Ladbrokes Tip: The Caulfield Guineas Prelude has been a poor guide to Caulfield Guineas betting in recent years!
This season the Caulfield Guineas ran on Saturday October 11, 2025 as a potential Cox Plate lead-up race for three-year-olds and was won in a stylish three-quarter length surge by Chris Waller’s improving colt Autumn Boy ($4.20).
2025 Caulfield Guineas Results
The 2025 Caulfield Guineas Results and full race Finishing Order will be available below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 11, 2025.
- 1st: No. 9 Autumn Boy
- 2nd: No. 14 Planet Red
- 3rd: No. 16 Observer
The Autumn Sun colt Autumn Boy ($4.20) dominated the 2025 Caulfield Guineas results in a brilliant performance by the up-and-coming star, giving Chris Waller and Damian Lane back-to-back wins in the Group 1 three-year-old mile classic.
2025 Caulfield Guineas Odds
The latest Caulfield Guineas 2025 betting odds and links to our Group 1 spring racing markets will be provided for punters below so stay tuned to back your favourite three-year-olds.
| 9. Autumn Boy (1) J: Damian Lane 57kg 11x27T: Chris Waller | ||
| 14. Planet Red (5) J: Jordan Childs 57kg 1x143T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr | ||
| 16. Observer (6) J: Ethan Brown 57kg 215x2T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 3. Vinrock (11) J: Mark Zahra 57kg 1x415T: Matt Laurie | ||
| 12. Hillier (14) J: Luke Currie 57kg x1243T: Annabel & Rob Archibald | ||
| 8. Navy Pilot (2) J: Jamie Melham 57kg 37x21T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 4. Nepotism (9) J: Blake Shinn 57kg 11x98T: M, W & J Hawkes | ||
| 1. Rivellino (3) J: Craig Williams 57kg 5x466T: Kris Lees | ||
| 5. West Of Swindon (13) J: Ben Melham 57kg 0x421T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 2. Wodeton (7) J: James McDonald 57kg 4x242T: Chris Waller | ||
| 10. Space Rider (8) J: Beau Mertens 57kg 4x174T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr | ||
| 15. Romantic Encounter (10) J: Daniel Stackhouse 57kg 12T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 13. Stay Cosmic (12) J: Thomas Stockdale 57kg 22x25T: Phillip Stokes | ||
| 7. Highvol (15) J: Declan Bates 57kg 1x764T: Nick Ryan | ||
| 11. Prestige Ole (4) J: Harry Coffey 57kg 12x59T: Matt Laurie |
Caulfield Guineas Tips
The Caulfield Guineas is the feature race on the opening day of the Caulfield Carnival and because of this the majority of racing experts have a set of Caulfield Guineas tips every year. The majority of horses that contest the Caulfield Guineas come through a similar form line, but this does not necessarily make it easy to pick the winner.
Good Caulfield Guineas betting tips include looking for the colts and geldings that ran well in key lead-up races including the Caulfield Guineas Prelude.
From 2014-22 three of the Caulfield Guineas winners had their final lead-up in the Stan Fox Stakes including Shooting To Win (2014) and Press Statement (2015) who both completed the double.
The Stan Fox Stakes was changed to the Callander-Presnell ahead of the 2022 edition and now runs over a mile after the Caulfield Guineas.
Golden Mile (2022) became the first horse to complete the Caulfield Guineas – Callander-Presnell double.
In 2018 The Autumn Sun ran third in the Stan Fox Stakes ahead of Caulfield Guineas win, but also won Rosehill’s Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes in between.
Ole Kirk (2020) meanwhile was the latest horse to do the Golden Rose Stakes – Caulfield Guineas interstate double, while in 2021 Anamoe improved on a lead-up second as the beaten Golden Rose favourite to salute in the Guineas.
In 2022 Golden Mile improved on a Golden Rose 4th to win the Caulfield Guineas.
Autumn Boy (7th in 2025) was the last Caulfield Guineas winner to come via a run in the Golden Rose.
A key Caulfield Guineas tip is to stick with the colts and geldings as Surround (1976) is the last filly to beat home the boys in the mile classic.
It is also a good tip to back horses drawn barriers 1 – 5 with those gates producing 21 Caulfield Guineas winners up until 2024. Private Life (2024) was the last Caulfield Guineas winner from barrier 5, while Autumn Boy saluted from barrier 1 in 2025.
