There are seasons when the Derby betting revolves around one horse, and others when we wake up on the first Saturday in June with no clear idea of what the favourite will be, never mind which horse will come home in front. The 2023 running of the world’s most famous Classic could still be the former rather than the latter, but time is running out.
As things stand ahead of the Dante Stakes at York on Thursday, the final leg in the traditional cycle of Classic trials, there are just three names at single-figure odds in the ante-post Derby betting and none can offer what could be described as cast-iron credentials.
