Ladbrokes Tip: The Underwood Stakes – Turnbull Stakes is a popular spring betting double!
This season the Turnbull Stakes ran on Saturday October 4, 2025 as a lead-up to the Cox Plate and Spring Cup races with the Melbourne Cup favourite Sir Delius ($7) saluting for Waterhouse & Bott off a lead-up Underwood Stakes win.
2025 Turnbull Stakes Results
The official Turnbull Stakes 2025 results and Flemington finishing order will be available below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 4, 2025.
- 1st: No. 3 Sir Delius
- 2nd: No. 1 Antino
- 3rd: No. 4 Via Sistina
The in-form Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott trained Frankel five-year-old Sir Delius ($7) posted back-to-back Group 1 Melbourne wins with the Underwood Stakes winner dominant overcoming a wide barrier (14) off a patient Craig Williams ride to dominate the 2025 Turnbull Stakes results and shoot to the top of future betting for both the Ladbrokes Cox Plate (October 25) and Lexus Melbourne Cup (November 4).
2025 Turnbull Stakes Odds
The season’s top Turnbull Stakes 2025 betting odds and links to our markets on the Group 1 spring feature at Flemington will be available below once open so stay tuned to back your early Turnbull Stakes tips at the right price.
| 3. Sir Delius (14) J: Craig Williams 58kg x1x21T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 1. Antino (6) J: Blake Shinn 59kg 11x54T: Tony Gollan | ||
| 4. Via Sistina (1) J: James McDonald 57kg 11x13T: Chris Waller | ||
| 6. Half Yours (4) J: Jamie Melham 56kg 12151T: Tony & Calvin McEvoy | ||
| 7. Aeliana (5) J: Damian Lane 55kg 21x22T: Chris Waller | ||
| 12. Deakin (12) J: Daniel Stackhouse 55kg 11x07T: Phillip Stokes | ||
| 9. Adelaide River (9) J: Michael Dee 55kg 4x882T: Kris Lees | ||
| 8. Young Werther (13) J: Billy Egan 55kg 78x63T: Danny O'Brien | ||
| 11. Middle Earth (7) J: Mark Zahra 55kg 59x50T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 5. Moira (11) J: Ben Melham 56kg 0x424T: Chris Waller | ||
| 13. Zardozi (2) J: Harry Coffey 53kg 30x57T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 14. River Of Stars (8) J: Beau Mertens 53kg 73x78T: Chris Waller | ||
| 10. Golden Path (3) J: Jordan Childs 55kg 5x313T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr | ||
| 2. Land Legend (10) J: Jye McNeil 58kg 8x395T: Chris Waller |
Turnbull Stakes Tips
Turnbull Stakes tips favour horses coming out of a race like the Group 1 Underwood Stakes, which has produced a host of recent winners.
The latest horses to complete the Underwood Stakes – Turnbull Stakes double are Elvstoem (2004) and Sir Delius (2025).
Betting tips also rate six-year-olds highly because of their good record in the race and those drawn an inside alley, while mares aren’t shied away from with six winning female gallopers since 2007 including Lucia Valentina (2014), the brilliant Winx (2017, 2018), the fellow Chris Waller-trained Verry Elleegant (2020), and another Waller mare in Via Sistina (2024).
2025 Turnbull Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Turnbull Stakes 2025 betting tips and exotic Flemington racing selections will be detailed for punters below so bookmark this page for the hopeful spring horses to back for the win this season.
2025 Turnbull Stakes Same Race Multi Selections ($21 at time of publish)
- To Win – No. 4 Via Sistina
- Top 3 – No. 7 Aeliana
- Top 4 – No. 10 Golden Path
VIA SISTINA (1) returns as the defending champion and, despite finishing third second-up in the Makybe Diva Stakes, looks primed to bounce back and secure consecutive wins. A 10-time Group 1 winner and reigning Australian Racehorse of the Year, she’s the standout class runner in the field. Her spring campaign last year followed a similar path—winning the Winx, placing in the Makybe Diva, then beating Buckaroo in this race before her dominant eight-length Cox Plate triumph. Back to her preferred 2000m trip, drawn the rails, and with James McDonald aboard, the evergreen eight-year-old should peak at the right time. With a stronger tempo expected, she’ll be flying home from midfield and remains unbeaten at this track and distance.
