Ladbrokes Tip: Danehill Stakes runners often head into the Coolmore Stud Stakes later in the spring
The latest edition of the Danehill Stakes took place on Saturday October 4, 2025 as part of Flemington’s Turnbull Stakes Day card and was won in a brilliant late burst by the upset $15 champ McGaw for Emma-Lee & David Browne.
2025 Danehill Stakes Results
The official Danehill Stakes 2025 results and full race finishing order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 4, 2025.
- 1st: No. 7 McGaw
- 2nd: No. 8 My Gladiola
- 3rd: No. 1 Tentyris
The Emma-Lee & David Browne trained I Am Immortal gelding McGaw ($15) overcame a slow start to unleash a blistering burst down the grandstand side of the famous Flemington straight, surging to victory in the 2025 Danehill Stakes results in a narrow photo-finish upset.
2025 Danehill Stakes Odds
The latest Danehill Stakes 2025 betting odds and links to our Flemington racing markets will be provided below the week of the race.
| 7. Mcgaw (7) J: Damian Lane 57kg 11x25T: Emma-Lee & David Browne | ||
| 8. My Gladiola (6) J: Jamie Mott 56.5kg 28x21T: John McArdle | ||
| 1. Tentyris (5) J: Mark Zahra 58.5kg 5121xT: Anthony & Sam Freedman | ||
| 4. Legacy Bound (3) J: Jye McNeil 58.5kg 11x1T: Robbie Griffiths | ||
| 2. Tycoon Star (8) J: Michael Dee 58.5kg 0x213T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 3. Jimmy Recard (1) J: Jamie Melham 58.5kg x1113T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 9. Inkaruna (4) J: Blake Shinn 56.5kg 135x3T: Anthony & Sam Freedman | ||
| 5. Shining Smile (9) J: Daniel Stackhouse 58kg x1543T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 6. Rosberg (2) J: Ben Melham 58kg 1T: Clinton McDonald |
Danehill Stakes Tips
Danehill Stakes tips include looking for three-year-olds coming off a top three run in similar class last start, proven Group performers, those with winning Flemington form down the straight and runners backing up from a race like the McNeil Stakes or Quezette Stakes.
2025 Danehill Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Danehill Stakes 2025 betting tips and Group 2 Flemington selections will be detailed below the week of the race so you can get behind our tips online.
To Win: No. 1 Tentyris
TENTYRIS (5) resumes in a compact nine-horse field and, despite conceding fitness to rivals with earlier spring runs, he looks the standout class runner and the one to beat fresh. Trained by Anthony & Sam Freedman, the Street Boss colt made a big impression as a juvenile, finishing runner-up in the Group 1 Blue Diamond after a dominant Black-Type win over this very track and trip. He then headed to Sydney and comfortably accounted for a strong field including Wodeton and future Group 1 Champagne Stakes winner Nepotism. With proven form lines, a liking for the track, and a couple of sharp trials under his belt, Tentyris looks ready to fire first-up.
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1. Tentyris (5)
J: Mark Zahra 58.5kg
5121xT: Anthony & Sam Freedman
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The Danehill Stakes is a Group 2 race for three-year-olds run down the famous straight track at Flemington Racecourse on Turnbull Stakes Day during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. The day’s racing at the meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) for potential Cox Plate horses.
Previously held on Makybe Diva Stakes Day a fortnight earlier, the Danehill Stakes was moved to the later time slot ahead of the 2021 edition and is scheduled for the same date as Sydney’s Epsom Handicap Day.
There are three Group 2 support acts on the Melbourne card with the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes, Group 2 Gilgai Stakes and the Danehill Stakes. A 1100m sprint, having been reduced from 1200m in 2021, the Danehill Stakes is run at set weights plus penalties and offers $300,000 in total prize money.
It is a key lead-up into the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) over the same track and distance during the Melbourne Cup Carnival, a double recently completed by Sepoy (2011).
In 2023 I Am Unstoppable was runner-up in the Danehill Stakes and Coolmore Stud Stakes results.
The 2021 Danehill Stakes form was franked with the winning three-year-old Giga Kick going on to win the world’s richest turf race – the then $15 million (now $20 million) The Everest (1200m) – at his next start in Sydney.
Danehill Stakes Race Info
- Date: Saturday October 4, 2025
- Track: Flemington Racecourse
- Distance: 1100m
- Conditions: 3YOs – Set Weights + Penalties
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $300,000
- First Run: 1982
Danehill Stakes Betting
Danehill Stakes betting is led by in-form three-year-olds with proven form over the shorter sprinter distances that were likely tested in tougher company during their last campaign.
