Ladbrokes Tip: The Tea Rose Stakes – Flight Stakes double is a popular one to take the bookies on with!
This season the Flight Stakes 2025 ran on Saturday October 4, 2025 at Royal Randwick on Epsom Handicap Day 2025 and was won in style by Michael Freedman’s boom filly Apocalyptic ($1.65F).
2025 Flight Stakes Results
The official Flight Stakes 2025 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below when the race is run and won on Saturday October 4, 2025.
- 1st: No. 1 Apocalyptic
- 2nd: No. 4 Within The Law
- 3rd: No. 6 Karinska
Boom filly Apocalyptic ($1.65F) continued her fast rise through the grades saluting as the odds-on favourite in the 2025 Flight Stakes results to post a Group 1 win at just her fourth start and firm into the outright top elect for the upcoming Thousand Guineas in Melbourne.
2025 Flight Stakes Odds
The top Flight Stakes 2025 betting odds and links to our markets for you to back in your Flight Stakes predictions at the hottest spring racing odds will be available below once open.
| 1. Apocalyptic (7) J: Tommy Berry 56kg 2x11T: Michael Freedman | ||
| 4. Within The Law (2) J: Jason Collett 56kg 2x256T: Bjorn Baker | ||
| 6. Karinska (5) J: Zac Lloyd 56kg 8x565T: Chris Waller | ||
| 8. Enviable (9) J: Kerrin McEvoy 56kg 0x337T: Chris Waller | ||
| 9. Reflect (8) J: Adam Hyeronimus 56kg x3851T: Joseph Pride | ||
| 2. Artistic Venture (1) J: Dylan Gibbons 56kg 5x212T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton | ||
| 10. Magenta Skies (6) J: Tim Clark 56kg 31T: Michael Freedman | ||
| 5. Queen Of Clubs (4) J: Nash Rawiller 56kg 51x34T: Gary Portelli | ||
| 11. Lighthouse Lass (3) J: Reece Jones 56kg x6722T: John Ramsey | ||
| 3. Tupakara (10) J: Ethan Brown 56kg 23x23T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
Flight Stakes Tips
Flight Stakes tips on the fillies to back in the mile feature are dominated every spring by the Tea Rose Stakes graduates.
The favourites have an outstanding record in the Group 1 making them the best tip to take with six Flight Stakes favourites from 2013-25 saluting for the punters.
Funstar ($1.75 in 2019) and Apocalyptic ($1.65 in 2025) are the latest favourites to get the job done in the Flight Stakes results.
Note that in 2016 Global Glamour ($6) won the race after that year’s top fancy Yankee Rose ($2.05) was disqualified. In 2017 the Flight Stakes favourite Alizee saluted for the punters absolutely bolting home in the mile feature.
In 2021 there was a huge upset with the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Never Been Kissed winning as a $41 outsider.
Another excellent Flight Stakes betting tip is to back fillies to complete the Tea Rose Stakes – Flight Stakes double with Apocalyptic (2025) the latest to win both events.
Wide barriers were previously a disadvantage when it comes to Flight Stakes tips with the last filly to jump from double digits being Secret Admirer (11 in 2010), before the back-to-back victories by Alizee (10 in 2017) and Oohood (11 in 2018) from out wide.
2025 Flight Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Flight Stakes 2025 betting tips and Group 1 Randwick racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for the fillies to back and sack in the event this season.
2025 Flight Stakes Same Race Multi Selections ($7.75 at time of publish)
- To Win: No. 1 Apocalyptic
- Top 3: No. 10 Magenta Skies
APOCALYPTIC (7) may be odds-on and offer little value in the win market, but she’s impossible to tip against and looks a lock for the Flight Stakes, with strong SRM potential pairing her with a value runner for the minors. Michael Freedman’s daughter of Extreme Choice has stamped herself as the boom filly of the season, rising through the grades with back-to-back wins in the Furious and Tea Rose Stakes at Randwick. Her Tea Rose victory was particularly impressive, overcoming a wide run without cover to settle maturely and unleash a powerful late burst against a field she largely meets again. Lightly raced with plenty of upside, she’s well suited to the mile, the set weights, and a midfield draw, and with Tommy Berry sticking, she looks set to keep the streak alive.
