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VODAFONE DERBY CONTENDERS BOOSTED BY 12

The premier colts' Classic, the Vodafone Derby, has attracted 12 colts at the second-entry stage, it is announced today, Tuesday, April 11, 2006.

Both of the world's two most powerful bloodstock empires, Coolmore and Godolphin, have added colts to the Vodafone Derby which is run over 12 furlongs at Epsom Downs on Saturday, June 3.

There are six more from champion Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien, representing various Coolmore partnerships, in Benjamin Franklin, Frost Giant, George Washington, Pescatorio, Poseidon Adventure and Road To Mandalay.

George Washington is the hot favourite for the first colts' Classic, the Stan James 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on May 6, while the promising pair of Frost Giant and Poseidon Adventure plus three unraced colts - Benjamin Franklin, Pescatorio and Road To Mandalay - are the others up for Vodafone Derby glory.

They join 19 other O'Brien-trained horses, including ante-post favourite Horatio Nelson, already in the Vodafone Derby which is the richest race in Europe, being worth £1.25 million.

Godolphin has put in two colts - Palace Episode and Winged Cupid - at the second-entry stage, increasing its overall Vodafone Derby strength to 26.

Both were purchased privately by the Maktoum family's entity after excellent two-year-old campaigns - Palace Episode won the Group One Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster in October from Winged Cupid.

Andre Fabre, champion French trainer again in 2005, has added two colts - the Sean Mulryan-owned Linda's Lad and the Aga Khan's Visindar - to the Classic.

Linda's Lad is a Group One winner, having captured the 10-furlong Criterium de Saint-Cloud on November 12, while Visindar showed great promise when winning his only race, also at Saint-Cloud on the same day, and has proved popular with bettors in recent days.

The two other second-entry stage additions are the Alan Jarvis-trained Awatuki and Championship Point from Mick Channon's stable. The former was the easy winner of a Kempton maiden on his seasonal debut last month, while the latter won two of his three starts in 2005 including the Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot at York.

There is one further entry stage for the Vodafone Derby, following on from the yearling and second-entry ones, on May 29. This is the supplementary entry stage which costs £75,000.

Stephen Wallis, Managing Director of Epsom Downs Racecourse, commented: "The 12 additions to the Vodafone Derby mean that we have 144 three-year-olds still on target for the premier Classic. This tremendous figure demonstrates the appetite for Classic glory and the build-up to the 2006 Vodafone Derby will be fascinating."

There will be an opportunity for all trainers with intended runners in the Vodafone Derby, Vodafone Oaks and Vodafone Coronation Cup to bring their horses for a practice gallop on the course on Thursday, May 25. Last year, Motivator and Walk In The Park had spins around the track in the build-up and they finished first and second in the 2005 Vodafone Derby.

For further information, please contact -
* Stephen Wallis, Managing Director at Epsom Downs Racecourse, on 01372 726311
* Andrew Cooper, Director of Racing, on 07774 230850
* Anna Lisa Balding of Johnno Spence Consulting on 07771 666191

AWATUKI (IRE)
3 b c Distant View (USA) - Itkan (IRE) (Marju (IRE))
Form: 52-1 Owner: Allen Pope & Andrew King
Trainer: Alan Jarvis Breeder: Yeomanstown Stud

A 125,000 guineas yearling purchase at Doncaster Sales, trainer Alan Jarvis described Awatuki as: "the best yearling I had seen in 20 years". The colt made his racecourse debut in a six-furlong Newbury maiden in July, 2005. Although slowly away and showing signs of greenness, he caught the eye by staying on into fifth place, three lengths behind the useful Bonnie Prince Blue.

Taken to Newcastle for his second outing on August 12, he was an unlucky runner-up to Chris Corsa over seven furlongs. Trapped on the rail with a quarter of a mile to run, Awatuki had to be switched wide and ran on gamely for a one and a half length defeat.

The colt made an impressive start to his Classic season on March 27, with a resounding triumph in a 10-furlong maiden on Kempton's Polytrack. He crossed the line five lengths clear of Vodafone Oaks entry Virgin Islands, with a further one and a quarter lengths back to Dragon Dancer.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (IRE)
3 b c Danehill (USA) - Adjalisa (IRE) (Darshaan)
Unraced Owner: Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor
Trainer: Aidan O'Brien IRE Breeder: Adjalisa Syndicate

An unraced son of Danehill, Benjamin Franklin is the seventh foal of his dam who is herself a half-sister to the classy miler Adjareli. His half-brother, Access All Areas, was a smart five furlong-winning juvenile who, as a three-year-old, went on to finish third in the nine-furlong Group Two Budweiser International at The Curragh in 1999.

