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A gun line-up of genuine spring stayers faces off in Sydney this weekend with a 2400m clash taking place at Royal Randwick on Epsom Day, and the Races.com.au team has the expert 2025 The Metropolitan tips and best bets right here.

This year’s Group 1 $750,000 The Metropolitan field is at capacity including the first emergency, Sun ‘N’ Sand, coming in to replace early scratching Adelaide River.

The latest The Metropolitan odds online at Ladbrokes have two in-form Waller stablemates battling for top spot with Birdman ($6) and Soul Of Spain ($5.50) both last start winners with genuine claims to hand their trainer his seventh success in the event.

So, will the flying Soul Of Spain get the job done for favourite backers and post his fifth straight win up notably in grade?

Can Birdman overcome the wide alley and complete the Kingston Town Stakes – The Metrop double?

Or is there an upset pending from one of the longer priced hopes in the mix such as the 58.5 topweight and two-time Melbourne Cup performed import Vauban?

All will be answered when The Metropolitan runs as Randwick Race 9 at 4:45pm (AEST) on Saturday.

In the meantime, check out our Same Race Multi selections for the important Spring Cups lead-up below.

2025 The Metropolitan Same Race Multi Selections ($41 at time of publish)

Top 3 – No. 9 Soul Of Spain
Top 4 – No. 4 Changingoftheguard
Top 4 – No. 11 Piggyback

SOUL OF SPAIN (10) is the new favourite in one of the most open editions of The Metrop in recent years and I’m happy to follow the money on this flying Chris Waller trained improver. He’s been excellent quickly rising through the ranks and now chases win number five on the trot. The progressive five-year-old won back-to-back races in easier company in Queensland including an impressive three-length romp home over 2020m at Doomben with 53kg before rising to Group 3 grade and saluting in the Newcastle Gold Cup. He was strong with 54kg over the 2300m and will relish the mile and a half now boasting winning form in Europe over two miles and further. Zac Lloyd is going great guns and sticks in the saddle with the horse set to fly back in the weights to just 50.5kg. Really hard to knock a horse in this sort of form even going up to Group 1 level for the first time. Set to settle midfield and will outstay a lot of these late. CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD (8) comes in confident off a lead-up win over the track and trip when carting a hefty 59kg to an impressive nearly one-length Listed Tatt’s Cup win. He comes back to a more favourable 54.5kg now and presents fit third-up. Previous in the Group 3 Colin Stephen Quality here last September he ran second with 58kg behind First Light and he looks to have come on even better this time in. Ethan Brown makes a good replacement for J-Mac who is in Melbourne on Saturday, and I think this horse will put himself in the mix. PIGGYBACK (13) is at a big price to make it a hat-trick and while I don’t think she’ll be the winner, this Ciaron Maher trained Trapeze Artist mare certainly has Top 4 claims at a price. She’s on the quick back-up after a win in the Colin Stephen over 2400m at Rosehill last weekend where she out toughed her better fancied stablemate Juja Kibo with 55.5kg. Exempt from penalty her 50kg lightweight puts her right in the frame if she can get into position from wider out.

Randwick R9 – Asahi Super Dry Metropolitan (G1)

Final Race time:

2nd	9. Soul Of Spain (10) J: Zac Lloyd 50.5kg 1×111 T: Chris Waller	4.60WIN 2.00PLACE
8th	11. Piggyback (13) J: Andrew Adkins 50kg 43411 T: Ciaron Maher	35.00WIN 8.50PLACE
18th	4. Changingoftheguard (8) J: Ethan Brown 54.5kg 2×821 T: Kris Lees	10.00WIN 3.40PLACE

For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.ladbrokes.com.au/racing. Data retrieved: 09/09/2026 07:29:11 AM (Australia/Brisbane)

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The Metropolitan 2025 Results

Randwick R9 - Asahi Super Dry Metropolitan (G1)

Final Race time:

1st	13. Royal Supremacy (9) J: Robbie Dolan 50kg 00112 T: Ciaron Maher	8.00WIN 2.90PLACE
2nd	9. Soul Of Spain (10) J: Zac Lloyd 50.5kg 1x111 T: Chris Waller	4.60WIN 2.00PLACE
3rd	18. Juja Kibo (14) J: Reece Jones 50kg 11612 T: Ciaron Maher	17.00WIN 5.00PLACE
4th	3. More Felons (18) J: Tommy Berry 55kg 12x09 T: Chris Waller	126.00WIN 23.00PLACE
5th	1. Vauban (7) J: Tim Clark 58.5kg 30x36 T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	14.00WIN 4.40PLACE
6th	17. Travolta (1) J: Ben Thompson 50kg 12123 T: Chris Waller	9.00WIN 3.10PLACE
7th	7. Birdman (16) J: Kerrin McEvoy 51.5kg 9x251 T: Chris Waller	7.50WIN 2.70PLACE
8th	11. Piggyback (13) J: Andrew Adkins 50kg 43411 T: Ciaron Maher	35.00WIN 8.50PLACE
9th	14. Wyclif (6) J: Louise Day 50kg 00564 T: Ciaron Maher	46.00WIN 11.00PLACE
10th	16. Flying Bandit (5) J: Brock Ryan 50kg 17x64 T: Kerry Parker	15.00WIN 4.60PLACE
11th	15. Don Diego De Vega (11) J: Alysha Collett 50kg 541x6 T: Annabel & Rob Archibald	46.00WIN 11.00PLACE
12th	10. Etna Rosso (2) J: Jay Ford 50kg 22x03 T: Chris Waller	8.50WIN 3.20PLACE
13th	12. Glory Daze (4) J: Anna Roper 50kg 13323 T: Ciaron Maher	31.00WIN 8.00PLACE
14th	6. Athabascan (3) J: Dylan Gibbons 52kg 59x00 T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton	61.00WIN 13.00PLACE
15th	2. Arapaho (12) J: Rachel King 58kg 1x364 T: Bjorn Baker	21.00WIN 6.00PLACE
16th	8. Son Of Sun (15) J: Molly Bourke 51kg 98x18 T: Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley	126.00WIN 23.00PLACE
17th	19. Sun 'N' Sand (17) J: Winona Costin 50kg x7054 T: B Joseph & P & M Jones	126.00WIN 23.00PLACE
18th	4. Changingoftheguard (8) J: Ethan Brown 54.5kg 2x821 T: Kris Lees	10.00WIN 3.40PLACE

For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.ladbrokes.com.au/racing. Data retrieved: 09/09/2026 07:29:11 AM (Australia/Brisbane)

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