Ottawa Stakes 2025

The Ottawa Stakes has moved from VRC Oaks Day in the spring to the autumn’s Super Saturday race card in March ahead of the 2025 race!

The latest edition of the Ottawa Stakes ran on Saturday March 8, 2025 as part of Newmarket Handicap Day 2025 having been moved from the spring to the autumn and was won in stylish fashion by Ciaron Maher’s Military Tycoon ($4.60) who saluted by two lengths. 

2025 Ottawa Stakes Results

The official Ottawa Stakes 2025 Results & Finishing order including the Ottawa Stakes winner will be available below once the race takes place on Super Saturday Saturday March 8, 2025.

2025 Ottawa Stakes winner Military Tycoon was impressive first-up at Flemington. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #7 Military Tycoon
• 2nd: #1 Gin Spirit
• 3rd: #3 Pure Passion

Ciaron Maher’s progressive Written Tycoon filly Military Tycoon ($4.60) was given a bold on-pace ride right up the outside by Thomas Stockdale before drawing well clear over the final furlong to beat the favourite Gin Spirit by an impressive two lengths in the 2025 Ottawa Stakes results.

2025 Ottawa Stakes Odds

The season’s latest Ottawa Stakes 2025 betting odds on the field two-year fillies will be available as soon as released so stay tuned for access to the best markets on the Super Saturday Group 3 this autumn.

The Ottawa Stakes is a Group 3 short-distance sprint race run over 1000m at Flemington in March as part of Flemington’s Super Saturday race card in the autumn. 

It was previously held on the Thursday after the world-famous Melbourne Cup race on the first Tuesday of November up until 2023. There was no edition held in 2024 and then it became an autumn event for the first time in 2025. 

The Ottawa Stakes now runs alongside the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) and the recently upgraded Group 1 The All-Star Mile (1600m). 

The event is run at set weights and is open only to two-year-old fillies.

The Ottawa Stakes offers $200,000 in prize money.

The race was inaugurated in 1978 and gained its current Group 3 status in 2013 with Oakleigh Girl won.

It was not held between 1986 and 1990, and the event has been run as a host of different names due to sponsorship.

Ottawa Stakes Info

• Date: Saturday March 8, 2025
• Track: Flemington Racecourse
• Distance: 1000m
• Conditions: 2YO Fillies – Set Weights
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $200,000
• First Run: 1978

Ottawa Stakes Betting

Odds for the Ottawa Stakes are displayed shortly after the final field is released on the Wednesday prior to the race.

The Ottawa Stakes odds displayed by bookies are determined by the lead up form over the Autumn Carnival and may include races in Melbourne as well as the Sydney Carnival. The prices on individual fillies 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.

Dosh ($5.50 in 2020) and Charm Stone ($4.60 in 2023) are the latest favourites or equal-favourites in Ottawa Stakes betting to win.

Ottawa Stakes betting is big business as the punters enjoy bets on Super Saturday at Flemington.

Ottawa Stakes Tips

Tips for the Ottawa Stakes are dominated by any two-year-old fillies with previous race experience down the iconic Flemington straight track and any non-maidens in the race.

2025 Ottawa Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Ottawa Stakes 2025 tips and selections on what two-year-old fillies will enjoy a Newmarket Handicap Day victory will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned.

• To Win: #6 Secret Glory ($9 at time of publish) – BET NOW 

Tricky race for the punters without much form to go on but sticking with one of the non-debutants and have Secret Glory for the powerhouse Godolphin stable on top fresh at her second career start. The Blue Point filly’s sole run to date produced a fifth at Newcastle in the Max Lees Classic (900m) last November where she finished 2.7 lengths off the winner. Put away after that and has been brought on with a couple of nice trials. Back-to-back winning hitouts, including one here at Flemington in February, have her fit and ready to fire in the Group 3. Ben Melham partners her from the inside alley and looks to have enough improvement to break her maiden status.

Ottawa Stakes Field

The final field for the Group 3 Ottawa Stakes is made up of young two-year-old fillies.

See You In Heaven (2021) was the last debutant to win the Ottawa Stakes.

Ottawa Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race with final acceptances closing on the Wednesday of race week.

2025 Ottawa Stakes Field

The official 2025 Ottawa Stakes Final Field & Barrier Draw will be published below once announced on the Wednesday before the race.

The Ottawa Stakes 2025 field features a bumper line-up of young fillies led narrowly in betting by the widely drawn two-time winner Gin Spirit coming off a Black-Type win at Morphettville.

2025 Ottawa Stakes Nominations

The early Ottawa Stakes 2025 Nominations close the Monday leading up to 2025 Newmarket Handicap Day, the entries to be published in full right here once released by Racing Victoria.

Ottawa Stakes Form Guide

The Ottawa Stakes form guide shows all the must know race facts and stats on the fillies in the field including their lead-up runs, strike-rate at the track / distance and the Ottawa Stakes barrier draw.

The Ottawa Stakes form has gone on to be franked by a number past winners including True Jewels (2000) and Lady Jakeo (1992) who both went on to win the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) the autumn after their Ottawa victories.

The 2022 Ottawa Stakes winner Charm Storm returned in the autumn of 2023 to win a couple of Black-Type events including the Group 3 Quezette Stakes and ran a solid fifth in the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes results in Sydney.

2025 Ottawa Stakes Form Guide

A link to the full 2025 Ottawa Stakes Form Guide will be provided below once the field is out.

Ottawa Stakes Results

The Ottawa Stakes race results display the full finishing order of all the runners, their starting prices and weights along with the winning margins and times.

The 2013 Ottawa Stakes winner Oakleigh Girl was by Group 1 Oakleigh Plate winner Snitzel out of Oakleigh Plate winner Miss Kournikova.

The 2023 Ottawa Stakes results saw Karavas run first past the post before her subsequent disqualification saw Eneeza elevated to first place.

Ottawa Stakes Past Winners

Recent Ottawa Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 1999 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

Who won the 2025 Ottawa Stakes?

The 2025 Ottawa Stakes was won by Military Tycoon at $4.60 for trainer Ciaron Maher with jockey Thomas Stockdale aboard on 56kg from barrier 10 to win by 2 lengths in a time of 0:57.89.

When is the Ottawa Stakes 2025?

What is the prize money for the Ottawa Stakes 2025?

$200,000

Where is the Ottawa Stakes 2025?

Flemington Racecourse, 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington VIC 3031.