Metropolis Of Troy will drop again in journey for his first begin since successful the Derby, with Sandown’s Coral-Eclipse confirmed as the following port of name for Aidan O’Brien’s Epsom champion.
The son of Justify carried all earlier than him as a juvenile, going via his two-year-old season unbeaten and igniting triple crown desires for his Traditional season.
Regardless of 2000 Guineas disappointment at Newmarket and subsequent inquiries to reply, Metropolis Of Troy was despatched off the three/1 favorite for the Premier Traditional at Epsom, the place he silenced his critics in model as he ran out a two-and-three-quarter-length winner.
Metropolis Of Troy did have the choice of following within the footsteps of final 12 months’s Derby scorer Auguste Rodin by taking within the Irish equal, however homeowners Coolmore have now finalised operating plans, with Los Angeles set to hold Ballydoyle hopes on the Curragh on June 30 and Metropolis Of Troy heading to Sandown per week later.
A Coolmore assertion stated: “Following discussions between the Coolmore companions and trainers Aidan O’Brien and Chad Brown, Los Angeles (Camelot) will take his place within the €1,250,000 Irish Derby area on June 30 on the Curragh, the place he’ll bid to emulate his sire in successful Eire’s premier Traditional.
“European Champion Two-Year-Old and decisive Epsom Derby victor, City Of Troy (Justify) will drop back in trip for Sandown’s 10-furlong feature, the Eclipse Stakes, on the following Saturday, July 6.”
Following the information, Metropolis Of Troy has been instantly lower to even-money favorite from 6/4 by the Sandown race sponsors.
Coral’s David Stevens stated: “It’s fantastic news that the Derby winner and one of the most talked about horses for several seasons is to be aimed at the Coral-Eclipse, and City Of Troy is sure to be sent off a red-hot favourite at Sandown, when he bids to become the first Epsom hero since the mighty Sea The Stars to follow up in this clash of the generations.”
Coolmore additionally confirmed that Auguste Rodin will participate within the Group One Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot, whereas Kentucky Derby runner-up and Belmont Stakes third Sierra Leone will head to Saratoga’s Travers Stakes, a race that was additionally talked about in dispatches for Metropolis Of Troy within the Epsom aftermath.
