The next edition of the Furious Stakes takes place on Saturday, September 5, 2026 at Randwick on Chelmsford Stakes Day for the Flight Stakes bound fillies.
The Furious Stakes 2026 is a key early‑spring showdown for Australia’s best three‑year‑old fillies, and it’s where the Princess Series really starts to take shape. Run over 1200m at Randwick, the race regularly unveils future Group 1 stars as they progress toward the Tea Rose and Flight Stakes, making it a prime spot to catch fillies on the rise before the market fully reacts. With sharp first‑up performers, proven juveniles and emerging spring talents all clashing at a crucial stage of their prep, the Furious Stakes delivers deep betting markets, strong form pointers and plenty of early value. Our Furious Stakes tips, odds updates and runner insights give Ladbrokes punters the intel they need as the fillies’ features heat up.
2026 Furious Stakes Odds
The season’s top Furious Stakes odds will be available right here as soon as betting on the Flight Stakes lead-up opens followed by the official finishing order after the event.
Furious Stakes Tips
Looking for fillies coming off a top three run in the Silver Shadow Stakes, youngsters looking like they’ll handle a mile (1600m), proven performers at the Randwick track and those in the top half of betting are all good Furious Stakes tips to take.
Ladbrokes Tip: The Furious Stakes – Flight Stakes double is popular with punters each spring!
2026 Furious Stakes Predictions & Best Bets
Our insider Furious Stakes 2026 best bet will be published below the week of the race so stay tuned!
The Furious Stakes is a Group 2 race for three-year-old fillies held on Chelmsford Stakes Day at Randwick Racecourse in early September during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.
There are three Group 2 races held at the meeting in total with the Furious Stakes joined by the Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) for King Charles III Stakes hopes and the Tramway Stakes (1400m). The other feature race on the program is the $1 million Group 2 Concorde Stakes (1000m) for early The Everest hopefuls which received an upgrade to Group 2 status in 2026.
Offering $300,000 in total prize money, the Furious Stakes is run over 1200m at set weights and is part of the Princess Series.
The opening leg of the 3YO Fillies’ Princess Series is the Silver Shadow Stakes in August followed by the Furious Stakes, Tea Rose Stakes and finally the Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) on Epsom Handicap Day in October.
The Furious Stakes – Flight Stakes double has been achieved most recently by Apocalyptic (2025).
Furious Stakes Race Info
- Date: Saturday, September 5, 2026
- Track: Royal Randwick Racecourse
- Distance: 1200m
- Conditions: 3YO Fillies – Set Weights
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $300,000
- First Run: 1986
2026 Furious Stakes Results
The official Furious Stakes 2026 results and full finishing order of the Flight Stakes lead-up will be updated below once the race takes place on Saturday, September 5, 2026 at Randwick.
Furious Stakes Betting
Furious Stakes betting odds are led by the spring’s top-performing fillies eyeing a run in the Group 1 Flight Stakes later in the season.
The Silver Shadow Stakes has produced more Furious Stakes winners than any other race so is the form-line to follow into the second leg of the Princess Series.
Manaal (3rd in 2024) was the last Furious Stakes winner to come via a lead-up run in the Silver Shadow Stakes.
Locally trained Sydney fillies, those proven over 1400m and top performers from the previous season as two-year-olds also feature prominently in Furious Stakes betting.
Libertini ($1.18 in 2019), Dame Giselle ($3.80 in 2020), and Manaal ($2.25 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Furious Stakes betting to salute for the punters. Both Libertini and Dame Giselle also completed the Silver Shadow Stakes – Furious Stakes double.
Furious Stakes Field
The Furious Stakes race field features the season’s best middle-distance three-year-old fillies.
The majority of the runners in the field come off an earlier run at Royal Randwick in the Group 2 Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m).
Speak Fondly (2015), Formality (2017), Libertini (2019) and Dame Giselle (2020) are the most recent fillies to complete the Silver Shadow Stakes – Furious Stakes double. Speak Fondly also went on to run second in the Group 1 Golden Rose (1400m) next start before also winning the Flight Stakes that spring.
