Fallon recognises threat Visindar poses

Racing : Kieren Fallon acknowledged Vodafone Derby favourite Visindar will take some pegging back in the Group One feature at…

Racing: Kieren Fallon acknowledged Vodafone Derby favourite Visindar will take some pegging back in the Group One feature at Epsom next month.

Andre Fabre's three-year-old is as low as 6-4 to win the mile-and-a-half contest after maintaining his 100% strike-rate with a four-length success at Saint-Cloud on Monday.

"I didn't see the Saint-Cloud race but I know the boys in the weighing room were saying it wasn't a particularly strong contest and he was expected to win in the fashion that I hear he did win," said Fallon.

"It was expected of him but he's not favourite for nothing and he's going to be the one we all have to beat."

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However, Fallon is still confident about the Aidan O'Brien-trained Dylan Thomas and Aussie Rules' chances in the Derby.

The former registered an eyecatching victory in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes at Leopardstown on Sunday, while Aussie Rules and Fallon landed the Group One Gainsborough Poule d'Essai des Poulains at Longchamp on the same day.

"The Dante and Derrinstown are the two best trials and Dylan Thomas might have just needed it and no doubt he will come on for the run," Fallon said. "He's a horse that I've always liked, especially in the spring as he gave me a really nice feel - he's gone the right way.

"Aussie (Rules) has just kept improving - like all of Aidan's they always improve a lot - and he's going the right way. If he continues like this there's no end to what he can win."