Winner takes it all: Pride of Arras channels spirit of 70s for the Derby

Winner takes it all: Pride of Arras channels spirit of 70s for the Derby

Aykroyds saddling one of the favourites at Epsom harks back to era of enthusiastic breeder-ownersLord Derby and Sir Charles Bunbury, who flipped a coin in 1779 to decide whose name would be attached to a new race at Epsom, would still recognise the Derby’s switchback route around the Surrey downs if they could somehow be spirited along for the latest renewal of the Classic on Saturday. While so much else has changed at Epsom since Bunbury’s colt…