The action of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival hits fever pitch at Randwick on Saturday for Day 1 of The Championships including the running of the time-honoured 2025 Doncaster Mile.

• Update: 12. Celestial Legend (11) has been scratched. Click here for the full story. 

The Group 1 $4 million Doncaster Mile (1600m) has drawn a typically top-class line-up of middle-distance stars with an open market at Ladbrokes.com.au.

The latest Doncaster Mile odds online have Gringotts as the narrow $6.50 favourite with Ciaron Maher‘s Per Incanto five-year-old chasing back-to-back wins.

The gun gelding saluted in the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes in a thrillingly close victory over Fangirl at Rosehill last time out.

He now chases the George Ryder / Doncaster Mile double last completed by the mighty Winx (2016).

Maher chases his first Doncaster victory and Gringotts will carry 55.5kg, down from 59kg at WFA last start, with the horse looking to add to his imposing 1600m record of four wins from five starts over the distance to date.

Tommy Berry, looking for his second Doncaster success, has ridden Gringotts for the horse’s past seven starts and continues associations from a nice gate six draw this weekend.

Linebacker is the other best in Doncaster Mile betting also now at $6.50 for the win with the John O’Shea & Tom Charlton trained Super Seth gelding in on just 49kg from barrier 14 with the in-form Zac Lloyd in the saddle.

The youngster is out to be the eighth three-year-old Doncaster Mile winner since 2005 attempting back-to-back wins for the age group after the 2024 win by Celestial Legend.

At his latest he beat home Broadsiding by a half-length in the Group 1 Randwick Guineas at this track and trip, the form of which was subsequently franked with Broadsiding atoning with a Rosehill Guineas success.

Celestial Legend did the Randwick Guineas / Doncaster Mile double 12 months ago and there is money for Linebacker to repeat the feat this autumn.

The other danger challenging for favouritism at $7.50 for the Godolphin stable is recent All-Star Mile champion at Flemington, Tom Kitten.

James Cummings‘ smart Harry Angel four-year-old will carry 55.5kg from gate one with Ben Melham aboard once again.

After his impressive All-Star Mile success over Mr Brightside, Tom Kitten ran in the George Ryder finishing only 1.45 lengths fifth to Gringotts and he’ll be right in the frame late again here according to the markets.

This year’s Doncaster Mile top-weight with 56.5kg is a stablemate of Gringotts with the fellow Maher trained Another Wil drawn barrier 18 with Jamie Melham, who rode Cascadian to victory in the race in 2021, riding.

While on paper that looks a nasty draw, plenty of Doncaster Mile winners have won from wider out including Brutal (2019) and Mr Brightside (2022) who both won from gate 18.

Another Wil is at $9.50 to win.

Drawn even wider one the outside of Another Wil is the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott trained
Royal Patronage ($8.50) who races third-up on Saturday.

This savvy import, third in last year’s Epsom Handicap, won the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes (1300m) when resuming two back before a close fourth under a length beaten in the George Ryder giving him the right form lines for a potential Doncaster trophy.

Trainer Chris Waller boasts an imposing six previous Doncaster Mile wins, one off the record co-held by the late Tommy Smith and his daughter Gai Waterhouse, and this year he will saddle up five in the field.

The best fancied of the Waller contingent is Firestorm ($9) in gate eight for Jay Ford with the talented Kiwi bred mare coming off a Group 1 Coolmore Classic second at Rosehill.

Some potential value Doncaster Mile contenders this year include Gavin Bedggood‘s evergreen eight-year-old Just Folk ($26) on the quick back-up from his all-the-way Prelude win on Tuesday and Bjorn Baker‘s ultra-consistent Group 2 Ajax Stakes winner Iowna Merc ($51) chasing a hat-trick.

The 2025 The Star Doncaster Mile is set to run as Randwick Race 8 at 4:35pm (AEDT) on Saturday’s 10-race card.

Randwick R8

Final Race time: 

1st	8. Stefi Magnetica (5) J: Jason Collett54.5kg 54x86T: Bjorn Baker	18.00WIN 5.50PLACE
2nd	7. Royal Patronage (16) J: Tim Clark54.5kg 37x14T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	12.00WIN 3.90PLACE
3rd	18. Encap (3) J: Reece Jones51kg 53x74T: Gary Portelli	41.00WIN 10.00PLACE
4th	21. Rise At Dawn (2) J: Tyler Schiller51kg 11x16T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes	23.00WIN 6.50PLACE
5th	5. Pericles (13) J: Blake Shinn55kg 91x84T: James Cummings	51.00WIN 12.00PLACE
6th	1. Another Wil (15) J: Jamie Melham56.5kg 12x14T: Ciaron Maher	8.50WIN 3.10PLACE
7th	3. Tom Kitten (1) J: Ben Melham55.5kg 3x215T: James Cummings	6.50WIN 2.60PLACE
8th	20. Linebacker (11) J: Zac Lloyd49kg 6x261T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton	6.00WIN 2.40PLACE
9th	14. Port Lockroy (10) J: Craig Williams53.5kg 610x8T: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald	51.00WIN 12.00PLACE
10th	6. Militarize (7) J: Chad Schofield55kg 33x00T: Chris Waller	61.00WIN 13.00PLACE
11th	2. Gringotts (6) J: Tommy Berry55.5kg 10x31T: Ciaron Maher	6.50WIN 2.60PLACE
12th	19. Firestorm (8) J: Jay Ford50kg 56x12T: Chris Waller	8.50WIN 3.10PLACE
13th	15. Al Mubhir (4) J: Andrea Atzeni53kg 383x6T: William Haggas	61.00WIN 13.00PLACE
14th	10. Moira (18) J: Zac Purton54kg 2121xT: Chris Waller	12.00WIN 3.90PLACE
15th	17. Iowna Merc (12) J: Ashley Morgan52kg 42211T: Bjorn Baker	35.00WIN 9.00PLACE
16th	13. Kovalica (14) J: Kerrin McEvoy53.5kg 260x7T: Chris Waller	34.00WIN 8.50PLACE
17th	11. Just Folk (9) J: Daniel Moor54kg x4381T: Gavin Bedggood	61.00WIN 13.00PLACE
18th	4. Geoglyph (20) J: Damian Lane55kg 2x5x0T: Tetsuya Kimura	31.00WIN 8.00PLACE
19th	16. New Energy (19) J: Dylan Gibbons52.5kg 610x0T: Ciaron Maher	201.00WIN 34.00PLACE
20th	9. Anisette (17) J: Michael Dee54kg x139xT: Chris Waller	71.00WIN 15.00PLACE

For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.ladbrokes.com.au/racing. Data retrieved: 01/05/2026 01:03:42 AM (Australia/Brisbane)

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