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Overview

This page was last updated on February 14, 2026

The $4 million 2026 Doncaster Mile runs on Saturday April 4 at Royal Randwick on Day 1 of The Championships in Sydney. 

  • Race Date: 04/04/2026
  • Race Status: Group 1
  • Race Conditions: Handicap
  • Race Venue: Randwick , NSW
  • Prize Money: $4,000,000
  • Distance: 1600m

Doncaster Mile 2026 Odds

Doncaster Mile 1600m (All In)
Open Race time: 
1. Autumn Glow
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2. Sheza Alibi
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3. Autumn Boy
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4. Evaporate
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5. Linebacker
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6. Tom Kitten
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7. Gringotts
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8. Headley Grange
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9. Pericles
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10. Sabaj
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11. Yorkshire
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12. Sixties
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13. Treasurethe Moment
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14. Verona Rose
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15. Aeliana
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16. Angel Capital
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17. Antino
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18. Attica
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19. Barnavara
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20. Beiwacht
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Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.ladbrokes.com.au/racing. Data retrieved: 11/03/2026 08:23:52 AM (Australia/Brisbane)

2026 Doncaster Mile Results

Stay tuned for the official 2026 Doncaster Mile results and finishing order at Randwick on Saturday April 4, 2026.

  • 1st: TBD
  • 2nd: TBD
  • 3rd: TBD

Winning Margin: TBD

Winning Time: TBD

Doncaster Mile Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Doncaster Mile 2026 tips and best bets on the classic this autumn to be updated below the week of the race.

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Doncaster Mile News

The Group 1 Doncaster Mile is a 1600m handicap race for the best middle-distance gallopers in the country. Held at Randwick Racecourse during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival, the race is also known as the Doncaster Handicap and is regarded as the equivalent of the spring’s Epsom Handicap.

The Doncaster Mile offers a lucrative $4 million in prize money making it one of the richest races in the autumn and is open to all horses aged three years and over. With the threat of Coronavirus shutting down Australian racing, the 2020 Doncaster Mile prizemoney was reduced to $1.5 million, with the stakes back up to $3 million for the 2021 edition and boosted to $4 million ahead of the 2023 race.

The Doncaster Mile is now held on the opening day of The Championships at Royal Randwick on an exciting race card that also features the Group 1 T.J. Smith Stakes (1200m), the Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m), and the Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) which is known as the Inglis Sires’.

Key lead-up races into the Doncaster Mile field include the Group 3 Doncaster Prelude (1500m) run the Saturday before at Rosehill Gardens and the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m) a fortnight before. Recent winners of the George Ryder Stakes – Doncaster Mile double include Winx (2016), Vision And Power (2009), Haradasun (2007), and Racing To Win (2006).

The Doncaster Mile winner is also exempt from ballot from the $5 million Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) held the following Saturday. The Doncaster Mile – Queen Elizabeth Stakes double was recently achieved by More Joyous (2012).

In 2021 the Doncaster Mile ran on the second Saturday of April with all race meetings of the autumn in Sydney from Slipper Day onwards postponed a week due to the weather.

The 2022 Doncaster Mile form was franked with the winner Mr Brightside going on to do the Group 2 P.B. Lawrence Stakes – Group 2 Feehan Stakes double in Melbourne that spring. He also ran third in Flemington’s Group 1 Champions Mile (1600m) over the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The Doncaster Mile form from 2022 was further franked with the runner-up I’m Thunderstruck going on to run second in a host of subsequent Group 1 races including the Cox Plate and win the Makybe Diva Stakes that spring.

Icebath meanwhile ran third in the Doncaster Mile results (after a 2nd the following year) and after a number of subsequent Group 1 placings, won that year’s Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) in Victoria.

Mr Brightside returned to 2023 on the back of his lead-up The All-Star Mile victory in Melbourne to successfully defend his Doncaster Mile title.

Mr Brightside franked the Doncaster form firmly in the spring of 2023 saluting in races including the Group 1 Memsie Stakes and Makybe Diva Stakes. He also finished runner-up in that year’s King Charles III Stakes, Cox Plate, and Champions Mile.

