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The Galaxy

The $1 million The Galaxy is a Group 1 sprint race run over 1100m at Rosehill Gardens on Golden Slipper Day during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

2025 The Galaxy Results

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



The Galaxy is a Group 1 sprint race held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse on Golden Slipper Day in March during the annual Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

The Galaxy 2025 Odds

Rosehill R0
The Galaxy 1100m (Pre-Noms)
Open Race time:  1742612400
Runner DetailsWinPlace
Private Harry T:
Switzerland T:
Espionage T:
Lady Of Camelot T:
Skybird T:
Briasa T:
Estriella T:
Growing Empire T:
I Am Me T:
Traffic Warden T:
Airman T:
Coleman T:
Amazing Eagle T:
Benedetta T:
Clean Energy T:
Emirate T:
First Settler T:
Isthmus T:
Mornington Glory T:
Niance T:
Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.ladbrokes.com.au/racing.
Data retrieved: 20/02/2025 04:02:05 AM (Australia/Brisbane)

The Galaxy is the only elite level sprint during the carnival that is run over just 1100 metres and sprinters that are contesting the race normally come through races like the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield in Melbourne or the Group 2 Challenge Stakes (1000m) at Royal Randwick.

Eduardo (2021) was the last sprinter to do the Challenge Stakes – The Galaxy double and the first last start winner to salute in the Group 1 since Jetball (1994).

Zapateo (2nd in 2024) was the last Challenge Stakes graduate to back-up and win The Galaxy.

Eduardo would go on to frank The Galaxy form winning a host of subsequent races during 2021 including Brisbane’s Group 1 Doomben 10,000 and the lucrative Winners Stakes that spring on the back of a third in the The Everest which is now worth $20 million!

There are five Group 1 races held on Golden Slipper Stakes Day each year with the Group 1 $4.92 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m), the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m), the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m), the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m), and The Galaxy that offers $1,000,000 in total prize money as of 2023.

Graduates out of The Galaxy field often continue onto other Sydney Group 1 sprint races including the Group 1 $3 million TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) in April during ‘The Championships’ at Randwick. No horse has completed The Galaxy – TJ Smith Stakes double since La Baraka (1998). The winner of The Galaxy receives ballot exempt entry into the TJ Smith Stakes field.

The 2024 The Galaxy form was franked with the runner-up, Sunshine In Paris, returning in the spring to win Flemington’s Group 1 Champions Sprint during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The Galaxy 2025 runs on Saturday March 22, 2025 as part of Sydney’s bumper Golden Slipper Day. 

2025 The Galaxy
Date: Saturday March 22, 2025
Track: Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
Distance: 1100m
Conditions: Open Handicap
Status: Group 1
Prize Money: $1,000,000
Inaugurated: 1972

2025 The Galaxy Results

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

2025 The Galaxy Betting

The autumn’s latest The Galaxy 2025 betting odds will be available at Ladbrokes.com.au throughout the autumn and also published here at Races.com.au.

Russian Revolution ($2.90 in 2017), In Her Time ($4 in 2018) and Nature Strip ($4.20 in 2019) are the latest favourites in The Galaxy betting to salute for the punters.

There was a notable upset in 2024 with Zapateo saluting at The Galaxy odds of $26 for Godolphin when defeating the beaten favourite Sunshine In Paris.

2025 The Galaxy Form Guide

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2025 The Galaxy Tips

Stay tuned for our exclusive The Galaxy 2025 Tips on the million-dollar Sydney sprint this autumn.

  • To Win: TBD

2025 The Galaxy Field

The Galaxy field attracts the season’s best short-distance specialists, many coming off the Group 2 Challenge Stakes (1000m) at Randwick earlier in the autumn and is released on the Wednesday before Golden Slipper Day.

In 2022 shock Challenge Stakes runner-up Shelby Sixtysix went on to win The Galaxy with a Group 3 Maurice McCarten Stakes victory in between.

The official 2025 The Galaxy field is set for release by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

2025 The Galaxy Nominations

The Galaxy 2025 nominations are due to close on the Monday of race week and will be released below as soon as available.

The Galaxy History

The Galaxy has always drawn a competitive field of leading sprinters and has been won by a number of talented gallopers. Bletchingly (1975), Luskin Star (1978), Schllaci (1992), Spark Of Life (2004), Magnus (2007), and Bel Sprinter (2013) are just some of the top sprinters who have their names on The Galaxy honour roll.

