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From superstores to corner shops: Robert Cooper looks at racing’s underdogs

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Robert Cooper looks beyond racing’s Goliaths to the plucky Davids

The tealeaves have yet to reveal Aiden O’Brien’s final Derby battle plan, the likelihood being that the usual Ballydoyle battalion will probably take part; the scattergun approach has paid off in the past.
You probably don’t want to hear my fancies as it’s usually a race I prefer to watch, mainly for the reason stated above; I’m not a fan of backing horse when the trainer has more than one runner, a maxim that rules out most of the Classics.
I backed Desert Crown (2022) because why wouldn’t you; he was a potentially superb ra...

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