Could A Killarney Maiden Be The Clue To Finding The NEXT Aidan O’Brien Derby Winner? 6f4c4a

Top Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien fired in his eleventh Epsom Derby win on 2025, when Lambourn ran his rivals ragged from the front, and after that latest Classic win there seems to be a pattern developing which might give us a clue on which O’Brien Derby horses to look out for in 2026.

50% Of Aidan O’Brien’s Last Six Epsom Derby Winners Broke Their Maiden Tag at Killarney 3q424d

Heading into the biggest flat race on the calendar, the all-time winning handler in the Classic – Aidan O’Brien – had three Epsom Derby runners.

These were topped by Delacroix in the betting, with The Lion In Winter next in the market.

However, if the odds were to be believed, it was Ballydoyle’s third string -Lambourn – that gave O’Brien his record extending eleventh Epsom Derby win (watch below).

The win also gave jockey Wayne Lordan his first success in the Derby, but the victory for Lambourn has also increased a growing trend that might give punters a massive clue to finding Aidan O’Brien’s NEXT Epsom Derby winner.

This is because Lambourn become the third Derby winner for Aidan O’Brien to break their maiden tag as 2 year-old at Killarney.

With the other two – Anthony Van Dyck (2019) and Wings Of Eagles (2017).

Meaning there seems to be a pattern building up and this could lead us to the next Aidan O’Brien Epsom Derby winner.

Aidan O’Brien Derby Winners That Won At Killarney

When Do Killarney Race Next? e6a2g

So, the million-dollar question is – when could we see the next potential O’Brien Derby winner running at Killarney?

Well, the answer is the County Kerry track have two big summer meetings coming up.

One in July and the other in August 2025.

The races that possible O’Brien Derby winners ran in were maidens over 1m and 1m 1/2f. With two (Lambourn and Anthony Van Dyck) coming at the July Meeting.

While Wings of Eagles broke his maiden as a 2 year-old at the course at their August meeting.

Lambourn won at Killarney on debut on July 17th 2024 – winning over 1m on good ground.

Anthony Van Dyck won at their 2018 meeting on July 15th, but this came on his second start. Having been well-beaten on debut at the Curragh just two weeks prior.

Then Wings of Eagles also won on his second career start at Killarney – having lost on debut at Galway the previous month.

Where Is Killarney Racecourse? j4g5p

Killarney racecourse is situated about 2 hours away from Ballydoyle and just under four hours away from Dublin.

The track is in County Kerry on the south-west coast of Ireland and not far from Tralee.

Aidan O’Brien Epsom Derby Winners 3g3u4i

WATCH: Lambourn Winning the 2025 Epsom Derby  421g

Aidan O’Brien Has A Stack Of Wootton Bassett Colts At The Head Of The 2026 Epsom Derby Betting  5l6y1b

See below the latest 2026 Epsom Derby betting odds – with most of those at the top of the market trained by Aidan O’Brien.

Albert Einstein, Amadeus Mozart, Italy, Warsaw, Brussels and Flushing Meadows are all already popular in the market.

They are also all sired by Wootton Basset, who was responsible for this year’s Derby third Tennessee Stud.

However, these 2026 potential Aidan O’Brien Derby runners have ALL already broken their maiden tags.

Meaning they fall down on this developing Killarney ‘breaking maiden’ trend.

So, we’ll have to see which newcomers (or maidens) O’Brien runs over the up-coming Killarney meetings.

But two in the market that are yet to run are New Zealand and Antigua.

Could these be unleashed at Killarney and then be O’Brien’s twelfth Epsom Derby winner?

2026 Epsom Derby Betting Odds  4h393j

Note: Odds are subject to change and others on request