The $1 million Percy Sykes Stakes is a lucrative Group 2 sprint for two-year-old fillies run on Day 2 of The Championships at Royal Randwick in April.
2025 Percy Sykes Stakes Results
- 1st: #2 Tempted
- 2nd: #7 Savvy Hallie
- 3rd: #1 Within The Law
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The Percy Sykes Stakes is a lucrative Group 2 race for two-year-old fillies run on Day 2 of Sydney’s ‘The Championships’ on the second Saturday of April annually.
2025 Percy Sykes Stakes Results
- 1st: #2 Tempted ($3.10F)
- 2nd: #7 Savvy Hallie
- 3rd: #1 Within The Law
James Cummings’ class Street Boss filly Tempted ($3.10F) improved on her lead-up Golden Slipper third relishing a drop in grade to come from midfield on the home turn, hit the lead on the straight and draw away for an impressive 1.76 length victory for favourite backers in the 2025 Percy Sykes Stakes results.
Percy Sykes Stakes 2025 Odds & Results
The Star Percy Sykes Stakes (G2)
| Runner Details | Win | Place |
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1st
2. Tempted (12)
J: James McDonald 57kg
T: James Cummings |
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2nd
7. Savvy Hallie (1)
J: Jay Ford 54kg
T: Brad Widdup |
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3rd
1. Within The Law (4)
J: Jason Collett 57kg
T: Bjorn Baker |
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4th
10. Sequista (6)
J: Tyler Schiller 54kg
T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou |
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5th
5. Inkaruna (2)
J: Mark Zahra 56kg
T: Anthony & Sam Freedman |
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6th
4. Military Tycoon (3)
J: Thomas Stockdale 56kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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7th
12. Pleasure Queen (5)
J: Tommy Berry 54kg
T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou |
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8th
3. Memo (8)
J: Kerrin McEvoy 56kg
T: Peter Snowden |
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9th
6. Recuperato (9)
J: Ben Melham 56kg
T: Peter Gelagotis |
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10th
11. Wootton Lass (7)
J: Jamie Melham 54kg
T: John Sargent |
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11th
9. Alabama Charm (10)
J: Rachel King 54kg
T: Bjorn Baker |
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12th
8. Dream Side (11)
J: Zac Lloyd 54kg
T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou |
Data retrieved: 16/05/2025 04:58:55 AM (Australia/Brisbane)
The meeting is also known as Queen Elizabeth Stakes Day and features four Group 1 races including the $5 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) and $2 million Sydney Cup (3200m) for stayers.
Contested over 1200m at Royal Randwick Racecourse the Percy Sykes Stakes is run under set weights plus penalties and is now worth $1 million in total prize money and was upgraded to Group 2 status for the first time in 2017.
Fillies may come into the Percy Sykes Stakes field via a run in the world’s richest race for juveniles – the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) – or the Group 2 Magic Night Stakes (1200m) earlier during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival or be dropping in grade off a run in the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m).
Tempted (2025) was the last Golden Slipper graduate (3rd) to win the Percy Sykes Stakes next race.
The 2023 Percy Sykes runner-up Tiz Invincible went on to frank the form with multiple Group 2 wins during the Princess Series of races that spring, while the third place-getter Kimochi went on to run second in both the Group 1 Flight Stakes and Group 1 Thousand Guineas results in the spring.
In 2024 the Golden Slipper winner Lady Of Camelot ran second in the Percy Sykes Stakes to Eneeza who improved on a seventh in the world’s richest race for two-year-olds.
Lady Of Camelot went on to frank the Percy Sykes Stakes form in 2024 when also running top four in the spring’s Group 1 Moir Stakes (3rd), the $20 million The Everest (4th), and Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (3rd).
