The Ingham winner earns a ballot exemption into the next year’s Doncaster Mile field!
The latest edition of The Ingham ran on Saturday December 13, 2025 offering $2 million in prize money plus a ballot exemption for the 2026 Doncaster Mile and was won in a class effort by the favourite Yorkshire ($3.90F).
2025 The Ingham Results
- 1st: No. 13 Yorkshire
- 2nd: No. 3 Estadio Mestalla
- 3rd: No. 4 Robusto
Five-year-old Snitzel gelding Yorkshire ($3.90F) confirmed his rising star status with a commanding win for the punters in Saturday’s 2025 The Ingham results at Randwick, stamping himself as one of the standout milers of the summer. The John O’Shea and Tom Charlton trained galloper, a last start Group 3 Festival Stakes winner, went around as the favourite and delivered exactly what punters expected, surging to the front in the straight and holding off Estadio Mestalla to score decisively. The victory not only added another feature win to his growing résumé but also secured him a coveted ballot-free spot in the following year’s Doncaster Mile, completing a remarkable turnaround after a setback earlier in the prep.
2025 The Ingham Odds
The latest The Ingham 2025 betting odds and Sydney summer racing carnival market links will be available below as soon as released so stay tuned for the best prices on your The Ingham selections.
| 13. Yorkshire (13) J: Zac Lloyd 53kg 11x01T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton | ||
| 3. Estadio Mestalla (10) J: Adam Hyeronimus 55.5kg 1x162T: Joseph Pride | ||
| 4. Robusto (6) J: Ashley Morgan 54kg 77x77T: Bjorn Baker | ||
| 22. Enxuto (2) J: Jason Collett 54kg 75342T: Robbie Griffiths | ||
| 11. Rise At Dawn (7) J: Kerrin McEvoy 53kg x3234T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 16. Amor Victorious (3) J: Rachel King 53kg 87x80T: Bjorn Baker | ||
| 15. Steparty (5) J: Alysha Collett 53kg 83497T: Paul Preusker | ||
| 17. Melody Again (9) J: Winona Costin 53kg 1x843T: Scott Singleton | ||
| 14. Tavi Time (11) J: Dylan Gibbons 53kg x4587T: Kris Lees | ||
| 7. Arctic Glamour (15) J: Tom Sherry 54kg 00x12T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | ||
| 1. Gringotts (20) J: Nash Rawiller 61kg x5211T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 20. Sabaj (19) J: Beau Mertens 53kg 2x611T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr | ||
| 2. Duke De Sessa (4) J: Adam Farragher 57kg 220x4T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 5. Victoria Road (14) J: Braith Nock 54kg 97x80T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 10. Matusalem (17) J: Tim Clark 54kg 3x405T: Chris Waller | ||
| 19. You Wahng (18) J: Tyler Schiller 53kg 051x0T: Kris Lees | ||
| 9. Democracy Manifest (1) J: Regan Bayliss 54kg 95050T: Chris Waller | ||
| 6. Darnation (16) J: Reece Jones 54kg 256x0T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 8. Territory Express (8) J: Tommy Berry 54kg 00x30T: Paul Niceforo | ||
| 12. Loch Eagle (12) J: Jay Ford 53kg 17x05T: Kris Lees |
The Ingham Tips
Top The Ingham tips include backing the season’s Festival Stakes graduates that are backing up in the Group 3, proven performers over the Randwick mile and the better weighted runners in the handicap clash.
The Festival Stakes – The Ingham double was last completed by Yorkshire (2025).
Favourites didn’t have the best strike rate in the race over the past decade, so looking at in-form runners further down the markets was a good Ingham Stakes betting tip until the successive wins by Sky Boy (2018) and Quackerjack (2019) for the punters.
When doing The Ingham tips it is also crucial to back the boys over the girls with Dances On Waves (2010) was the last mare to salute before the 2020 success of Greysful Glamour a decade later, while Monton (58kg) is the only horse to have carried more than 54.5kg to victory since Utzon (57.5kg in 2006).
2025 The Ingham Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider The Ingham 2025 betting tips and Sydney summer racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the runners to back in the $2 million clash this December.
To Win: No. 20 Sabaj
SABAJ (21) might be facing a tricky draw in The Ingham, but I’m taking note of this progressive four‑year‑old who continues to rise through the ranks at the right time.
The Manhattan Rain gelding has been building momentum all spring, and fourth‑up he looks primed to peak.
After resuming with a sixth in the Silver Eagle, he found confidence on Champions Stakes Day at Flemington, carrying a hefty 59.5kg to a dominant two‑length win over the mile.
He franked that form with a tough Cranbourne Cup victory against a strong line‑up, relishing the drop to 54kg.
This weekend he sheds another kilo to just 53kg, with Beau Mertens sticking in the saddle, and that’s a big tick.
