Derby Winner Serpentine Retired from Racing in Australia
Updated: January 2, 2025 at 10:27 am
The 2020 Derby winner Serpentine (Ire) has been retired from racing, part-owner Nick Williams confirmed to Racing.com on Thursday.
The son of Galileo (Ire) was a 25-1 shot when providing trainer Aidan O'Brien with a record eighth Derby win, having gained his first career victory in a maiden at the Curragh only seven days earlier. His pillar-to-post success at Epsom, when beating Khalifa Sat (Ire) (Free Eagle {Ire}) by five and a half lengths, was also achieved in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, causing the Classic to be run behind closed doors for the first time in its history.
Serpentine failed to add to his tally in five further starts for O'Brien and the Coolmore partners, before being gelded after his sale to continue his racing career in Australia. He won three races during his time down under, including last year's G3 Neville Selwood Stakes when in the care of Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, having initially been trained by Robert Hickmott.