Ladbrokes Tip: The Scarborough Stakes is a good betting guide for the Coolmore Stud Stakes each spring
The latest edition of the Scarborough Stakes ran on Friday September 26, 2025 at Moonee Valley on Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes Night and was won in an upset by the progressive Phillip Stokes trained filly Snow Mercy ($26).
2025 Scarborough Stakes Results
The official Scarborough Stakes 2025 race results and finishing order will be provided below once the race takes place on Friday September 26, 2025.
- 1st: #10 Snow Mercy
- 2nd: #2 Memo
- 3rd: #9 Point Barrow
The underrated Phillip Stokes trained filly Snow Mercy ($26) survived a protest to post back-to-back wins when handling a notable rise in grade to take out the 2025 Scarborough Stakes results at The Valley on Friday night.
Ridden off the pace by Lachlan Neindorf, she got the run she needed after the turn for home when narrowly getting through to run over the top of them late and salute by three-quarters of a length.
A protest was launched by the luckless runner-up Memo, but it was ultimately dismissed, and Snow Mercy retained her upset Group 3 success.
2025 Scarborough Stakes Odds
The season’s best Scarborough Stakes 2025 betting odds and links to our markets will be provided right here the week of the race so stay tuned for the top Moonee Valley racing odds this spring.
| 10. Snow Mercy (1) J: Lachlan Neindorf 56kg 21T: Phillip Stokes | ||
| 2. Memo (5) J: Nash Rawiller 56kg 818x9T: Peter Snowden | ||
| 9. Point Barrow (11) J: Daniel Stackhouse 56kg 3x11T: Anthony & Sam Freedman | ||
| 4. Vein Girl (7) J: James McDonald 56kg 15xT: Chris & Corey Munce | ||
| 5. Stardom (10) J: Ethan Brown 56kg 311x0T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 3. Icarian Dream (8) J: Ben Allen 56kg 210x7T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 11. Shinjina (3) J: Luke Nolen 56kg 312T: Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | ||
| 7. Esha (6) J: Mark Zahra 56kg 1x18T: Shane Nichols & Hayden Black | ||
| 8. Tiz Worthy (2) J: Michael Dee 56kg 6x178T: Lloyd Kennewell | ||
| 6. Prestige Snitzel (4) J: Jamie Mott 56kg 421xT: Matt Laurie |
Scarborough Stakes Tips
Good Scarborough Stakes betting tips to take in the spring include looking at fillies with ability at the track and distance, previous Group winners, past winners over the 1200m distance and those coming off lead-up runs in the Atlantic Jewel Stakes.
Single figure hopefuls have a dominant recent record in the race, so another useful tip is to pick a runner in the top half of the markets.
2025 Scarborough Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Scarborough Stakes tips and Moonee Valley Group 3 betting selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the mares to get behind in the race this spring.
To Win: No. 1 La Dorada
LA DORADA (9), a classy Kiwi Group 1 winner trained by Mark Walker, looks well placed to rebound at a generous price after a luckless first-up run in the Group 1 Moir. The Super Seth filly, a four-time winner from six starts, now steps up to her preferred 1200m trip where she holds a strong record (3:2-1-0). Her Moir effort was compromised by interference in a messy race, but she appeared to handle The Valley well and the run was better than it reads on paper. While she rises in weight, she drops sharply in grade and returns to set weights against her own age and sex. With Craig Williams, a proven big-race rider, taking the reins, expect sharp improvement—she’s overs and a genuine threat.
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1. La Dorada (9)
J: Craig Williams 56kg
111×0T: Mark Walker
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The Scarborough Stakes – registered as the MVRC Champagne Stakes – is a Group 3 race for three-year-old fillies contested on Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes Night at Moonee Valley on a Friday evening in late September or early October during the annual Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
Racing at the meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes (1200m) for sprinters. The other key support races on the card include the Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) for the Cox Plate-bound gallopers, Group 2 Stutt Stakes (1600m) for Caulfield Guineas types, and the Group 2 Stocks Stakes (1600m) for the mares.
When referred to by its registered name (MVRC Champagne Stakes) this event should not be confused with the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) for two-year-olds held in Sydney during the autumn.
Offering $200,000 in total prize money the Scarborough Stakes is run over 1200m at set weights and serves as a nice lead-up into Flemington’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) held during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
In 2020 the Scarborough Stakes winning filly Swats That ran second in the Coolmore Stud Stakes quinella and also finished third to Nature Strip the following autumn in the 2021 Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning.
The 2021 Scarborough Stakes form was franked with the winner Seradess returning the following winter to win Morphettville’s Group 2 Tobin Bronze Stakes in 2022.
In 2024 Bellatrix Star won the Scarborough Stakes and the Group 2 Schillaci Stakes before a third in that year’s Coolmore Stud Stakes trifecta.
