Ladbrokes Tip: The Bart Cummings race serves as a potential lead-up into that year’s Melbourne Cup field
The latest edition of The Bart Cummings ran on Saturday October 4, 2025 with a Melbourne Cup ballot exemption going to the shock Chris Waller trained winner Valiant King ($61) who charged home by nearly three lengths in a superb staying effort.
2025 The Bart Cummings Results
The official The Bart Cummings 2025 results & finishing order will be updated below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 4, 2025.
- 1st: No. 14 Valiant King
- 2nd: No. 10 Torranzino
- 3rd: No. 15 Gilded Water
The all-in Melbourne Cup price on Valiant King ($61) to take out the 165th edition of the ‘race that stops a nation’ have been slashed after his powerhouse win in The Bart Cummings 2025 results with the Chris Waller trained Roaring Lion six-year-old coming from well back to charge home over the final 300m flying past the front runners like it was nothing to bolt home by an official margin of 2.75 lengths as a forgotten outsider in betting.
2025 The Bart Cummings Odds
The season’s top The Bart Cummings 2025 odds and Flemington betting markets will be provided below the week of the race so stay tuned for the best Group 3 racing offers this Turnbull Stakes Day.
| 14. Valiant King (13) J: Jye McNeil 55kg 693x0T: Chris Waller | ||
| 10. Torranzino (7) J: Celine Gaudray 56.5kg 2x808T: Paul Preusker | ||
| 15. Gilded Water (12) J: Jamie Melham 54kg 12x31T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 1. Berkeley Square (16) J: Luke Nolen 59kg 08466T: Dan O'Sullivan | ||
| 16. Fernao (8) J: Luke Currie 54kg 13x77T: Annabel & Rob Archibald | ||
| 6. Berkshire Breeze (11) J: Mark Zahra 57kg 48x62T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 2. Revelare (4) J: Declan Bates 59kg 1x711T: Robert Hickmott | ||
| 11. Grand Pierro (1) J: Zac Spain 56kg 3x083T: Jason Warren | ||
| 17. Bur Dubai (14) J: Beau Mertens 54kg 1x727T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr | ||
| 7. Interpretation (2) J: Damian Lane 57kg 63x07T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 13. Trav (5) J: Masahiro Hashizume 55.5kg 17x44T: Raymond Connors | ||
| 9. Sayedaty Sadaty (10) J: Ben Melham 57kg 31133T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 4. Mark Twain (9) J: Jamie Mott 58kg 1x860T: Roger James & Robert Wellwood | ||
| 12. Mormona (3) J: Michael Dee 56kg 62132T: Annabel & Rob Archibald | ||
| 3. Asterix (6) J: James McDonald 58kg 50x00T: Chris Waller | ||
| 5. Mister Wolfgang (15) J: Daniel Stackhouse 57.5kg 81x00T: Peter & Shaun McKay |
The Bart Cummings Tips
Top The Bart Cummings tips to consider include looking for runners with proven ability at the famous Flemington Racecourse, past Group winners the Melbourne way of racing and the standout turf stars in the field.
2025 The Bart Cummings Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider The Bart Cummings 2025 betting tips and Flemington racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the stayers to back and sack in the Group 3 this spring.
To Win: No. 15 Gilded Water
There are a few genuine stayers with claims in this Melbourne Cup lead-up, but it’s hard to look past the well-weighted favourite GILDED WATER (13), trained by Ciaron Maher. The progressive Fastnet Rock five-year-old drops to 54kg—his lightest impost since last November—and that alone makes him a standout. He’s been performing admirably under heavier loads, including a dominant two-length win over 2000m at Caulfield carrying 58.5kg. While he steps up in grade here, he’s proven over the mile and a half and looks ready to handle the rise. With Jamie Melham aboard and momentum building, he’s heading the right way and should continue his climb through the ranks.
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15. Gilded Water (12)
J: Jamie Melham 54kg
12×31T: Ciaron Maher
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The Bart Cummings is a Group 3 staying race held at Flemington Racecourse on Turnbull Stakes Day in either late September or early October as a potential lead-up into the Spring Cup races.
