Ladbrokes Tip: The Alan Brown Stakes serves as nice an early guide to the $3 million The Big Dance in Sydney on Melbourne Cup Day
The third edition of the $1,500,000 Alan Brown Stakes ran as part of Hill Stakes Day 2025 at Rosehill on Saturday, October 11, 2025 and was won in a terrific late effort by the widely drawn Headlye Grange ($10) who made it a hat-trick.
2025 Alan Brown Stakes Results
The official 2025 Alan Brown Stakes Results & Finishing Order will be published below once the $1.5 million Sydney race takes place on Saturday, October 11, 2025.
- 1st: No. 2 Headley Grange
- 2nd: No. 1 Gringotts
- 3rd: No. 13 General Salute
Headley Grange ($10) produced a gritty, wide-run victory in the 2025 $1.5 million Alan Brown Stakes results at Rosehill, overcoming barrier 17 to defeat Gringotts and General Salute in a thrilling finish. Trained by Joe Pride and ridden by Adam Hyeronimus, the five-year-old Exosphere gelding was caught three-wide throughout the 1400m contest but surged late to claim his third consecutive win and 11th career victory from 22 starts. The son of Exosphere had previously won the Listed Civic Stakes and Group 3 Cameron Handicap, and he now adds a lucrative black-type triumph to his résumé. Pride praised the horse’s versatility and toughness, calling him “bombproof” and well-suited to the mile, while Hyeronimus credited the gelding’s progression and consistency, noting it was his sixth win aboard the rising star. The win sets Headley Grange up for a tilt at the $3 million Big Dance at Randwick on Melbourne Cup Day, where he’s now early favourite.
2025 Alan Brown Stakes Odds
The updated Alan Brown Stakes 2025 betting odds for the $1.5 million Rosehill feature will be available right here leading up to the race so stay tuned for links to our top Alan Brown Stakes markets.
| 2. Headley Grange (17) J: Adam Hyeronimus 58kg 11611T: Joseph Pride | ||
| 1. Gringotts (1) J: Nash Rawiller 61kg 310x5T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 13. General Salute (11) J: Tim Clark 55kg 1x332T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | ||
| 4. Airman (3) J: Zac Lloyd 57.5kg 50x57T: M, W & J Hawkes | ||
| 9. Tavi Time (5) J: Jay Ford 56.5kg 512x4T: Kris Lees | ||
| 5. Bosustow (6) J: Josh Parr 57kg 165x2T: Annabel & Rob Archibald | ||
| 10. Willydoit (8) J: Kerrin McEvoy 56.5kg 014x8T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 15. Coastwatch (13) J: Winona Costin 54.5kg 800x8T: Richard & Will Freedman | ||
| 14. Firestorm (16) J: Jason Collett 54.5kg x37x3T: Chris Waller | ||
| 7. Osipenko (12) J: Dylan Gibbons 56.5kg 75x43T: Chris Waller |
Alan Brown Stakes Tips
Good Alan Brown Stakes tips to take are to look for local Sydney-trained runners with form at the track and distance.
Last start winners coming off a Group lead-up run also make a good Alan Brown Stakes tip with the inaugural winner Cepheus in 2023 having taken out the Group 2 Shannon Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill before his success.
The 2024 Alan Brown Stakes winner, Here To Shock, also came off a lead-up win saluting in Newcastle’s Group 3 Cameron Handicap (1500m).
Headley Grange (2025) also completed the Cameron Handicap – Alan Brown Stakes double.
2025 Alan Brown Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Alan Brown Stakes 2025 betting tips and Rosehill betting selections on the $1.5 million race this spring will be detailed in full below the week of the race so stay tuned for the gallopers to back and sack.
Each Way: No. 5 Bosustow
A big and open Alan Brown field on Saturday and I’ll be having a little Each Way play on BOSUSTOW (6) at the price. I originally tipped him at double-figure and there’s been a bit of a market move but he still looks lovely value in this lucrative event drawn a treat in barrier six with Josh Parr retaining the ride. His 1400m record is very strong (9:2-3-1) and he presents fit second-up after an eye-catching run fresh. With 57kg he went down narrowly to With Your Blessing at Randwick in the Group 3 Bill Ritchie and should only improve off of that. He took a little while to wind up off the break but once he let down, he was great and hit the line with gusto. Chases his first win since the six-length romp home in the wet as a 3YO in the Group 3 Gold Coast Guineas and while he won’t get heavy going here, he’s versatile to handle all conditions. Was fifth to the now confirmed The Everest contender War Machine in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap in the winter – a race that the form of which has held up this season. I expect he’ll settle midfield and at his best with luck in running he has the ability and looms as a knockout chance in a wide-open field.
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5. Bosustow (6)
J: Josh Parr 57kg
165×2T: Annabel & Rob Archibald
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The Alan Brown Stakes is a recently added feature to the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival line-up taking place in early October as part of a bumper Hill Stakes Day card at Rosehill Gardens.
The meeting is headlined by the Spring Cups-bound stayers facing off in the $2 million Group 2 Hill Stakes (1900m).
