Surround Stakes 2025 Betting Tips - Is there value outside of Lady Shenandoah?

Alex Marsh

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Last updated: Wed 26 Feb 2025 10:10

Alex Marsh 26 Feb 2025

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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