Epsom Vodafone Derby Update THE 2008 VODAFONE DERBY Class 1, Group 1, #1,413,500 Total Prize Fund, 4.00pm, Epsom Downs, Saturday, June 7, 2008. For three-year-olds only, entire colts & fillies, one mile, four furlongs & 10yds. Weights: colts 9st. Entries closed December 6, 2006, (465 entries). First forfeit stage March 4, 2008 (125 remained), #8,000 second entry stage April 8, 2008 (13 second entries), second forfeit stage May 23, 2008 (21 remained), #75,000 supplementary entry stage June 2, 2008 (3 supplementary entries). Five/six-day confirmation stage June 2, 2008 (15 remain), final declaration stage 10am, June 5, 2008. Form figures supplied by Weatherbys and are correct up to and including the racing of Sunday, June 1, 2008. May not include some overseas form. Form Horse Owner Trainer/Probable Jockey 1223-4 ALAN DEVONSHIRE Russell Trew Ltd Mark Tompkins/Paul Mulrennan 031-41 ALESSANDRO VOLTA Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O?Brien IRE 34-53 BASHKIROV Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O?Brien IRE 043-120 BOUGUEREAU Andrew Black Peter Chapple-Hyam/Alan Munro (0)(1)(1)-11 BRONZE CANNON (USA) Anthony Oppenheimer John Gosden/Jimmy Fortune 1-1 CASUAL CONQUEST (IRE) Moyglare Stud Farms Dermot Weld IRE/Pat Smullen 62215-1 CURTAIN CALL (FR) Juliet Cooper and Partners Luca Cumani/Jamie Spencer 221-21 DOCTOR FREMANTLE Khalid Abdulla Sir Michael Stoute/Kerrin McEvoy 10-2 FROZEN FIRE (GER) Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O?Brien IRE 211-21 KANDAHAR RUN Gestut Ammerland Henry Cecil/Ted Durcan 010-52 KING OF ROME (IRE) Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor Aidan O?Brien IRE 36(0)-(5)(3)0(3) MAIDSTONE MIXTURE (FR) Fergus Wilson Paul Murphy 11111-22 NEW APPROACH (IRE) H R H Princess Haya of Jordan Jim Bolger IRE/Kevin Manning 311214-2 RIO DE LA PLATA (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor/Frankie Dettori 12010-43 RIVER PROUD (USA) Lorraine Spencer Paul Cole/Richard Quinn 10-1 TAJAAWEED (USA) Hamdan Al Maktoum Sir Michael Stoute/Richard Hills 2-11 TARTAN BEARER (IRE) Ballymacoll Stud Sir Michael Stoute/Ryan Moore 4-22 WASHINGTON IRVING (IRE) Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor Aidan O?Brien IRE 18 entries go forward at June 2 five-day conformation stage (including 3 supplementary entries) 7 Irish-trained GROUND UPDATE Andrew Cooper, Clerk of the Course and Director of Racing at Epsom Downs, is happy with the ground at Epsom Downs today. He said: "As of this afternoon the going is now good to soft. "It was dry until around 2.30pm today since when, as expected, we have experienced some light patchy rain. "We are expecting further and heavier rain overnight."