The 2025 Percy Sykes Stakes took place on Saturday April 12, 2025 on Day 2 of Sydney’s ‘The Championships’ at Royal Randwick and was won in a stylish performance by Godolphin’s Slipper placegetter Tempted ($3.10F).
| Percy Sykes Stakes 2025 | |
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| Date: | Saturday April 12, 2025 |
| Track: | Randwick Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1200m |
| Race Type: | 2YO Fillies – SW+P |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prize Money: | $1 million |
2025 Percy Sykes Stakes Finishing Order
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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| 1 | 2 | TEMPTED | James Cummings | James McDonald | 12 | 57kg | $3.10F | |||
| 2 | 7 | SAVVY HALLIE | Brad Widdup | Jay Ford | 1.76L | 1 | 54kg | $18 | ||
| 3 | 1 | WITHIN THE LAW | Bjorn Baker | Jason Collett | 1.85L | 4 | 57kg | $5 | ||
| 4 | 10 | SEQUISTA | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Tyler Schiller | 2.11L | 6 | 54kg | $13 | ||
| 5 | 5 | INKARUNA | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Mark Zahra | 2.5L | 2 | 56kg | $3.40 | ||
| 6 | 4 | MILITARY TYCOON | Ciaron Maher | Thomas Stockdale | 2.61L | 3 | 56kg | $15 | ||
| 7 | 12 | PLEASURE QUEEN | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Tommy Berry | 3.96L | 5 | 54kg | $61 | ||
| 8 | 3 | MEMO | Peter Snowden | Kerrin McEvoy | 5.11L | 8 | 56kg | $17 | ||
| 9 | 6 | RECUPERATO | Peter Gelagotis | Ben Melham | 5.46L | 9 | 56kg | $51 | ||
| 10 | 11 | WOOTTON LASS | John Sargent | Ms Jamie Melham | 5.89L | 7 | 54kg | $51 | ||
| 11 | 9 | ALABAMA CHARM | Bjorn Baker | Ms Rachel King | 6.43L | 10 | 54kg | $101 | ||
| 12 | 8 | DREAM SIDE | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Zac Lloyd | 9.72L | 11 | 54kg | $19 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Percy Sykes Stakes Betting
The latest odds on the fillies in the Percy Sykes Stakes 2025 field will be available at Ladbrokes.com.au throughout the autumn with the complete with Percy Sykes Stakes betting markets links also published here at Races.com.au for punters.
The latest favourites in Percy Sykes Stakes betting to salute for the punters were Away Game ($3.20 in 2020), Paris Dior ($4 in 2022), and Tempted ($3.10 in 2025).
There was a notable upset in 2023 with Kristilli winning at Percy Sykes Stakes odds of $19.
2025 Percy Sykes Stakes Form Guide
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2025 Percy Sykes Stakes Tips
Stay tuned for our insider Percy Sykes Stakes 2025 Tips on the million-dollar two-year-old’s feature this autumn.
- To Win: #3 Memo ($9.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW
Tough to tip against the fillies out of the Golden Slipper, but Memo looks lovely value for Peter Snowden to post back-to-back wins. Snowden kept her out of the Group 1 last time saving her for this lucrative and more winnable target. Second in the Gold Coast’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic in the summer, she was somewhat flat when eighth in the Sweet Embrace here behind Within The Law. Still, she was only three lengths beaten and has the confidence now having won the Group 3 Magic Night Stakes in style at Rosehill in mid-March. Think she’s the forgotten filly that can surprise a few.
2025 Percy Sykes Stakes Field
The Percy Sykes Stakes field attracts a smart field of young fillies usually dropping down in grade off a run in the Golden Slipper field. The race has a capacity of fourteen starters plus four emergencies, but rarely does the Percy Sykes Stakes field run at capacity.
The official 2025 Percy Sykes Stakes field is out the Tuesday leading up to the race following the early Percy Sykes Stakes Nominations taken in February and the Percy Sykes Stakes First Acceptances in March about four weeks out from the April event.
