Velvet and Suds head sponsor's market for bet365 Puppy Oaks

BARONESS VELVET and Soapy Suds are 4/1 joint-favourites with the sponsor for the Category One bet365 Puppy Oaks which starts with six heats over 450m at new host track Oxford on Sunday.

The Kevin Hutton-trained Baroness Velvet has not raced since finishing an excellent second to Silverhill Freya in the Empress Stakes final at Towcester in September, while Debbie Calvert's Soapy Suds won her sole start in style at Doncaster last month and subsequently clocked a flying 26.52sec (calc) in a trial over the Puppy  Oaks course and distance.

bet365 (Puppy Oaks): 4 Baroness Velvet, Soapy Suds, 10 Bikini Bullet, Bubbly Evie, 12 Scooby Diamond, Scooby The Lady, 16 Aero Najem, Blackstone Opera, The Other Winx, 20 Bonus Bullet, Dunquin Simone, Headford Lily, 25 bar (e-w 1/4 1,2,3,4).