The Epsom Oaks - Latest Betting Preview

THE EPSOM OAKS - June 6th

The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs and 10 yards at Epsom Downs Racecourse, Surrey, currently on the first Friday in June.

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Ante-post favourite Lush Lashes (3/1, totesport) heads a list of 18 fillies left in the 2008 Epsom Oaks at the confirmation stage of 31st May. Although Jim Bolger has yet to totally commit the Musidora Stakes winner to the race, she stands her ground, along with stablemate Prima Luce (40/1, Blue Square).

Ireland holds a particularly strong hand in this year’s race, being responsible for 11 of the fillies still holding the engagement. Along with Jim Bolger’s pair, Aidan O’Brien still holds a strong hand, led by Cheshire Oaks victor Sail (10/1, Blue Square), as he chases a fourth win in the race. Adored (16/1, Ladbrokes) and Tiffany Diamond (50/1, William Hill) who filled the first two places in the Blue Wind Stakes at Naas, Ice Queen (100/1, VC Bet), Moonstone (14/1, Bet365), Savethisdanceforme (50/1, 888sport)and Kitty Matcham (25/1, Blue Square) could all run for Ireland’s champion trainer. Dermot Weld has left in Chinese White (9/2, Bet365) after she pleased in a gallop after racing at Leopardstown, while John Oxx relies on Katiyra (5/1, Ladbrokes).

For the “home” contingent, Cape Amber(11/1, William Hill), trained by Peter Chapple-Hyam, who finished second to Lush Lashes in the Musidora, has been confirmed, along with the Roger Charlton-trained Clowance (10/1, 888sport) and John Gosden’s Michita (10/1, totesport). Both horses claimed wins in their respective trials - Clowance in the Swettenham Stud Stakes at Newbury and Michita, impressively, in the Listed “Height of Fashion” Stakes over 1m 2f at Goodwood.

Clive Cox-trained Miracle Seeker (33/1, Blue Square)and Ralph Beckett’s Look Here (33/1, VC Bet), respectively winner and runner-up in the Lingfield Oaks Trial, also stand their ground. Sugar Mint (25/1, skybet), narrowly beaten by Sail at Chester, represents the Barry Hills yard. Willie Muir has paid £20,000 to supplement unbeaten Pretty Polly Stakes winner Saphira’s Fire (33/1, Paddy Power) to the Oaks field, but that race looked weak, and she is unlikely to have sufficient class to figure.

2008 Epsom Oaks Entries

5-011 Adored (Ire) Aidan O’Brien Ire

1-2 Cape Amber (Ire) Peter Chapple-Hyam

1-1 Chinese White (Ire) Dermot Weld Ire

4-11 Clowance Roger Charlton

6-6714 Ice Queen (Ire) Aidan O’Brien Ire

1-2 Katiyra (Ire) John Oxx Ire

44011-00 Kitty Matcham (Ire) Aidan O’Brien Ire

1-2 Look Here Ralph Beckett

1-061 Lush Lashes Jim Bolger Ire

1-01 Michita (USA) John Gosden

23-31 Miracle Seeker Clive Cox

-24 Moonstone Aidan O’Brien Ire

5510-1 Prima Luce (Ire) Jim Bolger Ire

0-21 Sail (Ire) Aidan O’Brien Ire

11 Saphira’s Fire (Ire) William Muir

41-206 Savethisdanceforme (Ire) Aidan O’Brien Ire

246-12 Sugar Mint (Ire) Barry Hills

055-02221 Tiffany Diamond (Ire) Aidan O’Brien Ire

Each-way terms ¼ the odds a place, 1, 2, 3. Non-runner, no bet.
All odds correct at time of writing. Please click here for the latest odds

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    • Written by John Lamerton · Filed Under Horse Racing 

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