Ladbrokes Tip: The Tea Rose Stakes is a key guide to the Flight Stakes
The latest edition of the Tea Rose Stakes ran on Saturday, September 20, 2025 as a Flight Stakes lead-up on The Shorts Day 2025 with the Michael Freedman trained Apocalyptic ($3) racing away the closing stages for a big win to firm into outright favourite for the Flight Stakes on October 4.
2025 Tea Rose Stakes Results
The official Tea Rose Stakes 2025 race results and full finishing order will be available below once the Group 2 Randwick race is run on Saturday, September 20, 2025.
- 1st: #1 Apocalyptic
- 2nd: #5 Artistic Venture
- 3rd: #2 Tupakara
Apocalyptic ($3) was huge over the final 100m racing away to take out the 2025 Tea Rose Stakes results and go back-to-back after taking out the Furious Stakes fresh. Michael Freedman’s filly is now the $2 favourite for the upcoming Group 1 Flight Stakes where jockey Tommy Berry, who never panicked in the Tea Rose despite sitting three wide for much of the race, believes she’ll see out the mile and be hard to beat.
2025 Tea Rose Stakes Odds
The season’s best Tea Rose Stakes 2025 betting odds and links to our markets will be made available to punters right here the week of the race so stay tuned for the top Group 2 Randwick racing markets.
| 1. Apocalyptic (8) J: Tommy Berry 56kg 2x1T: Michael Freedman | ||
| 5. Artistic Venture (10) J: Dylan Gibbons 56kg 55x21T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton | ||
| 2. Tupakara (3) J: James McDonald 56kg 323x2T: Annabel & Rob Archibald | ||
| 6. Queen Of Clubs (9) J: Nash Rawiller 56kg x51x3T: Gary Portelli | ||
| 7. Karinska (7) J: Zac Lloyd 56kg 78x56T: Chris Waller | ||
| 3. Within The Law (11) J: Jason Collett 56kg 32x25T: Bjorn Baker | ||
| 11. Enviable (5) J: Tim Clark 56kg 0x33T: Chris Waller | ||
| 8. Next Jen (1) J: Chad Schofield 56kg 150x7T: Annabel & Rob Archibald | ||
| 9. Open Secret (2) J: Alysha Collett 56kg 6x848T: John P Thompson | ||
| 10. Autumn Blonde (6) J: Rachel King 56kg 40x41T: John Sargent | ||
| 4. Kujenga (4) J: Ethan Brown 56kg 023x4T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
Tea Rose Stakes Tips
Good Tea Rose Stakes tips include looking for fillies coming off a top three run in Sydney last time out, proven Randwick performers and those suited to at least 1400m. The favourites only have a fair recent record in the race so laying the top fancy is another popular Tea Rose Stakes betting tip during the spring.
2025 Tea Rose Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Tea Rose Stakes 2025 betting tips and exotic selections will be detailed below leading up to the race so stay tuned for the fillies to get behind in the George Main Stakes Day support act this September.
To Win: #2 Tupakara ($4 at time of publish)
TUPAKARA (3) has been one of the most consistent fillies over the past season if not a little frustrating coming oh so close without winning. She remains a maiden after seven starts but I think that can change second-up on Saturday in the Tea Rose. The Archibald’s daughter of Trapeze Artist was right up there as a juvenile including her third to Nepotism in the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) only a neck away in a blanket finish at Randwick. Fresh she was also narrowly denied by Apocalyptic, who is the favourite on Saturday, when making up ground from the back. Tupakara however looks the value for mine set to relish the 1400m now and a better draw. The flying J-Mac stays on, she presents fit, gets the blinkers on and will be there in the finish.
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2. Tupakara (3)
J: James McDonald 56kg
323×2T: Annabel & Rob Archibald
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The Tea Rose Stakes is a Group 2 race for three-year-old fillies held at Royal Randwick Racecourse in September on The Shorts Day during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.
The day’s racing is headlined by the Group 2 $1 million The Shorts (1100m) for The Everest-bound horses.
Added to the card for the first time in 2023 is the unlisted $1 million 7 Stakes (1600m) which replaces the George Main Stakes as the mile feature on the card and offers the winner an Epsom Handicap ballot exemption.
The meeting also sees the running of the Group 3 Bill Ritchie Handicap (1400m) offering the winner an Epsom Handicap ballot exemption along with the Group 3 Kingston Town Stakes (2000m) for The Metropolitan hopefuls.
Part of the Princess’ Series of races, the Tea Rose Stakes is contested over 1400m at set weights plus penalties and offers a total of $300,000 in total prize money as of 2023.
It is a traditional lead-up to the Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) at Randwick in October and recent fillies to complete the double include Zougotcha (2022), Funstar (2019), Alizee (2017), First Seal (2014), Guleph (2013), Streama (2011), More Joyous (2009), and Samantha Miss (2008).
In 2020 Dame Giselle made it a hat-trick of Princess Series wins taking out the Silver Shadow – Furious – Tea Rose Stakes triple.
