Horse Racing: Epsom Oaks

SOUL SISTER, ridden by Frankie Dettori, has won this year's Epsom Oaks. The horse racing legend has made it SEVEN wins in the Oaks and he will feature in tomorrow's Derby. SunSport has all the results and horse placing from this year's Epsom Oaks.

English flat racing royalty John Gosden was more than happy with Emily Upjohn's showing on the Cazoo Epsom Derby Gallops Morning. Of course, his filly is favourite for the top females' race known as The Oaks and his three-year-old may prove an immovable object in the big race on June 3. The Sea The Stars filly is likely to start odds-on for the one…

Trainer Peter Chapple-Hyam has revealed that he is'hopeful' that Bharani Star can outrun her big odds in Saturday's Epsom Oaks, with champion jockey Oisin Murphy booked to ride. The three-year-old dead-heated on her reappearance in a handicap just short of a mile and a half at Haydock Park at the beginning of June, before producing plenty of good…

First run back in 1814, the 1000 Guineas is a Group One flat race run over 1m just for 3 year-old fillies. The contest is one of the five English Classics and staged at Newmarket racecourse in late April or early May each year. It's the second of the five English Classics with the 2000 Guineas run the day before being the first, while winners of…

On Friday 2 June, we will be treated to more Group One Flat racing action when the Betfred Oaks gets underway at Epsom Racecourse. Here's the full list of runners and riders who will be lining up in this historic race for some of the world's best three-year-old fillies to help you select your Epsom Oaks bets. Who is your pick to win? Horse:…

Can anyone stop the Aidan O'Brien and John Gosden dominance in next week's Epsom Oaks? Staggeringly, O'Brien has won six of the last ten runnings, while Gosden has scooped up three. To the surprise of no one, O'Brien and Gosden runners dominate the ante-post market for the 2023 running. Ryan Moore and Frankie Dettori have traded runnings for the…

RYAN MOORE has warned favourite backers that Frankie Dettori is on one of two'very serious' rivals to Savethelastdance. Legendary rider Moore will be going all out to deliver genius Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien a whopping 11th Epsom Oaks - and fourth in a row. The duo will hope Savethelastdance's 22-length Chester win last time out was no fluke as…

Eternal Hope showing her speed in the Jockey Club Oaks Invitational. (Chelsea Durand) Belmont at the Big A Notes OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Godolphin's Irish homebred Eternal Hope rallied from 23 lengths off the pace to capture Saturday's Grade 3, $350000 Fasig-Tipton Jockey Club Invitational Oaks, an 11-furlong inner turf test for sophomore fillies at…

On Saturday, the eyes of the sporting world will be on Epsom Downs for the 242nd annual running of the Epsom Derby - the world's most famous flat race. However, before all of that, the fillies get their time to shine on Friday for their biggest race of the year - the Epsom Oaks. Although The Queen has never quite managed to win the Derby with any…

HENDERSON, KY. (WFIE) - Sunday was arguably the biggest day of the entire Ellis Park summer meet: Derby Day. It was a loaded day, of six big stakes races on the card, including the Groupie Doll Stakes and of course, the Ellis Park Derby. Here is one of the earlier stakes races on the slate: the $150000 Audubon Oaks stakes, going 7 furlongs on the…

THE field for the Epsom Oaks has been set - and it looks like being an absolute cracker. Three horses dominate the market for the third Classic of the season. But everyone knows anything can happen over 1m4f of the rolling Epsom track. Here, Sun Racing breaks down every runner and rider and tells you all you need to know for the big race.

2023-06-01Epsom Oaks betting tips: Savethelastdance ticks all the right boxes in fillies' Classic 4.30 Epsom Oaks 1 mile 2 furlongs (Group 1 - fillies only) Our trends selection on Saturday saw Dramatised win at Haydock in good style at odds of 4/1 after being available at 6/1 at time of writing, so we hope many of you had a good result! The…

FRANKIE DETTORI began his Epsom send off weekend in perfect style as Soul Sister cruised to success in the Oaks. It sets up a potentially famous double for Dettori, who rides the Derby favourite Arrest tomorrow. There was drama before the gates opened as Running Lion bolted at the start, unshipping Oisin Murphy and failing to take part. Dettori…

THIS is the shocking moment top jockey Oisin Murphy raged after his well-fancied filly was stopped from running in the Epsom Oaks at the last second. After months of planning and preparation, Running Lion was forbidden from taking part after she reared in the stalls. Former champion jockey Murphy was absolutely fuming at his bad luck and smashed…

TEMPLEGATE goes through every single runner in the Epsom Oaks and delivers his tip for third Classic of the season. Our man picks out the pros and cons of each horse and gives them a rating out of five stars - as well as his 1-2-3 prediction. You can find out all you need to know about the Friday blockbuster in our dedicated Epsom Oaks page. The…

