2025 Hedge Of Oak Stakes Betting Tips
Running Lion operates for John & Thady Gosden and the five-year-old needs to bounce back from finishing last in a recent outing. Sent off at odds of 3/1 in the Betfred Dahlia Stakes, the runner failed to make an impression. That was over one mile and one length and came after a smart effort at Longchamp. On that occasion, the horse was a surprising second.
Having been sent off at odds of 23/1 in the France encounter, less than a length separated the horse from winner Friendly Soul in the Prix de l’Opera Longines. Bearing in mind this was a Group 1 encounter, there could be more to come from the horse here. However, the horse had previously finished dead last at Newmarket and can’t always be trusted.
Diamond Rain got a couple of wins under his belt last term, with the Charlie Appleby-trained runner finishing fourth out of eleven runners at Doncaster in a previous showing. The runner struggled at last year’s Royal Ascot meeting when finishing last in the Ribblesdale Stakes. However, she was previously successful at Ascot and Newbury.
Estrange is also not without a chance and the latest effort was a victory at Doncaster. Sent off at odds of 7/2, the runner obliged by nearly two lengths and there was also a success at Goodwood back in August. In between those efforts was a midfield finish at Yarmouth, with Tasmania also having the potential to go well for Sir Mark Prescott.