Ladbrokes Tip: The Crystal Mile is the perfect lead-up to the Champions Mile held on Stakes Day at Flemington
The latest edition of the Crystal Mile took place on Saturday October 25, 2025 as part of the bumper Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day program at The Valley and saw Cliff Brown’s galloper Von Hauke ($10) break a lengthy winning drought to score an impressive one-length upset.
2025 Crystal Mile Results
The official Crystal Mile 2025 Results & Finishing Order will be detailed below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 25, 2025.
- 1st: No. 7 Von Hauke
- 2nd: No. 5 Golden Path
- 3rd: No. 4 Rise At Dawn
Cliff Brown’s Savabeel six-year-old Von Hauke ($10) atoned for his fourth in the race last year breaking a 595-day drought and showing huge improvement under the riding of Ethan Brown to come from fifth on the home turn and get through before surging clear to beat Golden Path by a length in the 2025 Crystal Mile results on Cox Plate Day.
2025 Crystal Mile Odds
The season’s best Crystal Mile 2025 betting odds and links to our markets on the Group 2 support act on Cox Plate Day will be detailed below once released so stay tuned for the top Crystal Mile prices this spring.
| 7. Von Hauke (5) J: Ethan Brown 57kg 4x073T: Cliff Brown | ||
| 5. Golden Path (4) J: Blake Shinn 57kg x3130T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr | ||
| 4. Rise At Dawn (2) J: Michael Dee 57.5kg 50x32T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 8. Oh Too Good (1) J: Damian Lane 56kg 8x271T: Kevin Daffy | ||
| 3. Desert Lightning (6) J: Luke Nolen 58kg x2159T: Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | ||
| 1. Pinstriped (3) J: Craig Williams 59.5kg x7957T: Enver Jusufovic | ||
| 2. Port Lockroy (7) J: Jye McNeil 59.5kg 7x000T: Annabel & Rob Archibald | ||
| 9. Rumbled Again (8) J: Lachlan Neindorf 56kg 93460T: Michael Trotter |
Crystal Mile Tips
Crystal Mile tips to take to the bookies during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival include looking at runners with a good record over the mile, proven Group 1 and 2 performers and any top three graduates out of lead-ups like the Toorak Handicap and Epsom Handicap.
Taking runners under $10 in betting is also a good Crystal Mile tip as favourites have at top record in the past decade and only a few horses have saluted at double-figures in the past decade.
Von Hauke ($10 in 2025) was the last double-figure Crystal Mile winner
2025 Crystal Mile Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Crystal Mile 2025 betting tips will be detailed in full below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the Champions Mile-bound milers to back and sack.
To Win: No. 4 Rise At Dawn
RISE AT DAWN (2) – Lindsay Park has opted to bypass the Five Diamonds Prelude in Sydney, instead targeting the Crystal Mile at The Valley — and it looks a smart play. This well-bred son of Almanzor is the market elect and maps perfectly from a soft draw in a compact field. He hasn’t landed a win since February, but his recent form is rock-solid, including a strong second to Waterford in the Group 2 Shannon Stakes from the car park at Rosehill. Third-up and fit, he now gets back to his pet distance — the mile — where he boasts an impressive record (8:4-2-0). He’s proven at Moonee Valley and gets the services of Michael Dee again, which is a big tick. He’s a horse that builds through his gears and thrives when allowed to roll, and from this alley, he should get every chance to do just that. With conditions to suit and the right setup, he’s ready to strike.
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4. Rise At Dawn (2)
J: Michael Dee 57.5kg
50×32T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes
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The Crystal Mile is a Group 2 weight-for-age race held at Moonee Valley Racecourse on Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day in late October during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. One of the season’s premier race days, the meeting is highlighted by the Group 1 Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) and features four Group 2 support acts.
Along with the Crystal Mile (1600m) the other Group 2s on the card are the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic (1600m), Moonee Valley Vase (2040m), and the McEwen Stakes (1200m) moved from September to October in 2024.
Offering $400,000 in total prize money the Crystal Mile is the ideal lead-up to the Group 1 Champions Mile (1600m) – formerly the Kennedy Cantala – run at Flemington Racecourse.
Formerly run as the Emirates Stakes seven days later, the Champions Mile was moved forward a week and gives the Crystal Mile graduates a quick back-up to handle if they are to complete the double last achieved by Turn Me Loose (2015) when the Longines Mile, now the Champions Mile, ran as the Emirates Stakes.
