Midak bids to deliver poignant victory in 'Aga Khan's' Derby

Adding to the potential for a fairytale, Midak is prominent French trainer Francis Graffard's first runner in the race considered to be the 'blue riband' of flat racing. The Aga Khan, for decades a leading owner/breeder of thoroughbreds and whose grandfather Aga Khan III also won the Derby five times, died aged 88 in February. Graffard, 48, says it is coincidental the "historic" Aga Khan colours, of green top with red epaulettes and a green cap will be represented. Midak impressed Graffard so...