Ladbrokes Tip: The Stutt Stakes makes a nice Caulfield Guineas betting guide each spring
The latest edition of the Bill Stutt Stakes took place on Friday September 26, 2025 under the lights at Moonee Valley on Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes Night and was won by Ciaron Maher’s Caulfield Guineas bound colt West Of Swindon ($4.20) in an eye-catching all-the-way performance.
2025 Bill Stutt Stakes Results
The official Bill Stutt Stakes 2025 results & race finishing order will be detailed below once the race takes place on Friday September 26, 2025.
- 1st: #2 West Of Swindon
- 2nd: #9 Romantic Encounter
- 3rd: #5 Hillier
The Group 1 Caulfield Guineas on October 11 is calling for Ciaron Maher’s progressive Wootton Bassett colt West Of Swindon ($4.20) who broke his maiden status in style leading all-the-way for a dominant 2025 Stutt Stakes win at The Valley.
2025 Stutt Stakes Odds
The season’s latest Bill Stutt Stakes 2025 betting odds and links to our markets will be available right here the week of the race so stay tuned for the top Moonee Valley racing odds this spring.
| 2. West Of Swindon (1) J: Ben Melham 57kg 20x42T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 9. Romantic Encounter (4) J: Daniel Stackhouse 57kg 1T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 5. Hillier (5) J: Michael Dee 57kg 9x124T: Annabel & Rob Archibald | ||
| 3. Highvol (7) J: Declan Bates 57kg 11x76T: Nick Ryan | ||
| 1. Vinrock (8) J: Mark Zahra 57kg 11x41T: Matt Laurie | ||
| 7. Ornos (9) J: Craig Williams 57kg x6432T: Danny O'Brien | ||
| 6. Bingi (6) J: Luke Nolen 57kg 1317T: Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | ||
| 8. Decanted (2) J: John Allen 57kg 221T: Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | ||
| 4. Prestige Ole (3) J: Jamie Mott 57kg 112x5T: Matt Laurie |
Bill Stutt Stakes Tips
Good Bill Stutt Stakes tips include looking for graduates out of earlier Melbourne, spring runs over at least 1400m, runners with previous form at the Moonee Valley track and backing the favourites.
Few double-figure chances win the Stutt Stakes, making laying the favourite a risky Stutt Stakes tip.
2025 Stutt Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Bill Stutt Stakes 2025 betting tips and exotic Moonee Valley night racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page to see the three-year-olds to back and sack in the race.
To Win: No. 1 Vinrock
VINROCK (8) may be short odds in the Stutt Stakes, but it’s hard to look past Matt Laurie’s classy Group 1 winner in this small field. The I Am Invincible colt achieved the rare VRC Sires–Inglis Sires double as a juvenile and has returned in superb order to reinforce that elite form. He was underdone first-up on a Soft track in the McNeil Stakes, finishing fourth, but bounced back emphatically in the Listed Exford Plate at Flemington, winning by nearly two lengths with 59.5kg over 1400m. Dropping to 57kg at set weights and stepping up to the mile looks ideal, and with Mark Zahra sticking, Vinrock should roll forward and get every chance to dominate again.
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1. Vinrock (8)
J: Mark Zahra 57kg
11×41T: Matt Laurie
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The Bill Stutt Stakes is a Group 2 race for three-year-olds held under the lights at Moonee Valley Racecourse in late September / early October on what is currently Manikato Stakes Night during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
The meeting’s current feature race is the Group 1 Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes (1200m), while the Bill Stutt Stakes is the key support act on the card along with the Group 2 Stocks Stakes (1600m) for the mares, Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) for Cox Plate hopefuls, and the Group 3 Scarborough Stakes (1200m) for three-year-old fillies.
The Stutt Stakes is also run over the mile (1600m) and is a set weights race offering $300,000 in total prize money.
Over the years the Stutt Stakes has made a nice guide to the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) held later in October and the latest horses to complete the double were Whobegotyou (2008) and Griff (2023).
Alternatively, sprinters may target the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) or those with staying potential the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) both run at Flemington on the opening day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
Stutt Stakes Race Info
- Date: Friday September 26, 2025
- Track: Moonee Valley Racecourse
- Distance: 1600m
- Conditions: 3YOs – Set Weights
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $300,000
- First Run: 1934
Bill Stutt Stakes Betting
Stutt Stakes odds are led by in-form three-year-olds with good lead-up form in similar company that have proven ability over the mile.
The Moonee Valley track is a notoriously tight circuit so previous runs at the course by a runner will also see them sit higher up the Stutt Stakes betting markets.
