Tancred Stakes 2025

Ladbrokes Tip: The Ranvet Stakes – Tancred Stakes is a popular Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival betting double

The latest edition of the Tancred Stakes ran on Tuesday April 1, 2025 at Rosehill Gardens as a Sydney Cup lead-up after being postponed due to heavy rainfall in Sydney on Saturday and was won by the William Haggas trained UK raider Dubai Honour ($3.20). 

2025 Tancred Stakes Results

The full Tancred Stakes 2025 results and finishing order will be known on Tuesday April 1, 2025 and published below.

2025 Tancred Stakes winner Dubai Honour. Photo: Bradley Photos.

• 1st: #1 Dubia Honour
• 2nd: #4 Duke De Sessa
• 3rd: #2 Vauban

The $5 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes on April 12 could be on the cards for William Haggas’ international raider Dubai Honour ($3.20), who won that race and the Ranvet in 2023, after he secured his third Group 1 win in Sydney with an impressive performance fresh at Rosehill to head the 2025 Tancred Stakes results on Tuesday.

2025 Tancred Stakes Odds

The latest Tancred Stakes 2025 betting odds will be available below on the race previously run as The BMW for sponsorship purposes, so stay tuned for the best Group 1 Rosehill racing odds on the mile and a half autumn feature.

The HE Tancred Stakes, formerly known as The BMW, is a Group 1 race held during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival on a Saturday in late March at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse. Offering an incredible $1.5 million in prize money the weight-for-age feature runs over 2400m and is open to horses aged three-years-old and above.

2022 Tancred Stakes winner Duais. Photo: Steve Hart.

The mile and a half classic is one of two top level events on the Tancred Stakes Race Day card along with the Vinery Stud Stakes. The Tancred Stakes winner is exempt from ballot from the autumn’s richest race the Group 1 $5 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes as well as the Group 1 Sydney Cup run over two miles during The Championships in April.

Horses traditionally come into the Tancred Stakes field via an earlier Rosehill autumn run in the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) held over 400m shorter, which from 2012- 2017 produced three winners of the then The BMW including Silent Achiever (2014).

The Ranvet Stakes – Tancred Stakes double was then achieved again in 2019 by the Godolphin galloper Avilius, while Verry Elleegant improved on a lead-up Ranvet second before her 4.3 length win in the 2020 Tancred Stakes results. She went on to run second in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes before a huge spring that included a Caulfield Cup victory.

In 2021 the Ranvet Stakes form again held in the Tancred with the fourth placed Sir Dragonet improving on the quick turnaround to win the latter.

The next year the 2022 Tancred Stakes winner Duais backed up from a win in Flemington’s Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) becoming the first to complete the double since Preferment (2016).

In 2024 the upset 30/1 Tancred winner Kalapour franked the form with a next-up third in the Sydney Cup trifecta over the two miles.

Tancred Stakes Race Info

• Date: Tuesday April 1, 2025
• Formerly Known As: The BMW
• Track: Rosehill Racecourse
• Distance: 2400m
• Conditions: Weight-for-age
• Status: Group 1
• Prize Money: $1,500,000
• First Run: 1963

Tancred Stakes Betting

Tancred Stakes betting markets are traditionally led by that best Ranvet Stakes performers of the season.

Favourites won the race formerly known as The BMW nine times from 2005 – 2025 including the most recent victories by Avilius (2019) who was odds-on, Verry Elleegant ($2.15 in 2020), Sir Dragonet ($5.50 in 2021), and that year’s Australian Cup winning mare Duais ($2.40 in 2022).

The longest priced winners in the Tancred Stakes odds during that time were Fiumicino ($31 in 2009), Cedarberg ($26 in 2011), and Kalapour ($31 in 2024).

There was also an upset in 2023 with Arapaho winning at a price of $14 in Tancred Stakes betting.

2023 Tancred Stakes winner Arapaho. Photo: Steve Hart.

The Australian Cup in Melbourne has also provided a number of recent winners, including Preferment (1st in 2016) who did the double, Jameka (2nd in 2017), and Almandin (4th in 2018), and can provide good Tancred Stakes betting opportunities outside of the Ranvet Stakes graduates.

In 2022 Duais became the last runner to complete the Australian Cup – Tancred Stakes interstate autumn racing double.

In 2023 the Australian Cup date was changed with the event running on the same day as the Tancred Stakes.

Tancred Stakes Field

The Tancred Stakes race field features a selection of the season’s best weight-for-age stayers.

Preferment (inside) won the 2016 The BMW for the punters. Photo: Steve Hart.

The Ranvet Stakes winner earlier in the autumn is exempt from Tancred Stakes ballot and the two races often attract similar line-ups.

Of the The BMW / Tancred Stakes winners from 2006 – 2025 ten came via the Ranvet Stakes including five to complete the double most recently achieved by Silent Achiever (2014) and Avilius (2019).

Earlier, Rosehill’s Group 3 Sky High Stakes (2000m) serves as a good lead-up into the Tancred Stakes field and Hartnell (2015) was the last to do the double.

