Derrinstown or Dante? Recital or Carlton House?

AFTER the dust settled on the spate of Epsom Derby trials over the last few weeks, the picture for Britain’s premier Classic once again looks like it’s come down to the annual battle between the Derrinstown and the Dante.

Since 2000, the winner of the Dante has gone on to take the Epsom showpiece three times (North Light in 2004, Motivator in 2005, Authorized in 2007), while the Derrinstown boasts similar success (Sinndar in 2000, Galileo in 2001, High Chaparral in 2002).

Three of the other five winners in that period came from the Newmarket 2000 Guineas (only Sea The Stars in 2009 as winner) while last year’s winner, Workforce, came from the Dante (second at York), while Kris Kin came from Chester.