The latest edition of the $1 million Premiere Stakes took place on Saturday, October 3, 2026 as a key The Everest lead-up race and was won in an emphatic three-length romp home by the Ciaron Maher-trained favourite Tempted ($1.60F).
The Premiere Stakes 2026 is where the spring sprint picture really starts to come into focus, with many of Australia’s fastest horses using the Randwick feature as a final tune-up for the biggest races of the season. Run over 1200m under weight-for-age conditions, the Group 2 contest regularly attracts established Group 1 winners, Everest hopefuls, and interstate stars looking to make a statement before tackling richer spring targets. For punters tracking the latest Premiere Stakes odds 2026 and Premiere Stakes betting 2026 markets, the race offers a valuable opportunity to assess elite sprint form, identify market movers, and uncover horses ready to peak at the perfect time. With a history of producing standout performances from some of the nation’s premier sprinters, the Premiere Stakes remains one of the most influential betting races of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. Stay up to date with the latest Premiere Stakes 2026 odds, betting trends, field announcements, and expert insights right here at Ladbrokes.
2026 Premiere Stakes Results
The official Premiere Stakes 2026 results and finishing order will be detailed below once the race is run and won on Saturday, October 3, 2026.
- #10 Tempted
- #13 Savvy Hallie
- #12 Marhoona
The 2026 Premiere Stakes results saw Ciaron Maher’s outstanding mare Tempted ($1.60F) stamp herself as a leading contender for The Everest 2026 with a dominant three-length victory in the Group 2 feature over 1200m at Randwick. Sent out the odds-on favourite and ridden by Chad Schofield, the four-year-old settled comfortably before unleashing her trademark turn of foot to race away from Savvy Hallie in second and Marhoona in third, recording her ninth win from just 14 starts. The emphatic performance reaffirmed Tempted’s elite sprinting credentials and provided the perfect lead-up to her highly anticipated Everest rematch with Hong Kong superstar Ka Ying Rising. Connections were full of praise for the Street Boss mare, with the Maher stable confident she is still improving and on track to peak on October 17, while Schofield described her as a “machine” after another devastating display that showcased why she remains one of Australia’s premier sprinters heading into the Spring Racing Carnival’s richest race.
2026 Premiere Stakes Race Replay
2026 Premiere Stakes Odds & Finishing Order
The updated Premiere Stakes 2026 betting odds and links to our markets on the lucrative Group 2 Epsom Handicap Day sprint feature will be provided below the week of the race so stay tuned for the top Randwick racing odds online followed by the official finishing order after the event.
| 10. Tempted (10) 56.5kg111×1 | |||
| 13. Savvy Hallie (5) 56.5kg20×71 | |||
| 12. Marhoona (9) 56.5kg214×6 | |||
| 8. Grafterburners (7) 58.5kg300×8 | |||
| 2. Caballus (6) 58.5kgx216x | |||
| 7. King’s Secret (4) 58.5kg82×43 | |||
| 6. King Of Roseau (8) 58.5kg100×7 | |||
| 11. Generosity (11) 56.5kg156×7 | |||
| 15. Plaintiff (2) 56.5kgx12x4 | |||
| 1. Mazu (12) 58.5kg361×1 | |||
| 14. Weeping Woman (1) 56.5kg1x1x7 | |||
| 5. King Of Sparta (3) 58.5kg6x90x | |||
| 3. Headwall (2)SCRATCHED: | |||
| 4. Ninja (14)SCRATCHED: | |||
| 9. Golden Straand (15)SCRATCHED: | |||
Premiere Stakes Tips
Good Premiere Stakes tips to consider include looking for proven performers at the Randwick track, sprinters with good form over the 1200m distance and local hopes coming off a lead-up run in The Shorts.
Mares also have a decent recent record in the race with wins by the likes of Tempted (2026), Red Tracer (2012), Arinosa (2013), In Her Time (2017) and Libertini (2020) so tipping the in-form mares is another Premiere Stakes betting tip.
