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Stutt Stakes News

2025 Stutt Stakes Winner West Of Swindon Firms in Caulfield Guineas Betting

Re-named in honour of former chairman of the Moonee Valley Racing Club Mr Bill Stutt, the Group 2 Stutt Stakes is held at the Moonee Valley Racecourse in late September as part of the Manikato Stakes Night program on a Friday evening.

2025 Stutt Stakes Results

Stay tuned for the official 2025 Stutt Stakes results and finishing order including what gallopers may have the Caulfield Guineas in sight this spring!

• 1st: #2 West Of Swindon ($4.20)
• 2nd: #9 Romantic Encounter
• 3rd: #5 Hillier

The Group 1 Caulfield Guineas on October 11 is calling for Ciaron Maher’s progressive Wootton Bassett colt West Of Swindon ($4.20) who broke his maiden status in style leading all-the-way for a dominant 2025 Stutt Stakes win at The Valley.

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Worth $300,000 in prize money, the set weights race is open to all three-year-old horses. Colts and geldings must carry 55.5kg, while fillies are required to carry 53.5kg.

Run over a mile distance, the Bill Stutt Stakes in held two weeks before the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m). Whobegotyou (2008) followed by Griff (2023) are the latest horses to complete the Stutt Stakes – Caulfield Guineas double.

Currently held on the Manikato Stakes Night, the event is the first 1600m race for three-year-olds in the spring carnival and is run alongside the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m), Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m), Group 2 Stocks Stakes (1600m) and Group 3 Scarborough Stakes (1200m) in 2024.

The 2022 Stutt Stakes form was franked with the third-placed Virtuous Circle, second next start in the Moonee Valley Vase, also returning the following autumn to finish runner-up in the 2023 Group 1 ATC Derby in Sydney.

The 2024 Stutt Stakes winner Evaporate went on to run a good third in that year’s Caulfield Guineas trifecta.

This year’s Stutt Stakes 2025 ran on Friday September 26, 2025 as part of The Valley’s Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes Night and was won in an impressive front-running performance by Ciaron Maher’s up-and-coming colt West Of Swindon ($4.20). 

2025 Bill Stutt Stakes Betting

The latest Bill Stutt Stakes 2025 odds and betting markets for the Moir Stakes Night Group 2 will be listed at Races.com.au complete with links to Ladbrokes.com.au for you to lock in your early Stutt Stakes betting tips at the right price.

Glenfiddich ($2.50 in 2020) followed by Tijuana ($2.30 in 2022) are the last favourites in Bill Stutt Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

2025 Stutt Stakes Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2025 BILL STUTT STAKES FORM GUIDE

2025 Stutt Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Bill Stutt Stakes 2025 Tips on the important spring lead-up at The Valley this season.

• To Win: No. 1 Vinrock ($1.90 at time of publish) – BET NOW

There’s no value in the favourite VINROCK (8) who is odds-on to claim the Stutt Stakes but I’m finding it impossible to bet against Matt Laurie’s Group 1 winner in this small field. The I Am Invincible colt completed the rare VRC Sires – Inglis Sires double as a juvenile and has come back in terrific order to frank that form. Fresh in the McNeil Stakes a Soft track and lacking the fitness edge he ran fourth before improving out of sight to show the real Vinrock at Flemington in the Listed Exford Plate. He won that by nearly two lengths with 59.5kg on his back over 1400m suggesting he’ll have no issues going up to a mile now back to 57kg at set weights. So well in this weight wise, the flying Mark Zahra stays aboard and he’s the class horse here deserving of the short price. Has beaten quite a few of these without breaking a sweat and should be able to go forward from the gate and get the run he needs to win again.

2025 Stutt Stakes Field

The Bill Stutt Stakes field attracts a quality field of young milers each season that could be looking to return to the mile at Caulfield Racecourse in a fortnights’ time in the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m).

For the best three-year-olds in the Stutt Stakes field, the iconic Group 1 Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) could also be on the spring agenda. Alternatively, youngsters could be kept to a sprint distance and target the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on VRC Derby Day or rise in distance for that meeting’s feature race – the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m).

The official 2025 Bill Stutt Stakes Final Field & Barriers are released on the Wednesday of race week and will be provided for punters in full below.

The 2025 Stutt Stakes field features a nine-horse line-up with Matt Laurie’s Group 1 winner Vinrock the odds-on favourite in gate eight following his lead-up Exford Plate win at Flemington.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2025 Stutt Stakes Nominations

The 2025 Bill Stutt Stakes nominations are released on the Monday leading up to Manikato Stakes Night.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Bill Stutt Stakes History

First won by Titanium in 1934, the Bill Stutt Stakes was originally named the Moonee Valley Stakes until 1990. Originally an eight-furlong race, the distance was changed to 1600m in 1972. In 1979 it then changed from Principal race straight to Group Two status.

Notable Bill Stutt Stakes winners including Evaporate (2024), subsequent next-up Caulfield Guineas winner Griff (2023), Australian Guineas champ Hey Doc (2016), Pierro (2012), and Whobegotyou (2008).

The Bill Stutt Stakes Results and winning times since 2000 are listed below.

Recent Stutt Stakes Winners

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