Thursday 8th May 2025 - A field of seven have been declared for the William Hill Derby Trial Stakes (Listed), which is worth £60,000, including Aidan O’Brien’s Puppet Master & the unbeaten Stay True.
Ballydoyle have won this contest six times in the past, most recently with United Nations in 2022. Stay True landed his debut in impressive fashion at Leopardstown last month and has will face 7/4f stablemate Puppet Master who was fourth in the P.W. McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes (G3) on his recent seasonal debut.
The pair will be joined by Ralph Beckett’s Prince Of The Seas who was keen on his seasonal reappearance at Epsom, but looked promising as a 2-year-old for Ralph Beckett and owners Valmont Stud last year.
The Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum-owned Rahiebb represents trainer Roger Varian whose Third Realm took this contest in 2021. This represents a significant step up in class for the 3-year-old son of Frankel.
Nighttime Dancer progressed from his debut effort and for the step up to 1m4f when he got off the mark at Southwell last month for Richard Hannon. Rogue Impact arrives into this race after making a winning stable debut for James Owen at this venue on the all-weather.
Andrew Balding’s Wolverhampton scorer Our ‘enery completes the field of seven.
Latest William Hill Lingfield Derby Trial Stakes odds: Puppet Master 7/4f, Stay True 3/1, Prince Of The Seas 7/1, Rahiebb 7/1, BAR 12/1
A field of three will go to post for the William Hill Oaks Trial Fillies’ Stakes which is the first race on the seven-race card this Saturday. Aidan O’Brien’s relies on just the one runner in Giselle who was placed in the Staffordstown Stud Stakes (G3) on her third and final start as a 2yo last season.
She will be joined by Love Talk who posted a career-best when she landed the British EBF £100,000 2yo Fillies’ Series Final at Goodwood, and the Simon Crisford-trained Harpsichord.
Six runners have been declared for the William Hill Chartwell Fillies' Stakes (G3) including the exciting Amo Racing filly Cathedral. The daughter of Too Darn Hot was runner-up in the Oh So Sharp Stakes (G3) last season and is open to a great deal of improvement in 2025.
