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The Angst Stakes is a Group 3, mile event held at Royal Randwick Racecourse on The Everest Day in mid-October for mares only.
Angst Stakes News
The Angst Stakes is a 1600m race held at Royal Randwick Racecourse during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.
2025 Angst Stakes Results
Stay tuned for the official 2025 Angst Stakes results and finishing order this The Everest Day in Sydney.
- 1st: No. 10 Idle Flyer ($2.50F)
- 2nd: No. 7 Perfumist
- 3rd: No. 12 Polymnia
Zac Lloyd made it two wins from the opening four races at Randwick on Saturday letting down late to charge down the outside aboard the well-backed Matthew Smith trained Dundeel mare Idle Flyer ($2.50F) who wore down her last start conqueror Perfumist to post a tough 1.35 length win in the 2025 Angst Stakes results. She now looks on track for a shot at the $10 million Golden Eagle on November 1 and has been slashed from $51 to $15 for the four-year-old’s feature at Ladbrokes.com.au.
Angst Stakes 2025 Results
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1st
10. Idle Flyer (13)
J: Zac Lloyd 54kg
T: Matthew Smith |
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2nd
7. Perfumist (8)
J: Regan Bayliss 54kg
T: Bjorn Baker |
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3rd
12. Polymnia (12)
J: Dylan Gibbons 54kg
T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton |
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4th
4. Verona Rose (9)
J: Jason Collett 56kg
T: Gary Portelli |
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5th
9. Churchill's Choice (2)
J: Ashley Morgan 54kg
T: Nathan Doyle |
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6th
16. Sweltering (6)
J: Damian Lane 54kg
T: Chris Waller |
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7th
8. Shohisha (11)
J: Anna Roper 54kg
T: David Payne |
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8th
13. Sunshine Law (3)
J: Tom Sherry 54kg
T: Denim Wynen |
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9th
14. Dominetta (1)
J: Tim Clark 54kg
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
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10th
11. Asgarda (10)
J: Molly Bourke 54kg
T: John Sargent |
With $250,000 in prize money on offer, the Group 3 Angst Stakes is a highly targeted event for mares heading south to Melbourne for the end of their spring campaigns. It is run under set weights plus penalties conditions, creating a level playing field which allows the more talented mares to stand out, and is open to mares aged four-years-old and above.
The Angst Stakes is currently held on The Everest Day which is headlined by the running of the world’s richest turf race – the now Group 1 $20 million The Everest (1200m).
Other key races on The Everest Day include the Group 1 $5 million King Charles III Stakes (1600m) which was formerly run as the George Main Stakes earlier in the spring, the $2 million The Kosciuszko slot race for country-trained horses, the Group 3 $1 million Silver Eagle for Golden Eagle-bound four-year-olds, and the lucrative Group 3 $2 million Sydney Stakes for horses that failed to gain a start in The Everest field.
A couple of lead-up races worth watching are the Group 3 Tibbie Stakes (1400m) held at Newcastle and the Group 2 Golden Pendant (1400m) at Rosehill Gardens.
Hope In Your Heart (2022) was the last mare to complete Tibbie Stakes – Angst Stakes double.
In 2024 Lekvarte came via a Golden Pendant 4th to win the Angst Stakes at her next start.
The event serves as a potential lead-up into Flemington’s Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) over the Melbourne Cup Carnival and was won in 2019 by Nettoyer who went on to win the following year’s Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m).
The form of the 2021 Angst Stakes was franked with the winner Mirra Vision returning the following autumn to run second in the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m).
Hope In Your Heart franked the Angst Stakes 2022 form running a next-up fourth in the $10 million Golden Eagle before a second in that year’s $1 million The Gong. She also returned in 2023 for a strong autumn that included a Doncaster Mile fourth and Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes second.
The 2025 Angst Stakes ran on Saturday October 18, 2025 as part of The Everest Day at Royal Randwick and was won in a strong late charge by Matthew Smith’s $10 million Golden Eagle bound Dundeel four-year-old Idle Flyer ($2.50F).
| Angst Stakes 2025 | |
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| Date: | Saturday October 18, 2025 |
| Track: | Royal Randwick Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1600m |
| Race Type: | 4YO+ Mares SW+P |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $250,000 |
2025 Angst Stakes Betting
The latest Angst Stakes 2025 betting odds will be detailed here at Races.com.au complete with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au to back your Angst Stakes tips this spring.
Mirra Vision ($4.40 in 2021) and Idle Flyer ($2.50 in 2025) are the latest favourites in Angst Stakes betting to salute.
2025 Angst Stakes Form Guide
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2025 Angst Stakes Tips
Stay tuned for our insider Angst Stakes 2025 Tips on The Everest Day support act this October.
