2025 CF Orr Stakes Results (Spring)

Stay tuned for the official 2025 CF Orr Stakes results and finishing order on the now end of spring feature at Caulfield.

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

Winning Margin: TBD

Winning Time: TBD

CF Orr Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider CF Orr Stakes 2025 Tips on the end of spring Group 1 race in Melbourne.

JIMMYSSTAR (1) looks the clear pick in what’s a pretty thin edition of the C.F. Orr Stakes. Fresh off a strong win at Randwick over 1300m, the Ciaron Maher-trained six-year-old has already shown he’s top shelf — taking out the All Aged Stakes in the autumn and running a huge third behind Ka Ying Rising in The Everest. This trip suits him down to the ground, and with the draw giving Ethan Brown a few tactical options, he’s going to take plenty of catching.

CF Orr Stakes News

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The CF Orr Stakes is a Group 1 race, held at Caulfield Racecourse that has moved from February to November to now see out the elite levels of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

Previously kicking off the Group 1s for the calendar year in Melbourne, the event was part of a huge Caulfield spring calendar reshuffle and will now take place in mid-November following Flemington’s iconic Melbourne Cup Carnival.

As such, there will officially be two 2025 editions of the event with the autumn race won by Another Wil and the spring race set to take place on November 15. 

The CF Orr Stakes is a weight-for-age race run over 1400m and is now worth $1 million in prize money thanks to a notable stakes increase ahead of the spring, 2025 edition.

The new-look CF Orr Day program at Caulfield will also feature the regenerated Group 3 $1 million Thoroughbred Club Stakes which also offers $1 million with the potential to be upgraded to a Group 1 event in the near future.

2025 CF Orr Stakes Betting

The latest CF Orr Stakes 2025 betting odds will be open at Ladbrokes.com.au and also available here at Races.com.au.

Mr Brightside ($1.95 in 2024) was the last favourite in CF Orr Stakes betting to win.

CF Orr Stakes Field

2025 CF Orr Stakes Form Guide

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2025 CF Orr Stakes Nominations

The 2025 CF Orr Stakes nominations are released the Monday before the race and will be published in full below as soon as available.

2025 CF Orr Stakes Final Field

The CF Orr Stakes race field attracts a star-studded line-up of late spring weight-for-age horses out of earlier Group 1 features including potentially Sydney’s $20 million The Everest in October.

The 2025 CF Orr Stakes Final Field & Barrier Draw will be published below as soon as released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday of race week.

Defending champion Mr Brightside heads the CF Orr Stakes 2025 field and odds looking to kick off his autumn with another win at his pet track and distance.

CF Orr Stakes Barrier & Speedmap

Table Credit: Racing Australia

1

Mighty Ulysses Front Runner

2

Pinstriped Midfield

3

Jimmysstar Midfield

4

Bosustow Midfield

5

Angel Capital Back Marker

6

Evaporate Midfield

7

Vinrock Front Runner

CF Orr Stakes History

Two horses have managed to win the CF Orr Stakes three consecutive times, Vo Rogue from 1988 to 1990 and Manikato from 1979 to 1981.

From 1925, when The Night Patrol won the first CF Orr Stakes, until 1992 the event possessed Group 2 status. Between 1925 and 1942, the CF Orr Stakes was a weight-for-age race with penalties however this was then changed to handicap conditions until 1945.

Originally an eight-furlong race (approx. 1600m); the CF Orr Stakes also underwent various location changes. Between 1925 and 1940, the race was held at Williamstown Racecourse. In the 1940s, it was switched between Moonee Valley and Flemington and in 1966 and 1996, it took place at Sandown Racecourse.

Eight three-year-olds have won the CF Orr Stakes with Alabama Express (2020), the colt emulating his sire Redoute’s Choice (2000) from 20 years earlier, followed by protest winner Jacquinot (2023) the two most recent.

There was drama in the 2023 C.F. Orr Stakes, run at Sandown Hillside, with Gentleman Roy first past the post before being relegated to second after a successful protest by the colt Jacquinot who was elevated into first.

Autumn CF Orr Stakes Race History

When held in the autumn, the next-up option for most CF Orr Stakes horses was a return to the same track and distance a fortnight later for the Group 1 Futurity Stakes (1400m), a double last completed by Black Heart Bart (2017) and Mr Brightside (2024).

The 2022 CF Orr Stakes form was franked with the winner Tofane running a next-up third in the Futurity Stakes. She also went on to place second in the Group 1 All Aged Stakes that autumn behind Cascadian who had run third in the CF Orr earlier in his prep. Cascadian further franked the form with a successful spring campaign later that year.

The 2022 Orr Stakes runner-up Lighthouse meanwhile went on to finish second in the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes next start before her Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) victory in Sydney.

For the first time in 2024 the C.F. Orr Stakes winner also earned a guaranteed start in the $3.65 million The All-Star Mile race.

The 2024 CF Orr Stakes winner was Mr Brightside who won the previous year’s All-Star Mile and went on to frank the form with a next-up Futurity Stakes victory followed by a host of other Group 1 top three victories including success in the 2024 Champions Mile at Flemington over the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Mr Brightside returned in the 2025 CF Orr Stakes only to be run down late in a thriller to finish a close second to Another Wil.

Spring CF Orr Stakes Race History

Midway through 2025, the CF Orr Stakes was moved to the tail-end of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

CF Orr Stakes Previous Race Winners