The latest edition of the ATC’s Winter Stakes ran on Saturday July 5, 2025 at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney and was won in an impressive upset by the Joe Pride trained six-year-old Estadio Mestalla ($61).
2025 Winter Stakes Results
The full Winter Stakes 2025 results and finishing order will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday July 5, 2025 .
- 1st: #7 Estadio Mestalla
- 2nd: #1 Robusto
- 3rd: #4 Accredited
Estadio Mestalla ($61) caused a major upset in the 2025 Winter Stakes results at Rosehill on Saturday, leading all the way under Dylan Gibbons to win at $61 odds and deliver a career-best performance for trainer Joe Pride.
After two lacklustre runs to start the campaign, Pride added blinkers and sensed the gelding was back to his competitive self when he showed spark heading to the gates. Jumping from barrier 10, Estadio Mestalla quickly found the lead and controlled the race tempo, kicking strongly in the straight to hold off Robusto and stablemate Accredited.
The win was a huge result for the NSW Tycoons syndicate, who race the horse, and Pride confirmed the seven-year-old will likely return in two weeks for the Listed Winter Challenge (1500m) at Rosehill, aiming to build on his resurgence and potentially qualify again for The Little Dance later in the year.
2025 Winter Stakes Odds
The latest Winter Stakes 2025 betting odds will be available right here once released the week of the race so check back for the updated prices on your favourites to win this season’s Winter Stakes race in Sydney.
| 7. Estadio Mestalla (10) J: Dylan Gibbons 54.5kg 10x70T: Joseph Pride | ||
| 1. Robusto (1) J: Josh Parr 60kg 122x0T: Bjorn Baker | ||
| 4. Accredited (3) J: Alysha Collett 55kg 6x591T: Joseph Pride | ||
| 10. Thunderlips (4) J: Anna Roper 54kg 61211T: Bjorn Baker | ||
| 13. Green Fly (2) J: Braith Nock 53kg 5x154T: Anthony & Sam Freedman | ||
| 5. Phearson (11) J: Tom Sherry 55kg x4850T: Brad Widdup | ||
| 2. Welwal (5) J: Tommy Berry 60kg 0x862T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr | ||
| 3. Bases Loaded (7) J: Tim Clark 55.5kg 270x0T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 15. Saltcoats (12) J: Reece Jones 54kg 1133xT: Chris Waller | ||
| 6. Contemporary (6) J: Rachel King 54.5kg 6x930T: James Cummings | ||
| 14. Ruby Flyer (13) J: Wiremu Pinn 53kg 1x97xT: Brad Widdup | ||
| 8. Whinchat (9) J: Jay Ford 54.5kg 1x205T: David Pfieffer | ||
| 11. Astero (8) J: Andrew Adkins 53kg x5853T: Matthew Smith |
The Winter Stakes is a popular, middle-distance Black-Type event currently run at Rosehill Gardens in early July during the wider Winter Racing Carnival season in Sydney.
Contested over 1400m, the race offers $200,000 in prize money, holds Listed status and up until 2021 was held at sister track Rosehill.
The Australian Turf Club’s Winter Stakes Day is currently held on the same date as Queensland’s Group 3 Winx Guineas Day card at the Sunshine Coast, and attracts plenty of winter punters each season.
A quality handicap event, the Winter Stakes is open to horses aged three-years-old and above and is traditionally dominated by local Sydney-trained gallopers.
It has recently been run at Royal Randwick but moves to Rosehill for the 2025 edition.
Winter Stakes Race Info
- Date: 2025
- Track: Rosehill Racecourse
- Distance: 1400m
- Conditions: Quality Handicap – 3YOs & Above
- Status: Listed
- Prize Money: $200,000
Winter Stakes Betting
The Winter Stakes betting odds are usually led by the season’s top performing local sprint types with form over at least 1200m.
Proven form in the traditional Sydney lead-up races is good, especially any previous track winners.
Single-figure fancies in Winter Stakes betting, but not the favourites, have a strong record in the event.
Dreamforce at Winter Stakes odds of $3.20 in 2018 was the last favourite to salute for the punters.
There was a notable upset in 2024 with Tamerlane saluting at Winter Stakes odds of $21, and a huge blowout in the 2025 Winter Stakes results with Estadio Mestalla winning at $61.
Winter Stakes Field
The Winter Stakes race field is made up of mainly locally-trained gallopers from the key Sydney stables including Team Hawkes, the Snowdens and Chris Waller.
Rosehill’s Listed Civic Stakes (1400m) held a fortnight earlier is a key lead-up into the Winter Stakes field and Bandersnatch (2021) and Ucalledit (2023) are the latest horses to complete the double.
Upset Winter Stakes winners Tamerlane (8th in 2024) and Estadio Mestalla (13th in 2025) are the latest to come via the Civic Stakes.
