DESERT DESERVES HIS CROWN

Dave Youngman toasts a brilliant Newmarket-trained Derby winner who has a lot more to offer

Desert Crown ridden by jockey Richard Kingscote (right) wins the Cazoo Derby

HERE at Newmarket we are still getting over the brilliant success of DESERT CROWN in the Epsom Derby for trainer Sir Michael Stoute and the colt’s connections.
How well jockey Richard Kingscote rode the son of Nathaniel, he rode a carbon copy of the way the great Lester Piggott used to ride his mounts in the race, always in the first half dozen ready to take a winning chance in the final couple of furlongs. ...

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