,000 G1 Prix du Jockey Club while the Niarchos Family’s G1 Coronation S. heroine Alpine Star (Ire) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) gets the same post and heads a field of 11 for the €600,000 Prix de Diane Longines. Michael Tabor’s G1 Irish 1000 Guineas victress Peaceful (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) sidesteps Epsom to line up in stall four for the 10 1/2-furlong test.

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