Denis may prove a menace to favourites in Run for the Roses
Named by owners William and Suzanne Warren in honour of their friend Fr. Denis Casey, a native of Co. Cork, and trained by Irishman David Carroll, there are more than enough Irish links to this Florida-bred three-year-old, a 20-1 shot, to make this American classic an interesting one from the other side of the Atlantic.
Even more given that 4-1 second favourite Colonel John will be saddled by another Irish trainer in exile, the California-based Eoin Harty, who is the brother of Curragh handler Edward Harty, a Cheltenham winner this year with Captain Cee Bee in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.