Scarborough Stakes Race Facts
- Registered Name: MVRC Champagne Stakes
- Date: Friday September 26, 2025
- Track: Moonee Valley Racecourse
- Distance: 1200m
- Conditions: Three-year-old fillies – set weights
- Status: Group 3
- Prize Money: $200,000
- First Run: 1975
Scarborough Stakes Betting
Scarborough Stakes odds are led by in-form fillies with form against similar company with proven ability in Group status races in Melbourne.
Runners that have winning form at the distance and previous experience at the tight Moonee Valley circuit also sit high up the Scarborough Stakes odds.
Scarborough Stakes betting also favours graduates of earlier Melbourne lead-up runs for the fillies like the Listed Atlantic Jewel Stakes (1200m) at the same track earlier in the month.
Scarborough Stakes Field
The Scarborough Stakes race field attracts a quality field of three-year-old fillies showing promise ahead of tougher Melbourne spring sprint races.
There’s also the potential for fillies out of the Scarborough Stakes field to contest Sydney’s $20 million The Everest (1200m) in October. In 2017 Houtzen, already a confirmed The Everest contender, won the Scarborough Stakes before running seventh in the inaugural edition of the world’s richest turf race behind Redzel.
The Scarborough Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Friday night, while the final field and barriers are out on the Wednesday.
2025 Scarborough Stakes Field
The official Scarborough Stakes 2025 Final Field & Barrier Draw will be available right here once acceptances are taken on the Wednesday of race week so stay tuned to see the list of fillies set to face off under the lights at Moonee Valley in the potential Group 1 lead-up.
The Scarborough Stakes 2025 field features 11 progressive fillies led in betting by Esha who is down in grade second-up after a luckless but brave eighth only 2.5 lengths off Baraqiel in the Group 1 Moir Stakes.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. La Dorada
J: Craig Williams
T: Mark Walker |
2111x0 | F | 9 | 56kg | |
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2. Memo
J: Nash Rawiller
T: Peter Snowden |
2818x9 | F | 5 | 56kg | |
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3. Icarian Dream
J: Ben Allen
T: Ciaron Maher |
4210x7 | F | 8 | 56kg | |
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4. Vein Girl
J: James McDonald
T: Chris & Corey Munce |
15x | F | 7 | 56kg | |
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5. Stardom
J: Ethan Brown
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
311x0 | F | 10 | 56kg | |
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6. Prestige Snitzel
J: Jamie Mott
T: Matt Laurie |
421x | F | 4 | 56kg | |
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7. Esha
J: Mark Zahra
T: Shane Nichols & Hayden Black |
1x18 | F | 6 | 56kg | |
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8. Tiz Worthy
J: Michael Dee
T: Lloyd Kennewell |
46x178 | F | 2 | 56kg | |
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9. Point Barrow
J: Daniel Stackhouse
T: Anthony & Sam Freedman |
3x11 | F | 11 | 56kg | |
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10. Snow Mercy
J: Lachlan Neindorf
T: Phillip Stokes |
21 | F | 1 | 56kg | |
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11. Shinjina
J: Luke Nolen
T: Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman |
312 | F | 3 | 56kg |
2025 Scarborough Stakes Nominations
The Scarborough Stakes Nominations for 2025 close on the Monday leading-up to Manikato Stakes Night.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 1×5 | AMPING LASS | F | 3 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | 64 |
| 2 | 0x61220 | ANGEL LADDER | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 65 |
| 3 | 13 | BARARI | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 63 |
| 4 | 7x12869x0 | BELLAZAINE | F | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
| 5 | 1×0 | BIOLOGICS | F | 3 | Grahame Begg | 64 |
| 6 | 1×90 | BLUE HOTEL | F | 3 | Clayton Douglas | 69 |
| 7 | 7373×162 | CUSTOM | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 70 |
| 8 | 1×18 | ESHA | F | 3 | Shane Nichols & Hayden Black | 78 |
| 9 | 21x | HEY JESSIE | F | 3 | Dominic Sutton | 65 |
| 10 | 14210×7 | ICARIAN DREAM | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 74 |
| 11 | 135×3 | INKARUNA | F | 3 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 82 |
| 12 | 12111×0 | LA DORADA (NZ) | F | 3 | Mark Walker | |
| 13 | 1 | LEONGATHA | F | 3 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 63 |
| 14 | 3x232818x9 | MEMO | F | 3 | Peter Snowden | |
| 15 | 3×11 | POINT BARROW | F | 3 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 70 |
| 16 | 421x | PRESTIGE SNITZEL | F | 3 | Matt Laurie | 70 |
| 17 | 3x6x12 | ROHESIA | F | 3 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 65 |
| 18 | 7x231x3 | SALTY PEARL | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 71 |
| 19 | 312 | SHINJINA | F | 3 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | 63 |
| 20 | 21 | SNOW MERCY | F | 3 | Phillip Stokes | 63 |
| 21 | 311×0 | STARDOM | F | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
| 22 | 31x46x178 | TIZ WORTHY | F | 3 | Lloyd Kennewell | 68 |
| 23 | 15x | VEIN GIRL | F | 3 | Chris & Corey Munce | 72 |
| 24 | 2×32 | YUUKI | F | 3 | Tim Fitzsimmons | 61 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Scarborough Stakes Form Guide
The Scarborough Stakes form guide features all the essential race information including the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of the fillies in the field.
