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The 2025 Sandown Stakes is a 1500m Group 3 event traditionally held at Sandown Racecourse on the Hillside track which serves as a lead-up to the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m).

2025 Sandown Stakes Results

Stay tuned for the official 2025 Sandown Stakes results and finishing order and to see what runners might have the Group 1 Toorak Handicap on the radar this spring.

• 1st: #1 Evaporate ($3.70)
• 2nd: #3 Transatlantic
• 3rd: #13 Athanatos

Lindsay Park’s class Per Incanto four-year-old Evaporate ($3.70) was back to winning form off a perfectly timed ride by Blake Shinn with the galloper showing plenty of fight to lift late having looked vulnerable in the lead to deny the favourite Transatlantic by a nose in tight 2025 Sandown Stakes result.

It was previously run in mid-November on the Saturday after Champions Stakes Day closes the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

In 2021 the Sandown Stakes was moved to Underwood Stakes Day in late September. Underwood Stakes Day in 2021 was held on a Saturday, while in 2022 the meeting ran at Sandown Hillside on the Sunday after Sydney’s Golden Rose Day.

For 2023 the Sandown Stakes took place on the first Sunday of October at its own standalone meeting at Hillside the day after Sydney’s Epsom Handicap Day program at Randwick.

As of 2025, the Sandown Stakes ran on a Saturday in late September on the same day as Rosehill’s Golden Rose Stakes Day meeting.

In 2025, the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m) joined the Sandown Stakes Day card.

Run under quality handicap conditions, the Sandown Stakes is open to all horses and pays $200,000 prize money.

The Sandown Stakes was also previously held on Zipping Classic Day. Zipping Classic Day is the biggest day of racing at Sandown Racecourse and also marks the end of spring group racing in Melbourne.

Before the event was moved to its current September timeslot, horses typically targeted the Sandown Stakes towards the end of their spring campaign. Looking to other handicaps held over similar distances for form leading into this race including the Sale Cup (1600m) held at the end of October. Gold Fields (2019) was the last horse to complete the Sale Cup – Sandown Stakes double.

Following the Sandown Stakes, many runners head to the paddock for a break before the autumn. Some choose to head west and compete in races at Ascot and Belmont Park in Perth.

In 2022 the Sandown Stakes was run in September and the form franked with the winner Gentleman Roy running a next-up fourth in the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) before a subsequent second the following February in the 2023 Group 1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m). Military Expert meanwhile ran second in the 2022 Sandown Stakes and third in the Toorak Handicap results.

The 2023 Sandown Stakes winner Antino was brave next-up running second in that year’s Toorak Handicap results.

The 2024 Sandown Stakes results were franked with the winner Desert Lightning running fourth next-up in the Toorak Handicap and also fourth in the Group 1 Stradbroke in Brisbane the following winter. Craig meanwhile ran second in both the Sandown Stakes and Toorak Handicap results in 2024 to further frank the form.

The 2025 Sandown Stakes ran on Saturday September 27, 2025 as part of Thousand Guineas Prelude Day at Sandown Hillside and saw the Ben, Will & JD Hayes topweight Evaporate ($3.70) hold on for a nose win over the beaten favourite in a photo-thriller. 

2025 Sandown Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Sandown Stakes 2025 betting odds will be listed at Races.com.au complete with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au for you to take advantage of your Sandown Stakes Tips at the best spring odds.

Elephant ($2.35 in 2021) and Antino ($1.35 in 2023) are the latest favourites in Sandown Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

2025 Sandown Stakes Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2025 SANDOWN STAKES FORM GUIDE

2025 Sandown Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Sandown Stakes 2025 Tips on the potential Group 1 lead-up this spring.

• To Win: No. 1 Evaporate ($3.80 at time of publish) – BET NOW

EVAPORATE (9) is the class horse in this year’s Sandown Stakes, and while I originally liked RISE AT DAWN for value, with that danger scratched it is hard not to go with the proven performer. Lindsay Park’s progressive Per Incanto four-year-old is second-up and ready to improve on his Group 2 PB Lawrence fifth where nothing went his way from the pre-race distractions when left in the barriers to missing the kick. He wasn’t suited to the slow speed, couldn’t get into clear room, and was left without a shot at them late after encountering plenty of traffic the closing stages. No doubt he can improve off of that even with a slight setback seeing his runs spaced now. He’s a Group 2 winner over a mile and Group 1 placed in the Caulfield Guineas as a 3YO so he can handle this field. Gives the weight away, but the team have sorted him out gear wise to ensure a smooth start and from there it’s up to him and Shinn. Wins.

2025 Sandown Stakes Field

The Sandown Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of middle-distance sprinters coming off a variety of different earlier Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival events.

The official Sandown Stakes 2025 Field & Barriers will be announced on the Wednesday before race and published in full below once released by Racing Victoria.

The 2025 Sandown Stakes final field features 15 middle-distance hopefuls led in betting by Lindsay Park’s smart Per Incanto four-year-old Evaporate.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2025 Sandown Stakes Nominations

The Sandown Stakes 2025 nominations are released on the Monday prior to the race, and the full list of early entries will be available below as soon as announced.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Sandown Stakes History

Inaugurated in 1981, the Sandown Stakes has a relatively brief history, but one that is filled with quality racing. It was initially known as the GJ Coles Stakes. It has also been known as the Coles New World Stakes.

Given Group 3 status in 1984, the Sandown Stakes has played an important role in Sandown racing.

Notable recent Sandown Stakes winners include Swick (2006), Pornichet (2014), Redkirk Warrior (2016) who went on to win the following autumn’s Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) down the Flemington straight, and Evaporate (2025).

Sandown Stakes results, winners and placegetters since 2000 are provided below.

In 2021 the Sandown Stakes was moved to run at Sandown on Underwood Stakes Day in late September.

In 2023 the Sandown Stakes took place on its own feature race day at Sandown Hillside as the sole Group status race on the Sunday race card.

As of 2025, the Sandown Stakes took place on the same Saturday as Sydney’s Golden Rose Stakes Day at Sandown Hillside in late September.

Sandown Stakes Results