FRANKIE DETTORI is likely to take over from Willie Ryan on Epsom Derby winner Benny The Dip in the Budweiser Irish Derby. Ryan will only keep the ride if Dettori is claimed by Godolphin but the Italian is confident of being free and confident of Benny The Dip confirming Epsom form with Silver Patriarch.

Dettori said yesterday: "I know there was only a short head in it at Epsom and that Silver Patriarch was finishing the faster but the fact is that Silver Patriarch couldn't keep up in the early stages at Epsom. Pat Eddery certainly did nothing wrong on him and never got stopped. Benny The Dip just had that little bit extra - and he had that extra speed which the class horses have.