Ladbrokes Tip: Roman Consul Stakes runners often go on to run in the Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington
The latest edition of the Roman Consul Stakes took place at Rosehill Gardens on Hill Stakes Day, Saturday October 11, 2025 by a field of potential Coolmore Stud Stakes bound sprinters and saw Nathan Doyle’s Capitalist colt Hidden Motive ($18) lead from barrier to box for a brilliant upset.
2025 Roman Consul Stakes Results
The official Roman Consul Stakes 2025 Results & Finishing Order will be published below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 11, 2025.
- 1st: No. 5 Hidden Motive
- 2nd: No. 1 Beadman
- 3rd: No. 8 Marhoona
Hidden Motive caused a boilover in the 2025 Roman Consul Stakes results at Rosehill, surging home to claim the Group 2 sprint at 18/1. Trained by Nathan Doyle and ridden perfectly by Ashley Morgan, Hidden Motive jumped from barrier one and made full use of the inside draw to deliver a career-best performance in the 1200m feature for three-year-olds. The Capitalist colt, out of Secret Agenda, settled just off the speed and peeled through a gap late to outfight Beadman and Marhoona in a tight finish. The win was Doyle’s first at Group 2 level and a major breakthrough for the lightly raced colt, who had shown glimpses of talent but hadn’t yet put it all together on race day. Morgan’s ride was full of confidence, timing the run to perfection and lifting Hidden Motive over the line in 1:09.11 on a Good track.
2025 Roman Consul Stakes Odds
The season’s top Roman Consul Stakes 2025 odds and links to our Sydney racing markets will be provided below the week of the race so stay tuned for the best betting on the three-years-old sprint this spring.
| 5. Hidden Motive (1) J: Ashley Morgan 56.5kg 11x35T: Nathan Doyle | ||
| 1. Beadman (3) J: Tim Clark 56.5kg 211x3T: Peter Snowden | ||
| 8. Marhoona (4) J: Tommy Berry 54.5kg 121x1T: Michael Freedman | ||
| 7. Napoleonic (2) J: Zac Lloyd 56.5kg 62x11T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton | ||
| 4. Grand Eagle (7) J: Nash Rawiller 56.5kg 11x24T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | ||
| 6. Pallaton (6) J: Jason Collett 56.5kg 40x35T: Michael Freedman | ||
| 2. Gallo Nero (5) J: Tyler Schiller 56.5kg 3x29xT: M, W & J Hawkes | ||
| 3. Beskar (8) J: Kerrin McEvoy 56.5kg 340x6T: Anthony & Sam Freedman |
Roman Consul Stakes Tips
Some Roman Consul Stakes tips include backing the odds-on favourite, checking for top four performers coming off a Golden Rose Stakes run and getting behind the proven Sydney performers.
Another useful tip in preparation for the race is that Roman Consul Stakes winners rarely salute at double-figures so backing the favourite and those under the $10 mark for the win is also a nice betting tip.
That said, Hidden Motive scored a big upset in the 2025 edition as an $18 outsider in betting.
2025 Roman Consul Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Roman Consul Stakes 2025 betting tips and Group 2 race selections will be detailed below a few days out from the race so stay tuned for the young sprinters to tip in the Coolmore Stud Stakes lead-up this spring.
To Win: No. 8 Marhoona
MARHOONA (4), the reigning Golden Slipper winner, has firmed into odds-on favouritism for the 2025 Roman Consul Stakes and, while she offers little value, she looks the clear standout in this small but quality field. The Snitzel filly from the Michael Freedman stable has already stamped herself as one of the stars of her generation, winning three of her four starts, with her only defeat being a narrow second to Tempted in the Group 2 Reisling Stakes. She atoned in style when claiming the Golden Slipper, defeating the colts including Wodeton, who now ranks among the leading Caulfield Guineas contenders. Resuming this spring, she picked up right where she left off, dominating the Listed Heritage Stakes at Rosehill under 58kg. Back to her favourite track, dropping to 54.5kg, and drawn perfectly with Tommy Berry aboard, Marhoona looks ideally placed stepping up to 1200m. She’s got the class, the fitness, and the tactical speed to control the race from the outset. The benchmark filly of her crop — beautifully weighted, drawn to perfection, and extremely hard to beat for mine.
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8. Marhoona (4)
J: Tommy Berry 54.5kg
121×1T: Michael Freedman
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The Roman Consul Stakes is a Group 2 race now held at Rosehill Gardens (moved from Royal Randwick in 2023) for sprinters in early October during the annual Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.
The meeting is currently headlined by the lucrative Group 2 $2 million Hill Stakes (1900m).
The $1.5 million Alan Brown Stakes (1400m), Group 2 $300,000 Roman Consul Stakes (1200m), Group 3 $250,000 The Nivison (1200m) and the $500,000 Tapp-Craig (1400m) are the other key support acts on the card.