The Percy Sykes Stakes 2025 final field features a dozen of the season’s best young fillies including Within The Law looking to atone for her failed finish in the Golden Slipper and Tempted for Godolphin who ran third in the Slipper trifecta last start.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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| 1 | 1121P | WITHIN THE LAW | Bjorn Baker | Jason Collett | 4 | 57kg | |||
| 2 | 12713 | TEMPTED | James Cummings | James McDonald | 12 | 57kg | |||
| 3 | 3×23281 | MEMO | Peter Snowden | Kerrin McEvoy | 8 | 56kg | |||
| 4 | 7×19 | MILITARY TYCOON | Ciaron Maher | Thomas Stockdale | 3 | 56kg | |||
| 5 | 13 | INKARUNA | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Mark Zahra | 2 | 56kg | |||
| 6 | 531 | RECUPERATO | Peter Gelagotis | Ben Melham | 9 | 56kg | |||
| 7 | 252 | SAVVY HALLIE | Brad Widdup | Jay Ford | 1 | 54kg | |||
| 8 | 22 | DREAM SIDE | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Zac Lloyd | 11 | 54kg | |||
| 9 | 0x322 | ALABAMA CHARM | Bjorn Baker | Ms Rachel King | 10 | 54kg | |||
| 10 | 3x | SEQUISTA | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Tyler Schiller | 6 | 54kg | |||
| 11 | 01 | WOOTTON LASS | John Sargent | Ms Jamie Melham | 7 | 54kg | |||
| 12 | 15 | PLEASURE QUEEN | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Tommy Berry | 5 | 54kg |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Percy Sykes Stakes First Acceptances
The official 2025 Percy Sykes Stakes First Acceptances are taken in mid-March along with all the other The Championships races narrowing down the list of potential runners in the lucrative Group 2 race.
The 2025 Percy Sykes Stakes first acceptances close at midday on Tuesday the 11th of March 2025.
2025 Percy Sykes Stakes Nominations
Early nominations for the Percy Sykes Stakes in 2025 close on a Tuesday in early February and usually attract over 200 juveniles.
The 2025 Percy Sykes Stakes nominations attracted 142 two-year-old fillies including Ciaron Maher’s Geelong Diamond winner Cherish Me, Magic Millions 2YO Classic champ O’Ole, and Blue Diamond Prelude winner Palm Angel.
Percy Sykes Stakes History
The Percy Sykes Stakes was first run back in 1960 as the Keith Mackay Handicap and was won by Primrose Lane. It started out as a non-black type race and gained its now Group 2 race status for the first time in 2017. The event is still officially registered as the Keith Mackay Handicap despite it not being raced under handicap conditions, in honour of the former AJC Chairman Keith Mackay.
For one year in 2014 the race was known as the Royal Randwick Stakes and added to the ATC Championships series of races enjoying a notable boost in prize money. The current race name – Percy Sykes Stakes – is in honour of esteemed veterinarian Percy Sykes who passed away in 2014. He is best known for his work with legendary trainers including Bart Cummings, Gai Waterhouse and her father TJ Smith – whom the TJ Smith Stakes is named after.
Keith Mackay Handicap / Percy Sykes Stakes Winners
During the early stages of Percy Sykes Stakes history, the race didn’t hold a huge amount of prestige and attracted a mediocre class of fillies.
As it increased in status and prize money the Percy Sykes Stakes winners have also improved with notable champions of the event including Streama (2011), Eloping (2014), Missrock (2016), Shoals (2017) who went on to defeat the older mares during Melbourne Cup Carnival in the Group 1 Myer Classic (1600m), and the brilliant Away Game (2020).
See below for the list of Percy Sykes Stakes winners and placegetters going back to 2000.
