Bellum Justum stakes Derby claim with Epsom win

Paddy Power and Coral have cut the Andrew Balding-trained son of Sea The Stars from 50-1 to 25-1 

CLASSIC CONTENDER: Bellum Justum and Oisin Murphy en route to winning the Betfred Blue Riband Trial for trainer Andrew Balding from Defiance and Chief Little Rock. Picture: Healy Racing

Bellum Justum halved in price for the Derby after Andrew Balding's colt won the Betfred Blue Riband Trial at Epsom.

While he took four attempts to get off the mark as a juvenile, the form of his win over Kevin Ryan's Inisherin now looks much stronger than it did at the time and he took another leap forward here.