To Win: No. Perfumist
PERFUMIST (8) is the favourite and early Angst Stakes market mover and I’m finding it hard to tip against her. Bjorn Baker’s Kiwi bred El Roca four-year-old comes in confident off a lead-up win at this track and trip showing an affinity for the Randwick mile when carting 55.5kg to a commanding 1.5 length victory in a BM94 against easier rivals. She’s up in grade but back against her own kind looking to salute again. Drops weight and looks right in this with 54kg with Regan Bayliss sticking aboard. I thought she was outstanding last time out, she’s building a good record now (15-6:3:0) and looks deserving of a Group 3 win on a big race day. Oh, and she’ll handle the crowds too having raced fifth only three lengths off Damask Rose across the Tasman in the inaugural The Kiwi slot race when there was plenty of noise to distract! Her odds may be shortening, but her form is lengthening, and she looks the real deal for mine.
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2nd
7. Perfumist (8)
J: Regan Bayliss 54kg
T: Bjorn Baker |
2025 Angst Stakes Field
The 2025 Angst Stakes field and barrier draw is released on the Wednesday leading-up to The Everest race day and will be published in full below once announced.
The Angst Stakes 2025 final field features a smart line-up of mares led in betting by Bjorn Baker’s last start winner at the track and trip by a good margin, Perfumist.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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| 3 | 1x1211x810 | JUST FEELIN’ LUCKY | Michael Freedman | Tommy Berry | 5 | 56.5kg | 95 | ||
| 4 | x11468x028 | VERONA ROSE | Gary Portelli | Jason Collett | 11 | 56kg | 90 | ||
| 5 | 00×0061234 | ABERLOUR (NZ) | Joseph Pride | Ms Alysha Collett | 8 | 55.5kg | 88 | ||
| 7 | 11125×6041 | PERFUMIST (NZ) | Bjorn Baker | Regan Bayliss | 10 | 54kg | 93 | ||
| 8 | 215x01x417 | SHOHISHA | David Payne | Ms Anna Roper (a) | 13 | 54kg | 87 | ||
| 9 | 1x4246x094 | CHURCHILL’S CHOICE | Nathan Doyle | Ashley Morgan | 2 | 54kg | 85 | ||
| 10 | x21100x112 | IDLE FLYER | Matthew Smith | Zac Lloyd | 15 | 54kg | 83 | ||
| 11 | 42x1886x42 | ASGARDA | John Sargent | Ms Molly Bourke (a) | 12 | 54kg | 82 | ||
| 12 | x221230x35 | POLYMNIA | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | Dylan Gibbons | 14 | 54kg | 78 | ||
| 13 | 25211×1618 | SUNSHINE LAW | Denim Wynen | Tom Sherry | 3 | 54kg | 54.5kg | 77 | |
| 14 | 238x747x34 | DOMINETTA | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 1 | 54kg | 73 | ||
| 15 | 0x71541x85 | LET’S FLY | Richard & Will Freedman | Michael Dee | 4 | 54kg | 73 | ||
| 16 | 2242220×04 | SWELTERING | Chris Waller | Damian Lane | 6 | 54kg |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Angst Stakes Nominations
Nominations for the Angst Stakes in 2025 close the Monday leading-up to the race and will be published below once announced.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 00×0061234 | ABERLOUR (NZ) | M | 5 | Joseph Pride | 88 |
| 2 | 42x1886x42 | ASGARDA | M | 6 | John Sargent | 82 |
| 3 | 1x4246x094 | CHURCHILL’S CHOICE | M | 4 | Nathan Doyle | 85 |
| 4 | 1x110x471 | DANCE TO THE BOOM | M | 4 | Bjorn Baker | 77 |
| 5 | 238x747x34 | DOMINETTA | M | 4 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 73 |
| 6 | x21100x112 | IDLE FLYER | M | 4 | Matthew Smith | 83 |
| 7 | 1x1211x810 | JUST FEELIN’ LUCKY | M | 4 | Michael Freedman | 95 |
| 8 | 0x71541x85 | LET’S FLY | M | 4 | Richard & Will Freedman | 73 |
| 9 | 11125×6041 | PERFUMIST (NZ) | M | 4 | Bjorn Baker | 93 |
| 10 | x221230x35 | POLYMNIA | M | 4 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 78 |
| 11 | 31x7690x06 | REAL CLASS (NZ) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 83 |
| 12 | x0x30069x0 | SCARLET OAK | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 90 |
| 13 | 215x01x417 | SHOHISHA | M | 4 | David Payne | 87 |
| 14 | 25211×1618 | SUNSHINE LAW | M | 4 | Denim Wynen | 77 |
| 15 | 2242220×04 | SWELTERING | M | 4 | Chris Waller | |
| 16 | 23×2292984 | TERRESTAR | M | 6 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | 78 |
| 17 | x11468x028 | VERONA ROSE | M | 4 | Gary Portelli | 90 |
| 18 | 6x974522x2 | VIVY AIR | M | 5 | Ciaron Maher | 99 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Angst Stakes History
A relatively young race, the Angst Stakes was inaugurated in 1994, following the renowned mare Angst’s excellent win in the 1993 Flight Stakes. Providing a competitive event for mares from diverse backgrounds who excel over a range of distances, the Angst Stakes has become an integral part of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.
Between its inauguration and 2013, the Angst Stakes was classified as a Listed race. The continued rise in the quality of the field and the dependence on the race by trainers of older mares led to the Angst Stakes being upgraded to Group 3 prior to the 2014 edition.
