Ladbrokes Tip: The Phar Lap is a good guide to both the ATC Oaks and ATC Derby during The Championships
The latest edition of the Phar Lap Stakes took place on Saturday, March 14, 2026 at Rosehill Gardens and saw Sixties ($1.55F) salute for the punters as the odds-on favourite to hand trainer Chris Waller his ninth win in the event and his first with a colt.
2026 Phar Lap Stakes Results
The official Phar Lap Stakes Results 2026 and Finishing Order will be published below when the Group 2 takes place on Saturday, March 14, 2026.
- #1 Sixties
- #8 Federalist
- #5 Cellarmaster
Chris Waller’s outstanding record in the Phar Lap continued with the master horseman securing his ninth win in 2026, this time with his Flying Artie colt Sixties ($1.55F). After a luckless Australian Guineas third, the up-and-comer atoned with a strong win for the punters in the 2026 Phar Lap Stakes results thanks to a brave on-pace ride by jockey James McDonald. Coming from second at the top of the straight, Sixties moved up on the outside of the front running Shangri La Boy to hit the lead at the 200m mark and draw clear to salute by 0.67 lengths and firm from $21 into $11 to win the $4 million Doncaster Mile on April 4.
2026 Phar Lap Stakes Odds
The top Phar Lap Stakes 2026 odds will be provided below the week of the race so bookmark this page to get behind your favourite three-year-olds of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival followed by the official Phar Lap Stakes results after the event.
| 1. Sixties (10) J: James McDonald 56.5kg 5×113T: Chris Waller | ||
| 8. Federalist (7) J: Dylan Gibbons 56.5kg 049×2T: M, W & J Hawkes | ||
| 5. Cellarmaster (9) J: Zac Lloyd 56.5kg 51821T: John O’shea & Tom Charlton | ||
| 13. Soverato (2) J: Kerrin Mcevoy 54.5kg 41×12T: Chris Waller | ||
| 10. Panova (11) J: Tommy Berry 54.5kg 211×6T: Chris Waller | ||
| 2. Shangri La Boy (6) J: Nash Rawiller 56.5kg 112×7T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 3. West Of Swindon (3) J: Jason Collett 56.5kg 94×66T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 4. Matias (8) J: Jay Ford 56.5kg 2211xT: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | ||
| 6. Top Reward (1) J: Craig Williams 56.5kg 13×5T: Clayton Douglas | ||
| 9. Tom Vegas (5) J: Mathew Cahill 56.5kg 0x361T: Dean Mirfin | ||
| 7. Kilbrannan (4) J: Ashley Morgan 56.5kg 11946T: Gary Portelli |
Phar Lap Stakes Tips
Fillies have a great recent record over the boys in the Phar Lap Stakes and make good tips in the race especially those coming out of the recently upgraded Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m) a fortnight earlier.
Zougotcha (4th in 2023), Zardozi (11th in 2024), and Lazzura (3rd in 2025) are the latest Phar Lap Stakes winning fillies to come out of the Surround Stakes.
Trainer Chris Waller has prepared nine Phar Lap Stakes winners with superstar mare Winx (2015), Foxplay (2017), Unforgotten (2018), Verry Elleegant (2019), Funstar (2020), Hungry Heart (2021), Zougotcha (2023), Lazzura (2025), and the stable’s first male champion Sixties (2026).
Taking in-form hopefuls at single figures is also a good Phar Lap Stakes betting tip with those at longer odds rarely successful.
2026 Phar Lap Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Phar Lap Stakes 2026 tips and betting selections will be detailed right here soon after betting opens so stay tuned to see who to back and sack in the ATC Derby & ATC Oaks lead-up.
| 1. Sixties (10) J: James McDonald 56.5kg 5×113T: Chris Waller |
| 10. Panova (11) J: Tommy Berry 54.5kg 211×6T: Chris Waller |
| 11. Profoundly (9) Scratched: | |||
The Phar Lap Stakes is one of two Group 2 races run at Rosehill Racecourse on a Saturday in mid-March as part of Coolmore Classic Day during the annual Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.
The Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) for fillies and mares is the meeting’s highlight race, while the Phar Lap Stakes is another major feature on the card.
