Ladbrokes Tip: The Thousand Guineas Prelude – Thousand Guineas double is a popular spring bet
The latest edition of the Thousand Guineas Prelude ran on Saturday September 27, 2025 at Sandown Hillside having moved from October to late September in 2025 and was won by Phillip Stokes recent Quezette Stakes winning filly Ferivia ($11) in a narrow four-way upset.
2025 Thousand Guineas Prelude Results
The official 2025 Thousand Guineas Prelude results and finishing order will be updated below once the event runs on Saturday September 27, 2025.
- 1st: #1 Ferivia
- 2nd: #5 Ole Dancer
- 3rd: #6 Salty Pearl
The nicely bred Phillip Stokes trained Astern filly Ferivia ($11) held on in a thrilling four-way photo finish to narrowly deny the late lunging Ole Dancer in the 2025 Thousand Guineas Prelude results at Sandown on Saturday. She firms from $26 into $11 for the Group 1 Thousand Guineas on Caulfield Cup Day.
2025 Thousand Guineas Prelude Odds
The latest Thousand Guineas Prelude 2025 betting odds and links to our Melbourne racing markets will be open below as soon as released so stay tuned for the top odds on the Thousand Guineas-bound fillies this spring.
| 1. Ferivia (1) J: Lachlan Neindorf 58kg 1216T: Phillip Stokes | ||
| 5. Ole Dancer (8) J: Blake Shinn 56kg 1x15T: Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | ||
| 6. Salty Pearl (5) J: Ben Allen 56kg 231x3T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 2. Ethereum Girl (4) J: Michael Dee 58kg x121xT: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 3. Bellazaine (7) J: Jett Stanley 57kg 869x0T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 14. Mating Call (10) J: Ben Melham 56kg 1T: Dan Clarken & Oopy MacGillivray | ||
| 11. Amping Lass (9) J: Luke Nolen 56kg 1x5T: Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | ||
| 13. Arizona Luck (2) J: Declan Bates 56kg 5x1T: Symon Wilde | ||
| 4. Miss Celine (3) J: Daniel Stackhouse 57kg 05x34T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 12. Biologics (6) J: Jordan Childs 56kg 1x0T: Grahame Begg | ||
| 10. Celibate (11) J: Dean Yendall 56kg 16T: Matthew Williams |
Thousand Guineas Prelude Tips
Good Thousand Guineas Prelude tips to take to the bookies during the spring include looking for fillies coming off a lead-up win in Melbourne, runners with ability over 1400m and those drawn near the rails.
Previous Group 1 performed fillies at the track from the autumn out of races like the Blue Diamond Stakes also make a good tip in Thousand Guineas Prelude betting each spring.
2025 Thousand Guineas Prelude Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Thousand Guineas Prelude 2025 betting tips and Group 2 racing picks for the Thousand Guineas lead-up race will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for the fillies to lock-in for the win and to take in Group 1 futures markets on the mile feature next race.
To Win: No. 8 Custom
CUSTOM (1) turned heads with a strong second in the Listed Atlantic Jewel Stakes last start, and she looks primed to go one better in Saturday’s Group 2. Now under the care of Ciaron Maher, this progressive Godolphin filly by Street Boss has shown real promise in both her runs as a three-year-old. She was a close-up sixth in the Group 3 Quezette Stakes fresh, beaten just 1.5 lengths, and backed that up with a bold effort at The Valley behind the talented Alpha Sofie—a form line that reads well.
She’s drawn perfectly in gate one to get a soft run, and the booking of Mark Zahra is a major plus. While this will be her first test at 1400m, she gives every indication she’ll handle the rise in trip and be right in the finish.
| 8. Custom (1) Scratched: | |||
The Thousand Guineas Prelude is a Group 2 race open to three-year-old fillies that currently runs at Sandown Hillside as its own feature race meeting in late September during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
The set weights plus penalties race, also known as the Tranquil Star Stakes in honour of dual Cox Plate winning mare Tranquil Star (1942, 1944), was held in September before a number of scheduling changes to the line-up ahead of the 2023 carnival.
