Looking for this year’s Autumn Stakes betting guide, form and odds? The tipsters at Neds have put together everything you need to know before this year’s race.

Autumn Stakes 2025 Odds

Early market betting odds on the 2025 Autumn Stakes will be displayed below once available. Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live markets, please visit neds.com.au.

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Autumn Stakes, Caulfield Racecourse

Run over 1,400 metres each year in February at Caulfield Racecourse on C.F. Orr Stakes Day, the Autumn Stakes is a Group 2 race with a $300,000 prize purse.

Open to three-year-olds and run at set weights plus penalties, the Autumn Stakes serves as a key lead-up to the autumn’s Group 1 mile races for this age group including Flemington’s Australian Guineas held the following month at HQ. Light Fantastic (2008) was the last to complete the Autumn Stakes – Australian Guineas double.

The 2024 Autumn Stakes also produced that year’s Australian Guineas winner with the runner-up Southport Tycoon going one better next start in the Group 1 at Flemington.

Autumn Stakes 2025 – Quick Information

  • Race Day: Saturday, February 8th, 2025
  • Track Location: Caulfield Racecourse
  • Track Surface: Turf
  • Track Direction: Left-handed
  • Race Distance: 1,400 metres
  • Weight Conditions: Set weights (with penalties)
  • Qualification: Three-year-olds
  • Type: Thoroughbred
  • Grade: Group 2
  • Operator: Melbourne Racing Club
  • Prize Purse: $300,000
  • Inaugural Race: 1968
  • 2025 Autumn Stakes Winner: Angel Capital

autumn stakes 2025 RESULTS

The official 2025 Autumn Stakes results will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday February 8th, 2025. 

  1. #2 Angel Capital
  2. #8 Plymouth
  3. #1 Evaporate

Clinton McDonald’s impressive colt Angel Capital, racing for the first time since a sixth in the spring’s Group 1 Caulfield Guineas, was too good for his rivals fresh retaining his unbeaten first-up record when coming from fifth at the top of the straight to charge down the outside and defeat the front-running Plymouth by 1.5 lengths as the $2.70 favourite in betting on the Autumn Stakes 2025 results.

He has now shot to the top of the all-in 2025 Australian Guineas odds for Flemington next month. 

Autumn Stakes Betting 2025

New Ways to Bet at neds

There are many different ways to bet on the Autumn Stakes, and we have included some of the most popular options below:

Bet Type How To Place This Type Of Bet In This Year’s Autumn Stakes
Win Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will take first place in this year’s Autumn Stakes.
Place Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will place in the top three finishers at this year’s Autumn Stakes. Pays less than a win bet, but offers safer odds.
Each-Way Bet If your runner finishes 1st in the Autumn Stakes, you will collect both the Win and the Place dividend. If your horse finishes 2nd or 3rd you will collect the Place dividend.
Quinella Bet You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in any order, within the Autumn Stakes, in order to win the Quinella.
Exacta Bet You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in the correct order, within the Autumn Stakes to win the Exacta.
Trifecta Bet You must select runners to finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the correct order, within the Autumn Stakes to win the Trifecta.
First Four You must select runners that finish 1st, 2nd ,3rd and 4th in the correct order, within the Autumn Stakes to win the First 4.
Quadrella Bet (Quaddie) You must select the winners of four nominated races to win the Quaddie. This means you would have to select three other races apart from the Autumn Stakes, in order to be eligible to place a Quaddie.

How To Bet On The Autumn Stakes in 2025

  1. Login at neds.com.au
  2. Make sure to check out form guide, once it’s released
  3. Decide what kind of bet you’re going to place (Win, Place, Each-Way, Trifecta + more betting options, please read our section on Autumn Stakes Betting above).
  4. Select the horse(s) for the race.

Which Horse Will Win The Autumn Stakes in 2025?

The best way to pick which horse will win the Autumn Stakes in 2025 is to take into account any lead-up form from the Autumn Racing Carnival, assess the barriers, consider the weight the horse will carry and look for those with previous winning form at the track. 

