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Latest Additions Bring Cazoo Derby Entries To 93

There are now 93 entries for the £1.5-million G1 Cazoo Derby at Epsom Downs on June 4, following the close of the latest entry stage. Godolphin's Listed Cazoo Blue Riband Trial winner Nahanni (GB) (Frankel {GB}) earned an automatic berth to the Classic, while the runner-up, Susan Roy's Grand Alliance (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}), and Glory Daze (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}), a maiden winner at The Curragh for the Glory Gold Partnership, were added to the nominations at a cost of £12,000 each.

Also entered in the Derby are the undefeated dual group winner Luxembourg (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) and the G1 National S. second Point Lonsdale (Ire) (Australia {GB}), who has also won twice at group level, for the Coolmore partners; and G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud victor El Bodegon (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) in the colours of the Nas Syndicate and A O'Callaghan. Third to El Bodegon in the Criterium de Saint-Cloud was Godolphin's Goldspur (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). The G3 Autumn S. hero Coroebus (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) has also stood his ground in the royal blue.

Still signed on are group winners Bayside Boy (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) for Teme Valley and Ballylinch Stud, Flaxman Stables' Piz Badile (Ire) (Ulysses {Ire}), Her Majesty The Queen's Reach For The Moon (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), and Highclere Thoroughbred Racing's Royal Patronage (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) among others. The Listed bet365 Feilden S. winner Eydon (Ire) (Olden Times {GB}), who bears the silks of Prince Faisal, also holds an entry.

There is a final £75,000 entry stage on Monday, May 30.

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Eydon Camp Mulls 2000 Guineas Option

The Listed bet365 Feilden S. hero Eydon (Ire) (Olden Times {GB}), emerged from his win in good order and is still under consideration for the G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas, owner Prince Faisal's racing advisor Ted Voute revealed on Wednesday. Although the Roger Varian trainee has been left in the entries for that Newmarket Classic, his long-term target remains the G1 Cazoo Derby at Epsom on June 4.

“I went to see him on Monday and he looked magnificent, so I relayed that information to the Prince, who is still in Saudi Arabia and after discussions with Roger as well, we have left him in the Guineas for the time being to keep all the options open,” said Voute.

“The Prince has said the best trial for the Derby is the Guineas, so that is definitely on our mind, but it's just the timing from the Feilden to the Guineas is the shortest of all the options we have, so that's really why we're sitting and deliberating.

“Going down to Newmarket myself and having a look at him was one of the pieces of the puzzle, which I fed back into the system and as a result we've left him in. Sometimes you're forced to make decisions before you want to make them, but by leaving him in the race it buys us a week.”

He added: “Obviously, we've got the likes of Native Trail (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and some very good horses to face up to, but you don't become the best unless you race against them and the Prince has never been shy, he likes to race them at the top table if they are good enough.

“He's 25-1 for the Guineas and I wonder if he was by Frankel (GB) out of an Olden Times mare he would be shorter in the betting, but he's by Olden Times out of a Frankel mare so he's 25s.

“He won the Feilden very nicely and he could be anything, but we've not ruled anything out and he was put in the [G2] Dante [S.] and all the right races in both England and France.”

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Nahanni Battles To Blue Riband Trial Success

Godolphin's Nahanni (GB) (Frankel {GB}), who bettered a Jan. 8 first-up second over 12 furlongs at Kempton with a breakthrough tally over that same course and distance the following month, prevailed by nine lengths going 12 furlongs in an Apr. 1 Leicester novices' heat on turf debut last time and continued his march forward with a battling victory in Tuesday's Listed Cazoo Blue Riband Trial at Epsom. Sent to the front after extended early skirmishes and nudged along on the lead with three furlongs remaining, he came under a drive when tackled passing the quarter-mile marker and stayed on gamely for continued urging in the closing stages to secure a career high in a bunch finish. Nahanni's victory comes with a golden ticket to the track's June 4 G1 Cazoo Derby.

