Tramway Stakes

Ladbrokes Tip: The Tramway Stakes is a key Epsom Handicap lead-up in the spring!

The latest edition of the Tramway Stakes ran on Saturday September 6, 2025 at Royal Randwick Racecourse as a lead-up to the middle-distance spring majors and saw the 2023 champion Pericles ($9.50) post his second success in a stunning upset. 

2025 Tramway Stakes Results

The official Tramway Stakes 2025 Results & Finishing Order will be published in full below once the race is run and won on Saturday September 6, 2025.

• 1st: #7 Pericles
• 2nd: #5 Private Eye
• 3rd: $14 With Your Blessing

The $1.5 million Epsom Handicap on October 4 is in sight for Godolphin galloper Pericles ($9.50) after the multiple Group 2 winner came out and won the 2025 Tramway Stakes for his new trainer Bjorn Baker defeating race favourite Private Eye home by 1.21 lengths.

2025 Tramway Stakes Odds

The latest Tramway Stakes 2025 betting odds & market links will be available right here the week of the race, so bookmark this page to back your favourites in the Epsom lead-up.

The Tramway Stakes, formerly the Tramway Handicap, is a Group 2 race held on Chelmsford Stakes Day at Royal Randwick Racecourse in early September during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.

The meeting is host to a trio of Group 2 races with the Tramway Stakes running on the same card as the Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) and the Furious Stakes (1200m). There is also an early $20 million The Everest lead-up race held on Chelmsford Stakes Day in the form of the Group 3 Concorde Stakes (1000m).

Previously run under handicap conditions and known as the Tramway Handicap the race is now a set weights plus penalties clash contested over 1400m and offers a total of $300,000 in prize money as of 2023.

The Tramway Stakes is a key early spring lead-up for gallopers heading to bigger and better races over the carnival including the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes (1600m) previously run as the George Main Stakes before being renamed and moved ahead of the 2023 edition.

The last horse to complete the Tramway Stakes – George Main Stakes double was Sincero (2011). The Tramway winner is also exempt from ballot for the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) back at the track in early October.

In 2020 the Chris Waller-trained Kolding improved on his lead-up second in the Tramway behind dual champion Dreamforce to win the George Main Stakes next start.

Happy Clapper (2017) was the latest galloper to win the Tramway Stakes – Epsom Handicap double. 

Zaaki is one of the more famous Tramway Stakes winnings going back-to-back in 2021 and 2022, while Pericles (2023 & 2025) won the race on non-successive years. 

Tramway Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday September 6, 2025
• Track: Royal Randwick Racecourse
• Distance: 1400m
• Conditions: Set Weights + Penalties
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1886

The Tramway Stakes odds are led each year by horses with previous good Sydney form from past campaigns.

Until recently the favourites had a poor recent record in the race up before back-to-back wins by Dreamforce who started top of the odds ($3.30) in both 2019 and 2020 followed by Zaaki ($2.30 in 2021 and $1.90 in 2022) who also dually saluted for the punters.

There was another upset Tramway Stakes result in 2024 with the import Royal Patronage saluting at $16 in his first run down under. 

Runners that came off a nice earlier run at the track in the Winx Stakes also often feature high up the Tramway Stakes betting markets.

Any horses that are dominating early Epsom Handicap betting that spring often also tend to be at shorter Tramway Stakes odds for a lead-up run into the mile feature.

Tramway Stakes Field

The Tramway Stakes race field attracts a quality line-up of strong middle-distance gallopers and milers looking to head into races like the George Main (now King Charles III Stakes) and Epsom Handicap also run at Randwick in the spring.

Many horses contest the Tramway Stakes first-up in their spring preparation or come off an earlier spring run in the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at the same track and distance in August.

Following a run in the Tramway Stakes field horses may return to Randwick a fortnight later for a shot at the $1 million 7 Stakes (1600m) held on The Shorts Day for the first time in 2023 in place of the George Main Stakes.

2025 Tramway Stakes Field

The official Tramway Stakes 2025 Field & Barriers are announced by Racing NSW the Wednesday leading-up to Chelmsford Stakes Day, with the full line-up of Group 1-bound gallopers to be published right here.

The 2025 Tramway Stakes final field features a full line-up of middle-distance stars including Joe Pride’s last start Group 2 PB Lawrence champ in Melbourne Private Eye drawn wide (14) and Chris Waller’s resuming $1.2 million The Q22 champ from Brisbane in the winter Kovalica.