MAGENTA SKIES (6) shapes as a genuine trifecta chance behind her well-fancied stablemate, bringing upside and pedigree to the big stage. The beautifully bred daughter of Frankel makes her big city debut after racing exclusively at Newcastle, where she broke her maiden in style on September 19, comfortably defeating older mares over 1400m as the odds-on favourite. Tim Clark retains the ride, and while she faces a steep class rise, her draw just inside Apocalyptic gives her a chance to settle well and track the favourite into the race. With natural improvement, she could surprise a few and add value to the minors.
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1. Apocalyptic (7)
J: Tommy Berry 56kg
2×11T: Michael Freedman
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10. Magenta Skies (6)
J: Tim Clark 56kg
31T: Michael Freedman
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The Flight Stakes is a Royal Randwick Group 1 feature race run over the mile by three-year-old fillies on Epsom Handicap Day in late September or early October each Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. The 1600m classic has been held since 1947 making it one of the younger spring majors.
The set weights race is held on the same day as two other Group 1 events – the Epsom Handicap and The Metropolitan – and is worth $750,000 in total prize money as of 2021. Named in honour of Australian Hall of Fame mare Flight who won the Cox Plate in 1945 and 1946, it has held Group 1 status since 1985.
Notable Flight Stakes winners who took out the race during their three-year-old season include Global Glamour (2016), First Seal (2014), Streama (2011), More Joyous (2009), Samantha Miss (2008), Sunline (1998), Research (1988) and looking further back Wenona Girl (1960) who the Group 3 Wenona Girl Quality (1200m) run in March is named after.
Following a run in the Flight Stakes, fillies may go on the quick back-up into the following Saturday’s Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) with Montefilia making history doing the double in 2020. Montefilia returned on the same day 12 months later to win the Group 1 Epsom Handicap as a four-year-old. More recently the 2021 Flight Stakes winner Never Been Kissed finished second next-up in the Spring Champion Stakes.
The best fillies out of the Flight Stakes may also be part of the brand new, invitation-only event for fillies and mares – the $2 million The Invitation (1400m) run at Randwick for the first time in 2021.
In 2021 Gai Waterhouse celebrated her incredible 10th Flight Stakes win with Never Been Kissed (40/1) and 11th (third in partnership with Adrian Bott) in 2023 with Tropical Squall.
The 2024 Flight Stakes winner also earns a ballot exemption into the 2025 Doncaster Mile held the following autumn during Randwick’s The Championships in April.
Flight Stakes Race Info
- Date: 2025
- Track: Royal Randwick Racecourse
- Distance: 1600m
- Conditions: 3YO Fillies – Set Weights
- Status: Group 1
- Prize Money: $750,000
- First Run: 1947
Flight Stakes Betting
Flight Stakes betting odds are open well in advance of the field and are known as the all-in, ante-post or futures markets. While they offer nice value on the potential runners, there is a risk involved in backing a filly before she is confirmed to run.
Once the field is out the odds firm and sitting top of the markets are three-year-olds that came via the Flight Stakes traditional lead-up, the Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes held at the same track in late September.
The Tea Rose Stakes has produced more Flight Stakes winners than any other lead-up race and the best out of the Group 2 dominate each season’s Flight Stakes odds online. Apocalyptic (2025), Zougotcha (2022), Funstar (2019) and Alizee (2017) were the last fillies to complete the Tea Rose Stakes – Flight Stakes double.
Flight Stakes Field
The Flight Stakes race field often runs under capacity attracting under 10 runners. The last time the field was run near its maximum was in 2006 when 19 fillies lined up and Cheeky Choice won for Gai Waterhouse.
Waterhouse has prepared 11 Flight Stakes winners over the years, most recently Speak Fondly (2015), Global Glamour (2016), Never Been Kissed (2021), and Tropical Squall (2023).
Her father Tommy Smith holds the Flight Stakes record having prepared 13 winners over his career.
2025 Flight Stakes Field
The official Flight Stakes 2025 Final Field & Barriers will be announced by Racing NSW on the Tuesday of race week and listed in full below so stay tuned to see what three-year-old fillies will face off in the Group 1 mile clash.
