O’Brien over the moon with Irish Derby domination

Aidan O'Brien says he was delighted to see Santiago lead home a 1-2-3-4 as Ballydoyle reigned supreme in Saturday's Irish at the .

O'Brien has enjoyed plenty of success in the Irish previously and 2/1 favourite Santiago was the 14th winner he has saddled for the mile-and-a-half contest.

While it isn't unusual for the winner of a contest to come from the Ballydoyle yard, O'Brien had the added luxury of seeing Santiago's stablemates chasing him home to fill out the places.

Runner-up Tiger Moth stayed on well to finish close behind Santiago while Dawn Patrol and Order Of were a fair bit adrift as they claimed third and fourth.

Santiago's next outing could come in the at later in the year, while O'Brien is pencilling him in for a cup campaign in 2021.

While full of praise for the winner, the reigning Irish champion trainer can also foresee a bright future for those behind Santiago, giving him plenty of food for thought going forward.

“We're delighted with that,” O'Brien told the Post.

“He's a lovely staying type of horse and they went an honest gallop. We thought he might be a St Leger horse and be one to look forward to as a Cup horse next year, and the behind him are still babies, so they're there to look forward to as well.”

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