Akeed connections hopeful ahead of Derby Akeed Mofeed has not been seen since September due to a series of little niggles, but he was a big talking horse through the winter. Second in the Beresford Stakes when last seen, it looks a stiff task first time out at three to line up in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh on Saturday evening. Bruce Raymond, racing manager to Akeed Mofeed's owner Jaber Abdullah, feels the race will set the horse up for the rest of the campaign. "We're getting him on the track at last. John (Oxx) assures me he's as fit as he can get him without a run," said Raymond. "We're hoping for a big run from him and hopefully it will set him up for the future."