Heading the day’s racing is the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) for runners looking at backing-up in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) later in the month.
Other features on the Turnbull Stakes Day card include the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) for VRC Oaks hopefuls and the Group 2 Blazer Stakes (1400m) that now runs as the Rose Of Kingston Stakes.
Contested over 2500m and currently offering $350,000 in prize money, the handicap showdown has served as a decent guide over the years to the coveted Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) held back at HQ on the first Tuesday of November.
The Bart Cummings winner is exempt from Melbourne Cup ballot and Almandin (2016) was the last horse to complete the double.
First run in 2000, the inaugural The Bart Cummings (run as the Listed Japan Trophy over 2550m) was the popular grey galloper Brew who went on to take out that year’s Melbourne Cup.
The race was formerly known as the Banjo Paterson Handicap before being renamed in 2004 to honour legendary trainer Bart Cummings who would prepare 12 Melbourne Cup winners over his career.
The Melbourne Cup on the first Tuesday of November is calling for the back in form Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained import, Just Fine ($21), who posted his first win since last year’s The Metropolitan to narrowly hold on in a stylish front running performance in The Bart Cummings 2024 results at Flemington on Turnbull Stakes Day.
The Bart Cummings Race Info
- Date: Saturday October 4, 2025
- Track: Flemington Racecourse
- Distance: 2500m
- Conditions: Handicap
- Status: Group 3
- Prize Money: $350,000
- First Run: 2000
The Bart Cummings Betting
The Bart Cummings odds are led by the season’s in-form stayers coming off nice earlier runs, graduates from Group lead-ups in Melbourne and runners proven over at least a mile and a half.
A nice potential lead-up is the Group 3 Naturalism Stakes (2000m), so looking as that race as a guide to The Bart Cummings betting markets is a key tip.
Recently in 2020 Steel Prince ran third in both the Naturalism and The Bart Cummings before winning the Group 3 Geelong Cup (2400m). In 2021 the Naturalism Stakes also produced The Bart Cummings winner with Grand Promenade improving on a lead-up 5th, while in 2022 Lunar Flare improved on a sixth in the Naturalism to win that year’s The Bart Cummings.
Just Fine improved on a 10th in the 2024 Naturalism Stakes to win that year’s The Bart Cummings in an upset at $21.
Tralee Rose (2021) meanwhile improved on her The Bart Cummings second to win the Geelong Cup next start.
There was a huge upset in the 2025 The Bart Cummings with Valiant King winning at $61 when beating $71 roughie Torranzino home by nearly three lengths in a very lucrative quinella.
The Bart Cummings Field
The Bart Cummings race field attracts good spring stayers of all age groups with many eyeing a Group 1 run later during the carnival in either the Caulfield Cup or Melbourne Cup.
Following a run in The Bart Cummings field many runners next contest the Group 2 Moonee Valley Cup (2500m). The 2022 The Bart Cummings winner Lunar Flare finished second in the Moonee Valley Cup results at her next start behind Francesco Guardi who improved on a second in The Bart Cummings to turn the tables.
The Bart Cummings nominations close on the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday and the final field and barriers are released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday.
2025 The Bart Cummings Field
The official The Bart Cummings 2025 field and barrier draw is set for release on the Wednesday of race week and will be published below so stay tuned to see what stayers making the starting line-up for the battle for the Melbourne Cup ballot exemption.
