John O'Shea tips Kingdoms to be a Derby dark horse Kingdoms (No. 7) ridden by Tommy Berry to victory at Kembla Grange. JOHN O'SHEA believes Kingdoms has the makings of an Australian Derby contender despite not being overly confident he could get the cash in a maiden at Kembla Grange yesterday. Having his first start for O'Shea after being formerly trained by Bart Cummings, Kingdoms proved he is a young stayer with a future, winning first-up over 1400m. "I was a little concerned he may have too much to do from the inside barrier, given the way the track has been here recently," O'Shea said. I did have a mile maiden planned for him at Wyong, looks like we will be changing plans now. The $1.5 million David Jones Australian Derby (2400m) at Royal Randwick on April 13 is the ultimate target and O'Shea believes the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas a fortnight earlier is also within his grasp. "He is not sharp enough to follow the early three-year-old preparation so we will look at a few different options, get him in to stakes company once he gets up in distance and then head towards the Rosehill Guineas and on to the Derby all going well," he said. Tommy Berry had no option but to race on the inside section of the straight, certainly not preferred by the majority of riders, and was full of praise after the event. "He is all quality, he got a little lost when he was racing by himself on the inside but when he raced up and had horses on his outside he really fought to the line," Berry said. There is plenty of improvement in him and the further they go, the better he will be. Berry's twin brother Nathan also rode a winner yesterday, finally getting Chez Harmony to win her maiden at start number 16. The David Payne-trained filly had been competitive in much stronger grade in the past and is still nominated for the Group 1 Australian Guineas.