The latest edition of the Callander-Presnell ran on Saturday, October 24, 2026 on Spring Champion Stakes Day at Randwick and saw Chris Waller’s promising Frankel colt Central Europe ($3.40F) break his maiden status in style with a big three-length victory for the punters.
The Callander-Presnell 2026 gives punters the chance to get an early line on some of Australia’s most promising young gallopers, with the Group 3 set-weights feature for three-year-olds serving as an important stepping-stone through the Sydney Spring Carnival. Run over the classic mile at Royal Randwick, the race often attracts an exciting mix of progressive stakes winners, up-and-coming talents, and lightly raced runners on the path to bigger black-type targets later in the season. With developing horses still on the rise, the Callander-Presnell betting 2026 markets can offer excellent value and create plenty of opportunities for punters willing to dig into the form. Here at Ladbrokes, you’ll find the latest Callander-Presnell odds 2026, betting updates, market movers, field information, and expert analysis to help you navigate one of Sydney’s key three-year-old races and uncover the best betting plays on race day.
2026 Callander-Presnell Results
The official Callander-Presnell 2026 Results & Finishing Order on the race formerly known as the Stan Fox Stakes will be published below once the race is run and won on Saturday, October 24, 2026.
- #2 Central Europe
- #4 Why So Hard
- #6 Lafite
The 2026 Callander-Presnell Stakes results saw talented Chris Waller-trained colt Central Europe ($3.40 favourite) finally deliver on his long-promised potential, producing a dominant performance to break through for a deserved first career victory in the Group 3 feature over 1600m at Randwick. Ridden patiently by Jason Collett, the son of Frankel exploded in the straight to defeat Why So Hard by an impressive 3¼ lengths, with stablemate Lafite a further 1¼ lengths away in third, clocking 1:34.52 with a slick 35.29-second final 600m. The win came after a series of strong black-type performances, including placings in the Skyline Stakes, Pago Pago Stakes and Rosebud, and appeared to vindicate the high opinion the Waller camp has always held of the colt. Stable representative Darren Beadman said the Caulfield Guineas trip had helped his development and that Saturday’s effort was “what he has always promised at home”, while Collett noted “everyone knows about the ability he has” and described the victory as “a good stepping-stone”.
2026 Callander-Presnell Race Replay
2026 Callander-Presnell Odds & Finishing Order
The latest Callander-Presnell 2026 odds and betting links will be provided below once markets are out on the Spring Champion Stakes Day support act this spring followed by the official finishing order after the event.
| 2. Central Europe (6) 57kgx3404 | |||
| 4. Why So Hard (5) 57kg1×3 | |||
| 6. Lafite (2) 57kg7×213 | |||
| 8. Harrybegood (8) 57kgx1335 | |||
| 5. Omolong (3) 57kg11×52 | |||
| 10. Rocks Or Diamonds (10) 55kg53 | |||
| 9. Memorise (4) 55kg253 | |||
| 11. Spalpeen (1) 55kg7×7 | |||
| 3. Revengeance (7) 57kg1×768 | |||
| 7. Gridlock (9) 57kg34×11 | |||
| 1. Diameter (4)SCRATCHED: | |||
Callander-Presnell Tips
Good Callander-Presnell betting tips include looking for locally trained three-year-olds with winning form over 1400m or further.
Backing the favourite is another successful Callander-Presnell tip to take into the event formerly run as the Stan Fox Stakes over 1500m.
2026 Callander-Presnell Predictions & Best Bets
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Callander-Presnell 2026 tips and betting selections on the renamed Stan Fox Stakes race will be detailed below outlining the gallopers to back and sack in the spring event.
| 4. Why So Hard (5) 57kg1×3 |
| 2. Central Europe (6) 57kgx3404 |
| 7. Gridlock (9) 57kg34×11 |
The Callander-Presnell – formerly known as the Stan Fox Stakes – is a Group 3 race for three-year-olds run on Spring Champion Stakes Day at Royal Randwick in October each Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.
The meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) for three-year-old stayers, which is now worth an incredible $2 million in prize money.
The race day, which is held on the same date as Melbourne’s Cox Plate Day card, also features a third seven-figure showdown in the form of the now Gorup 2 $2 million The Invitation (1400m) for fillies and mares.
Renamed the Callander-Presnell ahead of the 2022 edition in honour of Sydney racing media figures Ken Callander and Max Presnell, the race previously known as the Stan Fox Stakes is now worth $1 million.
