Could the person with the handle on Ballydoyle’s middle distance three-year-olds please put their hand up? Tomorrow’s Dubai Duty Free Derby is their Derby.

NO matter what you have to do next Tuesday make sure to get in front of a television for the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot at 2.30.

DERBY winner Workforce could be even better than last year’s Epsom hero Sea The Stars.

FINALLY, we can get down to business this afternoon, leaving all the St Nicholas Abbey drama behind us, and concentrate on the most exciting flat race in the world, the Epsom Derby.

IN a routine act of Gallic indifference, the French – having mopped up Newmarket’s 2000 Guineas with Makfi – have turned their backs on Epsom in favour of keeping their equine blue bloods at home for Sunday’s equivalent colts’ classic at Chantilly.

AIDAN O’BRIEN is a firm favourite to land his third Investec Derby at Epsom tomorrow.

ST NICHOLAS ABBEY, as expected, will miss next Saturday’s Investec Derby at Epsom.

JAN VERMEER has been the subject of an almighty gamble for Saturday’s Investec Derby.

IT is looking increasingly likely that the much-hyped St Nicholas Abbey will miss the Investec Derby at Epsom next Saturday.

BETHRAH came with a flying late challenge to give Dermot Weld his fourth win in the Etihad Airways Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh yesterday.

TWO weeks to the Epsom Derby and the mystery continues.

Midas Touch staked his claim for Classic honours when giving Aidan O’Brien his eighth success in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown.

SO now we know. Heading to Doncaster on Saturday, St Nicholas Abbey was no more than a promising colt.

Kieren Fallon expects Coordinated Cut to take some beating in Saturday's Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster after partnering the colt in a recent spin.

THE promising Midas Touch should be hard to beat in the TRI Equestrian Maiden at the Curragh this afternoon.