Charlie Appleby will delay his decision over Line Of Duty’s possible participation in next month’s Investec Derby. Although Appleby is not ruling the son of Galileo out of the Epsom Classic, he warns he needs to come forward considerably to warrant his place in the line-up on June 1. Turning in, we knew our fate — that it was just not going to happen.”Appleby is wary of writing off Line Of Duty’s Derby prospects just yet, though. “On that evidence he is not a Derby horse, but we will just regroup, and there are no set plans yet. "I don’t think we’ll decide (about the Oaks) until the five-day stage at the earliest — there’s no need to really.

Source: Irish Examiner May 20, 2019 22:52 UTC