The Callander-Presnell now runs over a mile offering $1 million
The latest edition of the Callander-Presnell ran on Saturday October 25, 2025 on Spring Champion Stakes Day at Randwick and was won in a big late run by the Michael Freedman trained favourite Ohope ($2.70F).
2025 Callander-Presnell Results
The official Callander-Presnell 2025 Results & Finishing Order on the race formerly known as the Stan Fox Stakes will be published below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 25, 2025.
- 1st: No. 2 Ohope
- 2nd: No. 1 Rivellino
- 3rd: No. 5 Fermoy
Michael Freedman’s last start Tapp-Craig winning I Am Invincible colt Ohope ($2.70F) made it back-to-back wins when saluting for the punters in the 2025 Callander-Presnell results in Sydney. The in-form three-year-old was given a perfectly timed ride by Jason Collett to come from fourth on the home turn to cut loose on the outside and surge home for a half-length victory over Rivellino with Fermoy finishing third.
2025 Callander-Presnell Odds
The latest Callander-Presnell 2025 odds and betting links will be provided below once markets are out on the Spring Champion Stakes Day support act this spring.
| 2. Ohope (3) J: Jason Collett 57kg x1321T: Michael Freedman | ||
| 1. Rivellino (1) J: Nash Rawiller 57kg x4668T: Kris Lees | ||
| 5. Fermoy (7) J: Kerrin McEvoy 57kg x4279T: Chris Waller | ||
| 6. Dusty Bay (8) J: Alysha Collett 57kg x4304T: Tracey Bartley | ||
| 9. Nordic Viking (2) J: Dylan Gibbons 57kg 0x326T: John Sargent | ||
| 4. Ruination (5) J: Tommy Berry 57kg 112T: Michael Freedman | ||
| 8. Duke Of Arrakis (4) J: Adam Hyeronimus 57kg 17x30T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 11. Polish Playgirl (6) J: Tyler Schiller 55kg 7x715T: M, W & J Hawkes |
Callander-Presnell Tips
Good Callander-Presnell betting tips include looking for locally trained three-year-olds with winning form over 1400m or further.
Backing the favourite is another successful Callander-Presnell tip to take into the event formerly run as the Stan Fox Stakes over 1500m.
2025 Callander-Presnell Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Callander-Presnell 2025 tips and betting selections on the renamed Stan Fox Stakes race will be detailed below outlining the gallopers to back and sack in the spring event.
To Win: No. 4 Ruination
Sitting on the second line of betting RUINATION (5) looks a serious player in this rich 3YO contest. Michael Freedman’s got a strong hand across both states on Saturday, and this Wootton Bassett colt is one of his better chances. He’s won two of three so far and still has plenty of upside. Was heavily backed at Newcastle two runs back and got the job done against both his own age and older horses, then backed it up with a tough second in the Listed Dulcify over this Randwick mile — working hard from a wide draw and sticking on well behind Attica, who now lines up as one of the favourites in the Group 1 Spring Champion. That form reads well, and he’s shown he can handle a high-pressure race. Big tick that Tommy Berry has chosen to stick with him over Ohope, who he steered to victory last start in the Tapp-Craig. With the right run, he can absolutely give this a shake.
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4. Ruination (5)
J: Tommy Berry 57kg
112T: Michael Freedman
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The Callander-Presnell – formerly known as the Stan Fox Stakes – is a Group 2 race for three-year-olds run on Spring Champion Stakes Day at Royal Randwick in October each Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.
The meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) for three-year-old stayers, which is now worth an incredible $2 million in prize money.
The race day, which is held on the same date as Melbourne’s Cox Plate Day card at The Valley, also features a third seven-figure showdown in the form of the now Gorup 2 $2 million The Invitation (1400m) for fillies and mares.
Renamed the Callander-Presnell ahead of the 2022 edition in honour of Sydney racing media figures Ken Callander and Max Presnell, the race previously known as the Stan Fox Stakes is now worth $1 million.
Run at set weights over 1600m having been increased in distance from 1500m in 2022, the Callander-Presnell was previously held earlier in the carnival. It once served as a lead-up into the Golden Rose in Sydney or the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) in Melbourne.
Recent horses to complete the Stan Fox Stakes – Caulfield Guineas double include Press Statement (2015) and Shooting To Win (2014).
In 2022 Golden Mile completed the Caulfield Guineas – Callander-Presnell double.
An earlier change of date for the Stan Fox Stakes saw the race run on the same day as Melbourne’s Caulfield Guineas as a lead-up to Randwick’s now defunct $1 million Bondi Stakes (1600m) that took place from 2019-21.
During that time both Peltzer (2020) and Hilal (2021) completed the Stan Fox Stakes – Bondi Stakes double.
The $500,000 Tapp-Craig (1400m) run a fortnight earlier offers the first three placegetters a ballot exemption into the Callander-Presnell race.
Ohope (2025) was the last horse to complete the Tapp-Craig – Callander-Presnell race double.
