Canterbury Stakes
Canterbury Stakes
Group One Betting Guide
| Date: | Saturday, March 8, 2025 |
| Location: | Royal Randwick – Sydney, Australia |
| Prize Money: | $750,000 |
| Distance: | 1300m |
The Group 1 Canterbury Stakes is a weight-for-age sprint over 1300m at Randwick and boasts a prize purse of $500,000.
The race is run at the beginning of March as part of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival and routinely draws the best sprinters from around the nation, with recent winners including Pierro and dual champion More Joyous.
Three different Australian racetracks have hosted the Canterbury Stakes down the years. The race was run at Canterbury from 1929 until 1997, when it was moved to Rosehill Gardens. From 2014 onwards, the race has been run at Royal Randwick.
The Canterbury Stakes gained Group 1 status back in 2013 and is an important event in Sydney given the winner gets an exemption for the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes, which is run just two weeks later as part of Golden Slipper Day.
2025 Canterbury Stakes odds
Betting odds for the 2025 Canterbury Stakes are currently unavailable.
Best Canterbury Stakes bookmakers
Online bookmakers will open all-in betting in February for the March feature and fixed odds betting will be available during the week of the race.
All of our bookmakers offer markets on the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes so follow these links and keep an eye out as the race draws closer.
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Canterbury Stakes betting guide
Make no mistake – the Canterbury Stakes is a favourites’ race, and the class more often than not prevails over the sprint distance at Royal Randwick.
Since 2002 the Canterbury Stakes favourite has won 10 times and been placed eight times, but peculiarly, only four last-start winners in the race’s history – Forbidden Love (2022), Appearance (2014), Pierro (2013) and More Joyous (2011) – have gone on to take out the Canterbury Stakes.
The winner has come via 11 different avenues in the last 20 runnings – Handicap, WFA, 3yo Set Weights, Mares and even First up.
The first lady of racing, Gai Waterhouse, has trained the winner of the Canterbury Stakes on seven occasions.
Happy Clapper (2018) became the oldest horse to win the race, he did so as a seven-year-old.
In 2021 Savatiano was the first past the post, but 12-months later was stripped of the victory following a prohibited substance verdict. Mizzy was promoted to a Group 1 winner in the process following her narrow defeat in the race.
2025 Canterbury Stakes Final Field
HorseBetting will update this page when the 2025 Canterbury Stakes field is released.
Previous Canterbury Stakes Fields
Plenty of Group 1 Superstars have won the Canterbury Stakes. Check out some of the previous fields here.
1. Think About It (8)
- T: Joseph Pride
- J: Sam Clipperton
- W: 59kg
- F: x3111
- Age: 5YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: So You Think (NZ)
- Dam: Tiare
2. Pericles (1)
- T: James Cummings
- J: Tom Marquand
- W: 59kg
- F: 26×23
- Age: 4YO
- Color: Brown
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Street Boss (USA)
- Dam: Accessories (GB)
3. Coal Crusher (5)
- T: Joseph Pride
- J: Adam Hyeronimus
- W: 59kg
- F: 52×14
- Age: 6YO
- Color: Chestnut
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Turffontein
- Dam: Media Academy
4. Bandersnatch (3)
- T: Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
- J: Jordan Childs
- W: 59kg
- F: x4285
- Age: 7YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Casino Prince
- Dam: Divine Faith
5. Malkovich (4)
- T: Bjorn Baker
- J: Joshua Parr
- W: 59kg
- F: 3363x
- Age: 6YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Choisir
- Dam: Mabkhara
6. Espiona (2)
- T: Chris Waller
- J: James McDonald
- W: 57kg
- F: 3×417
- Age: 5YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Mare
- Sire: Extreme Choice
- Dam: Dahooil (NZ)
7. Lady Laguna (6)
- T: Annabel Neasham
- J: Tyler Schiller
- W: 57kg
- F: 21112
- Age: 4YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Mare
- Sire: Overshare
- Dam: Catalina de Lago (NZ)
