Greyhound Oaks Betting Tips, Stats and Analysis

Greyhound Oaks 2026: First round results

Twelve first round heats took place for the Oaks on Saturday 3rd October.

The first three bitches in each race qualified for the second round.

The bookmakers must have left Dunstall Park shellshocked after Saturday's first round as eleven of the twelve races were won by the favourite or joint-favourite and the biggest winning SP of the night was 2/1!

Trainer Mark Wallis' Strike It Skye recorded the fastest time of the night, dipping under 28 seconds with a time of 27.94. Slingshot Poppy, Fahrenheit Jess, Alright Tallent and Newinn Uganda all also returned times under 28.10

Heat One:

1. Jazzy Belle 15/8F 28.33
2. Knocknadoguestar 9/4 28.35
3. Aero Hope 5/1 28.43

Heat Two:

1. Slingshot Poppy 7/4F 28.01
2. Bikini Bullet 2/1 28.13
3. Signet Nayla 7/1 28.21

Heat Three:

1. Alright Tallent 13/8F 28.06
2. Countess Penny 4/1 28.54
3. Vahbelle 5/2 28.68

Heat Four:

1. Strike It Skye 4/7F 27.94
2. Fahrenheit Jess 15/8 28.02
3. Jazzy Dancer 9/1 28.42

Heat Five:

1. Headford Sarah 4/7F 28.43
2. Beatties Lena 7/1 28.53
3. She's A Gooner 16/1 28.71

Heat Six:

1. Strideon Clara 13/8F 28.34
2. The Other Winx 9/2 28.54
3. Burberry Girl 2/1 28.60

Heat Seven:

1. Bombay Special 6/4JF 28.16
2. Dapper Daffy 6/4JF 28.46
3. Holding Hollie 25/1 28.54

Heat Eight:

1. Copney Queen 5/4F 28.18
2. Lady Gambet 6/4 28.24
3. Aghaburren Luna 25/1 28.58

Heat Nine:

1. Ballydoyle Tina 4/11F 28.21
2. Brickhill Patsy 5/1 28.63
3. Resonate 10/1 28.66

Heat Ten:

1. Headford Fiona 6/5F 28.22
2. Kilwest Diva 11/4 28.56
3. Moanteen Mimi 10/1 28.64

Heat Eleven:

1. Aayamza Shazza 2/1 28.24
2. Raebella 8/13F 28.54
3. Taylor The Best 5/1 28.64

Heat Twelve:

1. Newinn Uganda 4/11F 28.07
2. Ballymac Allory 9/2 28.33
3. Mon Amis 8/1 28.59

Greyhound Oaks 2026: Ante-post preview

Greyhound Oaks Preview: Newinn Uganda Sets the Standard

Dunstall Park has done a fantastic job of assembling a field of seventy-two bitches for their second renewal of the Greyhound Oaks.

A host of top-class performers line-up in Saturday’s 12 first-round heats, including Coronation Cup winner Bikini Bullet, East Anglian Derby winner Aayamza Shazza and Produce Stakes winner Countess Penny.

The bookmakers have found it difficult to separate the leading contenders, with nine bitches priced at less than 20/1 in the ante-post market, highlighting the competitiveness of this year’s renewal.

Double English Derby-winning trainer Graham Holland brings four runners over from Ireland, including two of the joint-favourites. Ballydoyle Tina heads the market at 6/1, as Holland looks to add the Greyhound Oaks to his impressive list of major victories. It is one of the few prestigious competitions still missing from his CV.

Ballydoyle Tina was well-fancied for the Irish Derby but exited in the third round after being crowded at the first bend. She had previously reached the semi-finals of the Christmas Oaks at Shelbourne Park last December, suggesting she could appreciate the return to racing against her own sex.

Sharing favouritism at 6/1 is Holland’s other leading contender, Newinn Uganda, who recorded the fastest time at Dunstall Park in 2026 when landing the first trial stakes for the Oaks in 27.90 last Saturday evening. The Irish trainer’s team is completed by Bombay Special (18/1 ante-post) and Fahrenheit Jess (10/1).

