The latest edition of the San Domenico Stakes ran on Saturday, August 29, 2026 as a Golden Rose Stakes lead-up and saw the returning Golden Slipper winner Guest House ($7) come back in winning form to set a new race record.
The San Domenico Stakes fires up the Sydney spring, and Ladbrokes punters know this 1100m Rosehill dash is where the serious three‑year‑old talent first steps out. Boom colts, sharp triallers, Golden Rose hopefuls and early‑season sprinters all collide here, making it one of the most watched and most bet‑on Group 3 races of August. With big stables unveiling their new‑season weapons and the market shifting quickly as trial form comes to light, San Domenico Stakes odds, betting tips, and form pointers become essential for punters looking to strike early.
Dive in below for the latest Ladbrokes‑powered insights, race analysis and betting angles built for those chasing value and early spring momentum.
San Domenico Stakes 2026 Results
The official 2026 San Domenico Stakes Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday, August 29, 2026 at Rosehill.
- #1 Guest House
- #6 Blue Door
- #3 Music Time
Guest House ($7) delivered a powerhouse return in the 2026 San Domenico Stakes results at Rosehill, the Golden Slipper champ surging late under Zac Lloyd to smash the race record and put a clear stamp on his three‑year‑old spring. Taking a perfect rails run, the Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr colt swept past favourite Blue Door to score by 1.25 lengths, with the performance also boosting the Slipper form through third‑placed Music Time. His slick 1:02.41 immediately shifted the market, with Ladbrokes tightening his Golden Rose quote to $3.60, trimming his Coolmore Stud Stakes price to $4, and seeing the 2026 The Everest betting firm sharply from $51 into $15. Price confirmed the colt now has Group 1 options across the board — Golden Rose, Everest, Coolmore, even the Caulfield Guineas — but stressed the focus remains on the sprint features, with Guest House shaping as one of the most explosive three‑year‑olds of the carnival.
2026 San Domenico Stakes Race Replay
2026 San Domenico Stakes Odds & Finishing Order
The season’s top San Domenico Stakes 2026 odds and betting market links will be available below once final acceptances are announced followed by the official finishing order after the event.
San Domenico Stakes 2026 Results
| 1. Guest House (7) 58.5kg1231x | ||
| 6. Blue Door (1) 55kg1×2 | ||
| 3. Music Time (5) 57kg1113x | ||
| 7. Half Pipe (3) 55kg6×175 | ||
| 4. Warwoven (8) 57kg1416x | ||
| 2. Berzelius (2) 57.5kg1415x | ||
| 5. Revengeance (6) 57kg31x | ||
| 8. Wild Atlantic (4) 55kg |
San Domenico Stakes Tips
Solid San Domenico Stakes tips include looking for Golden Slipper Stakes and other Group 1 graduates from the autumn, three-year-olds with winning Sydney form in similar company and proven 1100m performers.
Guest House (2026) became the first Golden Slipper winner to return and win the San Domenico Stakes since 1991.
Ladbrokes Tip: The San Domenico Stakes is a good early lead-up into the Group 1 three-year-old races in Melbourne!
2026 San Domenico Stakes Predictions & Best Bets
Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive San Domenico Stakes betting tips for 2026 will be detailed below listing the three-year-olds to back and sack in the Group 3 event this season so stay tuned.
COMPLETE SAN DOMENICO STAKES DAY 2026 PREVIEW, TIPS & PREDICTIONS
| 6. Blue Door (1) 55kg1×2 |
| 1. Guest House (7) 58.5kg1231x |
| 3. Music Time (5) 57kg1113x |
The Group 3 San Domenico Stakes is a 1100m sprint showdown for three-year-olds run at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in August each Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. The race is run at set weights plus penalties and offers $250,000 in total prize money.
The short-distance sprint is the feature race held in Sydney that day and is accompanied on the card by the Group 3 Up And Coming Stakes (1300m), while Melbourne’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes takes place on the same date at Caulfield.
The race is named in honour of four-time Group 1 winner San Domenico who dominated in the late 40s and early 50s.
