CARLTON House is firmly on course to take his place in this afternoon’s Investec Derby at Epsom after recovering from the injury scare that had threatened his participation.

THE absence of St Nicholas Abbey takes some of the intrigue from today’s Investec Epsom Derby but, for all that the Ballydoyle team will miss the horse they believed ‘could walk on water’, the stable dominated the major trials and appears to hold all the aces today.