In 2025 it moves back to its late September time-slot on its own feature race day at Sandown Hillside alongside the Group 3 Sandown Stakes (1500m).
The Thousand Guineas Prelude is the traditional preparatory run for fillies heading into the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) back at the track in October on Caulfield Cup Day. The last filly to complete the Thousand Guineas Prelude – Thousand Guineas double was Irish Lights (2009).
Thousand Guineas Prelude Race Info
- Date: Saturday September 27, 2025
- Track: Sandown Hillside (as of 2025)
- Distance: 1400m
- Conditions: 3YO Fillies – Set Weights + Penalties
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $300,000
- First Run: 1983
Thousand Guineas Prelude Betting
Thousand Guineas Prelude odds are led each spring by in-form fillies coming off good lead-up form in earlier races against similar class.
A popular Thousand Guineas Prelude betting option is to back the winner to go on to win the Thousand Guineas, a punt that has paid off a number of times over the years. Fillies that ran well in earlier spring lead-up races like also sit high up the Thousand Guineas Prelude odds online each spring.
Instant Celebrity ($2.80 in 2020) was the last favourite in Thousand Guineas Prelude betting to get the job done.
There was a notable upset in 2021 with Bon’s A Pearla winning at Thousand Guineas Prelude odds of $31.
In 2025 Ferivia narrowly won the Prelude as an $11 outsider in the markets.
Thousand Guineas Prelude Field
The Thousand Guineas Prelude race field attracts a line-up of the season’s most promising middle-distance fillies heading towards a run over the mile in the Thousand Guineas.
Fillies in the Thousand Guineas Prelude field can come off a number of possible runs including the Group 3 Quezette Stakes (1100m). In 2015 Miss Gunpowder ran third in the Quezette Stakes before her Prelude win two runs later.
Ferivia (2025) was the last filly to complete the Quezette Stakes – Thousand Guineas Prelude double.
Another lead-up race is the Group 3 HDF McNeil Stakes (1200m), a double last achieved by Lady Of Harrods (2012).
The likely next-up option for Thousand Guineas Prelude graduates is the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m). Jameka ran third in the Thousand Guineas Prelude in 2015 before a second to Stay With Me in that year’s Thousand Guineas. She also went on to win the Group 2 Moonee Valley Vase (2040m) and Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) that spring.
In 2014 the Thousand Guineas Prelude runner-up Amicus won the Thousand Guineas next start, while in 2013 the Prelude winner Gregers finished third in the Group 1 next time out. The previous year (2012) the Prelude runner-up Commanding Jewel ran second in the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) next start before her Thousand Guineas success.
In 2022 the Thousand Guineas Prelude third placegetter She’s Licketysplit also finished third in that year’s Thousand Guineas trifecta with a Flemington win in between in the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes.
2025 Thousand Guineas Prelude Field
The official Thousand Guineas 2025 Prelude Final Field & Barriers are released the Wednesday of race week and will be published below.