AELIANA (5), the rising star stablemate to the favourite, is staking her claim as Team Waller’s next powerhouse mare. As a three-year-old, she stunned in the ATC Derby with a five-length demolition of the boys, and she’s continued to impress this prep over shorter trips, finding her rhythm as a four-year-old. Following the same lead-up path as Via Sistina, she’s run second in both the Winx and Makybe Diva Stakes—two performances full of promise. With a more favourable weight swing, a return to longer trip now, and peak fitness on her side, Aeliana shapes as a genuine Each Way threat ready to fire.
GOLDEN PATH (3) stands out as one of the more appealing roughie options to add value in SRM selections. While this is a significant test for the in-form six-year-old, he’s ticking plenty of boxes this prep. His Randwick record is solid with two wins from three starts, and his strike-rate over 2000m suggests he’ll handle the trip. He was particularly eye-catching when third in the Underwood Stakes behind Sir Delius, sticking on gamely to finish just half a length off the winner over 1800m at a similarly overlooked price. Now rock-hard fit and dropping to 55kg under the SW+P conditions, he’s well in the mix.
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4. Via Sistina (1)
J: James McDonald 57kg
11×13T: Chris Waller
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7. Aeliana (5)
J: Damian Lane 55kg
21×22T: Chris Waller
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10. Golden Path (3)
J: Jordan Childs 55kg
5×313T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr
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The Turnbull Stakes is a 2000m Group 1 classic held at Flemington Racecourse at the start of October during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival each year.
The headline race on the card and only event holding elite level status, the set weights plus penalties clash is open to horses aged four and above and is worth $750,000 in prize money after being reduced in stakes from $1 million ahead of the 2023 edition.
On the same day as the Turnbull Stakes, Western Australia hosts the Listed Kalgoorlie Cup (2300m).
Many Cox Plate, Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup bound horses go into those majors via the Turnbull Stakes, which has been a Group 1 race since 2010.
Named in honour of Richard Turnbull in 1948 who was the current Victoria Racing Club chairman, the event first ran in 1865 and has been won by many turf greats.
Notable Turnbull Stakes winners over the years include Wakeful (1903), dual champ Ajax (1938 & 1940) who won on non-consecutive years, Bernborough (1946), Rising Fast (1954), Dulcify (1979), Vo Rogue (1987 & 1988), Let’s Elope (1991), Sunline (2001), Makybe Diva (2005), Zipping (2010), Green Moon (2012), and Winx (2017) who saluted by six and a half lengths in her Flemington debut. Winx also returned enjoying back-to-back Turnbull Stakes wins in 2018.
Trainer Chris Waller enjoyed his fourth consecutive Turnbull Stakes victory in 2020 with Verry Elleegant saluting ahead of her next-up victory in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m). Verry Elleegant would also go on to make history winning the 2022 Melbourne Cup.
In 2021 Incentivise became the latest galloper to complete the Turnbull Stakes – Caulfield Cup double before his second to Verry Elleegant in that year’s Melbourne Cup results.
The 2023 Turnbull Stakes results saw the previous year’s Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip return to winning form with a dominant upset.
In 2024 trainer Chris Waller prepared the Turnbull Stakes quinella with Via Sistina saluting to hand the stable a sixth win in 10 years.
Via Sistina went on to win the Ladbrokes Cox Plate by eight lengths at her next start!
Turnbull Stakes Race Facts
- Date: Saturday October 4, 2025
- Track: Flemington Racecourse
- Distance: 2000m
- Conditions: Set Weights + Penalties
- Status: Group 1
- Prize Money: $750,000
- First Run: 1865
Turnbull Stakes Betting
Turnbull Stakes betting odds traditionally favour horses with previous Group 1 form and six-year-olds as this older age group has dominated the recent results with seven winners from 2011 – 2025 including most famously Winx (2017) and two years later the fellow Chris Waller-trained Kings Will Dream (2019). Winx also won again the following year (2018) as a seven-year-old. Smokin’ Romans (2022) was the last six-year-old Turnbull Stakes winner, before Gold Trip won as a seven-year-old in 2023.
In 2025 the Turnbull Stakes winner was five-year-old Sir Delius.
Horses drawn in double digit barriers are found further down the Turnbull Stakes markets with the only horses to jump from wider than gate eight since Makybe Diva (16 of 16 in 2005) being Preferment (9 of 15 in 2015), Verry Elleegant (9 of 15 in 2020), Gold Trip (16 of 16 in 2023), Via Sistina (12 of 16 in 2024), and Sir Delius (14 of 14 in 2025).
