Ladbrokes Tip: The 7 Stakes is now the mile feature on The Shorts Day in place of the George Main Stakes
The $1 million 7 Stakes took place for the third time at Randwick on Saturday September 20, 2025, as part of The Shorts Day program and saw the Chris Waller trained favourite Fangirl ($2.05F) narrowly salute for the punters in a successful title defence.
2025 7 Stakes Results
The official 7 Stakes 2025 Results & Finishing Order will be available below once the race is run and won on Saturday September 20, 2025.
- 1st: #11 Fangirl
- 2nd: #6 Lindermann
- 3rd: #1 Ceolwulf
Chris Waller‘s brilliant mare Fangirl ($2.05F) secured her second win in the 2025 7 Stakes results when narrowly denying rival and stablemate Lindermann over the Randwick mile on Saturday ahead of a run in the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes on Everest Day.
2025 7 Stakes Odds
The latest 7 Stakes 2025 betting odds and links to our spring racing markets will be available here once open.
| 11. Fangirl (3) J: James McDonald 57kg 221x4T: Chris Waller | ||
| 6. Lindermann (5) J: Nash Rawiller 59kg 90x01T: Chris Waller | ||
| 1. Ceolwulf (1) J: Chad Schofield 59kg 15x44T: Joseph Pride | ||
| 3. Private Eye (6) J: Adam Hyeronimus 59kg x3x12T: Joseph Pride | ||
| 7. Kovalica (7) J: Zac Lloyd 59kg 331x0T: Chris Waller | ||
| 2. Light Infantry Man (4) J: Ethan Brown 59kg 310x0T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 8. Militarize (2) J: Jason Collett 59kg 546x5T: Chris Waller | ||
| 9. Kadavar (8) J: Kerrin McEvoy 59kg x70x0T: Chris Waller |
7 Stakes Tips
Key 7 Stakes race betting tips include looking for the multiple Group 1 winners in the race, proven milers, those with an earlier Sydney lead-up in a race like the Winx Stakes, and runners from the country’s leading stables.
2025 7 Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider 7 Stakes 2025 betting tips will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned to see what runners to back and sack in the Randwick race this season.
To Win: No. 11 Fangirl ($2.70 at time of publish)
FANGIRL (5) returns to defend her crown in the 7 Stakes and rightfully takes her place as the favourite. The now seven-year-old daughter of Sebring, trained by Chris Waller, has been a model of consistency throughout her career, banking an extraordinary $10 million across 34 starts.
She’s a Randwick specialist, with eight of her 11 wins coming at this track, and her record over the mile here is impressive: 12 starts for 3 wins, 3 seconds, and a third. After placing in the inaugural running of this race in 2023, she came back last year to claim victory, and all signs point to her being primed for a repeat performance.
Fangirl simply doesn’t run a bad race. Her autumn campaign was a showcase of class, capped off with a well-earned Group 1 Queen of the Turf win. First-up this prep, she headed south and finished a solid fourth behind rising star Treasurethe Moment in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. That form has since been franked, with runner-up Mr B storming home to win the Makybe Diva Stakes for a historic third time.
Back in Sydney and stepping up to her preferred distance, Fangirl looks set to thrive. With strong form lines and a proven record, she’s the one to beat—and I won’t be betting against her second-up.
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11. Fangirl (3)
J: James McDonald 57kg
221×4T: Chris Waller
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The 7 Stakes race is a recent edition to the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival held at Royal Randwick for the first time in 2023.
The event runs on The Shorts Day in mid-September, which was formerly known as George Main Stakes Day. Ahead of the 2023 edition however the Group 1 George Main Stakes was renamed the $5 million King Charles III Stakes (1600m) and moved to The Everest Day in mid-October.
In place of the missing Group 1 the card now features the $1 million 7 Stakes, which is currently an unlisted Sydney ‘pop-up’ race held over the 1600m.
A quality Group 1-type field of spring stars faces off in the standard weight-for-age clash in Sydney, which runs on the same date as the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) for the Melbourne milers at Flemington.
The 7 Stakes winner gains a ballot exemption for the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) back at Randwick two weeks later.