Most fillies coming out of the Furious Stakes field go onto run in the Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) back at Randwick a fortnight later. In 2014 Winx won the Furious Stakes before seconds in the Tea Rose Stakes and Flight Stakes, that double achieved by First Seal. The year before, the 2013 Furious Stakes winner Bound For Earth finished third in the Tea Rose and Flight Stakes.
More recently, Foxplay (2016), Dame Giselle (2020), Tiz Invincible (2023) and Apocalyptic (2025) are the latest fillies to complete the Furious Stakes – Tea Rose Stakes double.
Other recent Furious Stakes winners to place in the Flight Stakes include North Star Lass (3rd in 2022), Dear Demi (3rd in 2012), Streama (1st in 2011), and More Strawberries (2nd in 2010).
Furious Stakes nominations close on the Monday before the race with the field and barrier draw out on the Wednesday.
2026 Furious Stakes Field
The official Furious Stakes 2026 Final Field & Barriers are released by Racing NSW the Wednesday leading-up to Chelmsford Stakes Day, the full line-up to be published below.
2026 Furious Stakes Nominations
The early Furious Stakes 2026 Nominations close the Monday of race week and will be announced in full below.
The 2026 Furious Stakes nominations attracted 13 potential Flight Stakes-bound fillies led in all-in betting by Tony Gollan’s classy Queenslander Pembrey coming off a win fresh in the Silver Shadow.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 511×32 | BANGKOK HOTTIE | F | 3 | David Payne | 78 |
| 2 | 11 | BRING ME CHOCOLATE | F | 3 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 65 |
| 3 | 2718x | CHAYAN | F | 3 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 88 |
| 4 | 5111×0 | CHERRY BOMSHELL | F | 3 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 84 |
| 5 | 1×1 | CHILLY GIRL | F | 3 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | 85 |
| 6 | 2425×42 | GHANA’S AKAN | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher | |
| 7 | 55×423127 | KRASINA | F | 3 | David Payne | 70 |
| 8 | 4x80x13 | OH YES SHE DID | F | 3 | Peter Snowden | 69 |
| 9 | 1510×1 | PEMBREY | F | 3 | Tony Gollan | 88 |
| 10 | 5x5148x | RACHINI | F | 3 | Bjorn Baker | 80 |
| 11 | 114x | SATONO GLOW (NZ) | F | 3 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 83 |
| 12 | 2x726x6 | SCREEN ICON | F | 3 | John Thompson | |
| 13 | 10x | STRIKING ALIBI | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 66 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Furious Stakes Form Guide
For all the information needed to place a bet on the Furious Stakes the form guide is what to consult as it lists everything from the jockeys and trainers to the lead-up form of the fillies in the race.
Look for fillies coming off a run in the Silver Shadow Stakes on the Furious Stakes form guide and for those that performed well in tougher races as a two-year-old like the Golden Slipper during the autumn.
The Furious Stakes form more often than not stacks up in the subsequent Tea Rose Stakes and Flight Stakes. It has also provided a number of Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) performers in recent years. In 2009 Furious Stakes winner Melito ran second in the Melbourne mile clash later that campaign as did Dear Demi in 2012.
In 2022 the Furious Stakes winner North Star Lass ran third in the Flight Stakes trifecta, while the Furious third placegetter She’s Extreme was third against the boys in the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes results before winning Flemington’s Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m).
Apocalyptic was brilliant in 2025, taking out the Furious Stakes first‑up before sweeping the Tea Rose and Flight Stakes to dominate the Princess Series. She then proved her class in Melbourne with a tough second in the Thousand Guineas, highlighting how strong Furious Stakes form can be heading into the spring features.
2026 Furious Stakes Form Guide
A link to our insider Furious Stakes 2026 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Past Furious Stakes Results
The Furious Stakes race results have been dominated by Silver Shadow Stakes graduates in the past decade.
Notable recent Furious Stakes winners include Apocalyptic (2025), Libertini (2019), Speak Fondly (2015), Winx (2014) who went on to win the next year’s Cox Plate, Streama (2011), and Samantha Miss (2008).