Aidan O'Brien has stated that the promising colt, an 85,000 guineas yearling, is likely to start off over a mile, but he expects him to stay further.

CHAMPIONSHIP POINT (IRE)
3 b c Lomitas - Flying Squaw (Be My Chief (USA))
Form:112- Owner: John Livock Bloodstock Limited
Trainer: Mick Channon Breeder: Mount Coote Stud

Championship Point made a winning racecourse debut at Newbury on May 14, 2005, when he showed considerable tenacity in out-battling Genari for a head verdict in a six-furlong maiden.

Stepped up to seven furlongs for the Listed Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot at York, he showed great courage to come between horses and lead inside the last furlong to maintain his 100 per cent record by three quarters of a length, at the expense of Global Genius.

Championship Point's latest start came at Deauville in August where, unsuited by the very soft going, he nonetheless ran with great credit to finish the head runner-up to subsequent Group One Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner Linda's Lad, who has also been entered in the Vodafone Derby at this second stage. Although by a stamina influence in Lomitas, he is out of a Group Two six-furlong winning two-year-old.

FROST GIANT (USA)
3 ch c Giant's Causeway (USA)- Takesmybreathaway (USA) (Gone West (USA))
Form: 31- Owner: Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Trainer: Aidan O'Brien IRE Breeder: J M J Stables Corporation

Being from the family of the champions Assatis and Rhythm, and sired by the "Iron Horse", Giant's Causeway, it was no surprise that Frost Giant cost his owners $600,000 as a yearling.
He made his debut at Doncaster on October 21, 2005, but managed only third in a seven-furlong maiden run on soft ground, finishing five lengths behind the victorious Shelhom.

Having learnt considerably from that first effort, he went to Leopardstown 10 days later for the Group Three Killavullan Stakes. He made light work of the heavy ground and four opponents as he came home three lengths clear of the smart and consistent Abigail Pett.

GEORGE WASHINGTON (IRE)
3 b c Danehill (USA) - Bordighera (USA) (Alysheba (USA))
Form: 31111- Owner: Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith
Trainer: Aidan O'Brien IRE Breeder: Lael Stables

A 1,150,000 guineas yearling purchase and the most expensive of his generation in Europe, George Washington had a lot to live up to. A half-brother to multiple 10-furlong Group One winner Grandera, he repaid that outlay with a spectacular juvenile campaign that saw him collect four victories from five starts, and end the season as the top-rated two-year-old in Europe.

A debut defeat at Newmarket in May, 2005, was followed by four straight victories at The Curragh, commencing with a maiden win later that same month. In June he stepped up in class and duly defeated Amigoni in the Group Two Railway Stakes over six furlongs.

He then scored a brace of stunning Group One wins, firstly when defeating stablemate Amadeus Mozart by eight lengths in the Phoenix Stakes, and latterly in the National Stakes over an extra furlong on September 18, when he overcame a slow start to take victory by two lengths from Golden Arrow.

LINDA'S LAD
3 b c Sadler's Wells (USA) - Colza (USA) (Alleged (USA))
Form: 221211- Owner: Sean Mulryan
Trainer: Andre Fabre FR Breeder: The Niarchos Family

A stoutly-bred individual, Linda's Lad ended the 2005 campaign with victory on heavy ground in the Group One Criterium de Saint-Cloud over 10 furlongs on November 12. He displayed courage on that occasion as he rallied close home, after being headed, to take the spoils by a length from Fauvelia.

His career began in July with runner-up finishes over seven furlongs at Deauville and Compiegne, before he broke his maiden at the third attempt in August. That victory came on very soft ground at Deauville in a mile Listed contest, beating Championship Point by a head.
A narrow defeat to subsequent Group One winner Carlotamix followed in the Group Three Prix des Chenes at Longchamp in September, but he returned to winning ways with a short-head victory in the nine-furlong Group Three Prix de Conde at the Parisian track in October, before going on to Group One success the following month.

