2026 Tancred Stakes Results

Stay tuned for the official 2026 Tancred Stakes results and finishing order at Rosehill on Tuesday March 28, 2026 and to see what horses are heading to the Sydney Cup.

• 1st: No. 9 Aeliana ($1.70F)
• 2nd: No. 1 Dubai Honour
• 3rd: No. 2 Vauban

Winning Margin: 0.3 lengths

Winning Time: 2:29.90

Chris Waller’s now three-time Group 1 winning mare Aeliana ($1.70F) showed plenty of heart late making up three lengths to run down last year’s champion, UK raider Dubai Honour, inside the final 100m to lunge late and narrowly salute for the punters in the 2026 Tancred Stakes results just seven days on from her Ranvet win. Jockey James McDonald added yet another elite level to his record CV with a patient ride on the star four-year-old who could now face a tough assignment against her undefeated stablemate Autumn Glow in the $5 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick on April 11.

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Tancred Stakes Tips

The Races.com.au team’s insider Tancred Stakes betting tips will be available below the week of the race.

To Win: No. 9 Aeliana

AELIANA (7) looks every inch the mare to beat in Saturday’s Tancred Stakes, and James McDonald is poised to add yet another major to his record-breaking résumé. The Chris Waller-trained daughter of Castelvecchio has hit peak form at exactly the right time, and the market has wasted no time declaring her the one to beat. Fresh off her gritty victory in last weekend’s Group 1 Ranvet Stakes, Aeliana heads into the Tancred on the quick back-up and profiles perfectly for the rise to 2400m. She was brave in the Ranvet after earlier chasing home her unbeaten stablemate Autumn Glow in both the Apollo Stakes and the Verry Elleegant, and now gets her preferred trip — the same distance she dominated in last year’s Australian Derby when she put five lengths on the boys. With only eight runners following the early scratching of Wootton Verni, she maps to get every possible chance, and J-Mac sticking is a major vote of confidence. Her staying credentials are already proven, her fitness is spot-on, and her turn of foot at the end of a strong-run mile-and-a-half is a genuine weapon. If she brings anything like her Ranvet form, Aeliana should be simply too classy. She’s the clear top pick to claim back-to-back Group 1s and stamp herself as the premier stayer of the autumn.

Tancred Stakes News

Tancred Stakes 2026 Winner Aeliana Salutes for Punters

• 2026 Tancred Stakes Field & Betting Update: Aeliana Odds-On Favourite
• 2026 Ranvet Stakes Results: McDonald Wins Aboard Aeliana
• 2025 Sydney Cup Results: Arapaho Scores Big Upset
• 2025 Tancred Stakes Results: Dubai Honour Wins Ahead of Queen Elizabeth Stakes
• 2025 Tancred Stakes Day at Rosehill Postponed to Tuesday

The HE Tancred Stakes is one of Australia’s richest weight-for-age events that is run as part of the esteemed Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. Taking place the week before ‘The Championships’ at Royal Randwick Racecourse traditionally run over the first two Saturdays in April, the Tancred Stakes is one of two Group 1 races held on the day. The other Group 1 event is the Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) for three-year-old fillies.

The HE Tancred Stakes is a staying event run over a distance of 2400m and is worth $1.5 million in prize money. Runners in the race may have previously contested other Melbourne & Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival events including the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) in March at the same track, which has been a good guide to the race formerly known as The BMW in recent years offering the winner a Tancred Stakes ballot exemption.

Horses to take out the Ranvet Stakes – Tancred Stakes double include Aeliana (2026), Avilius (2019), Silent Achiever (2014), Manighar (2012), Tuesday Joy (2008), Eremein (2006), and Tie The Knot (2000).

The Tancred Stakes attracts the finest competitors locally, interstate and from overseas as well with New Zealand raiders often having a strong presence in the race.

Another possible lead-up into the HE Tancred Stakes field is held at Flemington in Melbourne – the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m). That double was recently achieved by Preferment (2016) who won the first leg on protest over Awesome Rock, while in 2017 The BMW winner Jameka backed up from a second in the Australian Cup and Almandin improved on a fourth in the Australian Cup to win the 2018 Tancred Stakes.

In 2022 Edward Cummings’ outstanding mare Duais became the latest runner to complete the Australian Cup – Tancred Stakes double.

Quality horses who perform well in the Tancred Stakes often continue on to compete in some of the high-status races held later in the year in spring both at the Sydney and Melbourne Spring Racing Carnivals.

Caulfield and Melbourne Cup runs can be on the agenda for the highest echelon stayers. Many elite gallopers have claimed victory in this race including Sir Dragonet (2021), Verry Elleegant (2020), Makybe Diva (2005), Ethereal (2002), Tie The Knot (1999 & 2000), Might And Power (1998), Octagonal (1996 & 1997), and Our Poetic Prince (1989).