Stutt Stakes betting favourites have a gun record in the race over the past two decades including the 2017 success of Showtime ($3.70), that of odds-on Leonardo Da Hinchi in 2018, Glenfiddich ($2.50 in 2020), and most recently Tijuana ($2.30 in 2022).
Bill Stutt Stakes Field
The Stutt Stakes race field attracts the season’s most promising three-year-old milers and youngsters looking to step out over more distance later in the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
Horses in the mix usually come off a lead-up Melbourne run and the Listed Exford Plate (1400m) at Flemington a fortnight before has produced a number of Stutt Stakes winners in recent years including Sovereign Nation (7th in 2015), Showtime (5th in 2017), Leonardo Da Hinchi (2nd in 2018), Tijuana (3rd in 2022), Griff (2023) who was the latest to complete the Exford Plate – Stutt Stakes double, and the fellow Ciaron Maher trained West Of Swindon (2nd in 2025).
Graduates out of the Stutt Stakes field are often heading towards the Caulfield Guineas over the same distance.
In 2013 Stutt Stakes winner Divine Calling ran second next time out in the Caulfield Guineas, while the runner-up in the Group 2 that year Shamus Award ran third in the Guineas before success in the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) later that campaign.
Pierro meanwhile won the 2012 Stutt Stakes before a Caulfield Guineas second and Cox Plate third, while Whobegotyou (2008) followed by Griff (2023) were the latest winners of the Stutt Stakes – Caulfield Guineas double.
The Bill Stutt Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Friday night with the final field and barriers released on the Wednesday.
2025 Stutt Stakes Field
The official Bill Stutt Stakes 2025 final field & barrier draw will be released the Wednesday of race week and published in full below so stay tuned to see what middle-distance three-year-olds line-up in the Moonee Valley Group 2.
The 2025 Stutt Stakes field features a nine-horse line-up with Matt Laurie’s Group 1 winner Vinrock the odds-on favourite in gate eight following his lead-up Exford Plate win at Flemington.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Vinrock
J: Mark Zahra
T: Matt Laurie |
111x41 | C | 8 | 57kg | |
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2. West Of Swindon
J: Ben Melham
T: Ciaron Maher |
x20x42 | C | 1 | 57kg | |
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3. Highvol
J: Declan Bates
T: Nick Ryan |
11x76 | G | 7 | 57kg | |
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4. Prestige Ole
J: Jamie Mott
T: Matt Laurie |
4112x5 | C | 3 | 57kg | |
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5. Hillier
J: Michael Dee
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
89x124 | C | 5 | 57kg | |
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6. Bingi
J: Luke Nolen
T: Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman |
1317 | C | 6 | 57kg | |
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7. Ornos
J: Craig Williams
T: Danny O'Brien |
9x6432 | C | 9 | 57kg | |
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8. Decanted
J: John Allen
T: Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young |
221 | C | 2 | 57kg | |
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9. Romantic Encounter
J: Daniel Stackhouse
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
1 | C | 4 | 57kg |
2025 Stutt Stakes Nominations
The Bill Stutt Stakes 2025 nominations are released the Monday leading-up to Manikato Stakes Night.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 3x | ARABIAN PRINCE | C | 3 | Michael Kent | 63 |
| 2 | 42884×164 | BARBAROSSA | C | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 67 |
| 3 | 1317 | BINGI | C | 3 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | 69 |
| 4 | 35×2 | CRUSADER VOYAGE | C | 3 | Chris Waller | 62 |
| 5 | 221 | DECANTED (NZ) | C | 3 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | 62 |
| 6 | 11×76 | HIGHVOL | G | 3 | Nick Ryan | 73 |
| 7 | 2689×124 | HILLIER | C | 3 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 66 |
| 8 | 3×51 | KAKKOII | C | 3 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | |
| 9 | 129×6432 | ORNOS | C | 3 | Danny O’Brien | 64 |
| 10 | 4112×5 | PRESTIGE OLE | C | 3 | Matt Laurie | 69 |
| 11 | 1 | ROMANTIC ENCOUNTER (NZ) | C | 3 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 63 |
| 12 | 310 | SABI STORM | G | 3 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | 64 |
| 13 | 111×41 | VINROCK | C | 3 | Matt Laurie | 102 |
| 14 | 2x20x42 | WEST OF SWINDON | C | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 72 |
| 15 | 5×4123 | WISE INLAW | G | 3 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | 68 |
| 16 | 123 | WITHOUT PEER | G | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 71 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Bill Stutt Stakes Form Guide
The Stutt Stakes form guide features all the must-know info for punters from the jockeys and trainers to the barriers and lead-up runs of the horses in the field.
