Ladbrokes Tip: The Craven Plate serves as a nice lead-up into the $750,000 Rosehill Gold Cup
This season the 2025 Craven Plate ran on Saturday October 25, 2025 as part of Spring Champion Stakes Day in Sydney and saw the odds-on favourite and reigning champion Lindermann ($1.35F) score a big two-length win in his successful title defence.
2025 Craven Plate Results
The official Craven Plate 2025 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 25, 2025.
- 1st: No. 1 Lindermann
- 2nd: No. 4 Militarize
- 3rd: No. 3 Kovalica
Chris Waller’s flying Lonhro six-year-old Lindermann ($1.35F) was a class above easily accounting for his rivals in a dominant front-running performance to claim victory in the 2025 Craven Plate results for the second year running with a commanding two-length success for favourite backers. The odds-on elect made it three wins from four starts and a double after his lead-up Hill Stakes triumph by an equally impressive margin. Lindermann led an all-Waller Craven Plate trifecta defeating stablemates Militarize (2nd) and Kovalica (3rd).
2025 Craven Plate Odds
The Craven Plate is a Group 3 race run at Randwick Racecourse on a Saturday in mid-October as part of Spring Champion Stakes Day.
The season’s top Craven Plate 2025 odds and betting market links will be available below as soon as open.
| 1. Lindermann (2) J: Nash Rawiller 59kg x0121T: Chris Waller | ||
| 4. Militarize (4) J: Jason Collett 59kg 6x575T: Chris Waller | ||
| 3. Kovalica (6) J: Tommy Berry 59kg 1x054T: Chris Waller | ||
| 7. El Castello (1) J: Chad Schofield 58kg 5x400T: Joseph Pride | ||
| 5. Democracy Manifest (5) J: Tyler Schiller 59kg 5x950T: Chris Waller | ||
| 2. Bois D'argent (3) J: Kerrin McEvoy 59kg 654x0T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
Craven Plate Tips
Top Craven Plate tips include looking for proven weight-for-age horses, runners with a strong Randwick record and any standout stars down in grade.
Last start winners make a nice bet in the Craven Plate tipping as do single-figure fancies in the markets.
2025 Craven Plate Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Craven Plate 2021 betting tips and Randwick racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the stayers to back and sack in the potential Cox Plate lead-up this spring.
To Win: No. 1 Lindermann
Yeah, he’s odds-on and there’s not a heap of value left, but in a skinny field like this, it’s hard to go past LINDERMANN (2). Chris Waller’s Lonhro gelding is absolutely humming, winning two of his last three and mixing it with some serious company. He knocked off Sir Delius in the Chelmsford — and let’s not forget, that horse would’ve been Cox Plate favourite if not scratched on vet’s advice. Then he nearly pinched the $1 million 7 Stakes, just edged out by Fangirl, before bouncing back in style to dominate the $2 million Hill Stakes over 1900m. He rolled forward from a wide gate and put them away with authority. Now he drops back in trip and grade, Nash Rawiller stays in the saddle, and while there’s a bit more speed engaged this time, he’s the proven class act. The rest will need to find a new level to knock him off. Fit, flying, and hard to fault.
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1. Lindermann (2)
J: Nash Rawiller 59kg
x0121T: Chris Waller
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The Craven Plate is a lucrative middle-distance, weight-for-age staying feature holding Group 3 status but offering $750,000 in prize money at Royal Randwick on Spring Champion Stakes Day in late October annually.
Held towards the tail end of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival, Spring Champion Stakes Day is headlined by the Group 1 $2 million Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) for VRC Derby hopefuls, the Group 2 $2 million The Invitation (1400m) for the mares, and the Group 2 $1 million Callander-Presnell (1600m).
Open to horses aged three-years-old and above, the Craven Plate is contested over 1800m at weight-for-age, having had its distance dropped from 2000m ahead of the 2022 race.
Run and won since 1867, the race has held Group 3 status since since 1993.
Many superstar stayers have won the Craven Plate over the event’s long history including Tim Whiffler (1807-71), Carbine (1890), Wakeful (1902), Gloaming (1919, 1922, 1924), Phar Lap (1929-31), Flight (1943, 1945), Tulloch (1960), Ming Dynasty (1978), Tie The Knot (1999), Mummify (2005), and Happy Clapper (2019).
Craven Plate Race Info
- Date: Saturday October 25, 2025
- Track: Randwick Racecourse
- Distance: 1800m
- Conditions: Weight-for-age
- Status: Group 3
- Prize Money: $750,000
- First Run: 1867
Craven Plate Betting
Craven Plate betting markets are led by in-form staying types with good lead-up form in similar class races in Sydney.
Proven weight-for-age horses sit high up the Craven Plate betting markets each Sydney Spring Racing Carnival and any Group 1 performed gallopers down in grade are usually kept at short Craven Plate odds.
