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The Carbine Club Stakes is a Group 3 mile event held at Flemington Racecourse on Victoria Derby Day on the Saturday prior to Melbourne Cup Day.
Carbine Club Stakes News
The Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes is a 1600m race held at Flemington Racecourse on Victoria Derby Day.
2025 Carbine Club Stakes Results
Stay tuned for the official 2025 Carbine Club Stakes results and finishing order this Derby Day on Saturday November 1, 2025.
- 1st: No. 9 Panova ($4.40)
- 2nd: No. 5 Regal Award
- 3rd: No. 6 Single Choice
Winning Margin:Â 1.75 lengths
Winning Time:Â 1:35.17
Chris Waller’s progressive Trapeze Artist filly Panova ($4.40) took out the first on Derby Day with the last start Listed Reginald Allen winner in Sydney showing off a blistering turn of foot to come from well back and run right over the top of her rivals securing an impressive 1.75 length victory in the 2025 Carbine Club Stakes results.
Carbine Club Stakes 2025 Results
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1st
9. Panova (6)
J: Tommy Berry 56kg
T: Chris Waller |
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2nd
5. Regal Award (2)
J: Lachlan Neindorf 57kg
T: Phillip Stokes |
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3rd
6. Single Choice (8)
J: Michael Dee 57kg
T: Matt Cumani |
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4th
2. West Of Swindon (4)
J: Ben Melham 58.5kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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5th
4. Call Da Vinci (7)
J: Jaden Lloyd 57kg
T: Bevan Laming |
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6th
8. Triple Malt (3)
J: Brad Rawiller 57kg
T: Bevan Laming |
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7th
3. Prestige Ole (1)
J: Jamie Mott 58kg
T: Matt Laurie |
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8th
7. Kilman (5)
J: Adam Hyeronimus 57kg
T: Chris Waller |
Held under set weights plus penalties conditions, the Carbine Club Stakes is restricted to three-year-old horses and pays a healthy $500,000 in prize money after stakes were doubled in 2021.
The Carbine Club Stakes shares a race program with eight other Group status races making VRC Derby Day an event for racing purists. There are three Group 1 spring races on the card: the Victoria Derby (2500m), Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m), and Empire Rose Stakes (1600m).
Sydney’s Group 2 Roman Consul Stakes (1200m) can act as a fairly effective lead up race to the Carbine Club Stakes. Some horses choose to target the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) prior to stepping down in grade for this race.
Following their run in the Carbine Club Stakes, there are a number of available avenues for horses to pursue. Some head to the paddock, while others stay on for what’s left of the spring racing carnival. The Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m) is one of the elite options for the young milers with the double last completed by Mahuta (2015).
The 2021 Carbine Club Stakes form was franked with the winner Fangirl returning the following autumn to win the 2022 Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes.
The 2024 Carbine Club Stakes winner Aeliana rose to great heights with a next-up second in the Thousand Guineas before retuning in the autumn of 2025 to beat home the boys by five lengths in the Group 1 Australian Derby.
The 2025 Carbine Club Stakes was held on Saturday November 1, 2025 as part of VRC Derby Day at HQ and saw Chris Waller’s Sydney trained filly Panova ($4.40) run right over the top of the boys for a commanding victory.Â
| Carbine Club Stakes 2025 | |
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| Date: | Saturday November 1, 2025 |
| Track: | Flemington Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1600m |
| Conditions: | 3YO – Set Weights |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $500,000 |
2025 Carbine Club Stakes Odds
The latest Carbine Club Stakes 2025 odds on the three-year-old milers are available at Ladbrokes.com.au for you to back your insider Carbine Club Stakes tips at the best prices and will be listed at Races.com.au.
Fangirl ($2 in 2021) was the last Carbine Club Stakes favourite to salute for the punters.
There was a notable upset in 2022 with Perfect Thought winning at Carbine Club Stakes odds of 25/1.
2025 Carbine Club Stakes Form Guide
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To Win: No. 1 Vinrock
No doubting the favourite REGAL AWARD (3) could be hard to deny based on his lead-up demolition job at Caulfield over this distance but for mine VINROCK (2) remains the class horse in this race deserving of victory. Matt Laurie’s I Am Invincible colt won the Group 2 VRC Sires’ here over 1400m by two lengths as a two-year-old before heading to Sydney for his Group 1 Inglis Sires’ triumph. He presents rock hard fit now as a three-year-old with four runs already behind him this prep including an emphatic victory here at HQ in the Listed Exford Plate with a hefty 59.5kg on his back. Beaten at his latest two, but I thought his Group 1 Caulfield Guineas run for fourth was full of merit. Tried his heart out but wasn’t quite able to match it with the first three. He’s down in grade now and back to his pet track where he’s undefeated. The return to Flemington is key and I think he can bounce back and return to winning form.
