Ladbrokes Tip: The Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes is a good betting guide for the Empire Rose Stakes during the spring
The latest edition of the Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes ran on Friday September 26, 2025 at Moonee Valley on Manikato Stakes Night and was won in a terrific late charge by the Grahame Begg trained Splash Back ($5).
2025 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Results
The official Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes 2025 race results and finishing order will be provided below once the race takes place on Friday September 26, 2025.
- 1st: #9 Splash Back
- 2nd: #5 Abounding
- 3rd: #6 Molly Bloom
The Grahame Begg trained six-year-old mare Splash Back ($5) was excellent in her first trip around the tight Moonee Valley circuit when coming from sixth on the home corner to come round the outside off a perfectly timed ride by Jordan Childs before storming to the line down the centre of the track and beat home Abounding by three-quarters of a length in the 2025 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes results ahead of likely next-up runs in the Group 2 Tristarc Stakes and Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes.
2025 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Odds
The season’s best Stocks Stakes 2025 betting odds and links to our markets will be provided right here the week of the race so stay tuned for the top Moonee Valley racing odds this spring.
| 9. Splash Back (2) J: Jordan Childs 55kg 11525T: Grahame Begg | ||
| 5. Abounding (6) J: Blake Shinn 56kg 62x33T: Robert Heathcote | ||
| 6. Molly Bloom (5) J: James McDonald 55kg 709x0T: Chris Waller | ||
| 10. Aberlour (10) J: Michael Dee 55kg 06123T: Joseph Pride | ||
| 11. Jenni The Fox (7) J: Daniel Stackhouse 55kg 7x457T: Lucy Yeomans | ||
| 3. Rumbled Again (1) J: Harry Coffey 57kg 0x934T: Michael Trotter | ||
| 7. Oh Too Good (9) J: Craig Williams 55kg 418x2T: Kevin Daffy | ||
| 1. Another Prophet (4) J: Ethan Brown 59kg 430x9T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 8. Smokin' Princess (3) J: Jye McNeil 55kg 1424xT: Patrick & Michelle Payne | ||
| 4. Just Feelin' Lucky (8) J: Tommy Berry 57kg 11x81T: Michael Freedman |
Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Tips
Good WH Stocks Stakes betting tips to take in the spring include looking at mares with ability at the track and distance, previous Group winners, past winners over the mile distance and those coming off lead-up runs in the Let’s Elope Stakes.
Single figure hopefuls have a dominant recent record in the race so another useful tip is to pick a runner in the top half of the markets. Any mares coming down in class off an earlier Group 1 spring race also make for a nice Stocks Stakes winning tip.
2025 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider WH Stocks Stakes tips and Moonee Valley Group 2 betting selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the mares to get behind in the race this spring.
To Win: No. 5 Abounding
ABOUNDING (6) looks the standout in a wide-open Stocks Stakes to close out Manikato Stakes Night, with the classy Rich Enuff mare primed to break through over a trip beyond 1400m for the first time. Making her Moonee Valley debut, Rob Heathcote’s Queenslander hasn’t won since last November but has signalled a return to form with a strong winter campaign, including a Group 1 Tatt’s Tiara second. She’s resumed in fine order with consecutive Group placings in Melbourne—just a length off Magic Time and then a narrow defeat to Lazzura in the Let’s Elope. In well under SW+P conditions, drawn ideally in gate six, and with Blake Shinn sticking, she’s ready to strike.
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5. Abounding (6)
J: Blake Shinn 56kg
62×33T: Robert Heathcote
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The W.H. Stocks Stakes – currently known as the Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes – is a Group 2 race for mares contested on Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes Night at Moonee Valley on a Friday evening in late September or early October during the annual Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
Racing at the meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes (1200m) for sprinters. Other key races on the card including the Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) for the Cox Plate hopefuls, Group 2 Stutt Stakes (1600m) for Caulfield Guineas types, and the Group 3 Scarborough Stakes for potential Coolmore Stud Stakes-bound fillies.
Offering $300,000 in total prize money, the Stocks Stakes is run over 1600m (1514m in 2024 & 1500m in 2025) under weight-for-age conditions and makes a nice lead-up to other mares-only races in the spring including Flemington’s Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) on Victoria Derby Day.
Pride Of Jenni improved on a second in the 2023 Stocks Stakes to complete that spring’s Empire Rose Stakes – Champions Mile double over the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
She also further franked the Stocks Stakes form with a big autumn in 2024 headlined by her 6.5 length victory in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) in Sydney.
WH Stocks Stakes Race Facts
- Date: Friday September 26, 2025
- Track: Moonee Valley Racecourse
- Distance: 1600m (1514m in 2024 & 1500m in 2025)
- Conditions: Mares – Weight-for-age
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $300,000
- First Run: 1973
Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Betting
Stocks Stakes odds are led by in-form mares with form against similar company with proven ability at weight-for-age and over the mile. Runners that have winning form at the distance and previous experience at the tight Moonee Valley circuit also sit high up the Stocks Stakes odds.