Third in the ante-post market is the aforementioned Bikini Bullet, who is available at a best price of 8/1. The main question surrounding Belinda Green’s two-year-old is whether she can translate her outstanding Coronation Cup form over 575 metres at Romford to the sharper 480 metre trip at Dunstall Park.

Bikini Bullet’s supporters will point to her previous success over 480 metres at Monmore in a puppy competition earlier this year. Although she has not raced since her Coronation Cup triumph in July, she has enjoyed a series of trials at Hove and clocked an encouraging 28.27 at Dunstall Park. She encountered trouble in that three-dog trial, however, and there remains a question as to whether she will be able to come from behind over this shorter distance.

Bikini Bullet faces a stern test in Heat Two, where she takes on the exceptionally quick trapper Slingshot Poppy, a 10/1 ante-post chance. The heat also features two other Grade One finalists, Singalong Cherry (20/1) and Signet Nayla (25/1), making it one of the standout contests of the opening round.

John Mullins’ Aayamza Shazza overcame plenty of trouble in her qualifying races before powering to victory in the East Anglian Derby over 462 metres. She appears to have the all-round pace to qualify, even if she encounters trouble during her heats.

The shock winner of the £10,000 Produce Stakes at Towcester, Countess Penny, lines up in Heat Three after finishing third on her first attempt over the 462-metre trip last Saturday. She encountered plenty of trouble in that race and will be hoping for a clearer passage this time around.

Newinn Uganda’s impressive trial-stakes victory last weekend makes her an interesting contender at 6/1. If she can reproduce that 27.90 performance in the competition itself, she could give Graham Holland his first Greyhound Oaks title.

Ante-post prices correct as of 4pm Friday 2nd October.

Greyhound Oaks: Previous Winners

Below is a table detailing the last ten winners of the Greyhound Oaks:

Where Can I Watch The Greyhound Oaks?

As Dunstall Park is one of the PGR tracks, The Oaks will be shown live on the Attheraces Greyhound Channel

The Oaks is also part of the BAGS service in betting shops and can also be watched via bookmaker sites such as Betfair or William Hill.

 If you are new to betting on greyhound racing or if you just want to check up on greyhound racing knowledge, OLBG has provided a Greyhounds Betting Advice page which outlines the different types of bets available and important considerations to remember when betting on greyhounds.

Who Are The Trainers To Follow In The Greyhound Oaks?

Monmore based Kevin Hutton has won the Greyhound Oaks three times in the last eleven years:

• 2019 Bull Run Byte
• 2018 Ravenswood Flo
• 2013 Droopys Danneel

Hutton also got bitches through to the Final in 2025, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020.

Hutton has the following bitches still in the 2026 event:

• Jazzy Dancer
• Strideon Clara
• Signet Nayla
• Resonate
• Jazzy Belle

OLBG's Best Greyhound Tipsters are always worth checking out if you need a hand with your greyhound selections.

Greyhound Oaks 2025: Result

Butlers Lane, trained by Barry Denby at Nottingham, maintained her unbeaten record in the Oaks leading from the second bend for a decisive one and three-quarter length victory. 

Amazingly, despite her perfect record at Dunstall Park, the three-year-old bitch was sent off the 7/2 third-favourite and with having won her previous three races at 7/1, 7/1 and 7/4 her supporters have likely had a very profitable competition.

