Gilgai Stakes
Gilgai Stakes
Group Two Betting Guide
| Date: | Saturday, October 4, 2025 |
| Location: | Flemington Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria |
| Prize Money: | $300,000 |
| Distance: | 1200m |
The Gilgai Stakes is a 1200m sprint at Group 2 level held annually at Flemington Racecourse in early October.
In 2024, the Gilgai Stakes is run for $300,000.
Initially run as a Listed race from 1984-1986, the Gilgai Stakes received Group 3 status until 2006, before becoming a Group 2 event.
Despite it being a Group 2 race, the Gilgai Stakes honour roll stacks up well against many Group 1 sprint races.
Recent winner of the Group 2 Gilgai Stakes include: Private Eye (2022), Kementari (2021), Zoutori (2020), Sunlight (2019), The Quarterback (2016), Chautauqua (2014/2015), Temple Of Boom (2011), Hay List (2010), Belle Du Jour (2001), Hareeba (1994), Redelva (1988) and Placid Ark (1987).
2025 Gilgai Stakes Betting Odds
Betting odds for the 2025 Gilgai Stakes are currently unavailable.
Best Gilgai Stakes bookmakers
The Gilgai Stakes isn’t one of the star races of the spring carnival, so bookmakers won’t open early all-in markets. Bookmakers will open markets for the Gilgai throughout the week of the race, but punters will still get great odds and the best value.
All of our top racing bookmakers offer betting on the Gilgai Stakes and bookmaker offers will also be available in the days leading up to the race.
Generally the top Gilgai Stakes betting sites will also be accessible via both desktop, mobile (including betting apps) and even via telephone betting. Ir really just depends what you are looking for.
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2025 Gilgai Stakes Final Field
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Previous Gilgai Stakes Field
No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 
Arkansaw Kid Ben, Will & JD Hayes Craig Newitt 13 59kg 2 Sghirripa Shane & Cassie Oxlade Harry Coffey 3 58.5kg 3 Chain Of Lightning Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman Luke Nolen 12 58kg 4 Magic Time Grahame Begg Michael Dee 1 58kg 5 Ripcord Luke Fernie Damian Lane 4 58kg 6 Press DownPeter HardacreNeil Farley558kg7 The Astrologist Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin Declan Bates 11 57kg 8 Laws Of Indices Phillip Stokes Thomas Stockdale 7 57kg 9 Crosshaven Ben, Will & JD Hayes Luke Currie 9 57kg 10 I Am UnstoppableCiaron MaherMark Zahra857kg11 Stretan Angel Phillip Stokes Daniel Stackhouse 2 57kg 12 Johnny Rocker Nick Ryan Ben Melham 14 57kg 13 Jungle Jim Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson Jordan Childs 6 57kg 14 Right To Party Anthony & Sam Freedman Jye McNeil 10 56.5kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Jigsaw Cindy Alderson Daniel Moor 4 59kg 2 Star Patrol Clinton McDonald Ben Melham 11 59kg 3 Snapper Mike Moroney Jye McNeil 3 58.5kg 4 ShowmanshipJohn Leek (Jnr)Mark Zahra558.5kg5 Ashford Street Ken Elford Teo Nugent 12 58kg 6 Outlaws Revenge Daniel Bowman Craig Williams 10 58kg 7 Zoutori Mathew Ellerton Damian Lane 2 57kg 8 Shelby Sixtysix Danny Williams Craig Newitt 8 57kg 9 Fender Brett Cavanough Jamie Mott 6 57kg 10 On The Lead Richard & Will Freedman Damien Oliver 13 57kg 11 Triple Missile Lindsey Smith Jamie Kah 14 57kg 12 Cause For Concern Shawn Mathrick Ben Allen 1 57kg 13 Rocket Tiger Scott Spackman Chad Schofield 9 57kg 14 C’est Magique Grahame Begg Michael Dee 7 55kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Private Eye Joseph Pride Joshua Parr 7 60kg 2 Baller Tony Gollan Blake Shinn 12 59kg 3 The Astrologist Leon & Troy Corstens Craig Williams 6 58.5kg 4 Sirius Suspect Saab Hasan Ethan Brown 3 58.5kg 5 Kemalpasa Richard & Chantelle Jolly Jake Toeroek 11 58kg 6 Roch ‘N’ Horse Mike Moroney Patrick Moloney 13 58kg 7 Tycoonist Chris Waller Damien Oliver 10 58kg 8 Athelric James Cummings Jamie Kah 9 58kg 9 Zoutori Mathew Ellerton Damian Lane 1 57kg 10 Shaquero Chris Waller Brett Prebble 4 57kg 11 Wild Planet Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Jye McNeil 2 57kg 12 It’sourtimeDanny O’BrienJohn Allen857kg13 Swats That Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Ben Melham 5 55kg
2024 Gilgai Stakes result
1st – Right To Party (+400)
2nd – Arkansaw Kid (+140)
3rd – Stretan Angel (+250)
Recent Gilgai Stakes winners
- Right To Party ($5) stormed home late to take out the Group 2 Gilgai Stakes, nabbing Arkansaw Kid ($8) on the line to give Anthony & Sam Freedman their first winner at Flemington. Jungle Jim ($41) set a solid tempo ahead of Sghirripa ($6.50), with Arkansaw Kid camped in behind the leading duo, and they kicked clear at the 400m mark to put a margin on the rest of the field. Jye McNeil, who piloted the winner, gave the daughter of Zoustar an economical run in transit at the back of the field before picking his way through the pack in the concluding stages. It appeared as though Arkansaw Kid was going to hold on in the final 100m; however, Right To Party let down with a blistering turn of foot to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
- Star Patrol ($2.60) has remained undefeated this preparation after taking out the Group 2 Gilgai Stakes at Flemington, with Ben Melham giving the race favourite a great ride. The Clinton McDonald-trained galloper was successful in the Group 2 Bobbie Lewis Quality (1200m) first-up and was heavily backed in what seemed to be a weaker Group 2 contest second-up on Saturday. The son of Starspangledbanner jumped well from his wide barrier and held the lead with Snapper ($71.00) and Jigsaw ($8.00), who were closer to the inside running rail. Melham bided his time Star Patrol and he appeared to be losing ground on the quickening leaders, but as soon as he pushed the button, his gelding kicked into overdrive and took the leader with 200m to go. After kicking clear, the winner started to roll in towards the inside running rail, but there was no worries as he was more than a length clear of the runner-up Triple Missile ($8.50).
