Youth Clubs Rivals

Youth spirit stayed strong in the Group Three Chester Vase to earn a 16-1 quote for the Cazoo Derby on June 5.

- David Yates

Trainer Andrew Balding, jockey Tom Marquand and owner Ahmad Al Shaikh combined with 50-1 runner-up Khalifa Sat in the Epsom Classic last July.

And Youth Spirit will attempt to go one better – 50 years on from his Kingsclere stable’s Derby triumph with the legendary Mill Reef – after marking his first attempt at a mile and a half with a lengthand-three-quarter beating of Sandhurst.