Ladbrokes Tip: The MV Fillies Classic is a good lead-up to the VRC Oaks over the Melbourne Cup Carnival and Thousand Guineas in mid-November
The latest edition of the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic ran on Saturday October 25, 2025 as a VRC Oaks lead-up race and saw Ciaron Maher’s race favourite Salty Pearl ($2.15F) get a late split to surge home for a one length win for the punters.
2025 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Results
The official Moonee Valley Fillies Classic 2025 Results & Finishing Order will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday October 25, 2025.
- 1st: No. 1 Salty Pearl
- 2nd: No. 3 Enviable
- 3rd: No. 2 Prestige Snitzel
Ciaron Maher’s progressive grey Tagaloa filly Salty Pearl ($2.15F) improved on her lead-up fourth in the Group 1 Thousand Guineas relishing a drop in grade and enjoying a top ride by Ben Allen to salute for the punters in the 2025 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic results. The well backed favourite got the split she needed inside the final 100m to charge through hard and accelerate for a one-length win over Enviable.
2025 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Odds
The updated Moonee Valley Fillies Classic 2025 odds and links to our Cox Plate Day betting markets will be provided below the week of the race so stay tuned for the best Group 2 Moonee Valley racing odds online.
| 1. Salty Pearl (3) J: Ben Allen 57kg 1x334T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 3. Enviable (9) J: James McDonald 57kg x3374T: Chris Waller | ||
| 2. Prestige Snitzel (4) J: Jamie Mott 57kg 21x07T: Matt Laurie | ||
| 8. Star Of Omaha (10) J: Tom Madden 57kg 771T: Andrew Angelone | ||
| 9. Stung (7) J: Daniel Stackhouse 57kg 1T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 12. Amedei (1) J: Mark Zahra 57kg 05T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr | ||
| 5. Ruska Roma (6) J: Jordan Childs 57kg 3x165T: Grahame Begg | ||
| 7. Angelos (2) J: Declan Bates 57kg 3431T: Andrew Noblet | ||
| 6. Sunlit Serenade (8) J: Damian Lane 57kg 20x41T: Tony & Calvin McEvoy | ||
| 11. Tisseyre (5) J: Beau Mertens 57kg 25T: Ken & Kasey Keys |
Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Tips
Good Moonee Valley Fillies Classic tips include looking for fillies with previous winning form over the mile, those with experience at the tight Moonee Valley track and Group performed youngsters showing improvement in their spring runs.
Any past Group 2 or even Group 1 graduates make a good Moonee Valley Classic betting tip, as do the fillies coming back to a mile off a lead-up run over 2000m during the spring.
2025 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Moonee Valley Fillies Classic 2025 betting tips and Cox Plate Day selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the fillies to back and sack in the Group 2 showdown.
To Win: No. 3 Enviable
She might still be a maiden, but ENVIABLE (11) looks ready to shake that tag in Saturday’s Fillies Classic. Chris Waller’s Frankel filly is trending the right way and brings strong Sydney form into this, having run a bold fourth in the Group 1 Flight Stakes behind Apocalyptic. That was a huge effort from a wide draw, getting back early before charging home late and hitting the line with purpose. She’s still learning her craft but clearly has ability and upside to burn. The drop in grade suits, she sticks to the mile, and while she’s drawn awkwardly again, the booking of James McDonald is a major plus. If the Flight Stakes form holds up — and I think it will — she’s a serious player and a live chance to break through. One to watch.
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3. Enviable (9)
J: James McDonald 57kg
x3374T: Chris Waller
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The Moonee Valley Fillies Classic is a Group 2 race for three-year-old fillies run at Moonee Valley Racecourse on Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day in late October during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
Previously known as the Moonee Valley Oaks and run in March during the autumn, since 2013 the event has been part of the spring line-up and makes a nice lead-up run for fillies heading towards the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) at Flemington during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
Cox Plate Day is obviously headlined by the Group 1 Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m).
The Moonee Valley Fillies Classic is one of three Group 2 support acts along with the Moonee Valley Vase (2040m), the Group 2 McEwen Stakes (1200m) moved from September in 2024, and the Crystal Mile (1600m). Contested over a mile (1600m) the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic is a set weights event and offers a total of $300,000 in prize money.
The last filly to win both the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic (then the MV Oaks) and the VRC Oaks as a three-year-old was Special Harmony who won the Fillies Classic in 2004 after her 2003 Crown Oaks victory, when the former was contested in the autumn.
In 2023 the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic winner Skybird went on to run third in that November’s Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield.
