Ladbrokes Tip: The Shannon Stakes winner may press onto the Epsom Handicap at Randwick
The latest edition of the Shannon Stakes took place on Saturday September 27, 2025 at Rosehill Gardens on Golden Rose Day and saw the Chris Waller trained seven-year-old Waterford ($7) run away the closing stages for a big two-length win.
2025 Shannon Stakes Results
The full Shannon Stakes 2025 race results and finishing order will be provided below as soon as the race is run and won on Saturday September 27, 2025.
- 1st: #8 Waterford
- 2nd: #4 Rise At Dawn
- 3rd: #3 Osipenko
Fresh off a win with Beiwacht in the Golden Rose, trainer Chris Waller continued his success at Rosehill on Saturday with the James McDonald ridden Waterford ($7) charging to the lead 250m out from the line before flying home for an emphatic two-length win in the 2025 Shannon Stakes results ahead of a potential quick back-up into the Group 1 Epsom Handicap.
2025 Shannon Stakes Odds
The season’s top Shannon Stakes 2025 odds and Group 2 betting links to our Golden Rose Day markets will be provided below as soon as open.
| 8. Waterford (6) J: James McDonald 55kg x64x0T: Chris Waller | ||
| 4. Rise At Dawn (10) J: Josh Parr 56.5kg x50x3T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 3. Osipenko (8) J: Kerrin McEvoy 56.5kg 275x4T: Chris Waller | ||
| 7. Encap (2) J: Jason Collett 55.5kg 437x6T: Gary Portelli | ||
| 6. Democracy Manifest (7) J: Zac Lloyd 55.5kg x05x9T: Chris Waller | ||
| 5. Unspoken (4) J: Nash Rawiller 56.5kg 02x8xT: Peter Snowden | ||
| 12. Shohisha (1) J: Anna Roper 53kg 01x41T: David Payne | ||
| 9. Maison Louis (3) J: Dylan Gibbons 54.5kg 1141xT: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton | ||
| 10. Our Gold Hope (5) J: Tyler Schiller 53kg 39x53T: Robert & Luke Price | ||
| 2. Fawkner Park (9) J: Ethan Brown 60kg 8223xT: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
Shannon Stakes Tips
The Shannon Stakes betting tips that best stack-up during the spring carnival in Sydney include looking for runners proven at the track over at least 1400m, runners from the best stables in NSW and gallopers that finished in the money last start.
2025 Shannon Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Shannon Stakes 2025 betting tips and exotic Rosehill selections on the Epsom Handicap ballot exemption-offering event will be detailed below the week of the race.
Each Way: No. 2 Fawkner Park
The money is flowing for favourite GRINGOTTS (7), but for those chasing value, FAWKNER PARK (10) appeals as a genuine each-way play fresh for the Archibald stable. Yes, he’s got 60kg to lug, but this seasoned Zoffany seven-year-old is as honest as they come and rarely runs a bad race.
While his first-up record isn’t flashy, he has won fresh before, and Ethan Brown—riding in top form—knows him inside out. He’s looking to break a drought since his Rosehill Gold Cup win last November, but his last prep was full of merit, including a close third behind Cox Plate heroine Via Sistina in the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes.
He’s well suited at Rosehill (7:3-1-1), and the 1500m looks a perfect launch pad. His winter campaign in Brisbane was rock-solid, placing in three straight runs including a runner-up finish in the Group 1 Doomben Cup. Most recently, he was beaten a whisker in the Group 2 The Q22 and looked sharp in a recent Randwick trial. Don’t be surprised if he runs a big race.
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2. Fawkner Park (9)
J: Ethan Brown 60kg
8223xT: Annabel & Rob Archibald
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The Shannon Stakes is a Group 2 quality handicap race run at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse on a Saturday in late September during the annual Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.
Contested at the same meeting as the $1 million Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes (1400m), the $400,000 Group 2 Golden Pendant (1400m) and the Group 3 Colin Stephen Quality (2400m), the race is contested over 1500m and offers $300,000 in total prize money.
Graduates may go on to run in tougher Sydney and Melbourne races over the spring carnival, but is it usually won by middle range gallopers as opposed to Group 1 stars.
The last Shannon Stakes runner to back-up and win the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) the following month at Randwick was the 2022 third place-getter Ellsberg who also completed that year’s Five Diamond Prelude – The Five Diamonds double.
The Shannon Stakes winner is exempt from both ballot and penalty for the Epsom Handicap that season.
The race can also now serve as a potential lead-up into the lucrative $1 million The Gong held at Kembla Grange in November with Mister Sea Wolf (2019) completing the double.
In 2023 Cepheus won the Shannon Stakes before victory in the inaugural $1.5 million Alan Brown Stakes and a second in the $3 million The Big Dance in Sydney on Melbourne Cup Day. Tragically, Cepheus suffered a fatal injury the following spring in track work.