Randwick R9

Final Race time: 

	Entrant	Last 6	Sex	Barrier	Weight
	1. Militarize J: James McDonald T: Chris Waller	00546x	G	7	58kg
	2. Linebacker J: Zac Lloyd T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton	x2618x	G	16	58kg
	3. Port Lockroy J: Ethan Brown T: Annabel & Rob Archibald	0x897x	H	8	58kg
	4. Willydoit J: Tommy Berry T: Ciaron Maher	11014x	G	15	58kg
	5. Private Eye J: Nash Rawiller T: Joseph Pride	14x3x1	G	14	57.5kg
	6. Kovalica J: Adam Hyeronimus T: Chris Waller	70331x	G	10	57kg
	7. Pericles J: Josh Parr T: Bjorn Baker	1x845x	G	12	57kg
	8. Angel Capital (17)  Scratched:
	9. Coleman J: Kerrin McEvoy T: Chris Waller	x0030x	H	9	56kg
	10. Al Mubhir J: Ashley Morgan T: Annabel & Rob Archibald	x6035x	G	2	55kg
	11. Osipenko J: Tim Clark T: Chris Waller	x9275x	G	1	55kg
	12. Territory Express J: Jean Van Overmeire T: Paul Niceforo	6250x0	G	3	55kg
	13. Waterford J: Jason Collett T: Chris Waller	81x64x	G	13	55kg
	14. With Your Blessing J: Alysha Collett T: John P Thompson	412x52	G	11	55kg
	15. Swiftfalcon J: Tyler Schiller T: M, W & J Hawkes	23324x	G	6	55kg
	16. War Eternal J: Dylan Gibbons T: Bjorn Baker	5x8216	G	5	55kg
	17. Depth Of Character J: Chad Schofield T: Annabel & Rob Archibald	53112x	G	4	57kg

View Results

2025 Tramway Stakes Nominations

The early Tramway Stakes 2025 Nominations close the Monday ahead of the race.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	4383x6035x	AL MUBHIR (GB)	G	7	Annabel & Rob Archibald	104
2	159x116x1x	ANGEL CAPITAL	H	4	Chris Waller	95
3	6276x0030x	COLEMAN	H	4	Chris Waller	97
4	8x5253112x	DEPTH OF CHARACTER	G	4	Annabel & Rob Archibald	95
5	2x67x11x33	GENERAL SALUTE	G	5	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	100
6	4024x279x4	GLINT OF SILVER	G	6	David Pfieffer	85
7	260x70331x	KOVALICA (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller	110
8	2x46x2618x	LINEBACKER (NZ)	G	4	John O’Shea & Tom Charlton	106
9	33x000546x	MILITARIZE (NZ)	G	5	Chris Waller	107
10	0047x2709x	MOLLY BLOOM (NZ)	M	5	Chris Waller	97
11	0721x9275x	OSIPENKO (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller	104
12	13491x845x	PERICLES	G	6	Bjorn Baker	110
13	36610x897x	PORT LOCKROY	H	5	Annabel & Rob Archibald	106
14	665814x3x1	PRIVATE EYE	G	8	Joseph Pride	115
15	62122×0217	ROBUSTO	G	6	Bjorn Baker	109
16	0x215x01x4	SHOHISHA	M	4	David Payne	81
17	126x23324x	SWIFTFALCON	G	4	Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes	96
18	143x6250x0	TERRITORY EXPRESS	G	6	Paul Niceforo	104
19	41315×8216	WAR ETERNAL (NZ)	G	7	Bjorn Baker	96
20	304081x64x	WATERFORD (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller	101
21	3111014x	WILLYDOIT (NZ)	G	4	Ciaron Maher	104
22	89x1412x52	WITH YOUR BLESSING (NZ)	G	7	John Thompson	98

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Tramway Stakes Tips

Good Tramway Stakes tips to take include looking for horses with a good Randwick record, runners that have winning form over 1400m – 1600m, gallopers that have previous Group 1 race experience from past campaigns, and those at double-figures with the favourites failing to have a strong recent record.

Another Tramway Stakes betting tip is to look at the mares in the mix with a number of female gallopers finishing in the money over the years.

2025 Tramway Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Tramway Stakes 2025 best bet will be published below the week of the race so stay tuned!

He’s drawn near the carpark out in gate 14 but the Tramway favourite PRIVATE EYE (14) remains the class contender and hard to beat favourite in the field. Joe Pride’s two-time The Everest placegetter arrives in top form second-up after a strong win fresh at Caulfield, where he dominated the Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes (1400m) by two lengths. Now returning to Randwick for the first time since his fourth in last December’s $2 million The Ingham, he’s well placed to back-to-back with fitness on his side. Nash Rawiller, who previously won this race twice aboard Dreamforce, retains the ride, and this horse should be able to settle back well with blinkers going on before finishing over the top of them late.

Tramway Stakes Form Guide

The Tramway Stakes form guide features all the must-know information including the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of the horses in the field.

The Tramway Stakes form has also stacked up in the upcoming Group 1 races of the spring in recent years. In 2015 the Tramway Stakes runner-up Ecuador went on to finish second to Winx in the Epsom Handicap two runs later.

The previous year (2014) Lucia Valentina won the Tramway Stakes first-up before heading to Melbourne where two runs later she took out the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington and placed third in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m).

In 2013 Royal Descent ran third to Malavio in the Tramway Stakes before a second to Streama in the George Main Stakes next start.

More recently, dual Tramway Stakes winner Dreamforce went on to run third and second respectively in the George Main Stakes results of 2019 and 2020.

