Looking for this year’s Emancipation Stakes betting odds, field and race day tips? The experts at Neds have put together everything you need to know before this year’s race.

emancipation Stakes 2025 RESULTS

The official 2025 Emancipation Stakes results will be available below once the race is run on Tuesday the 1st of April, 2025, after being postponed due to a wash-out at Rosehill on Saturday. 

  1. #5 Lekvarte
  2. #7 Lazzura
  3. #14 Harlem Queen

Joe Pride’s six-year-old Reliable Man grey, Lekvarte ($18), was huge late coming from the back to let down fast down the outside on the home straight to hit the front and hold on to narrowly salute in the 2025 Emancipation Stakes results before being offered as part of the Glenesk Thoroughbreds draft
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Emancipation Stakes 2025 Odds

Early market betting odds on the 2025 Emancipation 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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2023 Emancipation Stakes winner Roots
2023 Emancipation Stakes winner Roots. Photo: Steve Hart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Run over 1,500 metres each year in Sydney at Rosehill Gardens as part of the Tancred Stakes Day program, the Emancipation Stakes is a Group 2 race with a $300,000 prize purse as of 2024.

The event is open only to fillies and mares and serves as a nice next-up option for female gallopers coming off a Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) run.

The best out of the Emancipation Stakes often head to Randwick during ‘The Championships’ for a shot at the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) – recently known as the Coolmore Legacy Stakes. 

The Emancipation Stakes winner earns a ballot exemption for the Queen Of The Turf Stakes.

Atishu (2nd in 2023) was the last Emancipation Stakes graduate to go on to win the Queen Of The Turf Stakes.

In 2022 the Emancipation Stakes winner Promise Of Success went on to frank the form in the spring winning the $2 million The Invitation at Randwick that October.

Tancred Stakes Day 2025 was called off on Saturday due to heavy rainfall with all 10 races, including the 2025 Emancipation Stakes, postponed until Tuesday April 1.

Emancipation Stakes 2025 – Quick Information

  • Race Day: Tuesday April 1, 2025 (rescheduled date)
  • Track Location: Rosehill Gardens Racecourse 
  • Track Surface: Turf
  • Track Direction: Right-handed
  • Race Distance: 1,500 metres
  • Weight Conditions: Set weights (with penalties)
  • Qualification: Three-year-olds and over (fillies and mares
  • Type: Thoroughbred
  • Grade: Group 2
  • Operator: Australian Turf Club
  • Prize Purse: $300,000
  • Inaugural Race: 1985
  • 2025 Emancipation Stakes Winner: Lekvarte

Emancipation Stakes Betting 2025

New Ways to Bet at neds

There are many different ways to bet on the Emancipation 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 Emancipation Stakes
Win Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will take first place in this year’s Emancipation Stakes.
Place Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will place in the top three finishers at this year’s Emancipation Stakes. Pays less than a win bet, but offers safer odds.
Each-Way Bet If your runner finishes 1st in the Emancipation 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 Emancipation 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 Emancipation Stakes to win the Exacta.
Trifecta Bet You must select runners to finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the correct order, within the Emancipation Stakes to win the Trifecta.
First Four You must select runners that finish 1st, 2nd ,3rd and 4th in the correct order, within the Emancipation 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 Emancipation Stakes, in order to be eligible to place a Quaddie.

How To Bet On The Emancipation 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 Emancipation Stakes Betting above).
  4. Select the horse(s) for the race.

Which Horse Will Win The Emancipation Stakes

The best way to pick which horse will win the Emancipation Stakes in 2025 is to take into account their lead-up autumn racing form, assess the barrier draw, consider the weights and look for the runners with the best strike-rate at the track / distance. 

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

  • Locally Proven – Look for mares which have been placegetters at local meets in Sydney over similar distances.
  • The Double – The Coolmore Classic has been won back-to-back with this race a few times in the past decade.

