Oak Tree Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Glorious Goodwood)

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See which trainers and jockeys have performed well in this fact-packed blog for the Oak Tree Stakes. This is a race that is hosted at Goodwood during the Glorious Goodwood with the race being run over a distance of 7f, see which trends the past winners of the Oak Tree Stakes have set for this year.

Oak Tree Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Glorious Goodwood)
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Horse Racing stats man, Andy has contributed to OLBG for 18 years - An Ipswich fan and F1 fanatic, he also contributes EFL football and Motor Sport opinion.

2024 Oak Tree Stakes Preview

The Oak Tree Stakes is not one of the oldest races but attracts some top-class runners, established in 1980, this Group 3 is open to fillies and mares who are three or older and is run over seven furlongs.

The race features on day four of the Glorious Goodwood festival in late July or early August with three-year-old runners receiving a 6lb allowance from the older runners however previous group winners are penalised, with Group 1 (7lb), Group 2 (5lb) and Group 3 (3lb).

Oak Tree Stakes Information:

Our dedicated Goodwood tips page will not only bring you predictions from the OLBG racing tipsters for the upcoming card that includes the Oak Tree Stakes but will also have predictions for each meeting at Goodwood throughout the season so be sure to head over there. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Races Covered at Glorious Goodwood section for links to these.

How competitive is the Oak Tree Stakes market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2005 when the race had an over-round of 115%. The race in 2018 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 128%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Oak Tree Stakes, the over-round has been 120%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £120 which is bet.

Oak Tree Stakes Trends:

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 20 if you had followed the winner of the Oak Tree Stakes next time out then you would have backed a total of 4 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +12.38. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page to easily access the OLBG racing picks daily.

When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 1:23.75 was set by Billesdon Brook in 2019, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by Richard Hannon and ridden by Sean Levey. The slowest winning time was set in 2023 when Magical Sunset won in a time of 1:33.18, booked to ride was Kevin Stott by the trainer Richard Hannon.

These are the top three quickest-run Oak Tree Stakes over the last 20 renewals:

  1. Billesdon Brook (1:23.75) in 2019
  2. Amy Eria (1:24.38) in 2015
  3. Al Jazi (1:24.92) in 2016

Oak Tree Stakes Past Winners

Here are the Oak Tree Stakes past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. Also detailed is the stall where the horse came from and the total number of runners in the race. The horse's trainer at the time of winning the Oak Tree Stakes and the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

YearHorse (Drawn)Info
2023
1:33.18
Magical Sunset (IRE)
3yo 8-13 (14 of 13) 18/1
Kevin Stott
Richard Hannon (GB)
2022
1:25.64
Oscula (IRE)
3yo 8-12 (2 of 15) 100/30F
William Buick
George Boughey (GB)
2021
1:30.77
Last Empire (GB)
5yo 9-3 (2 of 12) 16/1
Daniel Tudhope
Kevin Ryan (GB)
2020
1:25.80
One Master (GB)
6yo 9-3 (1 of 12) 6/4F
Tom Marquand
William Haggas (GB)
2019
1:23.75
Billesdon Brook (GB)
4yo 9-3 (10 of 17) 12/1
Sean Levey
Richard Hannon (GB)
2018
1:25.42
Pretty Baby (IRE)
3yo 8-11 (3 of 16) 3/1F
Dane O'Neill
William Haggas (GB)
2017
1:29.29
Al Jazi (IRE)
4yo 9-3 (6 of 10) 9/4F
Frankie Dettori
F Rohaut (FR)
2016
1:24.92
Al Jazi (IRE)
3yo 8-10 (1 of 11) 12/1
Gregory Benoist
F Rohaut (FR)
2015
1:24.38
Amy Eria (IRE)
4yo 9-3 (5 of 10) 33/1
Gregory Benoist
F Rohaut (FR)
2014
1:25.09
J Wonder (USA)
3yo 8-13 (10 of 9) 7/1
Jimmy Fortune
Brian Meehan (GB)

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Oak Tree Stakes have been based:

  • GB: 17 winners with an additional 35 placings from 216 runners
  • FR: 3 winners with an additional 2 placings from 17 runners
  • IRE: 0 winners with an additional 3 placings from 9 runners
  • GER: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 8 runners
  • SPA: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
  • SWE: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
  • ITY: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

Oak Tree Stakes Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Oak Tree Stakes over the last 20 renewals is F Rohaut who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Amy Eria (2015) and Al Jazi (2016 & 2017). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Oak Tree Stakes are Richard Hannon (2 wins) and William Haggas (2 wins). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Oak Tree Stakes, Ralph Beckett has sent a total of 10 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Oak Tree Stakes trainer statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

TrainerR-W-PWinEW
F Rohaut4-3-3+46.25+27.35
Richard Hannon10-2-4+22.00+11.65
William Haggas10-2-3-3.50-5.10
John Gosden10-1-4+7.00+3.20
Sir Michael Stoute10-1-6-7.00-2.42
Kevin Ryan5-1-1+12.00+5.60
Chris Wall3-1-2+9.00+4.80
Brian Meehan3-1-2+5.00+4.70
Michael Bell3-1-1-0.12-0.87
Jonathan Portman2-1-1+13.00+7.40

Oak Tree Stakes Jockey Statistics

There are multiple leading jockeys in the Oak Tree Stakes over the last 20 renewals with Ryan Moore, Frankie Dettori and Gregory Benoist having all won the race two times. Ryan Moore winners have been with Visit (2008) and Regal Realm (2012). Frankie Dettori winners have been with Red Evie (2006) and Al Jazi (2017). Gregory Benoist winners have been with Amy Eria (2015) and Al Jazi (2016). There is one jockey who has not had the best of times in the Oak Tree Stakes, Jim Crowley has ridden 11 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Oak Tree Stakes jockey statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

JockeyR-W-PWinEW
Ryan Moore15-2-6-1.00-3.16
Frankie Dettori12-2-6-5.87+0.48
Gregory Benoist2-2-2+45.00+27.00
William Buick6-1-3-1.67-0.70
Richard Kingscote5-1-1+10.00+4.40
Tom Marquand5-1-1-2.50-3.10
Sean Levey3-1-1+10.00+4.00
Tom Queally3-1-1+2.50+0.25
Dane O'Neill3-1-1+1.00-0.50
Kevin Stott2-1-1+17.00+9.80

Oak Tree Stakes Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +42.46 is when runners ran in a Class 1 (L) when last winning. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners ran over 7f on debut, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-59.

