Palavicini spoils Father Time prospects for Derby

Palavicini further reduced the meagre British challenge for the Investec Derby by beating Father Time at Newmarket on Saturday.

One of only six home-trained colts remaining in an Epsom market dominated by the Irish, Henry Cecil's Father Time would have needed to take the Listed Spillers Horse Feeds Fairway Stakes convincingly to cause even a ripple for next month's Classic.