Danehill Stakes
Danehill Stakes
Group Two Betting Guide
| When: | Saturday, October 4, 2025 |
| Location: | Flemington Racecourse |
| Prize Money: | $300,000 |
| Distance: | 1200m |
THE Group 2 Danehill Stakes is a three-year-old race held at Flemington during the Melbourne spring carnival in early October.
It’s run over 1100m with a stake of $300,000 and the race gained massive worldwide popularity when champion unbeaten mare Black Caviar won in 2009.
Run down the Flemington straight on the same day as the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes, the Danehill Stakes is a stallion-making race as past winners have included top stallion Fastnet Rock and also the likes of Jet Spur, Sepoy, Rich Enuff and Falvelon.
Up until 2020 the Danehill Stakes was run over 1200m.
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Markets will open in September for the October feature and the all-in market is popular with punters which have been following the two-year-old form from the previous season.
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2025 Danehill Stakes Final Field
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Previous Danehill Stakes Fields
No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 
Bittercreek Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin Ben Allen 3 58.5kg 2 Bodyguard Peter Snowden Mark Zahra 9 58.5kg 3 Aardvark Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin Damian Lane 5 58kg 4 First Settler Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Michael Dee 1 57kg 5 Tarpaulin James Cummings Joao Moreira 7 57kg 6 Enriched Michael Freedman Jye McNeil 8 57kg 7 Reserve Bank Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Luke Currie 10 57kg 8 Lofty Arch Alex Rae Ethan Brown 4 57kg 9 Eneeza Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman Luke Nolen 6 56.5kg 10 Savagery Vibe Nick Ryan Ben Melham 2 55kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 BarberJames CummingsMichael Dee558.5kg2 Libertad Annabel Neasham Chad Schofield 11 58.5kg 3 I Am Unstoppable Lloyd Kennewell & Lucy Yeomans Zac Spain 2 58kg 4 Archo Nacho Matt Laurie Ben Melham 7 58kg 5 Don Corleone Peter & Paul Snowden Mark Zahra 1 57kg 6 MexicoMichael FreedmanCraig Williams1057kg7 Kandinsky Abstract Chris Waller James McDonald 9 57kg 8 Treasurway Jason Warren Daniel Stackhouse 6 56.5kg 9 Stretan Angel Phillip Stokes Damian Lane 8 56kg 10 Cigar Flick Chris Waller Jye McNeil 4 55kg 11 Honor Galore Cliff Brown Jamie Kah 3 55kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Swiss Exile Annabel Neasham Jye McNeil 10 58.5kg 2 Brereton Peter Moody Luke Nolen 1 58.5kg 3 Giga Kick Clayton Douglas Craig Williams 11 58.5kg 4 Cannonball Anthony & Sam Freedman Brett Prebble 9 58kg 5 Buenos Noches Matthew Smith Craig Newitt 12 58kg 6 SpacewalkJames CummingsBlake Shinn557kg7 Stupendo Danny O’Brien Damien Oliver 2 57kg 8 Doull Anthony & Sam Freedman Jamie Kah 4 57kg 9 Zou Sensation Leon & Troy Corstens Zac Spain 7 57kg 10 Great Barrier Reef Chris Waller Damian Lane 6 57kg 11 General Barca Phillip Stokes Daniel Moor 3 57kg 12 Sunzou Shane Nichols Ethan Brown 8 57kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Ingratiating James Cummings Damien Oliver 10 58.5kg 2 General Beau Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra Damian Lane 12 58.5kg 3 Bruckner Ciaron Maher & David Eustace John Allen 2 58.5kg 4 Ranch Hand Chris Waller Brett Prebble 6 58kg 5 Ranveer Matt Laurie Daniel Stackhouse 7 57kg 6 MimosasClayton DouglasLuke Nolen1157kg7 Lloyd’s Crown Rebecca Waymouth Linda Meech 3 57kg 8 Kallos James Cummings Fred Kersley 5 57kg 9 Forbes Anthony & Sam Freedman Jordan Childs 1 57kg 10 Mornington Glory Matt Laurie Luke Currie 9 57kg 11 Mighty Hercules John Salanitri Dean Holland 8 57kg 12 Gimmie Par Peter Moody Jye McNeil 4 56.5kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Prague Ciaron Maher & David Eustace John Allen 8 58.5kg 2 Wisdom Of Water Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr Mark Zahra 7 58.5kg 3 Hard Landing Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes Luke Nolen 3 58.5kg 4 Doubtland Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes William Pike 9 58.5kg 5 Extra Time Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas Craig Williams 2 58.5kg 6 Amish Boy Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Jamie Mott 1 57kg 7 Ranting Leon & Troy Corstens Ben Melham 5 57kg 8 On The Lead Richard & Michael Freedman Luke Currie 10 57kg 9 Tydeus Lindsey Smith Michael Rodd 11 57kg 10 Personal Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes Damien Oliver 4 55kg 11 Annavisto Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr Jye McNeil 6 55kg
