CITY OF TROY looks likely to head to the Irish Derby at the end of the month, with the big race believed to be the preferred next target of his owners. Aidan O’Brien’s star bounced back to his very best when running away with the Derby on Saturday, a month after his dreadful 2000 Guineas flop. 1 City Of Troy was an impressive winner of the Derby on Saturday Credit: PA It was unclear immediately after the Epsom Classic where he was going to run next, and the horse was cut into 3-1 favourite for the Coral-Eclipse by the bookies.
But the Irish Derby is very much in the sights of O’Brien and the Coolmore ‘lads’, and the colt is an odds-on shot for the big’un at the Curragh on June 30. The team are keen to support the Irish Derby - which has taken plenty of stick for being uncompetitive and a poor relation to the English version in recent years - with the best three-year-old they have. O’Brien said: "Ryan (Moore) said he took plenty of pulling up after the Derby and there was an endless amount in there.
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