Recent Furious Stakes Winners
Manaal holds the current Furious Stakes 1200m race record winning in 2024 in a time of 1 minute 08.68 seconds.
Melito holds the current Furious Stakes 1400m race record winning in 2009 in a time of 1 minute 21:54 seconds.
Recent Furious Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2025 | Apocalyptic | Tupakara | Savvy Hallie | 1:09.92 |
| 2024 | Manaal | Ameena | Lazzura | 1:08.68 (R) |
| 2023 | Tiz Invincible | Kimochi | Mumbai Muse | 1:09.96 |
| 2022 | North Star Lass | Willinga Beast | She’s Extreme | 1:14.12 |
| 2021 | Jamaea | Robodira | Mallory | 1:09.99 |
| 2020 | Dame Giselle | Hungry Heart | Forbidden Love | 1:08.83 |
| 2019 | Libertini | Villami | Let It Pour | 1:09.22 |
| 2018 | Pure Elation | Fiesta | Pretty In Pink | 1:09:1 |
| 2017 | Formality | Champagne Cuddles | I Am Excited | 1:09.9 |
| 2016 | Foxplay | Bacarella | Global Glamour | 1:12.5 |
| 2015 | Speak Fondly | Perignon | Ottoman | 1:10.6 |
| 2014 | Winx | Alpha Miss | Earthquake | 1:11.9 |
| 2013 | Bound For Earth | Guelph | Thump | 1:09.0 |
| 2012 | Dear Demi | Meidung | Jade Marauder | 1:22.9 |
| 2011 | Streama | Florentina | Detours | 1:25.0 |
| 2010 | More Strawberries | Divorces | Parables | 1:27.0 |
| 2009 | Melito | Hurtle Myrtle | Lovemelikearock | 1:21.5 |
| 2008 | Samantha Miss | Love and Kisses | Portillo | 1:26.2 |
| 2007 | Race Not Run | |||
| 2006 | Just Dancing | My Lady’s Chamber | Gallant Tess | 1:26.6 |
| 2005 | Mnemosyne | Media | Permissive | 1:22.6 |
| 2004 | Prisoner of Love | Wager | Our Sweet Moss | 1:23.1 |
| 2003 | Shamekha | Regimental Gal | Spurcent | 1:22.4 |
| 2002 | Victory Vein | Royal Purler | Lavishly | 1:24.2 |
| 2001 | Moonflute | Hosannah | Ha Ha | 1:25.1 |
| 2000 | Unworldly | Money Begets Money | Preserve | 1:22.6 |
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Which horse will win the 2026 Furious Stakes?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Furious 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 in the lead up to the race for full form information.
When is the Furious Stakes 2026?
The 2026 Furious Stakes is set to run in Sydney on Saturday September 5 as one of the key support races on the Chelmsford Stakes Day card.
What is the prize money for the Furious Stakes 2026?
The 2026 Furious Stakes prize money is set at $300,000 which is paid from 1st to 10th place including $170,000 going to the Furious Stakes winner.
Where is the Furious Stakes 2026?
The Furious Stakes 2026 will be run at Royal Randwick, the home of Sydney’s premier short‑course sprinting features including the $20 million The Everest and mile classics like the Epsom Handicap in October, which is located at Alison Road, Randwick, NSW 2031.
What distance is the Furious Stakes run over?
The Furious Stakes is run over 1200 metres at Royal Randwick, a sharp sprint trip that suits fillies with early spring speed and strong first‑up or second‑up profiles. The distance is a key factor in Furious Stakes betting as punters look for runners proven at 1200m or showing the right trial form to handle the fast Princess Series tempo.
How many horses run in the Furious Stakes?
The Furious Stakes typically features a capacity field of around 14 fillies, ensuring competitive markets and plenty of early‑spring betting interest. With so many emerging three‑year‑old talents lining up, punters get strong value angles in Furious Stakes betting as the Princess Series kicks into gear.
Who won the 2025 Furious Stakes?
The 2025 Furious Stakes was won by three-year-old Extreme Choice filly Apocalyptic at $5 for trainer Michael Freedman with jockey Tommy Berry aboard on 56kg from barrier 1 to win by 0.26 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:09.92.