The 7 Stakes – Epsom Handicap betting double is set to be a popular bet type in the spring.
In 2025, Fangirl successfully defended her title to become the first official dual 7 Stakes winner.
7 Stakes Race Info
- Date: Saturday September 20, 2025
- Track: Randwick Racecourse
- Distance: 1600m
- Conditions: Weight-for-age
- Status: Unlisted
- Prize Money: $1,000,000
- First Run: 2003
7 Stakes Betting
7 Stakes betting markets are led by proven Group 1 horses and the country’s best weight-for-age performers.
Runners with a good 1600m strike-rate, Sydney-trained gallopers, and those coming off an earlier spring lead-up are all likely to be installed at shorter 7 Stakes betting odds.
Zaaki was the $3 favourite for the opening edition of the 7 Stakes but ran second to Think It Over who jumped at odds of $5.
Fangirl improved on her third in 2023 to become the first 7 Stakes favourite to salute for the punters as the $1.75 odds-on fancy in 2024.
Fangirl also saluted as the favourite in 2025 at $2.05.
7 Stakes Field
The 7 Stakes race field has a capacity of 18 starters plus four emergencies.
Horses in the 7 Stakes field may come via an earlier run in the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) run at the same track over a furlong shorter the month before.
The inaugural 7 Stakes winner Think It Over improved on a lead-up third in the Winx Stakes to win.
In 2024 Fangirl also ran third first-up in the Winx Stakes before her 7 Stakes victory.
In 2025 Fangirl won the 7 Stakes for a second time coming via a lead-up fourth in Caulfield’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m).
Randwick’s Group 2 Tramway Stakes (1400m) held a fortnight prior to the 7 Stakes is another good lead-up into the field for potential runners.
Graduates out of the 7 Stakes field may continue onto upcoming spring Group 1 targets including the Epsom Handicap (1600m) a fortnight later and even Melbourne’s $5 million Cox Plate (2040m) run at The Valley in late October.
Final 7 Stakes acceptances close on the Wednesday of race week following on from the early nominations taken on the Monday.
2025 7 Stakes Field
The official 7 Stakes 2025 Final Field & Barriers will be published in full below once acceptances for the brand-new Randwick feature close the Wednesday of race week.
The 2025 7 Stakes field features 11 of the spring’s top middle-distance horses including the defending champion mare Fangirl drawn in gate 5 with J-Mac to ride and the talented Ceolwulf who is a dual Group 1 winner at the track and trip.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Ceolwulf
J: Chad Schofield
T: Joseph Pride |
315x44 | G | 1 | 59kg | |
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2. Light Infantry Man
J: Ethan Brown
T: Ciaron Maher |
6310x0 | G | 4 | 59kg | |
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3. Private Eye
J: Adam Hyeronimus
T: Joseph Pride |
4x3x12 | G | 6 | 59kg | |
| 4. Royal Patronage (2) Scratched: | |||||
| 5. Gringotts (1) Scratched: | |||||
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6. Lindermann
J: Nash Rawiller
T: Chris Waller |
490x01 | G | 5 | 59kg | |
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7. Kovalica
J: Zac Lloyd
T: Chris Waller |
0331x0 | G | 7 | 59kg | |
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8. Militarize
J: Jason Collett
T: Chris Waller |
0546x5 | G | 2 | 59kg | |
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9. Kadavar
J: Kerrin McEvoy
T: Chris Waller |
1x70x0 | G | 8 | 59kg | |
| 10. Half Yours (7) Scratched: | |||||
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11. Fangirl
J: James McDonald
T: Chris Waller |
1221x4 | M | 3 | 57kg | |
2025 7 Stakes Nominations
The 7 Stakes Nominations for 2025 close on the Monday of race week.
The 7 Stakes 2025 nominations feature a star-studded line-up of middle-distance gallopers led in all-in betting by Chris Waller’s defending champion Fangirl and Ceolwulf who is a multiple Group 1 winner over the Randwick mile.