PALACE EPISODE (USA)
3 b/br c Machiavellian(USA) - Palace Weekend (USA) (Seattle Dancer (USA))
Form: 11351- Owner: Godolphin
Trainer: Saeed bin Suroor Breeder: C W Clay & Runnymeade Farm

Palace Episode capped a superb year in 2005 for trainer Kevin Ryan when landing the Group One Racing Post Trophy over a mile at Doncaster in October. He won that contest, on heavy ground, by a length and a half from Winged Cupid, with Septimus back in third.

Palace Episode, a son of the late Darley stallion Machiavellian out of an unraced half-sister to high-class US 10-furlong performer Tejano Run, was purchased by Godolphin after that Group One triumph, which followed a creditable fifth behind Sir Percy in the seven-furlong Darley Dewhurst Stakes.
The way his season ended was a far cry from his debut victory over six furlongs in the modest surroundings of Catterick in July. This was followed a month later by a one and a quarter length victory over Araafa in the seven-furlong Listed Acomb Stakes at York, before he suffered the first of his two defeats when third to Leo in the Group Two Royal Lodge Stakes over a mile at Newmarket in September.

PESCATORIO (USA)
3 b c Storm Cat (USA) - Morning Devotion (USA) (Affirmed (USA))
Unraced Owner: Sangster Family, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor
Trainer: Aidan O'Brien IRE Breeder: Swettenham Stud

Pescatorio, an unraced son of Storm Cat, is a brother to Some Kind Of Tiger, a seven-furlong winner at two.
He is also a half-brother to dual-Classic winner Balanchine, who took the Vodafone Oaks and Irish Derby in 1994, high-class middle-distance horse Romanov, who was third in the 1997 Vodafone Derby, and 1992 Sun Chariot Stakes winner Red Slippers.

POSEIDON ADVENTURE (IRE)
3 b c Sadler's Wells (USA) - Fanny Cerrito (USA) (Gulch (USA))
Form: 214- Owner: Sue Magnier And Michael Tabor
Trainer: Aidan O'Brien IRE Breeder: Tower Bloodstock

Poseidon Adventure showed progressive form in three starts at two, which yielded one win, a second and a fourth.

The Sadler's Wells colt was the runner-up on his debut in a 16-runner maiden at Tipperary in September over an extended seven furlongs, going down by a length and a half to Wilman.

He then headed to England for his second start the following month where he lost his maiden tag in a mile contest at Newbury, defeating Zaif by three-quarters of a length.

On his final start on October 30, he ran respectably in Group One company, finishing fourth of six in the Criterium International at Saint-Cloud over a mile on soft ground, beaten under six lengths behind the winner Carlotamix.

ROAD TO MANDALAY (IRE)
3 b c Galileo (IRE) - Child Prodigy (IRE) (Ballad Rock)
Unraced Owner: Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier
Trainer: Aidan O'Brien IRE Breeder: Dermot Brennan And Associates Ltd

Road To Mandalay, from the first crop of 2001 Vodafone Derby hero Galileo, cost 420,000 guineas as a yearling and has yet to see a racecourse.
He is a half-brother to Meuhin, winner over a mile at two, Du Pre, a mile winner at three, and Heidi's Dash, a five-furlong winner at three.
His dam, a six-furlong winner at two, is a half-sister to the top-class Kutub, a multiple winner between nine and 12 furlongs, who scored three times at Group One level.

VISINDAR
3 ch c Sinndar (IRE) - Visor (USA) (Mr Prospector (USA))
Form: 1- Owner: H H Aga Kgan
Trainer: Andre Fabre FR Breeder: M Lagadere

A product of two great breeding empires, Visindar is by the Aga Khan's 2000 Vodafone Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero Sinndar, out of the Lagadere family's mare Visor, who has produced seven individual winners, including a trio of Group One-placed individuals.

Visor's Linamix filly, Visorama, landed the Group Three Prix de Flore over an extended 10 furlongs and was third to Gamut in the 2004 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, while her full-siblings, Visionnaire and Visionary, were placed in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains and Prix de Diane Hermes respectively.

Visindar made a late start to his career in a Saint-Cloud maiden on November 12. The colt displayed considerable potential in the mile contest - his sole outing to date - as he spreadeagled 17 opponents on heavy going, emerging the easy four-length victor over Kouloubali.

WINGED CUPID
3 b c In The Wings - Sweet Emotion (IRE) (Bering (IRE))
Form: 112- Owner: Godolphin
Trainer: Saeed bin Suroor Breeder: Longfield Stud

Trainer Mark Johnston saddled Winged Cupid to land two wins from three starts last year. The colt started out at Sandown in August with a clear-cut mile maiden success on good to firm going, winning by one and a half lengths from Brave Fight.

