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The $500,000 AD Hollindale Stakes is a Group 2 weight-for-age winter race held at the Gold Coast Racecourse in May as a lead-up to the Doomben Cup.
A D Hollindale Stakes News
- Antino Wins 2025 Hollindale Stakes, Firms in Doomben Cup Betting
- Numerian Wins Hollindale Stakes 2024 First-Up, Firms in Doomben Cup Betting
- Huetor Heads 2024 AD Hollindale Stakes Field & Odds
- 2023 AD Hollindale Stakes Field & Odds Update: Zaaki Favourite for Third
- Doomben Cup Odds Firm on 2022 AD Hollindale Stakes Winner Zaaki
As one of the bigger middle-distance races in the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival, the A.D. Hollindale Stakes is a Group 2 weight-for-age race held at the Gold Coast Racecourse* in early to mid-May.
*In 2023 and 2024 the AD Hollindale Stakes Day program ran at the Sunshine Coast Racecourse due to heavy rainfall and ongoing track upgrades at the Gold Coast.
2026 AD Hollindale Stakes Odds
This is one of the biggest events run on the Gold Coast aside from January’s Magic Millions races and is run over 1800m.
Each year the A.D. Hollindale Stakes field attracts a good group of staying type horses that are Brisbane bound in a fortnight’s time eyeing the bigger prize money on offer in the Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m).
The A.D. Hollindale Stakes – Doomben Cup double is a popular one with the punters each winter and the latest to complete the double were Streama (2014), Zaaki (2021) and Antino (2025).
The 2021 AD Hollindale Stakes winner Zaaki further franked the form winning that winter’s Group 2 $1.2 million The Q22 (2200m). He also won two Group 1 races in Melbourne over the spring in 2021 and also returned the following autumn to claim the 2022 million The All-Star Mile (1600m).
Zaaki returned in 2022 to successfully defend his title and become the first back-to-back AD Hollindale Stakes winner since Leebaz (2015-16) before a third in that year’s Doomben Cup results. Zaaki would also go on to run top three in a host of interstate Group 1 events over the following year and win that 2022 VRC Champions Stakes with a successful title defence in the Melbourne Cup Carnival event in November.
Zaaki made history in 2023 when winning the A.D. Hollindale Stakes, held that year at the Sunshine Coast, for a record third straight year.
The 2023 Hollindale Stakes also produced that year’s Doomben Cup winner with Huetor improving on a lead-up second in the Group 2 to claim the big prize in Brisbane at his next start.
Prize money for the AD Hollindale Stakes was boosted to $500,000 in 2021 after the 2020 event was cancelled due to COVID-19.
Trainer Annabel Neasham won her fourth straight Hollindale Stakes in 2024 with Numerian saluting in an upset following the three-peat of stablemate Zaaki (2021-23).
The 2025 AD Hollindale Stakes form held up very well in that winter’s Doomben Cup with a repeat trifecta as Antino (1st), Fawkner Park (2nd) and Kovalica (3rd) ran one-two-three respectively in both events. Kovalica further franked the form with a win in that year’s The Q22.
The AD Hollindale Stakes 2026 runs on Saturday May 9, 2026 at the Gold Coast Doomben Cup-bound horses.
| 2026 A D Hollindale Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday May 9, 2026 |
| Track: | Gold Coast Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1800m |
| Race Type: | Weight-For-Age |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prize money: | $500,000 |
2026 AD Hollindale Stakes Results
Stay tuned for the official 2026 AD Hollindale Stakes results and finishing order at the Gold Coast on Saturday May 9, 2026 and to see what horses have the Doomben Cup race in sight.
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
Winning Margin: TBD
Winning Time: TBD
2026 AD Hollindale Stakes Betting
The season’s best AD Hollindale Stakes 2026 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au are available at Races.com.au the week of the Doomben Cup lead-up.
Zaaki ($3.60 in 2021, $1.45 in 2022, and $1.60 in 2023) was the last favourite in AD Hollindale Stakes betting to win for his record three consecutive victories for the punters.
There was a notable upset in 2024 with Numerian winning at Hollindale Stakes odds of $31 and again in 2025 with Antino ($9).
2026 AD Hollindale Stakes Form
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2026 AD Hollindale Stakes Tips
Stay tuned for our insider A.D. Hollindale Stakes 2026 tips on the popular early winter lead-up in Queensland.
- To Win: TBD
2026 AD Hollindale Stakes Field
Each season the AD Hollindale Stakes field attracts a smart line-up of winter gallopers from both Queensland and interstate stables heading towards a Brisbane run in the Doomben Cup.
Gallopers may have had a lead-up run earlier during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival in a race like the Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) in early April.
The official A.D. Hollindale Stakes 2026 field & barriers are released the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.
2026 Hollindale Stakes Nominations
The official A.D. Hollindale Stakes 2026 nominations close on the Monday of race week and feature a host of smart middle-distance types that may have contested a Group 1 in Sydney during the autumn.
