Ambiente Friendly Faces Seven in Irish Derby Challenge

Ambiente FriendlyEmma Berry

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The Gredleys' Derby runner-up Ambiente Friendly (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) will have seven peers to contend with in Sunday's G1 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at The Curragh after the confirmations were revealed on Friday morning.

The James Fanshawe trainee will renew rivalry with Ballydoyle's Derby third Los Angeles (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), one of four representing Aidan O'Brien alongside The Euphrates (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Euphoric (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and Grosvenor Square (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). David Menuisier saddles the 2023 G1 Criterium International winner Sunway (Fr) (Galiway {GB}), while the field is completed by Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum's Leicester novice scorer Matsuri (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) from the Roger Varian stable and the Ger Lyons-trained Keeper's Heart (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}).

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