Six of the best winners of the Irish Derby at the Curragh
We would probably never have found out how good Salsabil was had she not taken on the colts in the Irish Derby. She'd proven the best of her own sex in the English classics, winning the 1000 Guineas and then following up by five lengths in the Oaks.
The Irish Oaks would have been the more conventional - and easier - option for her next, though as…