Tea Rose Stakes Race Info
- Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025
- Track: Royal Randwick Racecourse
- Distance: 1400m
- Conditions: 3YO Fillies – Set Weights
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $300,000
- First Run: 1980
Tea Rose Stakes Betting
Tea Rose Stakes odds are led by the in-form fillies of the spring coming off good lead-up runs in Sydney races against similar company.
Upsets are not uncommon and notable recent double figure hopes in Tea Rose Stakes betting to salute include Alizee ($10 in 2017), Pearls ($12 in 2015), First Seal ($15 in 2014), and Longport ($26 in 2012).
Zougotcha ($1.95 in 2022), Tiz Invincible ($3.20 in 2023), and Autumn Glow ($2.05 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Tea Rose Stakes betting to win.
Tea Rose Stakes Field
The Tea Rose Stakes race field attracts the season’s best middle-distance fillies heading towards a run in the Flight Stakes over a mile back at the track a fortnight later.
The fillies that line-up in the Tea Rose Stakes field each spring can come off a number of earlier fillies’ only races including the Group 2 Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) the month before, which Kimberly Star ran second in before her third in the 2015 Tea Rose Stakes two runs later.
In 2017 the Tea Rose Stakes winner Alizee had earlier run second in the Silver Shadow Stakes.
Zougotcha (2022) was the last filly to complete the Silver Shadow Stakes – Tea Rose Stakes double.
The other popular lead-up run that is also part of the Princess’ Series for 3YO fillies is the Group 2 Furious Stakes (1200m) with Apocalyptic (2025) the last filly to complete the Furious Stakes – Tea Rose Stakes double.
Tea Rose Stakes graduates traditionally back-up in the Flight Stakes. In 2015 Honesta ran second in both races and later went on to cross second twice more in Melbourne including in the Group 1 Crown Oaks (2500m) at Flemington.
The Tea Rose Stakes – Flight Stakes double has been achieved many times in the past decade including with Zougotcha (2022), Funstar (2019), Alizee (2017) and First Seal (2014).
First Seal also went on to cross second in that year’s Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m), while Alizee would win features including the Queen Of The Turf (2018) and Futurity Stakes (2019) later in her career.
Plenty of Tea Rose Stakes winners also go on to place in the Flight Stakes trifecta.
In 2020 Dame Giselle won the Silver Shadow – Furious Stakes – Tea Rose Stakes hat-trick.
The 2023 Flight Stakes winner, Tropical Squall, came via a Tea Rose Stakes lead-up third while Kimochi was runner-up in both events that spring.
2025 Tea Rose Stakes Field
The official Tea Rose Stakes 2025 final field and barrier draw will be available below once announced on the Wednesday of The Shorts Day.
The 2025 Tea Rose Stakes field features 11 potential Flight Stakes bound fillies including last start Furious Stakes winner Apocalyptic and Group 1 placed Within The Law drawn the outside alley but getting plenty of support to return to her best third-up and fit.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Apocalyptic
J: Tommy Berry
T: Michael Freedman |
2x1 | F | 8 | 56kg | |
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2. Tupakara
J: James McDonald
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
4323x2 | F | 3 | 56kg | |
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3. Within The Law
J: Jason Collett
T: Bjorn Baker |
032x25 | F | 11 | 56kg | |
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4. Kujenga
J: Ethan Brown
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
x023x4 | F | 4 | 56kg | |
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5. Artistic Venture
J: Dylan Gibbons
T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton |
355x21 | F | 10 | 56kg | |
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6. Queen Of Clubs
J: Nash Rawiller
T: Gary Portelli |
7x51x3 | F | 9 | 56kg | |
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7. Karinska
J: Zac Lloyd
T: Chris Waller |
178x56 | F | 7 | 56kg | |
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8. Next Jen
J: Chad Schofield
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
150x7 | F | 1 | 56kg | |
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9. Open Secret
J: Alysha Collett
T: John P Thompson |
66x848 | F | 2 | 56kg | |
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10. Autumn Blonde
J: Rachel King
T: John Sargent |
340x41 | F | 6 | 56kg | |
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11. Enviable
J: Tim Clark
T: Chris Waller |
0x33 | F | 5 | 56kg |
2025 Tea Rose Stakes Nominations
The early Tea Rose Stakes 2025 nominations are announced on the Monday of race week and will be published below once released.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 2×1 | APOCALYPTIC | F | 3 | Michael Freedman | 97 |
| 2 | 4355×21 | ARTISTIC VENTURE | F | 3 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | |
| 3 | 0x340x41 | AUTUMN BLONDE | F | 3 | John Sargent | 66 |
| 4 | 10×61 | CHERISH ME | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher | |
| 5 | 0x33 | ENVIABLE | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 61 |
| 6 | 178×56 | KARINSKA | F | 3 | Chris Waller | |
| 7 | 10x023x4 | KUJENGA | F | 3 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | |
| 8 | 6230×8 | LADY PANKHURST | F | 3 | John Sargent | |
| 9 | 1 | LATHLAIN | F | 3 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | |
| 10 | 9×6 | LISTEN SWEETHEART | F | 3 | John Sargent | |
| 11 | 150×7 | NEXT JEN | F | 3 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | |
| 12 | 1666×848 | OPEN SECRET | F | 3 | John Thompson | |
| 13 | 87x51x3 | QUEEN OF CLUBS | F | 3 | Gary Portelli | 74 |
| 14 | 1117×0 | SPICY LU | F | 3 | Nick Olive | 75 |
| 15 | 47x4323x2 | TUPAKARA | F | 3 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | |
| 16 | 1121P32x25 | WITHIN THE LAW | F | 3 | Bjorn Baker |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Tea Rose Stakes Form Guide
The Tea Rose Stakes form guide features all the crucial information for punters like the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs. The best form line to follow into the Tea Rose Stakes is that out of the earlier Princess Series legs including the Furious Stakes.
