JUST in case anyone hasn’t had enough reflections on last weekend’s Investec Derby we might just take a look at a few aspects of an absolutely intriguing edition of what remains the world’s greatest classic.

Less than a month before the Derby, Serpentine was a twice-raced maiden whose comeback fifth behind Galileo Chrome in a warm-looking Curragh maiden suggested he could be a nice type for the coming months. In the space of just a week though Serpentine has gone from a maiden winner to etching his name, and that of his enterprising jockey Emmet McNamara and his trainer Aidan O’Brien, into racing folklore forevermore.