Winged Cupid scored again at Newbury the following month in a competitive renewal of the Haynes, Hanson And Clarke Conditions Stakes, defeating the well-regarded Shahin by two lengths.
That victory put him on course for a tilt at Group One company and he duly proved his class in the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster in October, when runner-up to Palace Episode.

Godolphin subsequently purchased Winged Cupid, who is by 1990 Breeders' Cup Turf winner In The Wings, out of an unraced half-sister to the classy sprinter/milers Great Commotion and Lead On Time.

THE 2006 VODAFONE DERBY
Class 1, Group One, Epsom Downs, Total Prize Fund £1,250,000, Saturday, June 3, 2006, one mile, four furlongs and about 10 yards. Weights: colts 9st; fillies 8st 11lb, closed December 1, 2004 (648 entries), first forfeit stage February 28, 2006 (136 entries remain - four officially withdrawn subsequently), £8,000 second entry stage April 5, 2006 (12 added - making 144 entries in total going forward), second forfeit stage May 17, 2006, £75,000 supplementary entry stage May 29, 2006, five-day confirmation stage noon, May 29, 2006, final declaration stage 10am June 1, 2006. (Form figures from Weatherbys correct up to April 10, 2006, and may not include some overseas form).

Form Horse Owner Trainer
36- ABBONDANZA (IRE) Andrea & Graham Wylie Howard Johnson
21- ACHILL BAY (IRE) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
6- ALASOUN (IRE) H H Aga Khan Sir Michael Stoute
5(1)- ALL THE GOOD (IRE) Future In Mind Partnership Gerard Butler
123- ALTIUS (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
624- AMWAAL (USA) Hamdan Al Maktoum John Dunlop
026- AREYOUTALKINGTOME Annie Cyzer Charles Cyzer
12- ART DECO (IRE) Evelyn Hankinson Charles Egerton
14- ASHAAWES (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
4- ASHES REGAINED Bill Gredley Barry Hills
15- ATLANTIC WAVES (IRE) Jaber Abdullah Mark Johnston
1421- AUSSIE RULES (USA) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
52-(1) AWATUKI Allen Pope & Andrew King Alan Jarvis
(6)(4)(4)(1)(6) BARILOCHE Lori Kirk, Dr Carlini Cozzi & Sally Doyle Jim Boyle
0(1)-(2)(1) BEFORE YOU GO (IRE) Tina Smith Terry Mills
BELLARMINO (IRE) Jackie Bolger Jim Bolger IRE
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE
0314- BEST ALIBI (IRE) The late Maktoum Al Maktoum Sir Michael Stoute
BLUE GLORY (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
210- BOLD AND FREE (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
1- BOOK OF MUSIC (IRE) The late Maktoum Al Maktoum Sir Michael Stoute
42- BORN FOR GLORY (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
31- BOTTEEN Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum Marcus Tregoning
BRIDESHEAD (IRE) Sangster Family Aidan O'Brien IRE
BRUTUS MAXIMUS Robert Cook Out of training
112- CHAMPIONSHIP POINT John Livock Bloodstock Ltd Mick Channon
210- CHARLIE COOL Bill Gredley William Haggas
114- CITY OF TROY The Celle Syndicate Incorporated Sir Michael Stoute
CIVILISATION (IRE) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
03- CLASSIC PUNCH (IRE) Jeff Smith David Elsworth
0- CORUM (IRE) H R H Princess Haya of Jordan John Gosden
44- COUGAR BAY (IRE) Joseph Joyce Frances Crowley IRE
3210- CRIMINAL ACT (USA) Sangster Family Barry Hills
24- DAN DARE (USA) Philip Newton Sir Michael Stoute
213- DAWN QUEST (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
6(4)4421- DAYLAMI STAR Mohamed Obaida John Gosden
50- DON JOSE (USA) H R H Princess Haya of Jordan John Gosden
0-(3) DRAGON DANCER John Pearce Geoff Wragg
3510-(3) DUBAI TYPHOON (USA) Mohamed Obaida Clive Brittain
231- DUNELIGHT (IRE) Mr and Mrs P Hargreaves Clive Cox
1126- DYLAN THOMAS (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
0- EL FARO (FR) Jackie & George Smith Mick Channon
1- EL FUEGO (USA) Sue Magnier David Wachman IRE
141- EMIRATES SKYLINE (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
6- EMIRATES TO DUBAI (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
15- EXTREME MEASURES Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
1- FIRE AND RAIN (FR) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
FLORIMUND Khalid Abdulla Sir Michael Stoute
31- FROST GIANT Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
3- FUTUN Scuderia Rencati Srl Luca Cumani
5- GALACTIC STAR Saeed Suhail Sir Michael Stoute
3- GALILEO GALILEI (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
0- GANDOR (IRE) H R H Princess Haya of Jordan John Gosden
31111- GEORGE WASHINGTON Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
61- GIGANTICUS (USA) DM James, Cavendish Inv Ltd, Matthew Green Barry Hills
3- GLOBAL POSITION (IRE) Harry Dobson Jim Bolger IRE
GLOUCESTER Khalid Abdulla Pascal Bary FR
GRAFTON STREET (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
GRIEG Mrs B V Chennells Eric Libaud FR
HAASEM (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