Emancipation Stakes Favourites 2025

Favourites in 2025 Emancipation Stakes betting include Nathan Doyle’s Brutal filly Harlem Queen who was fourth in the spring’s VRC Oaks results, Chris Waller’s last start Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes winning Snitzel filly Lazzura, and recent Mannerism Stakes winning mare Coeur Volante looking to atone for her 10th in the Group 1 Coolmore Classic. 

Nimalee ($4.20 in 2021) was the last Emancipation Stakes favourite to win.

Emancipation Stakes 2025 Field

The official 2025 Emancipation Stakes field of final acceptances is announced on the Wednesday of race week and will be updated below once confirmed. 

The 2025 Emancipation Stakes field and barriers are set to be released on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

Emancipation Stakes 2025 Tips

Favourite: #7 Lazzura ($3.60 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Best Bet: #15 Snow In May ($8.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Best Roughie: #10 Sakti ($27 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Our insider 2025 Emancipation Stakes tips will be detailed above the week of the race and a full betting preview published on the Neds Blog.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE 2025 TANCRED STAKES DAY PREVIEW & TIPS

Emancipation Stakes Race Day 2025

The Emancipation Stakes 2025 takes place at Rosehill Gardens on Tuesday April 1, 2025, as part of the rescheduled Tancred Stakes Day 2024 card.

The meeting features a bumper ten-race card. The other key races on the card include the:

  • Group 1 $1,500,000 Tancred Stakes (2400m),
  • Group 2 $750,000 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m), and the
  • Group 2 $300,000 Tulloch Stakes (2000m),
  • Group 3 $250,000 Doncaster Prelude (1500m),
  • Group 3 $300,000 Neville Sellwood Stakes (2000m),
  • Group 3 $250,000 Star Kingdom Stakes (1200m), and the
  • Group 3 $250,000 TL Baillieu Handicap (1400m).

Emancipation Stakes Barrier Draw 2025

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

Emancipation Stakes Nominations 2025

2025 Emancipation Stakes nominations close at 11 AM on the Monday of race week.  

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 11x03x098x AMOKURA M 5 Kris Lees 102
2 221x1x139x ANISETTE (GB) M 5 Chris Waller 112
3 0x273575x6 ARCTIC GLAMOUR M 4 Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou 95
4 6926x500x2 AUSBRED FLIRT M 6 Brad Widdup 98
5 111×125 CLEAR THINKING (GB) M 5 Paul Messara & Leah Gavranich 86
6 114x46x710 COEUR VOLANTE (NZ) M 4 Glen Thompson 104
7 21x322x763 DECLICHY BOULEVARD F 3 Chris Waller 82
8 34x11244x3 HARLEM QUEEN F 3 Nathan Doyle 86
9 92532x609x HONEY GIRL (GB) M 6 Ciaron Maher 95
10 86323×1163 INVASIVE DREAMS M 4 Kristen Buchanan 65
11 114x71032x LADY IN PINK M 4 Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin 103
12 11x345x431 LAZZURA F 3 Chris Waller 95
13 08x41679x0 LEKVARTE (NZ) M 6 Joseph Pride 103
14 21x410x7x5 MRS MORRELL (GB) M 4 James Ferguson 72
15 620x8200x0 PRIVATE LEGACY M 4 Gregory Hickman 87
16 7x03115x9x PULCHRITUDINOUS (NZ) M 4 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 98
17 2x1x25421x SAKTI (IRE) M 4 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) 92
18 12110x0x30 SCARLET OAK M 4 Chris Waller 92
19 1x123x51 SNOW IN MAY F 3 John O’Shea & Tom Charlton 86
20 8010x1540x UNIQUE AMBITION (NZ) M 4 John Sargent 76

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Emancipation Stakes Weights 2025

Set weights plus penalties apply to this race. The base weight for mares is set at 54 kilograms. The base weight for fillies is set at 53 kilograms. Final weights are announced at 4 PM on the Tuesday of race week with the official 2025 Emancipation Stakes weights on the final acceptors to be published in our above Emancipation Stakes Field section.