The Roman Consul Stakes race attracts classy young sprinters each spring that may go on to run in Flemington’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
Recent winners of the Roman Consul Stakes – Coolmore Stud Stakes double include Brazen Beau (2014), Zoustar (2013) and Switzerland (2024).
Each season the Roman Consul Stakes winner is also exempt from ballot for the following year’s Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) held at Randwick in April during the autumn.
Roman Consul Stakes Race Info
- Date: 2025
- Track: Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
- Distance: 1200m
- Conditions: 3YOs – Set Weights
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $300,000
- First Run: 1978
Roman Consul Stakes Betting
Roman Consul Stakes odds favour the in-form local Sydney sprinters in the field coming off a run in a lead-up like the prestigious Golden Rose Stakes. Proven ability over the distance and winning form at the track also help runners sit higher up the Roman Consul Stakes betting markets.
Favourites and single-figure hopefuls in the Roman Consul Stakes betting markets have an outstanding recent record in the race over the past two decades.
Cosmic Force ($2.80 in 2019) followed by Wild Ruler ($1.60 in 2020), Paulele ($1.95 in 2021) and Best Of Bordeaux ($3.40 in 2022) are the latest Roman Consul Stakes favourites to win.
Roman Consul Stakes Field
The season’s top three-year-old sprinters make-up the Roman Consul Stakes race field each spring and the line-up is dominated by local Sydney-trained runners.
Horses in the field may come via a number of earlier Sydney runs including the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes (1400m). The Golden Rose Stakes – Roman Consul Stakes double was most recently achieved by Exosphere (2015) and Zoustar (2013). Exosphere went on to run fourth in the Coolmore Stud Stakes in Melbourne behind that season’s Roman Consul Stakes third placegetter Japonisme.
The previous spring Brazen Beau (2014) completed the Roman Consul Stakes – Coolmore Stud Stakes double for the second year on the trot following Zoustar in 2013. In 2014 Delectation ran third in the Roman Consul Stakes before a second to his stablemate in the Coolmore Stud Stakes two runs later.
In 2012 the Roman Consul Stakes winner Jolie Bay ran second next start in the Coolmore Stud Stakes, as did Foxwedge in 2011. The other traditional Roman Consul Stakes lead-up run is Randwick’s Listed Heritage Stakes (1100m) run on George Main Stakes Day in September, which produced the Godolphin-raced Viridine (2017) for his win.
In 2020 Wild Ruler won the Roman Consul Stakes before a Coolmore Stud Stakes third then Group 1 Moir Stakes win the following spring to earn a slot in the 2021 The Everest field.
The 2021 Roman Consul Stakes winner Paulele ran third to Nature Strip in the following autumn’s TJ Smith Stakes results, and second in the 2022 Doomben 10,000 and Kingsford-Smith Cup in Brisbane.
Switzerland (2024) was the last horse to do the Roman Consul – Coolmore Stud Stakes interstate double as a three-year-old.
The race’s nominations close on the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday followed by the final field of acceptances and barrier draw on the Wednesday.
2025 Roman Consul Stakes Field
The official Roman Consul Stakes 2025 field and barriers are released by Racing NSW the Wednesday of race week and feature a line-up of potential Group 1 runners in Melbourne later that spring.
The 2025 Roman Consul Stakes final field features a small but quality line-up of spring sprinters led in betting by Michael Freedman’s Golden Slipper winning filly Marhoona who resumed with a good Black-Type win at the track on September 27.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Beadman
J: Tim Clark
T: Peter Snowden |
211x3 | C | 3 | 56.5kg | |
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2. Gallo Nero
J: Tyler Schiller
T: M, W & J Hawkes |
13x29x | C | 5 | 56.5kg | |
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3. Beskar
J: Kerrin McEvoy
T: Anthony & Sam Freedman |
x340x6 | C | 8 | 56.5kg | |
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4. Grand Eagle
J: Nash Rawiller
T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou |
411x24 | C | 7 | 56.5kg | |
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5. Hidden Motive
J: Ashley Morgan
T: Nathan Doyle |
311x35 | C | 1 | 56.5kg | |
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6. Pallaton
J: Jason Collett
T: Michael Freedman |
140x35 | C | 6 | 56.5kg | |
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7. Napoleonic
J: Zac Lloyd
T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton |
62x11 | C | 2 | 56.5kg | |
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8. Marhoona
J: Tommy Berry
T: Michael Freedman |
121x1 | F | 4 | 54.5kg |
2025 Roman Consul Stakes Nominations
The early Roman Consul Stakes 2025 nominations are taken the Monday of race week and will be published below once released.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 211×3 | BEADMAN | C | 3 | Peter Snowden | 85 |
| 2 | 1x340x6 | BESKAR | C | 3 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 74 |
| 3 | 1729×6 | FARNICLE | C | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 80 |
| 4 | 413x29x | GALLO NERO | C | 3 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | 84 |
| 5 | 2411×24 | GRAND EAGLE | C | 3 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | 74 |
| 6 | 4x2311x35 | HIDDEN MOTIVE | C | 3 | Nathan Doyle | 73 |
| 7 | 14210×76 | ICARIAN DREAM | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 78 |
| 8 | 10x023x40 | KUJENGA | F | 3 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 76 |
| 9 | 121×1 | MARHOONA | F | 3 | Michael Freedman | 100 |
| 10 | 62×11 | NAPOLEONIC | C | 3 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 70 |
| 11 | 140×35 | PALLATON | C | 3 | Michael Freedman | 71 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Roman Consul Stakes Form Guide
The Roman Consul Stakes form guide features all the need-to-know information for punters like the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of the three-year-olds in the field.