Callander-Presnell Race Facts
- Date: Saturday October 25, 2025
- Former Name: Stan Fox Stakes
- Track: Randwick Racecourse
- Distance: 1600m
- Conditions: 3YOs – Set Weights
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $1,000,000
- First Run: 1975 / 2022 as the Callander-Presnell
Callander-Presnell Betting
Callander-Presnell odds favour local Sydney gallopers coming off a good lead-up run in races like the Up And Coming Stakes also held at Royal Randwick the month before. Stan Fox Stakes / Callander-Presnell betting favourites have a strong recent record in the race and runners looking like they’ll see out a mile usually sit high up the bookies’ markets.
If there’s an odds-on favourite, they usually get the job done for the punters. There have been notable upsets however including in 2019 with $20 roughie Colada winning.
In 2020 Peltzer ($2.70) became the latest Stan Fox Stakes favourite to salute before the race was renamed and re-vamped ahead of the 2022 edition and subsequently won by the Callander-Presnell favourite Golden Mile ($2.30 in 2022).
There was a big upset in 2023 with Chrysaor saluting at Callander-Presnell odds of $26.
Ohope ($2.70 in 2025) was the last Callander-Presnell favourite to win.
Callander-Presnell Field
The Stan Fox Stakes field – now known as the Callander-Presnell race field – attracts a line-up of the season’s best middle-distance three-year-olds looking to extend their form over the mile for $1 million in prize money.
In 2015 Press Statement improved on a Golden Rose fifth to win the Stan Fox and then the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas over the mile in Victoria next run. That year’s Stan Fox runner-up Shards also came out of the Golden Rose (7th) as did the third-placed Rageese (4th).
The previous year (2014), Shooting To Win ran third in the Golden Rose before also completing the Stan Fox Stakes – Caulfield Guineas double. That year’s Golden Rose Stakes runner-up Scissor Kick also ran second in the Stan Fox Stakes.
Manawanui won the Golden Rose Stakes – Stan Fox Stakes double in 2011 before a second in the Caulfield Guineas top Helmet. The Golden Rose – Stan Fox double was also achieved in 2009 by Denman.
More recently the 2020 Stan Fox Stakes winner Peltzer also franked that year’s Golden Rose form improving on his lead-up fifth in the Group 1 before winning the now defunct $1 million Bondi Stakes next-up.
The 2021 Stan Fox Stakes winner was also a Golden Rose graduate with Hilal improving on a lead-up 11th in the Group 1 before also taking out the final edition of the Bondi Stakes.
The Callander-Presnell now runs later in the carnival on the same day Melbourne hosts the Ladbrokes Cox Plate, replacing the Bondi Stakes as Sydney’s premier three-year-olds race of the spring.
2025 Callander-Presnell Field
The official Callander-Presnell 2025 Final Field & Barriers on the event formerly known as the Stan Fox Stakes are announced by Racing NSW the Wednesday of race week and the full list of runners will be published below as soon as released.
The Callander-Presnell 2025 final field features a smart line-up of in-form three-year-olds including Michael Freedman’s last start Tapp-Craig winner Ohope and the rails-drawn Rivellino for Kris Lees.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Rivellino
J: Nash Rawiller
T: Kris Lees |
5x4668 | C | 1 | 57kg | |
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2. Ohope
J: Jason Collett
T: Michael Freedman |
4x1321 | C | 3 | 57kg | |
| 3. Farnicle (5) Scratched: | |||||
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4. Ruination
J: Tommy Berry
T: Michael Freedman |
112 | C | 5 | 57kg | |
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5. Fermoy
J: Kerrin McEvoy
T: Chris Waller |
0x4279 | C | 7 | 57kg | |
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6. Dusty Bay
J: Alysha Collett
T: Tracey Bartley |
8x4304 | G | 8 | 57kg | |
| 7. Champagne Hero (11) Scratched: | |||||
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8. Duke Of Arrakis
J: Adam Hyeronimus
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
17x30 | C | 4 | 57kg | |
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9. Nordic Viking
J: Dylan Gibbons
T: John Sargent |
40x326 | C | 2 | 57kg | |
| 10. Queen Of Clubs (2) Scratched: | |||||
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11. Polish Playgirl
J: Tyler Schiller
T: M, W & J Hawkes |
37x715 | F | 6 | 55kg | |
2025 Callander-Presnell Nominations
The early Callander-Presnell 2025 Nominations close on the Monday of race week.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 2218x3x150 | CLOISTERS | G | 3 | Chris Waller | 66 |
| 2 | 17×30 | DUKE OF ARRAKIS | C | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 65 |
| 3 | 108×4304 | DUSTY BAY | G | 3 | Tracey Bartley | 66 |
| 4 | 1729×62 | FARNICLE | C | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 80 |
| 5 | 3x60x4279 | FERMOY | C | 3 | Chris Waller | |
| 6 | 3540×326 | NORDIC VIKING | C | 3 | John Sargent | |
| 7 | 8×213 | OFFICIATE | C | 3 | Chris Waller | |
| 8 | 374×1321 | OHOPE | C | 3 | Michael Freedman | 83 |
| 9 | 037×715 | POLISH PLAYGIRL | F | 3 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | 62 |
| 10 | 87x51x348 | QUEEN OF CLUBS | F | 3 | Gary Portelli | |
| 11 | 11145×4668 | RIVELLINO | C | 3 | Kris Lees | |
| 12 | 112 | RUINATION | C | 3 | Michael Freedman | 73 |
| 13 | 2×5115 | SINGLE CHOICE | G | 3 | Matt Cumani |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Callander-Presnell Form Guide
The Callander-Presnell form guide features all the need-to-know information on the race that has now replaced the Bondi Stakes like the jockeys and trainers of all the runners, as well as their barrier draw and lead-up form.