Favourites in the Turnbull Stakes odds only have a mediocre recent record in the race in the past decade with six winning from 2006 – 2025 including Hartnell (2016), super star mare Winx (2017-18) back-to-back and most recently Verry Elleegant ($5 in 2020).
Verry Elleegant returned as the the $2.10 favourite in the 2021 Turnbull Stakes but ran fourth to Incentivise ($2.70).
There was a notable upset in Turnbull Stakes betting in 2022 with Smokin’ Romans saluting at $21 and again in 2023 with Gold Trip winning at Turnbull Stakes odds of $19.
Turnbull Stakes Field
The Turnbull Stakes race field has a capacity of 16 starters and most recently ran at its capacity in 2023 when the previous year’s Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip won from the outside barrier and again in 2024 with Via Sistina saluting for the Chris Waller stable.
The race had not featured under 12 starters since 1999 when Sky Heights beat home just five rivals in a diminutive six starter field until 2017 when Winx scared off her rivals. The super mare beat home only six other runners in 2017 and then in 2018 Winx defeated nine others in a slightly larger Turnbull Stakes field. The 2021 Turnbull Stakes field ran with just nine starters.
The Turnbull Stakes final acceptances close the week of the race and usually feature a host of previous Group 1 winners looking for more elite level glory with proven performers dominating the markets.
Good lead-up races for horses heading into the Turnbull Stakes field including the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield – a double last completed by Elvstroem (2004) – and Sydney’s Group 2 Hill Stakes (1800m) held at Randwick.
The Hill Stakes – Turnbull Stakes double was completed on back-to-back years by Preferment (2015) and Hartnell (2016) in recent years.
From 2020 the Hill Stakes has run on the same day in Sydney as the Turnbull Stakes after a change to the spring line-up.
In 2024 Chris Waller’s Underwood Stakes winner Buckaroo ran a brave second to his stablemate Via Sistina in the Turnbull Stakes results next start.
2025 Turnbull Stakes Field
The official Turnbull Stakes 2025 Final Field & Barriers are announced by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday of race week and will be listed below as soon as announced.
The 2025 Turnbull Stakes final field features 14 of the country’s best middle-distance stars including last year’s winner Via Sistina looking to go back-to-back and the Spring Cups bound Sir Delius coming off a win in the Underwood Stakes.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Antino
J: Blake Shinn
T: Tony Gollan |
011x54 | G | 6 | 59kg | |
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2. Land Legend
J: Jye McNeil
T: Chris Waller |
68x395 | G | 10 | 58kg | |
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3. Sir Delius
J: Craig Williams
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
8x1x21 | H | 14 | 58kg | |
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4. Via Sistina
J: James McDonald
T: Chris Waller |
111x13 | M | 1 | 57kg | |
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5. Moira
J: Ben Melham
T: Chris Waller |
x0x424 | M | 11 | 56kg | |
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6. Half Yours
J: Jamie Melham
T: Tony & Calvin McEvoy |
112151 | G | 4 | 56kg | |
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7. Aeliana
J: Damian Lane
T: Chris Waller |
421x22 | M | 5 | 55kg | |
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8. Young Werther
J: Billy Egan
T: Danny O'Brien |
778x63 | G | 13 | 55kg | |
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9. Adelaide River
J: Michael Dee
T: Kris Lees |
04x882 | G | 9 | 55kg | |
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10. Golden Path
J: Jordan Childs
T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr |
65x313 | G | 3 | 55kg | |
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11. Middle Earth
J: Mark Zahra
T: Ciaron Maher |
159x50 | G | 7 | 55kg | |
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12. Deakin
J: Daniel Stackhouse
T: Phillip Stokes |
211x07 | G | 12 | 55kg | |
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13. Zardozi
J: Harry Coffey
T: Ciaron Maher |
230x57 | M | 2 | 53kg | |
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14. River Of Stars
J: Beau Mertens
T: Chris Waller |
x73x78 | M | 8 | 53kg |
2025 Turnbull Stakes Nominations
The early Turnbull Stakes 2025 Nominations on the Spring Cups’ lead-up are taken the Monday ahead of race day and will be published below once confirmed.
