Supplementary entry Monterosso has been installed 2-1 joint-favourite in one book for the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh on Sunday.
The Mark Johnston-trained colt could be the one to end Aidan O'Brien's domination of the Classic after connections decided to pay the €150,000 to put the impressive King Edward VII Stakes winner into the big race.
O'Brien's Jan Vermeer is the other 2-1 joint-favourite and the Investec Derby fourth is one of five possibles from the Ballydoyle stable.
O'Brien could also be represented by At First Sight, Bright Horizon, Cape Blanco and Midas Touch as he seeks to be successful for an eighth time in total and the fifth in a row.
Bookmakers believe what Johnny Murtagh rides will end up as the market leader.
There are three other entries from Britain in Godolphin's Chabal, the Michael Bell-trained Coordinated Cut and David Simcock's Dubawi Phantom.
Jim Bolger's duo of Carraiglawn and Puncher Clynch complete the 11 contenders.
Bell reports Coordinated Cut on course for a crack at the Classic after he took seventh place at Epsom.
‘He is running in the Irish Derby this weekend and is in good form at present,’ said Bell.
‘The track at the Curragh will suit him much better than Epsom, so hopefully we will be able to get a true handle on what real level of ability he has.
‘Whether we can find the improvement and turn the tables on the likes of Jan Vermeer remains to be seen.
‘I wouldn't like to predict that. I'll let the horse do the talking on the day and see what happens.’
Frankie Dettori believes Chabal to be back to form after he finished a well-beaten fourth in the Dante Stakes at York.
The Saeed bin Suroor-trained colt hated the quick ground that day but would be a different proposition granted easier conditions.
‘Chabal has come back to form. The key thing to him is we need the rain,’ Dettori told At The Races.
‘We ran him in the Dante at York on firm ground and he very obviously didn't like it.
‘The dry weather right now is not too encouraging but you never know what will happen at the end of the week.
‘They've had three years of rain in Ireland. It's not unusual to get their Derby on soft ground.’
