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Surround Stakes 2025 Betting Tips - Is there value outside of Lady Shenandoah?
The 2025 Surround Stakes will be held at Royal Randwick for three-year-old fillies, run over 1400m. Lady Shenandoah is the clear favorite after her impressive Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes win. With Chris Waller training and racing under James McDonald, she's expected to dominate. Island Dec is an intriguing each-way bet with a previous strong finish at Canterbury. The article outlines the betting odds, field positions, and suggests strategic betting tips to maximize your chances during this prestigious racing event.
- Lady Shenandoah is favourite for the 2025 Surround Stakes
- Island Dec is a promising each-way bet option
- Check field positions and betting odds for strategic insights
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Lady Shenandoah is aiming for a second Group 1 win in the Surround Stakes. (Getty)
The Surround Stakes is a Group 1 race for three-year-old fillies and it's run over 1400m at Royal Randwick.
- 2025 Surround Stakes Tips
- 2025 Surround Stakes Field & Odds
Named after the champion Surround, who is the only three-year-old filly in history to win the Cox Plate in 1976, the Surround Stakes received Group 1 status in 2018, an edition won by Shoals.
Lady Shenandoah is a hot favourite for the 2025 Surround Stakes, with $1.55 her quote via JustBet
2025 Surround Stakes Tips
2025 Surround Stakes Best Bet - Lady Shenandoah
Lady Shenandoah impressed in two January trials ahead of a strong first-up win in the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes, where Lady Of Camelot (second fav) appeared to have every chance.
Now with a run under her belt and with the Chris Waller-trained youngster rising to a more suitable distance, the second market elect faces an uphill battle to reverse the result from February 15.
Her most impressive victory was recorded second-up last spring when Lady Shenandoah bolted in with the Group 1 Flight Stakes and she hardly beat up on slouches there.
The daughter of Snitzel is deservedly a short-priced fav to win the 2025 Surround Stakes, with her quote tightening in even further with Autumn Glow not taking part in this feature.
2025 Surround Stakes Value Bet - Island Dec
$4.50+ for Island Dec to win a BM64 vs her age was very generous and while it was only a narrow margin in that recent Canterbury victory, it was still a huge return performance.
The Robert & Luke Price-trained filly was held-up from the 300m to the 100m in her recent fresh tilt and after coming off heels late, she exploded with a sensational finishing burst.
She was given time after a brilliant debut victory last winter and the daughter of Kermadec was even more impressive when saluting in a BM64 via her Kembla Grange return in October.
I'm confident that there's a stakes win in Island Dec at some stage and while it'll be an almighty boilover should she roll the fav, I'd be including in her in any exotic and/or each-way plays.
2025 Surround Stakes Roughie - Declichy Boulevard
In a Warwick Farm maiden that was taken out by the Caulfield Guineas winner (Private Life), she was luckless in her seasonal return before heading south for a black-type assignment.
Declichy Boulevard was only a stride off beating Lilac over 1400m in that September 21 event and she clashes with that rival once again, who is less than half her quote in this market.
There's always been X factor with this filly, who broke through second-up last winter despite covering ground and she appeared forward enough at the trials ahead of her recent return.
She faces a big task in trying to turn the tables on Lady Shenandoah, however, there's still improvement to come second-up and she has the class to finish in the first three or four.
2025 Surround Stakes Field & Odds
| No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lady Shenandoah | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 3 | 56kg | $1.55 |
| 2 | Lady Of Camelot | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 5 | 56kg | $4.20 |
| 3 | Manaal | Michael Freedman | Jason Collett | 13 | 56kg | $19 |
| 4 | Movin Out (NZ) | Chris Waller | Chad Schofield | 7 | 56kg | $91 |
| 5 | Powers Of Opal (NZ) | John Sargent | Kerrin McEvoy | 15 | 56kg | $41 |
| 6 | Lilac | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | Tyler Schiller | 4 | 56kg | $15 |
| 7 | Lazzura | Chris Waller | Tommy Berry | 1 | 56kg | $19 |
| 8 | More Territories | John O'Shea & Tom Charlton | Ronan Whelan | 2 | 56kg | $41 |
| 9 | Amelita | Chris Waller | Reece Jones | 11 | 56kg | $31 |
| 10 | Castanya | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | Joshua Parr | 6 | 56kg | $71 |
| 11 | Declichy Boulevard | Chris Waller | Nash Rawiller | 8 | 56kg | $31 |
| 12 | Husk | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Jay Ford | 9 | 56kg | $67 |
| 13 | Dominetta | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Adam Hyeronimus | 12 | 56kg | $34 |
| 14 | Idle Flyer | Matthew Smith | Ashley Morgan | 10 | 56kg | $101 |
| 15 | Island Dec | Robert & Luke Price | Regan Bayliss | 14 | 56kg | $81 |
Odds courtesy of JustBet & correct on 26/02/2025.
Verdict
Our tips for the 2025 Surround Stakes are:
Lady Shenandoah
To Win
$1.55 - 6 Units
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Island Dec
Each Way
$81.00 - 1 Unit
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