Gypsy Derby Dee-light for O’Brien at Chester

AIDAN O’BRIEN’S reconnaissance trip to Chester with his number one Vodafone Derby hope Gypsy King ended in triumph yesterday as the colt fluffed every line and yet somehow still managed to turn in a starring performance to take the Dee Stakes.

But if the idea was to get an indication as to how Gypsy King would handle the twists and turns at Epsom, then it will require all O’Brien’s training genius to get him home in front in the world’s most famous Flat race on June 4.

Having just his second race and his first from starting stalls, the son of Sadler’s Wells was slowly away, dropped back to last when colliding with the running rail in the early stages, and then came so wide to challenge off the last bend that he ended up on the stands side of the track.