Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby report, reaction and free video replay
Ryan Moore rode his first Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby winner and Aidan O’Brien claimed a 100th European Classic as 4/11 favorite Auguste Rodin struck on the Curragh.
It was laborious work for the Epsom hero, although, who raced in third all through as stablemate Adelaide River lower out the early operating.
He was angled out after turning for residence however the acceleration that carried him previous the quickening King Of Steel on the primary Saturday of June wasn’t there. He all the time seemed like overhauling his front-running stablemate, a 33/1 probability, however needed to be requested severe questions passing the furlong marker to lastly assert and go on and win by a length-and-a-quarter.
Covent Garden (80/1) and Peking Opera (66/1) got here by way of to finish a one-two-three-four for the Ballydoyle crew however the race was marred by a severe damage sustained by their stablemate San Antonio in the course of the race.
Epsom third and fourth White Birch and Sprewell by no means threatened to play a hand within the end this time, by no means a consider eighth and sixth respectively.
Auguste Rodin was O’Brien’s fifth Betfred Derby winner to follow-up on the Curragh, becoming a member of Galileo, High Chaparral, Camelot and Australia on that specific roll-of-honour.
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“I’ve had a lot of disappointments in this race but Aidan said to me ‘Mick didn’t win his first one until we had Galileo’ so maybe we just needed a good horse to get it done,” Moore instructed Racing TV afterwards.
“It’s very, very windy right this moment. We have a giant headwind down the again and a gale blowing behind us down the straight. We went very regular the primary half of the race and for my horse it was all the time a gear too low. I used to be in third gear down the again and I’d wish to have been occurring a stride.
“I used to be going to angle to come back round Wayne (Lordan) however I needed to change again in and the horse in entrance was getting an easy time and I’ve needed to go to him early. My horse will get to the entrance and tends to attend a bit however I needed to go as a result of the chief was getting such a straightforward time and when you’ve gotten that tailwind behind you right here on the interior observe it is not as easy a racecourse as individuals possibly assume.
“I’ve found that out a good few times and that’s maybe why I hadn’t won it before, you can get some different results here on the round course. For me the horse has done what he had to do today. He wasn’t blowing afterwards and didn’t turn a hair. There’s plenty more to come. The form will look questionable but the form at Epsom looks very good and today it’s just circumstances conspired against him and he still won.”
Asked if the colt had given him the identical really feel as at Epsom Moore added: “He didn’t have the opportunity to because the race was different, the course was different and the conditions were very different. But I know there’s plenty there and I’m happy.”
Rodin has tempo to drop again
The rider feels the son of Deep Impact could possibly be efficient over ten furlongs too.
“He gets the mile-and-a-half really well but I think he would be fine at ten. Today I always felt we were going too slow which would indicate he’d be very comfortable coming back in trip,” he added.
On O’Brien’s exceptional landmark, his steady jockey added: “Aidan would tell you it’s a team effort, and it is, but there’s a reason why he’s got these records and I’m very lucky to have ridden for him as long as I have and he puts me on these horses who are capable of winning these races. I’m very grateful to him. He is seriously driven, he wants the best all the time, and the amount of work he does is quite incredible.”
No rush over future plans
O’Brien added: “It was laborious to evaluate the tempo with the wind and Ryan mentioned it was all occurring a bit too sluggish for him. He can be a lot better in a quicker run race. We wished a robust, even tempo and he was simply in second gear. He by no means acquired into third gear in any respect. When he acquired to the entrance he was all starry eyed.
“We knew the second horse would deal with this course a lot better than Epsom and it wasn’t a shock that he ran a lot better. This horse is actual basic blood. He can cowl that mile and a half in a robust, quick tempo, transfer properly and do every little thing proper. The Curragh could be very honest and very easy.”
Regarding the long run, O’Brien added: “We will do what we usually do which is wait about seven days and we will talk with the lads and see what they want to do.”
Tabor tribute to O’Brien household
Part-owner Michael Tabor paid tribute to the O’Brien household after one other Classic success.
“The whole (O’Brien) family and their work ethic is tremendous, it doesn’t happen just by luck,” he mentioned. “The work that he puts in every day, and I mean every day, and he loves what he does. He gets up in the morning and he enjoys his work, you have to as life is too short. I don’t think you saw the real Auguste Rodin, but it’s always a great thrill to win the Irish Derby.”
- Wayne Lordan was taken to Tallaght Hospital for assessments following his fall on San Antonio. He was reported to be aware and in a position to transfer all his limbs on Racing TV.
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