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2025 Carbine Club Stakes Field
The 2025 Carbine Club Stakes field is released on the Wednesday leading-up to VRC Derby Day and will be detailed in full below once announced along with the Carbine Club Stakes barrier draw.
The Carbine Club Stakes 2025 final field features a cracking line-up of three-year-old mile types facing off in the first on Derby Day with markets led by the Phillip Stokes trained Regal Award coming off a huge 7.5 length win over the mile at Caulfield carrying more weight.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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| 1 | 111×4154 | VINROCK | Matt Laurie | Mark Zahra | 2 | 59.5kg | Â | Â | 102 |
| 2 | 2x20x4219 | WEST OF SWINDON | Ciaron Maher | Ben Melham | 5 | 58.5kg | Â | Â | 86 |
| 3 | 4112×590 | PRESTIGE OLE | Matt Laurie | Jamie Mott | 1 | 58kg | Â | Â | 68 |
| 4 | 21133×2 | CALL DA VINCI | Bevan Laming | Jaden Lloyd | 8 | 57kg | Â | Â | 82 |
| 5 | 2×5141 | REGAL AWARD | Phillip Stokes | Lachlan Neindorf | 3 | 57kg | Â | Â | 71 |
| 6 | 2×5115 | SINGLE CHOICE | Matt Cumani | Michael Dee | 9 | 57kg | Â | Â | 66 |
| 7 | 17x0x569 | KILMAN (NZ) | Chris Waller | Adam Hyeronimus | 6 | 57kg | Â | Â | 64 |
| 8 | 1×42 | TRIPLE MALT | Bevan Laming | Brad Rawiller | 4 | 57kg | Â | Â | 63 |
| 9 | 2×421 | PANOVA | Chris Waller | Tommy Berry | 7 | 56kg | Â | Â | 72 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Carbine Club Stakes Nominations
Early nominations for the Carbine Club Stakes in 2025 close the Monday of race week and will be made available below once released.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 21133×2 | CALL DA VINCI | G | 3 | Bevan Laming | 82 |
| 2 | 135 | CENTU CAVADDI | G | 3 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | 64 |
| 3 | 17x0x569 | KILMAN (NZ) | C | 3 | Chris Waller | 64 |
| 4 | 211×7 | MATAHGA (NZ) | C | 3 | Phillip Stokes | 72 |
| 5 | 2×421 | PANOVA | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 72 |
| 6 | 2×713 | PICTOR | C | 3 | Chris Waller | 64 |
| 7 | 4112×590 | PRESTIGE OLE | C | 3 | Matt Laurie | 68 |
| 8 | 2×5141 | REGAL AWARD | G | 3 | Phillip Stokes | 71 |
| 9 | 5622 | REGAL GENT | G | 3 | Liam Howley | |
| 10 | 2×5115 | SINGLE CHOICE | G | 3 | Matt Cumani | 66 |
| 11 | 15×61 | SIR MYKA | G | 3 | Travis Doudle | 64 |
| 12 | 5×7331 | SOROUSH | C | 3 | Glen Thompson | 62 |
| 13 | 313 | SULEK (NZ) | C | 3 | Dominic Sutton | 67 |
| 14 | 2113 | TAGLINE | G | 3 | Matt Laurie | 66 |
| 15 | 1 | TOP REWARD | C | 3 | Clayton Douglas | 63 |
| 16 | 1×42 | TRIPLE MALT | C | 3 | Bevan Laming | 63 |
| 17 | 111×4154 | VINROCK | C | 3 | Matt Laurie | 102 |
| 18 | 2x20x4219 | WEST OF SWINDON | C | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 86 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Carbine Club Stakes History
The Carbine Club Stakes is traditionally the first race on the Derby Day schedule. As a result, it is the first event in the four-day Flemington Racing Carnival and sets the tone for the massive Group 1 events to follow.
The Carbine Club Stakes was made a listed event in 1983, with Freeze taking it out that year. It was upgraded to Group 3 in 1998, with Toy Carousel the winner.
The Carbine Club Stakes has in the past been sponsored by Inglis.
