Vodafone Dash Attracts 43 Entries A total of 43 horses have been entered for the #75,000 Vodafone 'Dash', run over the fastest five furlongs in the world at Epsom Downs on Vodafone Derby Day, Saturday, June 2. Yorkshire handler David Nicholls has made the race his own in recent years with four winners. Ya Malak set the ball rolling in 1997 prior to winning the Group One Nunthorpe Stakes later that season and the quartet is completed by Rudi's Pet (2002), Atlantic Viking (2003) and Fire Up The Band (2005).Fire Up The Band had stablemate Peace Offering in second two years ago and the pair are among nine entries for the Thirsk trainer, alongside Tournedos, Merlin's Dancer, Masta Plasta, Machinist, Bigalos Bandit, Ice Planet and Handsome Cross.Kevin Ryan won last year with subsequent Group One Prix de l'Abbaye winner Desert Lord and has Green Manalishi (fifth in 2006 when trained by David Arbuthnot) and Harry Up entered. Bond City, runner-up last year for Bryan Smart, has been entered by his new trainer Geoff Oldroyd, while David Barker has Group Two winner Celtic Mill, Mecca's Mate, Sierra Vista and Mr Wolf engaged. Caribbean Coral won for trainer John Quinn in 2004 and he also has Fantasy Explorer, Fantasy Believer and Pacific Pride entered, while Andrew Balding's trio consists of Siren's Gift and Loch Verdi, who are daughters of Group One winning mares Blue Siren and Lochsong respectively, as well as Holbeck Ghyll.