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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| 2025 Percy Sykes Stakes |
1st | Tempted | 1 minute 09.22 seconds |
| 2nd | Savvy Hallie | ||
| 3rd | Within The Law | ||
| 2024 Percy Sykes Stakes |
1st | Eneeza | 1 minute 09.74 seconds |
| 2nd | Lady Of Camelot | ||
| 3rd | Erno’s Cube | ||
| 2023 Percy Sykes Stakes |
1st | Kristilli | 1 minute 11.62 seconds |
| 2nd | Tiz Invincible | ||
| 3rd | Kimochi | ||
| 2022 Percy Sykes Stakes |
1st | Paris Dior | 1 minute 14.44 seconds |
| 2nd | Willinga Beast | ||
| 3rd | Lady Laguna | ||
| 2021 Percy Sykes Stakes |
1st | Jamaea | 1 minute 10.92 seconds |
| 2nd | Crystal Bound | ||
| 3rd | Joyous Legend | ||
| 2020 Percy Sykes Stakes |
1st | Away Game | 1 minute 12.26 seconds |
| 2nd | Vangelic | ||
| 3rd | See You Soon | ||
| 2019 Percy Sykes Stakes |
1st | Anaheed | 1 minute 09.67 seconds |
| 2nd | Flit | ||
| 3rd | Villami | ||
| 2018 Percy Sykes Stakes |
1st | Pure Elation | 1 minute 10.08 seconds |
| 2nd | Fiesta | ||
| 3rd | Outback Barbie | ||
| 2017 Percy Sykes Stakes |
1st | Shoals | 1 minute 13.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Formality | ||
| 3rd | Serena Bay | ||
| 2016 Percy Sykes Stakes |
1st | Missrock | 1 minute 11 seconds |
| 2nd | Prompt Response | ||
| 3rd | Spright | ||
| 2015 Percy Sykes Stakes |
1st | Ottoman | 1 minute 12.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Calaverite | ||
| 3rd | Lake Geneva | ||
| 2014 Royal Randwick Stakes |
1st | Eloping | 1 minute 10.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Ygritte | ||
| 3rd | Shaumari | ||
| 2013 Keith Mackay Handicap |
1st | Everage | 1 minute 13.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Little Miss Smiley | ||
| 3rd | Major Conquest | ||
| 2012 Keith Mackay Handicap |
1st | Single Style | 1 minute 10.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Driefontein | ||
| 3rd | Meidung | ||
| 2011 Keith Mackay Handicap |
1st | Streama | 1 minute 8.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Charm’s Honour | ||
| 3rd | Houston Benefactor | ||
| 2010 Keith Mackay Handicap |
1st | Golden Millennium | 1 minute 10.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Boto Vermelho | ||
| 3rd | Parables | ||
| 2009 Keith Mackay Handicap |
1st | Readyor | 1 minute 13.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Amarantha | ||
| 3rd | Tallow | ||
| 2008 Keith Mackay Handicap |
1st | Shoboard | 1 minute 12.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Strawberry Field | ||
| 3rd | Silent But Deadly | ||
| 2007 Keith Mackay Handicap |
1st | Sliding Cube | 1 minute 11.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Gamble Me | ||
| 3rd | Mega Lass | ||
| 2006 Keith Mackay Handicap |
1st | Catechuchu | 1 minute 10.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Heart Of The Fire | ||
| 3rd | Admirelle | ||
| 2005 Keith Mackay Handicap |
1st | Blizzardly | 1 minute 12.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Regal Cheer | ||
| 3rd | Heart Strings | ||
| 2004 Keith Mackay Handicap |
1st | Strawberry Storm | 1 minute 11.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Sweet Ransom | ||
| 3rd | Monsoon Wedding | ||
| 2003 Keith Mackay Handicap |
1st | Bella Corona | 1 minute 12.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Shamekha | ||
| 3rd | Danish Magic | ||
| 2002 Keith Mackay Handicap |
1st | Before Too Long | 1 minute 10.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Verstak | ||
| 3rd | Cirque du Soleil | ||
| 2001 Keith Mackay Handicap |
1st | Allez France | 1 minute 10.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Miss Bussell | ||
| 3rd | Breezer | ||
| 2000 Keith Mackay Handicap |
1st | Actress | 1 minute 9.7 seconds |
| 2nd | She’s A Pretender | ||
| 3rd | Mielleuse | ||
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