This year’s William Hill Oaks has now reached the semi final stage and the Dean Childs trained Droopys Loner shot to the head of the market following her victory in the second round when beating Bridge Ruth by three and three quarters of a length. The even money favourite was a little unlucky in round one when beaten a neck by kennel mate Aero Scramble but showed her class to clock a time of 28.47s last time and now looks to have every chance of landing this prestigious title.
Aero Scramble actually produced a better time in round two than when winning that first round battle against Droopys Loner, but was beaten by 7/1 chance Forest Dot. Forest Dot really impressed me on that occasion and I think she may well be a little overpriced at 10/1 with William Hill. Although she has a bit to find with market principles Droopys Loner and Droopys Hope if the times of the last heats are anything to go by, I fully expect her to make the final and I’d imagine she’ll be half that price come the 20th of December.
The two Droopys bitches are taking a huge chunk of the market at 2/1 and 5/2 respectively so I think it’s also worth backing 7/1 chance Skate On against the principles. She wasn’t far behind Droopys Hope in the quarter final and with a good draw in the semi final, a reproduction of that run should be enough to see Elizabeth McNair’s runner get through.
You can see the final take place live on Sky Sports 4 on Thursday 20th October.
2012 William Hill Oaks Tips
Back Forest Dot @ 10/1
Back Droopys Hope @ 7/1
Semi Final Draw
Heat 1
Trap 1 Skate On
Trap 2 Jazz Tilly
Trap 3 Bridge Ruth
Trap 4 Lemon Velvet
Trap 5 Sherrys Rebound
Trap 6 Droopys Hope
Heat 2
Trap 1 Forest Mollie
Trap 2 Aero Scramble
Trap 3 Forest Dot
Trap 4 Droopys Loner
Trap 5 Westway Triangle
Trap 6 Cavan Dancer
2012 William Hill Oaks Betting
(Prices from Ladbrokes)
Droopys Loner 2/1
Droopys Hope 5/2
Bridge Ruth 7/1
Skate On 7/1
Forest Dot 10/1
Aero Scramble 12/1
Lemon Velvet 12/1
Cavan Dancer 16/1
Forest Mollie 33/1
Sherrys Rebound 50/1
Jazz Tilly 50/1
Westway Triangle 50/1