Aidan O'Brien has five horses to run in Friday's Cazoo Oaks. The team is led by favourite Santa Barbara, but punters have latched onto Divinely in recent days
The 2021 Cazoo Oaks: Your essential runner-by-runner guide
Wed 2 Jun 2021
Tadhg Creedon puts each contender in Fridayâs Cazoo Oaks under the microscope and is siding with a filly who ran an eye-catching second in a Chester trial to claim Classic glory.
Odds: 10-1.
Firstly, she is trained by Aidan OâBrien and a daughter of Galileo which has proved a potent combination in three of the past five renewals of the Oaks, with victories for Minding, Forever Together and Love.
She also hails from the family of Red Evie, a Group One winner of the Matron Stakes for Michael Bell and is a full-sister to none other than Arc and Breedersâ Cup Turf heroine, Found.
Sky Sports Racing's Alex Hammond remembers some huge-priced outsiders doing well at Epsom before debating the merits of some of this year's Derby longshots.
Hollie Doyle hopes to draw inspiration from Rachael Blackmore and Bryony Frost by writing her name in the record books and securing the “biggest success” of her
Musidora preview: Noon Star and Teona put Oaks credentials on line
Wed 12 May 2021
Noon Star is among those looking to earn themselves a shot at Classic glory in the Cazoo Oaks in what promises to be an informative renewal of the Tattersalls Musidora Stakes at York on Wednesday.
Sir Michael Stoute’s filly is certainly bred for next month’s Epsom showpiece, being a daughter of the brilliant Derby hero Galileo and top-class racemare Midday, who was beaten a head by Sariska in the Oaks in 2009.
Noon Star, owned and bred by the late Khalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte operation, has won two of her three starts to date – most recently impressing on her three-year-old debut in a novice event at Wetherby two and a half weeks ago.