2025 7 Stakes nominations extended until 11:00AM (AEST) – 16/09/2025
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 1x45315x44 | CEOLWULF (NZ) | G | 5 | Joseph Pride | 114 |
| 2 | x5407x6057 | DETONATOR JACK (NZ) | G | 7 | Ciaron Maher | 102 |
| 3 | 163x1221x4 | FANGIRL | M | 7 | Chris Waller | 118 |
| 4 | 2110x310x5 | GRINGOTTS (NZ) | G | 6 | Ciaron Maher | 113 |
| 5 | 42111x70x0 | KADAVAR (NZ) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 92 |
| 6 | 60x70331x0 | KOVALICA (NZ) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 110 |
| 7 | 101x6310x0 | LIGHT INFANTRY MAN (FR) | G | 7 | Ciaron Maher | 114 |
| 8 | 2332490×01 | LINDERMANN | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 112 |
| 9 | 3x000546x5 | MILITARIZE (NZ) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 107 |
| 10 | 721x9275x4 | OSIPENKO (NZ) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 104 |
| 11 | 9632155×47 | PALMETTO (NZ) | G | 7 | John Sargent | 102 |
| 12 | 65814x3x12 | PRIVATE EYE | G | 8 | Joseph Pride | 114 |
| 13 | 3337x1420x | ROYAL PATRONAGE (FR) | H | 7 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 114 |
| 14 | 26x23324x6 | SWIFTFALCON | G | 4 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | 96 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
7 Stakes Form Guide
The 7 Stakes form guide lists basic info like the saddlecloth numbers, barriers, jockeys and trainers of all the horses lining up in the field.
Looking on the 7 Stakes form guide for proven 1600m horses, previous Group 1 performers, those with a strong Randwick strike-rate and in-form gallopers with a lead-up spring run already on their record are all key to backing the 7 Stakes winner.
The 7 Stakes form from the inaugural running in 2024 was franked with the winner Think It Over going on to claim the following year’s Group 1 Verry Elleegant Stakes while the third placed mare, Fangirl, won the King Charles III Stakes at her next start.
Fangirl would return in the 2024 7 Stakes to win before successfully defending her title in 2025.
Fangirl went on to frank the 7 Stakes form from 2024 with a host of subsequent top three placings at Group 1 level including her 2025 Queen of the Turf Stakes win.
2025 7 Stakes Form Guide
A link to our detailed 7 Stakes 2025 Form Guide and betting preview will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
7 Stakes Results
The 7 Stakes results are set to be dominated by Group 1 performed milers with previous experience at Randwick.
Fangirl holds the current 7 Stakes race record winning in 2025 in a time of 1 minute 34.27 seconds over the 1600m.
Fangirl (2024 & 2025) was the last 7 Stakes winning mare.
Past 7 Stakes Winners
Winners and placegetters of the 7 Stakes race going back to the inaugural edition in 2023 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third | Time |
| 2025 | Fangirl | Lindermann | Ceolwulf | 1:34.27 |
| 2024 | Fangirl | My Oberon | Royal Patronage | 1:34.88 |
| 2023 | Think It Over | Zaaki | Fangirl | 1:35.95 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 7 Stakes?
The 2025 7 Stakes was won by seven-year-old Sebring mare and the defending champion Fangirl at $2.05 favouritism for trainer Chris Waller with jockey James McDonald aboard on 57kg from barrier 3 to win by 0.02 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:34.27.
When is the 7 Stakes 2025?
Saturday September 20, 2025What is the prize money for the 7 Stakes 2025?
$1,000,000
Where is the 7 Stakes 2025?
Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.
How do I bet on the 2025 7 Stakes?
Bet online or via the latest iOS/Android apps with Ladbrokes.
The first step is to create an account at ladbrokes.com.au. The process is quick and easy!
Once you've created your account you can make a deposit via credit card, or any other of our secure payment methods. Next up, head to the racing page and find the race and runner that's right for you.
Which horse will win the 2025 7 Stakes?
The best way to pick which horse will win the 7 Stakes is to take into account the form, assess the barriers, and consider the weight the horse will carry (among other factors). Check out ladbrokes.com.au in the lead up to the race for full form information.