Ladbrokes Tip: The Lexus Archer Stakes is a key chance for stayers to make the 24-horse Melbourne Cup field
The latest edition of the Lexus Archer Stakes ran on Saturday, September 13, 2025 as a lead-up into the Melbourne Cup and saw the progressive Robert Hickmott trained favourite Revelare ($2.90F) secure the golden ticket.
2025 Lexus Archer Stakes Results
The official Lexus Archer Stakes 2025 Results & Finishing order including the Lexus Stakes winner exempt from Melbourne Cup ballot will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday, September 13, 2025.
- 1st: #4 Revelare
- 2nd: #7 Mormona
- 3rd: #3 Sayedaty Sadaty
Emerging stayer Revelare ($2.90F) for two-time Melbourne Cup winning trainer Robert Hickmott secured his golden ticket into the $10 million, 3200m classic on November 4 with a determined win in the 2025 Lexus Archer Stakes results at Flemington.
2025 Lexus Stakes Odds
The season’s latest Lexus Archer Stakes 2025 betting odds on the field of potential Melbourne Cup horses will be available as soon as released so stay tuned for access to the best markets on the Derby Day Group 3 this spring.
| 4. Revelare (10) J: Declan Bates 55.5kg 11x71T: Robert Hickmott | ||
| 7. Mormona (4) J: Michael Dee 54kg 76213T: Annabel & Rob Archibald | ||
| 3. Sayedaty Sadaty (12) J: Jamie Melham 56kg 23113T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 6. Jennivamoose (6) J: Harry Coffey 54kg 31411T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 9. Taramansour (1) J: Lachlan Neindorf 54kg 5x000T: Phillip Stokes | ||
| 2. Post Impressionist (2) J: James McDonald 56.5kg 0x8x8T: Anthony & Sam Freedman | ||
| 12. Bur Dubai (3) J: Beau Mertens 54kg 21x72T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr | ||
| 10. Muktamil (9) J: Daniel Stackhouse 54kg 22323T: Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | ||
| 11. Euphoric (7) J: Luke Currie 54kg 30045T: Greg Eurell | ||
| 8. Newlook (5) J: Craig Williams 54kg 11x78T: Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | ||
| 13. Jabbawockeez (11) J: Dean Yendall 54kg 9x762T: Tom Dabernig | ||
| 5. Antrim Coast (8) J: Zac Spain 54kg 80020T: Steve Richards |
Lexus Stakes Tips
Tips for the Lexus Stakes are dominated by proven stayers and those in-form spring gallopers coming off good lead-up performances who are proven over the longer distanced events.
Tipping international horses to win the Lexus Stakes is also a proven bet with the likes of Oceanographer (2016) and Ashrun (2020) winning from overseas.
2025 Lexus Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Lexus Archer Stakes 2025 tips and selections on what horse will take out the Melbourne Cup ballot exemption will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned.
To Win: #6 Jennivamoose ($7.50 at time of publish)
It’s tough to split the stayers chasing a Melbourne Cup ballot exemption in the Lexus Archer Stakes, but it’s hard to overlook the consistency and form of JENNIVAMOOSE (7) from the Ciaron Maher yard.
This six-year-old mare by French sire Vadamos arrives full of confidence, having won three of her last four starts—including back-to-back victories at The Valley. Her most recent came on August 23, where she outstayed the better-weighted Muktamil over 2500m in a Quality Handicap.
She returns here on the same 54kg, with regular rider Harry Coffey sticking from a midfield draw. Her record over 2500m is excellent (3:2-1-0), so the distance holds no concerns, even as she faces Flemington for the first time.
Coffey is unbeaten aboard her, she’s fit, flying, and chasing a hat-trick—ready to launch from the back and make her presence felt.
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6. Jennivamoose (6)
J: Harry Coffey 54kg
31411T: Ciaron Maher
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The $300,000 Lexus Stakes – currently known as the Lexus Archer Stakes – is run over 2500m at Flemington. It was previously contested on the first day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival in late October or early November on Victoria Derby Day; a meeting regarded by many as the best the year and one for racing purists with the Group 1 $2 million Victoria Derby (2500m) the main event.
In 2024 however the Lexus Archer Stakes ran much earlier on the spring line-up taking place at Flemington on Makybe Diva Stakes Day in mid-September.
The other key races on Makybe Diva Stakes Day are the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m), Group 2 Bobbie Lewis Quality (1200m), and the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m).
A Group 3 race, the event offers the winner a chance to qualify for the Group 1 $10 million Melbourne Cup (3200m) run at Flemington on the first Tuesday of November with the winner of the Lexus Stakes exempt from the ballot for the ‘Race That Stops A Nation’. The last horse to win the Lexus Stakes and go on and win the Cup a few days later was Shocking in 2009.