The wide gate is a challenge, but with favourite GRINGOTTS also drawn awkwardly, SABAJ has the upside and closing power to overcome the barrier and be charging late into the finish./
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20. Sabaj (19)
J: Beau Mertens 53kg
2×611T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr
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The Villiers Stakes – now known as The Ingham – is an end-of-year Group 2 Sydney showdown run in early to mid-December at Royal Randwick Racecourse.
The Summer Racing Carnival in Sydney features a number of top stakes races including the newly revamped The Ingham Stakes, which is the headline event at the meeting that also features the Listed Razor Sharp Handicap (1200m), Listed ATC Cup (2000m) for staying types, and the Restricted Listed $500,000 Inglis Nursery (1000m).
The Ingham now offers now $2 million in prize money after a huge boost in 2022 from $750,000, is contested over 1600m and is an open handicap clash.
Winners of the race often go on to perform well in the next year’s Sydney and Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival features and The Ingham winner earns a ballot exemption for the next year’s Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) at the same track and distance.
The last Villiers Stakes winner to finish in the money in the following year’s Doncaster Mile was upset champ Sense Of Occasion (2016) who took out the Group 2 at $31 odds before a third to It’s Somewhat in the 2017 Doncaster two runs later at an even bigger price.
The Ingham Race Facts
- Former Race Name: Villiers Stakes
- Date: Saturday December 13, 2025
- Track: Royal Randwick Racecourse
- Distance: 1600m
- Conditions: 3YO&Up – Quality Handicap
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $2 million
- First Run: 1892
The Ingham Betting
Horses under $10 The Ingham betting had a strong recent record including the back-to-back wins by the favourites Sky Boy ($3.20 in 2018) and Quackerjack ($3.80 in 2019) in the mile showdown.
There have been a number of upsets however with the latest winners to salute at double-figures odds being All Legal ($17 in 2012), Sense Of Occasion ($31 in 2016), Kirwan’s Lane ($21) who defeated his even longer-priced stablemate Lion’s Roar ($51) in The Ingham 2022 quinella, Loch Eagle ($18) who just made the field as the third emergency, and Robusto ($26 in 2024)
The Ingham odds favour the in-form end-of-spring types getting in on the lower weights.
The Ingham Field
The Ingham race field – formerly the Villiers Stakes field – is made up of promising end-of-season milers that have had a freshen-up off a spring campaign or that missed the spring majors in favour of a later summer – autumn campaign.
One of the premier Sydney Summer Racing Carnival clashes, the field features a host of gallopers coming off a lead-up run in the Festival Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill a fortnight earlier with the winner of that race exempt from ballot for The Ingham.
Runners in The Ingham field may also be on the quick back-up off a lead-up run the Saturday prior in Brisbane’s Group 3 George Moore Stakes (1200m).
Graduates often back-up in either the Sydney or Gold Coast Boxing Day races on December 26 like the Group 3 Summer Cup (2000m) at Randwick won in 2014 by the runner-up I’m Imposing.
The Villiers Stakes – Summer Cup double hasn’t been completed since Aqua D’Amore (2005), but in 2023 Lion’s Roar improved on a The Ingham third to win that year’s Summer Cup at his next start.
The Ingham nominations close the Monday of race week with the final field of acceptances and barrier draw out on the Wednesday.
2025 The Ingham Field
The official The Ingham 2025 Final Field & Barrier Draw will be available below as soon as announced by Racing NSW so stay tuned to see what summer milers make the starting line-up in the lucrative Group 2 showdown.
