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Yorkshire Oaks: what trainers say and video tip
By Racing TV
Last Updated: Thu 21 Aug 2025
Minnie Hauk
Minnie Hauk bids to win a fourth different Oaks in the Pertemps Network-sponsored Yorkshire version on Thursday.
Aidan O’Brien’s Frankel filly has been outstanding so far this season, collecting three successive Oaks titles starting with the Listed Cheshire contest, before adding Classic strikes in both the Epsom and Curragh editions.
Now she turns her attention to the Knavesmire, with only three rivals opting to take her on in the mile-and-a-half Group One – including Ribblesdale-winning stablemate Garden Of Eden.
“This was always the obvious place to bring Minnie Hauk after the Curragh and she seems in good form since then,” said O’Brien.
“The trip and ground are perfect for her and since the Irish Oaks everything has gone well with her.
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Garden Of Eden and Qilin Queen
“Garden Of Eden won the Ribblesdale and then we sent her for the German Oaks but that didn’t work out.
“She was drawn very badly and she just never really got into it, it never happened.”
Ed Walker’s Qilin Queen was eighth behind Minnie Hauk in the Oaks at Epsom, the only real blip in a consistent career thus far that includes a Group Two success in the Prix de Malleret at ParisLongchamp last time out.
“Qilin Queen is a lovely filly who has done nothing wrong in her career,” the trainer said.
“The Oaks was the only bad run in her career and I think you can put that down to the soft ground and she probably wasn’t that happy on the track.
“However, on top of the ground she’s really not put a foot wrong and we know she stays the trip well.
“She will have to step forward significantly to challenge this lot, but she’s entitled to.”
Estrange
David O’Meara’s Estrange is the other British-trained entrant, a striking grey who has won both starts this season when taking the Lester Piggott Fillies’ Stakes and then the Lancashire Oaks.
She steps up to the top level, although connections are prepared to make a late call on her participation on the Knavesmire, eager to ensure an easier surface for the four-year-old.
“We’ll have a chat to connections tonight and see what they think,” said O’Meara at York on Wednesday.
“I walked it on Monday and I thought they had put plenty of water on and it felt good to soft. The (slow) times (today) could be a little bit of headwind affecting them as much as anything else but I thought they had watered very well.”
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