Griff overcame barrier 15 of 15 to lead all-the-way and win the 2023 Caulfield Guineas.
2025 Caulfield Guineas Tips
Our insider Caulfield Guineas 2025 betting tips and Group 1 racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for the gallopers to back and sack in the $3 million classic.
2025 Caulfield Guineas Same Race Multi Selections ($16 at time of publish)
- Top 2 – No. 2 Wodeton
- Top 3 – No. 9 Autumn Boy
- Top 4 – No. 4 Nepotism
WODETON (10), the highly rated Wootton Bassett colt from the Chris Waller stable, has tightened into favouritism for the Caulfield Guineas — and it’s easy to see why. Fourth-up and at peak fitness, he looks perfectly placed to claim his maiden Group 1 success. Waller, already a three-time Caulfield Guineas winner and chasing back-to-back titles after Private Life’s victory last year, has another serious prospect on his hands. Wodeton made an immediate impression with a dominant debut win at Rosehill in January, quickly establishing himself as one of the most exciting juveniles of his crop. While he hasn’t won since, he’s built an imposing résumé — runner-up in the Golden Slipper, and less than a length off Vinrock in the Inglis Sires’ — proving his quality against Australia’s best. This preparation, he’s been just as consistent, with a strong fourth in the Golden Rose last start where he stuck on gamely in a high-pressure race. Top jockey James McDonald retains the ride after labelling him “very gallant in defeat” and noting how well he finished off, suggesting the step up to the 1600m now looks ideal. Barrier 10 hasn’t produced a Guineas winner since Lonhro in 2001, but with J-Mac in the saddle and the Golden Rose form looking rock-solid, Wodeton stands out as the clear top seed.
AUTUMN BOY (1), once the early favourite, remains in a tight market battle with stablemate Wodeton but currently sits on the second line of Caulfield Guineas betting for the Chris Waller stable. He’s come up with the perfect draw in barrier one — a gate that has produced four winners since 2000, most recently Divine Prophet in 2016 — and will be ridden by Damian Lane, who guided Private Life to Guineas glory for Waller last year. By The Autumn Sun, Autumn Boy shapes as a colt with serious upside. Saturday marks his fifth career start, and while he’s chasing his first win as a three-year-old, he already boasts a 50% strike rate from his winter campaign. His first-up performance in the Group 3 Ming Dynasty Quality at Rosehill was excellent, finishing just half a length behind the better-weighted Sixties. Last start in the Golden Rose, he was trapped wide early and couldn’t quicken late, finishing seventh, but the effort was better than it looks on paper. The step up to 1600m now appears ideal, and with Lane aboard from the inside alley, he’s perfectly placed to bounce back to winning form.
NEPOTISM (9) might not be attracting the same headlines as some of his rivals, but the Group 1-winning colt could easily be the value play to spice up the Caulfield Guineas exotics. Trained by Team Hawkes, the Brutal colt claimed the Group 1 Champagne Stakes at Randwick in April, defeating none other than Within The Law — who has since franked that form with a runner-up finish in last weekend’s Flight Stakes. Now third-up and out to 1600m, Nepotism looks ready to show improvement after two worse than midfield runs in top company, finishing ninth in the Run To The Rose and eighth in the Golden Rose. Both efforts were better than they appear on paper. His Golden Rose run in particular was full of excuses — he over-raced early, never found his rhythm, and was held up badly in the straight under Tyler Schiller. With Blake Shinn now taking the reins, expect a more measured ride. If he can settle and find clear running late, Nepotism has the engine to produce a powerful finish and run right over the top of them. Genuine smokey — talented colt suited stepping up to the mile and capable of finishing over the top for those chasing value.
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9. Autumn Boy (1)
J: Damian Lane 57kg
11×27T: Chris Waller
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4. Nepotism (9)
J: Blake Shinn 57kg
11×98T: M, W & J Hawkes
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2. Wodeton (7)
J: James McDonald 57kg
4×242T: Chris Waller
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The $3 million Caulfield Guineas is one of Australia’s premier racing events for three-year-old colts and geldings and is rated one of the country’s most important stallion-making events. The Caulfield Guineas is held over 1600 metres at the Caulfield Racecourse a week before the Caulfield Cup and is one of the most highly anticipated races during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
The Group 1 event always draws the cream of the crop and has been won by the likes of Ajax, Hydrogen, Tulloch, Storm Queen, Vain, Surround, Luskin Star, Manikato, Red Anchor, Mahogany, Redoute’s Choice, Lonhro, Weekend Hussler, and All Too Hard.