Additional factors to consider when picking the Autumn Stakes winner include: 

  • Favourite Factor – Favourites have a strong recent record in this race.
  • First-Up – The Autumn Stakes is often the autumn kick off for horses so looking for first-up runners with a strong record fresh can prove profitable. Poland (2021), Coastwatch (2022), Snow Patrol (2024), and Angel Capital (2025) are the latest first-up winners of the Autumn Stakes.

Autumn Stakes Favourites 2025

Favourites in 2025 Autumn Stakes betting include Clinton McDonald’s Group 3 winning colt Angel Capital, consistent Group 1 Caulfield Guineas third placegetter Evaporate, and Catoggio from the Waterhouse/Bott yard coming off a Magic Millions 3YO Guineas fourth in Queensland. 

Microphone ($2.60 in 2020) and Angel Capital ($2.70 in 2025) are the latest Autumn Stakes favourites to win.

Autumn Stakes 2025 Field

The official 2025 Autumn Stakes field of final acceptances is announced on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below. 

The Autumn Stakes 2025 field features a class line-up of potential Group 1 bound three-year-olds led in betting by the Clinton McDonald trained Angel Capital.

Autumn Stakes 2025 Tips

Favourite: #2 Angel Capital ($3.20 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Best Bet: #1 Evaporate ($3.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Best Roughie: #5 Statuario ($10 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Our exclusive 2025 Autumn Stakes tips will be detailed above the week of the race and a full betting preview available on the Neds Blog.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE 2025 CF ORR STAKES DAY PREVIEW & TIPS

Autumn Stakes Race Day 2025

The 2025 Autumn Stakes takes place on Saturday February 8, 2025, as part of the 2025 C.F. Orr Stakes Day program at Caulfield Racecourse. Racing at the meeting is headlined by the year’s opening Group 1 race, the C.F. Orr Stakes over 1400m, with the other key support races on the card being the:

Autumn Stakes Barrier Draw 2025

The 2025 Autumn Stakes barrier draw will be released to the public a few days before the race and published in our above Autumn Stakes Field section. 

Autumn Stakes Nominations 2025

2025 Autumn Stakes nominations close at 12 PM on the Monday of race week. 

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 4×412736 ACTA NON VERBA C 3 Danny O’Brien 63
2 159x116x ANGEL CAPITAL C 3 Clinton McDonald 86
3 51x76521x4 ANOTHER PROPHET F 3 Ciaron Maher 104
4 51314×23 BAND OF BROTHERS G 3 Dominic Sutton 78
5 425×141354 CATOGGIO G 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 76
6 1144x DETROIT CITY G 3 Dominic Sutton 72
7 8x2111139x EVAPORATE (NZ) G 3 Ben, Will & JD Hayes 94
8 114x7423x FEROCE (NZ) G 3 Dominic Sutton 98
9 264×21 GOODLUCKTOME G 3 Ciaron Maher 64
10 13×64 JAZZCLUB (NZ) G 3 Ciaron Maher 62
11 7x7x1 JENNI THE FOX F 3 Alex Rae 63
12 35×1 NOSTRINGSATTACHED C 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 63
13 3156x PLYMOUTH G 3 Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson 63
14 37×12 QATARS CHOICE F 3 Ciaron Maher 64
15 31x0216x RED ACES C 3 Nick Ryan 84
16 8x810x0 SHE NAILED IT F 3 Tim Hughes 62
17 281142x STATUARIO G 3 Emma-Lee & David Browne 71
18 1x3678x2 TROPICUS C 3 Anthony & Sam Freedman 77
19 1x325x65 WONDER BOY G 3 Jerome Hunter 77

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Autumn Stakes Weights 2025

Set weights plus penalties apply to this race. Final weights are announced at 4 PM on the Monday of race week with the official 2025 Autumn Stakes weights on the final acceptances to be published in our above Autumn Stakes Field section. 

Coastwatch (58.5kg in 2022) and Angel Capital (58.5kg) are the latest Autumn Stakes topweights to win.

2025 Autumn Stakes Topweights:

  •  #1 Evaporate (58.5kg)
  • #2 Angel Capital (58.5kg)

Autumn Stakes Acceptances 2025

2025 Autumn Stakes final acceptances must be declared before 9:30 AM on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in our above Autumn Stakes Field section. 