Run over the same 1500m distance as the Group 1, the Phar Lap Stakes is an open gender race for three-years-old run at set weights with colts and geldings carrying 56.5kg and the fillies allocated 54.5kg.
The Phar Lap Stakes offers $300,000 in total prize money including $170,000 to the winner and connections. The race is a good lead-up for three-year-olds looking to step out over more distance in races like the Group 1 ATC Oaks and ATC Derby run over 2400m at Randwick Racecourse later in the autumn.
The Phar Lap Stakes – Australian Oaks double was completed on back-to-back years by Chris Waller-trained fillies with Unforgotten (2018) and Verry Elleegant (2019), and again with their stablemate Hungry Heart in 2021.
Waller took his incredible record in the race up to six wins in seven years when Hungry Heart became his fifth consecutive Phar Lap Stakes winning filly in 2021. She went on to complete the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes – ATC Oaks double that autumn.
The master trainer then won his seventh Phar Lap Stakes in 2023 with the odds-on favourite Zougotcha, and then celebrated his eighth win in 11 years with Lazzura in 2025.
In 2026, Waller took his incredible Phar Lap Stakes winning record up to nine victories securing the race with a colt for the first time with Sixties.
Phar Lap Stakes Info
- Date: Saturday, March 14, 2026
- Track: Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
- Distance: 1500m
- Conditions: 3YO – Set Weights
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $300,000
- First Run: 1973
Phar Lap Stakes Betting
Phar Lap Stakes odds are dominated each year by three-year-olds with nice lead-up autumn form in similar distanced races. Those proven over at least 1400m are usually high up the markets as are those with winning Sydney form.
Hungry Heart ($3.70 in 2021) followed by the fellow Chris Waller-trained filly Zougotcha ($1.50 in 2023) and the stable’s star colt Sixties ($1.55 in 2026) are the latest favourites in Phar Lap Stakes betting to salute for the punters.
There was a notable upset in 2024 by the previous spring’s VRC Oaks winner Zardozi who saluted second-up at Phar Lap Stakes odds of $13.
Phar Lap Stakes betting opens the Wednesday before the race following the release of the final field of acceptances and barriers.
Phar Lap Stakes Field
The Phar Lap Stakes race field features a line-up of the season’s most promising three-year-old staying types.
For the fillies, traditional lead-up races include the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes (1200m) and Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m).
The Surround Stakes recently produced Phar Lap Stakes winners in 2020 with Funstar (2nd) turning the tables on her last start conqueror Probabeel and 2021 with Hungry Heart improving on her lead-up eighth in the Group 1.
In 2023 the fellow Waller-trained Zougotcha improved on her fourth fresh in the Surround Stakes to salute as the odds-on favourite in the Phar Lap field against the boys.
Zardozi (11th in 2024) and Lazzura (3rd in 2025) are the latest Phar Lap Stakes winners to come via a lead-up run in the Surround Stakes.
The male gallopers could come out of a number of different races in either Sydney or Melbourne including Flemington’s Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes (1400m) or the Group 2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m) held at Rosehill.
Sixties (2026) was the last colt to complete the CS Hayes Stakes / Phar Lap Stakes double with a Group 1 Australian Guineas third in between.
Phar Lap Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race with the final field and barrier draw out on the Wednesday.
2026 Phar Lap Stakes Field
The official Phar Lap Stakes 2026 field of final acceptances for the three-years-old Group 2 Coolmore Classic Day showdown will be published below once released on the Wednesday of race week.
