The Derby odds and runners for Epsom Racecourse showpiece
The Derby at Epsom Racecourse is the most coveted flat race in horse racing with everyone hoping to train, ride or bet on the winner.
Desert Crown won last year under Richard Kingscote for trainer Sir Michael Stoute.
This is the prestigious flat race of the season and the crown jewel of the Classics.
The five Classics in horse racing are: The Derby, the Oaks, 1000 Guineas, St Leger and 2000 Guineas.
The winner of the Derby Trial, Military Order is the big favourite for the event but this year it's still wide open with odds starting at 10/3 - just ahead of Auguste Rodin.
Military Order is trained by Charlie Appleby for owner Godolphin and won on his first attempt over 1m4f.
The Betfred Derby (Group 1) consists of three-year-old colts who race over the 1m4f around Epsom racecourse which has been raced every year since 1780.
Aidan O'Brien has won six of the last 11 renewals of the race but Appleby has won two of the last five.
Derby odds and runners
- Military Order 10/3
- Auguste Rodin 9/2
- Arrest 13/2
- The Foxes 10/1
- Sprewell 12/1
- Dubai Mile 14/1
- White Birch 14/1
- Waipiro 20/1
- San Antonio 30/1
- Alder 33/1
- Espionage 40/1
- Gooloogong 40/1
- Paddington 40/1
- Artistic Star 50/1
- Adelaide River 66/1
- Dear My Friend 66/1
- Greenland 66/1
- Covent Garden 100/1
- King Of Steel 100/1
- Modesty 100/1
- Squire Danagher 200/1
O'Brien's runner this year is second favourite at 9/2 with Auguste Rodin who was not quite with it at Newmarket's 2000 Guineas.
That was over 1m though and a step up in trip is set to suit a whole host of runners.
Only Military Order and Arrest have won over 1m4f though and are among the two safer bets in that regard having both won big Group contests while stepping up to this distance.
Arrest was incredibly impressive in the Group 3 Chester Vase Stakes winning by over six lengths in the end under Frankie Dettori, who will be having his last ever season in the UK as a jockey.
That was on soft ground at Chester which is a difficult track to get right and that form really suits the way Epsom is laid out too, being similarly sharp and left-handed.
All odds correct at time of writing
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