Peter Young Stakes 2025

Ladbrokes Tip: The Peter Young Stakes winner traditionally backs-up in the Australian Cup later in the autumn

The latest edition of the Peter Young Stakes took place on Saturday March 15, 2025 at Caulfield as a key Australian Cup lead-up and saw Ciaron Maher’s champion mare Pride Of Jenni ($9) return to winning form for her maiden first-up success with a dominant 2.75 length victory. 

2025 Peter Young Stakes Results

The official Peter Young Stakes 2025 results will be published in full below when the race is run and won on Saturday March 15, 2025.

Pride Of Jenni winning the 2025 Peter Young Stakes first-up at Caulfield. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #5 Pride Of Jenni
• 2nd: #6 Zardozi
• 3rd: #1 Bois D’Argent

Ciaron Maher’s comeback queen Pride Of Jenni ($3.80) was huge in her surprise return to racing when hitting the lead 1000m out from the line before racing clear to salute in the 2025 Peter Young Stakes results, her maiden first-up success, at Caulfield as she prepares for a Group 1 $5 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes title defence in Sydney on April 12.

2025 Peter Young Stakes Odds

The updated Peter Young Stakes 2025 odds on the Group 2 event in Melbourne will be available the week of the race so stay tuned.

The Peter Young Stakes, formerly the St George Stakes, is a Group 2 race now run in mid-March during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival.

2022 Peter Young Stakes winner Cascadian. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Formerly run in February on Blue Diamond Stakes Day, the weight-for-age race was moved to its own meeting in mid-March in 2025 taking place in Melbourne on the same date Sydney hosts the Group 1 Coolmore Classic at Rosehill.

The other key event on the Peter Young Stakes Day card is the $1 million The Showdown (1200m) open only to Two-Years-Old, VOBIS Sires eligible horses.

Contested over 1800m and run under weight-for-age conditions the Peter Young Stakes offers $500,000 in total prize money as of 2025 and attracts a field of top-class middle distance staying types.

The race is a traditional lead-up to the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington in March and the last horse to complete the double was Fiorente (2014).

More recently, Homesman improved on a Peter Young Stakes third to win the 2021 Australian Cup.

Peter Young Stakes Race Facts

• Date: Saturday March 15, 2025
• Track: Caulfield Racecourse
• Distance: 1800m
• Conditions: Weight-for-age
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $500,000
• First Run: 1900

Peter Young Stakes Betting

Peter Young Stakes odds and betting markets favour the older horses with proven weight-for-age form and that have Group 1 experience.

Upsets are not uncommon in the race but typically the favourite in Peter Young Stakes betting finishes in the money including in 2018 when the Peter Young Stakes favourite Gailo Chop saluted. The following year Avilius ($1.95 in 2019) saluted as the odds-on favourite in Peter Young Stakes betting.

Looking at the form of hopefuls coming out of the CF Orr Stakes and Futurity Stakes at the track the month prior is key and, if they are resuming, how they run fresh is important.

Cascadian ($2.05 in 2022) and Campionessa ($2.70 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Peter Young Stakes betting to salute.

Peter Young Stakes Field

The Peter Young Stakes race field runs at a 16-starter capacity and features plenty of Group 1 performers and winners each year.

Proven weight-for-age gallopers heading towards the Australian Cup on are in the mix every autumn and have often run in the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival majors including the Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup.

In 2014 Fiorente completed the Melbourne Cup – Australian Cup double.

In 2023 the returning 2022 Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip ran second to his stablemate Steinem fresh in the Peter Young Stakes results, while he returned in 2024 and rounded out the Peter Young Stakes trifecta that year when third first-up.

In 2015 Mourinho came off a third in the Group 1 C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) at the track to win the Peter Young Stakes, the season’s first Group 1 race a key lead-up to the clash. The following year Bow Creek (2016) took out the Peter Young Stakes off an unplaced CF Orr (13th) performance.

2023 Peter Young Stakes winning mare Steinem was good fresh in the Group 2 at Sandown. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Another good lead-up into the Peter Young Stakes field is the Group 3 T.S. Carlyon Cup (1600m) held at Caulfield on CF Orr Stakes Day. Miss Siska (2020) and Avilius (2019) both completed the Carlyon Cup – Peter Young Stakes double.

