Thanks AP. I remember Orient. One of those tough sprint handicappers which seemed to run every other week.
I recall the Saturday Oaks card having a Claiming race.
I am sure we mentioned it several times in the post-mortem on last year’s meeting but Epsom exists for three races: Derby, Oaks and Coronation Cup. The rest of the Derby meeting is forgettable and the other meetings at the venue even more so.
I always enjoyed going to Epsom on Derby Day and the course has been quite lucky for me over the years. But it exists for two days. If it was on more suitable terrain, it would probably have been sold off for housing years ago, like Hurst Park.
Epsom can’t even claim to be much of a training centre now.