No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Cascadian James Cummings Brenton Avdulla 5 59kg 2 Artorius Anthony & Sam Freedman Zac Purton 8 59kg 3 Kirwan’s Lane John O’Shea Chad Schofield 9 59kg 4 Lombardo Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Brett Prebble 3 59kg 5 Converge Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tim Clark 4 59kg 6 Old Flame Peter & Paul Snowden Sam Clipperton 6 59kg 7 Quantico John O’Shea Kerrin McEvoy 10 59kg 8 Imperatriz Mark Walker James McDonald 7 57kg 9 Electric Girl Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Zac Lloyd 1 57kg 10 Argentia Anthony & Sam Freedman TBC 11 57kg 11 Golden Mile James Cummings Nash Rawiller 2 56kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 ZaakiAnnabel NeashamJames McDonald159kg2 Kolding Chris Waller Jason Collett 2 59kg 3 Private Eye Joseph Pride Regan Bayliss 7 59kg 4 Dalasan Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas Chad Schofield 6 59kg 5 Special Reward Kris Lees Glyn Schofield 4 59kg 6 Wild Planet Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes William Pike 10 59kg 7 Dice Roll Nick Ryan Rhys McLeod 9 59kg 8 Laws Of Indices Annabel Neasham Tommy Berry 5 58.5kg 9 Forbidden Love Richard & Michael Freedman Hugh Bowman 8 57kg 10 Lighthouse Ciaron Maher & David Eustace James McDonald 3 57kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Bivouac James Cummings Glen Boss 8 59kg 2 Dreamforce John Thompson Nash Rawiller 5 59kg 3 Samadoubt Bjorn Baker Joshua Parr 6 59kg 4 KementariJames CummingsRachel King959kg5 Victorem Jenny Graham Kerrin McEvoy 11 59kg 6 Dawn Passage Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tim Clark 7 59kg 7 Masked Crusader Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Tommy Berry 2 59kg 8 Savatiano James Cummings Hugh Bowman 3 57kg 9 Madam Rouge Chris Waller James McDonald 4 57kg 10 Mizzy Anthony Cummings Regan Bayliss 1 57kg 11 PragueAnnabel NeashamTom Marquand1056kg
2024 Canterbury Stakes result
1st – Lady Laguna (+1000)
2nd – Think About It (-250)
3rd – Espiona (NTD)
Recent Canterbury Stakes winners
- Lady Laguna ($11.00) has produced a boil over to claim victory in the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes, storming over the top to claim the $750,000 prize. She had put the writing on the wall throughout the campaign, with a hat-trick of victories holding the Annabel Neasham-trained mare in good stead heading into the event but suffered a minor hiccup last start, finishing second behind Zougotcha in the Group 2 Millie Fox Stakes (1300m) a fortnight ago. A faster run 1300m seemed to do the trick for the daughter of Overshare, who continues her rise through the grades, culminating in Group 1 success for the first time on Saturday. All the talk was surrounding the return of the Joesph Pride-trained Think About It ($2.40) heading into the weekend, along with Espiona ($2.40) hopping on the float back to Sydney after an impressive first-up performance in the Group 1 Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington first-up. Both ended up jumping towards the rear of the field, with Think About It making a mid-race move with 600m to travel, it gave jockey Tyler Schiller the perfect opportunity to check off the back of the Everest winner with 400m to go, putting them away stylishly in the concluding stages. Think About It lost no admirers holding onto the runner-up position, while a fast-finishing Espiona would have to settle for a third-place finish.
- It’s taken a superb ride from leading Hong Kong hoop Zac Purton, but Artorius is a winner again for the first time since the 2021 Blue Diamond Stakes, having claimed the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes. It was a weaving effort between horses from Artorius to nail the well fancied New Zealand raider, Imperatriz, who drifted slightly before the race. The amazing training performance by Anthony & Sam Freedman can’t be overstated, who elected to take the four-year-old overseas for a world tour of sorts lining up in Group 1 features such as the Platinum Jubilee Stakes and July Cup finishing third respectively in both events. His return on Saturday after a 209-day spell was just his third career win, but second at Group 1 level as Zac Purton unlocked the best of this son of Flying Artie. Favourite backers would’ve felt like they were on the winner with 200m to go and was brave to the line, but simply no match for the winner. Electric Girl was as honest as ever and Golden Mile looks to have taken improvement from the first-up run.