Horses that ran well in lead-up races in Melbourne like the Vain Stakes and McKenzie Stakes and that have previous experience down the testing Flemington straight also sit high up the Danehill Stakes odds each year.
Giga Kick in 2022 was the last horse to complete the Vain Stakes – Danehill Stakes double.
Double figure hopes in Danehill Stakes markets have recent winning form in the Group 2 including Charlie Boy ($21 in 2013) and Kallos ($12 in 2021).
Dalasan ($2.60 in 2019), Giga Kick ($1.95 in 2022), and First Settler ($4 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Danehill Stakes betting to get the job done for the punters.
Danehill Stakes Field
The Danehill Stakes race field attracts a quality line-up of three-year-olds many heading towards longer distance runs for their age during the spring. A key lead-up race into the Danehill Stakes is the Group 3 HDF McNeil Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield the previous month.
In 2015 Ready For Victory ran second in the McNeil and third in the Danehill Stakes behind Kinglike. Ready For Victory also went on to run third to Press Statement in that year’s Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m), which is a target for many horses coming out of the Danehill Stakes field each spring.
Another possible lead-up run is Moonee Valley’s Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m), a race Rich Enuff won on way to his Danehill Stakes success in 2014. Rich Enuff also won the Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) next start before his Caulfield Guineas second to Shooting To Win.
Éclair Big Bang come off a Danehill Stakes third to Charlie Boy in 2013 before backing up to win the Caulfield Guineas.
Fillies meanwhile may come off an August run in the Group 3 Quezette Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield before taking on the boys. In 2013 Kiss A Rose won the Quezette before a second to Charlie Boy in the Danehill Stakes. In 2017 the previous season’s Blue Diamond Stakes winning filly Catchy improved on a lead-up second in the Quezette Stakes to beat home the boys in the Danehill Stakes.
Danehill Stakes nominations are taken the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday with the final field and barriers released on the Wednesday.
2025 Danehill Stakes Field
The official Danehill Stakes 2025 race field and barriers are announced the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below, so stay tuned to see what three-year-olds make the starting line-up this spring.
The Danehill Stakes 2025 field features nine three-year-old sprinters including the Freedman’s returning Blue Diamond runner-up Tentyris, McKenzie Stakes winner Rosberg having just his second career start, and Ciaron Maher’s rails-drawn I Am Invincible colt Jimmy Recard.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Tentyris
J: Mark Zahra
T: Anthony & Sam Freedman |
5121x | C | 5 | 58.5kg | |
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2. Tycoon Star
J: Michael Dee
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
40x213 | C | 8 | 58.5kg | |
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3. Jimmy Recard
J: Jamie Melham
T: Ciaron Maher |
8x1113 | C | 1 | 58.5kg | |
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4. Legacy Bound
J: Jye McNeil
T: Robbie Griffiths |
11x1 | G | 3 | 58.5kg | |
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5. Shining Smile
J: Daniel Stackhouse
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
1x1543 | C | 9 | 58kg | |
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6. Rosberg
J: Ben Melham
T: Clinton McDonald |
1 | C | 2 | 58kg | |
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7. Mcgaw
J: Damian Lane
T: Emma-Lee & David Browne |
11x25 | G | 7 | 57kg | |
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8. My Gladiola
J: Jamie Mott
T: John McArdle |
128x21 | F | 6 | 56.5kg | |
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9. Inkaruna
J: Blake Shinn
T: Anthony & Sam Freedman |
135x3 | F | 4 | 56.5kg |
2025 Danehill Stakes Nominations
The Danehill Stakes 2025 nominations are taken by Racing Victoria on the Monday of race week and will be published in full below.
2025 Danehill Stakes nominations extended until 10:00AM (AEST) – 30/09/2025
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 217×791 | CAVALRY GIRL | F | 3 | Tom Dabernig | 70 |
| 2 | 135×3 | INKARUNA | F | 3 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 82 |
| 3 | 8×1113 | JIMMY RECARD | C | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 86 |
| 4 | 11×1 | LEGACY BOUND | G | 3 | Robbie Griffiths | 90 |
| 5 | 30x1x | LOFTY THOUGHTS | C | 3 | Lindsey Smith | 63 |
| 6 | 11×25 | MCGAW | G | 3 | Emma-Lee & David Browne | 78 |
| 7 | 128×21 | MY GLADIOLA | F | 3 | John McArdle | 88 |
| 8 | 214 | OLIVEANOTHERDAY | G | 3 | Tom Dabernig | 62 |
| 9 | 1 | ROSBERG | C | 3 | Clinton McDonald | 75 |
| 10 | 1x111x1543 | SHINING SMILE | C | 3 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 81 |
| 11 | 3145 | SONOFKIRK | C | 3 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 70 |
| 12 | 731 | STREET ARTIST (NZ) | G | 3 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 63 |
| 13 | 5121x | TENTYRIS | C | 3 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 90 |
| 14 | 4x4340x213 | TYCOON STAR | C | 3 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 90 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Danehill Stakes Form Guide
The Danehill Stakes form guide features all the information for punters from barriers, jockeys and trainers to the lead-up runs of the horses in the field. Looking at the form for three-year-olds coming off a top three run and jumping at single-figures in betting is key.
