HAZAPOUR IS FRANKIE’S DERBY RIDE

FRANKIE DETTORI yesterday said the chance to ride Hazapour in the Investec Derby was a ‘great honour’. Dettori has won the world’s premier Classic twice, with Authorized in 2007 and Golden Horn in 2015, and is set to partner the Aga Khan-owned colt at Epsom on Saturday week. Dettori said: ‘It’s a great honour to ride for the Aga Khan. He is steeped in history with the race and it is great to wear his colours. Hazapour is a nice horse and put in a good performance in the Leopardstown Derby Trial.’ The Italian does not have a ride in tonight’s Brigadier Gerard Stakes but he would have his work cut out to deny POET’S WORD (Sandown, 8.10) victory given last season’s displays in Group One events.