A dramatic game of jockey’s musical chairs for Saturday’s Cazoo Epsom Derby ended in unlikely glory for Adam Kirby on board Adayar. However, all focus was on Kirby who on Wednesday night was replaced by Frankie Dettori on the highly touted John Leeper. That quickly petered out as Kirby grabbed the initiative with a daring run on the inside of the weakening Gear Up. Producing a turn of foot he hadn’t shown before, Adayar shot through and went clear to such effect the result wasn’t in doubt throughout the final furlong. It was a second Derby win for Appleby after Masar’s success in 2018 and characteristically he shifted credit to his employer.

Source: The Irish Times June 05, 2021 16:08 UTC