Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2025

Ladbrokes Tip: The George Ryder Stakes is a top lead-up into the Queen Elizabeth Stakes

The latest edition of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes took place on Saturday April 12, 2025 at Royal Randwick on Day 2 of ‘The Championships’ and saw Chris Waller’s outstanding mare Via Sistina ($2) salute for the punters to equal Winx’s record of seven Group 1 victories in a single season. 

2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Results

The 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes results and finishing order will be known on Saturday April 12, 2025 and published below.

Via Sistina winning the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes

Via Sistina winning the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Photo: Bradley Photos.

  • 1st: #12 Via Sistina
  • 2nd: #1 Dubai Honour
  • 3rd: #5 Tom Kitten

Chris Waller’s champion mare Via Sistina ($2) equalled the Winx record of seven Group 1 victories in a single season with her commanding 1.75 length romp home for the favourite backers in Saturday’s 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes results.

2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Odds

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2025 odds and prices on the runners this autumn’s race will be available below as soon as available so stay tuned.

Early market betting odds on the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes will be displayed below once available. Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live markets, please visit ladbrokes.com.au.

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes is the richest race of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival and offers $5 million in total prize money.

Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2024 winner Pride Of Jenni

Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2024 winner Pride Of Jenni made history saluting by over six lengths on the line. Photo: Steve Hart.

The prizemoney for the 2020 Queen Elizabeth Stakes was reduced to $2 million with cuts made across the carnival due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including $1.16 million reserved for the winner, before being elevated back to $4 million for 2021 and subsequently increased to $5 million for the 2023 edition.

Held on Day 2 of The Championships on the second Saturday of April each year at Royal Randwick, the weight-for-age Group 1 classic is run over 2000m and is held on the same day as the Sydney Cup, Australian Oaks and Queen Of The Turf Stakes.

The winners of the previous year’s Epsom Handicap and The Metropolitan as well as the current year’s Ranvet Stakes, Tancred Stakes, Doncaster Mile, and ATC Derby are all exempt from Queen Elizabeth Stakes ballot.

The event attracts the season’s best weight-for-age gallopers and middle-distance hopefuls and one of the best Queen Elizabeth Stakes lead-up races is the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m) held three weeks earlier at Rosehill Gardens on Golden Slipper Day.

There was a historic Queen Elizabeth Stakes result in 2024 with Pride Of Jenni leading all-the-way, including having a some 30-length lead mid-race, before saluting by 6.5 lengths over the spring’s subsequent eight-length Cox Plate hero Via Sistina! 

Via Sistina returned in 2025 to go one better and salute in her ninth career Group 1. The victory saw her make history when equalling Winx’s seven Group 1 victories in a single season. 

Queen Elizabeth Stakes Race Info

  • Date: Saturday April 12, 2025
  • Track: Royal Randwick Racecourse
  • Distance: 2000m
  • Conditions: Weight-for-age
  • Status: Group 1
  • Prize Money: $5 million
  • First Run: 1851

Queen Elizabeth Stakes Betting

Queen Elizabeth Stakes betting each year is led by the season’s best weight-for-age performers coming out of lead-up runs in races including the Doncaster Mile, George Ryder Stakes and Tancred Stakes.

From 2010 – 2025 all but four of the 12 Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners ran either first or second in their lead-up runs including It’s A Dundeel (2014) and Criterion (2015) who came out of the Tancred Stakes and George Ryder Stakes respectively.

Australian Cup third placed Pride Of Jenni (2024) became the first horse to come off a Melbourne lead-up run and win the Queen Elizabeth Stakes since Sarrera (2008).

Favourites in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes odds have saluted 10 times since 2005 most recently with three-time hero Winx (2017, 2018 and 2019) followed by UK raiders Addeybb (2020) and Dubai Honour (2023) who both completed the Ranvet Stakes – Queen Elizabeth double for trainer William Haggas, and Via Sistina (2025) who also did the Ranvet / Queen Elizabeth double when beating home Dubai Honour.