Betting also favours graduates of earlier Melbourne lead-up runs for the mares like Caulfield’s Group 3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) and the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) at Flemington a fortnight before the race.
Amelia’s Jewel (2023) was the last mare to complete the Let’s Elope Stakes – Stocks Stakes double.
In 2024 the Stocks Stakes winner, Alsephina, improved on a lead-up Let’s Elope Stakes third to win the Group 2 while that year’s Let’s Elope winner Grinzinger Belle finished third in the Stocks Stakes trifecta as the beaten favourite.
Splash Back (5th in 2025) was the last Let’s Elope graduate to win the Stocks Stakes.
Amelia’s Jewel ($1.35 in 2023) was the last Stocks Stakes favourite to salute for the punters.
Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Field
The Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes race field attracts a quality field of weight-for-age mares with ability over the mile.
Many come into the race on the back of a lead-up run earlier in the spring in something like the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) at Flemington.
The WH Stocks Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Friday night, while the final field and barriers are out on the Wednesday.
2025 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Field
The official Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes 2025 Final Field & Barrier Draw will be available right here once acceptances are taken on the Wednesday of race week so stay tuned to see the mares set to face off under the lights at Moonee Valley in the Group 1 lead-up.
The Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes 2025 field features a dozen mares with the favourite, Oh Too Good, coming off a nice second in the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Another Prophet
J: Ethan Brown
T: Ciaron Maher |
6430x9 | M | 4 | 59kg | |
| 2. Marble Arch (12) Scratched: | |||||
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3. Rumbled Again
J: Harry Coffey
T: Michael Trotter |
50x934 | M | 1 | 57kg | |
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4. Just Feelin' Lucky
J: Tommy Berry
T: Michael Freedman |
211x81 | M | 8 | 57kg | |
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5. Abounding
J: Blake Shinn
T: Robert Heathcote |
662x33 | M | 6 | 56kg | |
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6. Molly Bloom
J: James McDonald
T: Chris Waller |
2709x0 | M | 5 | 55kg | |
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7. Oh Too Good
J: Craig Williams
T: Kevin Daffy |
3418x2 | M | 9 | 55kg | |
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8. Smokin' Princess
J: Jye McNeil
T: Patrick & Michelle Payne |
11424x | M | 3 | 55kg | |
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9. Splash Back
J: Jordan Childs
T: Grahame Begg |
x11525 | M | 2 | 55kg | |
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10. Aberlour
J: Michael Dee
T: Joseph Pride |
006123 | M | 10 | 55kg | |
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11. Jenni The Fox
J: Daniel Stackhouse
T: Lucy Yeomans |
27x457 | M | 7 | 55kg | |
| 12. Moonlight Circus (7) Scratched: | |||||
2025 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Nominations
The WH Stocks Stakes Nominations for 2025 close on the Monday leading-up to Manikato Stakes Night.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 300×006123 | ABERLOUR (NZ) | M | 5 | Joseph Pride | 84 |
| 2 | 67x0662x33 | ABOUNDING | M | 5 | Robert Heathcote | 104 |
| 3 | 110x87103x | ALMA RISE (NZ) | M | 5 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | 82 |
| 4 | 21x46430x9 | ANOTHER PROPHET | M | 4 | Ciaron Maher | 100 |
| 5 | 25x745453x | CAVITY BAY | M | 4 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | 75 |
| 6 | 90×1473441 | DUBAI DANCER | M | 5 | Tom Dabernig | 70 |
| 7 | 7x1627x457 | JENNI THE FOX | M | 4 | Lucy Yeomans | 74 |
| 8 | 21x1211x81 | JUST FEELIN’ LUCKY | M | 4 | Michael Freedman | 95 |
| 9 | 5x43124x11 | LAZZURA | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 108 |
| 10 | 12111114×4 | LEICA LUCY (NZ) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 105 |
| 11 | 49121217×6 | MARBLE ARCH (NZ) | M | 6 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 105 |
| 12 | 047x2709x0 | MOLLY BLOOM (NZ) | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 96 |
| 13 | 65×1214 | MOONLIGHT CIRCUS | M | 4 | Michael Kent | 69 |
| 14 | 142209×001 | MOTHEREENS | M | 8 | Lesia Masnyj | 58 |
| 15 | 213x3418x2 | OH TOO GOOD | M | 6 | Kevin Daffy | 100 |
| 16 | x865839x53 | OUR GOLD HOPE | M | 5 | Robert & Luke Price | 96 |
| 17 | 1780x6800x | POSITIVITY (NZ) | M | 5 | Andrew Forsman | 99 |
| 18 | 71x850x934 | RUMBLED AGAIN | M | 8 | Michael Trotter | 95 |
| 19 | 124×730274 | RUNNING BY | M | 6 | Ciaron Maher | 95 |
| 20 | 1x38x53621 | SHADHAVAR | M | 4 | Tom Dabernig | 78 |
| 21 | x12111424x | SMOKIN’ PRINCESS | M | 6 | Patrick & Michelle Payne | 95 |
| 22 | 0x18x11525 | SPLASH BACK (FR) | M | 6 | Grahame Begg | 93 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Form Guide
The WH Stocks Stakes form guide features all the essential race information including the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of the mares in the field. Group 1 form to follow into the Group 2 can come via the Memsie Stakes (1400m) held the month before as Atlantic Jewel completed that Group 1 spring double in 2013.