In a bid to draw some of the attention away from the punting purists’ Caulfield Guineas Day action in Sydney Racing NSW ran the richest turf race in the world for the first time on the same day in 2017 – The Everest Randwick race now worth a record $20 million.
The Everest Day now runs a week later and so clashes with Melbourne’s Caulfield Cup meeting.
Caulfield Guineas Race Info
- Date: Saturday October 11, 2025
- Track: Caulfield Racecourse
- Distance: 1600m
- Conditions: 3yos – Set Weights
- Status: Group 1
- Prize Money: $3 million
- First Run: 1881
Caulfield Guineas Betting
The Caulfield Guineas is always an interesting betting race, but most years there is a standout colt or gelding that starts the race as a fairly short-priced favourite. However, from 1983 – 2021 14 favourites have won the Caulfield Guineas and the likes of Rich Enuff (2014), Pierro (2012) and Encosta De Lago (1996) were beaten as odds-on favourites.
The latest favourites in Caulfield Guineas betting to salute for the punters are the odds-on The Autumn Sun ($1.75 in 2018) followed by Ole Kirk ($4.20 in 2020) who both won the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes in the lead-up; and then Anamoe ($2.10 in 2021), and the fellow Godolphin-raced Golden Mile ($2.70 in 2022).
There has not been a great deal of upsets in the history of the Caulfield Guineas but Econsul (2004), In Top Swing (2003), Centro (1990), Procol Harum (1989), Marwong (1987) and Abaridy (1986) all won the race at lengthy quotes. That was until the 2017 Caulfield Guineas results, when $101 roughie Mighty Boss saluted at triple figures.
There was another notable upset in 2023 with Griff winning as a $31 outside in Caulfield Guineas betting.
Caulfield Guineas Field
The Caulfield Guineas race field is released on the Tuesday morning before the race and features a capacity field of 16 runners plus four emergencies.
The Caulfield Guineas field last ran at capacity in 2019 when Super Seth defeated 15 rivals. In 2017 the sole emergency for the Caulfield Guineas field – Mighty Boss – made the line-up and won in a massive boil-over at odds of $101.
Gallopers may come into the Caulfield Guineas field via a number of different spring lead-ups, but the Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) run a fortnight earlier is the traditional lead-up run. Recent winners of the Prelude – Caulfield Guineas double include Anacheeva (2010) and Helmet (2011).
It is interesting to note however that since Helmet in 2011 only four subsequent Caulfield Guineas winners have come via the Prelude most recently Private Life (4th in 2024).
In early August, the Group 3 H.D.F. McNeil Stakes on Memsie Stakes Day also makes a good starting point for Caulfield Guineas hopefuls and Super Seth (2019) was the last to do the HDF McNeil Stakes – Caulfield Guineas double.
The 2018 Caulfield Guineas field attracted a quality line up, led by Chris Waller’s Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes winner The Autumn Sun and Darren Weir’s Caulfield Guineas Prelude winner Native Soldier. It was The Autumn Sun who dominated in the end, saluting as the odds-on favourite by 4.5 lengths!
In 2023 Griff won the Caulfield Guineas on a back of a lead-up win over the same distance in the Group 2 Stutt Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley becoming the first to do the double since Whobegotyou (2008).
Following a run in the Caulfield Guineas field some of the VRC Derby-bound three-year-olds may choose to back-up in the Group 3 Caulfield Classic (2000m) on Caulfield Cup Day.
2025 Caulfield Guineas Final Field
The Caulfield Guineas 2025 Final Field and Barriers are set for release at 9:00am (local time) on October 7, 2025, and will be published in full below.
