• Trainer wins Epsom Classic for the seventh time
• Madhmoon second, Japan third, Broome fourth
It was typical of Aidan O’Brien that one of his first thoughts after a record-equalling seventh success in the Derby here on Saturday was to pay tribute to one of the team members that cannot speak for himself. Galileo was O’Brien’s first Derby winner in 2001 and has now, thanks to Anthony Van Dyck’s narrow defeat of Madhmoon and Japan, fathered three more.
“It’s a built-in thing with determination,” O’Brien said. “Their heads go down and it’s an inward thing in their minds. They won’t give up and it’s a very strange thing.”
Written by Greg Wood at Epsom
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jun/01/derby-2019-race-report-anthony-van-dyck-aidan-o-brien under the title “Anthony Van Dyck wins the Derby to earn O’Brien place in record books”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
