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    Knight to Behold

    I was very impressed by that - bred to stay - built on his impressive two year old runs and just never stopped . He and Kew Gardens were miles clear too at the end.

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    Giving any half decent horse that much rope is suicidal in that grade.........shocking ride by Moore..form isn't anywhere near good enough for a Derby but both will win races
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    Ardross. I nicked this from somewhere, not mine.

    I put a bet on yesterday's Lingfield Derby Trial winner Knight To Behold for the English Derby, €100 at 20s.
    I have my own ideas about what I like to see in pedigrees, and he does not have that. But his pedigree is stacked with Derby horses.

    His sire, Sea The Stars, won the English Derby.
    His damsire, Sadler's Wells, has produced English Derby winners.

    If you look at the sires of the dams along the dam line of Knight To Behold:
    Dancing Brave (sire of 1st dam), narrowly failed in the Derby, won the King George and the Arc.
    Dancing Brave, although exported to Japan, was sire of English Derby winner, Commander In Chief, and Irish Oaks winner Wemyss Bight.
    Dancer's Image (sire of 2nd dam), first past the post in the Kentucky Derby but failed a drug test. This sire is more a speed influence imo.
    Val De Loir (sire of 3rd dam), won the French Derby when it was 2400 metres (~12f).
    Val De Loir was also damsire of Derby winner, Shergar, and Oaks winner Sun Princess.
    Charlottesville (sire of 4th dam), won the French Derby when it was 2400 metres (~12f), and the Grand Prix de Paris (3000 metres).

    Knight To Behold's second dam, Ballerina, produced English St Leger (14.5f) winner Millenary.
    Knight To Behold's fourth dam Sunny Valley produced two Group 1 winners, Sun Princess (English Oaks 12f) and Saddlers' Hall (Coronation Cup 12f).

    This horse will stay the 12f English Derby, the question is will he have the speed.

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    Harry Dunlop to train a Derby winner?
    Ah! but a man's reach should exceed his grasp......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colin Phillips View Post
    Harry Dunlop to train a Derby winner?
    His father won it twice
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