Run at set weights over 1600m having been increased in distance from 1500m in 2022, the Callander-Presnell was previously held earlier in the carnival. It once served as a lead-up into the Golden Rose in Sydney or the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) in Melbourne.
Recent horses to complete the Stan Fox Stakes – Caulfield Guineas double include Press Statement (2015) and Shooting To Win (2014).
In 2022 Golden Mile completed the Caulfield Guineas – Callander-Presnell double.
An earlier change of date for the Stan Fox Stakes saw the race run on the same day as Melbourne’s Caulfield Guineas as a lead-up to Randwick’s now defunct $1 million Bondi Stakes (1600m) that took place from 2019-21.
During that time both Peltzer (2020) and Hilal (2021) completed the Stan Fox Stakes – Bondi Stakes double.
The $500,000 Tapp-Craig (1400m) run a fortnight earlier offers the first three placegetters a ballot exemption into the Callander-Presnell race.
Ohope (2025) was the last horse to complete the Tapp-Craig – Callander-Presnell race double.
Callander-Presnell Race Facts
- Date: Saturday, October 24, 2026
- Former Name: Stan Fox Stakes
- Track: Randwick Racecourse
- Distance: 1600m
- Conditions: 3YOs – Set Weights
- Status: Group 3
- Prize Money: $1,000,000
- First Run: 1975 / 2022 as the Callander-Presnell
Callander-Presnell Betting
Callander-Presnell odds favour local Sydney gallopers coming off a good lead-up run in races like the Up And Coming Stakes also held at Royal Randwick the month before. Stan Fox Stakes / Callander-Presnell betting favourites have a strong recent record in the race and runners looking like they’ll see out a mile usually sit high up the bookies’ markets.
If there’s an odds-on favourite, they usually get the job done for the punters. There have been notable upsets however including in 2019 with $20 roughie Colada winning.
In 2020 Peltzer ($2.70) became the latest Stan Fox Stakes favourite to salute before the race was renamed and re-vamped ahead of the 2022 edition and subsequently won by the Callander-Presnell favourite Golden Mile ($2.30 in 2022).
There was a big upset in 2023 with Chrysaor saluting at Callander-Presnell odds of $26.
Ohope ($2.70 in 2025) and Central Europe ($3.40 in 2026) are the latest Callander-Presnell favourites to win.
Callander-Presnell Field
The Stan Fox Stakes field – now known as the Callander-Presnell race field – attracts a line-up of the season’s best middle-distance three-year-olds looking to extend their form over the mile for $1 million in prize money.
In 2015 Press Statement improved on a Golden Rose fifth to win the Stan Fox and then the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas over the mile in Victoria next run. That year’s Stan Fox runner-up Shards also came out of the Golden Rose (7th) as did the third-placed Rageese (4th).
The previous year (2014), Shooting To Win ran third in the Golden Rose before also completing the Stan Fox Stakes – Caulfield Guineas double. That year’s Golden Rose Stakes runner-up Scissor Kick also ran second in the Stan Fox Stakes.
Manawanui won the Golden Rose Stakes – Stan Fox Stakes double in 2011 before a second in the Caulfield Guineas top Helmet. The Golden Rose – Stan Fox double was also achieved in 2009 by Denman.
More recently the 2020 Stan Fox Stakes winner Peltzer also franked that year’s Golden Rose form improving on his lead-up fifth in the Group 1 before winning the now defunct $1 million Bondi Stakes next-up.
The 2021 Stan Fox Stakes winner was also a Golden Rose graduate with Hilal improving on a lead-up 11th in the Group 1 before also taking out the final edition of the Bondi Stakes.
The Callander-Presnell now runs later in the carnival on the same day Melbourne hosts the Ladbrokes Cox Plate, replacing the Bondi Stakes as Sydney’s premier three-year-olds race of the spring.
2026 Callander-Presnell Field
The official Callander-Presnell 2026 Final Field & Barriers on the event formerly known as the Stan Fox Stakes are announced by Racing NSW the Wednesday of race week and the full list of runners will be published below as soon as released.
