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The $1 million 7 Stakes is an unlisted feature race held at Randwick on The Shorts Day replacing the George Main Stakes as the 1600m event on the card offering a ballot exemption into the Epsom Handicap.
2025 7 Stakes Results
- 1st: #11 Fangirl
- 2nd: #6 Lindermann
- 3rd: #1 Ceolwulf
7 Stakes News
The 7 Stakes is a race held at Royal Randwick Racecourse in mid-September during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.
2025 7 Stakes Results
- 1st: #11 Fangirl ($2.05F)
- 2nd: #6 Lindermann
- 3rd: #1 Ceolwulf
Chris Waller‘s brilliant mare Fangirl ($2.05F) secured her second win in the 2025 7 Stakes results when narrowly denying rival and stablemate Lindermann over the Randwick mile on Saturday ahead of a run in the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes on Everest Day.
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7 Stakes 2025 Results
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1st
11. Fangirl (3)
J: James McDonald 57kg
T: Chris Waller |
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2nd
6. Lindermann (5)
J: Nash Rawiller 59kg
T: Chris Waller |
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3rd
1. Ceolwulf (1)
J: Chad Schofield 59kg
T: Joseph Pride |
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4th
3. Private Eye (6)
J: Adam Hyeronimus 59kg
T: Joseph Pride |
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5th
7. Kovalica (7)
J: Zac Lloyd 59kg
T: Chris Waller |
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6th
2. Light Infantry Man (4)
J: Ethan Brown 59kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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7th
8. Militarize (2)
J: Jason Collett 59kg
T: Chris Waller |
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8th
9. Kadavar (8)
J: Kerrin McEvoy 59kg
T: Chris Waller |
The event is unlisted but offers a lucrative $1 million in stakes along with a ballot exemption to the winner into the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) a fortnight later.
The Shorts Day is headlined by the Group 2 $1 million The Shorts (1100m) for The Everest hopefuls.
The meeting was formerly known as George Main Stakes Day and saw the Group 1 George Main Stakes (1600m) serve as a key Epsom lead-up.
Ahead of the 2023 edition however the George Main Stakes was renamed the $5 million King Charles III Stakes and moved to The Everest Day in October.
The other key support acts on the race card are the Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes (1400m), Group 3 Bill Ritchie Handicap (1400m), and the Group 3 Kingston Town Stakes (2000m).
The 7 Stakes – Epsom Handicap double is now a key spring racing bet type.
Horses in the 7 Stakes field are likely to have an earlier Sydney lead-up in an event like the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) in August or the Group 2 Tramway Stakes (1400m) a fortnight earlier.
In 2023 the inaugural 7 Stakes winner Think It Over improved on a lead-up third in the Winx Stakes to win third-up.
Think It Over went on to frank the 7 Stakes form winning the Group 1 Verry Elleegant Stakes the following March. Fangirl meanwhile improved on her 7 Stakes third in 2023 to win the King Charles III Stakes at her next start.
Fangirl returned in the 2024 7 Stakes to improve on her third the year prior and salute for the punters.
Fangirl went on to frank the 7 Stakes form from 2024 with a host of subsequent top three placings at Group 1 level including her 2025 Queen of the Turf Stakes win.
Fangirl became the first official two-time 7 Stakes winner with her second success in 2025.
The third running of the $1 million 7 Stakes took place on Saturday, September 20, 2025 as a lead-up to the Epsom Handicap and was won in a narrow thriller by the defending champion and race favourite Fangirl ($2.05F).Â
| 2025 7 Stakes | |
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| Date: | Saturday, September 20, 2025 |
| Track: | Royal Randwick Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1600m |
| Conditions: | 3YO & Up – Weight-for-age |
| Status: | Unlisted |
| Prize Money: | $1,000,000 |
| Inaugurated: | 2023 |
2025 7 Stakes Betting
The top 7 Stakes 2025 betting odds and links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available here at Races.com.au the week of the race so stay tuned.
Fangirl ($1.75 in 2024 and $2.05 in 2025) was the last favourite in 7 Stakes betting to salute for the punters.
2025 7 Stakes Form
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2025 7 Stakes Tips
Stay tuned for our insider 7 Stakes 2025 Tips on the key spring lead-up this September.
- No. 11 Fangirl ($2.70 at time of publish) – BET NOW
FANGIRL (5) is the defending 7 Stakes champ and deserving favourite, and I cannot go past her in this field. Waller’s now seven-year-old daughter of Sebring has been oh so consistent for the stable amassing an incredible $10 million over her 34 starts to date. Eight of her 11 wins have been here at Randwick and her strike-rate at the track and trip is very solid (12:3-3-1). She ran third in the first official edition of this event in 2023 before taking out the top prize last year for the punters, and she ticks plenty of boxes to now go back-to-back. Fangirl really doesn’t know how to run a bad race, and she showed her class all autumn topped off by a deserving Group 1 Queen of the Turf trophy. First-up she went south and ran a credible fourth behind boom mare Treasurethe Moment in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. She’ll relish a return to Sydney now and the step-up to a mile. That Memsie form is proving hot with the runner-up Mr B blitzing the best in the Makybe Diva to win that event for a historical third time last weekend. That bodes well for Fangirl, and I won’t be betting against her second-up.
