Authorized all the rage for Derby

BOOKMAKERS predict Authorized will be one of the shortest favourites for years when he aims to give Frankie Dettori an elusive first win in the Vodafone Derby at Epsom on Saturday.

The colt is already a shade of odds-on after being among 19 horses left in the premier Classic at the confirmation stage.

The impressive winner of the Dante Stakes is 4-5 with Ladbrokes, whose spokesman David Williams said: “It was a matter of time before Frankie’s mount went odds-on as we couldn’t take any more cash at even-money.