Full Result, SPs and times:

1. Butlers Lane 7/2 27.95
2. Kilwest Diva 9/2 28.09
3. Raebella Bullet 6/1 28.15
4. Fabulous Aria 15/8f 28.21
5. Bridefort Lady 14/1 28.31
6. Avongate Venus 3/1 28.61

Pre-final statistics:

Greyhound Oaks 2025: Semi-Finals

There were three semi-finals for the Oaks at Dunstall Park on Friday October 17th:

Semi-Final One Qualifiers and qualifying time:

1. Butlers Lane 7/1 28.21
2. Raebella Bullet 7/2 28.24

Semi-Final Two Qualifiers and qualifying time:

1. Fabulous Aria 5/4f 28.22
2. Avongate Venus 11/8 28.34

Semi-Final Three Qualifiers and qualifying time:

1. Kilwest Diva 4/1 28.15
2. Bridefort Lady 18/1 28.23

Greyhound Oaks 2025: Second Round Heat Results

There were six second round heats on Friday evening at Dunstall Park 

The ante-post favourite for the event, Droopys Kathleen, was knocked out of the competition in Heat Four:

Qualifiers from Heat One 6.31pm:

1. T5 Raebella Bullet 2/1 28.62
2. T6 Meenagh Minsk 6/5f 28.63
3. T1 Bridefort Lady 7/1 28.89

Qualifiers from Heat Two 7.06pm:

1. T1 Kilwest Diva 6/1 28.43
2. T4 Droopys Eunice 4/1 28.57
3. T6 Easy Molly 3/1 28.60

Qualifiers from Heat Three 7.39pm:

1. T2 Paradise Sky 4/9f 28.41
2. T6 Annadown Zara 12/1 28.45
3. T5 Makeit Mead 4/1 28.53

Qualifiers from Heat Four 8.13 pm:

1. T6 Ballymac Kinga 20/1 28.20
2. T1 Fabulous Aria 9/2 28.24
3. T5 Signet Nayla 7/1 28.46

Qualifiers from Heat Five 8.47pm:

1. T6 Butters Lane 7/1 28.33
2. T2 Aero Becks 8/13f 28.45
3. T4 Now And Then 7/1 28.53

Qualifiers from Heat Six 9.23pm:

1. T3 Kelvins Hat 7/1 28.18
2. T1 Strike It Skye 1/2f 28.20
3. T6 Avongate Venus 3/1 28.30

Greyhound Oaks 2025: First Round Results

There were twelve first round heats for the Oaks on Friday 3rd October. The first three from each heat qualified for the second round.

Qualifiers from each heat as follows:

Heat One:

1. Makeit Mead 7/1 28.46
2. Beatties Lyra 8/1 28.50
3. Fabulous Aria 1/2f 28.58

Heat Two:

1. Droopys Eunice 2/1 28.11
2. Whisky Elsa 13/8f 28.31
3. Beaming Carly 12/1 28.59

Heat Three:

1. Aero Becks 9/4 28.23
2. Signet Moran 2/1f 28.31
3. Gotacrushonyou 9/2 28.73

Heat Four:

1. Butlers Lane 7/4f 28.43
2. Gripwell Peg 15/8 28.47
3. Lilys Bullet 11/4 28.53

Heat Five:

1. Beatties Razl 8/1 28.29
2. Ballymac Kinga 7/2 28.43
3. Bridefort Lady 3/1 28.44

Heat Six:

1. Kelvins Hat 8/11f 28.36
2. Bellmore Ginger 28.40
3. Phoenix Posh 14/1 28.46

Heat Seven:

1. Easy Molly 5/1 28.28
2. Paradise Sky 2/9f 28.29
3. Beatties Electra 8/1 28.83

Heat Eight: 

1. Strike It Skye 1/2f 27.81
2. Avongate Venus 15/8 28.15
3. Isabellas Bullet 33/1 28.31

Heat Nine:

1. Meenagh Minsk 6/5f 28.27
2. March On Luna 5/1 28.39
3. Kiwest Diva 8/1 28.47

Heat Ten:

1. Droopys Doris 8/13f 28.02
2. Annadown Zara 4/1 28.56
3. Harlequin Beauty 8/1 28.68

Heat Eleven:

1. Droopys Kathleen 2/11f 27.67
2. Raebella Bullet 4/1 28.07
3. Now And Then 33/1 28.15

Heat Twelve:

1. Signet Nayla 1/2f 28.38
2. Epic Evelyn 8/1 28.58
3. Gingers Tali 5/2 28.70

Greyhound Oaks: Final 2024

The Oaks has been dominated up to this point by some amazing performances from Druids Say Go who has recorded three consecutive victories in the opening rounds. 