In 2025 the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic winner Salty Pearl improved on a lead-up fourth in the Thousand Guineas which moved to the Caulfield Cup Day card the year before.
Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Race Info
- Date: Saturday October 25, 2025
- Track: Moonee Valley
- Distance: 1600m
- Conditions: 3YO Fillies – Set Weights
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $300,000
- First Run: 1996
Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Betting
Moonee Valley Fillies Classic odds are released after the final field is announced the Wednesday before Cox Plate Day on the Saturday.
Fillies that come off a promising run in a race against similar rivals and those with earlier form on the notoriously tight Moonee Valley circuit often sit high up the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic betting markets.
Favourites have a good recent strike rate in the race but there can still be value tipping a double-figure hope in the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic markets with recent upsets including Nurse Kitchen ($10 in 2016), Gypsy Diamond ($13 in 2013), Kazanluk ($10 in 2012), Yes Baby Yes ($13 in 2020), Mokulua ($12 in 2021), and Zoe’s Promise ($10 in 2022) all saluting at double-figures.
Skybird ($3.40 in 2023) and Salty Pearl ($2.15 in 2025) are the latest favourites in Moonee Valley Fillies Classic betting to win.
Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Field
The Moonee Valley Fillies Classic race field attracts three-year-old fillies heading towards a run in a race like the VRC Oaks (formerly the Crown Oaks) or the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) against the older mares on Victoria Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse. In 2016 I Am A Star finished third in the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Trifecta before beating the mares home in the Myer Classic next start.
Many of the fillies in the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic field come off a run in Flemington’s Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) earlier in the month, which last produced a winner with My Poppette (3rd in 2015).
Fillies may also have previously come off a run in the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield a fortnight earlier before the Thousand Guineas was moved to a November timeslot in 2023.
Another possible next-up option for the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic graduates on Derby Day is the Group 2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m).
Moonee Valley Fillies Classic nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday followed by the release of the final field and barriers on the Wednesday.
2025 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Field
The official Moonee Valley Fillies Classic 2025 Final Field & Barriers will be released on the Wednesday leading-up to Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day and detailed below, so stay tuned to see what fillies make the starting line-up in the Group 2 mile showdown.
The 2025 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic final field features a quality line-up of potentially Group 1 bound fillies including the Ciaron Maher trained Salty Pearl coming off a fourth in the Group 1 Thousand Guineas and Chris Waller’s Group 1 Flight Stakes fourth placegetter out of Sydney Enviable with a wide barrier 11 draw to overcome.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Salty Pearl
J: Ben Allen
T: Ciaron Maher |
31x334 | F | 3 | 57kg | |
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2. Prestige Snitzel
J: Jamie Mott
T: Matt Laurie |
421x07 | F | 4 | 57kg | |
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3. Enviable
J: James McDonald
T: Chris Waller |
0x3374 | F | 9 | 57kg | |
| 4. Polish Playgirl (8) Scratched: | |||||
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5. Ruska Roma
J: Jordan Childs
T: Grahame Begg |
3x165 | F | 6 | 57kg | |
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6. Sunlit Serenade
J: Damian Lane
T: Tony & Calvin McEvoy |
20x41 | F | 8 | 57kg | |
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7. Angelos
J: Declan Bates
T: Andrew Noblet |
3431 | F | 2 | 57kg | |
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8. Star Of Omaha
J: Tom Madden
T: Andrew Angelone |
771 | F | 10 | 57kg | |
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9. Stung
J: Daniel Stackhouse
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
1 | F | 7 | 57kg | |
| 10. Sketch (2) Scratched: | |||||
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11. Tisseyre
J: Beau Mertens
T: Ken & Kasey Keys |
25 | F | 5 | 57kg | |
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12. Amedei
J: Mark Zahra
T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr |
05 | F | 1 | 57kg | |
2025 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Nominations
The early Moonee Valley Fillies Classic 2025 nominations are taken the Monday of race week.
2025 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic nominations extended until 10:00am (AEDT) – 21/10/2025
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 05 | AMEDEI | F | 3 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 58 |
| 2 | 3431 | ANGELOS | F | 3 | Andrew Noblet | 62 |
| 3 | 0x3374 | ENVIABLE | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 70 |
| 4 | 79059x | NOSTRA BELLA | F | 3 | Karlene Tindale | 58 |
| 5 | 037×715 | POLISH PLAYGIRL | F | 3 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | 62 |
| 6 | 421×07 | PRESTIGE SNITZEL | F | 3 | Matt Laurie | 70 |
| 7 | 3×165 | RUSKA ROMA | F | 3 | Grahame Begg | 66 |
| 8 | 74×2 | SKETCH | F | 3 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 60 |
| 9 | 1 | STUNG | F | 3 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 63 |
| 10 | 20×41 | SUNLIT SERENADE | F | 3 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | 63 |
| 11 | 25 | TISSEYRE | F | 3 | Ken & Kasey Keys | 59 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Form Guide
The Moonee Valley Fillies Classic form guide details all the must know info for punters including the jockeys, trainers, barriers, lead-up runs and track / distance records of the runners in the field.
