LADY INTERUPTING IRISH DOMINANCE AT TOP OF DERBY MARKET

Ian Fortune

Scooby The Lady continues to interrupt the Irish dominance at the top of the English Derby market with the flying daughter of Grangeview Ten and Scooby Princess a 5-1 chance with sponsors Stars Sports.

It means that Ireland are ONLY responsible for four of the top five in the betting with Epic Ace topping the market at 3-1.

Ballymac Duffle is next in at 5-1, alongside Scooby The Lady, while Ballymac Ralf and Ballymac Deniro are just behind at 13-2 and 7-1 respectively. Proper Heiress may have been well beaten into third behind Epic Ace in the quarter finals but is just 17-2 to land the classic, ahead of another very talented UK trained bitch, Strike It Skye at 10-1.

Hackney Corner continues to look comfortable in the classic and is just 12-1 for outright glory with Lennies Eddie perhaps representing a bit of value at 14-1. It’s worth pointing out that the latter was the second fastest qualifier in the quarter finals, finishing just a length and a half behind the standard-setting Ballymac Deniro.

Lennies Tank has yet to show his best around Towcester, often losing his chance at traps, but he remains a player at 28-1 with Ballymac Iroko a 33-1 chance despite running a huge race in defeat behind Epic Ace last weekend.

Sole Focus, who began his career around Curraheen Park, is the outsider of the field at 80-1. The full market can be found below.

Star Sports & Orchestrate English Derby

Star Sports bet:

3              Epic Ace

5              Ballymac Duffle

5              Scooby The Lady

13-2       Ballymac Ralf

7              Ballymac Deniro

17-2       Proper Heiress

10           Strike It Skye

12           Hackney Corner

14           Lennies Eddie

28           Lennies Tank

33           Ballymac Iroko

80           Sole Focus