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craven Plate 2025 Results
The official 2025 Craven Plate results will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday October 25, 2025.
- #1 Lindermann
- #4 Militarize
- #3 Kovalica
Chris Waller’s flying Lonhro six-year-old Lindermann ($1.35F) was a class above easily accounting for his rivals in a dominant front-running performance to claim victory in the 2025 Craven Plate results for the second year running with a commanding two-length success for favourite backers. The odds-on elect made it three wins from four starts and a double after his lead-up Hill Stakes triumph by an equally impressive margin. Lindermann led an all-Waller Craven Plate trifecta defeating stablemates Militarize (2nd) and Kovalica (3rd).
| 1. Lindermann (2) J: Nash Rawiller59kg x0121T: Chris Waller | ||
| 4. Militarize (4) J: Jason Collett59kg 6x575T: Chris Waller | ||
| 3. Kovalica (6) J: Tommy Berry59kg 1x054T: Chris Waller | ||
| 7. El Castello (1) J: Chad Schofield58kg 5x400T: Joseph Pride | ||
| 5. Democracy Manifest (5) J: Tyler Schiller59kg 5x950T: Chris Waller | ||
| 2. Bois D'argent (3) J: Kerrin McEvoy59kg 654x0T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
The meeting is now held on the same date as Melbourne’s famous Group 1 $6 million Cox Plate (2400m) at The Valley.
Run and won since 1867, the time-honoured Craven Plate is now contested over 1800m at weight-for-age having had its distance decreased ahead of the 2022 edition.
Many top horses have won the Craven Plate throughout history include Tim Whiffler (1807-71), Carbine (1890), Wakeful (1902), Gloaming (1919, 1922, 1924), Phar Lap (1929-31), Flight (1943, 1945), Tulloch (1960), Ming Dynasty (1978), Tie The Knot (1999), Mummify (2005), and Happy Clapper (2019).
The 2024 Craven Plate form was franked with the winner, Lindermann, going on to run top three in a host of subsequent Group 1 events as well as win the lucrative $2 million Group 2 Hill Stakes in the spring of 2025.
Lindermann returned to successful defend his Craven Plate title in 2025 as the odds-on favourite.
craven plate 2025 – Fast Facts
- Race Day: Saturday the 25th of October 2025
- Track Location: Randwick Racecourse
- Track Surface: Turf
- Track Direction: Right-handed
- Race Distance: 1,800 metres
- Weight Class: Weight-for-age
- Qualification: 3YOs & Upwards
- Type: Thoroughbred
- Grade: Group 3
- Operator: Racing NSW
- Prize Purse: $750,000
- Inaugural Race: 1867
- 2025 Craven Plate Winner: Lindermann
craven plate Betting 2025
There are many different ways to bet on the Craven Plate, and we have included some of the most popular options below:
| Bet Type | How To Place This Type Of Bet In This Year’s Craven Plate |
| Win Bet | Place your bet on the horse you think will take first place in this year’s Craven Plate. |
| Place Bet | Place your bet on the horse you think will place in the top three finishers at this year’s Craven Plate. Pays less than a win bet, but offers safer odds. |
| Each-Way Bet | If your runner finishes 1st in the Craven Plate, 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 Craven Plate, in order to win the Quinella. |
| Exacta Bet | You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in the correct order, within the Craven Plate to win the Exacta. |
| Trifecta Bet | You must select runners to finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the correct order, within the Craven Plate to win the Trifecta. |
| First Four | You must select runners that finish 1st, 2nd ,3rd and 4th in the correct order, within the Craven Plate 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 Craven Plate, in order to be eligible to place a Quaddie. |
How To Bet On the Craven Plate In 2025
- Sign into neds.com.au
- Make a deposit, using your credit card, PayPal or other safe electronic method
- Make sure to check out the form guide, once it’s released
- Decide what kind of bet you’re going to place (Win, Place, Each-Way, Trifecta + more betting options
- Select the horse(s) for the race.
WHICH HORSE WILL WIN the Craven Plate IN 2025?
Which horse will win the 2025 Craven Plate comes down to a number of key form factors including the barriers, form over the distance and their previous experience in similar condition races.
When selecting the Craven Plate winner it is also important to consider:
- Randwick Form – Any locally-trained horses with previous form at the Randwick track make a good bet in the event.
- Single Figure Fancies – Horses at single-figures in Craven Plate betting have a good recent record in the race.
- Older Horses – The older gallopers have a strong strike-rate with no Craven Plate winner being under five-years-old since Honorius (4YO, 2013). Happy Clapper won this race as a nine-year-old in 2019, while Cascadian won as an eight-year-old in 2022, and Zeyrek saluted as a seven-year-old in 2023.
Craven Plate FAVOURITES 2025
The favourites in Craven Plate betting for 2025 include Chris Waller’s impressive last start Hill Stakes champ by two lengths Lindermann and the stable’s The Q22 winner from the winter Kovalica coming via a Hill Stakes fourth.
