Latrobe wins the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby, great day for the O'Brien family, trained by Joseph O'Brien and ridden by Donnacha O'Brien #RTEracing pic.twitter.com/zIySFWc1gG
— RTÉ Racing (@RTEracing) June 30, 2018
THERE WERE CELEBRATIONS for O’Brien brothers Joseph and Donnacha as Latrobe forced his way to a victorious finish in the Irish Derby at the Curragh.
Ridden by Donnacha and trained by Joseph – sons of Aidan O’Brien – Latrobe saw off O’Brien senior’s unrelenting Rostropovich as well as Saxon Warrior to get the job done at the finish.
The 14-to-1 shot nosed himself in front with two furlongs remaining, beating Rostropovich by half a length and third-placed Saxon Warrior by a neck.
Latrobe’s win was Donnacha O’Brien’s third Classic success of the season; the 19-year-old jockey rode Saxon Warrior for his father in the Guineas at Newmarket as well as Forever Together at the Oaks at Epsom.
"I stopped giving them pocket money a while ago," Aidan O'Brien is delighted for his sons after their win in the #IrishDerby pic.twitter.com/OAko0ZGyXN
— RTÉ Racing (@RTEracing) June 30, 2018
“I didn’t plan to be that forward”, Donnacha O’Brien said post-race, “but the pace was slow. I held my position and he stayed really well to the line.
“It’s pretty incredible and it’s not really sinking in yet. It’s a special moment.
“We’ve always thought he was a really good horse and he’s never run a bad race, but we just thought a few times that he’d run better.
“He’s shown today that he’s very good.”
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