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Jungle Boots may still be the Telecom Derby fixed odds favourite, but one punter is supremely confident stablemate Easy Ryder is the horse to beat.
Yesterday TAB bookies were hammered with a $20,000 plunge on the Roger James/Paul Mirabelli-trained runner at $11.
A fortnight earlier they'd taken a $3000 bet on Easy Ryder at $10.
They reacted by trimming the Waikato Guineas winner to a $7 equal second favourite in one of the tightest Derby markets seen for years.
The biggest single Derby bet so far - and the TAB's worst result - caused a minor reshuffle of odds at the top.
Jungle Boots was eased from $5.50 to $6, Le Baron from $7 to $8, and My Scotsgrey from $8 to $9.
Until yesterday's bombshell, one insider described it as a "pretty quiet market" in the last week before the eagerly-awaited Ellerslie classic.
The TAB's worst result before the Easy Ryder move was impressive Championship Stakes winner Down The Road. Just days before his victory, bookies took two hits at $21, one for $3000 and another for $1000, forcing them to trim him into $7 equal second favourite.
Coniston Bluebird is kept safe at $7, tightening in from an opening $12 off the back of his Championship Stakes third and a steady stream of three-figure bets.
The Spaniard is the biggest shortener, slashed from his opening quote of $81 to $26.