The form out of the Danehill Stakes has gone on to hold in tougher grade races many times over the years including in 2011 when the third-placed Bruckner ran a next-up second in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes.
In 2022 the Danehill Stakes winner Giga Kick won Sydney’s The Everest next start in an upset, and he further franked the form in 2023 returning to win the Group 1 All Aged Stakes and Doomben 10,000.
The 2024 Danehill Stakes runner-up Reserve Bank franked the form heading to Morphettville in the autumn of 2025 to claim a Group 1 sprint win in The Goodwood.
2025 Danehill Stakes Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Danehill Stakes 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Danehill Stakes Results
The Danehill Stakes race results have been dominated by class three-year-olds in the past decade jumping at under $10 in betting.
Notable recent Danehill Stakes winners include Giga Kick (2022), Catchy (2017), Rich Enuff (2014), Snitzerland (2012), Sepoy (2011), Black Caviar (2009), and Fastnet Rock (2004).
Stretan Angel (2023) was the last Danehill Stakes winning filly.
Past Danehill Stakes Winners
Recent Danehill Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Third | Time |
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| 2025 | McGaw | My Gladiola | Tentyris | 1:02.63 |
| 2024 | First Settler | Reserve Bank | Enriched | 1:04.5 |
| 2023 | Stretan Angel | I Am Unstoppable | Don Corleone | 1:04.1 |
| 2022 | Giga Kick | Buenos Noches | Cannonball | 1:02.6 |
| 2021 | Kallos | General Beau | Bruckner | 1:04.3 |
| 2020 | Doubtland | Amish Boy | Ranting | 1:09.5 |
| 2019 | Dalasan | Dubious | Express Pass | 1:09.4 |
| 2018 | Encryption | Thorondor | Tavisan | 1:10.6 |
| 2017 | Catchy | Jukebox | Booker | 1:10.3 |
| 2016 | Saracino | Archives | Samara Dancer | 1:09.8 |
| 2015 | Kinglike | Raphael’s Cat | Ready For Victory | 1:09.0 |
| 2014 | Rich Enuff | Looks Like The Cat | Ghibellines | 1:08.1 |
| 2013 | Charlie Boy | Kiss A Rose | Eclair Big Bang | 1:10.0 |
| 2012 | Snitzerland | Stralia | Rusambo | 1.10.5 |
| 2011 | Sepoy | Hallowell Belle | Unique Quality | 1:08.7 |
| 2010 | Soul | Buffering | General Truce | 1:11.6 |
| 2009 | Black Caviar | Wanted | Rarefied | 1:09.9 |
| 2008 | Aichi | Time Chief | Niccconi | 1:10.4 |
| 2007 | Tan Tat de Lago | Scenic Blast | Purrealist | 1:10.9 |
| 2006 | The One | Anamato | Sharkbite | 1:10.4 |
| 2005 | Jet Spur | Queen of the Hill | Stratum | 1:09.5 |
| 2004 | Fastnet Rock | Brannigan | Assafa | 1:09.2 |
| 2003 | Abdullah | Critical List | Bronc | 1:12.0 |
| 2002 | Planchet | Blur | Choisir | 1:08.7 |
| 2001 | Chongtong | North Boy | Spectatorial | 1:09.0 |
| 2000 | St Petersburg | Cosset | Ceffyl | 1:10.4 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Danehill Stakes?
The 2025 Danehill Stakes was won by three-year-old I Am Immortal gelding McGaw at $15 for trainers Emma-Lee & David Browne with jockey Damian Lane aboard on 57kg from barrier 7 to win by 0.06 lengths on a Good (4) track to win in a time of 1:02.63.
When is the Danehill Stakes 2025?
Saturday October 4, 2025What is the prize money for the Danehill Stakes 2025?
$300,000
Where is the Danehill Stakes 2025?
Flemington Racecourse, 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington VIC 3031.
How do I bet on the 2025 Danehill Stakes?
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Which horse will win the 2025 Danehill Stakes?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Danehill 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.