The other features on the program include the $500,000 Tapp-Craig (1400m), Group 2 $300,000 Roman Consul Stakes (1200m), Group 3 $250,000 The Nivison (1200m), the Group 3 $500,000 Gloaming Stakes (1800m), and the Alan Brown Stakes.
The Alan Brown Stakes is the second richest race on the card offering a generous $1.5 million in stakes.
It is a quality handicap event open to horses aged three-years-old and above.
The race was created and named in honour of former Sydney Turf Club and Racing NSW Chairman, the late Alan Brown AM.
The Alan Brown Stakes now serves as a lead-up into the Group 1 $5 million King Charles III Stakes (1600m) held on The Everest Day a fortnight later replacing the George Main Stakes.
Qualified horses out of the race may also continue onto Melbourne Cup Day in Sydney to contest the $3 million The Big Dance (1600m) at Randwick.
The inaugural Alan Brown Stakes winner in 2023, Cepheus, went on to run second in that year’s Big Dance results.
The 2024 Alan Brown Stakes meanwhile produced that year’s next-up The Big Dance champion with Gringotts improving on his second to claim the Melbourne Cup Day in Sydney feature race. Gringotts also won that November’s The Gong race at Kembla Grange as well as the following autumn’s 2025 Group 1 George Ryder.
Alan Brown Stakes Race Info
- Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025
- Track: Rosehill Gardens
- Distance: 1400m
- Conditions: Quality Handicap – 3YOs & Upwards
- Status: Special Conditions
- Prize Money: $1,500,000
- First Run: 2023
Alan Brown Stakes Betting
Alan Brown Stakes betting markets are led each year by in-form middle-distance gallopers coming off good lead-up runs in similar status events earlier in the spring.
Horses from local Sydney stables, those country-trained gallopers eyeing a The Big Dance run on the first Tuesday of November, and last start winners are installed at shorter Alan Brown Stakes odds.
The opening edition of the race in 2023 was won by Cepheus who jumped at Alan Brown Stakes odds of $7.
There was another upset in 2024 with Here To Shock winning as a $10 chance in the markets.
Headley Grange emulated Here To Shock when also coming off a lead-up Cameran Handicap win to salute in the 2025 Alan Brown Stakes at odds of $10.
Alan Brown Stakes Field
The Alan Brown Stakes race field attracts a quality line-up of the season’s top middle-distance types, many heading towards the riches of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival and a target like the Cox Plate.
Horses that run well in the Alan Brown Stakes field could then step-up in distance to a mile for a shot at the $5 million King Charles III Stakes at Randwick on The Everest Day later in the month.
Alan Brown Stakes nominations close the Monday of race week before final acceptances revealing the official Alan Brown Stakes final field are taken on the Wednesday.
2025 Alan Brown Stakes Field
The official Alan Brown Stakes 2025 Final Field & Barrier draw will be released on the Wednesday of race week and published in full below so bookmark this page to see the spring gallopers that are accepted into the $1.5 million dollar feature.
The 2025 Alan Brown Stakes field features a capacity line-up of gallopers including the rails-drawn Group 1 George Ryder winner Gringotts for Ciaron Maher and Joe Pride’s last start Group 3 Cameron Handicap winner Headley Grange who has to overcome the outside barrier to secure a hat-trick.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Gringotts
J: Nash Rawiller
T: Ciaron Maher |
x310x5 | G | 1 | 61kg | |
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2. Headley Grange
J: Adam Hyeronimus
T: Joseph Pride |
x11611 | G | 17 | 58kg | |
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3. Waterford
J: Alysha Collett
T: Chris Waller |
x64x01 | G | 2 | 58kg | |
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4. Airman
J: Zac Lloyd
T: M, W & J Hawkes |
x50x57 | G | 3 | 57.5kg | |
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5. Bosustow
J: Josh Parr
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
x165x2 | H | 6 | 57kg | |
| 6. Iknowastar (17) Scratched: | |||||
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7. Osipenko
J: Dylan Gibbons
T: Chris Waller |
275x43 | G | 12 | 56.5kg | |
| 8. Sandpaper (18) Scratched: | |||||
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9. Tavi Time
J: Jay Ford
T: Kris Lees |
2512x4 | G | 5 | 56.5kg | |
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10. Willydoit
J: Kerrin McEvoy
T: Ciaron Maher |
1014x8 | G | 8 | 56.5kg | |
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11. Democracy Manifest
J: Tyler Schiller
T: Chris Waller |
x05x95 | G | 4 | 55.5kg | |
| 12. Miss Roumbini (12) Scratched: | |||||
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13. General Salute
J: Tim Clark
T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou |
11x332 | G | 11 | 55kg | |
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14. Firestorm
J: Jason Collett
T: Chris Waller |
0x37x3 | M | 16 | 54.5kg | |
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15. Coastwatch
J: Winona Costin