HALA BEK (IRE) Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum Michael Jarvis
251- HAZEYMM (IRE) Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum Mick Channon
21- HELIOSTATIC (IRE) Jackie Bolger Jim Bolger IRE
43- HITCHCOCK (USA) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
3- HOPEFUL PURCHASE (IRE) Jack Hanson William Haggas
11112- HORATIO NELSON (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
HUNTERS' GLEN (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
011- HURRICANE CAT (USA) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
1- IN FULL CRY The late Maktoum Al Maktoum Mark Johnston
31- JAMES JOYCE (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
JANUARY Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
213- JEU DE MOT (IRE) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
21- JUDGE (USA) Joe Allbritton Brian Meehan
1 KING IN WAITING (IRE) Neil Jones John Oxx IRE
0 LA ESTRELLA (USA) The G-Guck Group James Given
(1) LENINGRAD (IRE) Philip Green & Michael Tabor Michael Bell
LEO TOLSTOY Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
221211- LINDA'S LAD Sean Mulryan Andre Fabre FR
LUNAR LANDSCAPE (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
MAGICALMYSTERYTOUR (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
4- MAHRAJAAN (USA) Hamdan Al Maktoum John Gosden
62- MASHAAHED Hamdan Al Maktoum Barry Hills
MASTEROFTHECOURT (USA) Mrs B Oppenheimer Hughie Morrison
6- MATJAR (IRE) Hamdan Al Maktoum Michael Jarvis
033- MELODIC SCORE (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
MINKOWSKI Michael Tabor John Hammond FR
54- MONETS MASTERPIECE (USA) Matthew Green Amanda Perrett
MOON MELODY (GER) H E Sheikh Rashid Bin Mohammed Michael Bell
MOSHARREF (IRE) Hamdan Al Maktoum Barry Hills
214- MOUNTAIN (IRE) Anne-Marie O'Brien Aidan O'Brien IRE
MOUNT KILIMANJARO (IRE) Neil Jones John Dunlop
MUATAZ (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
533- MULTAKKA (IRE) Hamdan Al Maktoum Marcus Tregoning
0221- MUSIC NOTE (IRE) Jaber Abdullah Mick Channon
11- NAKHEEL Hamdan Al Maktoum Mark Johnston
1- NARVIK (IRE) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
63(1)- NIGHT CRESCENDO (USA) John Connolly Amanda Perrett
NODDIES WAY Stan Baugh Ed McMahon
12-5 NORDIC THUNDER (GER) Gestut Ammerland Andreas Schutz GER
3- NOSFERATU (IRE) Lady Clague Amanda Perrett
OCTOBER SKY (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
321- OLYMPIAN ODYSSEY Bill Gredley Barry Hills
4- OSCILLATOR Future In Mind Partnership Gerard Butler
11351- PALACE EPISODE Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
(6)(3)(1) PERMANENT WAY (IRE) Brian Meehan Brian Meehan
PESCATORIO The Sangster Family Aidan O'Brien IRE
PIAMONTINI (IRE) Sir Robert Ogden Jeremy Noseda
(2)(2)- PIGEON ISLAND Raymond Mould Henry Candy
214- POSEIDON ADVENTURE Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
110- PRIMARY (USA) Highclere Thoroughbred Racing XXVI William Haggas
0- PRINCE ZAFONIC David Cohen William Jarvis
31115- PRINCE OF LIGHT (IRE) Claire Riordan and Kieran Coughlan Mark Johnston
05011- PRINCE OF LOVE (IRE) A Walker Jedd O'Keeffe
1- PUERTO RICO (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
QUORUM (GER) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
1- RAMPALLION Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
142- REKAAB (IRE) Hamdan Al Maktoum Kevin Prendergast IRE
ROAD TO MANDALAY Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
26- ROCKALL BLIZZARD (USA) Pat Garvey Noel Meade IRE
3- RULER'S GOLD (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
SECRET WORLD (IRE) Susan Roy Jeremy Noseda
54- SENOR DALI (IRE) Mrs M E Slade John Dunlop
113- SEPTIMUS (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
521- SHAHIN (USA) Hamdan Al Maktoum Marcus Tregoning
21- SHARIKI (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
2- SHARPSBURG (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
010- SIENNA STORM (IRE) Beryl Lockey Mark Tompkins
1111- SIR PERCY Anthony Pakenham Marcus Tregoning
SIXTIES ICON Susan Roy Jeremy Noseda
SMASH HIT (IRE) Susan Roy Jeremy Noseda
(4)(4)- SNOQUALMIE BOY Jeff Smith David Elsworth
SOM TALA Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum Mick Channon
(5)- STEPPE DANCER (IRE) Chris van Hoorn Denis Coakley
130- STEPPING UP (IRE) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
02- SUPASEUS Ben Arbib Hughie Morrison
(4)- TEARS OF A CLOWN (IRE) Mountgrange Stud Jamie Osborne
5- THE LAST DROP (IRE) Jack Hanson, Cavendish Inv Ltd, A Patrick Barry Hills
TRIPLE BEND Hesmonds Stud Amanda Perrett
2115- TRUE CAUSE (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
31- TUSCULUM (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
1- VISINDAR HH Aga Khan Andre Fabre FR
(2)- WELL GUARDED (IRE) Evelyn Hankinson Charles Egerton
112- WINGED CUPID Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor UAE
031- YOUMZAIN (IRE) Jaber Abdullah Mick Channon

