Injury writes off Yeats Derby chances

Former Derby favourite Yeats has been ruled out of Saturday’s Vodafone-sponsored Classic by trainer Aidan O’Brien.

Wed, 02 Jun, 2004 - 12:23

Former Derby favourite Yeats has been ruled out of Saturday’s Vodafone-sponsored Classic by trainer Aidan O’Brien.

The Sadler’s Wells colt has been suffering from a muscle problem for the past 10 days and O’Brien said: “As I have said before, if Yeats was not right for Epsom, he wouldn’t run.

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