Educated by William Haggas in Newmarket, Desert Hero is asserted to run within the Group 3 Solario Stakes at Sandown on Saturday. The Queen was and not using a runner on this 12 months’s Flat showpiece, gained by the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Desert Crown, on the Platinum Jubilee weekend.
The Derby is the one main race that The Queen has not managed to win, and be in little question, it’s the race she would most prefer to win.
In her lengthy racing profession, The Queen’s horses have completed second, third and fifth within the race, with the highest prize simply eluding her.
Based on the experiences, the Solario Stakes race is thought for attracting stars of the longer term, with the winners typically occurring to have very spectacular careers, many operating within the Epsom Derby.
The newest horse to win each the Solario Stakes and the Epsom Derby was Masar in 2018.
Final 12 months’s Solario winner was Attain For The Moon – a horse owned by The Queen, who for a lot of months was a reside Derby hope for Her Majesty.
Desert Hero is at the moment the 5/2 favorite for Saturday’s race, that means punters anticipate the two-year-old colt to place up an excellent efficiency.
Final 12 months’s winner, Attain For The Moon, suffered a minor damage over the winter which meant he missed his engagement on the 2022 Derby.
He was for a lot of months the ante submit favorite, after placing up a powerful efficiency within the Group 2 Champagne Stakes at Doncaster following his Solario success.
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