John F Kennedy and Joseph O'Brien© Photo Healy Racing
John F Kennedy has hardened as ante-post favourite for the Investec Derby with Coral following support for Aidan O'Brien's charge on Monday.
An impressive winner of two of his three starts as a juvenile, the son of Galileo was part of the Ballydoyle army working after racing at the Curragh on Sunday.
O'Brien confirmed his charge would follow a well-trodden path to Epsom by running in the major Irish trials and punters have seemingly taken that as a positive, with Coral trimming him to 4-1 from 5-1 for the June Classic.
"Aidan O'Brien has stated that John F Kennedy will head to Epsom via the Ballysax Stakes and Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial, the path his first two Derby winners - Galileo and High Chaparral - took, and that news seems to have prompted further support for the ante-post favourite," said Coral's David Stevens.
John F Kennedy's stable companions Ol' Man River and Highland Reel are second and third in Coral's Derby market at 8-1 and 10-1 respectively.