Shannon Stakes Race Info
- Date: Saturday September 27, 2025
- Track: Rosehill Gardens
- Distance: 1500m
- Conditions: Quality Handicap
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $300,000
- First Run: 1978
Shannon Stakes Betting
Shannon Stakes betting favours local Sydney gallopers with winning form over 1400m – 1600m, proven ability at the Rosehill, and those that come off earlier Group spring runs. Graduates out of the Theo Marks Stakes at the same track a fortnight earlier usually feature high up the Shannon Stakes odds, and favourites have a solid recent record in the race.
I Am Superman ($4.60 in 2020) was the last favourite in Shannon Stakes betting to get the job done.
In 2021 Yonkers scored a big upset taking out the race at Shannon Stakes odds of $41.
Shannon Stakes Field
The Shannon Stakes race field features a decent line-up of middle-distance runners coming off runs in similar class in Sydney earlier during the carnival. Many Shannon Stakes horses may have had a lead-up run in a race like the Group 2 Theo Marks Stakes (1300m), which the 2015 winner Vashka finished seventh in. Vashka also travelled to Melbourne next start and won the Group 3 Moonga Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.
Another possible lead-up run is the Group 3 Bill Ritchie Handicap (1400m), which produced the 2014 Shannon Stakes winner Rock Sturdy (2nd). That year’s third placegetter Ninth Legion came off a third in the Theo Marks Stakes.
The best out of the Shannon Stakes sometimes head to Randwick the next month for a shot at the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m).
While the double hasn’t been achieved in recent times, in 2010 Sacred Choice ran third in the Shannon Stakes and Epsom Handicap. She also headed to Melbourne later that prep and won the Group 1 Myer Classic (1600m) – now known as the Empire Rose Stakes – at Flemington Racecourse.
The previous year saw the 2012 winner Rolling Pin run third next time out in the Epsom Handicap to Fat Al who came off a third in the Group 2 and earlier second in that year’s Theo Marks Stakes.
Shannon Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday with the field and barrier draw announced on the Wednesday.
2025 Shannon Stakes Field
The official Shannon Stakes 2025 Final Field & Barrier Draw will be published in full below the Wednesday leading-up to Golden Rose Stakes Day so stay tuned to see what gallopers line-up in the Group 2 feature.
The 2025 Shannon Stakes final field features a dozen quality middle-distance gallopers including Ciaron Maher’s Group 1 George Ryder Stakes winner at the track and trip in the autumn Gringotts.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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| 1. Gringotts (7) Scratched: | |||||
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2. Fawkner Park
J: Ethan Brown
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
38223x | G | 9 | 60kg | |
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3. Osipenko
J: Kerrin McEvoy
T: Chris Waller |
9275x4 | G | 8 | 56.5kg | |
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4. Rise At Dawn
J: Josh Parr
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
4x50x3 | G | 10 | 56.5kg | |
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5. Unspoken
J: Nash Rawiller
T: Peter Snowden |
x02x8x | G | 4 | 56.5kg | |
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6. Democracy Manifest
J: Zac Lloyd
T: Chris Waller |
0x05x9 | G | 7 | 55.5kg | |
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7. Encap
J: Jason Collett
T: Gary Portelli |
7437x6 | G | 2 | 55.5kg | |
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8. Waterford
J: James McDonald
T: Chris Waller |
1x64x0 | G | 6 | 55kg | |
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9. Maison Louis
J: Dylan Gibbons
T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton |
21141x | G | 3 | 54.5kg | |
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10. Our Gold Hope
J: Tyler Schiller
T: Robert & Luke Price |
839x53 | M | 5 | 53kg | |
| 11. Strait Acer (12) Scratched: | |||||
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12. Shohisha
J: Anna Roper
T: David Payne |
x01x41 | M | 1 | 53kg | |
2025 Shannon Stakes Nominations
The Shannon Stakes 2025 Nominations are announced by Racing NSW the Monday of race week and will be published below once announced.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 300×006123 | ABERLOUR (NZ) | M | 5 | Joseph Pride | 84 |
| 2 | 08300x05x9 | DEMOCRACY MANIFEST | G | 7 | Chris Waller | 102 |
| 3 | 053x7437x6 | ENCAP | G | 5 | Gary Portelli | 102 |
| 4 | x251x680x5 | ESPIONAGE | H | 4 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 91 |
| 5 | 51x438223x | FAWKNER PARK (IRE) | G | 7 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 111 |
| 6 | 3x7722200x | FIRM AGREEMENT | G | 4 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 96 |
| 7 | 9x0004422x | FOUJITA SAN | G | 6 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | 92 |
| 8 | x320320x90 | GREBENI | G | 6 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | 94 |
| 9 | 2110x310x5 | GRINGOTTS (NZ) | G | 6 | Ciaron Maher | 113 |
| 10 | 5121141x | MAISON LOUIS (NZ) | G | 4 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 100 |
| 11 | x47000x68x | NAVAJO PEAK | G | 7 | David Payne | 100 |
| 12 | 721x9275x4 | OSIPENKO (NZ) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 104 |
| 13 | x865839x53 | OUR GOLD HOPE | M | 5 | Robert & Luke Price | 96 |
| 14 | 1x164x50x3 | RISE AT DAWN (NZ) | G | 5 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 104 |
| 15 | 0x0x30069x | SCARLET OAK | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 90 |
| 16 | x215x01x41 | SHOHISHA | M | 4 | David Payne | 87 |
| 17 | 0353x062x7 | STRAIT ACER | G | 6 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 94 |
| 18 | 8087x02x8x | UNSPOKEN (IRE) | G | 7 | Peter Snowden | 104 |
| 19 | 04081x64x0 | WATERFORD (IRE) | G | 7 | Chris Waller | 101 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Shannon Stakes Form Guide
The Shannon Stakes form guide details to punters all the facts and stats from the jockeys, trainers and barriers to the horse’s records over the track / distance and their lead-up runs.