In 2024 the Les Bridge-trained three-year-old Celestial Legend won the Randwick Guineas – Doncaster Mile double.

The 2024 Doncaster Mile form was franked with the runner-up, Pericles, going on to win the $2 million Five Diamonds race that spring.

The 2025 Doncaster Mile winner Stefi Magnetica went on to run second in the Queen of the Turf Stakes at her next start before returning for a big spring highlighted by her win in the $2 million The Invitation.

Doncaster Mile Betting

The Doncaster Mile is always one of the most popular betting events on the Australian racing calendar because of the open nature of the Group 1 event.

Favourites have a fair record in the Doncaster Mile with the likes of Winx (2016), More Joyous (2011), Haradasun (2007), and Racing To Win (2006) all winning as the punters elect in the last decade.

There has also been some notable upset Doncaster Mile results including back in 1985 when Row Of Waves won as a 100/1 shot and more recently the 2020 win by $41 outsider Nettoyer.

There was another upset in the 2022 Doncaster Mile with Mr Brightside saluting at 20/1.

Mr Brightside returned in 2023 to salute for the punters and become the latest favourite in Doncaster Mile betting at $6 to win.

The 2025 Doncaster Mile results saw a massive upset with the first five horses over the line jumping at double-figures including the $18 winner Stefi Magnetica!

Futures Doncaster Mile odds open months in advance of the race at online bookmakers including Ladbrokes.com.au offering punters an early chance to lock in their selections at generous all-in pricing.

 

Doncaster Mile Field

2026 Doncaster Mile Form Guide

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The Doncaster Mile form is always tough to analyse because there are generally horses coming from a variety of different form lines to contest the Group 1 event.

The George Ryder Stakes is considered the key form race, but in recent years Doncaster Mile winners have had their final lead-up race in events like the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m), the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) and Group 2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m).

In 2022 the upset Doncaster Mile winner Mr Brightside came off a lead-up fourth in Melbourne’s $5 million The All-Star Mile (1600m).

Mr Brightside returned to win the 2023 The All-Star Mile at The Valley before a successful title defence saluting for the punters in the 2023 Doncaster Mile results. He became the first back-to-back Doncaster Mile winner since Sacred Falls (2013-14).

The 2025 Doncaster Mile winning mare Stefi Magnetica improved on a lead-up sixth in that year’s George Ryder Stakes for her upset victory.

2026 Doncaster Mile Nominations

The Doncaster Mile nominations close on a Tuesday in early February, two months out from Doncaster Mile Day. The original Doncaster Handicap nominations can feature around 200 hopefuls hoping to make the final field for the autumn Group 1 classic.

The 2026 Doncaster Mile Nominations close at midday on Tuesday the 10th of February 2026. 

