Emmet McNamara rides 25-1 shot to success at EpsomAidan O’Brien breaks record with eighth winner of ClassicA Derby run in bizarre circumstances produced a suitably extraordinary result here on Saturday, as the first three horses after a furlong and a half filled the same positions at the line a couple of minutes later while the riders on their 13 opponents sat back and allowed them to get on with it. Serpentine, at 25-1, was clear of the field rounding Tattenham Corner and comfortably held his advantage to by five-and-a-half lengths from Khalifa Sat (50-1) and Amhran Na Bhfiann (66-1), a trifecta that paid out at 56,000-1 on the Tote.
There were, of course, no spectators at Epsom to see it, but it was the kind of race, and result, that would have played out in near-silence even with the normal complement of 100,000 punters on the Downs.