Australia delivers in the Derby Hot favourite Australia won the Investec Derby at Epsom to give trainer Aidan O'Brien his fifth success in the great race and his third in a row. The superbly bred son of Galileo and the brilliant racemare Ouija Board was sent off the 11-8 market leader and was settled in mid-division on the outside by Joseph O'Brien, before coming down the famous hill without a hitch. He moved into contention stylishly in the straight and hit the front a furlong and a half out, from where he looked about to pull well clear, but Kingston Hill wasn't giving in easily and ran on strongly all the way to the line, where there was a length and a quarter in it, with Romsdal a further three and a quarter lengths away in third. The placed horses from the Dante, Arod and True Story, were just behind the main protagonists, with Red Galileo running a massive race, too. T he major disappointment was the winner's stablemate Geoffrey Chaucer, who was tailed off. The winning jockey said: "I had a grand position and was going very easily coming down hill, nearly too easy. I was cantering all the way - I got there too soon, but I had to stay going when I did. Horses don't come easier to ride than this fellow - he's the best (I've ridden)." O'Brien snr added: "We're in a very privileged position to have the horses we have, so it's thanks to everybody. There are so many people involved just to get him to this position. "Joseph had it in his mind where he wanted to be all the time, to keep it uncomplicated and safe and that is what he did - he gave him a beautiful ride. "We said what we thought (about him being the best Flat horse O'Brien has trained). Maybe it is best to say nothing, but we've always thought he was very special - the way he is bred makes him very special. The way he travelled through the race he must be very special. "We're going through a tricky time with our horses back home, they were very sick in the spring and they all had to get medicated. It was tricky training them after that, some were slower to respond. "The lads (Coolmore) will speak about targets. He has a lot of options because he has a lot of pace, anything from a mile up."
