2025 Epsom Handicap Results

The official Epsom Handicap 2025 Results and Finishing Order will be detailed below when the $1.5 million Sydney event runs on Saturday October 4, 2025.

• 1st: No. 4 Autumn Glow ($1.75F)
• 2nd: No. 11 Fully Lit
• 3rd: No. 2 Pericles

Chris Waller’s boom four-year-old daughter of The Autumn Sun, Autumn Glow ($1.75F), took her career record up to a flawless seven-from-seven relishing her first Group 1 assignment and maiden 1600m trip to easily account for her rivals in a 1.44 length victory for the punters in the 2025 Epsom Handicap results. She will now be aimed at either the $10 million Golden Eagle at Randwick or Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington both held on November 1.

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2025 Epsom Handicap Betting

The season’s updated Epsom Handicap 2025 betting odds will be available to race fans below once released complete with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au.

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Final Race time: 

1st 4. Autumn Glow (12) J: Kerrin McEvoy 54.5kg T: Chris Waller	1.75WIN	1.12PLACE
2nd 11. Fully Lit (7) J: Winona Costin 50kg T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	31.00WIN	6.00PLACE
3rd 2. Pericles (4) J: Josh Parr 57kg T: Bjorn Baker	7.50WIN	2.15PLACE
4th 10. Swiftfalcon (3) J: Alysha Collett 50kg T: M, W & J Hawkes	13.00WIN	3.10PLACE
5th 5. Pier (11) J: Ethan Brown 53.5kg T: Darryn & Briar Weatherley	11.00WIN	2.70PLACE
6th 1. Ceolwulf (8) J: Chad Schofield 58kg T: Joseph Pride	12.00WIN	2.90PLACE
7th 14. Lord Penman (9) J: Zac Lloyd 50kg T: Chris Waller	31.00WIN	6.00PLACE
8th 12. Verona Rose (2) J: Ben Thompson 50kg T: Gary Portelli	51.00WIN	8.50PLACE
9th 7. Encap (5) J: Reece Jones 52kg T: Gary Portelli	23.00WIN	4.60PLACE
10th 3. Yellow Brick (10) J: Andrew Mallyon 55.5kg T: Tony & Maddysen Sears	67.00WIN	10.00PLACE
11th 8. El Castello (1) J: Andrew Adkins 51kg T: Joseph Pride	16.00WIN	3.60PLACE
12th 9. Depth Of Character (6) J: Rachel King 50kg T: Annabel & Rob Archibald	35.00WIN	6.50PLACE

For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.ladbrokes.com.au/racing. Data retrieved: 05/11/2025 01:15:38 AM (Australia/Brisbane)

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2025 Epsom Handicap Betting Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Epsom Handicap 2023 tips on the $1.5 million mile showdown this spring.

2025 Epsom Handicap Stakes Same Race Multi Selections ($33 at time of publish)

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The Epsom Handicap is one of the key feature races of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival, the $1.5 million Group 1 mile classic taking place at Royal Randwick Racecourse in late September or early October annually. Epsom Handicap betting is open months out from the 1600m feature with all-in Epsom Handicap odds on the likely contenders popular with the punters at bookmakers like Ladbrokes.com.au.

Epsom Handicap odds online are dominated by local Sydney spring racing stars with good form over the track / distance. There are a host of nice lead-up races, the results of which also affect the early Epsom Handicap betting markets, including the Group 2 Theo Marks Stakes and Group 2 Shannon Stakes.

Autumn Glow (2025) was the last runner to complete the Theo Marks Stakes – Epsom Handicap double.

Favourites in Epsom Handicap betting have a strong recent record in the race with the latest to salute for the punters being the super mare Winx (2015), Happy Clapper (2017), Kolding ($5.50 in 2019) who narrowly defeated the equal favourite Te Akau Shark, the Joe Pride-trained Ceolwulf ($4 in 2024), and Chris Waller’s outstanding young mare Autumn Glow ($1.75 in 2025).

Sydney-based trainer Chris Waller also usually has a stranglehold on the Epsom Handicap betting odds in the spring as he prepared three of the four winners of the race between 2013-16. Waller won again in 2019 with Kolding.

Waller prepared his fifth Epsom Handicap winner running the quinella in 2023 with Rediener ($9.50) and Kovalica ($10).

A sixth win for the Waller stable occurred in 2025 with the then unbeaten mare Autumn Glow saluting for the punters at $1.75 in the markets.

There is often value to be had further down the Epsom Handicap betting markets as well however. In 2018 the winner Hartnell jumped at juicy Epsom odds of $20.

Epsom Handicap Quinella

A quinella is a popular wager that can see the bettor collect big money simply by picking the first two horses past the line correctly. This type of bet is often popular on horses that are favourites to win, but who may be unreliable. A quinella bet is simply a wager on which two horses will finish first – it doesn’t matter which horse finishes first or second, as long as both of your selections complete the race in the top two.

An Epsom Handicap quinella is undoubtedly a popular selection amongst horse racing fans and can net punters an incredible return on even the most casual of Epsom Handicap betting. The 2025 Epsom Handicap quinella was:

• No. 4 Autumn Glow
• No. 11 Fully Lit

If you had made an Epsom Handicap quinella on both runners you would have won a pay-out even had their positions been the other way around.

Epsom Handicap Exacta

In contrast to a quinella, many fans would prefer to bet on an Epsom Handicap exacta due to its higher pay-out. An exacta is simply the correct prediction of which horses will finish first and second in a race. Unlike a quinella, which allows variations of the horses’ finishing positions, an exacta requires the correct pick of first and second.

The 2025 Epsom Handicap exacta looked very similar to the Epsom Handicap quinella:

1st – No. 4 Autumn Glow
2nd – No. 11 Fully Lit

However, as you can see, first and second places play an integral part in the success of the bet. While a quinella bet would have allowed either horse to finish first or second, an exacta needs the placings to be correct in order to earn a pay-out.

Epsom Handicap Trifecta

A trifecta is a standard horse racing betting option and allows punters the chance to win big pay-outs for correctly choosing the first three horses past the line. While an Epsom Handicap trifecta is a potentially lucrative wager, it can be difficult to accurately select all three horses in order and is one of the greatest challenges of Epsom Handicap betting. For this reason alone, many bettors choose instead to place a wager on a three-horse box trifecta, which allows any combination of your chosen horses.

If you are looking to make an Epsom Handicap trifecta bet, there are numerous options available to you.

The following is the winning Epsom Handicap trifecta from 2025:

1st – No. 4 Autumn Glow
2nd – No. 11 Fully Lit
3rd – No. 2 Pericles

In terms of an Epsom Handicap trifecta, a correct pick for these three horses could potentially earn bettors several thousands of dollars for every one dollar wagered.

Epsom Handicap First Four

A First Four bet is one of the toughest horse racing bets to pull off, but still extremely popular thanks to its lucrative pay-out odds. While not all that much Epsom Handicap betting is on First Four bets, punters after massive pay-outs love to try their hand at picking this bet type. There are several variations of a first four wager, including standout, multiple, box, etc., and in that respect, it is similar to a trifecta.

For an Epsom Handicap First Four bet to pay out, the punter must correctly select the first four horses that will cross the finishing line. A standard first four bet requires the order of the horses as well, hence the heightened odds, although a first four box wager is popular thanks to its allowance of any combination of finishing positions, so long as you have picked the first four horses.