The Epsom Derby card featured a number of stakes races including the Group III Princess Elizabeth Stakes (1m ½ f) won by talented four year-old Starspangledbanner mare Breege.

With a win in the Listed VRC TAB Trophy last spring and last start runner-up in the Group 1 South Australian Derby, Warmonger presented as a promising young stayer, but nothing could prepare for his virtuoso performance in Saturday’s $1,000,000 Ladbrokes Queensland Derby (2400m) at Eagle Farm.