2026 George Ryder Stakes Results

Stay tuned for the official 2026 George Ryder Stakes results and finishing order at Rosehill on Saturday March 21, 2026.

• 1st: No. 8 Autumn Glow ($1.28F)
• 2nd: No. 1 Gringotts
• 3rd: No. 2 Pericles

Winning Margin: 2.79 lengths

Winning Time: 1:29.16

Chris Waller’s champion mare Autumn Glow ($1.28F) made a mess of her rivals on Golden Slipper Day racing away late for a 2.79 length victory for the punters in the 2026 George Ryder Stakes result. The win handed the mare her 11th victory from as many career starts and saw jockey James McDonald and the stable celebrate a Group 1 treble on the card following earlier success with Aeliana (Ranvet) and Autumn Glow (Rosehill Guineas). McDonald added to his record Group 1 tally having surpassed Damien Oliver with 130 and making it 131 with Autumn Glow who is now the $2 favourite through Ladbrokes.com.au for the Group 1 $5 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes on April 11.

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George Ryder Stakes Tips

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To Win: No. 8 Autumn Glow

AUTUMN GLOW (7) looks every inch the horse to beat in Saturday’s Group 1 George Ryder Stakes, and punters haven’t wasted a second piling in. The superstar Chris Waller-trained mare has been crunched into odds-on favouritism, and the money continues to flow as she aims to keep her unbeaten record intact. The four-year-old daughter of The Autumn Sun has already stamped herself as one of the headline acts of the Sydney Autumn Carnival, and she arrives at Rosehill chasing an extraordinary 11th straight victory. She was forced to dig deep last start in the Group 1 Verry Elleegant Stakes (1600m), but as she’s done every time so far, she found a way — lifting late to protect her perfect record and remind everyone why she’s the most exciting mare in training. A dual elite-level winner in the spring thanks to her Epsom Handicap / Golden Eagle double, Autumn Glow has returned even stronger this campaign. She’s a genuine Rosehill specialist, boasting a flawless four-from-four record at the track, and the 1500m of the Ryder sits right in her sweet spot. James McDonald, chasing a slice of history as he edges closer to Damien Oliver’s all-time Group 1 tally, sticks solid and jumps from a very workable barrier seven. With tactical versatility, a devastating turn of foot, and an iron-will to win, she profiles as the clear standout in this year’s Ryder field. The George Ryder has long been a race reserved for the greats — Winx famously owned it four years running — and Autumn Glow is rapidly building a résumé worthy of that company. If she turns up in anything like her usual form, they’ll be doing well to get past her.

George Ryder Stakes News

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The George Ryder Stakes – won four times by Winx (2016-19) – is a 1500m middle distance race held at Sydney’s Rosehill Gardens Racecourse during the annual Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. The Group 1 weight-for-age event now offers a lucrative $1 million in prize money and runs in late March as part of a bumper race card for Golden Slipper Stakes Day.

There are five Group 1 races on the Golden Slipper Stakes Day card with the George Ryder Stakes accompanied by the:

• Group 1Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m),
• Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m),
• Group 1 The Galaxy (1000m), and the
• Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m).

The winner of the George Ryder Stakes is exempt from ballot for the Doncaster Mile, the Group 1 classic running on Day 1 of April’s “The Championships” at Royal Randwick. Recent horses to complete the George Ryder Stakes – Doncaster Mile double include Racing To Win (2006), Haradasun (2007), Vision And Power (2009) and Winx (2016).

Key lead-up races to the George Ryder Stakes held earlier in the autumn include the Group 2 Apollo Stakes (1400m) and the Group Verry Elleegant Stakes (now Chipping Norton Stakes) in February.

Anamoe (2023) completed the Apollo Stakes – Chipping Norton Stakes – George Ryder Stakes treble. He then franked the 2023 George Ryder form with a next-up third in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m).

In 2025 the George Ryder winner, Gringotts, franked the form returning in the spring to complete The Big Dance – The Gong double for the second year running. The form was further franked with the second placed mare Fangirl winning the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes during ‘The Championships’ at her next start, while the third placegetter Ceolwulf won the spring’s Group 1 King Charles III Stakes – Champions Mile interstate double.

Autumn Glow (2026), who made it 11/11 in the event with a 2.79 length win over the previous year’s champion Gringotts, was the last runner to complete the Verry Elleegant / George Ryder Stakes double.

