St Nicholas Abbey as low as 7/4 for the Epsom Derby
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Was just checking on the odds for the race, and he's currently between 2/1 and 7/ 4 everywhere. SkyBet is even offering a prop on his margin of victory.
Here's the latest article on him from Sporting Life:
Aidan O'Brien believes St Nicholas Abbey will be more than capable of handling the Epsom undulations in the Investec Derby.
Last year's champion juvenile lost his unbeaten record in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket but those closest to him have kept the faith and he is still as short as 7-4 to win the Derby.
O'Brien believes there were genuine excuses for his Newmarket flop and expects him to improve a great deal with that experience under his belt.
"He's in good form and everything has gone so far so good really," said O'Brien.
"Obviously we are still looking at Epsom.
"It was his first run of the year at Newmarket, he jumped out and was a little bit fresh with Johnny (Murtagh). Frankie's horse (Al Zir) just gave him a bump and just got him going a little bit earlier than he wanted to.
"Maybe he went into top gear a little bit early and when the race started in earnest, he never had a chance to get relaxed and his race was over then really.
"In an ideal world we would have preferred a better pace which would have helped him get into a nice rhythm, but it wasn't to be on the day.
"All the horses that ran at that time of year have been coming on a lot for the run and we're hoping they'll all come forward a good deal.
"He's always looked a very well balanced horse and he's a horse that can travel at speed so we never thought the track would be a problem."
Here's the latest article on him from Sporting Life:
Aidan O'Brien believes St Nicholas Abbey will be more than capable of handling the Epsom undulations in the Investec Derby.
Last year's champion juvenile lost his unbeaten record in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket but those closest to him have kept the faith and he is still as short as 7-4 to win the Derby.
O'Brien believes there were genuine excuses for his Newmarket flop and expects him to improve a great deal with that experience under his belt.
"He's in good form and everything has gone so far so good really," said O'Brien.
"Obviously we are still looking at Epsom.
"It was his first run of the year at Newmarket, he jumped out and was a little bit fresh with Johnny (Murtagh). Frankie's horse (Al Zir) just gave him a bump and just got him going a little bit earlier than he wanted to.
"Maybe he went into top gear a little bit early and when the race started in earnest, he never had a chance to get relaxed and his race was over then really.
"In an ideal world we would have preferred a better pace which would have helped him get into a nice rhythm, but it wasn't to be on the day.
"All the horses that ran at that time of year have been coming on a lot for the run and we're hoping they'll all come forward a good deal.
"He's always looked a very well balanced horse and he's a horse that can travel at speed so we never thought the track would be a problem."