Kalapour improved on a lead-up second in the Sky High Stakes before his upset victory in the 2024 Tancred Stakes.

In 2023 upset Tancred Stakes winner Arapaho came off a lead-up win in the Listed Canberra Cup (2000m).

HE Tancred Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race before the final field and barrier draw is conducted on the Wednesday.

2025 Tancred Stakes Field & Barriers

The official HE Tancred Stakes 2025 field and barrier draw is released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week so stay tuned to see what weight-for-age autumn horses make the starting line-up.

The Tancred Stakes 2025 final field features a wide-open line-up of stayers with markets topped by William Haggas’s international raider Dubai Honour who completed the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes – Queen Elizabeth double in Sydney back in 2023.

2025 Tancred Stakes Nominations

The official HE Tancred Stakes 2025 Nominations are open until 11am (AEDT) on the Monday of race week and the full list of early entries for the race formerly known as The BMW will be provided below once released.

The Tancred Stakes 2025 nominations attracted 22 autumn stayers led in all-in betting by Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott’s class import Vauban coming off a narrow win fresh in the Group 3 Sky High Stakes.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Tancred Stakes Tips

The HE Tancred Stakes tips each carnival favour proven weight-for-age gallopers with good lead-up form in Sydney coming out the traditional Ranvet Stakes lead-up run a fortnight earlier.

Horses with winning form over the distance are also a top Tancred Stakes betting tip as are those aged four-years-old or above with just the one three-year-old winning since 2004 with Fiveandahalfstar (2013).

The spread of Tancred Stakes winning barriers is diverse over the past 30 plus years but the most popular gate with seven winners since 1983 is four so looking for an in-form horse drawn near this barrier makes a top betting tip.

2025 Tancred Stakes Tips

Bookmark this page to view our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Tancred Stakes 2025 tips online the week of the race.

Really open and tough edition of the Tancred with plenty of form lines to consider including from overseas. Really, any of the top six here could win, but think Duke De Sessa rates highly and has the fitness edge. Last go at this 2400m distance and Ciaron Maher’s Lope De Vega gelding was winning the Group 1 Caufield Cup, albeit only carrying 52kg to victory. This is the six-year-old’s pet distance (5:3-0-1) and he comes off too good autumn lead-ups. Fresh he won the Group 3 JRA Plate over the Caulfield mile with 60kg on his back then last time out he was second narrowly denied with 59.5kg in the Australian Cup Prelude over 2000m at Flemington. Heads north for this and is yet to race at Rosehill. Arguably better on his other leg but from gate 2 with Harry Coffey aboard in such an open race think he could surprise.

Tancred Stakes Form Guide

The HE Tancred Stakes form guide displays essential field and race information including the trainers, jockeys and barriers of each runner.

Using the form as a guide to Tancred Stakes betting usually means looking for horses coming out of the Ranvet Stakes in Sydney or the Australian Cup in Melbourne, finding the gallopers with proven form at the track and distance and keeping an eye out for the older weight-for-age performers.

Tancred Stakes Form Facts

• Four-year-olds have dominated the Tancred / The BMW results over the past 30 years including eight wins from 2006 – 2025 most recently Duais (2022).
• The key lead-up race into Tancred Stakes is the Ranvet Stakes with the double recently achieved by Avilius (2019), Silent Achiever (2014) and Manighar (2012).
• Last start winners are the ones to back in Tancred Stakes betting with Canberra Cup champ Arapaho the latest to salute in the Group 1.

2025 Tancred Stakes Form Guide

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

Tancred Stakes / The BMW Results

There have been a number of upset Tancred Stakes race results in recent years with the longest priced winner of the past 30 years being Curata Storm for John Hawkes who jumped at 100/1 in 2001.

John Hawkes dominated The BMW results during that time preparing a total of five winners including Fiumicino in partnership with his sons Wayne and Michael in 2009.

Other notable recent Tancred Stakes winners include Duais (2022), Sir Dragonet (2021), Verry Elleegant (2020) who won the following year’s Melbourne Cup horse race, Jameka (2017), Manighar (2012), Tuesday Joy (2008), Makybe Diva (2005), Ethereal (2002), and dual champion Tie The Knot (1999 – 2000).

Duais (2022) was the last Tancred Stakes winning mare.

Fiveandahalfstar (2013) was the last three-year-old Tancred Stakes winner.

Dubai Honour (2025) was the last internationally trained Tancred Stakes winner from the UK. 

Grand Zulu holds the current 2400m Tancred Stakes race record winning in 2004 in a time of 2 minutes 25:78 seconds.

Recent Tancred Stakes Winners

Past Tancred Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

Who won the 2025 Tancred Stakes?

The 2025 Tancred Stakes was won by seven-year-old Pride Of Dubai gelding Dubai Honour from the UK at $3.20 for trainer William Haggas with jockey Tom Marquand aboard on 59kg from barrier 3 to win by 0.87 lengths in a time of 2:31.20.

When is the Tancred Stakes 2025?

What is the prize money for the Tancred Stakes 2025?

$1,500,00

Where is the Tancred Stakes 2025?

Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142.