Patrick Janssens' September 2021 bitch has broken 27.90 on all three occasions and has won both of the last two rounds by over five lengths. Druids Say Go's fastest time in this competition was 27.80 in the quarter-finals but even her worst time of 27.89 is still over a tenth of a second quicker than her fastest rival in the final (Icemans Girl at 28.00). Understandably, the bookmakers are giving nothing away on putting Druids Say Go in at a current best price of 4/9 to win the final. It looks like it should be plain sailing for the favourite but Icemans Girl is capable of a very fast start (she has recorded a 3.39 best sectional compared to Druids 3.42) and Icemans Girl does possess a powerful finish. The other four dogs have a lot to find on times but I think Icemans Girl offers a bit of value against the favourite. 

The other fly in the ointment for the favourite could be Chamberlain Kate in Trap 1 who has a tendency to move off and could potentially crowd the favourite if she makes a fast start. That isn't certain by any means but the threat of trouble from Trap 1 and the fact that Icemans Girl in Trap 3 likes to move to the rails could see Druids Say Go as the meat in the sandwich. 

Druids Say Go is by far the most likely winner but probably not a 4/9 shot so it is worth a small bet on Icemans Girl at 7/2.

Greyhound Oaks Final: Saturday 26th October 9.20pm. Full field below with details of fastest sectionals and fastest times in this competition.

1. Chamberlain Kate (3.51) 28.31
2. Druids Say Go (3.42) 27.80
3. Icemans Girl (3.39) 28.00
4. Droopys Eunice (3.55) 28.28
5. Front Alice (3.51) 28.34
6. Coppice Ella (3.52) 28.30

Greryhound Oaks: Semi-Final results

The two semi-finals of the greyhound oaks were run on Saturday 19th October:

Semi-Final 1 7.36pm (greyhounds in bold qualified for the Final)

1. T5 Druids Say Go 8/13F 27.86 (winning distance: 5.5 lengths)
2. T2 Droopys Eunice 7/1 28.30
3. T6 Coppice Ella 6/1 28.38
4. T1 Ballyhealy Star 12/1 28.46
5. T4 Catunda Layla 33/1 28.72
6. T3 Distant Cara 7/2 28.90

Semi-Final 2 8.11pm

1. T1 Icemans Girl 11/4 28.30 (winning distance: 4.5 lengths)
2. T5 Front Alice 14/1 28.64
3. T2 Chamberlain Kate 22/1 28.78
   
4. T6 Queen Dusty 8/1 28.88
5. T4 Devilgate Suzi 33/1 28.94
6. T3 Queen Joni 4/9F 00.00

Greyhound Oaks: Round 2 results

There were four second round heats on Saturday 12th October. The first three dogs in each heat qualified for the semi-finals on Saturday 19th October:

Heat 1 7.36pm (sectional time in brackets)

1. T4 Druids Say Go 4/9f (3.42) 28.10
2. T3 Devilgate Suzi 33/1 (3.58) 28.56
3. T2 Droopys Eunice 5/1 (3.55) 28.82

Heat 2 7.53pm

1. T4 Distant Cara 11/4 (3.48) 28.60
2. T6 Queen Dusty 11/10f (3.54) 28.74
3. T3 Chamberlain Kate 6/1 (3.52) 28.82

Heat 3 8.11pm

1. T3 Ballyhealy Star 16/1 (3.44) 28.55
2. T2 Catunda Layla 16/1 (3.52) 29.13
3. T5 Front Alice 8/1 (3.56) 29.39

Heat 4 8.28pm

1. T3 Queen Joni 4/7f (3.48) 28.24
2. T2 Icemans Girl 100/30 (3.53) 28.30
3. T6 Coppice Ella 12/1 (3.57) 28.60

Greyhound Oaks 2024: First round results

There were eight first round heats of the Greyhound Oaks at Perry Barr on Saturday 5th October. The first three dogs from each qualified for the second round on Saturday October 12th. Here are the winning greyhounds and their respective times:

