Ladbrokes Tip: Eclipse Stakes horses often come off a lead-up run on Melbourne Cup Day
The latest edition of the Eclipse Stakes ran on Saturday November 29, 2025 at Caulfield Racecourse and was won narrowly by the brave Gavin Bedggood trained eight-year-old Casino Seventeen ($7).
2025 Eclipse Stakes Results
The full Eclipse Stakes 2025 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday November 29, 2025.
- 1st: No. 2 Casino Seventeen
- 2nd: No. 6 Rumbled Again
- 3rd: No. 10 Ocean Beyond
Casino Seventeen ($7) produced a commanding performance to head the 2025 Eclipse Stakes results at Caulfield on Zipping Classic Day. Trained by Gavin Bedggood and ridden by Billy Egan, who read the pace to perfection, the veteran eight-year-old gelding relished the drop back to 1800 metres in the Group 3 feature. Getting a lovely run on the home straight, he hit the lead 200m out from the line and stuck on well holding off the late challenge by Rumbled Again to salute by 0.15 lengths.
2025 Eclipse Stakes Odds
The season’s top Eclipse Stakes 2025 odds and betting market links will be available below the week of the race.
Eclipse Stakes 2026 Results
| 2. Casino Seventeen (1) J: Billy Egan 59kg 65825 T: Gavin Bedggood | ||
| 6. Rumbled Again (6) J: Craig Williams 54kg 60881 T: Michael Trotter | ||
| 10. Ocean Beyond (3) J: Harry Coffey 54kg 0x847 T: Simon Ryan | ||
| 3. Detonator Jack (4) J: Ethan Brown 59kg 57752 T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 5. Poison Chalice (5) J: Mark Zahra 56kg 45x63 T: Paul Preusker | ||
| 4. Monbaher (2) J: Michael Dee 56kg x521x T: Matt Cumani |
Eclipse Stakes Tips
Good Eclipse Stakes tips include backing the proven staying types in the field with winning form over the distance or perhaps further dropping back, graduates from the Melbourne Cup Day Plate (1800m) held on the first Tuesday of November and runners with previous good form in similar handicap events.
Mares have a decent recent record in the race with wins by the likes of Payroll (2017) and Casino Dancer (2015).
Laying the favourite is also a good Eclipse Stakes tip with few of the punters’ picks saluting in the past decade.
2025 Eclipse Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Eclipse Stakes 2025 betting tips and exotic Melbourne racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the staying horses to back and sack in the $200,000 feature.
To Win: No. 3 Detonator Jack
DETONATOR JACK (6) looks the standout value play in what shapes as a wide‑open edition of the Eclipse, drawn midfield and ready to strike. From the Ciaron Maher yard, this seasoned seven‑year‑old continues to race honestly despite being a touch older now. He’s not the emerging talent we saw when running third in the 2022 SA Derby, and it’s been a long time between drinks with his last win coming in the 2023 The Gong. Still, this race sets up beautifully for him to bounce back. He caught the eye during Cup Carnival week when narrowly beaten in the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes over the Flemington mile, showing he’s not far off returning to the winner’s stall. Ethan Brown retains the ride, and with proven winning form up to 2100m, the step up in trip looks ideal. He also brings in strong spring form lines, adding confidence to his chances. After showing marked improvement in the Apulia‑won race last start, Detonator Jack looks to be building nicely into this prep. He’s tracking well enough to be right in the mix again and appeals as the value runner punters can get behind.| 3. Detonator Jack (4) J: Ethan Brown 59kg 57752 T: Ciaron Maher |
The Eclipse Stakes is a Group 3 race formerly run at Sandown in late November at the end of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival as part of the popular Zipping Classic Day program.
In 2021 the Eclipse Stakes and Zipping Classic Day card was moved to late November and took place at Caulfield Racecourse where it remained for the 2022 edition.
In 2023 the Eclipse Stakes ran on the first Saturday in December, while since 2024 the race has taken place on the last Saturday in November.
Zipping Classic Day is headlined by the Group 2 $750,000 Zipping Classic for the stayers run over a mile and a half (2400m) along with the Group 3 $250,000 Blue Sapphire Stakes (1400m).
Another one of the meeting’s key support races is the Eclipse Stakes, a quality handicap race contested over 1800m and currently offering $200,000 in prize money.
First run back in 1937, the Eclipse Stakes has held Group 3 status since 1996.
A number of turf stars have won the Eclipse Stakes over the years including dual Cox Plate hero Fields Of Omagh (2001) and two-time Doncaster Mile – Epsom Handicap double champion Super Impose (1988) who also won the 1992 Cox Plate.
Eclipse Stakes Race Info
- Date: Saturday November 29, 2025
- Track: Caulfield Racecourse (since 2021)
- Distance: 1800m
- Conditions: Quality Handicap
- Status: Group 3
- Prize Money: $200,000
- First Run: 1937
Eclipse Stakes Betting
Eclipse Stakes betting is open at the start of race week and markets are led by proven stayers with winning form over a mile to 2000m.