Here are the most recent winning draws along with the further placings in brackets:

  • 2023: Winner in 14 (3,8) [13 Runners]
  • 2022: Winner in 2 (10,5) [15 Runners]
  • 2021: Winner in 2 (13,17) [12 Runners]
  • 2020: Winner in 1 (12,7) [12 Runners]
  • 2019: Winner in 10 (4,6) [17 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Oak Tree Stakes is Ascot, there has been a total number of 6 winners of this race who ran at Ascot last time out.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Oak Tree Stakes:

  • Canford Cliffs (2 Wins)
  • Footstepsinthesand (2 Wins)
  • Pivotal (2 Wins)

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Oak Tree Stakes despite multiple attempts:

  • Dubawi (0 Wins from 8 runners)
  • Dark Angel (0 Wins from 7 runners)
  • Invincible Spirit (0 Wins from 6 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Amy Eria in 2015, winning for F Rohaut at odds of 33/1 under the guidance of Gregory Benoist. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 6 winning favourites in the race. Before placing your bet on the 2024 Oak Tree Stakes head over to see which other runners today are being backed by the best racing tipsters today.

Races Covered at Glorious Goodwood

Here is the schedule for the five-day Glorious Goodwood festival for races which we cover with blogs, each race will be linked to the race blog and detail last year's winner in the table below.

Glorious Goodwood races for Tuesday 30th July 2024

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:50
Chesterfield Cup Handicap
Ancient Rome (USA)
4yo - 33/1
Charles Hills
Jamie Spencer
14:25
Vintage Stakes
Haatem (IRE)
2yo - 9/4
Richard Hannon
Sean Levey
15:00
Lennox Stakes
Kinross (GB)
6yo - 10/11
Ralph Beckett
Frankie Dettori
15:35
Goodwood Cup
Quickthorn (GB)
6yo - 16/1
Hughie Morrison
Tom Marquand

Glorious Goodwood races for Wednesday 31st July 2024

RaceLast WinnerInfo
14:25
Oak Tree Stakes
Magical Sunset (IRE)
3yo - 18/1
Richard Hannon
Kevin Stott
15:00
Molecomb Stakes
Big Evs (IRE)
2yo - 9/4
Michael Appleby
Jason Hart
15:35
Sussex Stakes
Paddington (GB)
3yo - 4/9
A P OBrien
Ryan Moore

Glorious Goodwood races for Thursday 1st August 2024

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:50
Kincsem Handicap
Royal Rhyme (IRE)
3yo - 9/1
K R Burke
Clifford Lee
14:25
Richmond Stakes
Vandeek (GB)
2yo - 11/8
Simon & Ed Crisford
Andrea Atzeni
15:00
Gordon Stakes
Desert Hero (GB)
3yo - 7/1
William Haggas
Tom Marquand
15:35
Nassau Stakes
Al Husn (IRE)
4yo - 9/1
Roger Varian
Jim Crowley

Glorious Goodwood races for Friday 2nd August 2024

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:50
Goodwood Handicap
Temporize (GB)
4yo - 6/1
Syd Hosie
Luke Morris
14:25
Thoroughbred Stakes
Epictetus (IRE)
3yo - 6/1
John & Thady Gosden
Frankie Dettori
15:00
Golden Mile Handicap
Johan (GB)
6yo - 25/1
Jack Channon
James Doyle
15:35
King George Stakes
Highfield Princess (FR)
6yo - 4/9
John Quinn
Jason Hart
16:10
Glorious Stakes
Hamish (GB)
7yo - 5/6
William Haggas
Tom Marquand

Glorious Goodwood races for Saturday 3rd August 2024

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:40
Stewards Sprint Handicap
Monsieur Kodi (IRE)
4yo - 9/2
Richard Fahey
Oisin Orr
14:10
Summer Handicap
Sweet William (IRE)
4yo - 9/4
John & Thady Gosden
Robert Havlin
14:45
Lillie Langtry Stakes
Sumo Sam (GB)
3yo - 25/1
Paul & Oliver Cole
Tom Marquand
15:20
Stewards Cup
Aberama Gold (GB)
6yo - 18/1
David OMeara
Andrea Atzeni

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Oak Tree Stakes Preview are at hand, Andy and Darren. They both work on the Horse racing tips team team looking after the tipsters and managing the tips settlement, whilst also creating and managing all of the horse racing event previews for Flat Racing.

Darren Brett

Darren Brett

Tipster competition manager

Darren has worked in the horse racing industry for decades bringing to OLBG for the last 20 years a wealth of knowledge, creating much of our content on these sports. Darren also manages our Grand National Guide and is the go-to font of knowledge for the world's greatest steeplechase.
Andy Powell

Andy Powell

Content editor

Andy, a seasoned horse racing expert with over 15 years of experience, possesses a comprehensive understanding of the sport, from delving into complex statistical data for flat racing in the UK and Ireland to crafting insightful flat racing blogs for OLBG.

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