The Doncaster Mile 2026 nominations attracted 139 hopefuls led in futures markets by Chris Waller’s Golden Eagle winning mare Autumn Glow who won her opening eight career starts.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 3421x2256x AELIANA (NZ) M 4 Chris Waller 112
2 1175x4x AERODROME G 3 Michael Freedman 80
3 187x80619x AMOR VICTORIOUS G 6 Bjorn Baker 104
4 16x1x1462x ANGEL CAPITAL H 4 Chris Waller 111
5 x011x5428x ANTINO (NZ) G 7 Tony Gollan 117
6 2x1112x APOCALYPTIC F 3 Michael Freedman 105
7 41x364080x ARAPAHO (FR) G 9 Bjorn Baker
8 113x ARRIVING HOME M 4 Bjorn Baker
9 1211x ATTICA C 3 Joseph Pride
10 11x271x AUTUMN BOY C 3 Chris Waller
11 11x1x1111x AUTUMN GLOW M 4 Chris Waller 116
12 9x141x131x AXIUS G 4 Ciaron Maher 98
13 x727904644 BANDI’S BOY G 6 Danny Williams 90
14 1x BARNAVARA (IRE) M 4 Chris Waller
15 40x26222x3 BEAR ON THE LOOSE (IRE) G 6 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 91
16 2190x3214x BEIWACHT C 3 Chris Waller 106
17 12103x370x BENAGIL M 4 Glen Thompson
18 x97x88778x BERKSHIRE SHADOW (GB) G 7 Kim Waugh 85
19 29x251768x BIRDMAN (IRE) G 5 Chris Waller 104
20 970x32320x BUCKAROO (GB) G 7 Chris Waller
21 x44x21216x BURMA STAR C 3 Chris Waller
22 1951126x4x CAFE MILLENIUM G 5 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
23 15x443611x CEOLWULF (NZ) G 5 Joseph Pride 119
24 1125123x9x CHASE YOUR DREAMS (NZ) M 4 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
25 2122x310x CHIEF LITTLE ROCK (IRE) G 5 Anthony & Sam Freedman 92
26 91x5x3413x COTE ATLANTIQUE (IRE) G 5 Henry Dwyer
27 x44111266x CRISTAL CLEAR G 4 Annabel & Rob Archibald
28 6x22129x CROSSBOW G 3 Chris Waller
29 0125x6x00x DARNATION (IRE) M 5 Ciaron Maher 102
30 21×1 DECORUM C 3 Michael Freedman 68
31 1115x4004x EL CASTELLO H 4 John Thompson 100
32 5x56x7084x EMIRATE G 4 Chris Waller 78
33 7437x6497x ENCAP G 5 Gary Portelli 98
34 18x753424x ENXUTO G 5 Robbie Griffiths
35 421x51233x EVAPORATE (NZ) G 4 Ben, Will & JD Hayes 110
36 316x6380x2 FEROCE (NZ) G 4 Dominic Sutton
37 x37x39667x FIRESTORM (NZ) M 5 Chris Waller 100
38 31417x640x FLYING BANDIT G 5 Kerry Parker 93
39 223x44292x GERRINGONG M 4 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 106
40 x113212x7x GIVE ME SPACE G 4 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
41 13x0x2421x GLOBE (NZ) G 7 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
42 5x15x411x GREEN SPACES C 3 Bjorn Baker 78
43 3428x1115x GRID GIRL (NZ) M 5 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
44 310x52110x GRINGOTTS (NZ) G 6 Ciaron Maher 121
45 2x1161110x HEADLEY GRANGE G 5 Joseph Pride 112
46 45140×0722 HELLSING (IRE) G 6 Annabel & Rob Archibald 91
47 208x8x808x HOO YA MAL (GB) G 7 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 100
48 3x12x HORSESHOE HILL F 3 Bjorn Baker
49 100x11210x IDLE FLYER M 4 Matthew Smith 97
50 5x105x IS IT SPECTACULAR C 3 Nacim Dilmi 64
51 80x1324x0x IT’S A KNOCKOUT M 5 Ciaron Maher 87
52 1 JOURNEYMAN G 3 Richard & Will Freedman 66
53 1211x8100x JUST FEELIN’ LUCKY M 4 Michael Freedman 95
54 50100x929x JUST FINE (IRE) G 8 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 107
55 1x21314x3x JUSTADEEL G 5 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
56 178x56530x KARINSKA F 3 Chris Waller 86
57 363x32411x KIND WORDS M 5 Kris Lees 89
58 x111x2472x LADY SHENANDOAH M 4 Chris Waller 116
59 3124x1155x LAZZURA M 4 Chris Waller 109
60 11114x432x LEICA LUCY (NZ) M 4 Chris Waller 107
61 1x53431x8x LILAC M 4 Annabel & Rob Archibald 90
62 490x01211x LINDERMANN G 6 Chris Waller 114
63 x2618x717x LINEBACKER (NZ) G 4 John O’Shea & Tom Charlton 107
64 191x27720x LORD PENMAN (NZ) G 4 Chris Waller 94
65 x31561x44x MAGNATEAR G 6 Richard & Will Freedman
66 x955x8114x MANAAL M 4 Michael Freedman 109
67 2x31148x3x MATCHA LATTE G 6 Nacim Dilmi 97
68 546x57523x MILITARIZE (NZ) G 5 Chris Waller 107
69 x255x3718x MODELLA M 4 Lee & Cherie Curtis 80