The official 2025 Caulfield Guineas field is now out featuring a capacity line-up of three-year-olds led in betting by Chris Waller’s last start Golden Rose runner-up Wodeton and the stable’s rails-drawn Autumn Boy.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Rivellino
J: Craig Williams
T: Kris Lees |
45x466 | C | 3 | 57kg | |
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2. Wodeton
J: James McDonald
T: Chris Waller |
24x242 | C | 7 | 57kg | |
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3. Vinrock
J: Mark Zahra
T: Matt Laurie |
11x415 | C | 11 | 57kg | |
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4. Nepotism
J: Blake Shinn
T: M, W & J Hawkes |
311x98 | C | 9 | 57kg | |
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5. West Of Swindon
J: Ben Melham
T: Ciaron Maher |
20x421 | C | 13 | 57kg | |
| 6. Vega For Luck (6) Scratched: | |||||
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7. Highvol
J: Declan Bates
T: Nick Ryan |
11x764 | G | 15 | 57kg | |
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8. Navy Pilot
J: Jamie Melham
T: Ciaron Maher |
237x21 | C | 2 | 57kg | |
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9. Autumn Boy
J: Damian Lane
T: Chris Waller |
11x27 | C | 1 | 57kg | |
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10. Space Rider
J: Beau Mertens
T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr |
14x174 | C | 8 | 57kg | |
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11. Prestige Ole
J: Harry Coffey
T: Matt Laurie |
112x59 | C | 4 | 57kg | |
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12. Hillier
J: Luke Currie
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
9x1243 | C | 14 | 57kg | |
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13. Stay Cosmic
J: Thomas Stockdale
T: Phillip Stokes |
122x25 | R | 12 | 57kg | |
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14. Planet Red
J: Jordan Childs
T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr |
1x143 | G | 5 | 57kg | |
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15. Romantic Encounter
J: Daniel Stackhouse
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
12 | C | 10 | 57kg | |
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16. Observer
J: Ethan Brown
T: Ciaron Maher |
215x2 | C | 6 | 57kg | |
| 17. Centu Cavaddi (6) Scratched: | |||||
| 18. Regal Award (8) Scratched: | |||||
2025 Caulfield Guineas First Acceptances
The 2025 Caulfield Guineas First Acceptances closed on September 23, 2025.
The Caulfield Guineas 2025 first acceptances have left 48 remaining hopefuls. Updated markets are dominated by Chris Waller’s progressive The Autumn Sun colt Autumn Boy.
2025 Caulfield Guineas Nominations
The early Caulfield Guineas 2025 Nominations are taken on September 9, 2025, and are set to attract over 200 colts and geldings.
The official 2025 Caulfield Guineas nominations were released on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, and attracted 119 early entries led in early betting by the autumn’s Group 1 Champagne Stakes winner Nepotism.
For some of the early value nominees in the big race check out our Hidden Gems: 10 Long Shots to Watch in the Caulfield Guineas!
Caulfield Guineas Form Guide
The Caulfield Guineas form guide is a hot commodity in the lead-up to the Group 1 event and is essential reading in order to pick the winner of the race. The Caulfield Guineas Prelude is the major lead-up race for the Caulfield Guineas, and it has produced plenty of winners over the past decade, but the Stutt Stakes has also been a key form reference in recent years.
The only winners of the Caulfield Guineas since 2004 to have finished worse than fourth in their final lead-up race are Super Seth (2019) who improved on a lead-up fifth in the Caulfield Guineas Prelude results to win the Group 1 and Autumn Boy (Golden Rose 7th in 2025).
The 2021 Caulfield Guineas form was franked with the winner Anamoe continuing on to run second in a photo-finish to Irish raider State Of Rest in that year’s $5 million Cox Plate at The Valley. Anamoe would also return the following autumn and run well in a host of races including posting a win in the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) in Sydney.
In 2024 the Caulfield Guineas runner-up, Feroce, went on to frank the form with an upset win in the following autumn’s Group 1 Australian Guineas at Flemington in 2025.
Caulfield Guineas Form Facts
- Sydney’s Stan Fox Stakes (now the Callander-Presnell) produced all five Caulfield Guineas winners from 2014-18 including upset $101 winner Mighty Boss (4th in 2017) and The Autumn Sun (3rd in 2018) who won the Golden Rose in between.
- No horse since Econsul (Stan Fox Stakes 6th in 2004) had finished worse than fourth before winning the Caulfield Guineas until Super Seth (Prelude 5th in 2019) followed by Autumn Boy (Golden Rose 7th in 2025).
- While open to fillies no female has won the Caulfield Guineas in over 30 years with the last to try being Catchy (3rd in 2017).
