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It’s indicative of these troubled times that champion jockey Hugh Bowman will be riding for a significant moment in Australian racing history before empty grandstands at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
Trainer John O’Shea hasn’t won a Derby – but that can change at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
Lion’s Roar is set to give O’Shea his first classic success in the Group 1 $2 million ATC Bentley Australian Derby (2400m).
O’Shea has had plenty of success with three-year-olds at feature race level including two Golden Roses with Exosphere (2015) and Astern (2016), Doncaster Mile with Racing To Win (2006), Rosehill Guineas with Zabrasive (2010) and also Lion’s Roar in the Randwick Guineas earlier this year.
Despite an outstanding two-decade training career that has netted more than 1500 wins including 29 at Group 1 level, O’Shea is still to win a Derby, coming closest with Zabrasive who ran fourth to Shoot Out and Descarado 11 years ago,