Overview
- Aidan O'Brien identified Benvenuto Cellini and Pierre Bonnard as his likely Epsom Derby runners after recent spring trials.
- The yard has not set a target for Constitution River, who could instead run in France's Prix du Jockey Club over a shorter trip.
- Benvenuto Cellini shortened to Derby favourite following a dominant Chester Vase win over one and a half miles.
- Constitution River also impressed at Chester in the Dee Stakes, and O'Brien described him as a one‑and‑a‑quarter‑mile horse who might stay the Derby trip with patient riding.
- Other Ballydoyle options remain in play, with Montreal and Hawk Mountain considered for France and Action and Christmas Day to be assessed in the Dante at York before final declarations.