AIDAN O’BRIEN has pulled ‘amazing’ filly Whirl from the £1.25million Juddmonte International – after her odds collapsed in a head-scratching market move.
The Ballydoyle boss’ long-time ante-post fav Delacroix was a worrying drifter in the markets on Sunday afternoon.
AlamyIt looked like long-time Juddmonte ante-post fav Delacroix was going to be pulled from the race after his odds drifted as stablemate Whirl’s collapsed – but Aidan O’Brien declared the former and pulled the latter in a head-scratching market move[/caption]
He went all the way out to 6-1 – and 13-1 on the Betfair Exchange – having been 7-4 as his stablemate was hammered into 4-1 from 16s.
The writing looked on the wall for the Coral-Eclipse winner as punters gave up hope of a rematch with John & Thady Gosden’s Ombudsman.
But just as it looked like the field was set, O’Brien declared Delacroix and left dual Group1 winner Whirl out of the York Ebor festival feature.
The massive upheavel in the markets meant some cashed out bets on Delacroix believing he would be a non-runner.
While those who followed the gamble on Whirl were left with ‘burned fingers’ after she wasn’t declared.
Coral couldn’t split the two leaders after declarations, having Delacroix and Ombudsman both 15-8.
The firm’s David Stevens said: “Ombudsman had claimed outright favouritism for the race over the weekend, but with his Coral-Eclipse conqueror, Delacroix, the only Ballydoyle challenger declared for the race, the younger colt has rejoined his older rival at the head of the market.”
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