- Coming off a dominant win in the Group 2 Guy Walter Stakes the week prior, the Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained Forbidden Love was too good for her rivals in the Canterbury Stakes. Having waltzed in on a Heavy 10 the week prior, the wet track was never going to be an issue for the mare and considering Hugh Bowman was cuddling the mare 300m out from home, she was always going to take some running down. The official margin was 1.75 lengths on the ever-improving Lighthouse, but the result felt much more comfortable than that for favourite punters. The win handed Hugh Bowman his 100th Group 1 winner, having been stripped of the 2021 Canterbury Stakes during the lead-up to the 2022 edition.
- Having had six runs in Group 1 company, it was seventh time lucky for the Godolphin-trained Savatiano who gripped on and held out the fast finishing Mizzy to claim the Canterbury Stakes.Having sat just off the leaders heels on the rails, Savatiano had no excuses when cornering and got the job done by the barest of margins. Surprisingly the win in the Canterbury Stakes aboard Savatiano was the first time superstar jockey Hugh Bowman had tasted success in the race. Savatiano was stripped of the race win 12 months later following a positive substance result. Mizzy is now the 2021 winner of the Canterbury Stakes.
- The heat was on early in the 2020 Canterbury Stakes when Begood Toya Mother took on Savatiano for the early lead with the pair scorching the turf early on. It set up perfectly for The Bostonian to take a sit off the leaders and was in the slipstream of Savatiano up until the 250m mark when asked for an effort. Nash Rawiller eased the Tony Pike-trained gelding off the fence and managed to find his way past the Godolphin runner to as The Bostonian went on to take out the 2021 Canterbury Stakes.
- Trapeze Artist was disappointing in a resuming run in the Expressway Stakes on February 2 as a favourite but the champ didn’t make the same mistake at G1 level. Spearing out to an early lead the Gerald Ryan runner was never headed, pinching a lengthy margin at the turn that Shoals ate into late but never threatened.
- It didn’t take long for Happy Clapper to add another Group 1 title to his trophy cabinet in 2018, winning the Canterbury Stakes first-up following a second placing in the Mackinnon Stakes. Settling towards the back of the field Happy Clapper looked to be hard pressed to win after Global Glamour pinched a break on the field. Despite entering a bumping duel at the 400m mark Happy Clapper eventually found clean air and stormed home to beat the long-time leader in the shadows of the post.
- In a fantastic contest, Le Romain edged out popular elect Chautauqua to win the 2017 Canterbury Stakes. The Kris Lees-trained fought off the challenge in the rain-soaked conditions at Randwick and score its biggest career win. It was first thought that Chautauqua had edged past it on the line, but Le Romain got the chocolates. Read the full report here.
- Godolphin star Holler was a $7.50 outsider behind First Seal in the market, but after getting the jump and surging to the front of the field it looked like James McDonald had gotten to the perfect position on his galloper. First Seal got pocked in the latter stages of the race and could only manage second as J-Mac recorded back-to-back group Canterbury Stakes wins.
- James McDonald had the ride on the $2.70 elect Cosmic Endeavour, and the Kiwi looked to have the race at his mercy as the horse booted up along the rails to take the lead in the early stages of the race. The horse was rated beautifully in front and handed Gai Waterhouse yet another group one win in Sydney.
- Multiple group race winning horse Appearance was one of the main chances in the 2014 Canterbury Stakes market, but the bookies would have been licking their lips mid-race as the horse settled last. Kerrin McEvoy was patient at the back of the field however, and unleashed the mare at the perfect moment to take out the race.
- Godolphin star Holler was a $7.50 outsider behind First Seal in the market, but after getting the jump and surging to the front of the field it looked like James McDonald had gotten to the perfect position on his galloper. First Seal got pocked in the latter stages of the race and could only manage second as J-Mac recorded back-to-back group Canterbury Stakes wins.
- The first time a race is upgraded to a group one event it always draws out the cream of the crop and that was no truer than in 2013 when Pierro won the race as an even money favourite.