Autumn Stakes Jockeys 2025

The final riders announcement is at 1 PM on the Wednesday of race week with the official 2025 Autumn Stakes jockeys to be published in our above Autumn Stakes Field section. 

Autumn Stakes Scratchings 2025

2025 Autumn Stakes scratchings close at 7:30 AM on Saturday the 8th of February 2025. 

  • #7 Goodlucktome (9)

Autumn Stakes Prize Money 2025

The 2025 Autumn Stakes prize purse is set at $300,000 in total, distributed from places first through to eighth. There is a $10,000 SUPER VOBIS bonus for qualified horses.

Place Prize Money
1st $180,000
2nd $54,000
3rd $27,000
4th $13,500
5th $7,500
6th $6,000
7th $6,000
8th $6,000

Autumn Stakes Race Number 2025

The 2025 Autumn Stakes race number is scheduled as Caulfield Race 7 at 3:40pm (AEDT) on Saturday, February 8, 2025. There are ten races in total that day at Caulfield Racecourse.

Autumn Stakes Form Guide 2025

The final form guide will be available the week of the race. You can check below for a link to our full 2025 Autumn Stakes Form Guide following final acceptances. 

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2025 AUTUMN STAKES FORM GUIDE

Autumn Stakes Live 2025

You can watch or listen to the 2025 Autumn Stakes live, across the following mediums.

Pay television: Sky Racing 1 (channel 526 on Foxtel)

Free to air television: Channels 78 (and 68 in regional areas)

Radio: Radio Sport National

StreamingRacing.com

MobileNeds App

Autumn Stakes Winners

Winners of the Autumn Stakes going back to the year 2000 are displayed in the table below.

Year Winner Trainer/s Jockey Weight Time
2025 Angel Capital Clinton McDonald Ben Melham 58.5 kgs 1:24.66
2024 Snow Patrol Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr. Mark Zahra 57 kgs 1:23.54
2023 Glint Of Silver David Pfieffer Blake Shinn 57 kgs 1:24.42
2022 Coastwatch Chris Waller Craig Williams 58 kgs 1:24.28
2021 Poland Michael Moroney Jordan Childs 57 kgs 1:23.00
2020 Microphone James Cummings Damian Lane 59.5 kgs 1:22.88
2019 Hawkshot David Hayes Mark Zahra 56 kgs 1:23.47
2018 Holy Snow Mick Price Michael Dee 56 kgs 1:24.89
2017 Oak Door Robert Smerdon Damian Lane 56 kgs 1:23.54
2016 Mahuta Darren Weir Brad Rawiller 59 kgs 1:23.49
2015 San Nicasio Peter Moody Ben Melham 56 kgs 1:23.66
2014 Thunder Fantasy Anthony Cummings Mark Zahra 56 kgs 1:23.82
2013 Mulaazem Peter Moody Luke Nolen 56 kgs 1:23.66
2012 Pied A Terre Peter Snowden Mark Zahra 56 kgs 1:24.70
2011 Dusty Star Peter Morgan Craig Williams 55.5 kgs 1:22.50
2010 Denman Peter Snowden Kerrin McEvoy 57.5 kgs 1:23.38
2009 Fravashi Peter Snowden Kerrin McEvoy 57.5 kgs 1:22.83
2008 Light Fantastic Mick Price Steven King 57 kgs 1:23.26
2007 Catechuchu David Hayes Craig Williams 55.5 kgs 1:24.78
2006 Apache Cat Greg Eurell Glen Boss 57.5 kgs 1:24.72
2005 Shinzig Chris Waller Steven King 54 kgs 1:23.40
2004 Special Harmony Lee Freedman Damien Oliver 55.5 kgs 1:23.57
2003 Titanic Jack Tom Hughes Patrick Payne 56.5 kgs 1:25.16
2002 Dash For Cash Rick Hore-Lacy Greg Childs 54.5 kgs 1:24.11
2001 Desert Sky Mathew Ellerton Greg Childs 55.5 kgs 1:25.17
2000 Sudurka Brian Mayfield-Smith Patrick Payne 58 kgs 1:24.06