- Having claimed the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) 12 months prior, the Joe Pride-trained Private Eye (+380) showed his sprinting prowess when claiming the Gilgai Stakes. Having his first run since running second to Alligator Blood in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m), Private Eye made a mess of well-established sprinters. With 300m to go, Private Eye was still spotting the lead at least five lengths, but when Josh Parr asked the star galloper to quicken, he did so nicely and would go on to put 2.25 lengths on Roch ‘N’ Horse (+500) and Baller (+1000) in second and third repsectively.
- It took an inch perfect steer from Damien Oliver, but Kementari ($9.50) was once again a winner when claiming the 2021 Gilgai Stakes. Having settled last in the small field of eight, Ollie opted to wait until the last possible moment to present Kementari, but when the legendary hoop asked ‘Special K’ to quicken, Kementari managed to wear down straight track specialists Zoutori (+260) and Kemalpasa (+280) by a narrow margin, with Splintex (+450) finishing just over a length behind Kementari in fourth in what was a bunched finish.
- Having claimed the Group 2 Bobbie Lewis Quality at his last start, the Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra-trained Zoutori (+450) claimed the 2020 Gilgai Stakes in a blanket finish. Having settled just off the speed, Jamie Kah produced Zoutori at the right time and with every stride was grinding down race leader Dollar For Dollar. Zoutori managed to get his head down at the right time to defy Dollar For Dollar (+650), with Kemalpasa (+2000) a neck away in third. Less than a length seperated the first four across the line, with Kementari running on strongly for fourth.
- It was billed as a match race between Sunlight (+125) and Santa Ana Lane (+270) and the 2019 Gilgai Stakes did not disappoint. Sunlight was always going to have a tactical advantage on her key rival and that proved beneficial as Luke Currie lifted the star mare to victory. The pair managed to lead from barrier to box, but not without a scare as Santa Ana Lane, under Mark Zahra, thundered home to be beaten a half-length in a cracking edition of the Gilgai.
Gilgai Stakes winners
| Gilgai Stakes Past Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2024 | Right To Party | Jye McNeil | Anthony & Sam Freedman |
| 2023 | Star Patrol | Ben Melham | Clinton McDonald |
| 2022 | Private Eye | Joshua Parr | Joseph Pride |
| 2021 | Kementari | Damien Oliver | James Cummings |
| 2020 | Zoutori | Jamie Kah | Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra |
| 2019 | Sunlight | Luke Currie | Tony & Calvin McEvoy |
| 2018 | I Am Excited | Kerrin McEvoy | David Pfieffer |
| 2017 | Keen Array | Mark Zahra | David & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig |
| 2016 | The Quarterback | Matthew Allen | Robbie Griffiths |
| 2015 | Chautauqua | Dwayne Dunn | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
| 2014 | Chautauqua | Dwayne Dunn | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
| 2013 | Platelet | Michelle Payne | Darren Weir |
| 2012 | Hallowell Belle | Vlad Duric | Gai Waterhouse |
| 2011 | Temple Of Boom | James McDonald | Tony Gollan |
| 2010 | Hay List | Glyn Schofield | John McNair |
| 2009 | All Silent | Nicholas Hall | Grahame Begg |
| 2008 | El Cambio | Kerrin McEvoy | Peter Snowden |
| 2007 | Stanzout | Nash Rawiller | Colin Davies |
| 2006 | Fast ‘N’ Famous | Danny Nikolic | John O’Shea |
| 2005 | Falkirk | Noel Callow | Lee Freedman |
| 2004 | Recapitalize | Vincent Hall | Mathew Ellerton |
| 2003 | Bomber Bill | Steven Arnold | Robert Smerdon |
| 2002 | Cosmic Strike | Jason Patton | Dan O’Sullivan |
| 2001 | Belle Du Jour | Patrick Payne | Clarry Conners |
| 2000 | Bomber Bill | Steven Arnold | Russell Cameron |
Gilgai Stakes winners pre-2000
| Gilgai Stakes Past Winners Pre 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | ||
| 1999 | Black Bean | ||
| 1998 | Rebel | ||
| 1997 | Rock You | ||
| 1996 | Poetic King | ||
| 1995 | Racer’s Edge | ||
| 1994 | Hareeba | ||
| 1993 | Simonstad | ||
| 1992 | Storaia | ||
| 1991 | Vain Sovereign | ||
| 1990 | Joanne | ||
| 1989 | Grandiose | ||
| 1988 | Redelva | ||
| 1987 | Placid Ark | ||
| 1986 | Campaign King | ||
| 1985 | Rich Fields Lad | ||
| 1984 | Royal Troubador | ||
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