Emancipation Stakes
Emancipation Stakes
Group Two Betting Guide
| Date: | Saturday, April 1, 2025 |
| Location: | Rosehill Racecourse – Sydney, New South Wales |
| Prize Money: | $300,000 |
| Distance: | 1500m |
The Emancipation Stakes is a Group 2 race for fillies and mares, run over 1500m under set weights with penalties at Rosehill by the Australian Turf Club.
Named after champion mare Emancipation, the race was first held in 1985 and originally run at Randwick over 1600m until moving to Rosehill in 2014.
The Emancipation Stakes was a Listed event until 1994, upgraded to Group 3 in 1995, and became Group 2 in 1999.
The Emancipation Stakes has seen several dual winners, including Skyerush (2012/2013), Catkins (2014/2015), and Zanbagh (2016/2017).
The 2024 Emancipation Stakes, worth $300,000, was won by Olentia, defeating Arctic Glamour and Ruthless Dame.
Notable past winners include Romanee Conti, Hot Danish, Sacred Choice, Prompt Response, Invincible Gem, and Catkins.
2025 Emancipation Stakes betting odds
Odds for the Emancipation Stakes as of March 31 – Courtesy of Neds
- Lazzura Win $3.20 Place $1.45
- Scarlet Oak Win $4.80 Place $1.80
- Harlem Queen Win $5.50 Place $1.95
- Snow In May Win $6.00 Place $2.10
- Coeur Volante Win $7.50 Place $2.40
- Lekvarte Win $21.00 Place $5.00
- Ausbred Flirt Win $21.00 Place $5.00
- Sakti Win $23.00 Place $5.50
- Pulchritudinous Win $26.00 Place $6.00
- Honey Girl Win $41.00 Place $8.00
- Private Legacy Win $51.00 Place $9.50
- Mrs Morrell Win $71.00 Place $12.00
How to bet on the Emancipation Stakes
All of our recommended bookmakers have markets for the Emancipation Stakes. These Australian bookmakers will have odds available well in advance of the race, although they won’t be available months in advance like other major horse races.
The best horse racing betting sites will offer outright betting on the Emancipation Stakes, while you will also be able to place many exotics, including trifectas, quinellas, first four bets and many others. Different bookies will also have different markets and promotions that you can take advantage of.
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2025 Emancipation Stakes Final Field
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Previous Emancipation Stakes Fields
No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 
Ruthless Dame Ciaron Maher Jamie Kah 5 58kg 2 Hinged Chris Waller James McDonald 13 58kg 3 Madame PommeryChris WallerNash Rawiller958kg4 Hell Hath No Fury Annabel Neasham Jason Collett 8 56kg 5 Olentia Chris Waller Tommy Berry 3 55kg 6 Vienna Princess Chris Waller Regan Bayliss 7 54kg 7 Barbie’s Fox Ben, Will & JD Hayes Tyler Schiller 11 54kg 8 She’s All Class Ciaron Maher Tom Marquand 4 54kg 9 Gently Rolled Bryce Heys Rachel King 6 54kg 10 Sweet MercyDavid PayneN/A1454kg11 Street Gossip Joseph Pride Jay Ford 10 54kg 12 Stormy Witness Danny Williams Reece Jones 2 54kg 13 Makarena Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Tim Clark 1 53kg 14 Arctic Glamour Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou Dylan Gibbons 12 53kg
2024 Emancipation Stakes result
1st – Olentia (+550)
2nd – Arctic Glamour (+480)
3rd – Ruthless Dame (-125)
Recent runnings of the Emancipation Stakes:
- Tommy Berry made it a hat-trick of wins at Rosehill, as the Chris Waller-trained Olentia ($6.50) stormed clear of her rivals in the Group 2 Emancipation Stakes (1500m). It was a massive improvement based on her most recent effort in the Group 3 Birthday Card Stakes (1200m) just seven days prior, where the daughter of Zoustar never looked likely when beaten 2.2 lengths by Chain Of Lightning. The step up to 1500m has seemingly done the trick for the four-year-old mare, who cruised past her rivals on Saturday. The race was set up by the Joe Pride-trained outsider Street Gossip ($71.00) going forward under Jay Ford, joined on the outside by James McDonald aboard Hinged ($6.00). Makarena ($3.00) was held up in the pocket for most of the journey and was unable to get a crack at them when the race went on, leaving Olentia bounding clear down the centre of the course. Arctic Glamour ($26.00) and Ruthless Dame ($4.40) could only watch on when whacking away into the minor money. It was all honours to the winner in the end, as Olentia added win number six to the resume.