The Ingham 2025 final field features a capacity line-up of summer gallopers led in betting by the widely drawn Gringotts who remains well supported despite a nasty alley and 61kg topweight.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Gringotts
J: Nash Rawiller
T: Ciaron Maher |
0x5211 | G | 20 | 61kg | |
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2. Duke De Sessa
J: Adam Farragher
T: Ciaron Maher |
1220x4 | G | 4 | 57kg | |
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3. Estadio Mestalla
J: Adam Hyeronimus
T: Joseph Pride |
31x162 | G | 10 | 55.5kg | |
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4. Robusto
J: Ashley Morgan
T: Bjorn Baker |
177x77 | G | 6 | 54kg | |
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5. Victoria Road
J: Braith Nock
T: Ciaron Maher |
397x80 | G | 14 | 54kg | |
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6. Darnation
J: Reece Jones
T: Ciaron Maher |
1256x0 | F | 16 | 54kg | |
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7. Arctic Glamour
J: Tom Sherry
T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou |
x00x12 | M | 15 | 54kg | |
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8. Territory Express
J: Tommy Berry
T: Paul Niceforo |
x00x30 | G | 8 | 54kg | |
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9. Democracy Manifest
J: Regan Bayliss
T: Chris Waller |
x95050 | G | 1 | 54kg | |
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10. Matusalem
J: Tim Clark
T: Chris Waller |
13x405 | G | 17 | 54kg | |
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11. Rise At Dawn
J: Kerrin McEvoy
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
0x3234 | G | 7 | 53kg | |
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12. Loch Eagle
J: Jay Ford
T: Kris Lees |
817x05 | G | 12 | 53kg | |
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13. Yorkshire
J: Zac Lloyd
T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton |
111x01 | G | 13 | 53kg | |
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14. Tavi Time
J: Dylan Gibbons
T: Kris Lees |
2x4587 | G | 11 | 53kg | |
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15. Steparty
J: Alysha Collett
T: Paul Preusker |
883497 | G | 5 | 53kg | |
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16. Amor Victorious
J: Rachel King
T: Bjorn Baker |
187x80 | G | 3 | 53kg | |
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17. Melody Again
J: Winona Costin
T: Scott Singleton |
11x843 | M | 9 | 53kg | |
| 18. Port Lockroy (23) Scratched: | |||||
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19. You Wahng
J: Tyler Schiller
T: Kris Lees |
3051x0 | M | 18 | 53kg | |
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20. Sabaj
J: Beau Mertens
T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr |
22x611 | G | 19 | 53kg | |
2025 The Ingham Nominations
The official The Ingham 2025 Nominations will be provided below once early entries for the $2 million summer showdown are taken the Monday of race week.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 4x23187x80 | AMOR VICTORIOUS | G | 6 | Bjorn Baker | 100 |
| 2 | 75x6x00x12 | ARCTIC GLAMOUR | M | 5 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | 103 |
| 3 | 5x0125x6x0 | DARNATION (IRE) | M | 5 | Ciaron Maher | 104 |
| 4 | 0x05x95050 | DEMOCRACY MANIFEST | G | 7 | Chris Waller | 98 |
| 5 | 419x1220x4 | DUKE DE SESSA (IRE) | G | 7 | Ciaron Maher | 113 |
| 6 | 1118×75342 | ENXUTO | G | 5 | Robbie Griffiths | 94 |
| 7 | 015331×162 | ESTADIO MESTALLA (IRE) | G | 7 | Joseph Pride | 110 |
| 8 | 0x310x5211 | GRINGOTTS (NZ) | G | 6 | Ciaron Maher | 121 |
| 9 | 7x59x85631 | KINTYRE | G | 5 | Gary Portelli | 92 |
| 10 | 1144x80x08 | KONASANA | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 101 |
| 11 | 150x817x05 | LOCH EAGLE | G | 7 | Kris Lees | 103 |
| 12 | 962813×405 | MATUSALEM | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 95 |
| 13 | 3x10x20856 | MCHALE | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 97 |
| 14 | 330x11x843 | MELODY AGAIN | M | 6 | Scott Singleton | 100 |
| 15 | 2212×15412 | PERSIAN SPIRIT | G | 5 | Symon Wilde | 94 |
| 16 | x897x00078 | PORT LOCKROY | H | 5 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 100 |
| 17 | 64x50x3234 | RISE AT DAWN (NZ) | G | 5 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 104 |
| 18 | 2x02177x77 | ROBUSTO | G | 6 | Bjorn Baker | 107 |
| 19 | 41531×4121 | ROTAGILLA | G | 4 | Chris Waller | 81 |
| 20 | 1x1122x611 | SABAJ | G | 4 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 98 |
| 21 | 51110x0x9 | SNITZANOVA | M | 4 | Ciaron Maher | 92 |
| 22 | 235×883497 | STEPARTY | G | 5 | Paul Preusker | 101 |
| 23 | x2512x4587 | TAVI TIME (NZ) | G | 6 | Kris Lees | 102 |
| 24 | 6250x00x30 | TERRITORY EXPRESS | G | 6 | Paul Niceforo | 103 |
| 25 | 11x7397x80 | VICTORIA ROAD (IRE) | G | 6 | Ciaron Maher | 106 |
| 26 | 61585×4115 | VICTORY WIN | G | 5 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 89 |
| 27 | 11x2111x01 | YORKSHIRE | G | 5 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 103 |
| 28 | x1733051x0 | YOU WAHNG | M | 4 | Kris Lees | 100 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The Ingham Form Guide
The Villiers Stakes form guide – now known as The Ingham form guide – lists all the need-to-know information like the jockeys, trainers, barriers, track / distance records and lead-up runs of the milers in the Group 2 race field. In recent seasons the form has stacked up the following autumn in the Group 1 features.
In 2016 the upset Villiers Stakes winner Sense Of Occasion went on to run third in both the Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) and Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick the following April during Sydney’s The Championships.
