Rose Of Kingston Stakes
Rose Of Kingston Stakes
Group Two Betting Guide
| Date: | Saturday, October 4, 2025 |
| Location: | Flemington Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria |
| Prize Money: | $300,000 |
| Distance: | 1400m |
Held at Flemington Racecourse in early October, the Group 2 Rose Of Kingston Stakes is a 1400m event restricted to mares aged four and older.
In 2025, the Rose Of Kingston Stakes is run for $300,000.
Since it’s inception, the Rose Of Kingston Stakes was a Listed Race, before being upgraded to Group 3 from 1997 and a Group 2 from 2005.
Considering the time of the race, the Rose Of Kingston Stakes is often a strong form reference for the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) on the opening day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
The race is registered as the Blazer Stakes, but is run as the Rose Of Kingston Stakes.
The 2025 Rose Of Kingston Stakes is set to be run on October 4, 2025.
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2025 Rose Of Kingston Stakes Final Field
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Previous Rose Of Kingston Stakes Field
No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 
QuintessaMark WalkerDaniel Stackhouse658.5kg2 Tiz Invincible Ciaron Maher Declan Bates 3 57.5kg 3 SeoneePatrick & Michelle PayneBilly Egan757.5kg4 Skybird Mitchell Freedman Beau Mertens 18 57.5kg 5 Wrote To Arataki Matthew Williams Damian Lane 19 57.5kg 6 Revolutionary Miss Ciaron Maher Mark Zahra 4 57kg 7 WollombiTony GollanBen Melham1356kg8 Poifect Ben, Will & JD Hayes Michael Dee 8 56kg 9 Miss Aria Danny O’Brien Jye McNeil 17 55kg 10 Running ByCiaron MaherJohn Allen1055kg11 Fortunate Kiss Lloyd Kennewell & Lucy Yeomans Harry Coffey 11 55kg 12 Legacies Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman Craig Newitt 12 55kg 13 Lady In Pink Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin Ben Allen 16 55kg 14 Foxy CleopatraTrent Busuttin & Natalie YoungLuke Currie555kg15 Mollynickers Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman Carleen Hefel 14 55kg 16 Caste Ben, Will & JD Hayes Ethan Brown 9 55kg 17 Chica Mojito (1E)Chris WallerJoao Moreira1555kg18 So Glamorous (2E)Grahame BeggJordan Childs255kg19 Anahita (3E) Chris Waller Joao Moreira 1 55kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Skew WiffMark WalkerOpie Bosson1258.5kg2 Shuffle Dancer Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman Luke Nolen 8 57.5kg 3 Princess Grace Chris Waller James McDonald 5 57kg 4 Wrote To Arataki Matthew Williams Dean Yendall 7 57kg 5 Jaja Chaboogie Julie Richards Beau Mertens 1 57kg 6 Waltz On By Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman Damian Lane 4 56kg 7 Startantes Robert Heathcote Michael Dee 13 55kg 8 Starlight Scope Pat Carey & Harris Walker Blaike McDougall 9 55kg 9 Belle Et Riche Mitchell Freedman Jordan Childs 3 55kg 10 Life Lessons Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman Daniel Stackhouse 6 55kg 11 Dazzling Lucy Tony Noonan Jake Noonan 2 55kg 12 Forbidden CityPeter Moody & Katherine ColemanJamie Kah1155kg13 Ausbred FlirtBrad WiddupCraig Williams1055kg14 Climbing Star Phillip Stokes Daniel Moor 4 55kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Yearning Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Damien Thornton 1 59kg 2 Silent Sovereign Tony & Calvin McEvoy John Allen 8 58kg 3 Sirileo Miss Symon Wilde Ben Melham 11 57kg 4 Tycoon Evie Peter & Paul Snowden Jye McNeil 12 57kg 5 Argentia Anthony & Sam Freedman Damien Oliver 6 57kg 6 Odeum Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Damian Lane 3 55kg 7 She’s All Class Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Blake Shinn 5 55kg 8 Excelida Ben & JD Hayes Michael Dee 7 55kg 9 Douceur Patrick Payne Craig Williams 13 55kg 10 Megamea Luke Oliver Daniel Stackhouse 10 55kg 11 Pride Of Jenni Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Zac Spain 9 55kg 12 Standoff Grant & Peter Dalziel Daniel Moor 2 55kg 13 Fortunate Kiss Daniel Bowman Harry Coffey 4 55kg
2024 Rose Of Kingston Stakes result
1st – Revolutionary Miss (+320)
2nd – Miss Aria (+200)
3rd – Skybird (-111.11)
Recent Rose Of Kingston Stakes winners
- Revolutionary Miss ($4.20) held off Miss Aria ($8.50) and Skybird ($4.20) in the concluding stages to take out the Group 2 Rose Of Kingston Stakes, thanks to a strong ride from Mark Zahra. The Ciaron Maher-trained mare has only had two runs for her new stable, and after Saturday’s victory, she has already proved a shrewd pick up after claiming her third Group 2 win of her 29-start career. After bouncing well from barrier four, Zahra settled in the box seat behind Legacies ($81) and Wrote To Arataki ($15), who led the field up to the home corner at a solid clip. As the field turned for home, it was clear that Zahra had a lot of horse under him but needed a gap to open for her to burst through and take over. When the gap appeared between the slowing leaders, Revolutionary Miss pushed through and gained the lead; however, Miss Aria and Skybird were flying home down the middle of the track. Zahra got every little bit out of his mare and she was able to hold off the swoopers to claim victory in the final race at Flemington.
- Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman have won their first Rose Of Kingston Stakes as a training partnership, with their five-year-old mare Life Lessons ($6.00) holding off a wall of challengers to claim the Group 2 contest at Flemington. With very little speed expected in the race, Daniel Stackhouse took the daughter of Tavistock to the front and settled outside the leader, Starlight Scope ($41.00), and held a good length over the race favourite Princess Grace ($1.60). Once the field rounded the home turn, Stackhouse went for his mare and took over in the lead, but didn’t have a huge margin on the race favourite, who challenged with 200m to go. However, as Princess Grace died on her run, Waltz On By ($21.00) and Wrote To Arataki ($19.00) began to charge home on the outside, but none of them could catch the winner, and she pulled away late to win by just under half-a-length.
- Aided by a perfect steer from Michael Dee, it was Excelida who finished the best to claim victory in the 2022 Rose Of Kingston Stakes. Despite drawing a touch awkwardly in barrier seven, Michael Dee was able to lob the mare in the one-one position upon settling and was able to stalk Tycoon Evie throughout before making her move. As it looked like Argentia and She’s All Class would fight out the finish inside the final 200m, Excelida found another gear to swoop on the leaders and bring up a maiden stakes win in the Flemington Group 2 event.
- Hailing from Tasmania, the Bill Ryan-trained Still A Star ($10) arrived in time to claim the 2021 Rose Of Kingston Stakes. Despite needing to make up three lengths with 100m to go, jockey Luke Currie had Still A Star hit top gear when it mattered most, to eventually mow down race leader Pride Of Jenni in the shadows of the winning post, to prevail by the barest of margins.
- Fresh from a BM70 win at Sale at her previous start, the Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young-trained Sierra Sue ($17) caused a massive boilover in the 2020 Group 2 Rose Of Kingston Stakes. Despite settling in the second-half of the field and needing an abundance of luck in the home straight, jockey Michael Walker was able to pick the gaps as they appeared, managing to guide a low-flying Sierra Sue to victory. She looked like a hard watch for punters with 300m to go, but with a thunderous turn of foot and being able to travel behind eventual runner-up She Shao Fly, Sierra Sue managed to dart along the rail to score in impressive circumstances.
- Talented mare Haut Brion Her, who initially struggled with the anti-clockwise direction of racing in her first two Melbourne outings, made a triumphant return to form with an impressive victory in the Blazer Stakes at Flemington. Before her Melbourne campaign, Haut Brion Her had showcased her potential with four consecutive victories in Sydney, all in the clockwise direction. Trainer Chris Waller decided to transfer her to his Flemington stables for a new challenge. In her first Melbourne start at The Valley last month, the four-year-old mare was narrowly defeated by Tofane. She then secured another second-place finish in a 1400m benchmark race for mares at Caulfield. However, in her first attempt in a stakes race in the Group Two 1400m Blazer Stakes, Haut Brion Her ($5.50) demonstrated her class. Jockey Michael Walker guided her to the lead, and when they straightened for home at the 400m mark, Haut Brion Her surged forward. She extended her lead, leaving her rivals trailing behind. The backmarkers made efforts to catch up, but they couldn’t close the gap.
Rose Of Kingston Stakes winners
| Rose Of Kingston Stakes Past Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2023 | Life Lessons | Daniel Stackhouse | Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman |
| 2022 | Excelida | Michael Dee | Ben & JD Hayes |
| 2021 | Still A Star | Luke Currie | Bill Ryan |
| 2020 | Sierra Sue | Michael Walker | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young |
| 2019 | Haut Brion Her | Michael Walker | Chris Waller |
| 2018 | Invincibella | Hugh Bowman | Chris Waller |
| 2017 | Now Or Late | Ryan Maloney | Robert Smerdon |
| 2016 | French Emotion | Ben Melham | Chris Waller |
| 2015 | La Passe | Michelle Payne | Darren Weir |
| 2014 | Forever Loved | Vlad Duric | Gai Waterhouse |
| 2013 | Fire Up Fifi | Damian Browne | Robert Heathcote |
| 2012 | Mosheen | Nicholas Hall | Robert Smerdon |
| 2011 | Lady Lynette | Nicholas Hall | David Brunton |
| 2010 | Palacio De Cristal | Dwayne Dunn | Grahame Begg |
| 2009 | Cats Whisker | Hugh Bowman | Mark Kavanagh |
| 2008 | Bellini Rose | Chris Symons | Mathew Ellerton |
| 2007 | Vormista | Dwayne Dunn | Mark Minervini |
| 2006 | Divine Madonna | Mark Zahra | Mark Kavanagh |
| 2005 | Sky Cuddle | Luke Nolen | Peter Moody |
| 2004 | Skewiff | Brad Rawiller | Darren Weir |
| 2003 | Vocabulary | Danny Nikolic | Mick Price |
| 2002 | Hosannah | Darren Gauci | John Hawkes |
| 2001 | Tickle My | Mark Flaherty | Bruce Purcell |
| 2000 | Ramano’s Star | Noel Callow | Barry Burke |
Rose Of Kingston Stakes winners pre-2000
| Rose Of Kingston Stakes Past Winners Pre 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | ||
| 1999 | Hula Wonder | ||
| 1998 | Our Dynamic Lady | ||
| 1997 | Will Fly | ||
| 1996 | Chlorophyll | ||
| 1995 | Tolanda | ||
| 1994 | Sedately | ||
| 1993 | Excited Angel | ||
| 1992 | Danjiki | ||
| 1991 | Holiday Lover | ||
| 1990 | Piper’s Belle | ||
| 1989 | Lady Jess | ||
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