{"id":80723,"date":"2021-10-31T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T00:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/betting-info\/?p=2409"},"modified":"2021-10-31T10:00:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T00:00:09","slug":"russell-balding-stakes","status":"publish","type":"betting-info","link":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/betting-info\/russell-balding-stakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Balding Stakes (Winners Stakes)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nLooking for this year’s Russell Balding\u00a0Stakes (Winners Stakes) betting odds, race field and form guide<\/strong>? The expert tipsters at Neds have put together everything you need to know on the event.<\/p>\n

russell balding stakes (Winners Stakes) 2025 Results<\/h2>\n

The official 2025 Russell Balding Stakes results<\/strong> will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday, November 1, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. #2 Jimmysstar<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. #12 Lady Shenandoah<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. #13 Mazu<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Ciaron Maher\u2019s classy Group 1 winning sprinter,\u00a0Jimmysstar\u00a0<\/strong>($2.50F), delivered on the big stage again when coming off a third in The Everest to salute for the punters in the\u00a02025 Russell Balding Stakes results<\/strong> thanks to another peach of a ride by jockey Ethan Brown. Settling midfield, he was unleashed down the centre of the track and powered past a quality field that included six Everest runners. His sustained speed and timing were unmatched, leaving Lady Shenandoah and Mazu to fight for the minor placings. He will now be considered for a quick back-up and trip to Flemington for the Champions Sprint, which he pays $8 to win.<\/p>\n\n

    Russell Balding Stakes 2026 Results<\/span><\/h2>
    Randwick R7 - Russell Balding Stakes<\/span> <\/div>
    Final<\/span> Race time: <\/span> <\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
    <\/colgroup>
    1st<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    2. Jimmysstar (2)<\/span>
    J: Ethan Brown<\/span> 58.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    1x523<\/span> T: Ciaron Maher<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    2.45<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    1.35<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    2nd<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    12. Lady Shenandoah (10)<\/span>
    J: James McDonald<\/span> 56.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    1x247<\/span> T: Chris Waller<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    6.50<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    2.20<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    3rd<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    13. Mazu (7)<\/span>
    J: Rachel King<\/span> 56.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    x5439<\/span> T: Joseph Pride<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    26.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    5.50<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    4th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    15. Coal Crusher (15)<\/span>
    J: Chad Schofield<\/span> 56kg<\/span><\/div>
    20x56<\/span> T: Joseph Pride<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    51.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    9.00<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    5th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    4. Private Eye (9)<\/span>
    J: Nash Rawiller<\/span> 57.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    x1241<\/span> T: Joseph Pride<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    8.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    2.50<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    6th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    7. Strauss (13)<\/span>
    J: Joao Moreira<\/span> 57.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    x0x3x<\/span> T: Ryo Takei<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    27.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    6.00<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    7th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    14. With Your Blessing (3)<\/span>
    J: Alysha Collett<\/span> 56.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    52313<\/span> T: John P Thompson<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    41.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    7.50<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    8th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    16. Amor Victorious (12)<\/span>
    J: Regan Bayliss<\/span> 57.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    3187x<\/span> T: Bjorn Baker<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    201.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    23.00<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    9th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    1. Briasa (4)<\/span>
    J: Tyler Schiller<\/span> 58.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    4x218<\/span> T: M, W & J Hawkes<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    6.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    2.10<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    10th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    8. Waterford (1)<\/span>
    J: Dylan Gibbons<\/span> 57.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    4x010<\/span> T: Chris Waller<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    201.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    23.00<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    11th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    11. Airman (14)<\/span>
    J: Zac Lloyd<\/span> 57.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    0x574<\/span> T: M, W & J Hawkes<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    91.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    14.00<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    12th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    3. War Machine (5)<\/span>
    J: Tim Clark<\/span> 58.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    11x10<\/span> T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    7.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    2.30<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    13th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    9. Golden Mile (6)<\/span>
    J: Tom Marquand<\/span> 57.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    330x0<\/span> T: Joseph Pride<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    71.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    11.00<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    14th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    5. Rothfire (8)<\/span>
    J: Jason Collett<\/span> 57.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    7x971<\/span> T: Robert Heathcote<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    26.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    5.50<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    15th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    6. Iowna Merc (11)<\/span>
    J: Josh Parr<\/span> 57.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    00x62<\/span> T: Bjorn Baker<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    61.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    10.00<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div>
    For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.neds.com.au\/racing<\/span><\/a>. Data retrieved: 18\/09\/2026 12:38:17 PM (Australia\/Brisbane) <\/div>
    View Results<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section> \n

    \"Winners<\/p>\n

    The Russell Balding Stakes – formerly registered as the Winners Stakes <\/b>– is a recent addition to the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival taking place as a key support act on the lucrative Golden Eagle Race Day at Royal Randwick (moved from Rosehill in 2025) in late October or early November.<\/p>\n

    Inaugurated in 2019 the event was, until 2024, renamed each season in honour of the previous year’s The Everest<\/a> winner.<\/p>\n

    The first running was known as the Redzel Stakes <\/strong>with Redzel having won the first two editions of the world’s richest turf race in 2017 and 2018.<\/p>\n

    In 2020 the Winners Stakes was known as the Yes Yes Yes Stakes<\/strong> after the Chris Waller-trained youngster Yes Yes Yes took out the 2019 The Everest race the October prior.<\/p>\n

    For the third edition the Winners Stakes was run as the Classique Legend Stakes<\/strong> in honour of the 2020 The Everest champion Classique Legend.<\/p>\n

    Originally offering $1 million in stakes the then Winners Stakes prize money was increased to an incredible $3 million ahead of the 2022 edition.<\/p>\n

    The race is run and won over 1300m at set weights plus penalties and often attracts horses out of that year’s The Everest results<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    In 2020 the Winners Stakes (Yes Yes Yes Stakes) winner Gytrash came off a lead-up third in the The Everest (1200m), while the year before the inaugural champion Pierata improved on a fifth in that year’s The Everest results.<\/p>\n

    In 2021 Eduardo won the Winners Stakes (Classique Legend Stakes) off a third in that spring’s The Everest trifecta.<\/p>\n

    The 2022 Winners Stakes ran as the Nature Strip Stakes<\/strong> after the Chris Waller-trained champion sprinter Nature Strip won the 2021 The Everest at his third attempt.<\/p>\n

    The\u00a02023 Winners Stakes took place as the Giga Kick Stakes<\/strong>\u00a0after three-year-old Giga Kick made history winning the 2022 The Everest, the first undefeated horse to do so.<\/p>\n

    The 2024 Winners Stakes was known as the Russell Balding Stakes <\/strong>having been renamed in honour Racing NSW\u2019s former Chairman, Russell Balding, and was won by the defending champion Bella Nipotina backing up off a win in The Everest.<\/p>\n

    Bella Nipotina (2024) is the only horse to complete The Everest – Russell Balding Stakes double<\/strong> in the same year.<\/p>\n

    The 2025 Russell Balding Stakes winner Jimmysstar<\/strong> came via a luckless third in that year’s The Everest race.<\/p>\n

    The 2024 Russell Balding Stakes emerged as a pivotal form reference for the Group 1 Champions Sprint<\/a>. Bella Nipotina upheld the race\u2019s credibility with a strong third-place finish, while Sunshine In Paris, runner-up in the Balding Stakes, reversed the result by claiming victory in the Champions Sprint\u2014turning the tables on Bella Nipotina in impressive fashion.<\/p>\n

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