The Galaxy was first run in 1972 over a distance of 1200 metres and the race distance was converted to 1100m the following year.  The race was upgraded to a Group 2 event in 1980 and received its status as a Group 1 race before the 1984 edition of the race that was won by Mr Illusion.

The Galaxy has proven a very difficult race to win in back-to-back years and Grey Receiver remains the only horse to have won the race on multiple occasions after taking out the race in 1981 and 1982.

Notable recent The Galaxy winners include Eduardo (2021), Sweet Idea (2015), Tiger Tees (2014), and Temple Of Boom (2012).

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

The Galaxy Records

The Galaxy Records
Time Record: 1:02.38 set by Accomplice in 1997
Most Successful Jockey: P. Cook won three times with Kista (1973), Salaam (1977) and Snippets (1988)
Lightest Weight Carried to Victory: 49.0kg carried by Salaam in 1977
Heaviest Weight Carried to Victory: 58.5kg carried by Mr. Tiz in 1991

Recent The Galaxy Winners

Year Place Horse Time
2025
The Galaxy
1st TBD TBD
2nd TBD
3rd TBD
2024
The Galaxy
1st Zapateo 1 minute 2.95 seconds
2nd Sunshine In Paris
3rd Front Page
2023
The Galaxy
1st Mariamia 1 minute 3.02 seconds
2nd Uncommon James
3rd Cannonball
2022
The Galaxy
1st Shelby Sixtysix 1 minute 6.15 seconds
2nd Big Parade
3rd In The Congo
2021
The Galaxy
1st Eduardo 1 minute 3.45 seconds
2nd Order Of Command
3rd Jonker
2020
The Galaxy
1st I Am Excited 1 minute 3.17 seconds
2nd Miss Leonidas
3rd Tofane
2019
The Galaxy
1st Nature Strip 1 minute 5.5 seconds
2nd Pierata
3rd Easy Eddie
2018
The Galaxy
1st In Her Time 1 minute 4.3 seconds
2nd English
3rd Viridine
2017
The Galaxy
1st Russian Revolution 1 minute 7.6 seconds
2nd Redzel
3rd Jungle Edge
2016
The Galaxy
1st Griante 1 minute 3.7 seconds
2nd Shiraz
3rd Dothraki
2015
The Galaxy
1st Sweet Idea 1 minute 02.69 seconds
2nd Kuro
3rd Miracles Of Life
2014
The Galaxy
1st Tiger Tees 1 minute 05.02 seconds
2nd Anatina
3rd Villa Verde
2013
The Galaxy
1st Bel Sprinter 1 minute 02.87 seconds
2nd Snitzerland
3rd Decision Time
2012
The Galaxy
1st Temple of Boom 1 minute 03.4 seconds
2nd Nobby Snip
3rd Lady’s Angel
2011
The Galaxy
1st Atomic Force 1 minute 05.3 seconds
2nd Thankgodyou’rehere
3rd Cardinal Virtue
2010
The Galaxy
1st Shellscrape 1 minute 3.29 seconds
2nd Swift Alliance
3rd Stryker
2009
The Galaxy
1st Nicconi 1 minute 3.5 seconds
2nd Danleigh
3rd Gold Trail
2008
The Galaxy
1st Typhoon Zed 1 minute 4.1 seconds
2nd Keen Commander
3rd Fritzs Princess
2007
The Galaxy
1st Magnus 1 minute 3.2 seconds
2nd Fast n Famous
3rd Macs Tune
2006
The Galaxy
1st Proprietor 1 minute 3.1 seconds
2nd Media
3rd Black Ink
2005
The Galaxy
1st Charge Forward 1 minute 4.7 seconds
2nd Spark Of Life
3rd Red Oog
2004
The Galaxy
1st Spark Of Life 1 minute 3.7 seconds
2nd Taikun
3rd Blessum
2003
The Galaxy
1st Snowland 1 minute 4.5 seconds
2nd Star Of Florida
3rd Bradshaw
2002
The Galaxy
1st Mistegic 1 minute 2.7 seconds
2nd Century Kid
3rd Excellerator
2001
The Galaxy
1st Padstow 1 minute 4 seconds
2nd Camena
3rd Catatonic
2000
The Galaxy
1st Black Bean 1 minute 2.9 seconds
2nd Commands
3rd Padstow

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