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The turf

Aidan O’Brien’s Derby victory was an act of grand larceny

11 July 2020

9:00 AM

11 July 2020

9:00 AM

It wasn’t so much a Derby victory this year as an act of grand larceny. Aidan O’Brien isn’t just a master racehorse trainer. He is a master of psychology too. On Serpentine, a son of his first Derby winner Galileo, he put up a capable but little-known jockey who hadn’t had a winner for 260 days assuring him that his mount would last two furlongs more than the Derby distance.

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