2024 Danehill Stakes result
1st – First Settler (+300)
2nd – Reserve Bank (+110)
3rd – Enriched (+570)
Recent Danehill Stakes runnings
- Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr filled the quinella in the Group 2 Danehill Stakes at Flemington, with First Settler ($3.90) just holding off Reserve Bank ($4.80) in the 1100m contest. The son of Written Tycoon entered the Danehill off an impressive second place finish in the Posiedon Stakes behind the very talented Growing Empire, and with him not running on Saturday, First Settler bounced back with his third win at his fourth start. Lofty Arch ($10) led the field with Aardvark ($61), while the race favourites settled in opposite positions, with the runner up in the middle of the track and the winner on the inside fence. Michael Dee pushed the button on First Settler, and he quickly sprinted past the slowing speed influences; however, he had his stablemate challenging on the outside. In the final 100m, the Price & Kent runners appeared to be the only winning chances, and as they fought out the finish, Dee got everything out of the winner before getting the bob in perfectly to claim a valuable Group 2 victory.
- Despite a late drift with online bookmakers, Stretan Angel ($7.00) proved too strong in the Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1100m) at Flemington. The Phillip Stokes-trained filly was given a tactically superior ride by Damian Lane, electing to sit outside the leaders and gaining a prominent position throughout the 1100m journey. She and I Am Unstoppable ($3.30) led both their respective packs heading for home, as Stretan Angel was able to get the upper hand of the race favourite, setting up a mouthwatering clash in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) in a month.
- Giga Kick and Craig Williams have held on by the barest of margins to take out the Group 2 Danehill Stakes over 1100m down the Flemington straight. Giga Kick took his unbeaten start to his young career to four straight with a win over Buenos Noches and Cannonball. Doull set a very good speed out in front, as the whole field crossed over to the inside running rail in the second straight-race of the day, followed by Cannonball, Swiss Exile and Giga Kick. Craig Williams looked to be under pressure from Buenos Noches from the 300m mark all the way until the finish line, however, he got every little bit out of the $1.95 favourite to win by a nostril on the line.
- Despite stablemate Ingratiating being sent around as favourite, it was the second Godolphin runner Kallos who reigned supreme in the Danehill Stakes. Having led the field up down the infamous Flemington straight, the James Cummings-trained Kallos managed to fend off his rivals every chance and managed to kick clear inside the final furlong under Fred Kersley.
- Awkwardly placed in the second half of the pack under Willie Pike, Doubtland ($7) burst between runners and stretched his neck with intent over the final 200 metres to win by three-quarters of a length. Amish Boy ($41) finished second, with Ranting ($13) a further short-half head away in third. The win provided Pike with the most significant of four Stakes victories in Melbourne, which also sits alongside his triumph aboard Regal Power in the $5m All-Star Mile at Caulfield in March. The Not A Single Doubt colt, out of Villa Verde’s half-sister Miss Sharapova, was purchased by Orbis Bloodstock for $1.1 million as a yearling.
- Sent off the $2.60 favourite, Dalasan raced to a three-quarter length victory from Dubious ($9.50) with Express Pass ($6) the same margin away third in the 2019 Danehill Stakes. South Australian apprentice Raquel Clark left nothing to chance before being legged aboard Dalasan, Clark had never ridden at Flemington before Saturday and walked the straight 1200m course twice occasions ahead of the Group Two race. The homework paid off as Dalasan provided Clark with her biggest career victory while at the same time maintaining a perfect strike-rate on the three-year-old following four rides on the colt.
- Godolphin gun Encryption surprised the punters at big odds in the 2018 edition of the race. Settling towards the back of the field it looked like victory would be unlikely but after an enterprising ride from Craig Williams the horse pierced through the wall of horses to hit the front and win in the shadows of the post.
