A total of 416 yearlings have been entered for the 2017 £1.5million G1 Investec Derby to be staged at Epsom Downs Racecourse June 3, 2017, the track announced Wednesday. There is a second entry stage on Apr. 7, 2017 which costs £9,000 or horses can be added to the field at the supplementary stage May 29, 2017 at a cost of £85,000.
Having owned three of the last four Derby winners, the Coolmore triumvirate of John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith have 59 entries, including a full-brother to 2013 hero Ruler Of The World (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Godolphin have 54 possibles, among them a
€2.6-million colt by Dubawi (Ire) in training with Andre Fabre. Frankel (GB) (Galileo) has 24 yearlings from his first crop engaged, but there are 63 by Galileo (Sadler's Wells) and 33 by Dubawi (Dubai Millennium {GB}).
“The level of yearling entries for the 2017 Investec Derby has passed the 400-mark, which is our annual target,” said Andrew Cooper, Jockey Club Racecourses' London Region Head of Racing and Clerk of the Course at Epsom Downs Racecourse. “The 2017 Investec Derby will have increased prize money of £1.5 million [up from £1.325 million] and we are grateful for the continued support of owners, both large and small, for the yearling entry stage. Epsom Downs Racecourse, owned by The Jockey Club, has made a series commitment to maintaining the Investec Derby as Britain's richest race and it is satisfying to see so many
regally-bred yearlings among the entries for the 2017 renewal.”
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