2025 7 Stakes Field
The 7 Stakes 2025 field of final acceptances and barrier draw are released on the Wednesday of race week attracting the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival’s top weight-for-age hopefuls.
The official 7 Stakes 2025 Final Field & Barrier Draw will be published in full below once announced by Racing NSW.
The 2025 7 Stakes field features some of the spring’s top middle-distance horses including the defending champion mare Fangirl drawn in gate 5 with J-Mac to ride and the talented Ceolwulf who is a dual Group 1 winner at the track and trip.
Click here for more on the key runners in the 7 Stakes 2025 field and betting markets.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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| 1 | 1x45315x44 | CEOLWULF (NZ) | Joseph Pride | Chad Schofield | 3 | 59kg | 114 | ||
| 2 | 101x6310x0 | LIGHT INFANTRY MAN (FR) | Ciaron Maher | Ethan Brown | 6 | 59kg | 114 | ||
| 3 | 65814x3x12 | PRIVATE EYE | Joseph Pride | Adam Hyeronimus | 9 | 59kg | 114 | ||
| 4 | 3337x1420x | ROYAL PATRONAGE (FR) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 2 | 59kg | 114 | ||
| 5 | 2110x310x5 | GRINGOTTS (NZ) | Ciaron Maher | Tommy Berry | 1 | 59kg | 113 | ||
| 6 | 2332490×01 | LINDERMANN | Chris Waller | Nash Rawiller | 8 | 59kg | 112 | ||
| 7 | 60x70331x0 | KOVALICA (NZ) | Chris Waller | Zac Lloyd | 10 | 59kg | 110 | ||
| 8 | 3x000546x5 | MILITARIZE (NZ) | Chris Waller | Jason Collett | 4 | 59kg | 107 | ||
| 9 | 42111x70x0 | KADAVAR (NZ) | Chris Waller | 11 | 59kg | 92 | |||
| 10 | 117×211215 | HALF YOURS | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | Ashley Morgan | 7 | 59kg | 95 | ||
| 11 | 163x1221x4 | FANGIRL | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 5 | 57kg | 118 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 7 Stakes Nominations
Nominations for the 7 Stakes race in 2025 close the Monday leading-up to the new million-dollar feature.
The 7 Stakes 2025 nominations feature a star-studded line-up of middle-distance gallopers led in all-in betting by Chris Waller’s defending champion Fangirl and Ceolwulf who is a multiple Group 1 winner over the Randwick mile.
2025 7 Stakes nominations extended until 11:00AM (AEST) – 16/09/2025
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 1x45315x44 | CEOLWULF (NZ) | G | 5 | Joseph Pride | 114 |
| 2 | x5407x6057 | DETONATOR JACK (NZ) | G | 7 | Ciaron Maher | 102 |
| 3 | 163x1221x4 | FANGIRL | M | 7 | Chris Waller | 118 |
| 4 | 2110x310x5 | GRINGOTTS (NZ) | G | 6 | Ciaron Maher | 113 |
| 5 | 42111x70x0 | KADAVAR (NZ) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 92 |
| 6 | 60x70331x0 | KOVALICA (NZ) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 110 |
| 7 | 101x6310x0 | LIGHT INFANTRY MAN (FR) | G | 7 | Ciaron Maher | 114 |
| 8 | 2332490×01 | LINDERMANN | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 112 |
| 9 | 3x000546x5 | MILITARIZE (NZ) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 107 |
| 10 | 721x9275x4 | OSIPENKO (NZ) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 104 |
| 11 | 9632155×47 | PALMETTO (NZ) | G | 7 | John Sargent | 102 |
| 12 | 65814x3x12 | PRIVATE EYE | G | 8 | Joseph Pride | 114 |
| 13 | 3337x1420x | ROYAL PATRONAGE (FR) | H | 7 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 114 |
| 14 | 26x23324x6 | SWIFTFALCON | G | 4 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | 96 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
7 Stakes History
The 7 Stakes race history kicked off with a thriller as Think It Over ($5) enjoyed his first win since the previous year’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes defeating Zaaki after an exciting two-horse race to the line.
The second installment in 2024 saw the previous year’s third placed mare Fangirl return as the odds-on $1.75 favourite and win for the punters.
Fangirl (2025) holds the current 7 Stakes race record winning in 1 minute 34.27 seconds.
Fangirl (2024 & 2025) was the last mare to win the 7 Stakes and the last back-to-back champion.
7 Stakes Results
The 7 Stakes results, winners, placegetters and times from the first running in 2023 are detailed in the table below.
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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| 2025 7 Stakes |
1st | Fangirl | 1 minute 34.27 seconds |
| 2nd | Lindermann | ||
| 3rd | Ceolwulf | ||
| 2024 7 Stakes |
1st | Fangirl | 1 minute 34.88 seconds |
| 2nd | My Oberon | ||
| 3rd | Royal Patronage | ||
| 2023 7 Stakes |
1st | Think It Over | 1 minute 35.95 seconds |
| 2nd | Zaaki | ||
| 3rd | Fangirl | ||
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