• Heat One: Druids Say Go 27.89
• Heat Two: Leighna's Dream 28.02
• Heat Three: Ballyhealy Star 28.47
• Heat Four: Iceman's Girl 28.14
• Heat Five: Queen Joni 28.25
• Heat Six: Chamberlain Kate 28.31
• Heat Seven: Distant Cara 28.41
• Heat Eight: Queen Dusty 28.18

The Greyhound Oaks 2024: Preview

The Oaks is one of the oldest greyhound competitions still in existence with the original running taking place in 1927.

The first round is on Saturday 5th October with eight first round heats.

The ante-post favourite for the 2024 Oaks is Queen Joni, trained by Liz McNair, who has trained the winner of this event on two previous occasions. Queen Joni was one of the favourites for the Derby but crashed out in the first round after finding trouble in running. Since then she has recorded five straight wins (four at Towcester over 500m and most recently a win over the sprint trip of 285m at Hove). 

Challenging Queen Joni for ante-post favouritism is the Derek Janssens trained, Druids Say Go. This September 2021 bitch has won ten of her last eleven races, including an emphatic five-length victory in the recent 15k East Anglian Derby final, where she recorded a very fast time. Usually a railer, Druids Say Go has drawn Trap 4 in the first round and that may be a potential banana skin. Janssens won this competition in 2022 with Slick Sakina and has three representatives this year but undoubtedly Druids Say Go looks his best chance.

Doncaster based breeder/trainer Phil Milner will be hoping Druids Say Go does struggle from her Trap 4 berth as his charge Avongate Venus is in the same heat as that well-fancied bitch. Avongate Venus goes from trap five and she too has been a model of recent consistency winning eleven of the twelve races she has run for Milner since moving over from Ireland in May of this year. Avongate Venus and Druids Say Go both trialled over the Oaks course and distance on the 26th September with Druids Say Go recording the faster trial time of 28.14 with Avongate Venus returning 28.37.

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Greyhound Oaks 2023: Results

No Rush, trained by Carol Weatherall, won the 2023 £20,000 Greyhound Oaks by half-a-length from Jet Stream Angel, in a calculated time of 28.08.

No Rush was sent off the 15/8 favourite and just prevailed in a thrilling race which saw the first four dogs covered by two lengths.

The Semi-finals of the Oaks took place on Saturday 21st October.

Below are the winning times from the two semi-finals:

• 28.05 Semi-Final Two No Rush
• 28.08 Semi-Final One Starshine Stunner

The second round of the Oaks took place on Saturday 14th October.

Below are the winning times from the six second round heats (times include going allowance where applicable):

• 28.03 Heat Two Droopys Mandolin
• 28.23 Heat One Antigua Bingo
• 28.25 Heat Three Queen Shakira
• 28.26 Heat Six Bellmore Lola
• 28.48 Heat Four Droopys Request
• 28.59 Heat Five Ballyhimkin Mel

Antigua Bingo and Bellmore Lola remain the only unbeaten bitches left in the event

The first round of the Greyhound Oaks took place on Saturday 7th October.

Below are the winning times from all of the twelve heats:

• 27.90 Heat Five Queen Joni
• 27.99 Heat Two Antigua Bingo
• 28.03 Heat Three No Rush
• 28.15 Heat Ten Droopys Ailsa
• 28.19 Heat Four Whats Up Eva
• 28.25 Heat Twelve Allowdale Cazoo
• 28.30 Heat Six Laughil Jess
• 28.30 Heat Nine Keane
• 28.31 Heat Seven Betsys Bullet
• 28.37 Heat Eleven Bellmore Lola
• 28.46 Heat One Jet Stream Angel
• 28.63 Heat Eight Crossfield Maxi

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