Auguste Rodin ranks as third-best European three-year-old colt after drop in performance at the Curragh
Sunday’s Irish Derby witnessed Derby victor Auguste Rodin cement his place towards the top of the three-year-old division.
He won by one and a half lengths, although this performance was not at the same level as when winning at Epsom. At the Curragh he achieved a Racing Post Rating of 120, compared with 124 at Epsom. The circumstances of the race definitely transpired against him, as he was slightly hampered and a moderate pace made it more difficult to make up ground on the eventual second Adelaide River, who achieved a career high RPR of 115.
The third Covent Garden (113) put in a career best and given how strongly he was finishing at the line, it would be no surprise to see him improve on this figure, likely over staying trips.
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