A D Hollindale Stakes History
Many of the Stakes’ contenders will go on to race in the Group 1 Doomben Cup (2020m) and there have been several horses which have won the Hollindale Stakes/Cup double including most recently Antino (2025).
Up until 1996 the A D Hollindale Stakes was a Group 3 race and prior to 1993 it was a listed race. The fastest recorded winning time was by This Manshood in 2004 with 1 minute 45.92 seconds. The slowest recorded winning time since 1989 was 1 minute 58.6 seconds by Rough Habit in 1992.
There was no 2020 AD Hollindale Stakes with the event one of the cancelled Queensland Winter Racing Carnival races due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2021 and 2022 Zaaki enjoyed back-to-back A.D. Hollindale Stakes victories for the punters.
In 2023 the A.D. Hollindale Stakes was moved from the Gold Coast to the Sunshine Coast Racecourse and saw the dual defending champion Zaaki make history with a third consecutive win in the event as the odds-on favourite.
Zaaki’s trainer Annabel Neasham won the race for the fourth year running in 2024 with Numerian posting an upset at 30/1.
Hollindale Stakes winners since 2000 are listed below.
A D Hollindale Stakes Winners
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | TBD | TBD |
| 2nd | TBD | ||
| 3rd | TBD | ||
| 2025 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Antino | 1 minute 50.73 seconds |
| 2nd | Fawkner Park | ||
| 3rd | Kovalica | ||
| 2024 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Numerian | 1 minute 53.26 seconds |
| 2nd | Just Folk | ||
| 3rd | Kovalica | ||
| 2023 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Zaaki | 1 minute 49.37 seconds |
| 2nd | Huetor | ||
| 3rd | Zeyrek | ||
| 2022 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Zaaki | 1 minute 54.77 seconds |
| 2nd | Polly Grey | ||
| 3rd | Kukeracha | ||
| 2021 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Zaaki | 1 minute 50.57 seconds |
| 2nd | Fifty Stars | ||
| 3rd | Shared Ambition | ||
| 2020 A D Hollindale StakesRace Not Run (COVID-19) | 1st | – | – |
| 2nd | – | ||
| 3rd | – | ||
| 2019 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Life Less Ordinary | 1 minute 55.91 seconds |
| 2nd | Mister Sea Wolf | ||
| 3rd | Hallelujah Boy | ||
| 2018 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Oregon’s Day | 1 minute 46.83 seconds |
| 2nd | Tom Melbourne | ||
| 3rd | Man Of His Word | ||
| 2017 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | It’s Somewhat | 1 minute 48.55 seconds |
| 2nd | Single Gaze | ||
| 3rd | Maurus | ||
| 2016 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Leebaz | 1 minute 48.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Hauraki | ||
| 3rd | VolkStock’n’Barrell | ||
| 2015 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Leebaz | 1 minute 47.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Sir Moments | ||
| 3rd | I’m Imposing | ||
| 2014 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Streama | 1 minute 53.17 seconds |
| 2nd | Mr O’Ceirin | ||
| 3rd | Precedence | ||
| 2013 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Lights Of Heaven | 1 minute 49.55 seconds |
| 2nd | Foreteller | ||
| 3rd | Transporter | ||
| 2012 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Shez Sinsational | 1 minute 56.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Lights Of Heaven | ||
| 3rd | Mawingo | ||
| 2011 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | My Kingdom Of Fife | 1 minute 52.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Glass Harmonium | ||
| 3rd | Scenic Shot | ||
| 2010 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Metal Bender | 1 minute 49.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Road To Rock | ||
| 3rd | Gold Water | ||
| 2009 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Fulmonti | 1 minute 48.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Izonit | ||
| 3rd | Sir Slick | ||
| 2008 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Scenic Shot | 1 minute 49.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Spinney | ||
| 3rd | Stormhill | ||
| 2007 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Coalesce | 1 minute 47.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Dracs Back | ||
| 3rd | Desert War | ||
| 2006 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Above Deck | 1 minute 49.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Vouvray | ||
| 3rd | Roman Arch | ||
| 2005 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Platinum Scissors | 1 minute 52.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Roman Arch | ||
| 3rd | Devastating | ||
| 2004 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | This Manshood | 1 minute 45.9 seconds |
| 2nd | St Basil | ||
| 3rd | Pentastic | ||
| 2003 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Bush Padre | 1 minute 49.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Boreale | ||
| 3rd | Cheverny | ||
| 2002 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Mr Bureaucrat | 1 minute 50.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Kaapstad Way | ||
| 3rd | My Special Scorpio | ||
| 2001 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Shogun Lodge | 1 minute 47.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Camarena | ||
| 3rd | Go Flash Go | ||
| 2000 A D Hollindale Stakes | 1st | Shogun Lodge | 1 minute 47.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Integrate | ||
| 3rd | Cheiron | ||
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