- Catchy was becoming somewhat of a money pit for punters after winning the Blue Diamond Stakes, failing in the Golden Slipper before finishing second Quezette Stakes, but thankfully the faithful were rewarded in the Danehill. Settling in the back half of the field, Catchy unleashed an withering run to hit the front late in the piece and run away with the race.
- New Zealand colt Saracino was having its first Australian start in the Danehill Stakes and it was a winning one. The Murray Baker-trained three-year-old had scored its first career win the start prior and it made it consecutive wins when scoring by just under a half-length over subsequent carnival winner Archives. Saracino was ridden by Damien Oliver and paid $6 with bookmakers. Read the race report here.
- The 2015 Danehill Stakes wasn’t one of the better fields, but the Peter Moody-trained Kinglike put away the field by 1.3 lengths. Ridden by Glen Boss, Kinglike settled midfield before charging late down the outside. The wider barrier draws at best down the Flemington straight and the $12 chance used that nicely. Race-favourite Ready For Victory finished in third.
- A wide open field was on show at Flemington with the favourite starting at $5. That was Brazen Beau which finished fifth, but since carved out a tremendous career in both Australia and Europe. The winner was the Ken Keys-trained Rich Enuff which started as the second favourite at $6 and only narrowly held on from Looks Like The Cat. Rich Enuff wasn’t able to kick on with it career wise, but the beaten brigade included plenty of class.
- Charlie Boy caused a big upset in what turned out to be a tricky race for punters. Safeguard and Gregers were the two hot favourites, but Charlie Boy ran best, winning at odds of $21 with Kiss A Rose in second at $16 and Eclair Big Bang at $17 for third. The win gave Michael Rodd a much-needed win at that time in his career and it turned out to be one of the most competitive Danehill Stakes fields in history.
Previous Winners of the Danehill Stakes
| Danehill Stakes Past Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2024 | First Settler | Michael Dee | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) |
| 2023 | Stretan Angel | Damian Lane | Phillip Stokes |
| 2022 | Giga Kick | Craig Williams | Clayton Douglas |
| 2021 | Kallos | Fred Kersley | James Cummings |
| 2020 | Doubtland | William Pike | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
| 2019 | Dalasan | Raquel Clark | Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas |
| 2018 | Encryption | Craig Williams | James Cummings |
| 2017 | Catchy | Regan Bayliss | David Hayes |
| 2016 | Saracino | Damien Oliver | Murray Baker |
| 2015 | Kinglike | Luke Nolen | Peter Moody |
| 2014 | Rich Enuff | Michael Rodd | Ken Keys |
| 2013 | Charlie Boy | Michael Rodd | Gerald Ryan |
| 2012 | Snitzerland | Damien Oliver | Gerald Ryan |
| 2011 | Sepoy | Kerrin McEvoy | Peter Snowden |
| 2010 | Soul | Mark Zahra | Peter Snowden |
| 2009 | Black Caviar | Luke Nolen | Peter Moody |
| 2008 | Aichi | Michael Rodd | Peter Snowden |
| 2007 | Tan Tat De Lago | Luke Nolen | Peter Moody |
| 2006 | The One | Greg Childs | Mike Moroney |
| 2005 | Jet Spur | Glen Boss | John O’Shea |
| 2004 | Fastnet Rock | Glen Boss | Paul Perry |
| 2003 | Abdullah | Nash Rawiller | Tony Noonan |
| 2002 | Planchet | Darren Gauci | John Hawkes |
| 2001 | Chong Tong | Danny Nikolic | Lee Freedman |
| 2000 | St. Petersburg | Stephen Baster | Peter Hayes |
Danehill Stakes Past Winners Pre 2000
| Danehill Stakes Past Winners Pre 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | ||
| 1999 | Falvelon | ||
| 1998 | Point Danger | ||
| 1997 | Dantelah | ||
| 1996 | Armidale | ||
| 1995 | Gold Ace | ||
| 1994 | I Love Sydney | ||
| 1993 | Dancing Dynamite | ||
| 1992 | Kenfair | ||
| 1991 | Umatilla | ||
| 1990 | Wrap Around | ||
| 1989 | Gin Rhythm | ||
| 1988 | Speeding Fine | ||
| 1987 | Grandiose | ||
| 1986 | Cavalry | ||
| 1985 | Rory’s Jester | ||
| 1984 | High Signal | ||
| 1983 | Sculptor | ||
| 1982 | Fiesta Star | ||
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