WHO could have predicted, when Galileo was sent to the front at the two-furlong marker by Mick Kinane 20 years ago, the effect that very horse and his trainer would have on the Derby.

Galileo gave O’Brien his first Derby win and was the sire of four of his next seven winners. The pair are just a shade of odds against to extend their sensational combined record with Bolshoi Ballet in the race today.