Aidan O'Brien predicts Ryan Moore will “find it hard” to desert Stone Age in the Cazoo Derby at Epsom on June 4.
Moore is spoiled for choice – the master of Ballydoyle is set to field up to six runners in his quest to extend his own record with a ninth triumph in the world’s greatest Classic. But O’Brien is confident Leopardstown’s Group 3 Derby Trial victor – now Ladbrokes’ 5-2 favourite on the back of his five-and-a-half-length supremacy – will be his No 1 jockey’s mount.
“I would think Ryan would find it hard not to go with Stone Age,” said the trainer. "I was delighted with him, but we’ve always thought he was a high-class horse and the way the others will be ridden will suit him.