- If you boxed up the three Chris Waller runners in the 2023 Emancipation Stakes you would’ve seen a nice collect. Roots proved too good for stablemates, Atishu and Finepoint as Chris Waller trained the first three runners home in the Group 2 Emancipation Stakes for the fillies and mares. It was a much improved effort from what we saw in the Group 3 Aspiration Quality as the short-priced commodity, Roots, went down by a half-length behind Thalassophile. Back in trip to the 1500m did the trick for this daughter of Press Statement, returning the favour for followers. Brenton Avdulla found a beautiful position three pairs back turning for home, peeling off Mirra Vision to bolt clear with the prize.
- Promise Of Success lived up to her name with a strong finish to take out the $200,000 Emancipation Stakes (1500m) at Newcastle. Third-last for most of the race, John O’Shea’s six-year-old mare made her move wide out coming into the turn at the 400m mark. That was when she fired, with Chris Waller’s Kiku a quarter of a length behind in second in a busy finish.
Previous winners of the Emancipation Stakes
| Emancipation Stakes Past Winners | |||
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| Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2024 | Olentia | Tommy Berry | Chris Waller |
| 2023 | Roots | Brenton Avdulla | Chris Waller |
| 2022 | Promise Of Success | Kerrin McEvoy | John O’Shea |
| 2021 | Nimalee | Rachel King | Matthew Smith |
| 2020 | Positive Peace | Tim Clark | Bjorn Baker |
| 2019 | Invincible Gem | Corey Brown | Kris Lees |
| 2018 | Prompt Response | Damien Oliver | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
| 2017 | Zanbagh | Hugh Bowman | John Thompson |
| 2016 | Zanbagh | Blake Shinn | John Thompson |
| 2015 | Catkins | James McDonald | Chris Waller |
| 2014 | Catkins | Hugh Bowman | Chris Waller |
| 2013 | Skyerush | Blake Shinn | Guy Walter |
| 2012 | Skyerush | Blake Shinn | Guy Walter |
| 2011 | Sworn To Secrecy | Brenton Avdulla | John O’Shea |
| 2010 | Sacred Choice | Michael Rodd | Joseph Pride |
| 2009 | Amberino | Damien Oliver | John Moloney |
| 2008 | Kosi Bay | Damien Oliver | Bart Cummings |
| 2007 | Hot Danish | Tim Clark | Les Bridge |
| 2006 | Fantasia | Hugh Bowman | Guy Walter |
| 2005 | Perfect Promise | Blake Shinn | Grahame Begg |
| 2004 | Hec Of A Party | Glen Boss | Gai Waterhouse |
| 2003 | Faith Hill | Jim Cassidy | Ron Quinton |
| 2002 | Miss Zoe | Kerrin McEvoy | Les Bridge |
| 2001 | Heather | Larry Cassidy | John Hawkes |
| 2000 | Beat The Fade | John Marshall | Bart Cummings |
Emancipation Stakes winners pre-2000
| Emancipation Stakes Past Winners Pre 2000 | |||
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| Year | Horse | ||
| 1999 | Staging | ||
| 1998 | Palia | ||
| 1997 | Almazyoon | ||
| 1996 | Star County | ||
| 1995 | Vital Consent | ||
| 1994 | Ausmart | ||
| 1993 | Hysterical | ||
| 1992 | Romanee Conti | ||
| 1991 | Ice Cream Sundae | ||
| 1990 | Top Dance | ||
| 1989 | Twining | ||
| 1988 | Balmoral | ||
| 1987 | Clavell’s Girl | ||
| 1986 | Sea Pictures | ||
| 1985 | Aspirations | ||
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