Chaparral reported very well

Aidan O`Brien reports Vodafone Derby winner High Chaparral to be in good order ahead of his run in Sunday`s Budweiser Irish Derby at The Curragh.

The son of Sadler`s Wells will be bidding to follow up his two length Epsom success over Hawk Wing in the ?736,355 event.

If he can complete the double he will emulate stablemate Galileo who took both races for the same owner and trainer last season.

O`Brien was forced to withdraw his three intended runners at Longchamp yesterday because they all returned bad blood counts but he says his Derby hero has pleased connections in the lead up to the race.

He told Aertel: 'High Chaparral is very well and we were happy with his final piece of work for the Derby which he completed on Saturday morning.'

The Ballydoyle handler also confirmed that Entenmann`s Irish 2000 Guineas third Della Francesca is on course for the race along with Italian Derby runner up Ballingarry.

O`Brien has hinted he may also run another contender as hehas atotal of 17 horses among the 41 preliminary entries, including unlikely runners Rock Of Gibraltar and Hawk Wing, who could be aimed at the Coral Eurobet Eclipse Stakes instead.

Also among the entries is French Derby runner up Act One who was owned by the late Gerald Leigh, and Dermot Weld`s in Time`s Eye, who finished second to High Chaparral in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown earlier this year.

Sir Michael Stoute has Royal Ascot winner Balakheri and Princely Venture amongst his possible runners while Richard Hannon could send Nysaean across for the race.

The supplementary stage for the classic is tomorrow but High Chaparral has already been installed as a hot 8-13 favourite by Cashmans of Cork.

Cashmans bet: 8-13 High Chaparral, 2-1 Act One, 12-1 In Time`s Eye, 20-1 Nysaean, 25-1 Ballingarry, 33-1 bar.