Following a run in the Winter Stakes field, many horses will continue onto the Listed Winter Challenge (1500m) at Rosehill.
Nominations for the Winter Stakes are taken on the Monday of race week followed by final acceptances on the Wednesday.
2025 Winter Stakes Field
The official Winter Stakes 2025 race field and barriers are set for release on the Wednesday of race week and will be published below showing the top runners engaged to face off in the popular Sydney Winter Racing Carnival feature.
The 2025 Winter Stakes final field features a capacity line-up of Black-Type performers including the Bjorn Baker trained Thunderlips chasing a hat-trick and Joe Pride’s last start Randwick winner Accredited.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1. Robusto
J: Josh Parr
T: Bjorn Baker |
2122x0 | G | 1 | 60kg | |
|
2. Welwal
J: Tommy Berry
T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr |
10x862 | G | 5 | 60kg | |
|
3. Bases Loaded
J: Tim Clark
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
x270x0 | G | 7 | 55.5kg | |
|
4. Accredited
J: Alysha Collett
T: Joseph Pride |
16x591 | G | 3 | 55kg | |
|
5. Phearson
J: Tom Sherry
T: Brad Widdup |
9x4850 | G | 11 | 55kg | |
|
6. Contemporary
J: Rachel King
T: James Cummings |
66x930 | G | 6 | 54.5kg | |
|
7. Estadio Mestalla
J: Dylan Gibbons
T: Joseph Pride |
210x70 | G | 10 | 54.5kg | |
|
8. Whinchat
J: Jay Ford
T: David Pfieffer |
71x205 | G | 9 | 54.5kg | |
| 9. Grand Impact (2) Scratched: | |||||
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10. Thunderlips
J: Anna Roper
T: Bjorn Baker |
x61211 | G | 4 | 54kg | |
|
11. Astero
J: Andrew Adkins
T: Matthew Smith |
0x5853 | G | 8 | 53kg | |
| 12. Diamond Diesel (15) Scratched: | |||||
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13. Green Fly
J: Braith Nock
T: Anthony & Sam Freedman |
25x154 | G | 2 | 53kg | |
|
14. Ruby Flyer
J: Wiremu Pinn
T: Brad Widdup |
31x97x | G | 13 | 53kg | |
|
15. Saltcoats
J: Reece Jones
T: Chris Waller |
01133x | G | 12 | 54kg | |
| 16. Cool Jakey (4) Scratched: | |||||
| 17. Testator Silens (5) Scratched: | |||||
| 18. Cigar Flick (8) Scratched: | |||||
2025 Winter Stakes Nominations
The Winter Stakes 2025 nominations close on the Monday of race week and will be published below.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | x21116x591 | ACCREDITED | G | 5 | Joseph Pride | 95 |
| 2 | x0060x5853 | ASTERO | G | 7 | Matthew Smith | 91 |
| 3 | x551x270x0 | BASES LOADED | G | 4 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 96 |
| 4 | x452737x68 | CIGAR FLICK | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 88 |
| 5 | 21x666x930 | CONTEMPORARY | G | 5 | James Cummings | 94 |
| 6 | x701231240 | COOL JAKEY | G | 5 | Joseph Pride | 89 |
| 7 | 117x007x00 | DIAMOND DIESEL | G | 8 | Adam Duggan | 91 |
| 8 | 2x94210x70 | ESTADIO MESTALLA (IRE) | G | 6 | Joseph Pride | 94 |
| 9 | 8x74311x06 | GRAND IMPACT (NZ) | G | 5 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 93 |
| 10 | 634525×154 | GREEN FLY (GB) | G | 6 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 91 |
| 11 | 4150x57x45 | GUMDROPS | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 88 |
| 12 | 4×1815 | OUI OUI OUI | F | 3 | Jason Attard | 64 |
| 13 | 90589×4850 | PHEARSON | G | 7 | Brad Widdup | 95 |
| 14 | 54762122×0 | ROBUSTO | G | 5 | Bjorn Baker | 105 |
| 15 | x18231x97x | RUBY FLYER | G | 6 | Brad Widdup | 90 |
| 16 | 7x19124x73 | RUNNING BY | M | 5 | Ciaron Maher | 97 |
| 17 | 283x01133x | SALTCOATS (NZ) | G | 4 | Chris Waller | 90 |
| 18 | 22543×6605 | TESTATOR SILENS | G | 7 | Joseph Pride | 81 |
| 19 | 4346×61211 | THUNDERLIPS | G | 4 | Bjorn Baker | 92 |
| 20 | 41431030×7 | TIME QUEST (GB) | G | 6 | Matthew Smith | 85 |
| 21 | 6x490x89x0 | VIENNA PRINCESS | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 101 |
| 22 | 335x10x862 | WELWAL (GB) | G | 6 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 105 |
| 23 | 7x1171x205 | WHINCHAT | G | 5 | David Pfieffer | 94 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Winter Stakes Betting Tips
The key Winter Stakes betting tips are to back in-form local Sydney sprinters who have an solid strike-rate at the track and any proven 1400m performers.