The Flight Stakes 2025 final field features a quality line-up of in-form fillies including odds-on favourite Apocalyptic chasing a hat-trick after wins in the Furious and Tea Rose Stakes.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Apocalyptic
J: Tommy Berry
T: Michael Freedman |
2x11 | F | 7 | 56kg | |
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2. Artistic Venture
J: Dylan Gibbons
T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton |
55x212 | F | 1 | 56kg | |
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3. Tupakara
J: Ethan Brown
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
323x23 | F | 10 | 56kg | |
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4. Within The Law
J: Jason Collett
T: Bjorn Baker |
32x256 | F | 2 | 56kg | |
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5. Queen Of Clubs
J: Nash Rawiller
T: Gary Portelli |
x51x34 | F | 4 | 56kg | |
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6. Karinska
J: Zac Lloyd
T: Chris Waller |
78x565 | F | 5 | 56kg | |
| 7. Next Jen (9) Scratched: | |||||
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8. Enviable
J: Kerrin McEvoy
T: Chris Waller |
0x337 | F | 9 | 56kg | |
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9. Reflect
J: Adam Hyeronimus
T: Joseph Pride |
8x3851 | F | 8 | 56kg | |
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10. Magenta Skies
J: Tim Clark
T: Michael Freedman |
31 | F | 6 | 56kg | |
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11. Lighthouse Lass
J: Reece Jones
T: John Ramsey |
1x6722 | F | 3 | 56kg | |
2025 Flight Stakes Nominations
The Flight Stakes nominations for 2025 are announced on Monday the 8th of September 2025 and will be published in full below.
The Flight Stakes 2025 nominations attracted 59 three-year-old fillies led in all-in betting by Bjorn Baker’s Group 1 Champagne Stakes runner-up Within The Law and Michael Freedman’s emerging daughter of Extreme Choice Apocalyptic who won the Group 2 Furious Stakes at just her second start.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 4111 | ALPHA SOFIE | F | 3 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | |
| 2 | 2×1 | APOCALYPTIC | F | 3 | Michael Freedman | |
| 3 | 4355×21 | ARTISTIC VENTURE | F | 3 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | |
| 4 | 4 | AURORA EFFECT | F | 3 | Edward Cummings | |
| 5 | 0x340x41 | AUTUMN BLONDE | F | 3 | John Sargent | 66 |
| 6 | BEAUTIFULLY (NZ) | F | 3 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | ||
| 7 | BONUS SEASON | F | 3 | Grahame Begg | ||
| 8 | 5×4 | BREEDERS SUN | F | 3 | John Sargent | |
| 9 | 32x | CHATTERLEY | F | 3 | Chris Waller | |
| 10 | 10×61 | CHERISH ME | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher | |
| 11 | 7373×162 | CUSTOM | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher | |
| 12 | 0x33 | ENVIABLE | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 61 |
| 13 | 7x121x | ETHEREUM GIRL | F | 3 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | |
| 14 | 67×53218 | EXPULSION | F | 3 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | |
| 15 | 6 | FASHIONABLE (NZ) | F | 3 | Michael Freedman | |
| 16 | 1×5 | FEROCIOUS FRANKIE (NZ) | F | 3 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | |
| 17 | 47x | FULLALOVE | F | 3 | Richard & Will Freedman | |
| 18 | GORGEOUS | F | 3 | David Pfieffer | ||
| 19 | 3115×2 | JUST A JOURNEY | F | 3 | Michael Freedman | 70 |
| 20 | 178×56 | KARINSKA | F | 3 | Chris Waller | |
| 21 | 10x023x4 | KUJENGA | F | 3 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | |
| 22 | 4 | LADY GIOVANNA | F | 3 | Chris Waller | |
| 23 | 6230×8 | LADY PANKHURST | F | 3 | John Sargent | |
| 24 | 1 | LATHLAIN | F | 3 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | |
| 25 | 1×67 | LIGHTHOUSE LASS | F | 3 | John Ramsey | 56 |
| 26 | 9×6 | LISTEN SWEETHEART | F | 3 | John Sargent | |
| 27 | 8 | LUPA CAPITOLINA (NZ) | F | 3 | Joseph Pride | |
| 28 | 3 | MAGENTA SKIES (GB) | F | 3 | Michael Freedman | |
| 29 | 121x | MARHOONA | F | 3 | Michael Freedman | |