70 275x221x13 MONTE VEEBEE G 4 Bjorn Baker 69
71 62x1141x2 NAPOLEONIC C 3 John O’Shea & Tom Charlton 92
72 311x9877x NEPOTISM C 3 Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes
73 311x312x NINJA G 3 Michael Freedman 88
74 215x2311x1 OBSERVER C 3 Ciaron Maher
75 8x2130x OFFICIATE C 3 Chris Waller 70
76 1x1521x OLE DANCER F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman
77 5241x1033x ON DISPLAY M 4 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
78 1x13x16x OUR QUEEN (IRE) M 5 Bjorn Baker 73
79 2x4211x PANOVA F 3 Chris Waller
80 25x604120x PERFUMIST (NZ) M 4 Bjorn Baker 94
81 x845x1342x PERICLES G 6 Bjorn Baker
82 22x11118x PHILIA M 4 David Vandyke
83 2x7134x PICTOR C 3 Chris Waller 68
84 x231x3534x PIER (NZ) G 6 Darryn & Briar Weatherley
85 33434118×5 PIGGYBACK M 5 Ciaron Maher 96
86 21x323212x PINITO M 4 Chris Waller 94
87 1x1432x2 PLANET RED G 3 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
88 63x06120x4 PLYMOUTH G 4 Ben, Will & JD Hayes 98
89 3x24183x7x PORTLAND (IRE) G 5 Matthew Smith 90
90 513x6324x PROFOUNDLY F 3 Michael Freedman 66
91 4x603825x1 PROVIDENCE C 3 Chris Waller
92 10x144x90x RAIKKONEN G 4 Bjorn Baker 87
93 45x46682x5 RIVELLINO C 3 Kris Lees 91
94 177x77320x ROBUSTO G 6 Bjorn Baker 108
95 7x1420x50x ROYAL PATRONAGE (FR) H 7 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 113
96 1126×8 RUINATION C 3 Michael Freedman 71
97 1122x6110x SABAJ G 4 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) 98
98 15×0702615 SANDPAPER G 6 Bjorn Baker
99 581112109x SAV ON ICE H 4 Will Clarken
100 522x113x4x SAVVY HALLIE F 3 Brad Widdup 95
101 75125x620x SCHEELITE G 5 Ken & Kasey Keys
102 10136x107x SEA KING (GB) G 7 Matthew Dunn 102
103 1114x1102x SEPALS G 4 Cliff Brown
104 3112x SHANGRI LA BOY C 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
105 2112x311x SHEZA ALIBI F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman
106 x28x1x211x SIR DELIUS (GB) H 5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 117
107 821515x1x SIXTIES C 3 Chris Waller 84
108 823351200x SO YOU ARE G 4 Stirling Osland 84
109 723x78x11x SOVEREIGN HILL G 4 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 77
110 14x1740x1x SPACE RIDER C 3 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
111 x8612x413x STEFI MAGNETICA M 5 Bjorn Baker 116
112 x883497721 STEPARTY G 5 Paul Preusker
113 21111x101x TAKEN (NZ) G 4 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) 91
114 11316x272x THE INSTRUCTOR G 5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 106
115 573x5453x1 TOM KITTEN G 5 Anthony & Sam Freedman
116 2x112x TRANSCEND F 3 Michael Freedman 73
117 111x12234x TREASURETHE MOMENT M 4 Matt Laurie 115
118 142x12412x TRINITY COLLEGE (IRE) H 4 Chris Waller 103
119 7x176x251x TUXEDO (NZ) G 4 Shaune Ritchie & Colm Murray
120 15x711x TWO WOLVES G 4 Anthony & Sam Freedman
121 1x226x3311 UNLEESHING M 4 Bjorn Baker 76
122 130x36506x VAUBAN (FR) G 8 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
123 468x02841x VERONA ROSE M 4 Gary Portelli 97
124 111x41546x VINROCK C 3 Matt Laurie
125 522x21218x VIVY AIR M 5 Ciaron Maher
126 5x82169x90 WAR ETERNAL (NZ) G 7 Bjorn Baker 94
127 111x100x3x WAR MACHINE (NZ) G 5 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
128 0x1022526x WELL TIMED G 5 Kerry Parker 87
129 11111x WELL WRITTEN F 3 Stephen Marsh
130 10x86276x3 WELWAL (GB) G 7 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
131 63330×8668 WEST OF AFRICA G 6 Annabel & Rob Archibald 95
132 x20x42194x WEST OF SWINDON C 3 Ciaron Maher
133 048x576x1x WILLAIDOW G 7 Marc & Mitchell Conners 104
134 32x256297x WITHIN THE LAW F 3 Bjorn Baker
135 224x2420x3 WODETON C 3 Chris Waller 100
136 x2111x011x YORKSHIRE G 5 John O’Shea & Tom Charlton 107
137 00x140x50x YOSHINOBU G 4 Annabel & Rob Archibald 79
138 3051x0082x YOU WAHNG M 4 Kris Lees
139 680258x51x ZOUATICA G 6 Barbara Joseph, Paul & Matt Jones 84