Notable Carbine Club winners include Brave Salute (1984), Perfect Harmony (1994), Delago Brom (2002) and Mr Chard (2010). In recent history, a large number of horses who appear in the top three Carbine Club Stakes results have also gone on to place in the Sandown Guineas.
Perhaps the most renowned Carbine Club Stakes winners of all was Saintly, who took victory in 1995. Trained by Bart Cummings, Saintly went on to win or place in 21 of 23 starts (winning 10). Some of his scalps include the Group 1 Australian Cup, Group 1 Cox Plate and Group 1 Melbourne Cup.
In 2021 three-length winner Fangirl for Chris Waller became the first filly to win the Carbine Club Stakes in 15 years.
In 2024 another Waller filly won by a big margin with Aeliana successful by 3.5 lengths. She would go on to win the following year’s Australian Derby in Sydney by a huge margin.
Panova (2025) saw Waller prepare yet another Carbine Club Stakes winning filly.
Carbine Club Stakes results, winners and winning times since 2000 are listed below.
Carbine Club Stakes Results
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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| 2025 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Panova | 1 minute 35.17 seconds |
| 2nd | Regal Award | ||
| 3rd | Single Choice | ||
| 2024 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Aeliana | 1 minute 36.41 seconds |
| 2nd | Another Prophet | ||
| 3rd | Feroce | ||
| 2023 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Kaizad | 1 minute 35.62 seconds |
| 2nd | Heman | ||
| 3rd | Brave Mead | ||
| 2022 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Perfect Thought | 1 minute 37.89 seconds |
| 2nd | Elkington Road | ||
| 3rd | The Fortune Teller | ||
| 2021 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Fangirl | 1 minute 35.86 seconds |
| 2nd | Brigantine | ||
| 3rd | Daily Bugle | ||
| 2020 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Crosshaven | 1 minute 36.32 seconds |
| 2nd | Aysar | ||
| 3rd | Horrifying / Endanger (Dead Heat) | ||
| 2019 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Dalasan | 1 minute 38.05 seconds |
| 2nd | Brandenburg | ||
| 3rd | Groundswell | ||
| 2018 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Ranier | 1 minute 36.33 seconds |
| 2nd | Wild Planet | ||
| 3rd | Secret Blaze | ||
| 2017 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Levendi | 1 minute 35.35 seconds |
| 2nd | Sambro | ||
| 3rd | Irish Vega | ||
| 2016 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Comin’ Through | 1 minute 35.14 seconds |
| 2nd | Morton’s Fork | ||
| 3rd | Bezel | ||
| 2015 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Hi World | 1 minute 38.01 seconds |
| 2nd | Farolitos | ||
| 3rd | Inauguration | ||
| 2014 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Kermadec | 1 minute 37.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Stratum Star | ||
| 3rd | Manhattan Avenue | ||
| 2013 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Paximadia | 1 minute 38.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Hucklebuck | ||
| 3rd | Equator | ||
| 2012 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Lunar Rise | 1 minute 35.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Tatra | ||
| 3rd | Proverb | ||
| 2011 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Galah | 1 minute 37.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Highly Recommended | ||
| 3rd | Saint Etienne | ||
| 2010 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Mr Chard | 1 minute 36.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Goldstone | ||
| 3rd | Condelago | ||
| 2009 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Kidnapped | 1 minute 37.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Disco Summit | ||
| 3rd | Ruse De Guerre | ||
| 2008 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Dr Doutes | 1 minute 36.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Lucky Thunder | ||
| 3rd | Millbank | ||
| 2007 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Zacroona | 1 minute 36.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Schilling | ||
| 3rd | Montonari | ||
| 2006 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Permaiscuous | 1 minute 37.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Patriotism | ||
| 3rd | Antidotes | ||
| 2005 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Testafiable | 1 minute 36.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Fusiachi San | ||
| 3rd | San Vesuvio | ||
| 2004 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Al Maher | 1 minute 37.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Squad | ||
| 3rd | Pin Up Boy | ||
| 2003 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Sir Dex | 1 minute 38.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Tchaikovsky | ||
| 3rd | Sandy River | ||
| 2002 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Delago Brom | 1 minute 35.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Lord Volksraad | ||
| 3rd | Charlie Bub | ||
| 2001 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | All Courage | 1 minute 35.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Gordo | ||
| 3rd | Road To Dance | ||
| 2000 Carbine Club Stakes | 1st | Inspire | 1 minute 37.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Sporting Scribe | ||
| 3rd | Neptunes Journey | ||
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