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Epsom Derby 2024 runners and riders: full horse list
The Derby is the richest race in the British racing calendar and is always sure to draw a selection of the finest three-year-old colts to Epsom on the first Saturday in June.
This year will be no different, as owners and trainers aim their charges at races that can both imprint names in racing history and bring significant financial reward through both prize-money and future stud value.
A total of 20 colts remain in the running for the race. Click here for an up-to-date list of the top horses in the Derby betting market. The final deadline for horses to be scratched from the race was May 21, with confirmations on May 27, five days before the race.
Should connections of a horse not currently listed want to make an entry prior to the race, they will have to pay a £75,000 supplementary fee. The deadline for supplementary entries was also May 27 and Tabletalk was added to the list.
A supplementary entry for Economics, the runaway Dante Stakes winner, had been mooted before trainer William Haggas ruled out such a move. Haggas said the horse would be kept to 10 furlongs for the remainder of this season, meaning races such as the Coral-Eclipse, Juddmonte International and Irish Champion Stakes will be on the agenda.
Epsom Derby 2024 entries
Ambiente Friendly (Jockey: Robert Havlin; Trainer: James Fanshawe; The Gredley Family) 5/1
Cost £80k as one of nine horses bought by owner Bill Gredley on his 90th birthday. Very keen on his comeback at Newmarket over nine furlongs, he looked like the penny had finally dropped when running out an impressive winner of the Lingfield Derby Trial. That’s not all that dropped: his odds for Epsom were slashed from 100-1 to 8-1 after collecting the trial that has thrown up recent Derby winners Anthony Van Dyck and Adayar. Gredley may be a multi-millionaire and Fashawe a regular Group-One winner but set against Coolmore and Godolphin, one for the ‘small’ guys if he wins.Ancient Wisdom (Trainer: Charlie Appleby; Godolphin) 5/1
Won one of the key juvenile races last autumn, a good winner of the Futurity on very soft ground which put him in the top bracket of last year’s two-year-olds. Needed the race and blew hard for one of Appleby’s after comeback second in the Dante but was firmly put in his box, finishing six lengths behind Economics. He might improve for a step up in trip but 16 days between races is a quick turn around. Through a series of unfortunate events, Godolphin’s only runner.Bellum Justum (Jockey: Oisin Murphy; Trainer: Andrew Balding; King Power Racing) 20/1
A Sea The Stars colt who cost £575,000 as a yearling and is named after the Latin phrase for “fair conduct in war” which is enshrined in the Geneva Convention and of which warring parties never seem to take a blind bit of notice. Will we take any notice of the Andrew Balding colt? Won the Epsom trial over a mile and a quarter with his ears pricked but the form of that now looking questionable. Still, you can only beat what is put in front of you. Not screaming Derby winner at me.City Of Troy (Trainer: Aidan O’Brien; Magnier, Tabor, Smith) 9/4F
Hailed as ‘Coolmore’s Frankel’ which might well hang round his neck like an albatross if the Guineas is anything to judge by. He beat two home there and “the horse that never gets tired” looked knackered at half way at Newmarket. Too bad to be true or a possibility he has not trained on? O’Brien reckons he might have treated him too much like a god during the winter. I guess tactically they would let him find his feet this time rather than blasting him out – it’s the only way I can see improvement. Auguste Rodin got back up off the mat to win the Derby last year but what are the chances of lightning striking twice? 2/1 apparently.Dallas Star (Jockey: David Egan; Trainer: Adrian Murray; Amo Racing) 33/1
One for football agent Kia Joorabchian, following the pattern, not on his first trainer. Moved to Adrian Murray, a former cattle dealer turned point-to-point trainer who now trades punches with Aidan O’Brien in Group races. This colt was third behind Ancient Wisdom on his first start, ran at Ascot and won at Bath but upgraded himself when winning the Ballysax at Leopardstown on the heavy in April at 50-1 beating The Euphrates by three lengths. Bit of an unknown quantity.Dancing Gemini (Trainer: Roger Teal; Fishdance Limited) 11/1
A very interesting colt. Rated higher than many of his rivals. He clearly has speed to burn as he showed when just failing to get up in the French 2,000 Guineas and not helped either by a pre-race thunderstorm. Had a bit to find with Ancient Wisdom on two-year-old form but looks better now. Bred to get a mile and a half but you slightly wonder if there is too much whoosh in the speed/stamina equation. Well worth trying given his breeding and Roger Teal’s small yard has knocked on Classic doors before. Well worth the shot.Deira Mile (Jockey: Jim Crowley; Trainer: Owen Burrows; Green Team Racing) 25/1
A maiden at two when trained by Charlie Johnston but by no means disgraced at 50-1 when just under three lengths behind Ancient Wisdom in Futurity. Hacked up in novice over a mile and a quarter at Windsor on first start for Owen Burrows. Nevertheless did not look totally straightforward there but in an open year, from an owner who has twice had long-priced seconds in this race an each-way shot at a big price.Diego Velazquez (Trainer: Aidan O’Brien; Smith, Magnier, Tabor, Westerberg, Brant) 16/1
Cost 2.4m guineas and named after the Spanish Baroque artist famous for Las Meninas and his scene of breakfast at Ballydoyle: Old Woman Frying Eggs. Bombed out in the Futurity last autumn but a pretty reasonable comeback when a staying-on fourth in French Guineas. I am pretty sure the old saying ‘fourth in the Guineas, wins the Derby’ applies mainly to the Newmarket version but we’ll see. Possibly not pick of Ballydoyle string but no surprise if in the shake up.Euphoric (Trainer: Aidan O’Brien; Smith, Magnier, Tabor, Westerberg, Brant) 33/1