The Callander-Presnell 2026 final field features a quality line-up of three-year-old milers led in betting by the Team Hawkes-trained Why So Hard racing second-up off an eye-catching third fresh at big odds in the Group 2 Roman Consul.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Diameter (4) Scratched: | |||||
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2. Central Europe
J: Jason Collett
T: Chris Waller |
3×3404 | C | 6 | 57kg | |
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3. Revengeance
J: Tim Clark
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
31×768 | C | 7 | 57kg | |
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4. Why So Hard
J: Tyler Schiller
T: M, W & J Hawkes |
1×3 | G | 5 | 57kg | |
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5. Omolong
J: Kerrin Mcevoy
T: Chris Waller |
11×52 | C | 3 | 57kg | |
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6. Lafite
J: Zac Lloyd
T: Chris Waller |
67×213 | G | 2 | 57kg | |
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7. Gridlock
J: Tommy Berry
T: Michael Freedman |
334×11 | G | 9 | 57kg | |
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8. Harrybegood
J: Dylan Gibbons
T: Kris Lees |
3×1335 | G | 8 | 57kg | |
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9. Memorise
J: Andrew Adkins
T: Michael Freedman |
253 | F | 4 | 55kg | |
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10. Rocks Or Diamonds
J: Regan Bayliss
T: John Sargent |
53 | F | 10 | 55kg | |
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11. Spalpeen
J: Alysha Collett
T: John Sargent |
7×7 | F | 1 | 55kg | |
2026 Callander-Presnell Nominations
The early Callander-Presnell 2026 Nominations close on the Monday of race week.
Callander-Presnell Form Guide
The Callander-Presnell form guide features all the need-to-know information on the race that has now replaced the Bondi Stakes like the jockeys and trainers of all the runners, as well as their barrier draw and lead-up form.
The best form line to follow into the race was that coming out of the Golden Rose Stakes, which had produced more winners of the event than any other race before the Stan Fox Stakes (now the Callander-Presnell) moved date.
The Stan Fox Stakes form once stacked up in better spring features including the Caulfield Guineas, a popular interstate betting double during the carnival season, before being moved to the same date as that Group 1 mile feature in Melbourne. In 2013 Criterion ran second in both the Stan Fox and Spring Champion before a fourth in the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
2026 Callander-Presnell Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Callander-Presnell 2026 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Past Stan Fox Stakes / Callander-Presnell Results
Stan Fox Stakes / Callander-Presnell race results have been dominated by single-figure fancies and the favourites in the past decade.
Notable recent Stan Fox Stakes winners before the race was renamed the Callander-Presnell in 2022 included Press Statement (2015), Shooting To Win (2014), Manawanui (2011), and Lonhro (2011).
In 2022 the favourite Golden Mile became the first official Callander-Presnell Stakes winner.
Recent Stan Fox Stakes / Callander-Presnell Winners
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Third | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Central Europe | Why So Hard | Lafite | 1:34.52 |
| 2025 | Ohope | Rivellino | Fermoy | 1:36.06 |
| 2024 | Prost | Justy Party | Anode | 1:35.61 |
| 2023 | Chrysaor | Snowman | Ducasse | 1:35.12 |
| 2022 | Golden Mile | Communist | A Lot More Love | 1:38.89 (Race distance increased to 1600m) |
| 2021 | Hilal | Coastwatch | Brigatine | 1:28.5 |
| 2020 | Peltzer | Prime Star | Jet Propulsion | 1:28.1 |
| 2019 | Colada | Brandenburg | Bottega | 1:27.4 |
| 2018 | Tarka | Dealmaker | The Autumn Sun | 1:33.8 |
| 2017 | Gold Standard | Sanctioned | Addictive Nature | 1:28.4 |
| 2016 | Impending | Divine Prophet | Good Standing | 1:29.2 |
| 2015 | Press Statement | Shards | Rageese | 1:31.9 |
| 2014 | Shooting To Win | Scissor Kick | Valentia | 1:29.1 |
| 2013 | Eurozone | Criterion | Aussies Love Sport | 1:30.1 |
| 2012 | Kabayan | Albrecht | Divine Moon | 1:31.6 |
| 2011 | Manawanui | Roma Giaconda | Cocky Raider | 1:21.4 |
| 2010 | Decision Time | Top Drop | Halekulani | 1:23.1 |
| 2009 | Denman | Run For Naara | More Than Great | 1:23.8 |
| 2008 | Dreamscape | Whitefriars | Judge Me Not | 1:22.4 |
| 2007 | Race Not Run | – | – | – |
| 2006 | Court Command | Antidotes | Cinque | 1:22.1 |
| 2005 | Paratroopers | Primus | Testafiable | 1:22.3 |
| 2004 | Wager | Spirit of Tara | Swick | 1:22.5 |
| 2003 | Ambulance | Classy Dane | Hasna | 1:22.9 |
| 2002 | Rare Insight | Magic Marvo | Choisir | 1:24.0 |
| 2001 | Lonhro | Magic Albert | Stylish Lass | 1:24.0 |
| 2000 | Dynamic Love | Sale Of Century | Ateates | 1:21.7 |