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2026 Doncaster Mile First Acceptances

Following the nominations the Doncaster Mile first acceptances close a month later on a Tuesday in early March. The Doncaster Handicap first acceptances narrow down the list of potential milers to take to the Randwick track over 1600m in the elite level on Day 1 of ‘The Championships’.

The Doncaster Mile 2026 first acceptances are released on Tuesday the 10th of March 2026. 

2026 Doncaster Mile Field

The final Doncaster Mile field of acceptances is released by Racing NSW on the Tuesday before the race and features a capacity 20 starters.

The official 2026 Doncaster Mile field and barriers are due out on Tuesday the 31st of March 2026 and will be published in full below.

Check out our dedicated Doncaster Mile Field page for more on the nominations and acceptance stages of the race.

Doncaster Mile History

First held in 1865 when Dundee took out the winning title. The race was officially changed to its current title of the Doncaster Mile in 2010 having previously been known as the Doncaster Handicap.

Many champion horses have won the classic over the years, and notable Doncaster Mile winners include Wakeful (1901), Chatham (1934), Cuddle (1936), Tudor Hill (1959-1960), Gunsynd (1972), Emanciation (1983), Super Impose (1990-1991), Sunline (1999 & 2002), Grand Armee (2003), More Joyous (2012), and Winx (2016).

Mr Brightside (2022, 2023) was the last dual Doncaster Mile winner.

Celestial Legend (2024) was the last three-year-old Doncaster Mile winner.

Stefi Magnetica (2025) was the last Doncaster Mile winning mare.

Doncaster Mile Previous Race Winners

 

Year Place Horse Time
2026
Doncaster Mile
1st TBD TBD
2nd TBD
3rd TBD
2025
Doncaster Mile
1st Stefi Magnetica 1 minute 35.28 seconds
2nd Royal Patronage
3rd Encap
2024
Doncaster Mile
1st Celestial Legend 1 minute 35.27 seconds
2nd Pericles
3rd Militarize
2023
Doncaster Mile
1st Mr Brightside 1 minute 38.76 seconds
2nd My Oberon
3rd Nugget
2022
Doncaster Mile
1st Mr Brightside 1 minute 39.94 seconds
2nd I’m Thunderstruck
3rd Icebath
2021
Doncaster Mile
1st Cascadian 1 minute 36.36 seconds
2nd Icebath
3rd Dalasan
2020
Doncaster Mile
1st Nettoyer 1 minute 37.77 seconds
2nd Star Of The Seas
3rd Brandenburg
Doncaster Mile 2026
Date: Saturday April 4, 2026
Track: Randwick Racecourse
Distance: 1600m
Race Type: 3YO+ Handicap
Status: Group 1
Prize Money: $4,000,000

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