The Stocks stakes form has also stacked up in other elite level races including when Atlantic Jewel (2013) ran second next start in Caulfield’s Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) before a win in the Group 1 Caulfield Stakes (2000m) that October.
The Stocks Stakes 2024 form was franked with the winner Alsephina running a good next-up third in that spring’s Toorak Handicap.
2025 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Stocks Stakes Results
The WH Stocks Stakes race results have been dominated over the past decade by classy Melbourne-trained mares coming off a run in the Let’s Elope Stakes.
Notable recent Stocks Stakes winners include the odds-on favourite Amelia’s Jewel (2023), dual champion I Am A Star (2017-18), Fenway (2015), Dear Demi (2014), Atlantic Jewel (2013), Zarita (2009), and Tuesday Joy (2008).
Amelia’s Jewel holds the current WH Stocks Stakes race record winning over 1600m in 2023 in a time of 1 minute 34.37 seconds.
In 2024 the Stocks Stakes ran over a lesser distance of 1514m and was won by Alsephina in a time of 1 minute 32.33 seconds.
The 2025 Stocks Stakes took place over 1500m and saw Splash Back win in 1 minute 31.42 seconds.
Past Stocks Stakes Winners
Recent WH Stocks 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 | Splash Back | Abounding | Molly Bloom | 1:31.42 (1500m) |
| 2024 | Alsephina | Lady Jones | Grinzinger Belle | 1:32.33 (1514m) |
| 2023 | Amelia’s Jewel | Pride Of Jenni | Deny Knowledge | 1:34.37 (R) |
| 2022 | Daisies | Elusive Express | Lady Of Honour | 1:40.0 |
| 2021 | So You Assume | Magna Bella | Quantum Mechanic | 1:36.3 |
| 2020 | Mystic Journey | Perfect Jewel | One More Try | 1:37.6 |
| 2019 | Princess Jenni | Rondinella | Oceanex | 1:37.6 |
| 2018 | I Am A Star | Mrs Gardenia | Samovare | 1:37.3 |
| 2017 | I Am A Star | Flying Jess | Hell Or Highwater | 1:37.3 |
| 2016 | Don’t Doubt Mamma | Kaniana | Miss Rose De Lago | 1:38.7 |
| 2015 | Fenway | May’s Dream | Scratchy Bottom | 1:34.9 |
| 2014 | Dear Demi | Solicit | Commanding Jewel | 1:37.8 |
| 2013 | Atlantic Jewel | Oasis Bloom | Oriental Ruby | 1:36.8 |
| 2012 | Oasis Bloom | Spirit Song | Chateau Margaux | 1:36.9 |
| 2011 | King’s Rose | Pinker Pinker | Lady Lynette | 1:37.0 |
| 2010 | Avienus | Belscenica | Lady Lynette | 1:38.3 |
| 2009 | Zarita | Cats Whisker | Soul Diva | 1:37.0 |
| 2008 | Tuesday Joy | Devil Moon | Bird of Fire | 1:36.3 |
| 2007 | Devil Moon | Brom Felinity | Hidden Strings | 1:36.4 |
| 2006 | Astrodame | Brockman’s Lass | Belle Bizaare | 1:36.1 |
| 2005 | Flowerdrum | Honest Politician | Taken | 1:38.5 |
| 2004 | She’s Archie | Annie La Vie | Zumanity | 1:41.9 |
| 2003 | Sunday Joy | Liberty Rose | Monde Special | 1:36.8 |
| 2002 | Gold Lottey | Tyrolean | Visage | 1:38.7 |
| 2001 | Lady Marion | Tickle My | Tyrolean | 1:38.7 |
| 2000 | Hula Wonder | Camarena | Mrs Bentley | 1:38.4 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes?
The 2025 Stocks Stakes was won by six-year-old Le Havre mare Splash Back at $5 for trainer Grahame Begg with jockey Jordan Childs aboard on 55kg from barrier two to win by 0.75 lengths on a Good (3) track in a time of 1:31.42.
When is the Stocks Stakes 2025?
Friday September 26, 2025What is the prize money for the Stocks Stakes 2025?
$300,000
Where is the Stocks Stakes 2025?
Moonee Valley Racecourse, Feehan Ave, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039.
How do I bet on the 2025 Stocks Stakes?
Bet online or via the latest iOS/Android app with Ladbrokes.
The first step is to create an account at ladbrokes.com.au. The process is quick and easy!
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 runner that’s right for you.
Which horse will win the 2025 Stocks Stakes?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Stocks n 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.