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He appears to bring a lot more confidence to his role which has seen his stock rise in recent years leading to him winning back-top-back Trainer's Championships during the British flat.</p>  <p>This confidence was evident in his appraisal of Native Wisdom's chances of winning Saturday's 215th Epsom Derby where he must defy history to earn Godolphin a significant share of the .£500,000 winner's purse.</p>  <p>In over two centuries that the race has been run no horse has won from three of the maximum 20 stalls, 2,11 and 18, which are often referred to as the gates of hell.</p>  <p>Ancient Wisdom will break from the 11th post which ironically is on the outside of the lucky No 10 post which has produced 10 winners.</p>  <p>Addressing the challenge, a bullish Appleby told the Godolphin website: "There hasn’t been a Derby winner from stall 11, but there has been a few from either side, so I think we are in the right area. I feel we have the right horse to be competitive on the day."</p>  <p>A son of superstar stallion Dubawi, Ancient Wisdom is bidding to become only the second Derby winner to have lost the Al Basti Equiworld Dante Stakes (G2), one of the hottest trials for the Epsom Classic.</p>  <p>On that occasion, he went down by six lengths to Economics in the York trial.</p> <div class="secondpara">  <p>A five-length winner on his debut, Ancient Wisdom impressed during his juvenile campaign in 2023, which he capped with a stoic victory on an unfavourable ground in the high-class Futurity Trophy (G1) at Doncaster in October.</p>  <p>The Dubawi colt would return this season to ace Newmarket’s Emirates Autumn Stakes (G3) before finishing third to this month's Irish 2,000 Guineas (G1) winner Rosallion in the Listed Pat Eddery Stakes at Ascot.</p>  <p>“Ancient Wisdom has definitely come forward since the Dante and we know that stepping up to a mile and a half is going to suit, while we are hoping that ground conditions will be on our side as well," said Appleby.</p>  <p>The Godolphin home-bred faces 15 rivals led by last year's Dewhurst (G1), scorer City Of Trophy, and his stable companion, Los Angeles, winner of the Derby Trial at Leopardstown, Ireland, earlier this month. 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