The 2026 Phar Lap Stakes field features a quality line-up of three-year-olds including the widely drawn Chris Waller-trained Sixties coming off a Group 1 Australian Guineas third at Flemington.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1. Sixties
J: James McDonald
T: Chris Waller |
15x113 | C | 10 | 56.5kg | |
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2. Shangri La Boy
J: Nash Rawiller
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
3112x7 | C | 6 | 56.5kg | |
|
3. West Of Swindon
J: Jason Collett
T: Ciaron Maher |
194x66 | C | 3 | 56.5kg | |
|
4. Matias
J: Jay Ford
T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou |
x2211x | G | 8 | 56.5kg | |
|
5. Cellarmaster
J: Zac Lloyd
T: John O'shea & Tom Charlton |
x51821 | G | 9 | 56.5kg | |
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6. Top Reward
J: Craig Williams
T: Clayton Douglas |
13x5 | C | 1 | 56.5kg | |
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7. Kilbrannan
J: Ashley Morgan
T: Gary Portelli |
511946 | C | 4 | 56.5kg | |
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8. Federalist
J: Dylan Gibbons
T: M, W & J Hawkes |
x049x2 | G | 7 | 56.5kg | |
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9. Tom Vegas
J: Mathew Cahill
T: Dean Mirfin |
30x361 | G | 5 | 56.5kg | |
|
10. Panova
J: Tommy Berry
T: Chris Waller |
4211x6 | F | 11 | 54.5kg | |
| 11. Profoundly (9) Scratched: | |||||
| 12. Long Legs (13) Scratched: | |||||
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13. Soverato
J: Kerrin Mcevoy
T: Chris Waller |
41x12 | F | 2 | 54.5kg | |
2026 Phar Lap Stakes Nominations
The early Phar Lap Stakes 2026 Nominations are taken on the Monday of race week and the list of potential runners in the field will be detailed below as soon as announced by Racing NSW.
2026 Phar Lap Stakes nominations extended until 11:00am (AEDT) – 10/03/2026
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 59x331x121 | AISLE TWO | F | 3 | Robert & Luke Price | 71 |
| 2 | 4×51821 | CELLARMASTER (NZ) | G | 3 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 69 |
| 3 | 576x049x2 | FEDERALIST | G | 3 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | |
| 4 | 9x685x11 | LISTEN SWEETHEART | F | 3 | John Sargent | 61 |
| 5 | 55x2211x | MATIAS | G | 3 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | 72 |
| 6 | 2x4211x6 | PANOVA | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 84 |
| 7 | 513x6324x1 | PROFOUNDLY | F | 3 | Michael Freedman | 70 |
| 8 | 51x3486x68 | QUEEN OF CLUBS | F | 3 | Gary Portelli | 82 |
| 9 | 1×25 | SAVITRI | F | 3 | Mitchell Freedman | |
| 10 | 3112×7 | SHANGRI LA BOY | C | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 94 |
| 11 | 821515×113 | SIXTIES | C | 3 | Chris Waller | |
| 12 | 41×12 | SOVERATO (NZ) | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 68 |
| 13 | 2x7830x361 | TOM VEGAS | G | 3 | Dean Mirfin | |
| 14 | 13×5 | TOP REWARD | C | 3 | Clayton Douglas | |
| 15 | 0x42194x66 | WEST OF SWINDON | C | 3 | Ciaron Maher |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Phar Lap Stakes Form Guide
The Phar Lap Stakes form guide lists crucial information like the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of the three-year-olds in the field.
The Phar Lap Stakes form has stacked up in better autumn races in recent years including the Group 1 Australian Oaks (2400m) for the fillies in April with the 2015 Phar Lap winner Winx running second in the Oaks two runs later. That was the last time Winx was ever beaten, the champion mare going on to win her subsequent 33 starts consecutively including a record four Cox Plate trophies.
That same year the Phar Lap Stakes runner-up Hauraki went on to win the Group 2 Tulloch Stakes (2000m) before his second to Mongolian Khan in the Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m). In 2009 Whobetgotyou was runner-up to Heart Of Dreams in the Phar Lap Stakes before running third in the Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) two starts later.
More recently Foxplay (2017) backed up from her Phar Lap Stakes win two starts later to win Randwick’s Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m), while the 2020 Phar Lap winner Funstar ran second in that year’s Queen Of The Turf Stakes.
Following that, three other Waller-trained fillies franked the Phar Lap Stakes form by winning both it and the ATC Oaks – Unforgettable (2018), Verry Elleegant (2019) and Hungry Heart (2021).
The Phar Lap Stakes 2024 winner Zardozi franked the form with a host of good next-up runs including in the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (3rd), Group 1 ATC Oaks (2nd), the spring’s Group 1 The Metropolitan (2nd), Group 1 Caulfield Cup (4th), and most notably the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (4th) that November.
The 2025 Phar Lap Stakes form stacked up nicely, with third‑placed Declichy Boulevard backing it up by running third again in the Vinery Stud Stakes to round out another quality trifecta.
