It’s perhaps not as far from Segre to glory than walking from Tipperary but the small French Provincial racecourse, not all that far from Le Lion d’Angers, may have played its part in the forthcoming Investec Derby.

Alex Pantall trained Shadow Song to win the last of her races, at Segre (she also visited Lisieux, Chateaubriant and Cholet unrewardingly) for Sheikh Mohammed and she was then sold – to Coolmore of all people.

Last Sunday her son Jan Vermeer won with such authority on Irish One Thousand Guineas day that he is now second favourite for the Derby.

The son of Montjeu established that position going into the winter when he took the Criterium International at Saint-Cloud – a race which grows in prestige having supplied two Arc winners, Dalakhani and Bago in its nine-year history.

Jan Vermeer is behind only stable companion St Nicholas Abbey in the Derby betting and his victory on fast ground at the Curragh following the heavy at Saint-Cloud marks him as a very good colt indeed.

Ballydoyle stable jockey Johnny Murtagh chose wrongly at Saint-Cloud where he was aboard Midas Touch: he has a similar dilemma for Epsom.

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