Can anyone complete a Derby double?

An elite club of classic winners potentially awaits this year’s Epsom victor, writes Andrew Newton

The Epsom Derby these days is always run on the following day to the Epsom Oaks – this year on Saturday June 3 and just like the Oaks does with the 1000 Guineas – the Derby is a race the Newmarket Guineas (2000) associates with.
However, despite this link, in recent years only Sea The Stars (2009) and Camelot (2012) have won both the 1000 Guineas and the Oaks – with Nashwan (1989) and Nijinsky (1970) also the only horses before them to win the two Classics since 1970.
In recent times, five of...

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