| R7 IRE - CURRAGH | 01 July 2017 |
| Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (Group 1) G1 3 OPEN ($2,101,500), 2414m 2:35.45 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 1. CAPRI (IRE) 3yo Colt | AIDAN O'BRIEN SEAMIE HEFFERNAN | 57.0 $7.00 | |||||||
| GALILEO (IRE) - DIALAFARA (FR) | ||||||||||
| MR D SMITH, MRS J MAGNIER, MR M TAB | 2nd | 2. CRACKSMAN (GB) 3yo Colt | JOHN GOSDEN PAT SMULLEN | 57.0 $4.00 | ||||||
| FRANKEL (GB) - RHADEGUNDA (GB) | ||||||||||
| MR A E OPPENHEIMER | 3rd | 9. WINGS OF EAGLES (FR) 3yo Colt | AIDAN O'BRIEN RYAN MOORE | 57.0 $3.00 | ||||||
| POUR MOI (IRE) - YSOLDINA (FR) | ||||||||||
| DERRICK SMITH & MRS JOHN MAGNIER & MICHAEL TABOR | ||||||||||
| 4th | 8. WALDGEIST (GB) 3yo Colt | ANDRE FABRE PIERRE-CHARLES BOUDOT | 57.0 $4.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 3. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR (IRE) 3yo Gelding | AIDAN O'BRIEN DONNACHA O'BRIEN | 57.0 $13.00 | |||||||
| 6th | 6. THE TAJ MAHAL (IRE) 3yo Colt | AIDAN O'BRIEN W M LORDAN | 57.0 $21.00 | |||||||
| 7th | 4. DUBAI SAND (IRE) 3yo Colt | J S BOLGER K J MANNING | 57.0 $101.00 | |||||||
| 8th | 7. THE ANVIL (IRE) 3yo Colt | AIDAN O'BRIEN ANASTASIA O'BRIEN | 57.0 $67.00 | |||||||
| 9th | 5. GRANDEE (IRE) 3yo Gelding | MRS J HARRINGTON C O'DONOGHUE | 57.0 $34.00 | |||||||
Glory in Ireland's biggest Classic - Capri beats Cracksman and Wings Of Eagles to land the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby under jockey Seamie Heffernan for trainer Aidan O'Brien.
Mark Willis Says:
17/07/2017 8:35:58 PM
wonder how many of O'Briens 3 year olds will end up by his son Joseph as juvenile hurdlers carrying the JP McManus colours. what odds of Venice beach in next years triumph hurdle?
Dennis Page Says:
4/07/2017 5:18:21 PM
Perhaps Wings of Eagles would have romped home and stamped himself as a legend, if his now known injury significantly affected his performance here. Perhaps that thought will even enhance his stud value.