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Sir Michael Stoute 'surprised' as Desert Crown storms to Derby favouritism

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Sir Michael Stoute 'surprised' as Desert Crown storms to Derby favouritism

Desert Crown is the new favourite for the Cazoo Derby.

Desert Crown won the Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Dante Stakes in York on Thursday. Sir Michael Stoute has trained the Derby five times and been champion trainer ten times. He came to Britain from Barbados as a 19-year-old in 1965. Dream Of Dreams won him the Diamond Jubilee Stake at Royal Ascot in 2021. Stout landed 66 other races through the year and also suffered the death of his longtime partner Coral Pritchard-Gordon. He had used the Dante as the stepping stone for three of Derby winners and won it six times, but in the last three seasons it had been staged as an Epsom trial.

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