Tea Rose Stakes form has held up more often than not in the Flight Stakes the following month as well as Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival Group 1s later in the season.
In 2020 the Tea Rose Stakes fourth placegetter Montefilia went on to make history completing the Group 1 Flight Stakes – Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes double before running third in that year’s VRC Oaks in Melbourne.
The 2020 Tea Rose Stakes form was further franked by the runner-up Hungry Heart who ran second in the Flight Stakes quinella before returning the following autumn to take out the 2021 Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes – ATC Oaks double.
2025 Tea Rose Stakes Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Tea Rose Stakes 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Tea Rose Stakes Results
The Tea Rose Stakes race results have been a mix between short-priced favourites and double-figure roughies in the past decade.
Notable recent Tea Rose Stakes winners include Zougotcha (2022), Dame Giselle (2020), Funstar (2019), Alizee (2017), Foxplay (2016), Pearls (2015), First Seal (2014), Guelph (2013), Streama (2011), More Joyous (2009), Samantha Miss (2008), and Sunline (1998).
Guelph holds the current Tea Rose Stakes race record (1400m) winning in 2013 in a time of 1 minute 22:10 seconds.
Past Tea Rose Stakes Winners
Recent Tea Rose Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detained the below table.
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Third | Time |
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| 2025 | Apocalyptic | Artistic Venture | Tupakara | 1:23.26 |
| 2024 | Autumn Glow | Snow In May | Manaal | 1:22.94 |
| 2023 | Tiz Invincible | Kimochi | Tropical Squall | 1:22.8 |
| 2022 | Zougotcha | Madame Pommery | Wolverine | 1:25.8 |
| 2021 | Four Moves Ahead | Mallory | Swift Witness | 1:24.2 |
| 2020 | Dame Giselle | Hungry Heart | Vangelic | 1:22.2 |
| 2019 | Funstar | Probabeel | Libertini | 1:23.0 |
| 2018 | Miss Fabulass | Fiesta | Pretty In Pink | 1:22.9 |
| 2017 | Alizee | Champagne Cuddles | Cellargirl | 1:22.5 |
| 2016 | Foxplay | Skylight Glow | Quick Feet | 1:23.9 |
| 2015 | Pearls | Honesta | Kimberley Star | 1:24.4 |
| 2014 | First Seal | Winx | Earthquake | 1:22.8 |
| 2013 | Guelph | Arabian Gold | Bound For Earth | 1:22.1 |
| 2012 | Longport | Norzita | Jade Marauder | 1:29.3 |
| 2011 | Streama | Pane In The Glass | Florentina | 1:30.3 |
| 2010 | More Strawberries | Parables | Ambers Waltz | 1:29.7 |
| 2009 | More Joyous | Melito | Deer Valley | 1:28.7 |
| 2008 | Samantha Miss | Kamillsy | Glowlamp | 1:30.6 |
| 2007 | Race Not Run | |||
| 2006 | Cheeky Choice | Gallant Tess | My Lady’s Chamber | 1:30.0 |
| 2005 | Mnemosyne | Fashions Afield | Sydney Owner | 1:32.2 |
| 2004 | Prisoner Of Love | Wager | Covertly | 1:29.5 |
| 2003 | Shamekha | Unearthly | Miss Ivy | 1:30.0 |
| 2002 | Victory Vein | Ms Bowie | Quiet As | 1:29.0 |
| 2001 | Ha Ha | Lady Cay | Hosannah | 1:29.8 |
| 2000 | Unworldly | Dynamic Love | Lady Mulan | 1:30.2 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Tea Rose Stakes?
The 2025 Tea Rose Stakes was won by three-year-old Extreme Choice filly Apocalyptic at $3 for trainer Michael Freedman with jockey Tommy Berry aboard on 56kg from barrier 8 to win by 1.68 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:23.26.
When is the Tea Rose Stakes 2025?
Saturday, September 20, 2025What is the prize money for the Tea Rose Stakes 2025?
$300,000
Where is the Tea Rose Stakes 2025?
Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.
How do I bet on the 2025 Tea Rose Stakes?
Bet online or via the latest iOS/Android apps with Ladbrokes.
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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 Tea Rose Stakes?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Tea Rose 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.