| 30 | 3x | MARSEPT | F | 3 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | |
| 31 | 4x | MILES OF GLORY | F | 3 | Michael Freedman | |
| 32 | 1x4405x34 | MISS CELINE | F | 3 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | |
| 33 | 1 | NEPO BABY | F | 3 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | |
| 34 | 150×7 | NEXT JEN | F | 3 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | |
| 35 | 1×15 | OLE DANCER | F | 3 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | |
| 36 | 1666×848 | OPEN SECRET | F | 3 | John Thompson | |
| 37 | 2 | OTTOLENGHI (NZ) | F | 3 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | |
| 38 | 2x | PANOVA | F | 3 | Chris Waller | |
| 39 | 037x | POLISH PLAYGIRL | F | 3 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | |
| 40 | 57×2 | POLO | F | 3 | Gary Portelli | |
| 41 | 513×6 | PROFOUNDLY | F | 3 | Michael Freedman | 64 |
| 42 | 87x51x3 | QUEEN OF CLUBS | F | 3 | Gary Portelli | 74 |
| 43 | 4 | RAJWA | F | 3 | Michael Freedman | |
| 44 | 8×385 | REFLECT | F | 3 | Joseph Pride | |
| 45 | 3×1 | RUSKA ROMA | F | 3 | Grahame Begg | |
| 46 | 7x231x3 | SALTY PEARL | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher | |
| 47 | 3 | SEYCHELLES (NZ) | F | 3 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | |
| 48 | 27 | SHE MOVES TOO | F | 3 | Chris Waller | |
| 49 | 39 | SOLAR DANCE | F | 3 | John Sargent | |
| 50 | 1117×0 | SPICY LU | F | 3 | Nick Olive | 75 |
| 51 | 311×0 | STARDOM | F | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 74 |
| 52 | 25×3 | THE PEARLS (NZ) | F | 3 | Chris Waller | |
| 53 | 13414×50 | THE PLAYWRIGHT | F | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
| 54 | 2 | THERE WERE ROSES (NZ) | F | 3 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | |
| 55 | 47x4323x2 | TUPAKARA | F | 3 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | |
| 56 | 31 | VIA FLAMINIA (NZ) | F | 3 | Kris Lees | 60 |
| 57 | 60×1 | VIVIAN’S EXPRESS | F | 3 | Richard & Will Freedman | 60 |
| 58 | 1×1 | VIVID SUN | F | 3 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | |
| 59 | 1121P32x25 | WITHIN THE LAW | F | 3 | Bjorn Baker |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Flight Stakes Form Guide
The Flight Stakes form guide has all the information on the starting fillies including their saddlecloth numbers, barrier positions, jockeys and trainers.
Hugh Bowman has ridden four Flight Stakes winners since 2006, and his name is always one to watch out for in the form guide. Other things to look for are fillies who had their final lead-up run at Randwick and those with experience over the mile.
The Flight Stakes form often holds up in later Group 1 races. In recent years the form on the Flight Stakes winner was franked when in 2017 Alizee went on to run third in the Thousand Guineas next race before later elite level wins in the 2018 Queen Of The Turf Stakes and 2019 Futurity Stakes. The following year the 2018 Flight Stakes winner Oohood backed up with a third behind The Autumn Sun in the Caulfield Guineas.
In 2020 Montefilia completed the Flight Stakes – Spring Champion Stakes double and further franked the Flight Stakes form when third in Melbourne’s VRC Oaks trifecta that spring.
The 2021 Flight Stakes form was franked with the runner-up Hinged returning in 2022 to win the Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m) that autumn. The third-placed Startantes out of the Flight Stakes trifecta in 2021 also ran second in the Surround in 2022 before a win in that winter’s Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) in Brisbane.
The 2022 Flight Stakes runner-up She’s Extreme franked the form with a third next-up in the Spring Champion before heading south to take out the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) during Flemington’s famous Melbourne Cup Carnival.
The 2024 Flight Stakes form was firmly franked with the winner Lady Shenandoah returning the following autumn to win her next three starts on the trot including the Group 1 Surround Stakes and Group 1 Coolmore Classic in 2025.
