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The Golden Pendant is a Group 2 middle distance sprint held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney. The Golden Pendant was previously known as the Research Stakes and now takes place on Golden Rose Stakes Day.

2025 Golden Pendant Results

Stay tuned for the official 2025 Golden Pendant results and finishing order and to see what runners may have a Group 1 spring target on the agenda this season. 

• 1st: #1 Manaal ($3.50)
• 2nd: #6 Gerringong
• 3rd: #2 Firestorm

Jockey Tommy Berry timed his run to perfection in the 2025 Golden Pendant peeling wide around the home bend on the eventual Michael Freedman trained winner Manaal ($3.50) to get the last start Group 2 Sheraco Stakes winning mare into a lovely position before extending to hit the line a length clear of the fighting Gerringong. Freedman is now looking at either the $1 million Silver Eagle on The Everest Day (October 18) or wait for the $2 million The Invitation race for the in-form daughter of Tassort. 

Held in late September during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival, the Golden Pendant has rapidly grown into a major target for fillies and mares each season due to the boosted stakes on offer.

Raced over 1400m under set weights and penalties conditions, the Golden Pendant is open only to fillies and mares aged three years and older. With a lucrative $400,000 in prize money on offer, the Golden Pendant is one of the major early spring events hosted by the Australian Turf Club (ATC).

A popular lead-up event to the Golden Pendant is the Group 3 Sheraco Stakes (1200m) held a few weeks earlier at the same track. The Group 3 Tibbie Stakes (1400m) at Newcastle provides another preparatory opportunity a week out from the race.

Mizzy (2019) and Manaal (2025) are the latest mares to do the Sheraco Stakes – Golden Pendant double.

Following the Golden Pendant, the course taken by horses depends entirely on their success in the race and their spring campaign plans.

The Golden Pendant shares the program with a host of other Group status races including the meeting’s marquee race, the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes (1400m) for three-year-olds. The other feature event on the card is the Group 2 Shannon Stakes (1500m) for Epsom Handicap-bound gallopers.

Any four-year-old mares out of the Golden Pendant may head towards the $10 million The Golden Eagle (1500m) in November, a race the 2019 Golden Pendant winner Mizzy ran third in the inaugural edition in to Kolding.

The form out of the 2021 Golden Pendant was franked with the winner, Vangelic, going on to run third in that year’s Golden Eagle trifecta, while the runner-up Nimalee returned in the autumn of 2022 to win the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes.

In 2022 Nimalee won the Golden Pendant before a third in that year’s The Invitation race, while the Golden Pendant runner-up Palaisipan further franked the form returning the next winter to win the Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara race in Brisbane in 2023.

The 2023 Golden Pendant winner Espiona franked the form winning that season’s The Invitation after a credible seventh in the $20 million The Everest results. That year’s Golden Pendant runner-up Atishu meanwhile went on to win the Group 1 VRC Champions Stakes (2000m) at Flemington over the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The Golden Pendant 2024 form was franked with the runner-up, Amelia’s Jewel, going on to also run second in that year’s Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington over the Melbourne Cup Carnival. 

The 2025 Golden Pendant ran on Saturday September 27, 2025 as part of Sydney’s popular Golden Rose Stakes Day race card and saw Michael Freedman’s Sheraco Stakes winner Manaal ($3.50) claim back-to-back Group 2 races at Rosehill. 

2025 Golden Pendant Betting 

The spring’s best Golden Pendant 2025 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au on the Group 2 race for fillies and mares will be available at Races.com.au the week of the race.

Espiona ($2.35 in 2023) was the last favourite in Golden Pendant betting to win.

2025 Golden Pendant Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2025 GOLDEN PENDANT FORM GUIDE

2025 Golden Pendant Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Golden Pendant 2025 Tips on the popular Rosehill event for female gallopers this spring.

• To Win: No. 2 Firestorm ($3.60 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Taking on the favourite and have the second elect FIRESTORM (5) from the Waller stable on top fresh. This Kiwi bred five-year-old boasts an imposing first-up record (6:4-0-1) and looks ready to fire off too sound trials ahead of her return. She is a Rosehill specialist (4:3-1-0) so gets her spring underway at her pet track and the 1400m shouldn’t be too much of a task even without race fitness this time in as she’s won up to 1900m. Her autumn included a Group 2 Millie Fox win over Dark Glitter here and a second to the brilliant Lady Shenandoah in the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m). A bad barrier in Brisbane’s Group 1 Tatt’s Tiara at her latest saw her finish seventh only three lengths beaten when coming to the end of things. Can atone now and kick off with a win especially with J-Mac aboard. 

2025 Golden Pendant Field

The Golden Pendant field attracts a quality line-up of fillies and mares each season, many of which come out of either the Group 3 Sheraco Stakes (1200m) at the track a fortnight earlier or from a run against the boys in the Group 2 Theo Marks Stakes (1300m) on the same lead-up program.

Espiona (2nd in 2023), Makarena (4th in 2024) and Manaal (1st in 2025) who did the double are the latest Sheraco Stakes graduates to win the Golden Pendant.

The official Golden Pendant 2025 Final Field & Barriers will be released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday leading-up to the race and will be published in full below.

The 2025 Golden Pendant field features 10 fillies and mares led in betting by the Michael Freedman trained Manaal coming off a Group 2 Sheraco Stakes win at the track.  

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2025 Golden Pendant Nominations

The 2025 Golden Pendant nominations close on the Monday leading-up to Golden Rose Stakes Day and will be available right here once early entries are released.

2025 Golden Pendant nominations extended until 11:00AM (AEST) – 23/09/2025

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Golden Pendant History

Originally known as the Research Stakes, the Golden Pendant was named after 1989 Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year, Research. As a three-year-old, she was the only filly to win the ATC Derby-ATC Oaks double (four days apart). Her 1988 season as a three-year-old saw Research take out the majority of three-year-olds only races. At four years old, Research dropped off somewhat in skill and is largely remembered for her three-year-old season.

The Golden Pendant has only existed since 2011, when the Research Stakes first ran under the new name. Since then, the Golden Pendant has received considerable injections of prize money and is now one of the richest Group 3 races in Australia. Following much expectation, the Australian Racing Board elected to elevate the Golden Pendant to Group 2 status in 2015. The Research Stakes was inaugurated in 1996.

Prior to the 2012 edition, the Golden Pendant was raced over 1200m.

Notable Golden Pendant/Research Stakes winners include Fiddlestick (1996), Hot Danish (2009), More Joyous (2012), and Tycoon Tara (2016).

Golden Pendant results and winning times since 2000 are provided below.

Golden Pendant Results

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