The Zeditave Stakes is a Group 3 race held at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne on Blue Diamond Stakes Day each February.

2025 Zeditave Stakes Results

• 1st: #1 Tropicus ($3.30F)
• 2nd: #1 Lofty Arch
• 3rd: #5 Sergeant Major

The continuation of wins for sire Too Darn Hot continued in the Zeditave Stakes 2025 results with the Freedman’s progressive colt Tropicus ($3.30F) saluting for the punters with an impressive all-the-way victory to hit the line 1.5 lengths clear of Lofty Arch in an improved run on his lead-up Group 3 Manfred Stakes second. 

The Zeditave Stakes is a popular target for in-form three-year-olds heading towards tougher races in autumn carnival including Sydney’s Group 2 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint (1200m) at Randwick during The Championships in April. In 2017 the Zeditave Stakes third placegetter Derryn went on to win the Arrowfield 3YO Sprint three runs later in Sydney.

In 2023 Wee Nessy ran second in both the Zeditave and that year’s $1 million Arrowfield 3YO Sprint results. 

Held over 1200m under set weights plus penalties conditions, the Zeditave Stakes pays $200,000 prize money. It is a fairly lucrative race for that time of year and is often employed as a lead-up race to the autumn carnival at Caulfield.

With so many major races following it, many trainers direct their better three-year-olds towards this race. Prior to the Zeditave Stakes, there are few lead-up races to consider.

Many horses contest the Zeditave Stakes first up or near enough to as part of their return to racing following a break after the spring racing carnival.

The form of the 2021 Zeditave Stakes was franked with the winner Oxley Road going on to win that spring’s Group 2 Caulfield Sprint (1000m).

The 2025 Zeditave Stakes ran on Saturday February 22, 2025 at Caulfield on Blue Diamond Day and saw the Anthony & Sam Freedman trained Too Darn Hot colt Tropicus ($3.30F) salute for the punters with ease. 

2025 Zeditave Stakes Finishing Order

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2025 Zeditave Stakes Betting 

The official Zeditave Stakes 2025 betting odds will be available here at Races.com.au as soon as markets on the sprint for three-year-olds are released by Ladbrokes.com.au this autumn.

The latest favourites in Zeditave Stakes betting to salute for the punters were Overshare ($3.80 in 2018), Oxley Road ($2.50 in 2021), and Tropicus ($3.30 in 2025). 

There was a notable upset in 2024 with Raikoke winning at double-figures ($10). 

2025 Zeditave Stakes Form Guide

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2025 Zeditave Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Zeditave Stakes 2025 Tips on the Blue Diamond Day support act this autumn.

• To Win: #9 Shadhavar ($7 at time of publish) – BET NOW

For value in the Zeditave fancy Shadhavar with Tom Dabernig’s nicely bred daughter of Pride Of Dubai with the classy filly putting together a solid record now with two wins from five starts. She went back-to-back at Bendigo and the Caulfield Heath track over the summer before an eye-catching Group 3 Kevin Hayes Stakes third here behind Arabian Summer under a length beaten a fortnight ago. That filly races in Group 1 company in the Oakleigh Plate on Saturday which may just bode well form-wise into this easier assignment for the placegetter. Jordan Childs rides from barrier 8 of 9 on 54kg with the gate the only potential concern. Can surprise.

2025 Zeditave Stakes Field

Amongst the Zeditave Stakes field you can usually find some of the better three year olds who are currently on the racing circuit. Because of its convenient location in the racing calendar, the Zeditave Stakes field often features horses that will continue to race throughout March and April.

The official Zeditave Stakes 2025 field and barriers will be released below the Wednesday leading up to Blue Diamond Stakes Day 2025.

The 2025 Zeditave Stakes final field features a small field of promising young three-year-old sprinters led in betting by the resuming Snitzel colt Lofty Arch. 

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2025 Zeditave Stakes Nominations

Early nominations on the Zeditave Stakes in 2025 are announced the Monday of race week and will be published in full below.

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Zeditave Stakes History

The Zeditave Stakes was a listed event prior to 2013, when it received an upgrade to Group 3 status. It became a feature event for the first time in 2014, having previously been held on Blue Diamond Stakes Day.

The race is named after the 1988 winner of the Blue Diamond Stakes and renowned sprinter Zeditave. Previously restricted to colts and geldings, the Zeditave Stakes is now an open event, allowing many horses to employ it as a leadup event.

Notable Zeditave Stakes winners include Almurtajaz (1989), Blaze The Turf (1998), Not A Single Doubt (2005), and Not Listenin’tome (2014).

Zeditave Stakes results and winning times are listed below.

In 2023 the event takes place at Ladbrokes Park Lakeside, Sandown, with renovations happening at Caulfield.

Recent Zeditave Stakes Results

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