The Bart Cummings 2025 final field features a capacity line-up of potential Melbourne Cup hopefuls including Robert Hickmott’s Lexus Stakes winner Revelare chasing a hat-trick and the consistent Ciaron Maher trained Sayedaty Sadaty coming via a third in that same key lead-up.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Berkeley Square
J: Luke Nolen
T: Dan O'Sullivan |
x08466 | G | 16 | 59kg | |
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2. Revelare
J: Declan Bates
T: Robert Hickmott |
11x711 | G | 4 | 59kg | |
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3. Asterix
J: James McDonald
T: Chris Waller |
650x00 | G | 6 | 58kg | |
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4. Mark Twain
J: Jamie Mott
T: Roger James & Robert Wellwood |
31x860 | G | 9 | 58kg | |
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5. Mister Wolfgang
J: Daniel Stackhouse
T: Peter & Shaun McKay |
281x00 | G | 15 | 57.5kg | |
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6. Berkshire Breeze
J: Mark Zahra
T: Ciaron Maher |
248x62 | G | 11 | 57kg | |
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7. Interpretation
J: Damian Lane
T: Ciaron Maher |
763x07 | G | 2 | 57kg | |
| 8. Post Impressionist (18) Scratched: | |||||
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9. Sayedaty Sadaty
J: Ben Melham
T: Ciaron Maher |
231133 | G | 10 | 57kg | |
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10. Torranzino
J: Celine Gaudray
T: Paul Preusker |
12x808 | G | 7 | 56.5kg | |
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11. Grand Pierro
J: Zac Spain
T: Jason Warren |
53x083 | G | 1 | 56kg | |
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12. Mormona
J: Michael Dee
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
762132 | G | 3 | 56kg | |
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13. Trav
J: Masahiro Hashizume
T: Raymond Connors |
417x44 | G | 5 | 55.5kg | |
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14. Valiant King
J: Jye McNeil
T: Chris Waller |
0693x0 | G | 13 | 55kg | |
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15. Gilded Water
J: Jamie Melham
T: Ciaron Maher |
112x31 | G | 12 | 54kg | |
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16. Fernao
J: Luke Currie
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
213x77 | G | 8 | 54kg | |
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17. Bur Dubai
J: Beau Mertens
T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr |
21x727 | G | 14 | 54kg | |
| 18. So You Are (5) Scratched: | |||||
| 19. Almairac (11) Scratched: | |||||
2025 The Bart Cummings Nominations
The official The Bart Cummings 2025 nominations are taken the Monday of Turnbull Stakes week.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 90x404x882 | ADELAIDE RIVER (IRE) | G | 6 | Kris Lees | 106 |
| 2 | 6x8x030020 | ALMAIRAC (IRE) | G | 6 | Cliff Brown | 70 |
| 3 | 14x7650x00 | ASTERIX (NZ) | G | 7 | Chris Waller | 100 |
| 4 | x782959x00 | ATHABASCAN (FR) | G | 7 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 100 |
| 5 | 31x0x08466 | BERKELEY SQUARE | G | 6 | Dan O’Sullivan | 102 |
| 6 | 0x54248x62 | BERKSHIRE BREEZE (IRE) | G | 7 | Ciaron Maher | 98 |
| 7 | x42529x251 | BIRDMAN (IRE) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 105 |
| 8 | 31x721x727 | BUR DUBAI (GB) | G | 5 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 78 |
| 9 | 33x742x821 | CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD (IRE) | G | 7 | Kris Lees | 106 |
| 10 | 5x71211x07 | DEAKIN (FR) | G | 6 | Phillip Stokes | 103 |
| 11 | 0698222×03 | ETNA ROSSO (IRE) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 98 |
| 12 | 5121213×77 | FERNAO (IRE) | G | 7 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 84 |
| 13 | 310x112x31 | GILDED WATER (GB) | G | 5 | Ciaron Maher | 87 |
| 14 | 321253×083 | GRAND PIERRO | G | 6 | Jason Warren | 96 |
| 15 | 17425x9x00 | HERMAN HESSE (GB) | G | 9 | Ciaron Maher | 100 |
| 16 | 6202763×07 | INTERPRETATION (IRE) | G | 8 | Ciaron Maher | 98 |
| 17 | 431231×860 | MARK TWAIN (NZ) | G | 6 | Roger James & Robert Wellwood | 100 |
| 18 | 5291281×00 | MISTER WOLFGANG (NZ) | G | 7 | Peter & Shaun McKay | 99 |
