Trainer Aidan O’Brien has won the Epsom Derby 8 times already and has a strong hand in 2022 to make it nine after his exciting 3 year-old STONE AGE won Sunday’s Leopardstown Derby Trial by an impressive 5 1/2 lengths – therefore, it was no shock to see this Galileo colt shoot to the head of the Epsom Derby betting after that win.
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Stone Age Shoots To Head Of 2022 Epsom Derby Betting Market
Yes, bookmakers wasted no time in reacting to Stone Age’s ultra-impressive Leopardstown Derby Trial win on Sunday, by cutting the Galileo colt into favourite for the 2022 Epsom Derby, which will be run on Saturday 4th June.
You can see the betting for the main Epsom runners below, with 888Sport cutting Stone Age to @ 5/2 for the fourth English Classic of the new flat season in early June.
That recent win was only this 3 year-old’s second career win after failing to win a race in his opening five starts in 2021.
However, he’s clearly thrived over the winter months and has returned another year older and looking a much stronger horse. The step up in trip on better ground has been the key and there could be even more to come when stepped up to the Derby trip of 1m4f next month.
O’Brien Has A Strong Derby Hand
It’s not just Stone Age that the 8-time Epsom Derby winning trainer – Aidan O’Brien – will have in his corner as he also unleashed Star Of India @ 11/1 with 888Sport and Changingoftheguard @ 11/2 with 888Sport to win the Dee Stakes and the Chester Vase at last week’s Chester May Festival.
Add in Point Lonsdale @ 14/1 with 888Sport and United Nations @ 12/1 with 888Sport , then O’Brien actually has 5 of the top eight in the Epsom…
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