The Tancred Stakes winner is exempt from ballot for the upcoming Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Sydney Cup.

The 2024 Tancred Stakes form was franked with the winner, Kalapour, going on to run third in that year’s Sydney Cup trifecta.

In 2025 the Tancred Stakes winner Dubai Honour went on to run a next-up second to Via Sistina in the $5 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Dubai Honour returned from the UK to defend his Tancred Stakes title in 2026 but ultimately had to settle for second when run down late by the classy mare Aeliana.

2026 Tancred Stakes Betting

The latest 2026 Tancred Stakes betting odds complete will be open at Ladbrokes.com.au throughout the autumn and also published here at Races.com.au.

There was a notable upset in 2023 with Arapaho winning at Tancred Stakes odds of $14 and again in 2024 with Kalapour saluting at $31.

The Tancred Stakes is one of the most popular betting races during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival because favourites have an excellent record in the Group 1 event.

The race previously run and won as the Tancred Stakes generally draws some of the best horses Australia and the honour roll for the Group 1 event includes equine superstars Hyperno (1978), Kingston Town (1980), Bonecrusher (1986), Octagonal (1996 and 1997), Might And Power (1998), Tie The Knot (1999 and 2000), Makybe Diva (2005), and Tuesday Joy (2008) – all of whom won the race at short odds in an excellent result for punters.

The latest favourites to salute for the punters in Tancred Stakes betting are the Chris Waller-trained mare Verry Elleegant ($2.15 in 2020), Cox Plate hero Sir Dragonet ($5.50 in 2021), that year’s Australian Cup winning mare Duais ($2.40 in 2022), and Waller’s class four-year-old Aeliana ($1.70 in 2026) who was on the quick back-up from a Ranvet win the weekend prior.

Tancred Stakes Field

2026 Tancred Stakes Form Guide

A comprehensive Tancred Stakes Form Guide Analysis & Betting Preview will be available the week of the race – check it out by following the link!

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2026 TANCRED STAKES FORM GUIDE

2026 Tancred Stakes Nominations

The 2026 Tancred Stakes nominations are announced on the Monday before the race and can feature around 20 or more early weight-for-age hopefuls.

The 2026 Tancred Stakes nominations will be available below as soon as released on the Monday of race week.

The Tancred Stakes 2026 nominations attracted 16 stayers led in all-in betting by Chris Waller’s Ranvet Stakes winner from last weekend, Aeliana, who is being kept safe for a potential quick seven-day back-up.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2026 Tancred Stakes Field

The 2026 Tancred Stakes field is released Racing NSW on the Wednesday before the race and generally attracts weight-for-age horses out of either Melbourne’s Australian Cup or Sydney’s Ranvet Stakes.

The Tancred Stakes 2026 final field features a small but class line-up of WFA stars led by last weekend’s Ranvet Stakes winning mare Aeliana.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2026 Tancred Stakes field and betting markets.

Tancred Stakes Barrier & Speedmap

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Zarir Midfield

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River Of Stars Off Pace

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Vauban Off Pace

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Wootton Verni invalid settling lengths

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Valiant King Backmarker

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Soul Of Spain Midfield

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Piggyback Midfield

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Aeliana Off Pace

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Dubai Honour Pace

Tancred Stakes History

First run in 1963, the inaugural HE Tancred Stakes race was won by Maidenhead. The event was originally a principal race run over 12 furlongs. For one year in 1964 the race was held over 10 furlongs, before reverting back to 12 furlongs the following year. In 1973 the distance was converted to 2400m and then in 1980 the BMW Stakes reached Group 1 status. This event has been known under a number of different names.

It is officially registered as the H E Tancred Stakes, in honour of the Sydney Turf Club’s former Chairman Henry Eugene Tancred but was best known as The BMW from 2002 – 2017 due to sponsorship.

In 2022 the Tancred Stakes was moved from Rosehill on Saturday the 26th of March to Newcastle on Monday the 28th of March due to unsafe Heavy track conditions and rainfall.

The 2025 Tancred Stakes results saw William Haggas’ British raider Dubai Honour win making it three-from-three in Group 1 Australian races following his 2023 success completing that year’s Ranvet Stakes – Queen Elizbeth Stakes double.

Tancred Stakes Day 2025 was called off on Saturday due to heavy rainfall with all 10 races, including the Group 1 Tancred Stakes, postponed until Tuesday April 1.

Aeliana (2026) was the last Tancred Stakes winning mare. 

Tancred Stakes Previous Race Winners