The classier, proven Group horses sit high up the markets with five of the seven Eclipse Stakes winners from 2016-2024 carrying 58kg or more to victory.
Any horses that ran well at Flemington in the Melbourne Cup Day Plate (1800m) over the same distance are often at shorter Eclipse Stakes odds and So Si Bon (4th in 2021) was the last Eclipse Stakes winner to come out of the race.
Favourites in Eclipse Stakes betting have a poor recent record with Just Folk ($2.90 in 2023) the first to salute for the punters since Mouro ($3.60 in 2013). The favourites did go back-to-back however with New Energy ($4.20 in 2024) following on from Just Folk the year prior.
There was a notable upset in 2022 with Milford ($15) defeating fellow roughies El Gladiador ($101) who finished second at triple-figures and third placegetter Holbien ($21).
Eclipse Stakes Field
The Eclipse Stakes race field attracts a quality line-up of end-of-spring horses that may have contested earlier events including the Group 1 Champions Stakes (2000m) on the last day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
Mares in the Eclipse Stakes field may have had a lead-up run in the Group 2 Matriarch Stakes (2000m) and Payroll (2nd in 2017) was the last Eclipse Stakes winner to come out of that race.
In 2023 the Eclipse Stakes winner Just Folk was on a quick back-up off a third in the Listed Ladbrokes Cranbourne Cup (1600m) the Saturday prior.
In 2024 the Eclipse Stakes winner New Energy improved on a last start sixth to Mr Brightside in the Group 1 Champions Mile (1600m) during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
The 2025 Eclipse Stakes champ Casino Seventeen won on the back of a fifth in the Group 3 JRA Plate (2040m) at The Valley in late October.
Eclipse Stakes nominations are taken the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday with final acceptances and the barrier draw released on the Wednesday.
2025 Eclipse Stakes Field
The official Eclipse Stakes 2025 Field & Barriers will be published in full below once announced on the Wednesday of race week so stay tuned to see what horses make the starting line-up.
The Eclipse Stakes 2025 final field features a diminutive but top-class line-up of middle-distance gallopers including last start Listed Cup Day Plate winner Kingswood carrying the 60kg top weight and the Ciaron Maher trained Group 1 placegetter Detonator Jack.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Kingswood (7) Scratched: | |||||
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2. Casino Seventeen
J: Billy Egan
T: Gavin Bedggood |
765825 | G | 1 | 59kg | |
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3. Detonator Jack
J: Ethan Brown
T: Ciaron Maher |
057752 | G | 4 | 59kg | |
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4. Monbaher
J: Michael Dee
T: Matt Cumani |
1x521x | G | 2 | 56kg | |
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5. Poison Chalice
J: Mark Zahra
T: Paul Preusker |
745x63 | G | 5 | 56kg | |
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6. Rumbled Again
J: Craig Williams
T: Michael Trotter |
460881 | M | 6 | 54kg | |
| 7. Fortune (4) Scratched: | |||||
| 8. Jenni's Meadow (9) Scratched: | |||||
| 9. Precious Charm (2) Scratched: | |||||
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10. Ocean Beyond
J: Harry Coffey
T: Simon Ryan |
40x847 | G | 3 | 54kg | |
2025 Eclipse Stakes Nominations
The official Eclipse Stakes 2025 Nominations close the Monday leading-up to the last of the major spring race days and the full list of early entries will be available below.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 239820×086 | BELTORO | G | 8 | Robert Hickmott | 81 |
| 2 | x500x50360 | CADMUS (IRE) | G | 7 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 86 |
| 3 | 45×2765825 | CASINO SEVENTEEN | G | 8 | Gavin Bedggood | 101 |
| 4 | 07×6057752 | DETONATOR JACK (NZ) | G | 7 | Ciaron Maher | 101 |
| 5 | 42730×1617 | FORTUNE (FR) | G | 6 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 87 |
| 6 | 27x5529x78 | JENNI’S MEADOW | M | 4 | Mark Walker | 84 |
| 7 | 5x1165x281 | KINGSWOOD (GB) | H | 6 | Gavin Bedggood | 103 |
| 8 | x1231x521x | MONBAHER (IRE) | G | 8 | Matt Cumani | 95 |
| 9 | 743640×847 | OCEAN BEYOND (NZ) | G | 8 | Simon Ryan | 75 |
| 10 | 2487745×63 | POISON CHALICE (NZ) | G | 6 | Paul Preusker | 95 |
| 11 | 1461206×15 | PRECIOUS CHARM | M | 6 | Symon Wilde | 82 |
| 12 | 0x93460881 | RUMBLED AGAIN | M | 8 | Michael Trotter | 95 |
| 13 | 53140x12x1 | SKIPPERS CANYON (NZ) | G | 4 | Phillip Stokes | 77 |
| 14 | 61806×7491 | SUNTORA | M | 4 | Nick Ryan | 72 |
| 15 | 87x02x8x64 | UNSPOKEN (IRE) | G | 7 | Peter Snowden | 103 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Eclipse Stakes Form Guide
The Eclipse Stakes form guide details all the need-to-know facts and stats including the jockeys, trainers, barriers, weights and lead-up runs of the horses in the field.