The Turnbull Stakes 2025 nominations attracted 18 potential Caulfield Cup bound hopefuls including progressive Underwood Stakes winner Sir Delius and the defending Chris Waller trained champion Via Sistina.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 90x404x882 | ADELAIDE RIVER (IRE) | G | 6 | Kris Lees | 106 |
| 2 | 12x3421x22 | AELIANA (NZ) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 112 |
| 3 | 120x011x54 | ANTINO (NZ) | G | 7 | Tony Gollan | 117 |
| 4 | x42529x251 | BIRDMAN (IRE) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 105 |
| 5 | 229x970x32 | BUCKAROO (GB) | G | 7 | Chris Waller | 114 |
| 6 | 5x71211x07 | DEAKIN (FR) | G | 6 | Phillip Stokes | 103 |
| 7 | 36x665x313 | GOLDEN PATH (NZ) | G | 6 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 108 |
| 8 | 17×2112151 | HALF YOURS | G | 5 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | 100 |
| 9 | 38x768x395 | LAND LEGEND (FR) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 106 |
| 10 | 431231×860 | MARK TWAIN (NZ) | G | 6 | Roger James & Robert Wellwood | 100 |
| 11 | 138x159x50 | MIDDLE EARTH (GB) | G | 6 | Ciaron Maher | 108 |
| 12 | 2121x0x424 | MOIRA (CAN) | M | 7 | Chris Waller | 113 |
| 13 | 1342x73x78 | RIVER OF STARS (IRE) | M | 7 | Chris Waller | 105 |
| 14 | 13x28x1x21 | SIR DELIUS (GB) | H | 5 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 114 |
| 15 | 090x0693x0 | VALIANT KING (GB) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 94 |
| 16 | 11x3111x13 | VIA SISTINA (IRE) | M | 8 | Chris Waller | 125 |
| 17 | 078x778x63 | YOUNG WERTHER (NZ) | G | 8 | Danny O’Brien | 98 |
| 18 | 4x83230x57 | ZARDOZI | M | 5 | Ciaron Maher | 108 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Turnbull Stakes Form Guide
The Turnbull Stakes form guide shows punters the saddlecloth number, jockey, trainer, weight and barrier for each horse in the field along with other important information like the galloper’s record at the track and distance and their lead-up form. All of this is crucial when placing bets, including looking for graduates out of the Underwood Stakes.
In 2023 the Turnbull Stakes form was franked by the winner Gold Trip who went on finish third in that year’s Caulfield Cup trifecta.
The Turnbull form was further franked by the runner-up West Wind Blows who was second next start in the Caulfield Cup in 2023, while Soulcombe was third in the Turnbull before his second in the Melbourne Cup quinella.
Via Sistina went on to frank the 2024 Turnbull Stakes form with her runaway eight-length Cox Plate win at The Valley next start. She went on to win a host more Group 1 races including that year’s Champions Stakes during the Melbourne Cup Carnival and the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
Turnbull Stakes Form Facts
- The only horses to win the Turnbull Stakes from a double-digit barrier draw since Makybe Diva (16 of 16 in 2005) are Preferment (9 of 15 in 2015), Verry Elleegant (9 of 15 in 2020), Gold Trip (16 of 16 in 2023), Via Sistina (12 of 16 in 2024) and Sir Delius (14 of 14 in 2025).
- Since the Turnbull Stakes win by Makybe Diva six other Turnbull Stakes winners have been mares with Devil Moon (2007), Lucia Valentina (2014), dual champion Winx (2017, 2018), Verry Elleegant (2020), and Via Sistina (2024).
- From 2011 – 2025 six favourites in Turnbull Stakes betting saluted for the punters including Winx (2017, 2018) who was the odds-on favourite for both of her wins at Flemington and the also Waller-trained Verry Elleegant ($5 in 2020).
2025 Turnbull Stakes Form
A link to our comprehensive Turnbull Stakes 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Turnbull Stakes Results
The Turnbull Stakes results and finishing order are known when the event jumps at Caulfield at the early October meeting and shows the winner, the margin by which they won by and the time they did it in as well as any horses scratched from the original field.
In recent years Turnbull Stakes results have been dominated by six-year-olds and those coming off a Sydney lead-up run.
All the Turnbull Stakes winners from 2014-18 had their final run in Sydney including Preferment (2015) and Hartnell (2016) who won the Hill Stakes at Randwick before success in the Flemington Group 1.
