Pat Smullen excited to take up Irish Derby challenge with cracksman
Pat Smullen is relishing the opportunity to partner Cracksman in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh on Saturday.
The Frankel colt was favourite to provide the combination of trainer John Gosden and owner-breeder Anthony Oppenheimer with a second victory in the Epsom Derby earlier in the month, following the 2015 triumph of Golden Horn, but had to make do with a close-up third behind Aidan O'Brien's 40-1 shot Wings Of Eagles.
