Murtagh picks King Of Rome
Johnny Murtagh, three-time Vodafone Derby winning jockey will ride King Of Rome in the big race on Saturday.
King of Rome's price was immediately cut from 20-1 to 14s.[>
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Murtagh, chosen as Ballydoyle's number one jockey to replace the suspended Kieren Fallon, partnered one of his Derby trio, High Chaparral, for his current bosses.[>
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The news comes as something of a surprise as King Of Rome was beaten by another Ballydoyle Derby entrant, Alessandro Volta, in the Derby Trial at Lingfield.[>
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Aidan O'Brien has revealed riding plans for Saturday somewhat sharper than for tomorrow's Juddmonte Oaks.[>
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It was only after yesterday's final Oaks declaration stage that Murtagh was matched up with Adored, one of six O'Brien fillies in the race.[>
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Adored is shortest priced but she is as big as 10-1. [>
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The Ballydoyle team seem determined to smother the opposition by weight of numbers for in neither Epsom Classic do they have a market leader.[>
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Of the four Derby runners that will acompany King Of Rome to post, Mick Kinane will be aboard Frozen Fire, runner-up in the Dante; David McCabe is on outsider Bashkirov; and Seamus Heffernan and Colm O'Donoghue will be handed Washington Irving or Alessandro Volta.[>