Checking the form of races like The Shorts and the early The Everest betting markets for any horses in the Premiere Stakes field is also a nice tip to take to the bookies on Epsom Day.
Ladbrokes Tip: The $1 million Premiere Stakes serves as a good lead-up into the $20 million The Everest
2026 Premiere Stakes Predictions & Best Bets
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Premiere Stakes 2026 betting tips and Randwick racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the spring sprinters to get behind at the best price this season.
| 10. Tempted (10) 56.5kg111×1 |
| 2. Caballus (6) 58.5kgx216x |
| 1. Mazu (12) 58.5kg361×1 |
The Premiere Stakes is a Group 2 sprint race for quality types held at Royal Randwick Racecourse on Epsom Handicap Day in late September or early October during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. Epsom Handicap Day is the one of the biggest Sydney race meetings of the spring and features other key races including the Group 1 Epsom Handicap, Group 2 The Metropolitan and the Group 1 Flight Stakes.
Along with those three elite levels a host of other key events are on the card including the Premiere Stakes that runs over 1200m under weight-for-age conditions and offers a very generous $1,000,000 in total prize money.
Many of the Premiere Stakes graduates go on to contest the Group 1 features of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival over similar distance including the Manikato Stakes, and the double was last achieved by Spark Of Life (2004). It also now serves as a final lead-up for star sprinters running in the Group 1 $20 million The Everest (1200m) held back at Randwick in mid-October.
In 2020 Classique Legend improved on his Premiere Stakes second to win that year’s The Everest race.
Think About It (2023) became the first and latest horse to complete the Premiere Stakes – The Everest double.
The Premiere Stakes winner also earns a ballot exemption for the following year’s edition of the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes held the next autumn during Sydney’s ‘The Championships’.
The 2021 Premiere Stakes form was franked with the winner Masked Crusader running second in The Everest behind Nature Strip.
Masked Crusader also run in the 2022 Premiere Stakes and finished an eye-catching third behind the favourite Lost And Running who improved on a fourth the year prior.
The 2024 Premiere Stakes also produced that year’s The Everest winner with the mighty mare Bella Nipotina improving on her third in the Group 2 to win the first official Group 1 edition of The Everest at her next start. She further franked the form taking out that year’s $3 million Russell Balding Stakes (formerly the Winners Stakes) before a Group 1 Champions Sprint third at Flemington during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
In 2025, Jimmysstar ran second in the Premiere Stakes results before finishing third in The Everest trifecta and then completing the Russell Balding Stakes – CF Orr Stakes double.
The previous spring’s The Everest runner-up, Tempted, won the 2026 Premiere Stakes.
Premiere Stakes Race Info
- Date: Saturday, October 3, 2026
- Track: Royal Randwick Racecourse
- Distance: 1200m
- Conditions: Weight-for-age
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $1,000,000
- First Run: 1972
Premiere Stakes Betting
Premiere Stakes odds favour proven Sydney runners with good form from the winter or a lead-up win in a local race like The Shorts at the same track earlier in the month.
Runners in the top half of the Premiere Stakes betting market have a strong strike-rate in the race over the past decade and tipping the favourite has proven a winning formula many times in recent years.
Masked Crusader ($2.50 in 2021), Lost And Running ($2.25 in 2022), Think About It ($1.85 in 2023), Briasa ($2.25 in 2025) and Tempted ($1.60 in 2026) are the last Premiere Stakes betting favourites to get the job done.
There was a blowout result in 2024 with Airman winning at $41!
Premiere Stakes Field
The Premiere Stakes race field attracts the season’s most promising local Sydney sprinters and interstate runners from Melbourne warming up for the Group 1 spring sprints.
Horses often come off a lead-up run at Randwick in the Group 2 The Shorts (1100m) and in 2015 The Shorts winner Rebel Dane ran second in the Premiere Stakes next start. Rebel Dane also went on to run third at Moonee Valley in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) later that month. The following year Takedown (2016) completed The Shorts – Premiere Stakes double.
