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Construction site manager backs Christmas Day to win the Derby - after taking inspiration from 'spooky' time capsule

Derby festival

'I found it wasn't physically but mentally that was the longer way back. I felt slower in my brain but it seems to have switched back on'

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Who will benefit from Epsom's deluge in the Derby - and who won't?

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'We believe he's talented - we've gelded him since his last run and his trainer thinks it's brought out plenty of improvement'

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Derby course remains good to soft on eve of two-day festival - but Epsom braced for possible 10mm of rain on Thursday

He's produced a hit film with Samuel L Jackson - now he says winning the Derby would be his 'greatest achievement'

Philip Byrnes banned for 21 days and winner for father Charles disqualified after impeding main rival and forcing another to be carried out

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Limerick: Philip Byrnes banned for 21 days and winner for father Charles disqualified after impeding main rival and forcing another to be carried out

'It's what the game is about' - John Gosden excited for Ombudsman's Royal Ascot clash with Daryz after Brigadier Gerard win

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'There was no hiding place' - Talk Of New York cut to 6-1 from 16 for St James's Palace after Heron victory

Sandown: 'There was no hiding place' - Talk Of New York cut to 6-1 from 16 for St James's Palace after Heron victory

'It was bizarre' - Tom Marquand dramatically unseated after Godolphin juvenile jinks with the race at his mercy

Yarmouth: 'It was bizarre' - Tom Marquand dramatically unseated after Godolphin juvenile jinks with the race at his mercy

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<p>Matt Rennie is a reporter at the Racing Post, having been with the newspaper since 2020. <br></p>

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