Regular blog readers will know that there is a lobby within The Observer that is very much devoted to the turf. There is also in their number someone with quite a good tipping record, one Sarah Hughes. She has written the preview of next week's Derby for OM magazine, but odds are shortening and we want you - our prized blog readers - to get a piece of the action.
So don't wait until Sunday. Here is Sarah's exclusive tip for 4 June:
Early favourite Motivator has been upstaged in the popularity stakes by Irish 2000 Guineas winner Dubawi. That rush of support can, however, be explained by two things: Frankie Dettori is the jockey and the horse itself is the son of Dubai Millennium. And that second factor should be sufficient to persuade discerning punters to ignore him. Dubai infamously failed to stay at Epsom and it seems likely his offspring will have the same difficulty with distance.
So where to turn? Aidan O'Brien's Ballydoyle stables have entered a ridiculous number of runners but only two can be said to count: Gypsy King (the likely choice of the indomitable Kieren Fallon) and my personal choice: Scorpion, available each way at a very nice 16-1.
Scorpion. Remember, you read it here first.
The blog puritan morals monitor looks stern.
Don't gamble too much. Read improving literature instead.