In recent years the Roman Consul Stakes form has stacked up in tougher spring runs including Melbourne’s Coolmore Stud Stakes, a popular betting double for the season.
The 2022 Roman Consul Stakes form was franked with the winner Best Of Bordeaux finishing a next-up third in Moonee Valley’s Group 1 Manikato Stakes results.
In 2023 the Coolmore Stud Stakes winner Ozzmosis came via a lead-up third in the Sydney Group 2 franking that year’s Roman Consul Stakes form.
2025 Roman Consul Stakes Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Roman Consul Stakes 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Roman Consul Stakes Results
Roman Consul Stakes race results for the race have been dominated over the past decade by Golden Rose graduates and runners under $10 in the betting markets.
Notable recent winners include Switzerland (2024), Paulele (2021), Wild Ruler (2020), Exosphere (2015), Brazen Beau (2014), Zoustar (2013), Foxwedge (2011), Buffering (2010), Fastnet Rock (2004), and Exceed And Excel (2003).
Jolie Bay (2012) was the last Roman Consul Stakes winning filly.
Cosmic Force holds the current Roman Consul Stakes (1200m) race record winning in 2019 in a time of 1 minute 08:14 seconds.
Past Roman Consul Stakes Winners
Recent Roman Consul Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Third | Time |
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| 2025 | Hidden Motive | Beadman | Marhoona | 1:09.11 |
| 2024 | Switzerland | Coleman | Yoshinobu | 1:09.27 |
| 2023 | King’s Gambit | Mexico | Ozzmosis | 1:09.1 |
| 2022 | Best Of Bordeaux | Sweet Ride | Willinga Beast | 1:14.6 |
| 2021 | Paulele | Gleneagles | King Of Sparta | 1:08.5 |
| 2020 | Wild Ruler | On The Lead | Doubtland | 1:09.0 |
| 2019 | Cosmic Force | Standout | Microphone | 1:08.1 |
| 2018 | Sesar | Sandbar | Spin | 1:09.9 |
| 2017 | Viridine | Single Bullet | Beau Geste | 1:10.2 |
| 2016 | Russian Revolution | Astern | Capitalist | 1:09.0 |
| 2015 | Exosphere | Zoutenant | Japonisme | 1:08.5 |
| 2014 | Brazen Beau | Nostradamus | Delectation | 1:09.0 |
| 2013 | Zoustar | Barbed | Open Book | 1:09.4 |
| 2012 | Jolie Bay | Knight Exemplar | Your Song | 1:09.6 |
| 2011 | Foxwedge | Masthead | Do You Think | 1:11.1 |
| 2010 | Buffering | Obsequious | Parriwi | 1:09.0 |
| 2009 | Shellscrape | Honest Truth | Shadow Assassin | 1:09.9 |
| 2008 | Montana Flyer | Drumbeats | Silent But Deadly | 1:11.6 |
| 2007 | Race Not Run | – | – | – |
| 2006 | Reigning to Win | Gold Edition | Mute | 1:10.7 |
| 2005 | Denmarket | Stratum | De Beers | 1:10.5 |
| 2004 | Fastnet Rock | Charge Forward | Star Cat | 1:09.3 |
| 2003 | Exceed and Excel | Hasna | Ambulance | 1:09.1 |
| 2002 | Snowland | Force Apollo | Bollinger | 1:10.6 |
| 2001 | Stylish Lass | Fair Embrace | Mistegic | 1:04.9 |
| 2000 | Kootoomootoo | Veteran | Zariz | 1:12.2 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Roman Consul Stakes?
The 2025 Roman Consul Stakes was won by three-year-old Capitalist colt Hidden Motive at $18 for trainer Nathan Doyle with jockey Ashley Morgan aboard on 56kg from barrier 1 to win by 0.25 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:09.11.
When is the Roman Consul Stakes 2025?
Saturday October 11, 2025What is the prize money for the Roman Consul Stakes 2025?
$300,000
Where is the Roman Consul Stakes 2025?
Rosehill Racecourse, James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142.
How do I bet on the 2025 Roman Consul Stakes?
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Which horse will win the 2025 Roman Consul Stakes?
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