'He is still streets behind' - why Derby talk is premature for Highest Ground

Highest Ground and Ryan Moore after winning cosily at HaydockCredit: Grossick Racing

The Investec Derby? Surely not. The Dante Stakes five days later? Possibly.

That would be the immediate reaction to Highest Ground's Haydock win in what was effectively a match, grinding it out with a much-hyped colt with a soft-ground action in Waldkonig just ten days before the Epsom Classic.

The pre-race 25-1 for the Derby made no appeal, and even now he is still streets behind the likes of Kameko, Military March and English King on the bare form.

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Bruce JacksonReporter

Published on 24 June 2020inNews

Last updated 10:30, 30 June 2020

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