The Moonee Valley Fillies Classic form has held-up in other spring races for female gallopers in recent years including the Crown Oaks, a race the 2013 MV Fillies Classic winner Gypsy Diamond ran fourth in two starts later. In 2011 Lights Of Heaven won the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic when it was held during the autumn before success in the Group 1 Schweppes Oaks (2000m) in Adelaide next start.
More recently, the 2018 MV Vase winner Mystic Journey would continue on to have an incredible autumn campaign that saw her become the first Tasmanian-trained Group 1 winner in a century with her Australian Guineas success. She also won the then $5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) beating home a field of older rivals.
2025 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Form Guide
A link to our insider Moonee Valley Fillies Classic 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Results
The Moonee Valley Fillies Classic race results have been dominated by classy fillies in recent years more than champion mares-in-the-making.
In 2019 there was a dead heat in the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic results between La Falaise and Fascino.
Notable Moonee Valley Fillies Classic winners from the past decade include My Poppette (2015), Gypsy Diamond (2013), and Lights Of Heaven (2011).
Past Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Winners
Recent Moonee Valley Fillies Classic winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2025 | Salty Pearl | Enviable | Prestige Snitzel |
| 2024 | Double Market | Cavity Bay | In Her Eyes |
| 2023 | Skybird | Grinzinger Belle | Carina Queen |
| 2022 | Zoe’s Promise | Climbing Star | Do It La |
| 2021 | Mokulua | Whatafox | Maracana |
| 2020 | Yes Baby Yes | Ecumenical | Miss Inbetween |
| 2019 | La Falaise Fascino* | – | Nudge |
| 2018 | Mystic Journey | Fundamentalist | El Dorado Dreaming |
| 2017 | Banish | I’ll Have A Bit | Touch Of Mink |
| 2016 | Nurse Kitchen | Sezanne | I Am A Star |
| 2015 | My Poppette | Bengal Cat | Thames Court |
| 2014 | Lumosty | Tahni Dancer | Berimbau |
| 2013 | Gypsy Diamond | Gregers | Lady Tatia |
| 2012 (Oct) | Kazanluk | Stella Lante | Moreau |
| 2012 (Mar) | Empress Rock | Total Attraction | Our Miss Jones |
| 2011 | Lights Of Heaven | Always Discreet | Absolutely |
| 2010 | My Emotion | Speedy Natalie | Aloha |
| 2009 | Romneya | Lamarr | Turquia |
| 2008 | Absolut Glam | Miss Marielle | Arapaho Miss |
| 2007 | Anamato | Deloraine | De Lago Mist |
| 2006 | Pure Harmony | Pinezero | Pasikatera |
| 2005 | Dizelle | Hollow Bullet | Truly Wicked |
| 2004 | Special Harmony | Demerger | Sunnah |
| 2003 | Ribe | Lashed | Thurman |
| 2002 | Elegant Fashion | Damaschino | Gold Lottery |
| 2001 | Dandify | Tanith | Lovelorn |
| 2000 | Hill Of Grace | Grand Echezeaux |
Shizu |
*Dead Heat
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic?
The 2025 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic was won by three-year-old grey Tagaloa filly Salty Pearl at $2.15 favouritism for trainer Ciaron Maher with jockey Ben Allen aboard on 57kg from barrier 3 to win by 1 length on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:36.59.
Who won the 2024 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic?
The 2024 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic was won by the Ben, Will & JD Hayes-trained Double Market at $5.50 with Michael Dee riding.
When is the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic 2025?
Saturday October 25, 2025What is the prize money for the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic 2025?
$300,000
Where is the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic 2025?
Moonee Valley Racecourse, Feehan Ave, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039.
How do I bet on the 2025 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic?
Bet online or via the latest iOS/Android app with Ladbrokes.
The first step is to create an account at ladbrokes.com.au. The process is quick and easy!
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 runner that’s right for you.
Which horse will win the 2025 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic?
The best way to pick which horse will win the McEwen 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.