The Thousand Guineas Prelude 2025 final field features 14 potential Group 1 bound fillies led in betting by progressive Ole Kirk filly Ole Dancer from the Moody/Coleman camp.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1. Ferivia
J: Lachlan Neindorf
T: Phillip Stokes |
1216 | F | 1 | 58kg | |
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2. Ethereum Girl
J: Michael Dee
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
7x121x | F | 4 | 58kg | |
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3. Bellazaine
J: Jett Stanley
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
2869x0 | F | 7 | 57kg | |
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4. Miss Celine
J: Daniel Stackhouse
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
405x34 | F | 3 | 57kg | |
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5. Ole Dancer
J: Blake Shinn
T: Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman |
1x15 | F | 8 | 56kg | |
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6. Salty Pearl
J: Ben Allen
T: Ciaron Maher |
x231x3 | F | 5 | 56kg | |
| 7. Prestige Snitzel (8) Scratched: | |||||
| 8. Custom (1) Scratched: | |||||
| 9. Gisella (2) Scratched: | |||||
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10. Celibate
J: Dean Yendall
T: Matthew Williams |
16 | F | 11 | 56kg | |
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11. Amping Lass
J: Luke Nolen
T: Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman |
1x5 | F | 9 | 56kg | |
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12. Biologics
J: Jordan Childs
T: Grahame Begg |
1x0 | F | 6 | 56kg | |
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13. Arizona Luck
J: Declan Bates
T: Symon Wilde |
5x1 | F | 2 | 56kg | |
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14. Mating Call
J: Ben Melham
T: Dan Clarken & Oopy MacGillivray |
1 | F | 10 | 56kg | |
2025 Thousand Guineas Prelude Nominations
The Thousand Guineas Prelude 2025 Nominations are taken the Monday of race week.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1×5 | AMPING LASS | F | 3 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | 64 |
| 2 | 5×1 | ARIZONA LUCK | F | 3 | Symon Wilde | 62 |
| 3 | 7x12869x0 | BELLAZAINE | F | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 78 |
| 4 | 1×0 | BIOLOGICS | F | 3 | Grahame Begg | 64 |
| 5 | 16 | CELIBATE | F | 3 | Matthew Williams | 64 |
| 6 | 12 | CHATEAU EZE (GB) | F | 3 | Mark Walker | |
| 7 | 7373×162 | CUSTOM | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 70 |
| 8 | 7x121x | ETHEREUM GIRL | F | 3 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 72 |
| 9 | 1216 | FERIVIA | F | 3 | Phillip Stokes | 86 |
| 10 | 09×231 | GISELLA | F | 3 | Dan O’Sullivan | 62 |
| 11 | 14210×7 | ICARIAN DREAM | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 74 |
| 12 | 9 | KATIYA | F | 3 | Brent Stanley | 59 |
| 13 | 1 | MATING CALL | F | 3 | Dan Clarken & Oopy MacGillivray | 62 |
| 14 | 1x4405x34 | MISS CELINE | F | 3 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 71 |
| 15 | 865x | MOTHERDUCK | F | 3 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | 56 |
| 16 | 1×15 | OLE DANCER | F | 3 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | 74 |
| 17 | 26 | OTTOLENGHI (NZ) | F | 3 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | |
| 18 | 421x | PRESTIGE SNITZEL | F | 3 | Matt Laurie | 70 |
| 19 | 3x6x12 | ROHESIA | F | 3 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 65 |
| 20 | 3×16 | RUSKA ROMA | F | 3 | Grahame Begg | |
| 21 | 7x231x3 | SALTY PEARL | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 71 |
| 22 | 4x13x21x0 | STEEL TRAP | F | 3 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | 73 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Thousand Guineas Prelude Form Guide
The Thousand Guineas Prelude form guide details to punters all the need-to-know information from trainers and jockeys to barriers and lead-up runs.
The Thousand Guineas Prelude form has also stacked up in tougher spring races in recent years including the VRC Oaks during the Melbourne Cup Carnival in 2015 when Prelude third placegetter Jameka won the staying clash at Flemington three runs later. Jameka also won the 2016 Caulfield Cup, further franking the previous season’s Thousand Guineas Prelude form.
In 2020 the Thousand Guineas Prelude winner Instant Celebrity ran third in the Thousand Guineas trifecta and went on to win the 2021 Robert Sangster Stakes and run third in that year’s Group 1 The Goodwood in Adelaide.
The upset 2021 Thousand Guineas Prelude winner Bon’s A Pearla franked the form running third in the following autumn’s 2022 Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m). The form was further franked with the Prelude third place-getter Elusive Express winning the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) next start before an eye-catching fourth in that year’s Group 1 VRC Oaks results.
The 2024 Thousand Guineas Prelude form was franked with the winner, Too Darn Lizzie, going on to run third in that year’s Thousand Guineas trifecta.
