Kevin Hayes Stakes (Peter Le Grand Stakes) 2025

Ladbrokes Tip: The Kevin Hayes Stakes (Peter Le Grand Stakes) can serve as a lead-up for some fillies into the Group 1 Australian Guineas

The next edition of the Kevin Hayes Stakes runs on Saturday February 8, 2025 on CF Orr Stakes Day as the Peter Le Grand Stakes at Caulfield.

2025 Kevin Hayes Stakes (Peter Le Grand Stakes) Odds

The official Peter Le Grand Stakes 2025 betting odds will be available here each autumn as soon as released.

The set weights plus penalties event offers $200,000 in prize money and is one of the support acts on the Caulfield race card dominated by the Group 1 C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m).

First run in 1984, the Kevin Hayes Stakes has held Group 3 status since 2014 and plenty of nice fillies have won the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival showdown including the subsequent ill-fated 2010 Australian Racehorse of the Year Typhoon Tracy (2009).

It was renamed the Peter Le Grand Stakes ahead of the 2024 edition in honour of the Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) Chairman, Peter Le Grand.

Kevin Hayes Stakes (Peter Le Grand) Race Info

• Date: Saturday February 8, 2025
• Track: Caulfield Racecourse
• Distance: 1100m
• Conditions: Set Weights + Penalties – 3YO Fillies
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $200,000
• First Run: 1984

2025 Kevin Hayes Stakes (Peter Le Grand Stakes) Results

The official Peter Le Grand Stakes 2025 Results & Finishing Order will be known on Saturday February 8, 2025 and published in full below.

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

Kevin Hayes Stakes (Peter Le Grand Stakes) Betting

Kevin Hayes Stakes betting markets on the race currently run as the Peter Le Grand Stakes are led by the proven young fillies in the field that enjoyed a solid spring the campaign before and that are proven over the shorter sprint distance.

Last start winners usually dominate the Kevin Hayes Stakes odds and all three winners from 2019 – 2021 came off a lead-up victory.

In 2023 the Kevin Hayes Stakes winner Rich Fortune had won her latest start the December prior before her upset win at $12 fresh.

Favourites have an excellent recent record with the latest to win being Crack The Code ($2.25 in 2019), How Womantic ($4 in 2020), La Mexicana ($2.90 in 2021), and Estriella ($3.90 in 2024).

Kevin Hayes Stakes (Peter Le Grand Stakes) Field

The Peter Le Grand Stakes / Kevin Hayes Stakes race field attracts a line-up of the season’s most promising three-year-old fillies that may have their eye on bigger races over the coming weeks.

A good next-up option for fillies out of the Kevin Hayes Stakes field is the Group 2 Angus Armanasco Stakes (1400m) run a fortnight later on Blue Diamond Stakes Day. Sabatini (2015) is the last runner to complete the Kevin Hayes Stakes – Angus Armanasco Stakes double.

Some of the better Kevin Hayes Stakes fillies may even take on the colts and geldings over the Flemington mile in the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) the following month.

Kevin Hayes Stakes (Peter Le Grand Stakes) nominations close on the Monday before the race runs on a Saturday followed by the final field and barriers on the Wednesday.

2025 Kevin Hayes Stakes (Peter Le Grand Stakes) Field & Barrier Draw

The official Peter Le Grand Stakes 2025 Final Field & Barriers are released the Wednesday of race week so stay tuned to see what progressive fillies are in the mix for the short distance clash on Orr Day this autumn.

The Peter Le Grand Stakes 2025 final field features a smart line-up of three-year-old fillies eyeing bigger and better targets in the autumn with markets led by the Tony & Calvin McEvoy trained Too Darn Hot filly Arabian Summer.

2025 Kevin Hayes Stakes (Peter Le Grand Stakes) Nominations

Racing Victoria takes the early Peter Le Grand Stakes 2025 Nominations on the Monday of CF Orr Stakes week, the full list of entries to be published below once announced.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Kevin Hayes Stakes (Peter Le Grand Stakes) Tips

Kevin Hayes Stakes (Peter Le Grand Stakes) tips include backing fillies with form in Melbourne over distance that have previously won at the track.

Looking for the best out of the tougher races the previous spring that are drawn well is another good Kevin Hayes Stakes betting tip as is getting behind last start winners who have an excellent recent record in the Group 3 sprint.

2025 Kevin Hayes Stakes (Peter Le Grand Stakes) Tips

Our exclusive Peter Le Grand Stakes 2025 tips will be available below the week of the race so stay tuned.

• To Win: #9 Tonkin ($4.80 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Really competitive field of 3YO fillies facing off in the last on Orr Day and have Tonkin on top for Anthony & Sam Freedman. The wonderfully bred daughter of Blue Point has won two of her three starts to date when going back-to-back in Victoria first and second up last month. Her latest performance was superb as Tonkin put a commanding 4.5 lengths on La Vie En over 1000m at Moonee Valley. It may have only been a BenchMark 64 event but it certainly suggested she is in for a big prep. Comes back from 57.5kg to 56kg here for the Group 3, Mark Zahra comes aboard and they’ll get things there way from barrier five.

Kevin Hayes Stakes (Peter Le Grand Stakes) Form Guide

The Kevin Hayes Stakes form guide details all the information punters need to know before placing a bet on the CF Orr Stakes Day showdown including the lead-up form and barrier draw of all the runners in the field.

The Kevin Hayes Stakes form has stacked up in plenty of tougher Group 1 races in both Melbourne and Sydney over the autumn and spring in recent years including Randwick’s Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m).

The 2022 Kevin Hayes Stakes form was franked with the third place-getter Asfoora returning that spring to win the Group 2 Caulfield Sprint (1000m) and Flemington’s Group 3 Begonia Belle Stakes (1100m).

The 2024 Peter Le Grand Stakes form was franked with the winner, Estriella, winning the $1 million Inglis Sprint at her next start.

2025 Kevin Hayes Stakes (Peter Le Grand Stakes) Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Peter Le Grand Stakes 2025 Form Guide will be available below the week of the race.

Kevin Hayes Stakes (Peter Le Grand Stakes) Results

The Kevin Hayes Stakes race results are usually dominated by last start winning fillies with previous 1200m form in Melbourne.

Notable recent Peter Le Grand Stakes / Kevin Hayes Stakes winners include Gilded Lily (1989), Hollow Bullet (2005), Typhoon Tracy (2009) who now has a race named in her honour – the Group 3 Typhoon Tracy Stakes at Moonee Valley, Set For Fame (2010), Sabatini (2015), and Booker (2018).

Kevin Hayes Stakes / Peter Le Grand Stakes Winners

Past Kevin Hayes Stakes / Peter Le Grand Stakes winners and placegetters going back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

When is the Peter Le Grand Stakes (Kevin Hayes Stakes) 2025?

What is the prize money for the Peter Le Grand Stakes (Kevin Hayes Stakes) 2025?

$200,000

Where is the Peter Le Grand Stakes (Kevin Hayes Stakes) 2025?

Caulfield Racecourse, Gate 22, Station St, Caulfield East VIC 3145.