Flight Stakes Form Facts
- Trainer Gai Waterhouse has prepared 11 Flight Stakes winners including Speak Fondly (2015), Global Glamour (2016), Never Been Kissed (2021), and Tropical Squall (2023) in recent years.
- The favourites in Flight Stakes betting have an excellent recent strike rate with the last to salute being Apocalyptic (2025).
- The Tea Rose Stakes is the best Flight Stakes form race to follow from the past 30 years.
- No Flight Stakes winner has taken out the race off a non-Sydney lead-up since Bounding Away (1986).
2025 Flight Stakes Form
A link to our comprehensive Flight Stakes 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Flight Stakes Results
The Flight Stakes race results and finishing order of all the fillies that line-up in the classic on Epsom Handicap Day are known when it runs as one of three Group 1 events on the program. As well as revealing the Flight Stakes winner the results show the quinella, trifecta and first four past the post for the exotic bets as well as the winning margin and the starting price of all the fillies.
Fillies short in the Flight Stakes odds have dominated the Group 1 mile results in the past decade and notable recent Flight Stakes winners include Apocalyptic (2025), Funstar (2019), Alizee (2017), Global Glamour (2016), First Seal (2014), Streama (2011), and More Joyous (2009).
Montefilia holds the current Flight Stakes race record winning over 1600m in 2020 in a time of 1 minute 33:04 seconds.
Past Flight Stakes Winners
Recent Flight Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2001 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third | Winning Time |
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| 2025 | Apocalyptic | Within The Law | Karinska | 1:35.88 |
| 2024 | Lady Shenandoah | Harlem Queen | Snow In May | 1:34.83 |
| 2023 | Tropical Squall | Kimochi | Tutta La Vita | 1:33.91 |
| 2022 | Zougotcha | She’s Extreme | North Star Lass | 1:39.36 |
| 2021 | Never Been Kissed | Hinged | Startantes | 1:34.04 |
| 2020 | Montefilia | Hungry Heart | Vangelic | 1:33.04 |
| 2019 | Funstar | Probabeel | Foxborough | 1:37.3 |
| 2018 | Oohood | Fiesta | Nakeeta Jane | 1:34.7 |
| 2017 | Alizee | Champagne Cuddles | Cellargirl | 1:34.8 |
| 2016 | Global Glamour | Yankee Rose (DQ) 2nd: Sezanne | 3rd: Skylight Glow (4th over, promoted) | 1:34.7 |
| 2015 | Speak Fondly | Honesta | Perignon | 1:35.9 |
| 2014 | First Seal | Winx | Thinking Of You | 1:34.7 |
| 2013 | Guelph | Sensibility | Bound For Earth | 1:36.2 |
| 2012 | Norzita | Longport | Dear Demi | 1:36.0 |
| 2011 | Streama | Hallowell Belle | Dowager Queen | 1:36.7 |
| 2010 | Secret Admirer | More Strawberries | Parables | 1:34.6 |
| 2009 | More Joyous | Sister Madly | Hurtle Myrtle | 1:40.0 |
| 2008 | Samantha Miss | Portillo | Kamillsy | 1:38.4 |
| 2007 | Race Not Run | – | – | – |
| 2006 | Cheeky Choice | My Lady’s Chamber | Fleur Royale | 1:36.0 |
| 2005 | Fashions Afield | Beauty Watch | Mnemosyne | 1:37.2 |
| 2004 | Lotteria | Cincinnati Gal | Covertly | 1:37.6 |
| 2003 | Unearthly | Santissima | Classy Dane | 1:36.6 |
| 2002 | Royal Purler | Victory Vein | Private Steer | 1:37.4 |
| 2001 | Ha Ha | Moonflute | Hosannah | 1:36.2 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Flight Stakes?
The 2025 Flight Stakes was won by three-year-old Extreme Choice filly Apocalyptic at $1.65 favouritism for trainer Michael Freedman with jockey Tommy Berry aboard on 56kg from barrier 7 to win by 1.18 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:35.88.
When is the Flight Stakes 2025?
Saturday October 4, 2025What is the prize money for the Flight Stakes 2025?
$750,000
Where is the Flight Stakes 2025?
Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.
How do I bet on the 2025 Flight Stakes?
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Which horse will win the 2025 Flight Stakes?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Flight 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.