144 entries after second entry stage
33 Irish-trained
26 UAE-trained
5 French-trained
1 German-trained

BREAKDOWN OF TRAINERS' ENTRIES WITH PAST SUCCESSES IN THE VODAFONE DERBY

26 Entries
Saeed bin Suroor UAE (1995 Lammtarra)

25 Entries
Aidan O'Brien IRE (2001 Galileo, 2002 High Chaparral)

7 Entries
Barry Hills
Sir Michael Stoute (1981 Shergar, 1986 Shahrastani, 2003 Kris Kin, 2004 North Light)

6 Entries
Mick Channon

5 Entries
John Gosden (1997 Benny The Dip)

4 Entries
Mark Johnston
Jeremy Noseda
Amanda Perrett
Marcus Tregoning

3 Entries
Jim Bolger IRE
John Dunlop (1978 Shirley Heights, 1994 Erhaab)
William Haggas (1996 Shaamit)

2 Entries
Michael Bell (2005 Motivator)
Gerard Butler
Charles Egerton
David Elsworth
Andre Fabre FR
Michael Jarvis
Brian Meehan
Hughie Morrison

1 Entry
Pascal Bary FR
Jim Boyle
Clive Brittain
Henry Candy
Denis Coakley
Clive Cox
Frances Crowley IRE
Luca Cumani (1988 Kahyasi, 1998 High-Rise)
Charles Cyzer
James Given
John Hammond FR
Alan Jarvis
William Jarvis
Howard Johnson
Eric Libaud FR
Ed McMahon
Noel Meade IRE
Terry Mills
Jedd O'Keeffe
Jamie Osborne
John Oxx IRE (2000 Sinndar)
Kevin Prendergast IRE
Andreas Schutz GER
Mark Tompkins
David Wachman IRE
Geoff Wragg (1983 Teenoso)

One horse is currently out of training

SIR PERCY AMONG 136 VODAFONE DERBY HOPEFULS AFTER FIRST FORFEIT STAGE 22/03/06

The 2006 Vodafone Derby, run at Epsom Downs on Saturday, June 3, promises plenty after 136 horses stood their ground at the initial forfeit stage - the first there has been since the yearling entry in 2004.

There are 27 Irish-trained horses remaining, alongside three from France and one from Germany in the premier British Classic. [more]