Lexus Stakes Race Info
- 2025 Race Name: Lexus Archer Stakes
- Date: Saturday, September 13, 2025
- Track: Flemington Racecourse
- Distance: 2500m
- Conditions: Quality Handicap
- Status: Group 3
- Prize Money: $300,000
- First Run: 1869
Lexus Stakes Betting
Odds for the Lexus Stakes are displayed shortly after the final field is released on the Wednesday prior to the race but most of the betting is done on the Saturday with the number of bets increasing as it gets closer to start time.
The Lexus Stakes odds displayed by bookies are determined by each horses lead up form over the Spring Carnival and may include races in Melbourne as well as the Sydney Carnival.
The prices on individual horses range from the favourite who would have been winning or running around the placings and could be as short as $3 and range up to $51 to $101 for those horses that have been running near to last than first.
Lexus Stakes betting is big business as the punters look for an early inclusion into the Melbourne Cup field.
The latest favourites in Lexus Stakes betting to win are Downdraft ($5.50 in 2019), Surefire ($1.90 in 2022) and Revelare ($2.90 in 2025).
Lexus Stakes Field
The final field for the Group 3 Lexus Archer Stakes is made up of seasoned stayers who are having an early hit out for the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) to be run at Flemington on the first Tuesday of November and who are seeking to gain automatic entry into Australia’s greatest race.
Final acceptances are taken on the Wednesday prior to Saturday’s Makybe Diva Stakes Day meeting with a maximum of eighteen horses allowed to line up. The Lexus Stakes is run under handicap conditions and the non-apprentice claiming race is open to all horses.
2025 Lexus Stakes Field
The official 2025 Lexus Archer Stakes Final Field & Barrier Draw will be published below once announced on the Wednesday of race week so stay tuned to see what Melbourne Cup hopefuls make the line-up.
The Lexus Archer Stakes 2025 field features 13 stayers chasing a Melbourne Cup ballot exemption including the Ciaron Maher trained Sayedaty Sadaty and Robert Hickmott’s last start Caulfield winner Revelare.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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| 1. Smokin' Romans (1) Scratched: | |||||
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2. Post Impressionist
J: James McDonald
T: Anthony & Sam Freedman |
60x8x8 | G | 2 | 56.5kg | |
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3. Sayedaty Sadaty
J: Jamie Melham
T: Ciaron Maher |
x23113 | G | 12 | 56kg | |
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4. Revelare
J: Declan Bates
T: Robert Hickmott |
111x71 | G | 10 | 55.5kg | |
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5. Antrim Coast
J: Zac Spain
T: Steve Richards |
x80020 | G | 8 | 54kg | |
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6. Jennivamoose
J: Harry Coffey
T: Ciaron Maher |
x31411 | M | 6 | 54kg | |
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7. Mormona
J: Michael Dee
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
x76213 | G | 4 | 54kg | |
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8. Newlook
J: Craig Williams
T: Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young |
111x78 | G | 5 | 54kg | |
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9. Taramansour
J: Lachlan Neindorf
T: Phillip Stokes |
35x000 | G | 1 | 54kg | |
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10. Muktamil
J: Daniel Stackhouse
T: Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young |
122323 | G | 9 | 54kg | |
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11. Euphoric
J: Luke Currie
T: Greg Eurell |
530045 | G | 7 | 54kg | |
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12. Bur Dubai
J: Beau Mertens
T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr |
721x72 | G | 3 | 54kg | |
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13. Jabbawockeez
J: Dean Yendall
T: Tom Dabernig |
49x762 | G | 11 | 54kg | |
2025 Lexus Stakes Nominations
The early Lexus Archer Stakes 2025 Nominations close the Monday leading up to the race with the entries to be published in full right here once released by Racing Victoria.
2025 Lexus Archer Stakes nominations extended until 10:00AM (AEST) – 09/09/2025
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 4x00x80020 | ANTRIM COAST (NZ) | G | 5 | Steve Richards | 94 |
| 2 | 231x721x72 | BUR DUBAI (GB) | G | 5 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 78 |
| 3 | x554530045 | EUPHORIC | G | 6 | Greg Eurell | 79 |
| 4 | 32x649x762 | JABBAWOCKEEZ (NZ) | G | 7 | Tom Dabernig | 75 |
| 5 | 1442×31411 | JENNIVAMOOSE (NZ) | M | 6 | Ciaron Maher | 93 |
| 6 | 3400×76213 | MORMONA (FR) | G | 7 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 92 |
| 7 | 3230111×78 | NEWLOOK (FR) | G | 5 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | 88 |
| 8 | 18x460x8x8 | POST IMPRESSIONIST (IRE) | G | 7 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 100 |
| 9 | x211111x71 | REVELARE | G | 5 | Robert Hickmott | 97 |
| 10 | x0x0x23113 | SAYEDATY SADATY (IRE) | G | 5 | Ciaron Maher | 98 |
| 11 | x560310x72 | SMOKIN’ ROMANS (NZ) | G | 9 | Ciaron Maher | 106 |
| 12 | 841235×000 | TARAMANSOUR (IRE) | G | 9 | Phillip Stokes | 88 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Lexus Stakes Form Guide
Previously, races that showed good form line heading to the Lexus Stakes included the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m), the Group 3 Naturalism Stakes (2000m), and the Group 2 Herbert Power Stakes (2400m) all at Caulfield and the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) run at Flemington.