Three-year-olds in the San Domenico Stakes field are often heading towards tougher events for their age group over the spring including Melbourne’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington. Exceedance (2019) was the last horse to complete the San Domenico Stakes – Coolmore Stud Stakes double.
San Domenico Stakes Race Info
- Date: Saturday, August 29, 2026
- Track: Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
- Distance: 1100m
- Conditions: 3YOs – Set Weights + Penalties
- Status: Group 3
- Prize Money: $250,000
- First Run: 1980
San Domenico Stakes Betting
San Domenico Stakes odds are led each season by three-year-old sprinters proven in Group company that contested tougher races as two-year-olds last time in like the Golden Slipper Stakes or Melbourne’s Blue Diamond Stakes.
Youngsters with winning form in Sydney over the shorter distance races feature highly in San Domenico Stakes betting tips.
Anders ($2.80 in 2020), Storm Boy ($2.35 in 2024) and Raging Force ($2.60 in 2025) are the latest favourites in San Domenico Stakes betting to salute.
Sweet Ride caused an upset in 2022 saluting at San Domenico Stakes odds of $31.
San Domenico Stakes Field
The San Domenico Stakes race field attracts a class line-up of the season’s most exciting young sprinters, many of which contested Group 1 events as juveniles such as the Golden Slipper Stakes at the same track over the autumn. No horse had completed the Golden Slipper – San Domenico Stakes double since Tierce (1991) until Guest House (2026).
Most three-year-olds are racing in the event first-up and are heading towards upcoming events including the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes (1400m) with many top three graduates out of the San Domenico going on to finish in the Golden Rose trifecta.
In The Congo (2021) is the last horse to complete the San Domenico Stakes – Golden Rose double.
A good lead-up into the San Domenico Stakes field is Rosehill’s Listed The Rosebud (1100m) held at the same track / distance earlier in the spring and Anders (2020) was the last three-year-old to do The Rosebud – San Domenico Stakes double.
The San Domenico Stakes nominations close the Monday of race week followed by final acceptances on the Wednesday.
2026 San Domenico Stakes Field
The official San Domenico Stakes 2026 field and barriers for Group 3 short-distance race will be announced by Racing NSW on the Wednesday leading-up to San Domenico Stakes Day and published in full below.
The 2026 San Domenico Stakes final field features eight promising young sprinters led in betting Bjorn Baker’s rails-drawn Group 3 Kindergarten Stakes winning filly Blue Door coming off a first-up second in the Listed The Rosebud.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1. Guest House
J: Zac Lloyd
T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr |
1231x | C | 7 | 58.5kg | |
|
2. Berzelius
J: Jason Collett
T: Michael Freedman |
1415x | C | 2 | 57.5kg | |
|
3. Music Time
J: Kerrin Mcevoy
T: Gratz Vella |
21113x | G | 5 | 57kg | |
|
4. Warwoven
J: Rachel King
T: Bjorn Baker |
11416x | C | 8 | 57kg | |
|
5. Revengeance
J: Tim Clark
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
31x | C | 6 | 57kg | |
|
6. Blue Door
J: Tommy Berry
T: Bjorn Baker |
1x2 | F | 1 | 55kg | |
|
7. Half Pipe
J: Tom Sherry
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
6x175 | C | 3 | 55kg | |
|
8. Wild Atlantic
J: Tyler Schiller
T: M, W & J Hawkes |
C | 4 | 55kg |
2026 San Domenico Stakes Nominations
Nominations for the 2026 San Domenico Stakes close on the Monday of race week with the list of potential runners in the three-years-olds’ feature to be published here.
San Domenico Stakes Form Guide
The San Domenico Stakes form guide features all the must-know information for punters including the saddlecloth numbers, jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up form of the runners in the race.
The San Domenico Stakes form has stacked-up in later Group 1 spring races for three-year-olds many times in recent years, especially the Golden Rose Stakes.