The Angst Stakes has been variously held at Randwick and Rosehill Gardens. Much like the rest of NSW races, there was no Angst Stakes held in 2007 due to attempts to contain the outbreak of equine influenza. The Angst Stakes was once known as the Angst Mares Quality Handicap.
The distance of the Angst Stakes has changed a few times over the years, ranging from 1400m, to 1500m, to today’s distance of 1600m.
Notable Angst Stakes winners include Sky Watch (1994), Miss Zoe (2002), Neroli (2008) and Sharnee Rose (2013). In 2017 Dixie Blossoms made history as the first back-to-back Angst Stakes winner. Angst Stakes results and winning times since 2000 are listed below.
The 2022 Angst Stakes was rescheduled after Randwick racing was abandoned due to a wet track on the original date and moved to The Everest Day card a week later.
Angst Stakes Results
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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| 2025 Angst Stakes | 1st | Idle Flyer | 1 minute 33.70 seconds |
| 2nd | Perfumist | ||
| 3rd | Polymnia | ||
| 2024 Angst Stakes | 1st | Lekvarte | 1 minute 35.31 seconds |
| 2nd | Quickster | ||
| 3rd | Hinged | ||
| 2023 Angst Stakes | 1st | Renaissance Woman | 1 minute 34.70 seconds |
| 2nd | Ausbred Flirt | ||
| 3rd | More Secrets | ||
| 2022 Angst Stakes | 1st | Hope In Your Heart | 1 minute 37.27 seconds |
| 2nd | Honeycreeper | ||
| 3rd | Finepoint | ||
| 2021 Angst Stakes | 1st | Mirra Vision | 1 minute 34.30 seconds |
| 2nd | More Prophets | ||
| 3rd | Kiku | ||
| 2020 Angst Stakes | 1st | Emeralds | 1 minute 33.69 seconds |
| 2nd | Greysful Glamour | ||
| 3rd | Nimalee | ||
| 2019 Angst Stakes | 1st | Nettoyer | 1 minute 33.15 seconds |
| 2nd | Delectation Girl | ||
| 3rd | Amangiri | ||
| 2018 Angst Stakes | 1st | I Am Serious | 1 minute 37.29 seconds |
| 2nd | Mandylion | ||
| 3rd | Dixie Blossoms | ||
| 2017 Angst Stakes | 1st | Dixie Blossoms | 1 minute 34.54 seconds |
| 2nd | Daysee Doom | ||
| 3rd | Zenalicious | ||
| 2016 Angst Stakes | 1st | Dixie Blossoms | 1 minute 34.01 seconds |
| 2nd | Lady Le Fay | ||
| 3rd | Happy Hannah | ||
| 2015 Angst Stakes | 1st | Casino Dancer | 1 minute 33.22 seconds |
| 2nd | Wine Tales | ||
| 3rd | Zarzali | ||
| 2014 Angst Stakes | 1st | Neena Rock | 1 minute 34.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Estonian Princess | ||
| 3rd | Danesiri | ||
| 2013 Angst Stakes | 1st | Sharnee Rose | 1 minute 35.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Queenstown | ||
| 3rd | Porcellanus | ||
| 2012 Angst Stakes | 1st | Nocturnelle | 1 minute 31.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Angelus | ||
| 3rd | Skyerush | ||
| 2011 Angst Stakes | 1st | Little Surfer Girl | 1 minute 24.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Quidnunc | ||
| 3rd | Skyerush | ||
| 2010 Angst Stakes | 1st | Lovemelikearock | 1 minute 22.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Shannara | ||
| 3rd | Live In Sin | ||
| 2009 Angst Stakes | 1st | Illuminates | 1 minute 24.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Patronyme | ||
| 3rd | Love And Kisses | ||
| 2008 Angst Stakes | 1st | Neroli | 1 minute 23.97 seconds |
| 2nd | Lustre Lady | ||
| 3rd | Vecchia Roma | ||
| 2007 Angst Stakes | 1st | Race Not Held | – |
| 2nd | – | ||
| 3rd | – | ||
| 2006 Angst Stakes | 1st | More Than Lucky | 1 minute 22.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Melody | ||
| 3rd | A Country Girl | ||
| 2005 Angst Stakes | 1st | Wild Queen | 1 minute 22.0 seconds |
| 2nd | One In A Million | ||
| 3rd | Shalimar Sky | ||
| 2004 Angst Stakes | 1st | Hennessy Waltz | 1 minute 24.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Magsaya | ||
| 3rd | Wasimah | ||
| 2003 Angst Stakes | 1st | Zanna | 1 minute 24.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Fiammarosa | ||
| 3rd | Coupe | ||
| 2002 Angst Stakes | 1st | Miss Zoe | 1 minute 24.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Veloce | ||
| 3rd | Palidamah | ||
| 2001 Angst Stakes | 1st | Danasia | 1 minute 24.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Dandify | ||
| 3rd | Gypsy Mai | ||
| 2000 Angst Stakes | 1st | Prenuptial | 1 minute 23.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Miss Zoe | ||
| 3rd | Briannon | ||
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