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The Group 2 Danehill Stakes is held during Melbourne’s Spring Racing Carnival at the famous Flemington Racecourse down the straight. Run over 1100m, reduced from 1200m in 2021, the race is a set weights plus penalties sprint for three-year-olds.

2025 Danehill Stakes Results

Stay tuned for the official 2025 Danehill Stakes results and finishing order and to see what young sprinters may have a Coolmore Stud Stakes run on the agenda this spring.

• 1st: No. 7 McGaw ($15)
• 2nd: No. 8 My Gladiola
• 3rd: No. 1 Tentyris

The Emma-Lee & David Browne trained I Am Immortal gelding McGaw ($15) overcame a slow start to unleash a blistering burst down the grandstand side of the famous Flemington straight, surging to victory in the 2025 Danehill Stakes results in a narrow photo-finish upset.

Worth $300,000 in prize money, the Danehill Stakes is now held on Turnbull Stakes Day with racing headlined by the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m).

The Danehill Stakes was previously run a fortnight earlier on Makybe Diva Stakes Day before being moved ahead of the 2021 edition to serve as a stepping-stone towards the Coolmore Stud Stakes.

Many of the best out of the Danehill Stakes results continue onto the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at the same track and distance on Victoria Derby Day with Sepoy (2011) the last to complete the double.

In 2023 I Am Unstoppable ran second in both the Danehill Stakes and Coolmore Stud Stakes results.

The form of the 2021 Danehill Stakes was franked with the third-placed Bruckner going on to run second in that spring’s Coolmore Stud Stakes results.

The 2022 Danehill Stakes winner Giga Kick went on to make history winning the world’s richest turf race, The Everest (1200m), in an upset at 20/1 over the older horses next start in Sydney. He further franked the form the following year with wins in the Group 1 All Aged Stakes and Doomben 10,000 in 2023.

The 2024 Danehill Stakes form was franked with the runner-up, Reserve Bank, heading to Adelaide the following autumn to win the Group 1 The Goodwood in 2025.

This season’s edition of the Danehill Stakes 2025 ran on Saturday October 4, 2025 as a Coolmore Stud Stakes lead-up and was won in a thrilling photo-finish upset by McGaw ($15). 

2025 Danehill Stakes Betting

The top Flemington racing odds and Danehill Stakes 2025 betting markets courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided at Races.com.au the week of the race.

Dalasan ($2.60 in 2019), Giga Kick ($1.95 in 2022), and First Settler ($4 in 2024) are the last favourites in Danehill Stakes betting to salute.

There was a notable upset in 2025 with McGaw winning at Danehill Stakes odds of $15.

2025 Danehill Stakes Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2025 DANEHILL STAKES FORM GUIDE

2025 Danehill Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Danehill Stakes 2025 Tips on the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes lead-up this spring.

• To Win: No. 1 Tentyris ($5 at time of publish) – BET NOW

TENTYRIS (5) resumes in a small nine-horse field and while he gives fitness away to those that are coming off earlier spring runs, he stands out for mine as the class horse and the one to beat fresh. The Anthony & Sam Freedman trained Street Boss colt was huge as a juvenile when runner-up in the Group 1 Blue Diamond on the back of a blowout Black-Type win at this track and trip. He then went up to Sydney to put a good field including Wodeton and subsequent Group 1 Champagne Stakes winner Nepotism to bed impressively. Those are some strong form lines that I expect will hold up as he kicks off here at a track he’s proven at off a couple of nice trials.

2025 Danehill Stakes Field

The Danehill Stakes field attracts a line-up of the season’s most exciting three-year-old sprinters coming off lead-up races including the Group 3 Quezette Stakes (1100m) for fillies and the Group 3 Vain Stakes (1100m), both held at Caulfield the month before.

Giga Kick (2022) was the last horse to complete the Vain Stakes – Danehill Stakes double.

The official 2025 Danehill Stakes Final Field & Barrier Draw will be provided below once released on the Wednesday leading up to Turnbull Stakes Day.

The Danehill Stakes 2025 field features nine three-year-old sprinters including the Freedman’s returning Blue Diamond runner-up Tentyris, McKenzie Stakes winner Rosberg having just his second career start, and Ciaron Maher’s rails-drawn I Am Invincible colt Jimmy Recard.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2025 Danehill Stakes Nominations

Each Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival the Danehill Stakes nominations close on the Monday of race week.

2025 Danehill Stakes nominations extended until 10:00AM (AEST) – 30/09/2025 

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Danehill Stakes History

The first recorded Danehill Stakes took place in 1982 when Fiesta Star won the Group 3 event. Changed to a Group 2 race in 2009, the sprint event has also been known as the Black Douglas, Hilton on the Park, Chivas Regal and L’Oreal Plate. The fastest recorded winning time (since 1988) was by 1 minute 8.1 seconds by Rich Enuff in 2014.

The 2011 Danehill Stakes winner Sepoy went on to win that year’s Coolmore Stud Stakes during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The last filly to beat home the boys in the Danehill Stakes results was Catchy (2017) who also won the previous season’s Blue Diamond Stakes.

In 2021 the Danehill Stakes distance was reduced from 1200m to 1100m.

The 2022 Danehill Stakes winner Giga Kick made history in Sydney next start winning The Everest race.

Recent Danehill Stakes Winners