| 19 | 8x50x12x09 | MORE FELONS (IRE) | G | 7 | Chris Waller | 105 |
| 20 | 400×762132 | MORMONA (FR) | G | 7 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 96 |
| 21 | 8x460x8x86 | POST IMPRESSIONIST (IRE) | G | 7 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 98 |
| 22 | 211111×711 | REVELARE | G | 5 | Robert Hickmott | 102 |
| 23 | 1342x73x78 | RIVER OF STARS (IRE) | M | 7 | Chris Waller | 105 |
| 24 | 0x0x231133 | SAYEDATY SADATY (IRE) | G | 5 | Ciaron Maher | 98 |
| 25 | 560310×729 | SMOKIN’ ROMANS (NZ) | G | 9 | Ciaron Maher | 106 |
| 26 | 1132×82335 | SO YOU ARE | G | 4 | Stirling Osland | 72 |
| 27 | 13x731x111 | SOUL OF SPAIN (IRE) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 97 |
| 28 | 560x68x606 | THE MAP | M | 7 | Dan Clarken & Oopy MacGillivray | 96 |
| 29 | 584212×808 | TORRANZINO (NZ) | G | 6 | Paul Preusker | 97 |
| 30 | 6059417×44 | TRAV (NZ) | G | 6 | Raymond Connors | 95 |
| 31 | 76×1712123 | TRAVOLTA (GB) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 92 |
| 32 | 090x0693x0 | VALIANT KING (GB) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 94 |
| 33 | 212x75x854 | WOOTTON VERNI (FR) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 92 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The Bart Cummings Form Guide
The Bart Cummings form guide features crucial facts and race stats including the jockeys and trainers of the horses in the field as well as their records over the track / distance.
The Bart Cummings race form has gone on to stack-up in tougher races plenty of times in recent years including both the 2019 and 2020 winners Surprise Baby and Persan respectively going on to run fifth in the Melbourne Cup results.
2025 The Bart Cummings Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive The Bart Cummings 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
The Bart Cummings Results
The Bart Cummings race results have been dominated by quality stayers including Brew (2000), two-time champion Light Vision (2008-09), Mourayan (2011), Almandin (2016), and Avilius (2018).
Lunar Flare (2022) was the last The Bart Cummings winning mare.
Light Vision (2008 & 2009) is the sole multiple The Bart Cummings winner to date.
Avilius holds the current The Bart Cummings race record winning in 2001 in a time of 2 minutes 35:43 seconds.
Past The Bart Cummings Winners
Recent The Bart Cummings winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2006 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2025 | Valiant King | Torranzino | Gilded Water |
| 2024 | Just Fine | Point King | Amade |
| 2023 | Future History | First Immortal | Serpentine |
| 2022 | Lunar Flare | Francesco Guardi | Interpretation |
| 2021 | Grand Promenade | Tralee Rose | Master Of Wine |
| 2020 | Persan | Sound | Steel Prince |
| 2019 | Surprise Baby | Supernova | Wolfe |
| 2018 | Avilius | Jaameh | Yogi |
| 2017 | Amelie’s Star | Granddukeoftuscany | Kellstorm |
| 2016 | Almandin | Zanteca | Excess Knowledge |
| 2015 | Let’s Make Adeal | Our Ivanhowe | Hawkspur |
| 2014 | Who Shot Thebarman | Marksmanship | Anudjawun |
| 2013 | Araldo | Sea Moon | Gotta Take Care |
| 2012 | Tanby | Maluckyday | Dame Claire |
| 2011 | Mourayan | Niwot | Showcause |
| 2010 | Harris Tweed | Exceptionally | Above Average |
| 2009 | Light Vision | Miss Darcey | Zacroona |
| 2008 | Light Vision | Baughurst | Zavite |
| 2007 | Dolphin Jo | The Fuzz | Light Vision |
| 2006 | Irazu | Aznavour | Bay Story |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 The Bart Cummings?
The 2025 The Bart Cummings was won by six-year-old Roaring Lion gelding Valiant King at $61 for trainer Chris Waller with jockey Jye McNeil aboard on 55kg from barrier 13 to win by 2.75 lengths on a Good (3) track in a time of 2:36.21.
When is The Bart Cummings 2025?
Saturday October 4, 2025What is the prize money for The Bart Cummings 2025?
$350,000
Where is The Bart Cummings 2025?
Flemington Racecourse, 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington VIC 3031.
How do I bet on the 2025 The Bart Cummings?
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Which horse will win the 2025 The Bart Cummings?
The best way to pick which horse will win The Bart Cummings 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.