The Stutt Stakes form has also stacked up in Group 1 races later in the spring over the years including in 2013 when the runner-up Shamus Award won the Cox Plate two runs later.
Another later Melbourne class the Stutt Stakes form has held up in recently is the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington, a staying classic the 2008 Stutt Stakes – Caulfield Guineas champ Whobegotyou ran second in that spring.
Virtuous Circle franked the 2022 Bill Stutt Stakes form improving on a third to finish runner-up next start in the Moonee Valley Vase and returning in the autumn of 2023 to finish second in Sydney’s Australian Derby results.
The 2024 Bill Stutt Stakes winner Evaporate ran a brave next-up third in the Caulfield Guineas trifecta that spring.
2025 Bill Stutt Stakes Form Guide
A link to our detailed Bill Stutt Stakes 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Bill Stutt Stakes Results
Favourites have dominated the Stutt Stakes race results over the past 20 years with the class three-year-old usually saluting for the punters including Showtime (2017), Leonardo Da Hinchi (2018), Glenfiddich (2020), and Tijuana (2022).
Other notable recent Bill Stutt Stakes winners include Almalad (2014), Pierro (2012), Whobegotyou (2008), Red Dazzler (2005), Viscount (2011), Griff (2023), and Evaporate (2024).
St Clemens Belle (1998), who dead-heated for first with Helm, was the last Sutt Stakes winning filly.
Past Bill Stutt Stakes Winners
Recent Bill Stutt Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Third | Time |
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| 2025 | West Of Swindon | Romantic Encounter | Hillier | 1:37.15 |
| 2024 | Evaporate | Henlein | Rue De Royale | 1:36.32 |
| 2023 | Griff | Verdad | Autumn Angel | 1:36.0 |
| 2022 | Tijuana | Foujita San | Virtuous Circle | 1:39.3 |
| 2021 | Forgot You | Mr Mozart | Daily Bugle | 1:35.8 |
| 2020 | Glenfiddich | Cherry Tortoni | Holyfield | 1:37.6 |
| 2019 | The Holy One | Vegas Knight | Conqueror | 1:37.3 |
| 2018 | Leonardo Da Hinchi | Muswellbrook | Mark The House | 1:37.5 |
| 2017 | Showtime | Salsamor | Holy Snow | 1:37.1 |
| 2016 | Hey Doc | Land Of Plenty | Kaching | 1:37.4 |
| 2015 | Sovereign Nation | Get The Picture | Gredington | 1:36.1 |
| 2014 | Almalad | Moonovermanhattan | Kumaon | 1:38.8 |
| 2013 | Divine Calling | Shamus Award | Cluster | 1:37.2 |
| 2012 | Pierro | Carringbush Jack | Jimando | 1:36.3 |
| 2011 | Chase The Rainbow | Cute Emily | Sabrage | 1:38.3 |
| 2010 | Hollowlea | Run For Levi | Bullbars | 1:37.2 |
| 2009 | Carrara | Extra Hero | Miss With Attitude | 1:39.5 |
| 2008 | Whobegotyou | All American | Carnero | 1:36.3 |
| 2007 | Barbaricus | Davcon | Cecconi | 1:36.0 |
| 2006 | Churchill Downs | Magic Jet | Ankh Morpork | 1:36.7 |
| 2005 | Red Dazzler | Stratum | Maybe Better | 1:38.0 |
| 2004 | Mr Martini | Under Command | Danaurum | 1:37.8 |
| 2003 | Casual Pass | Special Harmony | Face Value | 1:37.2 |
| 2002 | Helenus | Aint Here | Half Hennessy | 1:39.6 |
| 2001 | Viscount | Dash For Cash | Amalfi | 1:38.1 |
| 2000 | Sarson Trail | Keeper | Make Me A Miracle | 1:38.7 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Stutt Stakes?
The 2025 Stutt Stakes was won by three-year-old Wootton Bassett colt West Of Swindon at $4.20 for trainer Ciaron Maher with jockey Ben Melham aboard on 57kg from barrier 1 to win by 0.4 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:37.15.
When is the Stutt Stakes 2025?
Friday September 26, 2025What is the prize money for the Stutt Stakes 2025?
$300,000
Where is the Stutt Stakes 2025?
Moonee Valley Racecourse, Feehan Ave, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039.
How do I bet on the 2025 Stutt 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 Stutt Stakes?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Stutt 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.