Delacroix pencilled in to join Camille Pissarro at Sandown

Beaten Derby favourite Delacroix has been halved in price by the sponsors for the Coral-Eclipse after Aidan O’Brien indicated he would be joining Camille Pissarro in the Sandown highlight on Saturday week.

Winner of two key Derby trials at Leopardstown prior to Epsom, he failed to land a blow on the big day behind his stablemate Lambourn but has been cut to 10-1 by Coral for the 10-furlong Esher showpiece.

He will now drop back in tip at Sandown and run alongside French Derby winner Camille Pissarro, although the race is likely to come too quickly for another stablemate, Trinity College, who won the King Edward VII Stakes at Ascot last week.

“The Eclipse will probably come a bit quick for Trinity College so we’re probably thinking of letting Delacroix take that slot along with Camille, that’s what we’re thinking,” O’Brien told the Nick Luck Daily podcast.

“Trinity looks like he’s a Group One horse now, but when the others are there the timing means it fits in a little bit better for them.

“Don’t rule out Trinity yet, but I’d imagine it will be the other two instead of him.”