Crystal Mile Race Info
- Date: Saturday October 25, 2025
- Track: Moonee Valley Racecourse
- Distance: 1600m
- Conditions: Weight-for-age
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $400,000
- First Run: 1982
Crystal Mile Betting
The Crystal Mile betting markets are released on the Wednesday of Cox Plate week following the final acceptances revealing the field. Crystal Mile odds are led by in-form spring milers with proven form over the distance (1600m) and those that have previous experience at the notoriously tight Moonee Valley track.
Sydney raiders have a top recent record in the race and the Epsom Handicap graduates from Randwick earlier in the month also sit high up the Crystal Mile betting odds each year.
Favourites have plenty of recent wins in the race with the latest Crystal Mile winners to salute at double-figures in betting being French raider Chief Ironside ($26 in 2019) followed by Von Hauke ($10 in 2025).
Plenty Of Ammo ($3.90 in 2024) was the last Crystal Mile favourite to win.
Crystal Mile Field
The Crystal Mile race field attracts a line-up of the season’s best milers, many heading towards a run in either the new-look Group 1 Champions Mile (1600m) or Group 1 Champions Stakes (2000m) held at Flemington during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
A key lead-up into the Crystal Mile field is the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) held a fortnight earlier at Caulfield Racecourse.
The 2023 Crystal Mile runner-up Antino would return the following year to win the 2024 Toorak Handicap by an emphatic 6.5 lengths!
Crystal Mile nominations close the Monday before the race takes place that Saturday followed by the release of the final field and barriers on the Wednesday.
2025 Crystal Mile Field
The official Crystal Mile 2025 Final Field & Barriers are announced on the Wednesday of Cox Plate week and will be detailed in full below, so stay tuned to see what milers make the Group 2 field this spring.
The Crystal Mile 2025 final field features a diminutive but quality line-up of potential Champions Mile bound gallopers including last start Group 3 Ladies Day Vase winner Oh Too Good and Lindsay Park’s Rise At Dawn coming off a Group 2 Shannon Stakes second in Sydney.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Pinstriped
J: Craig Williams
T: Enver Jusufovic |
7x7957 | G | 3 | 59.5kg | |
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2. Port Lockroy
J: Jye McNeil
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
97x000 | H | 7 | 59.5kg | |
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3. Desert Lightning
J: Luke Nolen
T: Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman |
4x2159 | G | 6 | 58kg | |
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4. Rise At Dawn
J: Michael Dee
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
x50x32 | G | 2 | 57.5kg | |
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5. Golden Path
J: Blake Shinn
T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr |
5x3130 | G | 4 | 57kg | |
| 6. El Rocko (8) Scratched: | |||||
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7. Von Hauke
J: Ethan Brown
T: Cliff Brown |
04x073 | G | 5 | 57kg | |
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8. Oh Too Good
J: Damian Lane
T: Kevin Daffy |
18x271 | M | 1 | 56kg | |
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9. Rumbled Again
J: Lachlan Neindorf
T: Michael Trotter |
x93460 | M | 8 | 56kg | |
2025 Crystal Mile Nominations
The early Crystal Mile 2025 Nominations are taken the Monday before the event.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | x46430x986 | ANOTHER PROPHET | M | 4 | Ciaron Maher | 98 |
| 2 | 12x098x23x | APULIA | H | 5 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 97 |
| 3 | x8024x2159 | DESERT LIGHTNING (NZ) | G | 6 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | 108 |
| 4 | 1908211263 | EL ROCKO | G | 7 | John McArdle | 95 |
| 5 | 23x316x638 | FEROCE (NZ) | G | 4 | Dominic Sutton | 107 |
| 6 | 6x665x3130 | GOLDEN PATH (NZ) | G | 6 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 107 |
| 7 | 3x3418x271 | OH TOO GOOD | M | 6 | Kevin Daffy | 102 |
| 8 | 76x97x7957 | PINSTRIPED | G | 7 | Enver Jusufovic | 109 |
| 9 | 10x897x000 | PORT LOCKROY | H | 5 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 102 |
| 10 | x164x50x32 | RISE AT DAWN (NZ) | G | 5 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 105 |
| 11 | x850x93460 | RUMBLED AGAIN | M | 8 | Michael Trotter | 94 |
| 12 | 23x84950x2 | SAINT GEORGE (GB) | G | 6 | Ciaron Maher | 96 |
| 13 | 441x1x0x79 | SHADIZI (FR) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 90 |
| 14 | 329x07696x | STAR VEGA (IRE) | G | 6 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 90 |
| 15 | 89x504x073 | VON HAUKE (NZ) | G | 6 | Cliff Brown | 96 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Crystal Mile Form Guide
The Crystal Mile form guide shows all the relevant information and statistics for punters like the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs.