The Shorts form also held up in 2014 when Famous Seamous improved on his third to win the Premiere Stakes, which he had run third in the previous year. In 2012 Satin Shoes ran second in both The Shorts and the Premiere Stakes.
More recently, the 2018 Premiere Stakes winner Santa Ana Lane went on to win that year’s Group 1 VRC Sprint Classic (1200m).
In 2021 Masked Crusader atoned for a lead-up fifth in The Shorts to win the Premiere Stakes before a second in The Everest results, while in 2022 Lost And Running won the Premiere Stakes on the back of third in that year’s The Shorts results.
Briasa (2nd in 2025) was the last The Shorts graduate to go on to win the Premiere Stakes.
The Premiere Stakes nominations are taken the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday with the final field of acceptances and barriers out on the Wednesday followed by the odds opening at bookmakers around the country.
2026 Premiere Stakes Field
The official Premiere Stakes 2026 field and barriers are set for release on the Wednesday leading-up to Epsom Handicap Day 2026 and will be listed below so stay tuned to see the sprinters that make the line-up, including a host of early The Everest contenders.
The 2026 Premiere Stakes final field is now out featuring a bumper 15 spring sprinters dominated by Ciaron Maher’s brilliant Group 3 Concorde Stakes winning mare Tempted who is odds-on to make it five wins on the trot.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1. Mazu
J: Rachel King
T: Joseph Pride |
3361×1 | G | 12 | 58.5kg | |
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2. Caballus
J: Jason Collett
T: Bjorn Baker |
1x216x | G | 6 | 58.5kg | |
| 3. Headwall (2) Scratched: | |||||
| 4. Ninja (14) Scratched: | |||||
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5. King Of Sparta
J: Alysha Collett
T: Peter Snowden |
46x90x | G | 3 | 58.5kg | |
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6. King Of Roseau
J: Tom Sherry
T: Peter Snowden |
x100x7 | G | 8 | 58.5kg | |
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7. King’s Secret
J: Andrew Adkins
T: Joseph Pride |
382×43 | G | 4 | 58.5kg | |
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8. Grafterburners
J: Adam Hyeronimus
T: Kelly Schweida |
x300x8 | H | 7 | 58.5kg | |
| 9. Golden Straand (15) Scratched: | |||||
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10. Tempted
J: Chad Schofield
T: Ciaron Maher |
x111x1 | M | 10 | 56.5kg | |
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11. Generosity
J: James McDonald
T: Chris Waller |
x156x7 | M | 11 | 56.5kg | |
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12. Marhoona
J: Zac Lloyd
T: Michael Freedman |
6214×6 | M | 9 | 56.5kg | |
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13. Savvy Hallie
J: Nash Rawiller
T: Brad Widdup |
120×71 | M | 5 | 56.5kg | |
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14. Weeping Woman
J: Regan Bayliss
T: Joseph Pride |
11x1x7 | M | 1 | 56.5kg | |
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15. Plaintiff
J: Tim Clark
T: Peter Snowden |
1x12x4 | M | 2 | 56.5kg | |
2026 Premiere Stakes Nominations
The early Premiere Stakes 2026 nominations are taken on the Monday leading-up to Epsom Handicap Day with the list of original entries to be published below.
The 2026 Premiere Stakes nominations attracted 21 spring sprinters led in all-in betting by the Ciaron Maher-trained odds-on favourite Tempted coming off a Group 3 Concorde Stakes victory on her way to a likely second shot at The Everest.
Premiere Stakes Form Guide
The Premiere Stakes form guide lists all the crucial information and statistics from the jockeys and barriers to the track / distance records of the runners in the field.
In recent years the Premiere Stakes form has stacked up in tougher spring races including in 2015 when the winner Rebel Dane ran third in the Group 1 Darley Classic (1200m) – now known as the Champions Sprint – at Flemington two runs later during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
The Premiere Stakes – VRC Sprint Classic (Darley Classic) double was last completed by Santa Ana Lane (2018). In 2020 the Premiere Stakes winner went on to run third in that year’s VRC Sprint Classic results.