Backing horses aged four and five-years-old is a key Winter Stakes tip. From 2011 – 2025 only five Winter Stakes winners fell outside this age range with Scarf (3YO in 2011), Rugged Cross (6YO in 2015), Taksu (6yo in 2022), Tamerlane (6yo in 2024), and Estadio Mestalla (6yo in 2025).
The mares have a decent recent record and five-year-old mares make a good tip with three winning between 2012-2019. Eckstein (2019) was the last Winter Stakes winning mare.
2025 Winter Stakes Tips
The Ladbrokes’ insider Winter Stakes 2025 betting tips and Sydney race selections on the July showdown will be detailed right here the week of the race so stay tuned for the top runners to back for a win in the Listed event.
- To Win: #10 Thunderlips ($5 at time of publish)
Happy to stick with the in-form favourite THUNDERLIPS (7) in this weekend’s Winter Stakes with the Bjorn Baker trained Zoustar four-year-old chasing a hat-trick. The talented gelding won at Randwick with 59.5kg two back in a BM78 before a last start victory here at Rosehill with 59kg over 1500m on June 28. On the quick back-up so is fit and firing on all cylinders. Winning form at the track now and back slightly in distance to 1400m which he has a nice record over (8:3-1-2). Midfield gate is favourable and back to 54kg giving him every chance for a Black-Type win to keep the victories going. Blinkers come on to help him sharpen-up. Likely to hit the lead and from the gate can go all-the-way.
Winter Stakes Form Guide
The Winter Stakes race form guide revels to punters all the relevant information they need to place a successful bet on the race like the barriers, jockeys, trainers and lead-up form of all the runners in the field.
The Winter Stakes form has gone on to stack-up in tougher events many times over the years including with the 2019 winner Dreamforce running top three in a host of subsequent Group 1 events including winning the 2020 George Ryder Stakes, a race he also finished runner-up in when defending his title the following year.
2025 Winter Stakes Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Winter Stakes 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Winter Stakes Race Results
Notable runners to head the recent Winter Stakes race results include Noble Boy (2020), Dreamforce (2018) and Mr. Bureaucrat (2001).
Eckstein (2019) was the last Winter Stakes winning mare.
Ucalledit holds the current 1400m Winter Stakes race record winning in 2023 in a time of 1 minute 22.07 seconds.
Past Winter Stakes Winners
Recent Winter Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2025 | Estadio Mestalla | Robusto | Accredited |
| 2024 | Tamerlane | Iknowastar | King Of The Castle |
| 2023 | Ucalledit | Acquitted | Art Cadeau |
| 2022 | Taksu | Jojo Was A Man | Chief Altony |
| 2021 | Bandersnatch | True Detective | Order Again |
| 2020 | Noble Boy | Taikomochi | Order Again |
| 2019 | Eckstein | Gaulois | Nicci’s Gold |
| 2018 | Dreamforce | Invinzabeel | Special Missile |
| 2017 | Slightly Sweet | Man Of His Word | Elle Lou |
| 2016 | Oxford Poet | Zin Zan Eddie | Ninth Legion |
| 2015 | Rugged Cross | Two Blue | Wouldnt It Be Nice |
| 2014 | Generalife | Romantic Moon | Scream Machine |
| 2013 | Under The Sun | Mic Mac | Coup Ay Tee |
| 2012 | Irish Dream | See The World | Startsmeup |
| 2011 | Scarf | Devils Arcade | Madibagold |
| 2010 | Mr Unforgettable | Ghostmilk | Adnocon |
| 2009 | Strat’s Flyer | Bay Window | Mr Unforgettable |
| 2008 | Innings | Cocoruru | Something Anything |
| 2007 | ** Race not held ** | ||
| 2006 | With A Chance | Mr Ubiquitous | Hit The Road |
| 2005 | Carael Boy | Wild Queen | Turaga |
| 2004 | Dial Tones | Red Oog | Dane Fever |
| 2003 | Perfect Partner | Turaga | Britt’s Best |
| 2002 | Bulletproof Billy | Oakfield Duke | Halls Of Assembly |
| 2001 | Mr. Bureaucrat | Race The Ace | Space Age |
| 2000 | Zoregal | Fashion News | Mithrandir |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Winter Stakes?
The 2025 Winter Stakes was won by six-year-old Galileo Gold gelding Estadio Mestalla at $61 odds for trainer Joseph Pride with jockey Dylan Gibbons aboard on 54.5kg from barrier 10 to win by 1.49 lengths in a time of 1:25.20.
When is the Winter Stakes 2025?
Saturday July 5, 2025What is the prize money for the Winter Stakes 2025?
$200,000
Where is the Winter Stakes 2025?
Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, James Ruse Drive, Rosehill, NSW 2142.
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