The Ralph Beckett-trained Bay Of Brilliance (New Bay), last seen finishing fourth in the Derby, will sport new colours when he lines up in Sunday's G1 Deutsches Derby at Hamburg, with Australian owner Aziz 'Ozzie' Kheir having bought into the colt since his excellent effort in defeat at Epsom.Purchased for 140,000gns at Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Bay Of Brilliance went to post for the Derby as the winner of two of his four previous starts for owners Valmont, having won twice in the autumn of his two-year-old campaign, before returning to action with a narrow defeat to Maltese Cross (Sea The Stars) in the Listed Lingfield Derby Trial Stakes.That form was upheld at Epsom when Maltese Cross occupied the runner-up spot behind Christmas Day (Camelot), with Kheir also being represented by a key player in that Classic in the shape of the third-place finisher, James J Braddock (Zarak).Now, Kheir and his partners have ramped up their involvement in European racing by securing an interest in Bay Of Brilliance, albeit with a view to potentially racing the son of New Bay in Australia towards the end of the season.“Our Australian partners were keen to go to Germany, as the aim is to take him to Australia at the end of the year,” explained Alex Elliott, racing adviser to Valmont. “But, to qualify for those 'Cup' races out there, you need to have finished in the first three of a Group 1 to gain automatic entry. Doing that in any Group 1 is not easy, but Germany felt the easiest choice to achieve that.“If he finishes in the three this weekend, then he could race on in Europe a bit longer than anticipated. If he wins the German Derby, we could be thinking St Leger. We'll take things one step at a time, but he was sold under the pretence that he would head to Australia later on this year.”A maximum field of 20 runners was confirmed for the Deutsches Derby on Wednesday, with the multiple Group winner Gostam (Saxon Warrior) and G2 Union-Rennen hero Englishman (Nathaniel) leading the home defence.Bay Of Brilliance will be the only runner from Britain and Ireland after the Ballydoyle pair of Causeway (Wootton Bassett) and Hawk Mountain (Wootton Bassett) failed to appear in the final field, with Elliott optimistic that he goes there with “a first or second favourite's chance”.He added, “We're drawn in six, which is perfect, but there is rain forecast and we don't really want much as we think he's better on better ground. He finished closer to Maltese Cross on firm ground at Lingfield than he did at Epsom, and he's a good moving horse.“It was a very attritional race, the Derby, and we were toying with the Irish Derby, but Benvenuto Cellini went back there, as did Christmas Day and James J Braddock, so we thought we might be 33-1 at the Curragh when we could be 3-1 in Germany.“The ground would probably have suited us better in Ireland but, as long as they don't get too much rain, he should be okay. He did win on soft as a two-year-old. Our biggest worry would be if Epsom left its mark as they did finish very tired and, as we saw in the Irish Derby, James J Braddock ran no sort of race.“But the extra week will have helped us, we think, and Ralph says the horse is in good form. We look forward to going there with a first or second favourite's chance.”O'Brien confirms Eclipse plansMeanwhile, Hamburg's loss will be Sandown's gain on Saturday, with Aidan O'Brien confirming that Hawk Mountain is an intended runner in the G1 Coral-Eclipse. He will be joined in the line-up by his Prix du Jockey Club conqueror and stablemate Constitution River (Wootton Bassett), who currently heads Coral's betting at 5-4.“It looks like they are both going to run,” said O'Brien. “It's exciting for everybody. They've followed a similar programme all year.“Everything has been good with the pair of them since they ran in the French Derby and the Eclipse looks the right race for both of them.”The post Ozzie Kheir Secures A Stake In Deutsches Derby Hopeful Bay Of Brilliance appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.