Boss Darren Ferguson is set to play many of his fringe players with the Derby match only a few days away.

BBC: Mackail-Smith aims for game time

Questions abound about I'll Have Another (12-1), who beat Creative Cause only by a nose in the Santa Anita Derby.

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Borel is the only jockey to win the Derby three times in a four-year span, standing in the winner's circle in 2007 with Street Sense, 2009 with Mine That Bird and 2010 with Super Saver.

WSJ: Jockeys Antley, Borel lead racing hall finalists

City manager Mark Hughes is now facing a striker crisis for Sunday's derby, with Craig Bellamy the only one of the club's senior strikers likely to be available.

BBC: Adebayor handed three-match ban

Derby's only noteworthy chance saw Kenny Miller shoot 20 yards wide after a neat move.

BBC: Middlesbrough 1-0 Derby

For only the third time in his career, Motion would be bringing a horse to the Kentucky Derby.

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After this weekend the gap now sits at 12 points with only twelve Premier League games remaining the derby match is beginning to take on the look of a coronation rather than a title decider.

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Basically getting to the Derby works like this: Churchill Downs sells some tickets a la carte, for seats only.

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