In 2018 the San Domenico Stakes winner Graff finished third in the Golden Rose results, while the following year Exceedance repeated the same feat and also went on to win that year’s Coolmore Stud Stakes over the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
The 2019’s San Domenico Stakes runner-up Bivouac meanwhile went on to take out the Run To The Rose – Golden Rose Stakes double, while In The Congo (2021) a few years later completed the San Domenico – Golden Rose double.
The 2025 San Domenico Stakes form proved rock‑solid, with Beiwacht turning his third‑place finish into a spring highlight when he went on to win the Group 1 Golden Rose two starts later. Runner‑up Wodeton also held his form, finishing second in both the San Domenico and the Golden Rose — a tidy double that underlined the strength of the race for punters lining up this year’s edition.
2026 San Domenico Stakes Form Guide
A link to our detailed San Domenico Stakes 2026 form guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Past San Domenico Stakes Results
San Domenico Stakes race results have been dominated by in-form three-year-old sprinters with proven Sydney form.
Notable recent San Domenico Stakes winners include General Nediym (1997), Testa Rossa (1999), Gold Edition (2006), Foxwedge (2011), Japonisme (2015), Exceedance (2019), In The Congo (2021) and the returning Golden Slipper champion Guest House (2026).
Snitzerland (2012) was the last San Domenico Stakes winning filly.
Guest House holds the current San Domenico Stakes race record winning in 2026 in a time of 1 minute 02.41 seconds.
Recent San Domenico Stakes Winners
Recent San Domenico Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 1980 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third | Time |
| 2026 | Guest House | Blue Door | Music Time | 1:02.41 (R) |
| 2025 | Raging Force | Wodeton | Beiwacht | 1:04.06 |
| 2024 | Storm Boy | Mayfair | Tropicus | 1:02.98 |
| 2023 | Libertad | Moravia | Butch Cassidy | 1:03.3 |
| 2022 | Sweet Ride | Nettuno | Swiss Exile | 1:04.4 |
|
2021 (Held at Kembla Grange) |
In The Congo | Paulele | Captivant | 1:05.6 |
| 2020 | Anders | Peltzer | Mamaragan | 1:02.6 |
| 2019 | Exceedance | Bivouac | Anaheed | 1:06.2 |
| 2018 | Graff | Neutrality | Performer | 1:05.2 |
| 2017 | Pariah | Chauffeur | Jorda | 1:03.2 |
| 2016 | Star Turn | Tango Rain | Kentucky Miss | 1:04.3 |
| 2015 | Japonisme | King’s Troop | Haptic | 1:02.7 |
| 2014 | Nostradamus | Washington Heights | Law | 1:03.6 |
| 2013 | Va Pensiero | Cluster | Windjammer | 1:02.8 |
| 2012 | Snitzerland | Driefontein | All Too Hard | 1:04.7 |
| 2011 | Foxwedge | Anise | Karuta Queen | 1:04.3 |
| 2010 | Obsequious | Solar Charged | Decision Time | 0:59.3 |
| 2009 | Shellscrape | Sniplaz | Kiss Me Katy | 0.58.1 |
| 2008 | Duporth | Whitefriars | Atomic Force | 1:04:2 |
| 2007 | Sliding Cube | Mimi Lebrock | Moonboat | 0.58.3 |
| 2006 | Gold Edition | My Middi | Astounded | 0.59.4 |
| 2005 | Media | Written Tycoon | Snitzel | 0.57.4 |
| 2004 | Charge Forward | Fastnet Rock | Dance Hero | 0.57.2 |
| 2003 | Regimental Gal | Spark of Life | Dorky | 0.56.9 |
| 2002 | Star Of Florida | Chocolate Starfish | Athelnoth | 0.57.7 |
| 2001 | Mistegic | Fair Embrace | Palais | 0.59.1 |
| 2000 | Zariz | Dymamic Love | Kootoomootoo | 0.57.0 |
| 1999 | Testa Rossa | Easy Rocking | Catamarca | 1:00.9 |
| 1998 | Race Not Run | – | – | |
| 1997 | General Nediym | Sports | Adeewin | 0.57.7 |
| 1996 | Sovereign State | Clang | Apple Danish | 0.57.2 |
