Eight-time Epsom Derby winner Aidan O’Brien is backing market leader Auguste Rodin to return to form after a disappointing showing in the 2000 Guineas.
Auguste Rodin was well beaten at Newmarket last month despite a strong 13/8 starting price, finishing 12th and 22 lengths adrift the Andrew Balding-trained Chaldean.
In the hands of two-time Derby winner Ryan Moore this Saturday, the three-year-old has been well backed in the market already at a price of 5/2 with horse racing betting sites.
Trainer Aidan O’Brien, who can make it nine wins in the race with victory, has two other entries in the form of Chester Vase runner-up Adelaide River and Dee Stakes winner San Antonio.
Augsute Rodin has been drawn in stall ten, which is good news for backers as 90% of the last ten Derby winners have come from stalls seven or higher.
And there we have it – the final draw is in for the big one!
Military Order comes out of stall 9, next door to Auguste Rodin in stall 10 and it is White Birch who has to try and buck the bogey draw in stall 2#DerbyFestival @Betfred @EpsomRacecourse pic.twitter.com/C0siMWe438
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) June 1, 2023
O’Brien last tasted success with Serpentine in 2020 and is confident that the ‘special’ son of Deep Impact will get a better run in Britain’s richest flat horse race.
“He has always been special from day one – his movement and everything about him. Nothing has changed our minds about him. Obviously, the Guineas went wrong and we just put that down as a non-event for him. We are looking forward to seeing how he runs on Saturday like everybody else.
“We were delighted how he came out of the race really. He is a very athletic horse, close-coupled and a very good mover – he wouldn’t break glass the way he moves. We are very happy with him physically since the Guineas and he is in very good form. Rachael who rides him out every day was very happy with him this morning, he’s nice and fresh. We think he’s fit and that’s all you can hope for really.
“Being by Deep Impact, one of the greatest Japanese stallions ever and out of Rhododendron, who was probably one of the best Galileo mares ever, he is very unique and rare. When you get a horse like him who looks like that, moves like, with that pedigree and with that ability, it is very unusual.”
The 53-year-old believes the soft ground at Newmarket was an issue for Auguste Rodin, alongside not being able to fly over from Ireland on the morning of the race – which was the initial plan.
The ITV horse racing cameras will be at Epsom on Saturday to cover all eight races on Derby Day across the ITV and ITV4 channels, with the action beginning at 12:50pm for the Diomed Stakes.
The Derby commences 40 minutes later at 1:30pm, with a cash prize of over £850,000 awaiting the winner.
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