Think It Over ($1.75 in 2021) for his successful title defence, Cascadian ($1.75 in 2022) and Lindermann ($1.35 in 2025) for his second victory are the latest Craven Plate betting favourites to salute for the punters.
Craven Plate Field
The Craven Plate field attracts a quality line-up of weight-for-age horses that may be eyeing a trip south for the Melbourne features including the Group 1 $6 million Cox Plate (2040m).
Some of the better horses out of the Craven Plate field may stay in Sydney for a run in the Rosehill Gold Cup on Golden Eagle Day, an event the 2019 Craven Plate runner-up Tally won the inaugural edition of.
Think It Over (2021) was the last horse to complete the Craven Plate – Rosehill Gold Cup double.
The Craven Plate final acceptances are released on the Wednesday of race week following the early nominations taken the Monday leading-up to the race.
2025 Craven Plate Field
The official Craven Plate 2025 field and barriers will be published in full below once final acceptances are taken by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week.
The 2025 Craven Plate final field features a smart line-up of spring staying types including Chris Waller’s dominant $2 million Hill Stakes champion Lindermann and Maison Louis coming off a third in that same key lead-up.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Lindermann
J: Nash Rawiller
T: Chris Waller |
0x0121 | G | 2 | 59kg | |
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2. Bois D'argent
J: Kerrin McEvoy
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
1654x0 | G | 3 | 59kg | |
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3. Kovalica
J: Tommy Berry
T: Chris Waller |
31x054 | G | 6 | 59kg | |
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4. Militarize
J: Jason Collett
T: Chris Waller |
46x575 | G | 4 | 59kg | |
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5. Democracy Manifest
J: Tyler Schiller
T: Chris Waller |
05x950 | G | 5 | 59kg | |
| 6. Maison Louis (3) Scratched: | |||||
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7. El Castello
J: Chad Schofield
T: Joseph Pride |
15x400 | H | 1 | 58kg | |
| 8. Pocketing (6) Scratched: | |||||
2025 Craven Plate Nominations
The early Craven Plate 2025 Nominations are taken the Monday prior to the race.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 55241×3640 | ARAPAHO (FR) | G | 9 | Bjorn Baker | 112 |
| 2 | 0x361654x0 | BOIS D’ARGENT (GB) | G | 9 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 110 |
| 3 | 300x05x950 | DEMOCRACY MANIFEST | G | 7 | Chris Waller | 100 |
| 4 | x11115x400 | EL CASTELLO | H | 4 | Joseph Pride | |
| 5 | 6x665x3130 | GOLDEN PATH (NZ) | G | 6 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | |
| 6 | x70331x054 | KOVALICA (NZ) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 110 |
| 7 | 32490×0121 | LINDERMANN | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 114 |
| 8 | 5121141×83 | MAISON LOUIS (NZ) | G | 4 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | |
| 9 | 000546×575 | MILITARIZE (NZ) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 107 |
| 10 | 1x9275x430 | OSIPENKO (NZ) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 103 |
| 11 | 93118×5605 | POCKETING | G | 4 | Richard & Will Freedman | 86 |
| 12 | 3x28x1x211 | SIR DELIUS (GB) | H | 5 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
| 13 | 0318×08931 | STATE OF AMERICA | G | 6 | David Payne | 88 |
| 14 | 087x02x8x6 | UNSPOKEN (IRE) | G | 7 | Peter Snowden | 104 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Craven Plate Form Guide
The Craven Plate form guide features all the info punters need to place a well-informed wager on the 1800m showdown including the saddlecloth number, barrier, trainer and jockey of all the runners in the field.
In recent years the Craven Plate form has gone on to stack-up in bigger races including when the 2020 winner Think It Over went on to run third in that spring’s $1 million The Gong before winning the following year’s Group 1 George Ryder Stakes.
In 2021 Think It Over won the Hill Stakes before his second Craven Plate victory. He further franked the form winning the Rosehill Gold Cup next-up before returning in 2022 for a top autumn campaign that included a Group 1 Australian Cup second in Melbourne and victory in Sydney’s Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m).
Cascadian (2022) and Lindermann (2025) are the latest horses to do the Hill Stakes – Craven Plate Sydney spring double.
Cascadian franked the 2022 Craven Plate form in the autumn of 2023 with a The All-Star Mile second, Group 1 Australian Cup victory and third in the All Aged Stakes.
The 2024 Craven Plate form was franked with the winner, Lindermann, going on to run top three in a host of subsequent Group 1 events as well as win the lucrative $2 million Group 2 Hill Stakes in the spring of 2025. Lindermann returned in the 2025 Craven Plate and saluted in the race for a second time.
2025 Craven Plate Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Craven Plate 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Craven Plate Results
The Craven Plate race results and finishing order are announced on Spring Champion Stakes Day, the same day Melbourne hosts its coveted Cox Plate Day program.
