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Overview
This page was last updated on June 17, 2026
The 2026 Golden Rose Stakes is a $1 million spring showdown for three-year-old and runs at Rosehill on Saturday September 26 during the early stages of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.
- Race Date: 26/09/2026
- Race Status: Group 1
- Race Conditions: 3YO Set Weights C&G 55.5kg, F 53.5kg
- Race Venue: Rosehill, NSW
- Prize Money: $1,000,000
- Distance: 1400m
| 1. Guest House | ||
| 2. St Gotthard | ||
| 3. Tron Bolt | ||
| 4. Im Ya Huckleberry | ||
| 5. Campione Ditalia | ||
| 6. Castillo King | ||
| 7. Central Europe | ||
| 8. Fireball | ||
| 9. Paradoxium | ||
| 10. The Next Episode | ||
| 11. Warwoven | ||
| 12. Big Sky | ||
| 13. Blue Door | ||
| 14. Chayan | ||
| 15. Closer To Free | ||
| 16. Cormier | ||
| 17. Klocke | ||
| 18. Omolong | ||
| 19. Revengeance | ||
| 20. Satono Glow |
Stay tuned for the official 2026 Golden Rose Stakes results and finishing order and to see which three-year-old could have a Caulfield Guineas bid in sight this spring!
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
Winning Margin: TBD
Winning Time: TBD
Golden Rose Stakes Tips
Stay tuned for our exclusive Races.com.au Golden Rose Stakes 2026 betting tips and exotic racing selections on the three-year-olds’ feature.
Golden Rose Stakes News
The Golden Rose Stakes is a 1400m sprint race held at Rosehill Racecourse in September each season. The $1 million race is one of the richest events in the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival for three-year-olds and attracts a great group of youngsters every year. As a set weights race, colts and geldings are required to carry 55.5kg and fillies must carry 53.5kg.
The Golden Rose is now the second Group 1 race of the season in Sydney following the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m)Â and takes place on the same day as the Group 2 Golden Pendant (1400m). Three-year-olds traditionally come into the Golden Rose Stakes via a lead-up run in the Group 2 Run To The Rose (1200m) contested at the Rosehill track a fortnight prior.
All five Golden Rose winners from 2012 – 2016 came off a Run To The Rose start including Hallowed Crown (2014), Exosphere (2015) and Astern (2016) all completing the double. In 2017 upset Golden Rose winner Trapeze Artist upset the form winning on the back of a lead-up fourth in the Group 2 Stan Fox Stakes (1500m). The Stan Fox Stakes also produced the 2018 Golden Rose winner, The Autumn Sun, who improved on a lead-up third and who would go onto win that year’s Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) in Melbourne next start.
Bivouac (2019) became the latest horse to do the Run To The Rose – Golden Rose double handing jockey Hugh Bowman with his fifth winning ride in the race and connections Godolphin their sixth.
In 2020 the Golden Rose winner Ole Kirk improved on a lead-up second in the Run To The Rose and went on to further frank the form winning Melbourne’s Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) at his next start.
The next year in 2021 In The Congo also won the Golden Rose Stakes on the back of a Run To The Rose second turning the tables on Anamoe.
In 2022 the Run To The Rose winning filly In Secret finished second to the fast-finishing Golden Rose Stakes champ Jacquinot who came off a Melbourne lead-up win in the Group 3 H.D.F. McNeil Stakes.
The 2023 Golden Rose Stakes winner Militarize was huge second-up improving on a fifth in that year’s Run To The Rose to win the Group 1.
Beiwacht (2nd in 2025) was the last Golden Rose winner to come via a lead-up run in the Run To The Rose.Â
The Golden Rose is also part of the “Golden Slam” series of races that starts with the two-year-olds in the Golden Slipper Stakes and ends with the $10 million The Golden Eagle for four-year-olds.
Golden Rose horses previously headed to Randwick a month later to contest the now defunct $1 million Bondi Stakes (1600m), a race won in 2020 by Golden Rose fifth placegetter Peltzer. As of 2022, the Bondi Stakes has been replaced by the new-look Stan Fox Stakes run as the Group 2 Callander-Presnell (1600m).
The form of the 2021 Golden Rose Stakes was franked with the runner-up Anamoe winning the Caulfield Guineas next start before a brave second in the Group 1 $5 million Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m). Anamoe would return the following year and salute in a host more Group 1 races including the 2022 Cox Plate race.
The 2022 Golden Rose form was franked with the winner Jacquinot returning to win the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield the following February. Runner-up In Secret meanwhile further franked the form with her Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) victory down the Flemington straight that Melbourne Cup Carnival.