The first day of the Epsom Derby meeting gets underway on Friday with the fillies taking centre stage in the Betfred Oaks over the famous mile and a half trip. We are joined by Irish maestro trainer Aidan O'Brien who runs his impressive Chester winner Savethelastdance in this year's renewal. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of…

TEMPLEGATE has struck early this week with a look at the weekend's action. The Epsom Oaks on Friday and Derby on Saturday will take centre stage. But there is plenty of value to be found in the handicaps too, with some big fields offering up some decent extra place value. Here, in the latest instalment of his weekly column, he reveals a few of the…

You can see the best Epsom Oaks free bets to claim for Friday's big horse race on the Downs. We've listed the top Oaks betting offers that will bag you £100's of free bets to use on the big horse racing action this week. Yes, to help you enjoy Friday's 2023 Epsom Derby Festival from the Surrey racecourse, here at SportsLens we've put together…

The Derby at Epsom Racecourse is the most coveted race in the calendar and it's the one race everyone hopes to win. Desert Crown was the victor last year under Richard Kingscote for trainer Sir Michael Stoute while the 2022 Oaks went the way of Tuesday under Ryan Moore for Aidan O'Brien. There are five Classics in British horse racing: The Derby,…

Frankie Dettori's final ride in the Epsom Oaks will be aboard Soul Sister for John and Thady Gosden. An Epsom Oaks bid seemed unlikely after Soul Sister's reappearance at Newbury. The Gosden's filly finished stone dead last, having struggled for pace on very soft ground over seven furlongs. Soul Sister bounced back to winning form with a fantastic…

NOTHING beats the Epsom Derby for prestige and tradition - and very few things can match finding the winner of it. That's exactly why we've got Templegate to look at the big June 3 feature and find us a horse worth backing now. Our man has also unearthed a 33-1 gem for the Oaks the day before. Here, Steve Mullen (Templegate to you and me) explains…

Even the outsiders are coming in. Frankie Dettori's farewell tour is threatening to turn into a lap of honour after he added yet another triumph to his final spring campaign. The 52-year-old, who is quitting the saddle at the end of the season, has another Classic contender to look forward to in shock Tattersalls Musidora Stakes winner Soul…

History beckons for NASHWA and Hollie Doyle in the Cazoo Oaks (4.30) at Epsom on Friday. The first Classic horse race, the St Leger, was run at Doncaster in 1776 - and in the 246 years that have passed none of the five jewels in Flat racing's crown has fallen to a woman jockey. Doyle has become used to new ground and in Nashwa, trained in…

Thoughts Of June dominated from the front to provide trainer Aidan O'Brien with a seventh victory in the Weatherbys Bloodstock Pro Cheshire Oaks. Without a win in three previous outings, the daughter of Galileo was last seen finishing second to the reopposing Above The Curve in a Leopardstown maiden four weeks ago. Above The Curve, trained by…

The countdown is finally over as the Epsom races get underway on Friday with the memorable Ladies Day taking centre stage to kick off proceedings. Rhododendron is ready to steal all the headlines and continue Aidan O'Brien's monopoly on the British Classics by landing the Oaks in the big 4.30pm race. O'Brien is hoping to make it three wins in a row…

It's an extra-long Bank Holiday Weekend in the UK with Platinum Jubilee fever in the air and there's Classic action to savour at Epsom on Friday and Saturday. First up will be the Fillies in the Cazoo Oaks at 4.30pm on Friday afternoon, with a certain Frankie Dettori attempting to win for the fourth time in six years. Our expert has a selection and…

Taghrooda produced a fantastic display under jockey Paul Hanagan to romp to an easy victory in the Oaks at Epsom, keeping her unbeaten record intact. Tarfasha crossed the line in second, while early front-runner Volume had to settle for third place. Winning by 3 3/4 lengths in the field of 17, Hanagan's triumph is the first Classic success of the…

Changingoftheguard threw his hat into the Derby ring with a thoroughly impressive display in the Boodles Chester Vase. Trainer Aidan O'Brien had saddled a record nine previous winners of the Group 3 contest, with his Ruler Of The World the last horse to follow up at Epsom in 2013. O'Brien already houses the ante-post favourite for the premier…

Magic Wand can cast a spell on racegoers in the Epsom Oaks today. The filly can light up Ladies' Day and give Irish genius Aidan O'Brien a seventh success in the Investec-sponsored Group One contest. She was an impressive winner of the Cheshire Oaks at Chester in May when she made all the running under Ryan Moore. Last year's champion filly,…

