Auguste Rodin crosses the line in the Derby© Photo Healy Racing
Michael Tabor, the owner of Auguste Rodin, has stated that the horse could drop back in distance after attempting to land the Derby double at the Curragh.
Auguste Rodin won the Derby at Epsom under a superb ride from jockey Ryan Moore and was well on top, despite only winning by half a length over King of Steel.
Aidan O'Brien, his trainer, was landing his ninth Derby win with Auguste Rodin, who had only recently suffered a heavy defeat of 22 lengths in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.
Tabor, who co-owns Auguste Rodin with John and Sue Magnier, Derrick Smith and Georg von Opel's Westerberg racing operation , feels confident the son of Deep Impact will compete in the upcoming Irish Derby.
He said: "It was really good. It was what we obviously hoped for. We thought he could do it and he did. We are all delighted, naturally. It was one of the great days.
"I would say he'll go to the Irish Derby. I haven't discussed it, but it’s common sense to say he definitely goes to the Irish Derby. Then we’ll bring him back in trip - a mile and a quarter - for some of those races."
Tabor has always hankered for a Triple Crown. The last colt to win the Guineas, Derby and St Leger was Nijinsky in 1970 and connections had hoped Auguste Rodin could replicate the feat.
However, although the middle leg has been won, Tabor feels that stepping up to a mile and three-quarters for the final Classic at Doncaster in September will now be ruled out.
"He won’t go to the St Leger," he added. "In my mind, that Triple Crown dream is over. A St Leger horse is not what we are looking for, once he can't do a Triple Crown."
The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at ParisLongchamp in October could be a future consideration, along with the Breeders' Cup meeting at Santa Anita in November.
Tabor added: "It is a long way before the end of the year. We'll see how he is. It could be the Arc, but the ground could be against him, although he won on soft as a two-year-old.
"We've even got the Breeders’ Cup as an option on the turf. We’ll see how he goes and have those discussions, I’m sure."