2025 Emancipation Stakes Topweights:

  • #1 Amokura (58kg)
  • #2 Pulchritudinous (58kg)

Emancipation Stakes Acceptances 2025

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

Emancipation Stakes Jockeys 2025

The final riders’ announcement is at 12 PM on the Wednesday of race week with the official 2025 Emancipation Stakes jockeys to be published in our above Emancipation Stakes Field section. 

Emancipation Stakes Scratchings 2025

2025 Emancipation Stakes scratchings close at 7:30 AM on Tuesday April 1, 2025. 

Emancipation Stakes Prize Money 2025

The 2025 Emancipation Stakes prize purse is worth $300,000 in total, distributed from places first through to tenth.

Place Prize Money
1st $170,000
2nd $56,000
3rd $27,250
4th $13,250
5th $7,200
6th $4,000
7th $3,700
8th $3,700
9th $3,700
10th $3,700

Emancipation Stakes Race Number 2025

The 2025 Emancipation Stakes race number is scheduled as Rosehill Race 5 at 2:55pm (AEDT) on Tuesday the 1st of April 2025. There are ten races in total that day at Rosehill Racecourse. 

Emancipation 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 Emancipation Stakes Form Guide following final acceptances. 

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2025 EMANCIPATION STAKES FORM GUIDE

Emancipation Stakes Live 2025

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

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

Radio: Radio Sport National

Streaming: Racing NSW

Emancipation Stakes Winners

Winners of the Emancipation Stakes going back to the year 2000 are displayed in the table below. For a full list of winners going back to 1985, please check our Emancipation Stakes winners’ page.

Year Winner Trainer/s Jockey Weight Time
2025 Lekvarte Joseph Pride Joshua Parr 55.5kgs (carried 56kgs) 1:31.49
2024 Olentia Chris Waller Tommy Berry 55 kgs 1:28.79
2023 Roots Chris Waller Brenton Avdulla 54 kgs 1:29.29
2022 Promise Of Success John O’Shea Kerrin McEvoy 54 kgs 1:32.07
2021 Nimalee Matthew Smith Rachel King 54 kgs 1:28.99
2020 Positive Peace Bjorn Baker Tim Clark 54 kgs 1:31.67
2019 Invincible Gem Kris Lees Corey Brown 56 kgs 1:33.44
2018 Prompt Response Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Damien Oliver 57 kgs 1:31.11
2017 Zanbagh John Thompson Hugh Bowman 56 kgs 1:34.55
2016 Zanbagh John Thompson Blake Shinn 55 kgs 1:28.43
2015 Catkins Chris Waller James McDonald 57 kgs 1:29.21
2014 Catkins Chris Waller Hugh Bowman 56 kgs 1:31.99
2013 Skyerush Guy Walter Blake Shinn 56.5 kgs 1:35.49
2012 Skyerush Guy Walter Blake Shinn 55.5 kgs 1:35.36
2011 Sworn To Secrecy John O’Shea Brenton Avdulla 52 kgs 1:39.43
2010 Sacred Choice Joseph Pride Michael Rodd 56 kgs 1:35.19
2009 Amberino John Moloney Damien Oliver 55.5 kgs 1:38.39
2008 Kosi Bay Bart Cummings Damien Oliver 56 kgs 1:37.42
2007 Hot Danish Les Bridge Tim Clark 54 kgs 1:37.16
2006 Fantasia Guy Walter Hugh Bowman 54 kgs 1:34.52
2005 Perfect Promise(Saf) Grahame Begg Blake Shinn 55.5 kgs 1:37.05
2004 Hec Of A Party Gai Waterhouse Glen Boss 55.5 kgs 1:35.98
2003 Faith Hill Ron Quinton Jim Cassidy 55 kgs 1:38.27
2002 Miss Zoe Les Bridge Kerrin McEvoy 55 kgs 1:36.01
2001 Heather John Hawkes Larry Cassidy 56.5 kgs 1:37.15
2000 Beat The Fade Bart Cummings John Marshall 55.5 kgs 1:39.30