Off to Baden-Baden

This column is away at Baden-Baden for the next 4 days and expects to be back on Monday.

Today´s /Thursday) racing in the U.K. and Ireland is only of minor interest, but tomorrow (Friday) we have the first day of the Epsom Derby Meeting, with The Oaks at 17.30 CET, while on Saturday The Derby itself will be run also at 17.30 with the Coronation Cup at 16.10. The Dante is usually the best trial for The Derby and the first 3 from that race lock horns again- Golden Horn, Jack Hobbs and Elm Park, while there has been heavy support for Giovanni Canaletto, the choice of Ryan Moore from Aidan O´Brien´s 3 entries. And not to forget our own Rogue Runner (Andreas Wöhler/ Oisin Murphy), who is a total outsider but who the trainer thinks could run into the money if the ground dries out out.