2026 George Ryder Stakes Betting

The updated George Ryder Stakes 2026 betting odds will be available the week of the race here at Races.com.au with pricing from Ladbrokes.com.au.

Forbidden Love ($2.40 in 2022), Anamoe ($1.80 in 2023) and Autumn Glow ($1.28 in 2026) are the latest favourites in George Ryder Stakes betting to win.

George Ryder Stakes Field

2026 George Ryder Stakes Form Guide

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George Ryder Stakes Nominations

The updated 2026 George Ryder Stakes nominations close on the Monday before Golden Slipper Day and will be published below as soon as released by Racing NSW on the Monday of race week.

The George Ryder Stakes 2026 nominations attracted 18 middle-distance stars led in betting by Chris Waller’s undefeated mare Autumn Glow with the last start Group 1 Verry Elleegant champ chasing her 11th win on the trot.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2026 George Ryder Stakes Field

The George Ryder Stakes field often draws a capacity field of middle-distance weight-for-age performers.

The winner of the George Ryder Stakes receives ballot exempt entry into the Doncaster Mile, and this is one of the reasons the race always draws such a strong field. However, the George Ryder Stakes is always a strong race in its own right and with $1 million in prizemoney is set to feature the best milers from right around Australia.

The 2026 George Ryder Stakes field is released on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

The George Ryder Stakes 2026 final field features a dozen middle-distance champs including the undefeated Chris Waller-trained queen Autumn Glow chasing her 11th win from as many starts, Bjorn Baker’s last start Futurity champ Pericles, Evaporate coming off a second in the All-Star Mile and Waller’s multiple Group 1 winning mare Lady Shenandoah who comes via a Canterbury Stakes third.

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George Ryder Stakes Barrier & Speedmap

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Lady Shenandoah Midfield

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Nepotism Backmarker

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Evaporate Off Pace

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Attica Midfield

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Linebacker Midfield

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Encap Backmarker

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Autumn Glow Off Pace

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Gringotts Midfield

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Pericles Off Pace

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Headley Grange Off Pace

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Yorkshire Pace

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Beiwacht Leader

George Ryder Stakes History

The George Ryder Stakes was first held in 1946, over a distance of 1400 metres, and was taken out by Bragger. The distance of the race was increased to 1450 metres in 1985 and became a 1500 metre event in 1986.

Equine superstar Manikato holds the record for the fastest winning time in George Ryder Stakes, winning the 1980 edition in a time of 1 minute and 21.6 seconds.

In 2021 the original Golden Slipper Stakes race day including the George Ryder Stakes was abandoned due to heavy rainfall and unsafe track conditions and postponed to the following Saturday.

George Ryder Stakes Previous Race Winners

The George Ryder Stakes has been a Group 1 race since 1980 and has been one by some of the biggest names in Australian racing history.

Equine superstars that have tasted success in the George Ryder Stakes include Comedy Prince (1949), Manikato (1979 and 1980), Emancipation (1983 and 1984), Schillaci (1993), Lonhro (2003 and 2004), Weekend Hussler (2008), and Pierro (2013).

In the past decade Chris Waller has dominated the George Ryder Stakes results winning with Danleigh (2010), Rangirangdoo (2011), Metal Bender (2012), and Winx (2016-19). Winx is the standout George Ryder Stakes winner, the first to win the race three times on the trot with her three-peat achieved in 2018, which she then added to with a fourth in 2019 before her retirement later that year.

Waller was narrowly denied another George Ryder Stakes trophy in 2025 with his mare Fangirl running a nose second to Gringotts but atoned in 2026 with his unbeaten mare Autumn Glow.

In 2020, Dreamforce became the first George Ryder Stakes winner in the post-Winx era improving on his third to the equine superstar the year prior. Dreamforce also returned in 2021 and was a brave runner-up to shock winner Think It Over.

After scoring an upset at 25/1 in the 2021 George Ryder Stakes, Think It Over won a host of races later that year including the Rosehill Gold Cup (2000m).

The 2023 George Ryder Stakes was won by Godolphin’s odds-on favourite Anamoe, winner of the previous year’s Cox Plate.

The 2024 George Ryder Stakes winner Veight became the first three-year-old since Pierro in 2013 to beat home the older gallopers.

Autumn Glow (2026) is the latest George Ryder Stakes winning mare. 

Recent George Ryder Stakes Winners