Winx (2017) meanwhile came off a George Main Stakes win before her runaway effort for her 21st straight victory in the Turnbull Stakes. Winx also took out the Turnbull Stakes results in 2018 to complete the George Main – Turnbull interstate double for the second straight year.
In 2019 Kings Will Dream changed that proven lead-up form into the Turnbull Stakes winning the race on the back of an unplaced run in Flemington’s Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m). In 2021 Incentivise became the latest horse to complete the Makybe Diva Stakes – Turnbull Stakes double.
Notable Turnbull Stakes winners include Vo Rouge (1987-88), Super Impose (1989), Let’s Elope (1991), Northerly (2002), Makybe Diva (2005), Zipping (2010), Green Moon (2012), Hartnell (2016), the world’s best mare Winx (2017, 2018), next-up Caulfield Cup winner Verry Elleegant (2020), the Peter Moody-trained Incentivise (2021), and the reigning Melbourne Cup champion from the previous spring Gold Trip (2023).
Via Sistina (2024) was the last Turnbull Stakes winning mare and the first since the fellow Waller-trained Verry Elleegant (2020).
Elvstroem holds the current Turnbull Stakes race record winning in 2004 in a time of 2 minutes 00:40 seconds.
Past Turnbull Stakes Winners
Recent Turnbull Stakes 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 | Sir Delius | Antino | Via Sistina | 2:02.82 |
| 2024 | Via Sistina | Buckaroo | Eliyass | 2:02.62 |
| 2023 | Gold Trip | West Wind Blows | Soulcombe | 2:01.6 |
| 2022 | Smokin’ Romans | Maximal | Young Werther | 2:02.2 |
| 2021 | Incentivise | Young Werther | Chapada | 2:01.4 |
| 2020 | Verry Elleegant | Toffee Tongue | Finche | 2:01.8 |
| 2019 | Kings Will Dream | Finche | Hartnell | 2:03.5 |
| 2018 | Winx | Youngstar | Kings Will Dream | 2:01:6 |
| 2017 | Winx | Ventura Storm | Humidor | 2:02.0 |
| 2016 | Hartnell | Jameka | Tally | 2:01.0 |
| 2015 | Preferment | Royal Descent | Set Square | 2:01.3 |
| 2014 | Lucia Valentina | Lidari | Brambles | 2:01.8 |
| 2013 | Happy Trails | Puissance De Lune | Fawkner | 2:02.9 |
| 2012 | Green Moon | Seville | December Draw | 2:02.1 |
| 2011 | December Draw | Glass Harmonium | Playing God | 2:03.9 |
| 2010 | Zipping | Shocking | Shoot Out | 2:03.2 |
| 2009 | Efficient | Predatory Pricer | Scenic Shot | 2:01.6 |
| 2008 | Littorio | Master O’Reilly | Zipping | 2:02.4 |
| 2007 | Devil Moon | Scenic Shot | Haradasun | 2:03.4 |
| 2006 | Sphenophyta | Our Smoking Joe | Aqua D Amore | 2:01.9 |
| 2005 | Makybe Diva | Lad Of The Manor | Confectioner | 2:01.5 |
| 2004 | Elvstroem | Mummify | Confectioner | 2:00.4 |
| 2003 | Studebaker | Pentastic | Strasbourg | 2:04.0 |
| 2002 | Northerly | Dash For Cash | Fields Of Omagh | 2:02.3 |
| 2001 | Sunline | Universal Prince | Primrose Sands | 2:03.9 |
| 2000 | Fairway | Sunline | Diatribe | 2:02.2 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Turnbull Stakes?
The 2025 Turnbull Stakes was won by five-year-old Frankel entire Sir Delius at $7 for trainers Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott with jockey Craig Williams aboard on 58kg from barrier 14 of 14 to win by 1.75 lengths on a Good (3) track in a time of 2:02.82.
When is the Turnbull Stakes 2025?
Saturday October 4, 2025What is the prize money for the Turnbull Stakes 2025?
$750,000
Where is the Turnbull Stakes 2025?
Flemington Racecourse, 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington VIC 3031.
How do I bet on the 2025 Turnbull Stakes?
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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 race and runner that's right for you.
Which horse will win the 2025 Turnbull Stakes?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Turnbull 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.