2026 Phar Lap Stakes Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Phar Lap Stakes 2026 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL 2026 PHAR LAP STAKES FORM GUIDE
Past Phar Lap Stakes Results
Single figure fancies have dominated the Phar Lap Stakes race results in recent years with the last to salute at a double figure price being Just Mambo ($11 in 2007).
Notable recent Phar Lap Stakes winners include the spring’s Flight Stakes winner from the previous year Zougotcha (2023); subsequent ATC Oaks winners Hungry Heart (2021), Verry Elleegant (2019) and Unforgotten (2018); Foxplay (2017) who jumped odds-on; super star mare Winx (2015); Heart Of Dreams (2009); and Apache Cat (2006).
Lazzura (2025) was the last Phar Lap Stakes winning filly.
Recent Phar Lap Stakes Winners
Past Phar Lap Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Third | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sixties | Federalist | Cellarmaster | 1:29.70 |
| 2025 | Lazzura | Wonder Boy | Declichy Boulevard | 1:30.67 |
| 2024 | Zardozi | Makarena | Kintyre | 1:28.88 |
| 2023 | Zougotcha | Glint Of Silver | Brosnan | 1:28.4 |
| 2022 | Mr Mozart | Never Been Kissed | Character | 1:31.7 |
| 2021 | Hungry Heart | The Irishman | Impecunious | 1:27.8 |
| 2020 | Funstar | Probabeel | Quick Thinker | 1:35.2 |
| 2019 | Verry Elleegant | Seabrook | Aristia | 1:32.3 |
| 2018 | Unforgotten | Holy Snow | Hiyaam | 1:29.1 |
| 2017 | Foxplay | Zenalicious | Cosmic Set | 1:30.5 |
| 2016 | Hattori Hanzo | Man Of Choice | Believe | 1:29.9 |
| 2015 | Winx | Hauraki | Supara | 1:30.2 |
| 2014 | Traitor | Define | Guelph | 1:29.4 |
| 2013 | Toydini | Ninth Legion | Force Command | 1:28.9 |
| 2012 | Colorado Claire | Rekindled Alliance | Wild And Proud | 1:32.2 |
| 2011 | Blackie | Fast Clip | Sworn To Secrecy | 1:30.0 |
| 2010 | Tickets | Al Dhafra | Descarado | 1:29.6 |
| 2009 | Heart Of Dreams | Whobegotyou | Predatory Pricer | 1:29.9 |
| 2008 | Acey Ducey | Voice Commander | Our Mosstique | 1:32.1 |
| 2007 | Just Mambo | Raheeb | Amory Lane | 1:31.7 |
| 2006 | Apache Cat | Racing To Win | Wasp | 1:30.6 |
| 2005 | Shania Dane | Al Maher | Svenska | 1:32.1 |
| 2004 | Only Words | Kingside | Skittles | 1:28.5 |
| 2003 | Thorn Park | Sportsman | Bumptious | 1:28.6 |
| 2002 | Arlington Road | Ugachaka | Gordo | 1:30.5 |
| 2001 | Maitland Gold | Star Satire | Glenrowan | 1:27.9 |
| 2000 | Lord Essex | Dangerous | Over | 1:28.8 |
FAQ
Who won the 2026 Phar Lap Stakes?
The 2026 Phar Lap Stakes was won by three-year-old Flying Artie colt Sixties at $1.55 odds-on favouritism for trainer Chris Waller who celebrated his ninth win in the event, his first with a colt, with jockey James McDonald aboard on 56.5kg from barrier 10 to win by 0.67 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:29.70.
Who won the 2025 Phar Lap Stakes?
The 2025 Phar Lap Stakes was won by Lazzura at $4 for trainer Chris Waller with jockey Tommy Berry aboard on 54.5kg from barrier 2 to win by 1.7 lengths in a time of 1:30.67.
When is the Phar Lap Stakes 2026?
Saturday, March 14, 2026What is the prize money for the Phar Lap Stakes 2026?
$300,000
Where is the Phar Lap Stakes 2026?
Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142.
How do I bet on the 2026 Phar Lap Stakes?
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Which horse will win the 2026 Phar Lap Stakes?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Phar Lap 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.