In 2021 Addeybb returned and won again as the second elect defeating the favourite, his last start conqueror and last year’s runner-up Verry Elleegant who went on to win that year’s Melbourne Cup race.

There was a big upset in 2022 with Think It Over improving on a lead-up fourth in the Tancred Stakes to win at Queen Elizabeth Stakes odds of $41.

Dubai Honour ($2.30 in 2023) and Via Sistina ($2 in 2025) are the latest favourites to win the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Queen Elizabeth Stakes Field

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes race field attracts a top-class line-up of weight-for-age champions that come via races including the George Ryder Stakes and the Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) also held in Sydney during the autumn.

The last galloper to complete the Tancred Stakes (then The BMW) – Queen Elizabeth Stakes double was Eremein (2006).

UK raider Addeybb did the Ranvet Stakes – Queen Elizabeth Stakes double in 2020. In 2021 Addeybb atoned for a lead-up second to Verry Elleegant in that year’s Ranvet to beat her home in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes in a repeat of the 2020 quinella. Addeybb’s stablemate Dubai Honour (2023) did the Ranvet – Queen Elizabeth double before returning in 2025 to run second to Via Sistina. 

Via Sistina (2025) is the last galloper to do the Ranvet Stakes / Queen Elizabeth Stakes double. 

Dual champion Grand Armee is one of three individual Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners for trainer Gai Waterhouse who also won with Desert War (2007) and More Joyous (2012).

Queen Elizabeth Stakes nominations close on a Monday in early February before first acceptances a month later.

The final Queen Elizabeth Stakes field of acceptances and barrier draw is then released on the Tuesday before the race.

2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Field

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2025 field and barrier will be released on the Tuesday of race week and published below.

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2025 final field features 15 of the season’s top WFA stars including Chris Waller’s short-priced favourite Via Sistina chasing her third Group 1 win on the trot and the event’s 2023 champ Dubai Honour who is unbeaten in the Sydney elite-levels.

  • Update: #13 Fangirl (8) has been scratched in favour of a run in the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m); #15 Full Count Felica (4) from the same stable has also been withdrawn. 

2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes First Acceptances

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes first acceptances are taken in early March, about a month after the nominations and four weeks out from the event.

The 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes first acceptances close at midday on Tuesday the 11th of March 2025.

2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Nominations

The 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes nominations are taken on Tuesday the 11th of February 2025. 

The 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes nominations attracted 71 of the season’s best WFA horses led in all-in betting by Chris Waller’s eight-length Cox Plate winning mare Via Sistina.

  Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 1x AL MUBHIR (GB) G 6 William Haggas  
2 1x ANISETTE (GB) M 5 Chris Waller  
3 7x11712x1x ANOTHER WIL G 5 Ciaron Maher  
4 0x75x0451x ARAPAHO (FR) G 8 Bjorn Baker 110
5 0x37914x7x ASTERIX (NZ) G 6 Chris Waller 103
6 32x966312x ATISHU (NZ) M 7 Chris Waller 116
7 80x274140x ATTRITION H 5 Mitchell Freedman  
8 111x AUTUMN GLOW F 3 Chris Waller 98
9 x81122331x BERKELEY SQUARE G 5 Dan O’Sullivan  
10 113x6x0x4x BIRDMAN (IRE) G 4 Chris Waller 87
11 274313x00x BOIS D’ARGENT (GB) G 8 Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald  
12 1111x1430x BROADSIDING C 3 James Cummings 113
13 56x811229x BUCKAROO (GB) G 6 Chris Waller  
14 x5111x867x CELESTIAL LEGEND H 4 Les Bridge 107
15 228x61211x CEOLWULF (NZ) G 4 Joseph Pride 115
16 1113x28x DELIUS (GB) H 4 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott  
17 4021x5157x DENY KNOWLEDGE (IRE) M 7 Anthony & Sam Freedman  
18 13x1x8113x DESERT HERO (GB) G 5 William Haggas  
19 4x6x17317x DUBAI HONOUR (IRE) G 7 William Haggas  
20 5524419x1x DUKE DE SESSA (IRE) G 6 Ciaron Maher  
21 2111139x3x EVAPORATE (NZ) G 3 Ben, Will & JD Hayes  
22 4x12x3163x FANGIRL M 6 Chris Waller 119
23 41131x051x FAWKNER PARK (IRE) G 6 Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald 111
24 1x49832x8x FREEDOM RALLY G 5 Tony Gollan  
25   FULL COUNT FELICIA (USA) M 6 Chris Waller  
26 1x2x GEOGLYPH (JPN) H 6 Tetsuya Kimura  
27 x78511136x GOLDEN PATH (NZ) G 5 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) 104
28 x112211x9x GOLDRUSH GURU C 3 Andrew Gluyas  
29 55x727331x HINGED M 6 Chris Waller  
30 2x321x530x I WISH I WIN (NZ) G 6 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 118
31 21x1x1377x JOLIESTAR M 4 Chris Waller 110
32 85x050100x JUST FINE (IRE) G 7 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott  
33 5364x0419x KIND WORDS M 4 Kris Lees 79
34 1247x4161x KLONDIKE (GB) H 5 John O’Shea & Tom Charlton  
35 234x90051x KNIGHT’S CHOICE G 5 John Symons & Sheila Laxon  
36 365x34260x KOVALICA (NZ) G 5 Chris Waller  
37 32x11x LADY SHENANDOAH F 3 Chris Waller 98
38 5x1x06138x LAND LEGEND (FR) G 5 Chris Waller  
39 23x41x0x0x LASTOTCHKA (FR) M 6 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) 103
40 1x LEICA LUCY (NZ) F 3 Chris Waller  
41 70x697101x LIGHT INFANTRY MAN (FR) G 6 Ciaron Maher  
42 x6310x018x LINDERMANN G 5 Chris Waller 110
43 112x46x2x LINEBACKER (NZ) G 3 John O’Shea & Tom Charlton 93
44 21171x138x MIDDLE EARTH (GB) G 5 Ciaron Maher  
45 5158x2233x MILITARIZE (NZ) G 4 Chris Waller 110
46   MOIRA (CAN) M 6 Chris Waller  
47 x212241x2x MR BRIGHTSIDE (NZ) G 7 Ben, Will & JD Hayes  
48 622x03790x NEW ENDEAVOUR (IRE) G 5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 101
49 09x658610x NEW ENERGY (IRE) G 6 Ciaron Maher 105
50 11113x860x ORCHESTRAL (NZ) M 4 Roger James & Robert Wellwood  
51 68134x111x OUR ANCHORAGE (IRE) G 6 Bjorn Baker 90
52 1325342x8x OUR GOLD HOPE M 4 Robert & Luke Price 90
53 110x27x88x PLACE DU CARROUSEL (IRE) M 6 Anthony & Sam Freedman 110
54 3156x2x PLYMOUTH G 3 Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson  
55 21x521280x PRIDE OF JENNI M 7 Ciaron Maher  
56 41x1415x4x PRIVATE LIFE C 3 Chris Waller  
57 3x211x560x QUE TEMPESTA (IRE) G 6 Ben, Will & JD Hayes 103
58 x1224x313x RIVER OF STARS (IRE) M 6 Chris Waller  
59 1x ROUSHAM PARK (JPN) H 6 Hiroyasu Tanaka  
60 154x13337x ROYAL PATRONAGE (FR) H 6 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott  
61 021352x SCARY (NZ) C 3 Emma-Lee & David Browne  
62 682x14372x SOULCOMBE (GB) G 6 Chris Waller  
63 x531x2954x STEFI MAGNETICA M 4 Bjorn Baker  
64 464x15243x TOM KITTEN G 4 James Cummings 110
65 x0x243120x VAUBAN (FR) G 7 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott  
66 x12x15111x VIA SISTINA (IRE) M 7 Chris Waller 125
67 521x408x0x WARMONGER (NZ) G 4 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)  
68 6x182x065x ZARAKEM (FR) H 5 Ciaron Maher  
69 2x6652454x ZARDOZI M 4 James Cummings 108
70 2x2x ZARIR (IRE) G 5 Chris Waller  
71 64241x920x ZECHARIAH (IRE) G 6 Chris Waller  

