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Greatwood on trial at Lingfield.

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Greatwood will be aiming to book his Epsom ticket as he lines up in the Betfred Derby Trial Stakes at Lingfield on Saturday.

Not since High-Rise in 1998 has the winner of this Listed event gone on to Investec Derby glory, but like that colt, Greatwood is trained in Newmarket by Luca Cumani.

The Manduro colt got his campaign off to a fine start when beaten a short head by Windhoek in a richly-endowed sales race at Newmarket in April, with the winner since having struck at Listed level.

"Luca has always had a high opinion of him and I think his performance at Newmarket really showed that he's quite a striking and well-above-average colt," said Harry Herbert, racing manager for owners Highclere Thoroughbred Racing.