- Sydney-trained gallopers won all five editions of the Caulfield Guineas from 2012-16 before the Caulfield-trained Mighty Boss for Mick Price in 2017 and Mornington’s Anthony Freedman won in 2019 with Super Seth.
- Barrier one produced has produced a host of recent Caulfield Guineas winners including Autumn Boy (2025).
- Since 2011 only four Caulfield Guineas winners came via a run in the Caulfield Guineas Prelude most recently Private Life (4th in 2024).
2025 Caulfield Guineas Form
A link to our detailed Caulfield Guineas 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the $3 million classic.
Caulfield Guineas Results
The Caulfield Guineas race results will be available on a Saturday in mid-October every year. As well as listing the complete Caulfield Guineas finishing order the results show the trainer and jockey of each horse as well as the margin between each place, the weight they carried and their starting price in the betting markets.
Trainer Bart Cummings prepared five Caulfield Guineas winners over the years with Storm Queen (1966), Kenmark (1974), Alfa (1996), God’s Own (2006), and Wonderful World (2007).
Anamoe set a new Caulfield Guineas winning record in 2021 posting a time of 1 minute 35 seconds.
Surround (1976) was the last Caulfield Guineas winning filly.
Past Caulfield Guineas Winners
Recent Caulfield Guineas winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Time |
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| 2025 | Autumn Boy | Planet Red | Observer | 1:36.30 |
| 2024 | Private Life | Feroce | Evaporate | 1:36.74 |
| 2023 | Griff | Veight | Steparty | 1:37.9 |
| 2022 | Golden Mile | Elliptical | Osipenko | 1:38.2 |
| 2021 | Anamoe | Capitvant | Artorius | 1:35.0 |
| 2020 | Ole Kirk | Aysar | Grandslam | 1:36.3 |
| 2019 | Super Seth | Alligator Blood | Groundswell | 1:36.4 |
| 2018 | The Autumn Sun | Vassilator | Oohood | 1:35.5 |
| 2017 | Mighty Boss | Kementari | Catchy | 1:36.0 |
| 2016 | Divine Prophet | Seaburge | Hey Doc | 1:36.5 |
| 2015 | Press Statement | Lizard Island | Ready For Victory | 1:36.4 |
| 2014 | Shooting To Win | Rich Enuff | Wandjina | 1:35.5 |
| 2013 | Long John | Divine Calling | Shamus Award | 1:36.7 |
| 2012 | All Too Hard | Pierro | Epaulette | 1:36.0 |
| 2011 | Helmet | Manawanui | Huegill | 1:35.3 |
| 2010 | Anacheeva | Run For Levi | Masquerader | 1:37.0 |
| 2009 | Starspangledbanner | Carrara | Manhattan Rain | 1:35.6 |
| 2008 | Whobegotyou | Time Thief | Von Costa De Hero | 1:36.4 |
| 2007 | Weekend Hussler | Scenic Blast | Marching | 1.36.4 |
| 2006 | Wonderful World | Excites | Court Command | 1.35.9 |
| 2005 | Gods Own | Paratroopers | Primus | 1.37.6 |
| 2004 | Econsul | Barely A Moment | Under Command | 1.38.0 |
| 2003 | In Top Swing | Face Value | Kempinsky | 1.36.0 |
| 2002 | Helenus | Bel Esprit | Choisir | 1.35.4 |
| 2001 | Lonhro | Ustinov | Pure Theatre | 1.36.7 |
| 2000 | Show A Heart | Fubu | Sale Of Century | 1.35.8 |
Who won the 2025 Caulfield Guineas?
The 2025 Caulfield Guineas was won by three-year-old The Autumn Sun colt Autumn Boy at $4.20 for trainer Chris Waller with jockey Damian Lane aboard on 57kg from barrier 1 to win by 0.75 lengths on a Good (3) track in a time of 1:36.30.
When is the Caulfield Guineas 2025?
Saturday October 11, 2025What is the prize money for the Caulfield Guineas 2025?
$3,000,000
Where is the Caulfield Guineas 2025?
Caulfield Racecourse, Gate 22, Station St, Caulfield East VIC 3145.
How do I bet on the 2025 Caulfield Guineas?
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Which horse will win the 2025 Caulfield Guineas?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Caulfield Guineas 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.