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Queen Elizabeth Stakes Tips

Looking for gallopers that finished in the money in lead-up Sydney Group 1 races like the Tancred Stakes held a fortnight earlier over 500m further is a top Queen Elizabeth Stakes tip.

Favourites in the race only had a fair record until the three-peat of odds-on fancy Winx (2017-19) followed by a fourth straight win for the punters in 2020 with the European visitor Addeybb and another international raider saluting for the punters in 2023 in Dubai Honour, and Chris Waller’s mare Via Sistina in 2025. 

Mares also had a poor Queen Elizabeth Stakes record until recent years when the hoodoo was lifted with victories by More Joyous (2012), Lucia Valentina (2016), three-time champ Winx (2017, 2018 & 2019), Pride Of Jenni (2024), and Via Sistina (2025). 

Via Sistina (2025) was the last Queen Elizabeth Stakes winning mare.

2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Tips

Our insider Ladbrokes’ Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2025 betting tips will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for who to back and sack in the Group 1 weight-for-age classic this autumn.

  • To Win: #12 Via Sistina ($1.85 at time of publish) – BET NOW

There’s no value taking Waller’s queen at her odds-on quote but finding it really hard not to back this mighty mare to enjoy a record-equaling 7th Group 1 win for the season. She is absolutely flying now fourth-up and coming off back-to-back elite level Sydney victories. Just continues to thrive and improve and put the writing on the wall with her commanding 1.5 length Ranvet Stakes title defence last time out at Rosehill. She had barrier one and James McDonald that day, a gate and star hoop she retains here. Last autumn had her running a distant second to Pride Of Jenni in this race, but without the front-running mare to rain on her parade, she looks to have this year’s edition in the bag. Has beaten the majority of the major players she faces on the weekend, has plenty of winning form at Randwick (4:2-1-1), and will relish getting up to 2000m now. Boasts a superior record at this distance (13:8-4-0) including the Cox Plate by eight lengths and the Champions Stakes by 2.75 in the spring down south. Wins.

Queen Elizabeth Stakes Form Guide

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes form guide provides punters with all the must-know race facts and statistics including barrier positions and lead-up form.

Horses coming off runs at Rosehill and Randwick have dominated the race over the past 30 years with only three Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners coming off a non-Sydney lead-up since 1983 with Pride Of Jenni (3rd in Flemington’s Australian Cup in 2024) the latest.

The age of the runners in the field is also listed on the Queen Elizabeth Stakes form guide and only one three-year-old has won in three decades with Intergaze (1997).

The form out of the 2022 Queen Elizabeth Stakes was franked with the runner-up, Zaaki, going on to place in a host of subsequent Group 1 races before successfully defending his title that spring in the Group 1 Champions Stakes (2000m) at Flemington over the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Queen Elizabeth Stakes Form Facts

  • Favourites didn’t have a great recent record in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes results until the three-peat of Winx (2017-19) followed by that of UK gallopers Addeybb (2020) and Dubai Honour (2023), and Via Sistina (2025). 
  • Since 1987 nine Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners have been mares with Via Sistina (2025), Pride Of Jenni (2024), More Joyous (2012), Lucia Valentina (2016) and Winx (2017-19).
  • Three-year-olds don’t stack-up in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes form with only one beating their older rivals in over 30 years – Intergaze (1997).

2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Form Guide

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

Queen Elizabeth Stakes Records

Below we take a look at some of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes race records like who is the most successful Queen Elizabeth Stakes jockey and what horse has run the fastest time in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes?

