In Derby week for four of the last five years you just had to have the winners Mongolian Khan, Habibi, Silent Achiever and Jimmy Choux in your top two tips.
This time no one will look sideways at you if you plug for a $15 shot.
This is anyone's Derby and today's barrier draw will play a bigger part than usual. So no one will bad mouth Cambridge trainer Roger James for believing he has a chance with $16 shot The Hassler.
When James starts talking Derby it pays to listen - he's won it four times on his own. He also co-trained Tidal Light before that but he was very much the junior partner to Jim Gibbs at the time.
Although he's not declaring The Hassler, he is quietly confident of a big run.