Desert Crown earned Sir Michael Stoute a tremendous sixth victory in the Cazoo Derby after a dominant performance under Richard Kingscote.

POS.	HORSE / SP	JOCKEY TRAINER	AGE	WGT	OR	TS
1 (12)	2. Desert Crown  5/2F	Richard Kingscote  Sir Michael Stoute	3	92	117	–
Sweating, midfield, shaken up and smooth headway on outer 3f out, pushed along to lead over 2f out, drifted left but ridden clear over 1f out, kept on well against far rail inside final furlong, eased towards finish, comfortably (op 9/4 tchd 11/4)
2 (3)2½	6. Hoo Ya Mal  150/1	David Probert  Andrew Balding	3	92 h	105	–
Dwelt start, in rear
3 (2)hd[2¾]	16. Westover  25/1	Rob Hornby  Ralph Beckett	3	92	109	–
Sweating, midfield on inner (op 33/1)
4 (8)5½[8¼]	7. Masekela  (IRE) 66/1	Andrea Atzeni  Andrew Balding	3	92	107	–
Held up in rear (op 80/1)
5 (16)1[9¼]	1. Changingoftheguard  (IRE) 9/1	Wayne Lordan  A P O’Brien	3	92 p1	110	–
Sweating, raced wide early, led, pushed along 4f out, ridden over 3f out, headed over 2f out (op 17/2 tchd 8/1)
6 (4)1¾[11]	14. Stone Age  (IRE) 7/2	Ryan Moore  A P O’Brien	3	92	115	–
Sweating, in touch with leaders, pushed along 3f out (op 4/1 tchd 10/3)
7 (6)¾[11¾]	8. Nahanni  25/1	Adam Kirby  Charlie Appleby	3	92 p	99	–
Sweating, dwelt start and slowly into stride, in rear
8 (5)1¾[13½]	9. Nations Pride  (IRE) 15/2	William Buick  Charlie Appleby	3	92	116	–
Midfield (op 6/1)
9 (11)1¼[14¾]	17. West Wind Blows  (IRE) 40/1	Jack Mitchell  Simon & Ed Crisford	3	92 h	101	–
Raced wide early, raced in second, pushed along and pressed leader over 3f out, soon ridden, lost second 2f out (op 50/1)
10 (14)shd[14¾]	3. El Habeeb  (IRE) 250/1	J F Egan  J S Moore	3	92	–	–
Sweating, towards rear
11 (17)1¼[16]	5. Grand Alliance  (IRE) 40/1	Daniel Tudhope  Charlie Fellowes	3	92	98	–
Sweating, always towards rear, pushed along 6f out (op 50/1 tchd 33/1)
12 (7)½[16½]	10. Piz Badile  (IRE) 9/1	Frankie Dettori  Donnacha Aidan O’Brien	3	92	110	–
Never better than mid-division (op 10/1)
13 (15)1½[18]	13. Star Of India  (IRE) 16/1	Seamie Heffernan  A P O’Brien	3	92	109	–
Raced wide early, in touch with leaders (op 14/1)
14 (10)6[24]	4. Glory Daze  (IRE) 66/1	Ronan Whelan  A Oliver	3	92	105	–
In touch with leaders, dropped to midfield 8f out, pushed along 6f out, ridden 4f out
15 (13)nk[24¼]	12. Sonny Liston  (IRE) 100/1	Tom Marquand  Charles Hills	3	92	104	–
Sweating, never better than mid-division (op 66/1)
16 (1)13[37¼]	11. Royal Patronage  (FR) 28/1	Jason Hart  Charlie & Mark Johnston	3	92	112	–
Never better than mid-division (op 33/1)
17 (9)34[71¼]	15. Walk Of Stars  11/1	James Doyle  Charlie Appleby	3	92	107	–
Never better than mid-division, pushed along and unbalanced 5f out (op 20/1)

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Derby Glory For Desert Crown

Saturday’s G1 Cazoo Derby In Memory of Lester Piggott was graced with a performance to mark the special edition as Saeed Suhail’s TDN Rising Star Desert Crown (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) proved a class apart to… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

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