In 2024 however the Lexus Stakes has moved to mid-September and takes place before any of these events.
The Group 1 The Metropolitan which is run over 2400m at Randwick in Sydney in early October was also a strong lead up race for the Lexus Stakes. Kalapour (3rd in 2023) is the last Lexus Archer Stakes winner to have had a lead-up run in Sydney’s The Metropolitan.
The Lexus Stakes form has gone on to hold up in bigger and better races plenty of times in recent history including the 2018 winner Prince Of Arran who ran third next-up in the Melbourne Cup trifecta. Prince Of Arran would also go on to run second to Vow And Declare in the 2019 Melbourne Cup results and third again in 2020 behind Twilight Payment.
Kalapour franked the 2023 Lexus form with his big 2024 autumn in Sydney winning the Group 1 Tancred Stakes and placing third over the two miles in the Group 1 Sydney Cup.
2025 Lexus Stakes Form Guide
A link to the full 2025 Lexus Archer Stakes Form Guide will be provided below once the field is out.
Lexus Stakes Results
The Lexus Stakes race results revealing the potential runner in the Melbourne Cup field are known when the Group 3 staying showdown runs on Makybe Diva Stakes Day having moved from Derby Day in 2024.
The Lexus Stakes results display the full finishing order of all the runners, their starting prices and weights along with the winning margins and times.
Notable Lexus Stakes winners in recent years including Shocking (2009) who went on to take out the Melbourne Cup next race, Signoff (2014), and Oceanographer (2016).
Past Lexus Stakes Winners
Recent Lexus Stakes 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 | Revelare | Mormona | Sayedaty Sadaty | 2:40.28 |
| 2024 | Point King | Hit The Road Jack | Berkshire Breeze | 2:40.54 |
| 2023 | Kalapour | Athabascan | Gan Teorainn | 2:38.11 |
| 2022 | Surefire | Serpentine | Crystal Pegasus | 2:39.1 |
| 2021 | Great House | Mankayan | Emissary | 2:34.5 |
| 2020 | Ashrun | Sound | Future Score | 2:37.9 |
| 2019 | Dowdraft | Carif | Azuro | 2:38.8 |
| 2018 | A Prince Of Arran | Brimham Rocks | Jaameh | 2:37.4 |
| 2017 | Cismontane | Vengeur Masque | Pentathlon | 2:35.4 |
| 2016 | Oceanographer | Tom Melbourne | Tally | 2:35.6 |
| 2015 | Excess Knowledge | Zanteca | Havana Cooler | 2:36.8 |
| 2014 | Signoff | Big Memory | La Amistad | 2:37.8 |
| 2013 | Ruscello | Let’s Make A Deal | Araldo | 2:39.8 |
| 2012 | Kelinni | Dare To Dream | Exceptionally | 2:37.6 |
| 2011 | Niwot | Macedonian | Anudjawun | 2:37.5 |
| 2010 | Maluckyday | Linton | Once Were Wild | 2:35.1 |
| 2009 | Shocking | Hume | Irazu | 2:38.3 |
| 2008 | Moatise | Light Vision | Cape Cover | 2:37.7 |
| 2007 | Sculptor | The Fuzz | Desert Master | 2:35.4 |
| 2006 | Maybe Better | Irazu | Vanquished | 2:35.8 |
| 2005 | Strasbourg | Bush Honey | Mr Celebrity | 2:40.3 |
| 2004 | Don Raphael | Catchmeifyoucan | Winning Belle | 2:36.6 |
| 2003 | Big Pat | Fawaz | Dance On Wood | 2:39.4 |
| 2002 | Requiem | Miss Meliss | Piachay | 2:35.3 |
| 2001 | Maythehorsebewithu | Spirit Of Westbury | Touch The Groom | 2:35.8 |
| 2000 | Brew | Mr Nelson | Yammer | 2:37.1 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Lexus Archer Stakes?
The 2025 Lexus Archer Stakes was won by five-year-old So You Think gelding Revelare at $2.90 favouritism for trainer Robert Hickmott with jockey Declan Bates aboard on 55.5kg from barrier 10 to win by 0.4 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 2:40.28.
When is the Lexus Archer Stakes 2025?
Saturday, September 13, 2025What is the prize money for the Lexus Archer Stakes 2025?
$300,000
Where is the Lexus Archer Stakes 2025?
Flemington Racecourse, 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington VIC 3031.
How do I bet on the 2025 Lexus Archer Stakes?
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Next up, head to the racing page and find the runner that’s right for you.
Which horse will win the 2025 Lexus Archer Stakes?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Lexus Archer 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.