How to bet the 2025 Del Mar Oaks

A deep and competitive field of three-year-old fillies will travel 1 1/8 miles on the lawn in Saturday’s $300,000 Del Mar Oaks (G1). Conditioner Phil D’Amato has a pair of players in the field, including the classy #10 Thought Process (8-5), who is a fine five-for-six on the lawn in her lifetime. By Collected, the Kentucky-bred lass is perfect from a pair of runs in 2025 with facile victories in both, led by a stroll in the recent San Clemente S. (G2) on this surface. 

Del Mar Oaks Wagers

• 50-cent superfecta 10 with 2,5,7 with 2,5,7 with all ($24)
• 50-cent trifecta box 2,5,7,10 ($12)

Thought Process won twice with authority on the oval last campaign, as well, and the handy type has the gate presence and early speed to secure a good spot despite drawing fairly wide on this occasion. She has been pointed towards this race all season and comes in with a bullet morning move on the green to signal her readiness for Saturday. Umberto Rispoli will take the reins. 

#5 Lush Lips (3-1) has been very good since joining the Brendan Walsh barn as the fantastic Nitrogen is the lone filly to finish in front of her on U. S. sod. The daughter of Ten Sovereigns was ultra-impressive in dusting her foes in the Tepin S. at Churchill Downs last time out and will be a major factor with something resembling that performance. The bay found a new dimension as of late while rating off the pace and kicking for home, and I feel that her ability to do so has moved her forward in a pretty big way. Tyler Gaffalione comes out to guide the filly. 

Hector Berrios has piloted the favorite in five of her seven lifetime outings to date, but lands on #2 Take A Breath (12-1) for her U. S. debut. Now in the Mark Glatt barn, the European import is a wildcard in that she hasn’t been facing top foes overseas, although she has won three of her last four, and this barn is very good at placing runners, in general. The Bated Breath filly got a work over the grass here and will be included in the deep cast. 

Grade 3 vixen #7 Will Then (6-1) is a winner on the oval and had an excellent prep for Saturday when a closing third in the San Clemente most recently. The Jonathan Thomas trainee will receive a more favorable setup with a good measure of pace in the group. If they go too fast early, then the Augustin homebred might be moving best of all in the lane with Juan Hernandez accepting the mount.