The Shannon Stakes form has stacked-up in tougher carnival features a number of times over the years including in 2015 when the third place-getter Messene ran fourth in the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) behind Winx next time out. In 2014 the Shannon Stakes third-placed Ninth Legion also ran fourth in the Epsom next time out.
The 2022 Shannon Stakes form was franked with Ellsberg improving on a third to win the Epsom, Five Diamond Prelude, and The Five Diamonds races that spring.
2025 Shannon Stakes Form Guide
A link to our detailed Shannon Stakes 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Shannon Stakes Results
The Shannon Stakes race results from the past decade have been a mix between favourites and double-figure chances including Rain Drum ($13 in 2013) and roughie Yonkers ($41 in 2021) for Chris Waller.
Recent and noteworthy winners of the Shannon Stakes include Rock Sturdy (2014), Musket (2008), and Juggler (1996).
Noire (2018) was the last Shannon Stakes winning mare.
Moral Victory holds the current Shannon Stakes race record winning over 1500m in 2016 in 1 minute 28:06 seconds.
Past Shannon Stakes Winners
Recent Shannon Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2022 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Third | Time |
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| 2025 | Waterford | Rise At Dawn | Osipenko | 1:28.07 |
| 2024 | Amor Victorious | Punch Lane | New Endeavour | 1:29.06 |
| 2023 | Cepheus | Williamsburg | Waterford | 1:28.5 |
| 2022 | Surf Dancer | Old Flame | Ellsberg | 1:29.7 |
| 2021 | Yonkers | Discharged | Reloaded | 1:28.2 |
| 2020 | I Am Superman | Riodini | Looks Like Elvis | 1:29.1 |
| 2019 | Mister Sea Wolf | Gem Song | Tom Melbourne | 1:29.1 |
| 2018 | Noire | Kingsguard | Youngstar | 1:29.4 |
| 2017 | Washington Heights | Mighty Lucky | Imposing Lass | 1:28.8 |
| 2016 | Moral Victory | Caped Crusader | Cosmic Cube | 1:28.0 |
| 2015 | Vashka | God’s In Him | Messene | 1:29.2 |
| 2014 | Rock Sturdy | Liberty’s Choice | Ninth Legion | 1:28.8 |
| 2013 | Rain Drum | Centennial Park | Our Desert Warrior | 1:29.3 |
| 2012 | Rolling Pin | Offenders | Fat Al | 1:31.1 |
| 2011 | King Lionheart | Fast Clip | Lone Command | 1:29.9 |
| 2010 | Firebolt | Centennial Park | Sacred Choice | 1:28.5 |
| 2009 | Drumbeats | Rangirangdoo | Strat’s Flyer | 1:30.1 |
| 2008 | Musket | Black Piranha | Ice Chariot | 1:30.5 |
| 2007 | Race Not Run | – | – | – |
| 2006 | Stormhill | Temple Hills | Newton’s Rings | 1:28.4 |
| 2005 | Lotteria | Studebaker | Swick | 1:30.2 |
| 2004 | Nips | Whoc | Irongail | 1:28.3 |
| 2003 | Sportsman | Amex | Nips | 1:28.1 |
| 2002 | Gordo | Shot Of Thunder | Evander | 1:29.7 |
| 2001 | On Type | Century Kid | Diamond Dane | 1:22.4 |
| 2000 | Al Mansour | Chinhoyi | Varicool | 1:29.5 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Shannon Stakes?
The 2025 Shannon Stakes was won by seven-year-old Awtaad gelding Waterford at $7 for trainer Chris Waller with jockey James McDonald aboard on 56kg to win by 2.29 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:28.07.
When is the Shannon Stakes 2025?
Saturday September 27, 2025What is the prize money for the Shannon Stakes 2025?
$300,000
Where is the Shannon Stakes 2025?
Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142.
How do I bet on the 2025 Shannon Stakes?
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Once you've created your account you can make a deposit via credit card, or any other of our secure payment methods. Next up, head to the racing page and find the race and runner that's right for you.
Which horse will win the 2025 Shannon Stakes?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Shannon 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.com.au in the lead up to the race for full form information.