William Buick’s cruise as Jack Hobbs trimmed for Arc

The second, third and fourth in the English Derby filled the first three positions in the same order in the Irish equivalent at the Curragh on Saturday with Jack Hobbs emphatically justifying 10/11 favouritism.
In doing so he stepped out of the shadow of stable-mate Golden Horn who had put him to the sword in both the Dante at York and at Epsom.