DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) — Cape Blanco has won the Irish Derby by a half length, giving trainer Aidan O’Brien his fifth straight victory in the race at The Curragh.
Cape Blanco was ridden by Johnny Murtagh on Sunday and sent off at 7-2 odds in the 11-horse field.
Cape Blanco stablemates Midas Touch and Jan Vermeer were second and third in the 112-mile race.
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