Betfred Oaks Entries 2025: Desert Flower heads field of nine

The prestigious Betfred Oaks is staged at Epsom on Friday (16:00) and a provisional field of nine was confirmed for the fillies' Classic on Saturday morning.

Here's the lowdown on the Betfred Oaks Entries 2025.

Betfred 1000 Guineas winner Desert Flower is set to put her unbeaten record back on the line in the Betfred Oaks at Epsom on Friday.

Charlie Appleby's Night Of Thunder filly was the standout name left in the Classic contest at Saturday's confirmation stage.

She faces stiff competition from a trio of potential runners for Aidan O'Brien, who's won six of the last 10 renewals of the famous event.

Leading the Ballydoyle battalion - at least as far as the Betfred Oaks Odds are concerned - is Frankel filly Giselle, the mightily-impressive Oaks Trial winner at Lingfield last month.

Whirl, the highest-rated of O'Brien's three, was also easy on the eye in the G3 Musidora Stakes at York last time out, staking her claim for the Betfred Oaks.

Completing the trio is Minnie Hauk, who put her name into the hat with victory in the Cheshire Oaks at Chester's May Festival.

Our very own intrepid reporter Matt Hulmes from Betfred TV travelled to Ireland last week to sit down with O'Brien and get the latest on his runners for the Betfred Oaks and Derby. Listen to what he had to say below.

Making headlines on Saturday was Saaed bin Suroor and Shadwell Stud, who paid £30k to supplement Dubawi filly Elwateen after finishing fourth in the Betfred 1000 Guineas on just the second start of her career.

Among the outsiders for Friday is Joseph O'Brien's recent Group 3 winner Wemighttakedlongway and the lightly-raced Revoir for Arc-winning trainer Ralph Beckett.

The latter was narrowly beaten by the Ed Walker-trained Qilin Queen at Newbury just under three weeks ago and she could reoppose - while John & Thady Gosden's Go Go Boots completes the provisional lineup.

The final field for the 2025 Betfred Oaks will be declared at 10:00 on Wednesday morning.

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