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The Group 1 Doncaster Mile is a 1600m handicap race for the best middle-distance gallopers in the country. Held at Randwick Racecourse during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival, the race is also known as the Doncaster Handicap and is regarded as the equivalent of the spring’s Epsom Handicap.

2025 Doncaster Mile Results

The Doncaster Mile 2025 results saw a blowout trifecta led by Bjorn Baker’s Stradbroke Handicap winning mare Stefi Magnetica ($18) who showed terrific improvement third-up to narrowly deny Royal Patronage and Encap in a blanket finish to the 160th running of the classic.

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The Doncaster Mile offers a lucrative $4 million in prize money making it one of the richest races in the autumn and is open to all horses aged three years and over. With the threat of Coronavirus shutting down Australian racing, the 2020 Doncaster Mile prizemoney was reduced to $1.5 million, with the stakes back up to $3 million for the 2021 edition and boosted to $4 million ahead of the 2023 race.

The Doncaster Mile is now held on the opening day of The Championships at Royal Randwick on an exciting race card that also features the Group 1 T.J. Smith Stakes (1200m), the Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m), and the Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) which is known as the Inglis Sires’.

Key lead-up races into the Doncaster Mile field include the Group 3 Doncaster Prelude (1500m) run the Saturday before at Rosehill Gardens and the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m) a fortnight before. Recent winners of the George Ryder Stakes – Doncaster Mile double include Winx (2016), Vision And Power (2009), Haradasun (2007), and Racing To Win (2006).

The Doncaster Mile winner is also exempt from ballot from the $5 million Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) held the following Saturday. The Doncaster Mile – Queen Elizabeth Stakes double was recently achieved by More Joyous (2012).

In 2021 the Doncaster Mile ran on the second Saturday of April with all race meetings of the autumn in Sydney from Slipper Day onwards postponed a week due to the weather.

The 2022 Doncaster Mile form was franked with the winner Mr Brightside going on to do the Group 2 P.B. Lawrence Stakes – Group 2 Feehan Stakes double in Melbourne that spring. He also ran third in Flemington’s Group 1 Champions Mile (1600m) over the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The Doncaster Mile form from 2022 was further franked with the runner-up I’m Thunderstruck going on to run second in a host of subsequent Group 1 races including the Cox Plate and win the Makybe Diva Stakes that spring.

Icebath meanwhile ran third in the Doncaster Mile results (after a 2nd the following year) and after a number of subsequent Group 1 placings, won that year’s Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) in Victoria.

Mr Brightside returned to 2023 on the back of his lead-up $5 million The All-Star Mile victory in Melbourne to successfully defend his Doncaster Mile title.

Mr Brightside franked the Doncaster form firmly in the spring of 2023 saluting in races including the Group 1 Memsie Stakes and Makybe Diva Stakes. He also finished runner-up in that year’s King Charles III Stakes, Cox Plate, and Champions Mile.

In 2024 the Les Bridge-trained three-year-old Celestial Legend won the Randwick Guineas – Doncaster Mile double.

The 2024 Doncaster Mile form was franked with the runner-up, Pericles, going on to win the $2 million Five Diamonds race that spring.

The $4 million 2025 Doncaster Mile ran on Saturday April 5, 2025 at Royal Randwick on Day 1 of The Championships in Sydney and was won in an exciting upset by the Bjorn Baker trained now dual Group 1 winning mare Stefi Magnetica ($18). 

2025 Doncaster Mile Finishing Order

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Doncaster Mile Betting

The Doncaster Mile is always one of the most popular betting events on the Australian racing calendar because of the open nature of the Group 1 event.

Favourites have a fair record in the Doncaster Mile with the likes of Winx (2016), More Joyous (2011), Haradasun (2007), and Racing To Win (2006) all winning as the punters elect in the last decade.

There has also been some notable upset Doncaster Mile results including back in 1985 when Row Of Waves won as a 100/1 shot and more recently the 2020 win by $41 outsider Nettoyer.

There was another upset in the 2022 Doncaster Mile with Mr Brightside saluting at 20/1.

Mr Brightside returned in 2023 to salute for the punters and become the latest favourite in Doncaster Mile betting at $6 to win.

The 2025 Doncaster Mile results saw a massive upset with the first five horses over the line jumping at double-figures including the $18 winner Stefi Magnetica!