As well as the Craven Plate winner, successful trifecta and first four you can also see the starting price and margin of all the runners as well as any scratched horses.
In the early years many of the country’s best horses dominated the Craven Plate results including the likes of The Barb, Phar Lap, Peter Pan, Tim Whiffler, Carbine, Chatham, Windbag, and Tulloch.
Miss Marielle (2009) was the last Craven Plate winning mare.
Adventurous (1996) was the last three-year-old Craven Plate winner.
No filly has won the Craven Plate since Tea Rose (1944).
Lindermann (2024-25) is the last back-to-back Craven Plate winner.
Past Craven Plate Winners
Recent Craven Plate winners and placegetters dating back to the year 1988 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Time |
| 2025 | Lindermann | Militarize | Kovalica | 1:48.96 |
| 2024 | Lindermann | Spirit Ridge | Democracy Manifest | 1:49.29 |
| 2023 | Zeyrek | Renaissance Woman | Skyman |
1:49.10 |
| 2022 | Cascadian | Just Folk | Promitto |
1:50.68 (run over 1800m) |
| 2021 | Think It Over | Sky Lab | Lion’s Roar | 2:05.0 |
| 2020 | Think It Over | Nettoyer | Vanna Girl | 2:02.6 |
| 2019 | Happy Clapper | Tally | Life Less Ordinary | 2:00.6 |
| 2018 | Moss ‘n’ Dale | Doukhan | Egg Tart | 2:07.9 |
| 2017 | Classic Uniform | Happy Clapper | Mccreery | 2:04.3 |
| 2016 | It’s Somewhat | Spiritjim | Pinstripe Lane | 2:02.5 |
| 2015 | Complacent | Hauraki | I’m Imposing | 2:01.8 |
| 2014 | Moriarty | Rising Romance | Vilanova | 2:02.6 |
| 2013 | Honorius | Masked Marvel | Vaquera | 2:03.7 |
| 2012 | Mourayan | Western Symbol | Dare To Dream | 2:02.4 |
| 2011 | My Kingdom Of Fife | Shootoff | Gazza Guru | 2:04.3 |
| 2010 | C’est le Guerre | Purple | Triple Honour | 2:02.2 |
| 2009 | Miss Marielle | Nom Du Jeu | Fulmonti | 2:08.3 |
| 2008 | Lorne Dancer | Riva San | Ice Chariot | 2:06.4 |
| 2007 Race Not Run |
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| 2006 | Cateclipse | Testafiable | Gawne | 2:03.4 |
| 2005 | Mummify | Wild Iris | Natural Blitz | 2:03.1 |
| 2004 | Fiery Venture | Restless | Ain’t Seen Nothin’ | 2:07.8 |
| 2003 | Shower of Roses | So Assertive | Mon Mekki | 2:02.8 |
| 2002 | Manner Hill | Spillway | Forest Jim | 2:03.9 |
| 2001 | The Man | Altiero | Viva La Vie | 1:49.8 |
| 2000 | Yippyio | Pravda | Freemason | 2:05.6 |
| 1999 | Tie The Knot | Arena | Pasta Express | 2:01.7 |
| 1998 | Sharscay | Yippyio | Turridu | 2:02.8 |
| 1997 | Yippyio | Magic Of Sydney | Kassani | 2:01.7 |
| 1996 | Adventurous | Saintly | Donar | 2:02.0 |
| 1995 | Stony Bay | Protara’s Bay | Desert Chill | 2:03.0 |
| 1994 | Fraternity | Silk Ali | Deposition | 2:03.8 |
| 1993 | Mahaya | Durbridge | Oppressor | 2:04.2 |
| 1992 | Telesto | Donegal Mist | Captain Cook | 2:02.9 |
| 1991 | Lord Revenir | Just A Dancer | Dorset Downs | 2:04.2 |
| 1990 | Dual Treasures | Just Trish | High Regard | 2:02.8 |
| 1989 | Sarah Fay | Coshking | Final Scene | 2:01.7 |
| 1988 | Balciano | Regal Prize | Sound Gold | 2:05.2 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Craven Plate?
The 2025 Craven Plate was won by six-year-old Lonhro gelding Lindermann who successfully defended his title in the event as the odds-on $1.35 favourite for trainer Chris Waller with jockey Nash Rawiller aboard on 59kg from barrier 2 to win by 2.12 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:48.96.
Who won the 2024 Craven Plate?
The 2024 Craven Plate was won by the Chris Waller-trained Lindermann who saluted at $4.20 in betting and was ridden to victory by Joao Moreira.
When is the Craven Plate 2025?
Saturday October 25, 2025What is the prize money for the Craven Plate 2025?
$750,000
Where is the Craven Plate 2025?
Royal Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.
How do I bet on the Craven Plate 2025?
Bet online or via the latest iOS/Android apps with Ladbrokes.
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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 Craven Plate?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Craven Plate 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.