The Scarborough Stakes form has also stacked up in other elite level races including when the 2019 winner Loving Gaby continued on to take out the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at the same track and distance on Cox Plate Eve. She further franked the form with Group 1 placings in the 2019 VRC Classic (2nd), 2020 Black Caviar Lightning (3rd) and 2020 Newmarket Handicap (3rd) before another elite level Moonee Valley win in the Group 1 William Reid Stakes.
The 2023 Scarborough Stakes winner Coeur Volante won the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m) next start before a fourth in that year’s Group 1 Thousand Guineas results.
2025 Scarborough Stakes Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Scarborough Stakes 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Scarborough Stakes Results
The MVRC Champagne Stakes / Scarborough Stakes race results have been dominated over the past decade by classy Melbourne-trained fillies.
Notable MVRC Champagne Stakes / Scarborough Stakes winners throughout history include Canny Lass (1985), Snitzerland (2012), Houtzen (2017), Loving Gaby (2019), and Swats That (2020).
Courtza holds the current Scarborough Stakes race record winning over 1200m in 1989 in a time of 1 minute 09:70 seconds.
Courtza (1989) and Midnight Fever (1987) both had won the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) as two-year-olds before their respective MVRC Champagne Stakes victories.
Past MVRC Champagne / Scarborough Stakes Winners
Recent Scarborough Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 1999 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2025 | Snow Mercy | Memo | Point Barrow |
| 2024 | Bellatrix Star | Geegees Mistruth | Tobeornottobe |
| 2023 | Coeur Volante | Inhibitions | Bossy Nic |
| 2022 | Queen Of The Ball | Troach | English Riviera |
| 2021 | Seradess | Larkspur Run | Decent Raine |
| 2020 | Swats That | Highly Discreet | Dirty Thoughts |
| 2019 | Loving Gaby | Exhilarates | Villami |
| 2018 | Meryl | Sweet Rockette | Humma Humma |
| 2017 | Houtzen | Mintha | True Excelsior |
| 2016 | Selenia | Stop Making Sense | Merriest |
| 2015 | Take Pride | Secret Agenda | Serenade |
| 2014 | Eloping | Tahni Dancer | Tawteen |
| 2013 | Thump | Miracles Of Life | I Love It |
| 2012 | Snitzerland | Hoss Amor | Saturn Rock |
| 2011 | Miss Stellabelle | Platelet | Miss Zoom |
| 2010 | Lone Rock | Jesse’s Girl | Military Rose |
| 2009 | Avenue | Rostova | My Girl Helen |
| 2008 | Dan Baroness | Ortensia | Impressive Girl |
| 2007 | Antarctic Miss | Bel Mer | Gladwell |
| 2006 | Estelle Collection | Industrious | Permaiscuous |
| 2005 | Virage De Fortune | Crevette | Testa Reale |
| 2004 | Truly Wicked | Sharp Aunty | Rich Megadale |
| 2003 | Dilly Dally | Bella Corona | Legally Bay |
| 2002 | Before Too Long | Innovation Girl | Fatoon |
| 2001 | Fair Embrace | Patterns | Born Priceless |
| 2000 | Ateates | Little Miss Marnie | Stormy Summers |
| 1999 | I Am A Ripper | Miss Pennymoney | Gilded Angel |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Scarborough Stakes?
The 2025 Scarborough Stakes was won by three-year-old Toronado filly Snow Mercy at $26 for trainer Phillip Stokes with jockey Lachlan Neindorf aboard from barrier 1 on 56kg to win by 0.75 lengths on a Good (3) track in a time of 1:11.07.
When is the Scarborough Stakes 2025?
Friday September 26, 2025What is the prize money for the Scarborough Stakes 2025?
$200,000
Where is the Scarborough Stakes 2025?
Moonee Valley Racecourse, Feehan Ave, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039.
How do I bet on the 2025 Scarborough Stakes?
Bet online or via the latest iOS/Android apps 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 race and runner that's right for you.
Which horse will win the 2025 Scarborough Stakes?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Scarborough 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.