Futures Doncaster Mile odds open months in advance of the race at online bookmakers including Ladbrokes.com.au offering punters an early chance to lock in their selections at generous all-in pricing.

2025 Doncaster Mile Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Doncaster Mile 2025 tips and best bets on the classic this autumn to be updated below the week of the race.

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Huge field with plenty of form lines to consider in this year’s Doncaster Mile but with just 49kg on his back Linebacker looks a massive chance to make it back-to-back Group 1 wins at the track and trip for John O’Shea & Tom Charlton. Three-year-olds have a very dominant record in the event and the wide alley (14) statistically works in his favour. This three-time winning Super Seth gelding took out the Randwick Guineas here by a half-length on March 8 with 56.5kg so will relish the notable drop back as he prepares to take on the older gallopers. Celestial Legend (2024) did the double last year and this horse, who is proven on wet tracks and loves Randwick, looks in a top position to repeat the feat.

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2025 Doncaster Mile Form Guide

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The Doncaster Mile form is always tough to analyse because there are generally horses coming from a variety of different form lines to contest the Group 1 event.

The George Ryder Stakes is considered the key form race, but in recent years Doncaster Mile winners have had their final lead-up race in events like the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m), the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) and Group 2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m).

In 2022 the upset Doncaster Mile winner Mr Brightside came off a lead-up fourth in Melbourne’s $5 million The All-Star Mile (1600m).

Mr Brightside returned to win the 2023 The All-Star Mile at The Valley before a successful title defence saluting for the punters in the 2023 Doncaster Mile results. He became the first back-to-back Doncaster Mile winner since Sacred Falls (2013-14).

The 2025 Doncaster Mile winning mare Stefi Magnetica improved on a lead-up sixth in that year’s George Ryder Stakes for her upset victory.

2025 Doncaster Mile Field

The final Doncaster Mile field of acceptances is released by Racing NSW on the Tuesday before the race and features a capacity 20 starters.

The official 2025 Doncaster Mile field and barriers are due out on Tuesday the 1st of April 2025 and will be published in full below.

Check out our dedicated Doncaster Mile Field page for more on the nominations and acceptance stages of the race.

The 2025 Doncaster Mile final field is now out featuring a capacity line-up of autumn stars led in betting by the widely drawn Randwick Guineas champ Linebacker and the Godolphin raced Tom Kitten drawn the rails.

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Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2025 Doncaster Mile First Acceptances

Following the nominations the Doncaster Mile first acceptances close a month later on a Tuesday in early March. The Doncaster Handicap first acceptances narrow down the list of potential milers to take to the Randwick track over 1600m in the elite level on Day 1 of ‘The Championships’.

The Doncaster Mile 2025 first acceptances are released on Tuesday the 11th of March 2025. 

2025 Doncaster Mile Nominations

The Doncaster Mile nominations close on a Tuesday in early February, two months out from Doncaster Mile Day. The original Doncaster Handicap nominations can feature around 200 hopefuls hoping to make the final field for the autumn Group 1 classic.

The 2025 Doncaster Mile Nominations close at midday on Tuesday the 11th of February 2025. 

The Doncaster Mile 2025 nominations attracted 156 hopefuls led in futures markets by first-up CF Orr Stakes winner Another Wil and the spring’s Epsom – King Charles double hero Ceolwulf.

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Doncaster Mile History

First held in 1865 when Dundee took out the winning title. The race was officially changed to its current title of the Doncaster Mile in 2010 having previously been known as the Doncaster Handicap.

Many champion horses have won the classic over the years and notable Doncaster Mile winners include Wakeful (1901), Chatham (1934), Cuddle (1936), Tudor Hill (1959-1960), Gunsynd (1972), Emanciation (1983), Super Impose (1990-1991), Sunline (1999 & 2002), Grand Armee (2003), More Joyous (2012), and Winx (2016).

Mr Brightside (2022, 2023) was the last dual Doncaster Mile winner.

Celestial Legend (2024) was the last three-year-old Doncaster Mile winner.

Stefi Magnetica (2025) was the last Doncaster Mile winning mare.

Recent Doncaster Mile Winners

See below for a full list of the Doncaster Mile and Doncaster Handicap winners going back to 2000.