2005 Derby

It was exactly 20 years ago on Wednesday that Motivator made history with his scintillating success in the Derby, becoming the first ever syndicate-owned winner of the Classic for the 230 members of the Royal Ascot Racing Club. Inevitably, Michael Bell's new superstar was the centre of attention in the immediate aftermath, swarmed in a crowd the likes of which the Epsom winner's enclosure had never seen before. Meanwhile, just a short distance away out on the track, connections of the placed horses, Walk In The Park and Dubawi, were...