Doubts over Alamshar for Irish Derby

Alamshar is only “50-50” to run in Sunday’s Budweiser Irish Derby, trainer John Oxx revealed today.

Doubts over Alamshar for Irish Derby
Fri, 27 Jun, 2003 - 17:18

Alamshar is only “50-50” to run in Sunday’s Budweiser Irish Derby, trainer John Oxx revealed today.

The Key Of Luck colt, who was third behind Kris Kin in the Vodafone Derby at Epsom, has a slight back injury that may force him to bypass the mile-and-a-half Classic.

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