The ideal Deby tip is for a horse that has fitted the profile of the majority of past winners and the pointers will assist you making a selection in the betting odds. The information is taken from the alst fifteen Derby winners.

Winning 2 year old form is vital in assessing a potential winner. Fourteen Derby winners won over either seven furlongs or a.

Looking for a big-priced winner is not advised although High-Rise at 20/1 did win in 1998 but is the exception and was the only winner that came from outside the top six in the betting. The last nine winners have returned to the winners enclosure at 7-1 or shorter.

Thirteen Epsom Derby winners had already won at either Listed or Group level and Eleven of the last twelve won at that level and over at least a mile-and-a-quarter in their Classic year.

It has been a trend that the less exposed colts were the likley winners. A colt with three to five runs at group level over a mile tend to be where the winner we will be found.

Our best horse racing betting tips are to follow horses who have won either Dante Stakes, that has produced five winners, Derrinstown Stakes in Ireland has found three winners, and the Dee Stakes has found two winners last time out.

Last years winner New Approach is exceptional he had raced seven times and had not been any further than a mile, but he does not fit the normal winner profile, proving that the trends are not always accurate.