The 2023 Golden Rose Stakes winner Militarize franked the form going on to run top three in a host more Group 1 races including the following year’s 2024 Randwick Guineas (2nd), George Ryder Stakes (3rd) and Doncaster Mile (3rd).
The Golden Rose 2023 form was further franked with the third placed Cylinder running a brave fifth in that year’s The Everest before winning the 2024 Group 1 Newmarket Handicap in Melbourne the following autumn.
In 2024 Broadsiding became history’s inaugural first-up Golden Rose Stakes champion. He would go on to run third in that year’s Cox Plate trifecta before success in the following autumn’s Rosehill Guineas.
The 2025 Golden Rose winner, Beiwacht, would go on to run fourth in that year’s Coolmore Stud Stakes before returning in 2026 to claim the All Aged Stakes that autumn. The 2025 Golden Rose Stakes form was further franked by the third-placed filly Tempted who ran a next-up second in the $20 million The Everest before winning her opening three runs in 2026 including the Group 1 Surround Stakes.
2026 Golden Rose Stakes Betting
The season’s latest Golden Rose 2026 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au on the early Sydney Spring Racing Carnival Group 1 race will be available at Races.com.au as soon as released.
Bivouac ($2.50 in 2019) and Broadsiding ($2.15 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Golden Rose Stakes betting to salute for the punters.
Golden Rose Stakes Field
2026 Golden Rose Stakes Form
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2026 Golden Rose Stakes Nominations
Late nominations for the Golden Rose 2026 close at 3:00pm (AEST) on Tuesday the 9th of June 2026.
2026 Golden Rose Stakes First Acceptances
First acceptances for the Golden Rose Stakes 2026 close at 3:00pm (AEST) on Tuesday the 14th of July 2026Â further reducing the number of potential runners in the million-dollar showdown.
Golden Rose Stakes History
The Golden Rose Stakes was first run in 1978 as the Peter Pan Stakes, and the inaugural edition of the classic was won by Kapalaran. A year later, subsequent triple Cox Plate champion Kingston Town (1979) took out the race. The event was renamed as the Golden Rose Stakes in 2003 and gained its current Group 1 status in 2009 when Denman won. Notable recent Golden Rose winners include Toorak Toff (2010), Exosphere (2015), and Astern (2016).
The 2018 Golden Rose winner The Autumn Sun went on to win his next four races including a trio of Group 1 victories in the 2018 Caulfield Guineas, 2019 Randwick Guineas and 2019 Rosehill Guineas.
In 2019 Bivouac won the Golden Rose before his Group 1 Newmarket Handicap success the following year at Flemington. He defeated Yes Yes Yes in the Golden Rose, the Chris Waller-trained runner-up franking the form by winning the world’s richest turf race, The Everest, next start.
In 2024 Broadsiding made history winning the Golden Rose Stakes first-up following his sensational juvenile campaign that saw him win the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) and Group 1 J.J. Atkins (1600m) earlier in the year.
In 2025 a son of the race’s 2019 champion, Bivouac, got up with Beiwacht saluting for trainer Chris Waller and the Godolphin stable in an upset at $9 setting a new track record of 1:20.79.
Golden Rose Stakes Previous Race Winners
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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| 2026 Golden Rose Stakes |
1st | TBD | TBD |
| 2nd | TBD | ||
| 3rd | TBD | ||
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| 2025 Golden Rose Stakes |
1st | Beiwacht | 1 minute 20.79 seconds (R) |
| 2nd | Wodeton | ||
| 3rd | Tempted | ||
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| 2024 Golden Rose Stakes |
1st | Broadsiding | 1 minute 22.69 seconds |
| 2nd | Traffic Warden | ||
| 3rd | Mayfair | ||
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| 2023 Golden Rose Stakes |
1st | Militarize | 1 minute 22.24 seconds |
| 2nd | Encap | ||
| 3rd | Cylinder | ||
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| 2022 Golden Rose Stakes |
1st | Jacquinot | 1 minute 22.56 seconds |
| 2nd | In Secret | ||
| 3rd | Zou Tiger | ||
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| 2021 Golden Rose Stakes |
1st | In The Congo | 1 minute 21.46 seconds |
| 2nd | Anamoe | ||
| 3rd | Coastwatch | ||
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| 2020 Golden Rose Stakes |
1st | Ole Kirk | 1 minute 22.61 seconds |
| 2nd | North Pacific | ||
| 3rd | King’s Legacy | ||
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| Date: | Saturday September 26, 2026 |
| Track: | Rosehill Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1400m |
| Race Type: | 3YO Set Weights C&G 55.5kg, F 53.5kg |
| Status: | Group 1 |
| Prizemoney: | $1,000,000 |
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