In 2021 the Tramway Stakes winner Zaaki went on to win the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) next-up in Melbourne before a Caulfield Stakes third. He was scratched from the Cox Plate field as the favourite on race day morning before atoning during the Melbourne Cup Carnival with a consolation win in the Group 1 Mackinnon Stakes (2000m). Zaaki also returned for a strong 2022 autumn campaign that included a win in The All-Star Mile (1600m).

Zaaki went back-to-back in both the Tramway Stakes and Mackinnon Stakes (run as the VRC Champions Stakes) in 2022.

Pericles won the Tramway in 2023 and franked the form with subsequent second placings in that spring’s $10 million Golden Eagle, the 2024 Futurity Stakes in Melbourne, and the 2024 Doncaster Mile. 

Pericles would return in 2025 and win the Tramway Stakes for a second time in an upset at $9.50. 

The 2024 Tramway form was franked with the winner Royal Patronage going on to run third in the $1 million 7 Stakes, Epsom Handicap and $2 million Hill Stakes. He also returned in the autumn of 2025 to win the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes and finish second in that year’s Doncaster Mile quinella.

2025 Tramway Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Tramway Stakes 2025 Form Guide will be available for punters below the week of the race.

Tramway Stakes Results

The Tramway Stakes race results have been dominated by local Sydney-trained runners in the past 10 years.

Plenty of upsets have occurred over the last decade including Royal Patronage ($16 in 2024), Hooked ($18 in 2015), Lucia Valentina ($10 in 2014), Malavio ($21 in 2013), and Tagus ($26 in 2012).

Dreamforce ($3.30 in 2019) broke the hoodoo of favourites in the race however saluting for the punters. He successfully defended his title at the same price ($3.30) in 2020 becoming the first back-to-back winner since Grenoble (1959-60) who did so when the race was a handicap.

Zaaki also won as the favourite first-up in the 2021 Tramway Stakes results with the dual defending champion Dreamforce over-racing and running seventh that year.

Zaaki went back-to-back saluting as the odds-on favourite in the 2022 Tramway Stakes.

Other notable recent Tramway Stakes winners include Rangirangdoo (2009), Sincero (2011), and Happy Clapper (2017).

Lucia Valentina (2014) was the last Tramway Stakes winning mare.

Diamond Dane holds the current Tramway Stakes race record winning in 2001 in a time of 1 minute 18:28 seconds.

No three-year-old has won the Tramway Stakes since Farnworth (1964).

Pericles (2023 & 2025) is the latest dual Tramway Stakes winner. 

Past Tramway Stakes Winners

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

Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Time
2025	Pericles	Private Eye	With Your Blessing	1:22.38
2024	Royal Patronage	Amelia’s Jewel	Kovalica	1:20.41
2023	Pericles	Skyman	Hope In Your Heart	1:22.85
2022	Zaaki	Icebath	Nimalee	1:28.17
2021	Zaaki	Aramayo	Star Of The Seas	1:22.33
2020	Dreamforce	Kolding	Reloaded	1:21.84
2019	Dreamforce	Te Akau Shark	Eckstein	1:21.69
2018	Comin’ Through	Tom Melbourne	Dixie Blossoms	1:22.1
2017	Happy Clapper	Tom Melbourne	Invincible Gem	1:21.9
2016	Hauraki	Le Romain	Dibayani	1:25.9
2015	Hooked	Ecuador	Rudy	1:24.4
2014	Lucia Valentina	Tiger Tees	Toydini	1:26.6
2013	Malavio	Bello	Royal Descent	1:21.3
2012	Tagus	Kontiki Park	Moment Of Time	1:22.5
2011	Sincero	Secret Admirer	Thankgodyou’rehere	1.22.2
2010	Neeson	Cannonball	Herculian Prince	1:26.1
2009	Rangirangdoo	Strat’s Flyer	Murray’s Sun	1:21.9
2008	Bank Robber	Kick ‘N Chase	Vecchia Roma	1:25.7
2007	Race Not Run
2006	Primus	Stormhill	Flaming	1:25.6
2005	Shania Dane	Lotteria	Utzon	1:22.7
2004	Nips	West Country	Desert War	1:22.9
2003	Sportsman	Britt’s Best	Boreale	1:21.8
2002	Gordo	Shot Of Thunder	Universal Prince	1:24.0
2001	Diamond Dane	Maitland Gold	Kootoomootoo	1:18.3
2000	Mr Innocent	Eau D’Scay	Freemason	1:20.6

FAQ

Who won the 2025 Tramway Stakes?

The 2025 Tramway Stakes was won by six-year-old Street Boss gelding Pericles, also the event’s 2023 champion, at $9.50 for his new trainer Bjorn Baker with jockey Joshua Parr aboard on 57kg from barrier 12 to win by 1.21 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:22.38.

When is the Tramway Stakes 2025?

Saturday September 6, 2025

What is the prize money for the Tramway Stakes 2025?

$300,000

Where is the Tramway Stakes 2025?

Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.

How do I bet on the 2025 Tramway Stakes?

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Which horse will win the 2025 Tramway Stakes?

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Check out ladbrokes.com.au in the lead up to the race for full form information.