Metropolis Of Troy: Epsom Derby winner to run in Coral-Eclipse at Sandown


Metropolis Of Troy will drop down in journey for the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown after his spectacular victory within the Derby at Epsom.

House owners Coolmore have determined in opposition to maintaining the son of Justify at a mile and a half for the Irish Derby on 30 June.

Los Angeles, third within the Derby, will head for the Curragh as a substitute for coach Aidan O’Brien.

Metropolis Of Troy will race over 1 / 4 of a mile much less within the Eclipse every week later.

He was the champion juvenile final season earlier than a shock flop within the 2,000 Guineas, adopted by a return to type within the Derby on 1 June.

Metropolis of Troy will bid to grow to be the primary Derby winner to observe up with victory within the Eclipse – the place the three-year-old Traditional technology tackle their elders – because the sensible Sea The Stars 15 years in the past.

Coolmore additionally stated 2023 Derby winner Auguste Rodin will run within the Group One Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot on 19 June.

Kentucky Derby runner-up Sierra Leone, who got here third within the Belmont Stakes, will head to Saratoga’s Travers Stakes in August, a race that had been mooted as a possible goal for Metropolis Of Troy.

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