Looking at the form it is important to find runners with a good record at the distance (1600m), and the Epsom Handicap has been the best Crystal Mile form line to follow in the past decade producing a host of winners and placegetters in the Melbourne Group 2 on Cox Plate Day.
The Crystal Mile form has stacked-up in better races many times over the years including when the 2020 winner Homesman went on to win the following autumn’s Group 1 Australian Cup.
The 2022 Crystal Mile form was franked with the winner My Oberon returning in the autumn of 2023 to finish second to Mr Brightside in Sydney’s Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m).
2025 Crystal Mile Form Guide
A link to our exclusive Crystal Mile 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Crystal Mile Results
The Crystal Mile race results have been dominated by Group 1 performers and those under $10 in betting over the past decade or so.
Notable recent Crystal Mile winners include Homesman (2020), Turn Me Loose (2015), Hooked (2014), Silent Achiever (2012), and Rangirangdoo (2009).
The last back-to-back Crystal Mile champion was Weasel Will (2000-2001).
Ark Regal holds the current 1600m Crystal Mile race record winning in 1990 in a time of 1 minute 33:2 seconds.
Prowess (2023) and Plenty Of Ammo (2024) are the latest Crystal Mile winning mares.
Past Crystal Mile Winners
Recent Crystal Mile 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 | Von Hauke | Golden Path | Rise At Dawn | 1:35.63 |
| 2024 | Plenty Of Ammo | Royal Champion | Nugget | 1:34.88 |
| 2023 | Prowess | Antino | Tuvalu | 1:35.79 |
| 2022 | My Oberon | Bankers Choice | Buffalo River | 1:38.37 |
| 2021 | Just Folk | Begood Toya Mother | Elephant | 1:38.31 |
| 2020 | Homesman | Age Of Chivalry | King’s Will Dream | 1:38.4 |
| 2019 | Chief Ironside | Cliff’s Edge | Best Of Days | 1:35.4 |
| 2018 | Cliff’s Edge | Prized Icon | Duca Valentinois | 1:35.9 |
| 2017 | Lucky Hussler | Religify | It’s Somewhat | 1:34.5 |
| 2016 | The United States | Lidari | Ulmann | 1:39.7 |
| 2015 | Turn Me Loose | Bow Creek | Lucky Hussler | 1:35.0 |
| 2014 | Hooked | Bull Point | Desert Jeuney | 1:34.9 |
| 2013 | Toydini | Speediness | Sacred Falls | 1:36.0 |
| 2012 | Silent Achiever | Rangirangdoo | Solzhenitsyn | 1:35.6 |
| 2011 | Testa My Patience | Hawks Bay | He’s Remarkable | 1:36.7 |
| 2010 | Sound Journey | Trader | Drumbeats | 1:36.7 |
| 2009 | Rangirangdoo | Sound Of Nature | All American | 1:34.9 |
| 2008 | Sea Battle | Conquering | Orange County | 1:36.3 |
| 2007 | Sonic Quest | Orange County | Tears I Cry | 1.35.9 |
| 2006 | Flash Trick | New Edge | Rockford Bay | 1:37.2 |
| 2005 | Niconero | Cargo Cult | Miss Potential | 1:39.4 |
| 2004 | Lad Of The Manor | Lord Mick | Sir Dex | 1:37.0 |
| 2003 | Rosina Lad | Walk On Air | Archave | 1:38.3 |
| 2002 | Royal Code | Weasel Will | Excellerator | 1:36.5 |
| 2001 | Weasel Will | Le Zagaletta | Typhoon | 1:37.3 |
| 2000 | Weasel Will | Le Zagaletta | Czar Hero | 1:38.7 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Crystal Mile?
The 2025 Crystal Mile was won by six-year-old Savabeel gelding Von Hauke at $10 for trainer Cliff Brown with jockey Ethan Brown aboard on 57kg from barrier 5 to win by 1 length on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:35.63.
Who won the 2024 Crystal Mile?
The 2024 Crystal Mile winner was the Symon Wilde-trained mare Plenty Of Ammo who saluted as the $3.90 favourite with Jordan Childs in the saddle.
When is the Crystal Mile 2025?
Saturday October 25, 2025What is the prize money for the Crystal Mile 2025?
$400,000
Where is the Crystal Mile 2025?
Moonee Valley Racecourse, Feehan Ave, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039.
How do I bet on the 2025 Crystal Mile?
Bet online or via the latest iOS/Android app with Ladbrokes.
The first step is to create an account at ladbrokes.com.au. The process is quick and easy!
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 runner that’s right for you.
Which horse will win the 2025 Crystal Mile?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Crystal Mile 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.