In 2022 Cascadian improved on a first-up third in the C.F. Orr Stakes to salute for the punters in the Peter Young Stakes.

Peter Young Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race with the final field of acceptances and barrier draw released on the Wednesday.

2025 Peter Young Stakes Field

The official Peter Young Stakes 2025 field and barriers will be announced below on the Wednesday of race week so bookmark this page to see the Australian Cup hopefuls lining-up in the $500,000 Group 2 feature.

The Peter Young Stakes 2025 final field features just six potential Australian Cup bound gallopers led in betting by James Cummings’ Melbourne Cup fourth placed mare from last spring, Zardozi.

2025 Peter Young Stakes Nominations

The official Peter Young Stakes 2025 nominations are open until the Monday of race week.

2025 Peter Young Stakes nominations extended until 10:00am (AEDT) – 11/03/2025

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Peter Young Stakes Tips

The Peter Young Stakes is the first weight-for-age race of the autumn contested over further than 1400m so always attracts plenty of talent making tipping in the feature a tough task.

The CF Orr Stakes has been a good guide in recent years so looking for top runs in that from horses looking for extra metres can prove good Peter Young Stakes tips. The last galloper to complete the CF Orr Stakes – Peter Young Stakes double however was Elvstroem (2005).

2025 Peter Young Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Peter Young Stakes 2025 tips and betting selections will be available for punters below the week of the race sorting the best from the rest in the Australian Cup lead-up.

Impossible not to stick with Zardozi in this small six-horse Peter Young Stakes field with the Godolphin raced mare having more than proved herself against much tougher competition during the spring. The ultra-consistent Kingman four-year-old may be a year between wins, but she was so solid last prep with elite level runs in events including The Metropolitan (2nd), Caulfield Cup (4th) and most notable the Melbourne Cup (4th). The former VRC Oaks champ is third-up now and coming off an eye-catching third in the Group 2 Blamey Stakes over the Flemington mile a fortnight back. She’ll relish the 1800m and is the one to beat in gate two with Jamie Melham retaining the ride.

Peter Young Stakes Form Guide

The CF Orr Stakes has been a key indicator on the Peter Young Stakes form guide in recent years as has the Melbourne Spring features like the Cox Plate the previous year.

The Peter Young Stakes form guide lists barriers, jockeys, trainers and lead-up runs for all the hopefuls in the field. Older horses have a better record in the race so looking at the galloper’s age on the form as well as their record at the track and distance is important.

The Peter Young Stakes has provided a host of subsequent Australian Cup winners over the years, so taking the double is a popular betting option, with Homesman (3rd in 2021) the latest Australian Cup champion to come out of the event.

The 2022 Peter Young Stakes winner Cascadian franked the form winning that year’s All Aged Stakes in Sydney, while the third place-getter Emissary returned in the spring to finish runner-up in the Melbourne Cup results.

The Peter Young Stakes 2023 form was franked with Gold Trip, winner of the Melbourne Cup the year prior, improving on his second to win the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) that spring before a Caulfield Cup third.

2025 Peter Young Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Peter Young Stakes 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Peter Young Stakes Results

The Peter Young Stakes race results are traditionally dominated by older gallopers with Group 1 and WFA form that are tracking towards the Australian Cup as well as Sydney autumn features like the Ranvet Stakes.

Notable recent Peter Young Stakes winners include Pride Of Jenni (2025) in a brilliant first-up return to racing, Cascadian (2022) who won the last year’s Doncaster Mile in Sydney, the previous year’s Melbourne Cup winner Fiorente (2014), Theseo (2009), and Pompeii Ruler (2007).

Pride Of Jenni (2025) was the last Peter Young Stakes winning mare.

Recent Peter Young Stakes Winners

Past Peter Young Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

Who won the 2025 Peter Young Stakes?

The 2025 Peter Young Stakes was won by the returning Pride Of Jenni at $3.80 for trainer Ciaron Maher with jockey Craig Newitt aboard on 57kg from barrier 3 to win by 2.75 lengths in a time of 1:47.99.

When is the Peter Young Stakes 2025?

What is the prize money for the Peter Young Stakes 2025?

$500,000

Where is the Peter Young Stakes 2025?

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