The best form line to follow into the race was that coming out of the Golden Rose Stakes, which had produced more winners of the Group 2 than any other race before the Stan Fox Stakes (now the Callander-Presnell) moved date.
The Stan Fox Stakes form once stacked up in better spring features including the Caulfield Guineas, a popular interstate betting double during the carnival season, before being moved to the same date as that Group 1 mile feature in Melbourne. In 2013 Criterion ran second in both the Stan Fox and Spring Champion before a fourth in the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
2025 Callander-Presnell Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Callander-Presnell 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Stan Fox Stakes / Callander-Presnell Results
Stan Fox Stakes / Callander-Presnell race results have been dominated by single-figure fancies and the favourites in the past decade.
Notable recent Stan Fox Stakes winners before the race was renamed the Callander-Presnell in 2022 included Press Statement (2015), Shooting To Win (2014), Manawanui (2011), and Lonhro (2011).
In 2022 the favourite Golden Mile became the first official Callander-Presnell Stakes winner.
Stan Fox Stakes / Callander-Presnell Winners
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Third | Time |
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| 2025 | Ohope | Rivellino | Fermoy | 1:36.06 |
| 2024 | Prost | Justy Party | Anode | 1:35.61 |
| 2023 | Chrysaor | Snowman | Ducasse | 1:35.12 |
| 2022 | Golden Mile | Communist | A Lot More Love | 1:38.89 (Race distance increased to 1600m) |
| 2021 | Hilal | Coastwatch | Brigatine | 1:28.5 |
| 2020 | Peltzer | Prime Star | Jet Propulsion | 1:28.1 |
| 2019 | Colada | Brandenburg | Bottega | 1:27.4 |
| 2018 | Tarka | Dealmaker | The Autumn Sun | 1:33.8 |
| 2017 | Gold Standard | Sanctioned | Addictive Nature | 1:28.4 |
| 2016 | Impending | Divine Prophet | Good Standing | 1:29.2 |
| 2015 | Press Statement | Shards | Rageese | 1:31.9 |
| 2014 | Shooting To Win | Scissor Kick | Valentia | 1:29.1 |
| 2013 | Eurozone | Criterion | Aussies Love Sport | 1:30.1 |
| 2012 | Kabayan | Albrecht | Divine Moon | 1:31.6 |
| 2011 | Manawanui | Roma Giaconda | Cocky Raider | 1:21.4 |
| 2010 | Decision Time | Top Drop | Halekulani | 1:23.1 |
| 2009 | Denman | Run For Naara | More Than Great | 1:23.8 |
| 2008 | Dreamscape | Whitefriars | Judge Me Not | 1:22.4 |
| 2007 | Race Not Run | – | – | – |
| 2006 | Court Command | Antidotes | Cinque | 1:22.1 |
| 2005 | Paratroopers | Primus | Testafiable | 1:22.3 |
| 2004 | Wager | Spirit of Tara | Swick | 1:22.5 |
| 2003 | Ambulance | Classy Dane | Hasna | 1:22.9 |
| 2002 | Rare Insight | Magic Marvo | Choisir | 1:24.0 |
| 2001 | Lonhro | Magic Albert | Stylish Lass | 1:24.0 |
| 2000 | Dynamic Love | Sale Of Century | Ateates | 1:21.7 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Callander-Presnell?
The 2025 Callander-Presnell was won by three-year-old I Am Invincible colt Ohope at $2.70 favouritism for trainer Michael Freedman with jockey Jason Collett aboard on 57kg from barrier 3 to win by 0.48 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:36.06.
Who won the 2024 Callander-Presnell?
The 2024 Callander-Presnell was won by the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Prost who jumped at $7.50 and was ridden to a narrow victory by Adam Hyeronimus.
When is the Callander-Presnell 2025?
Saturday October 25, 2025What is the prize money for the Callander-Presnell 2025?
$1,000,000
Where is the Callander-Presnell 2025?
Royal Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.
How do I bet on the 2025 Callander-Presnell?
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Which horse will win the 2025 Callander-Presnell?
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