A DERBY picture that was getting murkier by the day suddenly took shape as Bolshoi Ballet produced an all star display in the Group 3 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial to head a four-timer for Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore.

The ninth horse this century to complete the Ballysax Stakes-Derrinstown double, Bolshoi Ballet heads to Epsom as an overwhelming favourite on the back of a performance which suggested he is on the cusp of developing into a top-class talent. For good measure he was moving Aidan O’Brien on to the 14-winner mark in a race he first won with Risk Material all the way back in 1998.