The year before Happy Clapper (2015) won the Villiers Stakes before a second in the following season’s Doncaster Mile and third to super mare Winx in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Happy Clapper also ran second in the 2017 Doncaster Mile and that September’s George Main Stakes before a win in the Epsom Handicap over the Randwick mile and subsequent Group 1 second during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
The 2021 Villiers Stakes form was franked with the runner-up Ellsberg returning in 2022 for a stellar season that included a Group 1 dead-heat win in the Epsom Handicap before his Five Diamonds Prelude – $2 million Five Diamonds double.
The 2022 Villiers Stakes third placegetter Atishu franked the form winning two Group 1s the following year taking out the Queen Of The Turf Stakes in the autumn of 2023 and the Champions Stakes over 2000m at Flemington during the 2023 Melbourne Cup Carnival.
2025 The Ingham Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive The Ingham 2025 Form Guide will be available right here the week of the race.
Villiers Stakes / The Ingham Results
The Villiers Stakes / The Ingham race results have been dominated in the past decade by Sydney gallopers coming off a lead-up run in the Festival Stakes.
Notable recent winners include Happy Clapper (2015), Ninth Legion (2013), Monton (2011), and Dances On Waves (2010).
In 2016 Sense Of Occasion ($31) became the longest-priced Villiers Stakes winner in the past decade.
In 2020 the Villiers Stakes winner Greysful Glamour won in a race record time of 1 minute 33.47 seconds.
From 2022 the successful horses in the former Villiers Stakes race are known as The Ingham winners.
Past Villiers Stakes / The Ingham Winners
Recent Villiers Stakes / The Ingham winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Time |
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| 2025 | Yorkshire | Estadio Mestalla | Robusto | 1:34.11 |
| 2024 | Robusto | Steparty | Encap | 1:34.14 |
| 2023 | Loch Eagle | Attractable | Lion’s Roar | 1:34.80 |
| 2022 | Kirwan’s Lane | Lion’s Roar | Atishu | 1:33.5 |
| 2021 | Brutality | Ellsberg | Criaderas | 1:37.2 |
| 2020 | Greysful Glamour | Best Of Days | Criaderas | 1:33.4 |
| 2019 | Quackerjack | Invincible Gem | Sambro | 1:34.2 |
| 2018 | Sky Boy | Aloisia | My Nordic Hero | 1:36.3 |
| 2017 | Crack Me Up | Cabeza De Vaca | Interlocuter | 1:34.9 |
| 2016 | Sense Of Occasion | Dibayani | Sarrasin | 1:37.4 |
| 2015 | Happy Clapper | Tinto | It’s Somewhat | 1:33.9 |
| 2014 | Rudy | I’m Imposing | Strawberry Boy | 1:36.2 |
| 2013 | Ninth Legion | Limes | Alma’s Fury | 1:31.4 |
| 2012 | All Legal | Alma’s Fury | Darci Be Good | 1:35.8 |
| 2011 | Monton | Kontiki Park | King Lionheart | 1:36.3 |
| 2010 | Dances On Waves | Mentality | Snow Alert | 1:35.0 |
| 2009 | Palacio De Cristal | Parfumier | Spinney | 1:34.7 |
| 2008 | (Jan) Honor In War | Takeover Target | Alverta | 1.21.5 |
| 2008 | Something Anything | Hey Elvis | Rags To Riches | 1:36.3 |
| 2007 | Race not run | – | – | – |
| 2006 | Utzon | Anwaar | Spirit of Tara | 1.35.2 |
| 2005 | Aqua D’Amore | Malcolm | Fiery Venture | 1.35.4 |
| 2004 | Ike’s Dream | Dante’s Paradiso | Sir Dex | 1.33.1 |
| 2003 | On a High | Mufti | Jeremiad | 1.35.8 |
| 2002 | Boreale | This Manshood | Silver Birch | 1.34.8 |
| 2001 | Carael Boy | Space Age | Osca Warrior | 1.36.5 |
| 2000 | Grey And Gold | Taberann | Forbill | 1.36.1 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 The Ingham?
The 2025 The Ingham winner was five-year-old Snitzel gelding Yorkshire who saluted as the $3.90 favourite for trainers John O’Shea & Tom Charlton with jockey Zac Lloyd aboard on 53kg from barrier 13 to win by 0.49 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:34.11.
Who won the 2024 The Ingham?
The 2024 The Ingham was won by Robusto at $26 for trainer Bjorn Baker and jockey Tim Clark.
When is The Ingham 2025?
Saturday December 13, 2025What is the prize money for The Ingham 2025?
$2,000,000
Where is The Ingham 2025?
Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.
How do I bet on the 2025 The Ingham?
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Which horse will win the 2025 The Ingham?
The best way to pick which horse will win The Ingham 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.