Colt has run three times, improving to finish a length second to Los Angeles in the Cashel Palace at Leopardstown on his first start. By Frankel and bred by Luca Cumani, a two-time Derby winning trainer, he could easily come on for that last start. Made the running there, can’t believe a horse which cost £1.9m will be sent here for pacemaking duties.God’s Window (Jockey: Kieran Shoemark; Trainer: John & Thady Gosden; Cayton Park Stud) 100/1
Won a three-horse novice stakes at Nottingham last year but has not cut any ice in two trials this season; fourth of four in the Dee Stakes, fifth of seven in the Dante 10 lengths behind the winner Economics. Looks bred to be better over further but that is clutching at straws and he really needs an act of his namesake if he is to trouble the judge in the Derby.Illinois (Trainer: Aidan O’Brien; Smith, Magnier, Tabor) 40/1
Tried to make the running in the Lingfield Trial but properly softened up by another runner who sat on his shoulder and had no answers for Ambiente Friendly, beaten three and a half lengths. Not sure he handled the hill either. Cannot see him being too high on Ryan Moore’s list of potential rides in this year’s race and looks like he’s there making up numbers for the flight over. Stablemates have better Derby credentials than he does.Kamboo (Richard Hughes; Abdulla Al Mansoori) 100/1
By Awtaad, a miler, out of a Galileo mare. Has only run twice and not seen out this year. Won nicely over a mile at Kempton in December beating a horse who has subsequently won impressively but it is still a huge ask to go to Epsom for his first start on turf in the Derby on his reappearance. Lammtarra and Shaamit both managed that though and King of Steel nearly did last year. Nevertheless a long shot.Los Angeles (Jockey: Richard Kingscote; Trainer: Aidan O’Brien; Westerberg, Magnier, Tabor, Smith) 9/2
Coolmore has done all the artists, poets and composers so now we move on to US cities and this looks a good one, in my view Aidan O’Brien’s best shot at a record-extending 10th winner. A laid-back individual, he looked workmanlike in his Leopardstown trial, beaten by Euphoric by a length but he will surely come on for the run and an extra two furlongs. Other positives are that he is already a Group One winner, he is unbeaten in three starts and has the temperament. A big boy, his size could throw him on Epsom’s rollercoaster course.Macduff (Jockey: Rossa Ryan; Trainer: Ralph Beckett; Juddmonte) 16/1
From the same team as Westover, who was an unlucky third two years ago before going on to finish second in Arc a year later, following the similar path; Sandown trial, Breakfast with the Stars for a casual spin round Epsom, the race. Has three and a half lengths to make up on Arabian Crown on Sandown form. Bred to get a mile and a half. Needs to step up on reappearance. Doesn’t show at home so trainer is as much in the dark about his chances as rest of us.Mr Hampstead (Trainer: Roger Varian; Amo Racing) 150/1
Cost $575,000, he is a collector’s item in that there are not many three-year-olds by Galileo knocking around. Still a maiden after three starts. Two and a quarter lengths behind Voyage at Newbury and did not fare much better in a maiden at Chester next time. Sister Savethelastdance runner-up in Oaks 12 months ago. Moved from Roger Varian recently with Amo’s other horses in the yard. To win it is often said you need a Group horse in a handicap, he looks like a handicapper in a Group One.Padesha (Trainer: Dominic Ffrench Davis; Amo Racing) 100/1
Never ran at two, yet to win in two starts at three. £300k yearling, not guaranteed to get the trip. Like clay pigeon shooting at night: a shot in dark unlikely to hit the target.Portland (Trainer: Aidan O’Brien; Tabor, Smith, Magnier) 100/1
One win from eight starts. Not many more experienced but talent more important than experience. Trip no problem but he will probably do it in his own and everyone else’s time.Sayedaty Sadaty (Jockey: Tom Marquand; Trainer: Andrew Balding; Ahmad Al Shaikh) 100/1
One win from seven starts. Another whose experience appears to outweigh his talent. Had a spin round Epsom as a two-year-old but not sure that counts for much. Bit of a weido, he’s the only runner with an ‘R’ in his form from when he ran out at Windsor, through a rail and dumped his jockey so not necessarily guaranteed to turn left at Tattenham Corner. Looks like he is here for reasons other than natural ability.Voyage (Jockey: Pat Dobbs; Trainer: Richard Hannon; Mrs J Wood) 25/1
Cost Julie Woods relative peanuts (£40k) and never ran at two. The vast majority of Derby winners at least get out as a juvenile but Morston (1973) and Commander-in-Chief (1993) managed without. Of course as soon as his sire Golden Horn went off to be a jump stallion, it was sod’s law he’d start having some decent flat horses and this is one of them. Very impressive in a Newbury novice in April when he looked like he knew what he was doing but might be short on experience. Interesting and unexposed. There have been worse 33-1 shots and trainer second with Mojo Star.Tabletalk (Jockey: James Doyle; Trainer: Tom Clover Abdulla Al Mansoori) 100/1
A bold shout to supplement the Chelmsford all-weather maiden winner into this race for £75k but the open nature of 245th edition means it might not be the biggest gamble of all time. By Derby winner Camelot he has yet to race on turf having his only other start at Newcastle last December but that did not stop Notable Speech in the 2,000 Guineas. Has a young trainer going places but not sure the winners’ enclosure after the Derby at Epsom is the next stop on his itinerary.
Updated May 28
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