Canonbury Stakes 2025

Ladbrokes Tip: Colts and geldings out of the Canonbury Stakes often target the $4.96 million Golden Slipper Stakes that autumn

Held in early February as of 2024 having been moved from its previous slot on Expressway Stakes Day, the Canonbury Stakes is now held at Rosehill Gardens at the same meeting as the Group 3 Widden Stakes (1100m) for two-year-old fillies and the Group 3 Southern Cross Stakes (1200m).

The Canonbury Stakes is a Group 3 sprint run over 1100m.

Contested at set weights plus penalties, the event is open only to two-year-old colts and geldings and serves as an early Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival springboard for juveniles targeting the $5 million Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m).

The race was first run in 1930 and has held Group 3 status since 2015.

Throughout history just three horses have completed the Canonbury Stakes – Golden Slipper Stakes double: Fine And Dandy (1958), Sebring (2007) and Vancouver (2015).

Currently offering $250,000 in prize money, the Canonbury is named after Canonbury House in Sydney’s Darling Point built in 1911 and purchased by the Australian Jockey Club (AJC) in 1919.

The latest edition of the Canonbury Stakes ran on Saturday February 1, 2025 at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse as a key Golden Slipper lead-up race and was won by Blitzburg ($4.80) for Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou.

2025 Canonbury Stakes Results

The full Canonbury Stakes 2025 results and finishing order of the Rosehill Group 3 sprint for Golden Slipper-bound colts and geldings will be detailed below once the race takes place as a Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival lead-up.

• 1st: #1 Blitzburg
• 2nd: #4 Hillier
• 3rd: #6 Peleus

In a thrilling display at Rosehill on Saturday, Blitzburg ($4.80), trained by Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou and ridden by Tyler Schiller, clinched the 2025 Canonbury Stakes with a commanding all-the-way victory. The Snitzel colt broke sharply from the gates and set a blistering pace, maintaining his lead throughout the race to win by a comfortable 1.18 length margin. Key moments included Blitzburg’s impressive acceleration at the 400m mark, leaving his rivals struggling to keep up. Post-race, Ryan expressed cautious optimism about Blitzburg’s future, noting his potential but remaining undecided about a 2025 Golden Slipper bid on March 22. With this dominant performance, Blitzburg has certainly marked himself as a colt to watch in the upcoming juvenile races.

2025 Canonbury Stakes Odds

The Canonbury Stakes 2025 odds will be published below as soon as markets on the Group 3 early autumn juveniles’ event are released so stay tuned for the top early autumn racing odds online this season.

Canonbury Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday February 1, 2025
• Track: Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
• Distance: 1100m
• Conditions: Set Weights + Penalties – 2YO Colts & Geldings
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $250,000
• First Run: 1930

Canonbury Stakes Betting

Canonbury Stakes betting opens at bookies around the country after the field of final acceptors and barriers are out the Wednesday of race week.

Young male horses that are resuming and run well fresh, proven Rosehill performers, sprinters with previous form over the 1100m distance and runners coming off any earlier Black-Type Sydney assignments sit high up the Canonbury Stakes odds.

Many two-year-olds may be on debut in the Canonbury Stakes, so those with strong lead-up trials are often at shorter odds.

Best Of Bordeaux (2022) is the latest Canonbury Stakes winner to salute on debut.

Prost ($3.50EF in 2024) was the last favourite (or equal favourite) in the markets to salute.

Canonbury Stakes Field

The Canonbury Stakes race field features a line-up of promising young colts and geldings either coming off a summer run or kicking off their new season campaigns.

If not resuming racing, eligible colts and geldings in the Canonbury Stakes field may have contested the $3 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) on the Gold Coast in mid-January.

Canonbury Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday with the final field and barrier draw out on the Wednesday.

2025 Canonbury Stakes Field

The official Canonbury Stakes 2025 field of final acceptors and barriers will be published right here once released so stay tuned.

The Canonbury Stakes 2025 final field features a small line-up of young two-year-olds led in betting by the James Cummings trained Exceed And Excel colt Burma Star having his second start. 

2025 Canonbury Stakes Nominations

The early Canonbury Stakes 2025 Nominations are taken on the Monday of race week.

Canonbury Stakes Tips

Good Canonbury Stakes tips include looking for in-form Sydney runners that have previous Group form, ran well last time out if not on debut, are drawn well in the Rosehill race and have winning form over at least 1000m.

Another top Canonbury Stakes betting tip is to take the winner to finish in the money next start in another Golden Slipper lead-up such as the Group 2 Silver Slipper Stakes (1200m) against the fillies or the Group 2 Pago Pago Stakes (1200m) for colts and geldings.

Prague (2021) was the last horse to complete the Canonbury Stakes – Pago Pago Stakes double, while the Canonbury Stakes – Silver Slipper Stakes double was last achieved by Best Of Bordeaux (2022).

2025 Canonbury Stakes Tips

Our insider Canonbury Stakes tips 2025 will be published below once the field is confirmed and betting markets released on the Group 3 sprint.

• To Win: #7 Tropic ($3.60 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Tipping Chris Waller’s promising Zoustar colt to make an impression on debut after two solid trials. The blue ribbon two-year-old won his first official hit out last October before another hit out to bring him on for this test when runner-up by a narrow margin behind Feel The Breeze on January 23. Rosehill suits, he is accustomed, and gets the rails run in a small field with James McDonald aboard. Ticks plenty of boxes in a race without a real standout juvenile. Can win. 

Canonbury Stakes Form Guide

The Canonbury Stakes form guide details essential facts and stats like the lead-up runs of the runners in the field, their jockeys / trainers and records at the track / distance.

In recent seasons the Canonbury Stakes form has held up in future autumn Group races including in 2021 with the winner Prague going on to place second in that year’s Group 1 Inglis Sires’ (1400m) during ‘The Championships’ at Randwick.

The year before the Canonbury Stakes runner-up Home Affairs won the Group 2 Silver Slipper next-up and went on to salute in Melbourne’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) down the Flemington straight that spring.

In 2022 the Canonbury Stakes winner Best Of Bordeaux franked the form winning the Group 2 Silver Slipper Stakes next-up before a Golden Slipper second. He also returning in the spring and finished third in Melbourne’s Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m).

The Canonbury Stakes 2023 form was franked by the placegetters with the runner-up, King’s Gambit, running third in that year’s Golden Slipper Stakes that was won by Shinzo off a third in the Canonbury.

2025 Canonbury Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Canonbury Stakes 2025 Form Guide will be provided below following final acceptances. 

Canonbury Stakes Results

The Canonbury Stakes race results have been dominated by single-figure runners with previous Sydney performances on their record.

Some of the more notable Canonbury Stakes winners include Tulloch (1956), Shogun Lodge (1998), Not A Single Doubt (2003), Sebring (2008), Hinchinbrook (2010), and Vancouver (2015).

Canonbury Stakes Winners

Past Canonbury Stakes winners and placegetters going back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

Who won the 2025 Canonbury Stakes?

The 2025 Canonbury Stakes was won by Blitzburg at $4.80 for Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou with jockey Tyler Schiller aboard from barrier two to win by 1.18 lengths in a time of 1:04.07.

When is the Canonbury Stakes 2025?

What is the prize money for the Canonbury Stakes 2025?

$250,000

Where is the Canonbury Stakes 2025?

Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142. 

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