2025 Thousand Guineas Prelude Form Guide
A link to our detailed Thousand Guineas Prelude 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Thousand Guineas Prelude Results
The Thousand Guineas Prelude race results have been dominated by single-figure chances in the past decade, but a number of fillies have managed at upset at double-figures including Lady Of Harrods ($15 in 2012), Legless Veuve ($12 in 2016), Acting ($21 in 2019), blowout winner Bon’s A Pearla ($31 in 2021), and Ferivia ($11 in 2025).
Notable recent Thousand Guineas Prelude winners include Instant Celebrity (2020), Miss Gunpowder (2015), Divorces (2010), Irish Lights (2009), Ortensia (2008), and Miss Finland (2006).
Miss Pennymoney holds the current Thousand Guineas Prelude race record winning in 1999 in a time of 1 minute 22:58 seconds.
Past Thousand Guineas Prelude Winners
Recent Thousand Guineas Prelude winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ferivia | Ole Dancer | Salty Pearl | 1:23.59 |
| 2024 | Too Darn Lizzie | Zeitung | Geegees Mistruth | 1:25.86 |
| 2023 | Coeur Volante | Vivy Air | Zourion | 1:23.5 |
| 2022 | Boogie Dancer | Sumatra | She’s Licketysplit | 1:27.6 |
| 2021 | Bon’s A Pearla | Heresy | Elusive Express | 1:24.8 |
| 2020 | Instant Celebrity | Personal | Rock My Wand | 1:25.2 |
| 2019 | Acting | Southbank | Barbie’s Fox | 1:23.9 |
| 2018 | Smart Melody | Thrillster | El Dorado Dreaming | 1:22.7 |
| 2017 | Booker | Shoals | Catchy | 1:23.4 |
| 2016 | Legless Veuve | La Luna Rossa | Sword Of Light | 1:25.2 |
| 2015 | Miss Gunpowder | Payroll | Jameka | 1:23.2 |
| 2014 | Afleet Esprit | Amicus | Go Indy Go | 1:24.5 |
| 2013 | Gregers | Marianne | Politeness | 1:29.5 |
| 2012 | Lady Of Harrods | Commanding Jewel | Molto Bene | 1:24.9 |
| 2011 | Bliss Street | Hallowell Belle | Mosheen | 1:24.4 |
| 2010 | Divorces | Sistine Angel | Panipique | 1:24.2 |
| 2009 | Irish Lights | Set For Fame | Mont Fleuri | 1:26.1 |
| 2008 | Ortensia | Romneya | Sugar Babe | 1:26.0 |
| 2007 | Gabbidon | Jestatune | Sleek Chassis | 1:23.9 |
| 2006 | Miss Finland | Anamato | My Only Hope | 1:24.3 |
| 2005 | Doubting | Pinezero | Isanami | 1:27.4 |
| 2004 | Hollow Bullet | Ballet Society | Astradame | 1:24.3 |
| 2003 | Hinting | Ashenti | Portland Damask | 1:22.9 |
| 2002 | La Bella Dame | Toast Of The Coast | Lashed | 1:24.2 |
| 2001 | Haste Ye Back | Malagra Miss | Special Grange | 1:25.0 |
| 2000 | So Gorgeous | Ponton Flyer | All Time High | 1:22.9 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Thousand Guineas Prelude?
The 2025 Thousand Guineas Prelude was won by three-year-old Astern filly Ferivia at $11 for trainer Phillip Stokes with jockey Lachlan Neindorf aboard on 58kg from barrier 1 to win by 0.06 lengths on a Good (3) track in a time of 1:23.59.
When is the Thousand Guineas Prelude 2025?
Saturday September 27, 2025What is the prize money for the Thousand Guineas Prelude 2025?
$300,000
Where is the Thousand Guineas Prelude 2025?
Sandown Racecourse, 591-659 Princes Highway, Springvale, Victoria, 3171.
How do I bet on the 2025 Thousand Guineas Prelude?
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Which horse will win the 2025 Thousand Guineas Prelude?
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