Australia favourite for Investec Derby
AUSTRALIA is now a best-priced 4-5 favourite with Ladbrokes for next month's Investec Derby after British hopes turned to ashes in the Betfred Dante Stakes at York.
As odds-on True Story laboured on the wet Knavesmire turf before finishing third, The Grey Gatsby made a winning move a furlong out, with Arod swooping from last place to take second.
The Grey Gatsby finished a decent tenth in the 2000 Guineas - in which well-regarded Australia was third - and trainer Kevin Ryan reckons the ten-furlong 'French Derby' will be a far more suitable target than Epsom.