| 1995 | Our Maizcay | Strategic | Millrich | 0.57.4 |
| 1994 | Lord Jim | Flaming Hot | Dapper Magic | 0.57.9 |
| 1993 | Sashed | Moss Rocket | Stormy Regent | 0.59.3 |
| 1992 | Surtee | Klokka | Monsieur | 0.57.7 |
| 1991 | Tierce | Big Dreams | Cloudlet | 0.57.1 |
| 1990 | Acecay | Varikos | Committal | 0.59.3 |
| 1989 | Show County | Patronise | Charles County | 0.58.0 |
| 1988 | Merimbula Bay | Full And By | Fortlin | 0.59.0 |
| 1987 | Omnicorp | Sky Chase | Golden Unicorn | 0.59.2 |
| 1986 | Gallery Level | Pre Catelan | Western Ace | 0.58.7 |
| 1985 | Let’s Get Physical | Timothy | Shankhill Lass | 0.57.9 |
| 1984 | Quiet Little Drink | Bletchencore | Princess Jocinda | 0.58.3 |
| 1983 | Sir Dapper | Been There | Yoyangamble | 0.57.7 |
| 1982 | Rosebrook | Regal Karioi | Sounds Of Morning | 0.57.5 |
| 1981 | Black Shoes | Ideal Planet | Wenona Princess | 1:01.0 |
| 1980 | Proud Knight | John’s Hero | Gay Rosalind | 0.57.6 |
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Which horse will win the 2026 San Domenico Stakes?
The best way to pick which horse will win the San Domenico Stakes is to take into account the form, assess the barriers, and consider the weight the horse will carry (among other factors). Check out Ladbrokes in the lead up to the race for full form information.
When is the San Domenico Stakes 2026?
The 2026 San Domenico Stakes is set to run in Sydney on Saturday August 29 as the feature race of San Domenico Stakes Day. It is scheduled to run as Rosehill Race 8 at 3:50pm (AEST) on the bumper 10-race card.
What is the prize money for the San Domenico Stakes 2026?
The 2026 San Domenico Stakes prize money is set at $250,000 which is paid from 1st to 10th place including $140,000 going to the San Domencio Stakes winner.
Where is the San Domenico Stakes 2026?
The San Domenico Stakes 2026 will be run at Rosehill Gardens, the traditional home of this fast early‑spring 1100m sprint for three‑year‑olds. Rosehill’s tight turning layout and short straight make tactical speed a major factor in the race — something Ladbrokes punters always keep front of mind when lining up their bets.
What distance is the San Domenico Stakes run over?
The San Domenico Stakes is run over 1100 metres, a sharp Rosehill sprint that rewards early speed, strong trial form and three‑year‑olds capable of accelerating off the bend — key factors Ladbrokes punters keep front of mind when assessing this Group 3.
How many horses run in the San Domenico Stakes?
The San Domenico Stakes generally attracts a field of around 10–12 runners, with Rosehill’s 1100m start accommodating a competitive line‑up of fresh three‑year‑olds, trial stars and early‑spring sprinters. Field size can shift slightly year to year depending on nominations, acceptances and race‑morning scratchings, but it typically assembles a compact, high‑quality group of emerging talent.
Who won the 2026 San Domenico Stakes?
The 2026 San Domenico Stakes was won in a brilliant first-up return by the autumn's Golden Slipper champion, three-year-old Home Affairs colt Guest House, at $7 for trainers Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr with jockey Zac Lloyd aboard on 58.5kg from barrier 7 to win by 1.25 lengths in a new race record time of 1:02.41 on a Good (4) track.
Who won the 2025 San Domenico Stakes?
The 2025 San Domenico Stakes was won by three-year-old Cosmic Force gelding Raging Force at $2.60 favouritism for trainer Peter Snowden with jockey Tommy Berry aboard on 55kg from barrier 3 to win by 1.43 lengths on a Soft (5) track in a time of 1:04.06.