Queen Elizabeth Stakes Race Record: Via Sistina in 2025 set the current Queen Elizabeth Stakes winning time of 2:00.41. 

Queen Elizabeth Stakes Jockey Record: George Moore holds the current record with six Queen Elizabeth Stakes winning rides followed by Damien Oliver (5), Peter Cook (5), Neville Sellwood (5) and Hugh Bowman (4).

Queen Elizabeth Stakes Trainer Record: The late, great Tommy Smith Tommy Smith prepared a record 11 Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners. In the modern era the most successful Queen Elizabeth Stakes winning trainers are Chris Waller (5) and Tommy Smith’s daughter Gai Waterhouse (4).

Queen Elizabeth Stakes Winning Margin Record: Pride Of Jenni (6.54 lengths in 2024).

Queen Elizabeth Stakes Results

Horses aged between four-years-old and six-years-old coming off lead-up runs in Sydney Group 1s have dominated the Queen Elizabeth Stakes race results over the past 30 years.

There have been a number of upset Queen Elizabeth Stakes results in that time as well with some of the longest priced victories going to Think It Over ($41 in 2022), Reliable Man ($12 in 2013), My Kingdom Of Fife ($13 in 2011), and Sarrera ($51 in 2008).

Other notable recent Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners include Road To Rock (2010); Desert War (2007), Lonhro (2003); three-time champion Winx (2017, 2018 & 2019); UK raider Addeybb (2020, 2021); historic champ Pride Of Jenni (2024) who made an absolute mess of her rivals; and Chris Waller’s brilliant mare Via Sistina (2025). 

Past Queen Elizabeth Stakes Winners

Recent Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.

Year Winner 2nd 3rd Time
2025 Via Sistina Dubai Honour Tom Kitten 2:00.41
2024 Pride Of Jenni Via Sistina Mr Brightside 2:02.02
2023 Dubai Honour Mo’unga Anamoe 2:07.7
2022 Think It Over Zaaki Mount Popa 2:10.8
2021 Addeybb Verry Elleegant Dalasan 2:05.0
2020 Addeybb Verry Elleegant Danon Premium 2:06.9
2019 Winx Kluger Hartnell 2:02.5
2018 Winx Gailo Chop Happy Clapper 2:01.6
2017 Winx Hartnell Sense Of Occasion 2:07.2
2016 Lucia Valentina The United States Happy Clapper 2:04.8
2015 Criterion Red Cadeaux Royal Descent 2:05.3
2014 It’s A Dundeel Sacred Falls Carlton House 2:03.7
2013 Reliable Man It’s A Dundeel Happy Trails 2:01.8
2012 More Joyous Manighar Secret Admirer 2:05.3
2011 My Kingdom Of Fife Sacred Choice Syreon 2:07.7
2010 Road To Rock Triple Honour Monaco Consul 2:03.8
2009 Pompeii Ruler =2 Sarrera =2 Metal Bender 2:07.1
2008 Sarrera Nom Du Jeu Tuesday Joy 2:03.5
2007 Desert War Haradasun Spirit of Tara 2:04.2
2006 Eremein Aqua d’ Amore Ike’s Dream 2:02.4
2005 Grand Armee Delzao Mummify 2:02.6
2004 Grand Armee Lonhro Pentastic 2:03.2
2003 Lonhro Pentastic Republic Lass 2:04.8
2002 Defier Freemason Emission 2:04.3
2001 Shogun Lodge Go Flash Go El Mirada 2:05.5
2000 Georgie Boy Cronus Referral 2:07.7

FAQ

Who won the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes?

The 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes was won by seven-year-old Fastnet Rock mare Via Sistina at $2 favouritism for trainer Chris Waller with jockey James McDonald aboard on 57kg to win by 1.75 lengths in a race record time of 2:00.41.

When is the Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2025?

Saturday April 12, 2025

What is the prize money for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2025?

$5,000,000

Where is the Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2025?

Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.