Aidan O'Brien's runner went off the 4/6 favourite for the opening classic of the season after an unbeaten two-year-old campaign
City of Troy is shortening in odds for the Derby despite his flop in the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket last weekend.
O'Brien had hoped that City of Troy would be a contender to win the English Triple Crown - the Guineas, Derby and St Leger - but the colt's poor performance in the Guineas saw him drift out to 6/1 for the Epsom Derby. “It was only last year that Aidan O’Brien transformed Auguste Rodin from Guineas failure to Derby hero, and it seems people are backing the master of Ballydoyle to do it again after positive noises from the yard this week.
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