“It was a nice performance and he has come on again,” said rider William Buick. “He was back down in trip from Leicester, but the drop back wasn't a concern and he handled the track well. He got on the front and was very comfortable up there. I liked his performance as he saw them all off and handled the track, which is key. It was the most competitive race he has ever encountered and he had to fight for it, so he has learnt plenty.”

In-form trainer Charlie Appleby added, “We were very much having a feel of where we were with this horse and I'm pleased with that effort today. We know he gets the trip as he has won his last two starts over a mile-and-a-half prior to today and he has ticked those boxes. He has now ticked the box of handling the track so the likelihood is we will now probably head straight to the Derby with him.”

Nahanni is one of two scorers from as many foals produced by a winning half to MG1SW sire Mastery (GB) (Sulamani {Ire}), G1 Gran Criterium victor Kirklees (Ire) (Jade Robbery) and the dual Group 3-placed First Nation (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). Descendants of the February-foaled chestnut's second dam Moyesii (Diesis {GB}), herself a winning daughter of G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest and G1 Haydock Sprint Cup heroine Cherokee Rose (Ire) (Dancing Brave), include G1 Eclipse S.-winning sire Mukhadram (GB) (Shamardal) and MGSW G1 Premio Presidente della Repubblica runner-up Magic Artist (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}).

Tuesday, Epsom, Britain
CAZOO BLUE RIBAND TRIAL-Listed, £60,000, Epsom, 4-19, 3yo, 10f 17yT, 2:10.48, g/f.
1–NAHANNI (GB), 127, c, 3, by Frankel (GB)
1st Dam: Final Stage (GB), by Street Cry (Ire)
2nd Dam: Moyesii, by Diesis (GB)
3rd Dam: Cherokee Rose (Ire), by Dancing Brave
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O/B-Godolphin (GB); T-Charlie Appleby; J-William Buick. £34,026. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, $58,898.
2–Grand Alliance (Ire), 127, c, 3, Churchill (Ire)–Endless Love (Ire), by Dubai Destination. 1ST BLACK TYPE. O/B-Mrs Susan Roy (IRE); T-Charlie Fellowes. £12,900.
3–Zain Sarinda (Ire), 127, c, 3, Churchill (Ire)–Sarinda (GB), by Dubawi (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE. (62,000gns Ylg '20 TATOCT). O-Elbashir Salem Ab Elhari & Team Valor; B-Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Tom Clover. £6,456.
Margins: HF, NK, 1 1/4. Odds: 2.25, 11.00, 7.00.
Also Ran: United Nations (Ire), Mighty Ulysses (GB), Inverness (Ire), Teumessias Fox (Ire), Sheer Rocks (GB).

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Reach For The Moon Bound For A Derby Trial

The consistent Reach For The Moon (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) will reappear in a mid-May trial for the G1 Cazoo Derby in June, according to co-trainer John Gosden. A runner in the colours of Her Majesty The Queen, the bay ran second in his first two starts, including in a Royal Ascot listed affair in June. He broke his maiden at third asking in a novice stakes at Newbury going seven furlongs on July 16 and added the G3 Solario S. at Sandown by four lengths on Aug. 21. Reach For The Moon signed off his juvenile season with a narrow second in the G2 Champagne S. at Doncaster on Sept. 11.

Gosden, who trains with his son Thady, told ITV Racing, “He's coming back, but it's a slow process and whether it all comes too soon, we'll know more in three weeks really. The key thing is by the middle of May he is running in a trial and time will be of the essence.

“At the moment he's moving along well, but you know, when you get an interruption like that and he went back home, then came back to us, it's not the ideal flow through the autumn, winter and spring, that's for certain.”

Reflecting on the potential of fielding a Derby runner for The Queen during her Platinum Jubilee year, Gosden added, “You do what's right by the horse and that is what we will do no matter what anyone thinks, and that is what the owner would want.”

The Queen has won every British Classic barring the Blue Riband.

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