2025 Eclipse Stakes Form Guide
A link to the comprehensive Eclipse Stakes 2025 Form Guide will be provided below the week of the race.
Eclipse Stakes Results
Notable recent Eclipse Stakes winners include So Si Bon (2020), Tally (2018), Eclair Surprise (2012), and Fields Of Omagh (2001).
Payroll (2017) was the last Eclipse Stakes winning mare.
Past Eclipse Stakes Winners
Recent Eclipse Stakes winners dating back to the year 1999 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Trainer/s | Jockey | Weight | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Casino Seventeen | Gavin Bedggood | Billy Egan | 59kg | 1:53.55 |
| 2024 | New Energy | Ciaron Maher | Mark Zahra | 56.5kg | 1:52.17 |
| 2023 | Just Folk | Gavin Bedggood | Mark Zahra | 58kg | 1:50.74 |
| 2022 | Milford | Michael Moroney | Blake Shinn | 57.5kg | 1:48.51 |
| 2021 | Regalo Di Gaetano | Richard & Chantelle Jolly | Zac Spain | 55.5kg | 1:49.66 |
| 2020 | So Si Bon | Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes | Mark Zahra | 59kg | 1:49.61 |
| 2019 | Pacodali | Lindsey Smith | Dean Yendall | 59kg | 1:51.56 |
| 2018 | Tally | James Cummings | Craig Williams | 58kg | 1:51.22 |
| 2017 | Payroll | Richard Laming | Damien Oliver | 54.5kg | 1:51.45 |
| 2016 | Turnitaround | Matthew Williams | Hugh Bowman | 58.5kg | 1:51.26 |
| 2015 | Casino Dancer | Mike Van Gestel | James Winks | 54kg | 1:48.05 |
| 2014 | Zabisco | Darren Weir | Kerrin McEvoy | 55kg | 1:49.67 |
| 2013 | Mouro | Tony McEvoy | Damien Oliver | 59kg | 1:50.36 |
| 2012 | Eclair Surprise | Phillip Stokes | Dom Tourneur | 56.5kg | 1:49.62 |
| 2011 | Rothera | Peter Moody | Luke Nolen | 56kg | 1:52.18 |
| 2010 | Viking Hero | Michael Moroney | Mark Zahra | 54.5kg | 1:55.21 |
| 2009 | Bashful Girl | Bevan Laming | Craig Newitt | 53kg | 1:49.83 |
| 2008 | Eskimo Dan | Bevan Laming | Craig Williams | 54kg | 2:15.53 |
| 2007 | Like It Is | Darren Weir | Greg Childs | 54kg | 1:51.40 |
| 2006 | Utility | Pat Carey | Mark Zahra | 53kg | 1:52.08 |
| 2005 | Aqua D’amore | Gai Waterhouse | Stephen Baster | 52kg | 2:14.57 |
| 2004 | Requisite | Michael Moroney | Greg Childs | 53kg | 1:49.83 |
| 2003 | Zazzman | Tony Vasil | Damien Oliver | 58kg | 2:03.84 |
| 2002 | Damaschino | Roger James | Danny Nikolic | 53.5kg | 2:02.19 |
| 2001 | Fields Of Omagh | Tony McEvoy | Greg Childs | 55.5kg | 2:11.10 |
| 2000 | Tickle My | Bruce Purcell | Kerrin McEvoy | 54kg | 2:07.07 |
| 1999 | Taberann | Peter Hayes | Brett Prebble | 55kg | 2:10.20 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Eclipse Stakes?
The 2025 Eclipse Stakes was won by eight-year-old Casino Prince gelding Casino Seventeen at $7 for trainer Gavin Bedggood with jockey Billy Egan aboard on 59kg from barrier 1 to win by 0.15 lengths on a Soft (6) track in a time of 1:53.55.
Who won the 2024 Eclipse Stakes?
The 2024 Eclipse Stakes was won by the Ciaron Maher trained favourite New Energy ($4.20F) with Mark Zahra in the saddle.
When is the Eclipse Stakes 2025?
Saturday November 29, 2025What is the prize money for the Eclipse Stakes 2025?
$200,000
Where is the Eclipse Stakes 2025?
Caulfield Racecourse, Gate 22, Station St, Caulfield East VIC 3145.
How do I bet on the 2025 Eclipse Stakes?
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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 Eclipse Stakes?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Eclipse 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.