2022-06-22Thursday's Newmarket racing tips: Enforced the free and easy pick for Roger Varian Click on Planet Sport's Live Race Centre for all the racing information you could ever need on events at Newmarket. Here's a quick list of Planet Sport's picks from Newmarket on Thursday, June 23. Rogue Lightning (13.25 Newmarket) World Without Love (14.00…

THE Epsom Oaks is nearly upon us again - and it promises to be a cracker. This year's renewal is worth a cool £375000 to owners and trainers, so expect the top horses to bring their A-games. Here, SunSport looks at all the runners currently still entered into the historic race. And we reveal their current odds with bookmakers for anyone looking to…

Frankie Dettori's mount Emily Upjohn was the favourite for the big race at Epsom on Friday. Full 1-2-3 result here and odds as Tuesday galloped to victory at the Derby Festival Tuesday ridden by Ryan Moore (right) wins the Cazoo Oaks Tuesday held on in an absorbing finish to the Cazoo Oaks at Epsom Racecourse. The Group 1, with a first prize of…

Fourth behind Discoveries (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) in The Curragh's G1 Moyglare Stud S. and sixth to Inspiral (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in the G1 Fillies' Mile at Newmarket either side of a win in the former venue's G3 Weld Park S. at two, Concert Hall (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) returned to add her name to the list of Oaks aspirants with a hard-fought…

Forty years after Shergar destroyed the Derby field of 1981 by a whopping ten lengths, easing up at the line, a filly with the gentle name of Snowfall scored a record-breaking win in the Oaks, running right away from her opposition at Epsom to score by an amazing 16-length margin. The 16-length margin broke the Oaks record previously held by the…

While events on the track will be the main feature of the day, the array of glamorous outfits and unusual headwear is sure to get tongues wagging away from the serious racing business. People will be travelling far and wide as the horse racing world draws its attention to the Epsom Oaks on Friday (May 31) and the Epsom Derby on Saturday (June…

Epsom stages the third Classic of the season on bank holiday Friday as the girls take centre stage. A bumper crowd is expected and racegoers could witness one of Frankie Dettori's iconic flying dismounts as the Italian jockey rides hot favourite Emily Upjohn in the Epsom Oaks (4.30pm). John & Thady Goshen also saddle Nashwa, Aidan O'Brien's assault…

Hollie Doyle says her dreams of a first Classic winner are definitely alive when she teams up with Nashwa in Friday's Cazoo Oaks at Epsom. Doyle, hoping to make history by becoming the first female to ride a Classic winner, said: "I'm counting down the days to next Friday's Oaks now that owner Imad Alsagar has confirmed Nashwa will run. "Imad and…

The cream of the Flat racing crop in Britain and Ireland are set to cross the pond for the Breeders' Cup. Aidan O'Brien, Charlie Appleby and co have a string of entries for the two-day meeting at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky. Future Stars Friday sees the leading juveniles take their chance before the more established horses bid for the bigger…

Wednesday racing tips feature selections from the jumps at Sedgefield and flat racing at Nottingham. talkSPORT have gone through the race cards and form so you don't have to, with betting tips across all the racing from the UK & Ireland. Can go well fresh and after 223 days there could be more to offer over hurdles, but also ran on the flat 32 days…

FRANKIE DETTORI compared Emily Upjohn to the legendary Enable after her Musidora Stakes romp. The unbeaten filly is now the red-hot 5-4 favourite for the Oaks after passing her biggest test to date with flying colours. Dettori, who was grinning from ear to ear after the race, admitted to a few restless nights in the build-up to the key Classic…

The body that represents Ireland's racecourses has said it stands over the distribution of vital media rights income to the country's 26 tracks. At a recent Oireachtas Agriculture Committee hearing, Horse Racing Ireland was accused of "abusing its position" in relation to how much media rights revenue it takes for itself as well as favouring bigger…

Among them, are some very well bred members of Drakenstein Stud's exciting young sire Gold Standard, whose eagerly awaited first two-year-olds race this season. Below are some of the Kotzen trained Gold Standard two-year-olds - and they look exciting prospects indeed! Star Of Gold is a Gold Standard colt whose dam, Looking At Stars, is a daughter…

There are many interesting runners on this afternoon's Flat card in Cork, and King Of Scotia, who contests the Coolmore Stud Gleneagles Irish EBF Maiden, makes most appeal as a betting proposition. A Tattersalls Craven Breeze-up purchase for 65000 Guineas in April, the Michael O'Callaghan-trained colt made his debut last month at the Curragh and…

There's plenty of life left in the 2022 flat racing season. September sees some key group races and it won't be long before Irish trainers begin to make their final plans for the 2022 Breeders' Cup meeting at Keeneland in the USA. The Breeders' Cup meeting is the final destination after a busy season in Europe. If a person bets on horses with…