Previous winners of the Canterbury Stakes
| Canterbury StakesPast Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2024 | Lady Laguna | Tyler Schiller | Annabel Neasham |
| 2023 | Artorius | Zac Purton | Anthony & Sam Freedman |
| 2022 | Forbidden Love | Hugh Bowman | Richard & Michael Freedman |
| 2021 | Mizzy | Regan Bayliss | Anthony Cummings |
| 2020 | The Bostonian | Nash Rawiller | Tony Pike |
| 2019 | Trapeze Artist | Blake Shinn | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou |
| 2018 | Happy Clapper | Blake Shinn | Patrick Webster |
| 2017 | Le Romain | Glyn Schofield | Kris Lees |
| 2016 | Holler | James McDonald | John O’Shea |
| 2015 | Cosmic Endeavour | James McDonald | Gai Waterhouse |
| 2014 | Appearance | Kerrin McEvoy | Guy Walter |
| 2013 | Pierro | Jim Cassidy | Gai Waterhouse |
| 2012 | More Joyous | Nash Rawiller | Gai Waterhouse |
| 2011 | More Joyous | Nash Rawiller | Gai Waterhouse |
| 2010 | Hot Danish | Tim Clark | Les Bridge |
| 2009 | All Silent | Damien Oliver | Grahame Begg |
| 2008 | Mentality | Darren Beadman | John Hawkes |
| 2007 | Malcolm | Darren Beadman | John Hawkes |
| 2006 | Paratroopers | Darren Beadman | John Hawkes |
| 2005 | Dance Hero | Chris Munce | Gai Waterhouse |
| 2004 | Yell | Darren Beadman | John Hawkes |
| 2003 | Defier | Chris Munce | Guy Walter |
| 2002 | Empire | Jim Cassidy | Max Lees |
| 2001 | Shogun Lodge | Glen Boss | Bob Thomsen |
| 2000 | Easy Rocking | Darren Beadman | Ron Quinton |
Canterbury Stakes Past Winners Pre 2000
| Canterbury StakesPast Winners Pre 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | ||
| 1999 | Kidman’s Cove | ||
| 1998 | Quick Flick | ||
| 1997 | All Our Mob | ||
| 1996 | Sprint By | ||
| 1995 | Miss Kariba | ||
| 1994 | Al Akbar | ||
| 1993 | Big Dreams | ||
| 1992 | Alishan | ||
| 1991 | Show County | ||
| 1990 | Straussbrook | ||
| 1989 | At Sea | ||
| 1988 | At Sea | ||
| 1987 | Placid Ark | ||
| 1986 | Avon Angel | ||
| 1985 | Chimes Square | ||
| 1984 | Sir Dapper | ||
| 1983 | Emancipation | ||
| 1982 | Manikato | ||
| 1981 | Turf Ruler | ||
| 1980 | Stage Hit | ||
| 1979 | Bernard | ||
| 1978 | Race Not Held | ||
| 1977 | Romantic Dream | ||
| 1976 | Hartshill | ||
| 1975 | Leica Show | ||
| 1974 | Favoured | ||
| 1973 | I’m Scarlet | ||
| 1972 | Playbill | ||
| 1971 | Baguette | ||
| 1970 | Broker’s Tip | ||
| 1969 | Fair Law | ||
| 1968 | Cabochon | ||
| 1967 | Prince Max | ||
| 1966 | Academy Star | ||
| 1965 | Aureo | ||
| 1964 | Eskimo Prince | ||
| 1963 | Kevejon | ||
| 1962 | Sky High | ||
| 1961 | Sky High | ||
| 1960 | Wanton Lass | ||
| 1959 | Up and Coming | ||
| 1958 | Race Not Held | ||
| 1957 | Prince Jambo | ||
| 1956 | Starover | ||
| 1955 | Star Realm | ||
| 1954 | Iroquois | ||
| 1953 | Regoli | ||
| 1952 | Joy Lad | ||
| 1951 | San Domenico | ||
| 1950 | San Domenico | ||
| 1949 | Bernbrook | ||
| 1948 | Gay Monarch | ||
| 1947 | Shannon | ||
| 1946 | Good Idea | ||
| 1945 | Sleepy Fox | ||
| 1944 | Tea Rose | ||
| 1943 | Katanga | ||
| 1942 | Yaralla | ||
| 1941 | Reading | ||
| 1940 | Beaulivre | ||
| 1939 | Beau Vite | ||
| 1938 | Gold Rod | ||
| 1937 | The Marne | ||
| 1936 | Arachne | ||
| 1935 | Bulldozer | ||
| 1934 | Lough Neagh | ||
| 1933 | Chatham | ||
| 1932 | Holdfast | ||
| 1931 | Holdfast | ||
| 1930 | Holdfast | ||
| 1929 | Amounis | ||
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