T: Richard & Will Freedman |
4800x8 | G | 13 | 54.5kg | |
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16. Mchale
J: Ashley Morgan
T: Chris Waller |
3x10x2 | G | 9 | 54.5kg | |
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17. The Inflictor
J: Braith Nock
T: Craig Cousins |
013x35 | G | 15 | 53.5kg | |
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18. Oh Diamond Lil
J: Rachel King
T: David Pfieffer |
192111 | M | 10 | 52kg | |
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19. Jojo Was A Man
J: Andrew Adkins
T: John P Thompson |
619x5x | G | 14 | 52.5kg | |
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20. Felix Majestic
J: Molly Bourke
T: Gary Nickson |
400x27 | G | 7 | 52kg | |
2025 Alan Brown Stakes Nominations
The early Alan Brown Stakes 2025 Nominations close the Monday leading-up to the lucrative $1.5 million race and will be published below.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 6617x50x57 | AIRMAN | G | 6 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | |
| 2 | x585303741 | ASTERO | G | 8 | Matthew Smith | 91 |
| 3 | 2612x165x2 | BOSUSTOW | H | 4 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 105 |
| 4 | 56214800×8 | COASTWATCH | G | 7 | Richard & Will Freedman | 100 |
| 5 | 8300x05x95 | DEMOCRACY MANIFEST | G | 7 | Chris Waller | 102 |
| 6 | 253112×030 | DEPTH OF CHARACTER | G | 4 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 96 |
| 7 | 5x15340x45 | DUCASSE | G | 5 | Michael Freedman | 96 |
| 8 | 342x400x27 | FELIX MAJESTIC | G | 6 | Gary Nickson | 94 |
| 9 | 6x120x37x3 | FIRESTORM (NZ) | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 104 |
| 10 | x67x11x332 | GENERAL SALUTE | G | 5 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | 101 |
| 11 | 2110x310x5 | GRINGOTTS (NZ) | G | 6 | Ciaron Maher | 113 |
| 12 | 1122×11611 | HEADLEY GRANGE | G | 5 | Joseph Pride | 107 |
| 13 | 322x51x00x | IKNOWASTAR | G | 6 | Bjorn Baker | 104 |
| 14 | 0007619x5x | JOJO WAS A MAN | G | 8 | John Thompson | 96 |
| 15 | 1x1211x810 | JUST FEELIN’ LUCKY | M | 4 | Michael Freedman | 95 |
| 16 | 49407x59x8 | KINTYRE | G | 5 | Gary Portelli | 92 |
| 17 | 53403x10x2 | MCHALE | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 100 |
| 18 | 740x59400x | MIGHTY ULYSSES (GB) | G | 7 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 98 |
| 19 | 211x311x22 | MISS ROUMBINI | M | 5 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 105 |
| 20 | 121×192111 | OH DIAMOND LIL | M | 5 | David Pfieffer | 98 |
| 21 | 21x9275x43 | OSIPENKO (NZ) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 104 |
| 22 | x13221515x | SANDPAPER | G | 6 | Bjorn Baker | 104 |
| 23 | 331x2512x4 | TAVI TIME (NZ) | G | 6 | Kris Lees | 104 |
| 24 | x231013x35 | THE INFLICTOR | G | 5 | Craig Cousins | 98 |
| 25 | 24039x033x | VINDICATION | G | 7 | Fabio Martino | 65 |
| 26 | 6x974522x2 | VIVY AIR | M | 5 | Ciaron Maher | 99 |
| 27 | 4081x64x01 | WATERFORD (IRE) | G | 7 | Chris Waller | 107 |
| 28 | 10x2000x10 | WELL TIMED | G | 5 | Kerry Parker | 81 |
| 29 | 3111014×8 | WILLYDOIT (NZ) | G | 4 | Ciaron Maher | 104 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Alan Brown Stakes Form Guide
The Alan Brown Stakes form guide features all the must know information like the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of the horses in the field.
The 2024 Alan Brown Stakes form was franked with the double-figure winner, Here To Shock, heading across the Tasman the following autumn to win New Zealand’s Group 1 BCD Group Sprint in February of 2025 before a Group 1 Canterbury Stakes second back in Sydney.
2025 Alan Brown Stakes Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Alan Brown Stakes 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Alan Brown Stakes Results
The Alan Brown Stakes race results detail the winner, placegetters, full finishing order and winning time.
The inaugural Alan Brown Stakes results in 2023 saw Cepheus win at $7 in a record time of 1 minute 21.22 seconds.
Past Alan Brown Stakes Winners
A complete list of past Alan Brown Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the race’s inauguration in 2023 can be found in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2025 | Headley Grange | Gringotts | General Salute |
| 2024 | Here To Shock | Gringotts | Waterford |
| 2023 | Cepheus | Cotehele | Flying Crazy |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Alan Brown Stakes?
The 2025 Alan Brown Stakes was won by five-year-old Exosphere gelding Headley Grange at $10 for trainer Joseph Pride with jockey Adam Hyeronimus aboard on 58kg from barrier 17 to salute by 0.62 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:21.74.
When is the Alan Brown Stakes 2025?
Saturday, October 11, 2025What is the prize money for the Alan Brown Stakes 2025?
$1,500,000
Where is the Alan Brown Stakes 2025?
Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142.
How do I bet on the Alan Brown Stakes in 2025?
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 Alan Brown Stakes in 2025?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Alan Brown 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.