The latest edition of the Tramway Stakes ran on Saturday, September 5, 2026 at Royal Randwick Racecourse as a lead-up to the middle-distance spring majors and saw the winter’s Kingsford-Smith Cup champ Headley Grange ($8.50) return for a narrow first-up victory.
The Tramway Stakes 2026 is one of the Sydney spring’s most important early set weights with penalties races, and Ladbrokes punters know it’s a prime spot to catch sharp movers before they hit peak form. Run over 1400m at Randwick, the Tramway regularly launches Epsom Handicap and King Charles III Stakes contenders, attracting resuming Group performers, second‑up improvers and emerging middle‑distance types looking to strike early in the carnival. With deep markets, tactical speed maps and plenty of value on offer, it’s a race that rewards punters who get in early and read the form right. Our Tramway Stakes tips, trends, odds updates and runner insights give Ladbrokes punters the edge as spring momentum starts to build.
2026 Tramway Stakes Results
The official Tramway Stakes 2026 Results & Finishing Order will be published in full below once the race is run and won on Saturday, September 5, 2026.
- #1 Headley Grange
- #9 Soothsayer
- #3 Attica
Headley Grange ($8.50) made a strong statement first‑up on Chelmsford Stakes Day, lifting late to claim victory in the 2026 Group 2 Tramway Stakes results at Randwick and deliver another trademark gritty win for Joe Pride. The Exosphere gelding settled off the speed, relaxed beautifully, and surged through the final 100 metres under Adam Hyeronimus to edge out the brave Soothsayer, with stablemate Attica finishing close‑up in third. Already a Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup winner and a proven black‑type performer, Headley Grange’s Tramway success pushes his prizemoney beyond $2.6 million and sets him up for a lucrative spring, with Pride flagging the Group 3 $1.5 million Alan Brown Stakes at Rosehill on October 10 as a likely next target. It was the kind of tough, competitive return punters have come to expect from a horse who simply finds a way to win.
2026 Tramway Stakes Race Replay
2026 Tramway Stakes Odds & Finishing Order
The latest Tramway Stakes 2026 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, followed by the official finishing order after the event.
Tramway Stakes 2026 Results
| 1. Headley Grange (1) 58kg7510x | |||
| 9. Soothsayer (4) 55kg411×2 | |||
| 3. Attica (3) 58kg380×2 | |||
| 7. Idle Flyer (2) 56kg411×6 | |||
| 2. Transatlantic (5) 58kgx450x | |||
| 8. Panova (6) 56kg5712x | |||
| 5. Private Eye (8) 57kg365×2 | |||
| 4. El Castello (7) 58kg4x09x | |||
| 6. Fangirl (1)SCRATCHED: | |||
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.
Ladbrokes Tip: The Tramway Stakes is a key Epsom Handicap lead-up in the spring!
2026 Tramway Stakes Predictions & Best Bets
Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Tramway Stakes 2026 best bet will be published below the week of the race so stay tuned!
| 7. Idle Flyer (2) 56kg411×6 |
| 5. Private Eye (8) 57kg365×2 |
| 9. Soothsayer (4) 55kg411×2 |
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 2 Concorde Stakes (1000m) which received an upgrade to Group 2 status in 2026.
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.
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 5, 2026
- Track: Royal Randwick Racecourse
- Distance: 1400m
- Conditions: Set Weights + Penalties
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $300,000
- First Run: 1886
Tramway Stakes Betting
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.
2026 Tramway Stakes Field
The official Tramway Stakes 2026 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 2026 Tramway Stakes final field features a talented line-up of Group 1 hopefuls with the Matthew Smith-trained Group 1 champ Idle Flyer leading the markets second-up.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1. Headley Grange
J: Adam Hyeronimus
T: Joseph Pride |
57510x | G | 1 | 58kg | |
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2. Transatlantic
J: Ben Thompson
T: Tony Gollan |
2x450x | G | 5 | 58kg | |
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3. Attica
J: Kerrin Mcevoy
T: Joseph Pride |
4380x2 | G | 3 | 58kg | |
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4. El Castello
J: Tommy Berry
T: John P Thompson |
04x09x | G | 7 | 58kg | |
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5. Private Eye
J: Nash Rawiller
T: Joseph Pride |
x365x2 | G | 8 | 57kg | |
| 6. Fangirl (1) Scratched: | |||||
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7. Idle Flyer
J: Zac Lloyd
T: Matthew Smith |
x411x6 | M | 2 | 56kg | |
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8. Panova
J: James McDonald
T: Chris Waller |
65712x | M | 6 | 56kg | |
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9. Soothsayer
J: Rachel King
T: Michael Freedman |
2411x2 | G | 4 | 55kg | |
2026 Tramway Stakes Nominations
The early Tramway Stakes 2026 Nominations close the Monday ahead of the race.
The 2026 Tramway Stakes nominations drew a dozen middle-distance gallopers led in all-in betting by Matthew Smith’s Group 1 Queen Of The Turf winning mare Idle Flyer.
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.
Pericles kept the Tramway form strong, backing up his 2025 win with a third in the Epsom Handicap and a Champions Mile runner‑up finish over Cup Week. He returned in 2026 even better, scoring fresh in the Futurity Stakes, underscoring how potent Tramway Stakes form can be for spring and autumn targets.
2026 Tramway Stakes Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Tramway Stakes 2026 Form Guide will be available for punters below the week of the race.
Past 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.
Recent Tramway Stakes Winners
Recent Tramway Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Third | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Headley Grange | Soothsayer | Attica | 1:21.54 |
| 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 |
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Which horse will win the 2026 Tramway Stakes?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Tramway 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 in the lead up to the race for full form information.
When is the Tramway Stakes 2026?
The 2026 Tramway Stakes is set to run in Sydney on Saturday September 5 as one of the key support races on the Chelmsford Stakes Day card. It is scheduled as Randwick Race 7 at 3:20pm (AEST) on the 10-race card.
What is the prize money for the Tramway Stakes 2026?
The 2026 Tramway Stakes prize money is set at $300,000 which is paid from 1st to 10th place including $170,000 going to the Tramway Stakes winner.
Where is the Tramway Stakes 2026?
The Tramway Stakes 2026 will be run at Royal Randwick, the home of Sydney’s premier short‑course sprinting features including the $20 million The Everest and mile classics like the Epsom Handicap in October, which is located at Alison Road, Randwick, NSW 2031.
What distance is the Tramway Stakes run over?
The Tramway Stakes is run over 1400 metres at Royal Randwick, a trip that suits sharp fresh horses, second‑up improvers and middle‑distance types kicking off their spring campaigns. The Randwick 1400m is a genuine test, and the distance plays a big role in Tramway Stakes betting as punters look for runners with proven form at the trip or strong closing sectionals pointing to a big early‑carnival performance.
How many horses run in the Tramway Stakes?
The Tramway Stakes usually draws a capacity field of around 14 runners, making it one of Randwick’s most competitive early‑spring SW+P races. The full fields create deep markets and plenty of value in Tramway Stakes betting as punters weigh up resuming Group performers, sharp second‑up types and emerging middle‑distance horses looking to strike early in the carnival.
Who won the 2026 Tramway Stakes?
The 2026 Tramway Stakes was won by six-year-old Exosphere gelding Headley Grange first up at $8.50 with the winter's Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup champ returning in style for trainer Joesph Pride with jockey Adam Hyeroniums aboard from barrier 1 on 58kg to win by 0.03 lengths in a time of 1:21.54 on a Good (4) track.
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.