Monday 24 April 2017 11:37, UK
Cracksman puts his Classic credentials on the line when he faces seven rivals in the Investec Derby Trial at Epsom on Wednesday.
The John Gosden-trained son of Frankel, who wears the same silks as the mighty Golden Horn, bids to confirm the promise of his only run as a two-year-old when he won a Newmarket maiden quite cosily over a mile in October.
Cracksman is as high as fourth in the ante-post betting - at 14-1 with some firms - for the premier Classic on June 3.
Gosden, who has won this race for the last two years, has also declared the Giant's Causeway colt Tartini, who made a successful debut at Nottingham in the autumn.
Godolphin have two throws of the dice in the Charlie Appleby-trained Bay Of Poets, who contested two Group Ones last season, and Saeed bin Suroor's Youmkin, winner of his only start at Nottingham.
Making up the eight runners are David Simcock's Ahlan Bil Zain, the Charlie Hills-trained Never Surrender, Mark Johnston's Permian and Zoffany Bay from George Peckham's yard.