Also keep an eye on the Premiere Stakes form guide for The Shorts graduates who will appreciate the extra 100m and those proven at the Royal Randwick track.
Mazu franked the 2022 Premiere Stakes form with the runner-up finishing third in The Everest that year and second in the $3 million Winners Stakes (now known as the Russell Balding Stakes). He also returned in the autumn of 2023 and was third in the TJ Smith Stakes.
Think About It franked the 2023 Premiere Stakes form with the champion finishing first in The Everest results at his next start before placing third in the Winners Stakes.
2026 Premiere Stakes Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Premiere Stakes 2026 Form Guide will be available for punters below the week of the race.
Past Premiere Stakes Results
The Premiere Stakes race results have been dominated by Sydney sprinters coming out of The Shorts in the past decade as well as the quality mares taking on the boys in the Group 2.
Notable recent Premiere Stakes winners include subsequent The Everest hero Think About It (2023), Lost And Running (2022), Masked Crusader (2021), Santa Ana Lane (2018), Terravista (2015), Famous Seamus (2014), Red Tracer (2012), and Hot Danish (2010).
Tempted (2026) was the last Premiere Stakes winning mare.
Integra (1990) was the last Premiere Stakes winning three-year-old.
Santa Ana Lane holds the current Premiere Stakes race record winning over 1200m in 2018 in a time of 1 minute 07:45 seconds.
Recent Premiere Stakes Winners
Recent Premiere Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Third | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tempted | Savvy Hallie | Marhoona | 1:09.39 |
| 2025 | Briasa | Jimmysstar | Mazu | 1:07.98 |
| 2024 | Airman | Mazu | Bella Nipotina | 1:09.73 |
| 2023 | Think About It | Hawaii Five Oh | Bella Nipotina | 1:08.7 |
| 2022 | Lost And Running | Mazu | Masked Crusader | 1:12.2 |
| 2021 | Masked Crusader | Standout | Embracer | 1:08.3 |
| 2020 | Libertini | Classique Legend | Deprive | 1:07.6 |
| 2019 | Brutal | Home Of The Brave | Classique Legend | 1:10.0 |
| 2018 | Santa Ana Lane | Shoals | In Her Time | 1:07.4 |
| 2017 | In Her Time | English | Clearly Innocent | 1:08.2 |
| 2016 | Takedown | Our Boy Malachi | Danish Twist | 1:08.2 |
| 2015 | Terravista | Rebel Dane | That’s A Good Idea | 1:09.1 |
| 2014 | Famous Seamus | Charlie Boy | Wouldnt It Be Nice | 1:09.8 |
| 2013 | Arinosa | Dystopia | Famous Seamus | 1:09.3 |
| 2012 | Red Tracer | Satin Shoes | Emotional Circus | 1:09.6 |
| 2011 | Neeson | Hurtle Myrtle | Love Conquers All | 1:10.2 |
| 2010 | Hot Danish | Trader | Cardinal Virtue | 1:09.8 |
| 2009 | =1 Mentality | =1 Kroner | Phelan Ready | 1:10.4 |
| 2008 | Triple Honour | Captain Bax | Reigning to Win | 1:10.1 |
| 2007 | German Chocolate | Solo Flyer | Fashions Afield | 1:09.9 |
| 2006 | Paratroopers | Imana | Johan’S Toy | 1:10.3 |
| 2005 | Shania Dane | Dance Hero | Spark Of Life | 1:08.8 |
| 2004 | Spark Of Life | Into The Night | Century Kid | 1:09.8 |
| 2003 | Thorn Park | Patezza | Excellerator | 1:09.0 |
| 2002 | Century Kid | Ancient Song | Shogun Lodge | 1:09.4 |
| 2001 | On Type | Padstow | Century Kid | 1:10.3 |
| 2000 | Mr. Innocent | Celestial Choir | Adam | 1:09.0 |