Think It Over ($1.75 in 2021), Cascadian ($1.75 in 2022) and yet another odds-on fancy Lindermann ($1.35 in 2025) for his second victory are the latest Craven Plate favourites to win.
Craven Plate Field 2025
The official Craven Plate 2025 field will be published below once released on the Wednesday of race week.
The 2025 Craven Plate final field features a smart line-up of spring staying types including Chris Waller’s dominant $2 million Hill Stakes champion Lindermann and Maison Louis coming off a third in that same key lead-up.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1. Lindermann
J: Nash Rawiller
T: Chris Waller |
0x0121 | G | 2 | 59kg | |
|
2. Bois D'argent
J: Kerrin McEvoy
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
1654x0 | G | 3 | 59kg | |
|
3. Kovalica
J: Tommy Berry
T: Chris Waller |
31x054 | G | 6 | 59kg | |
|
4. Militarize
J: Jason Collett
T: Chris Waller |
46x575 | G | 4 | 59kg | |
|
5. Democracy Manifest
J: Tyler Schiller
T: Chris Waller |
05x950 | G | 5 | 59kg | |
| 6. Maison Louis (3) Scratched: | |||||
|
7. El Castello
J: Chad Schofield
T: Joseph Pride |
15x400 | H | 1 | 58kg | |
| 8. Pocketing (6) Scratched: | |||||
Craven Plate 2025 Tips
Favourite: #1 Lindermann ($1.65 at time of publish) – BET NOW
Best Bet: #1 Lindermann to salute for the punters (see above) – BET NOW
Best Roughie: #6 Maison Louis ($9.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW
Our exclusive 2025 Craven Plate betting tips will be published here the week of the race and a full Spring Champion Stakes Day tipping post available on the Neds Blog.
CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE 2025 SPRING CHAMPION STAKES DAY PREVIEW & TIPS
Craven Plate 2025 Race Day
The Craven Plate runs on Spring Champion Stakes Day 2025 in Sydney on Saturday the 25th of October 2025. The headline events on the card are the:
- Group 1 $2 million Spring Champion Stakes (2000m),
- Group 2 $2 million The Invitation (1400m),
- Group 2 $1 million Callander-Presnell (1600m), and the
- Listed $1 million Five Diamonds Prelude (1500m).
Craven Plate 2025 BARRIER DRAW
The official 2025 Craven Plate barrier draw takes place the week of the race and will be published in our above Craven Plate Field section.
Craven Plate 2025 Weights
The race is a standard weight-for-age race. Final 2025 Craven Plate weights must be declared by 4:00PM (local time) on the Tuesday of race week and will be published in our above Craven Plate Field section.
Craven Plate 2025 Nominations
The official Craven Plate nominations for 2025 will be updated below once announced on the Monday of race week.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 55241×3640 | ARAPAHO (FR) | G | 9 | Bjorn Baker | 112 |
| 2 | 0x361654x0 | BOIS D’ARGENT (GB) | G | 9 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 110 |
| 3 | 300x05x950 | DEMOCRACY MANIFEST | G | 7 | Chris Waller | 100 |
| 4 | x11115x400 | EL CASTELLO | H | 4 | Joseph Pride | |
| 5 | 6x665x3130 | GOLDEN PATH (NZ) | G | 6 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | |
| 6 | x70331x054 | KOVALICA (NZ) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 110 |
| 7 | 32490×0121 | LINDERMANN | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 114 |
| 8 | 5121141×83 | MAISON LOUIS (NZ) | G | 4 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | |
| 9 | 000546×575 | MILITARIZE (NZ) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 107 |
| 10 | 1x9275x430 | OSIPENKO (NZ) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 103 |
| 11 | 93118×5605 | POCKETING | G | 4 | Richard & Will Freedman | 86 |
| 12 | 3x28x1x211 | SIR DELIUS (GB) | H | 5 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
| 13 | 0318×08931 | STATE OF AMERICA | G | 6 | David Payne | 88 |
| 14 | 087x02x8x6 | UNSPOKEN (IRE) | G | 7 | Peter Snowden | 104 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
craven plate 2025 JOCKEYS
Jockeys for Craven Plate 2025 must be declared following acceptances and will be available in our above Craven Plate Field section.
Craven Plate 2025 SCRATCHINGS
2025 Craven Plate scratchings must be declared by 7:30AM on race day morning, Saturday the 25th of October 2025.
- #8 Pocketing (6)
Craven Plate RACE NUMBER 2025
The 2025 Craven Plate race number is scheduled as Randwick Race 6 at 3:20pm (AEDT) on Saturday the 25th of October 2025. A total of ten races runs at Randwick Racecourse.
Craven Plate PRIZE MONEY 2025
The 2025 Craven Plate prize money is set at a total of $750,000 with prize money paid from first to tenth.
| Place | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| 1st | $430,000 |
| 2nd | $141,000 |
| 3rd | $71,500 |
| 4th | $33,250 |
| 5th | $18,000 |
| 6th | $7,500 |
| 7th | $7,500 |
| 8th | $7,500 |
| 9th | $7,500 |
| 10th | $7,500 |
Craven Plate 2025 Form Guide
The final form guide will be available the week of the race. You can check below for a link to our full 2025 Craven Plate Form Guide following final acceptances.
CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL 2025 CRAVEN PLATE FORM GUIDE
Craven Plate LIVE 2025
You can watch or listen to the 2025 Craven Plate live, across the following mediums.
Pay television: Sky Racing 1 (channel 526 on Foxtel)
Radio: Radio Sport National
Streaming: Racing NSW
craven Plate winners (Past Results)
See below for the list of Craven Plate winners going back to 1988.
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Time |
| 2025 | Lindermann | Militarize | Kovalica | 1:48.96 |
| 2024 | Lindermann | Spirit Ridge | Democracy Manifest | 1:49.29 |
| 2023 | Zeyrek | Renaissance Woman | Skyman | 1:49.10 |
| 2022 | Cascadian | Just Folk | Promitto | 1:50.68
(run over 1800m) |
| 2021 | Think It Over | Sky Lab | Lion’s Roar | 2:05.0 |
| 2020 | Think It Over | Nettoyer | Vanna Girl | 2:02.6 |
| 2019 | Happy Clapper | Tally | Life Less Ordinary | 2:00.6 |
| 2018 | Moss ‘n’ Dale | Doukhan | Egg Tart | 2:07.9 |
| 2017 | Classic Uniform | Happy Clapper | Mccreery | 2:04.3 |
| 2016 | It’s Somewhat | Spiritjim | Pinstripe Lane | 2:02.5 |
| 2015 | Complacent | Hauraki | I’m Imposing | 2:01.8 |
| 2014 | Moriarty | Rising Romance | Vilanova | 2:02.6 |
| 2013 | Honorius | Masked Marvel | Vaquera | 2:03.7 |
| 2012 | Mourayan | Western Symbol | Dare To Dream | 2:02.4 |
| 2011 | My Kingdom Of Fife | Shootoff | Gazza Guru | 2:04.3 |
| 2010 | C’est le Guerre | Purple | Triple Honour | 2:02.2 |
| 2009 | Miss Marielle | Nom Du Jeu | Fulmonti | 2:08.3 |
| 2008 | Lorne Dancer | Riva San | Ice Chariot | 2:06.4 |
| 2007 Race Not Run |
– | – | – | – |
| 2006 | Cateclipse | Testafiable | Gawne | 2:03.4 |
| 2005 | Mummify | Wild Iris | Natural Blitz | 2:03.1 |
| 2004 | Fiery Venture | Restless | Ain’t Seen Nothin’ | 2:07.8 |
| 2003 | Shower of Roses | So Assertive | Mon Mekki | 2:02.8 |
| 2002 | Manner Hill | Spillway | Forest Jim | 2:03.9 |
| 2001 | The Man | Altiero | Viva La Vie | 1:49.8 |
| 2000 | Yippyio | Pravda | Freemason | 2:05.6 |
| 1999 | Tie The Knot | Arena | Pasta Express | 2:01.7 |
| 1998 | Sharscay | Yippyio | Turridu | 2:02.8 |
| 1997 | Yippyio | Magic Of Sydney | Kassani | 2:01.7 |
| 1996 | Adventurous | Saintly | Donar | 2:02.0 |
| 1995 | Stony Bay | Protara’s Bay | Desert Chill | 2:03.0 |
| 1994 | Fraternity | Silk Ali | Deposition | 2:03.8 |
| 1993 | Mahaya | Durbridge | Oppressor | 2:04.2 |
| 1992 | Telesto | Donegal Mist | Captain Cook | 2:02.9 |
| 1991 | Lord Revenir | Just A Dancer | Dorset Downs | 2:04.2 |
| 1990 | Dual Treasures | Just Trish | High Regard | 2:02.8 |
| 1989 | Sarah Fay | Coshking | Final Scene | 2:01.7 |
| 1988 | Balciano | Regal Prize | Sound Gold | 2:05.2 |
How do I bet on the 2025 Craven Plate?
Sign into neds.com.au
Make a deposit, using your credit card, PayPal or other safe electronic method
Make sure to check out the form guide, once it’s released
Decide what kind of bet you’re going to place (Win, Place, Each-Way, Trifecta + more betting options
Select the horse(s) for the race.
Which horse will win the 2025 Craven Plate?
Which horse will win the 2025 Craven Plate comes down to a number of key form factors including the barriers, form over the distance and their previous experience in similar condition races.
When selecting the Craven Plate winner it is also important to consider:
Randwick Form - Any locally-trained horses with previous form at the Randwick track make a good bet in the event.
Single Figure Fancies - Horses at single-figures in Craven Plate betting have a good recent record in the race.
Older Horses - The older gallopers have a strong strike-rate with no Craven Plate winner being under five-years-old since Honorius (4YO, 2013). Happy Clapper won this race as a nine-year-old in 2019, while Cascadian won as an eight-year-old in 2022, and Zeyrek saluted as a seven-year-old in 2023.