Charlie Johnston is dreaming of the rest of the season with Lazy Griff, after the 50-1 shot chased home Lambourn in the Betfred Derby.

It was the second time this year the Middleham Park Racing-owned colt has found Aidan O’Brien’s new mile-and-a-half star too strong, as the same two horses filled the same positions in the Chester Vase last month.

Ridden by Christophe Soumillon, Lazy Griff – who got off the mark at the third time of asking as a two-year-old at Beverley – cruised around Tatttenham Corner and while his large army of owners will no doubt have been briefly thinking they were about to hit the jackpot, the winner was going away again at the line.

Should he head to the Irish Derby next it would likely mean round three with Lambourn, but Johnston also raised the possibility of a

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