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The Golden Slipper Stakes is one of the premier races of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival and is also the richest two-year-old race in the world. Held in late March at Rosehill Gardens, the 1200m sprint event is currently worth a lucrative $4.96 million in prize money and is the feature event on Golden Slipper Day.

2025 Golden Slipper Results

Trainer Michael Freedman and jockey Damian Lane both celebrated their second victories in the 2025 Golden Slipper Stakes results with classy Snitzel filly Marhoona ($8) improving on her lead-up second in the Reisling to hit the front 100m out from the line and hold off Wodeton and Tempted in a thrilling finish to the world’s richest race for two-year-olds at Rosehill.

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A total of five elite level autumn races take place at the meeting with the Golden Slipper joined by the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m), Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m), the Group 1 The Galaxy (1100m), and the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) for three-year-olds.

A number of traditional lead-ups to the Golden Slipper field offer a ballot exemption to the winning two-year-olds including the Group 2 Skyline Stakes (1200m) and Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes (1200m) held in late February, the Group 2 Todman Stakes (1200m) and Group 2 Reisling Stakes (1200m) run at Randwick on Guineas Day, and the Group 3 Pago Pago Stakes (1200m), and Group 3 Magic Night Stakes (1200m) run the week before.

Shinzo (2023) became the first horse since Stratum (2005) to complete the Pago Pago Stakes – Golden Slipper double on the short seven-day turnaround.

Their positioning two weeks before the Golden Slipper Stakes makes the Todman Stakes and Reisling Stakes the best guides to the Group 1 in recent years.

Following the Golden Slipper betting the best two-year-olds may back-up at Royal Randwick during ‘The Championships’ in April and contest the Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m). In 2016 Yankee Rose ran second in the Golden Slipper before winning the ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes. Three years later, Microphone also improved on a Golden Slipper second ahead of his Sires’ Produce victory in 2019.

Fireburn (2022) was the last two-year-old to complete the Golden Slipper – Inglis Sires’ double. She further franked the form also finishing runner-up in that autumn’s Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m). The 2022 Golden Slipper third placed filly, Coolangatta, meanwhile went on to win the Group 1 AJ Moir Stakes (1000m) at The Valley later that spring.

The Golden Slipper is also part of the “Golden Slam” for horses that continues with the Golden Rose for three-year-olds and The Golden Eagle for four-year-olds.

Note: The 2021 Golden Slipper Stakes was postponed until Saturday March 27th, 2021, due to heavy rainfall and unsafe track conditions at Rosehill Gardens.

The 2023 Golden Slipper Stakes form was franked with the winner Shinzo returning in the spring for a third in that year’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington. The Slipper runner-up, Cylinder, meanwhile was third in that year’s Golden Rose trifecta in September.

In 2024 the Golden Slipper results saw Lady Of Camelot become the latest filly to win improving on her lead-up Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes second in Melbourne to hand co-trainer Gai Waterhouse a record extending eighth Golden Slipper trophy.

Fillies saluted in the Golden Slipper for the sixth time in nine years with Marhoona in 2025.

The 2025 Golden Slipper ran on Saturday March 22, 2025 at Rosehill Gardens and was won in a thrillingly close finish by the untapped Michael Freedman trained Snitzel filly Marhoona ($8) at just her third career start. 

2025 Golden Slipper Finishing Order

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2025 Golden Slipper Stakes Betting

The Golden Slipper 2025 betting odds will be available at Ladbrokes.com.au and also published here at Races.com.au.

There was a notable upset in 2023 with the Chris Waller-trained Shinzo winning at Golden Slipper odds of 15/1.

2025 Golden Slipper Form Guide

Check out our comprehensive Golden Slipper Stakes Form Guide page for the latest facts and stats on the race.

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2025 Golden Slipper Betting

Golden Slipper betting is extremely popular and has generally been a strong event for punters. Futures Golden Slipper betting is open months in advance of the race offering generous Golden Slipper odds on the potential runners in the two-years-old classic run in the autumn.

Favourites have a fair recent record in the Golden Slipper results of the past decade with five saluting for the punters in Sebring (2008), Sepoy (2011), Overreach (2013), Vancouver (2015), and Farnan (2020) who handed Gai Waterhouse with her record seventh win in the classic.

Waterhouse won her record extending eighth Golden Slipper and her second in partnership with Adrian Bott in 2024 with Lady Of Camelot ($6.50), while their 2024 favourite Storm Boy ran third.

2025 Golden Slipper Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Golden Slipper Stakes 2025 betting tips and best bets this autumn!

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Crack field of two-year-olds in another ripping edition of the Golden Slipper with plenty of form lines to consider. Have landed on the in-form and progressive Skyhook who is on the quick back-up after his demolition job in the Group 3 Pago Pago here at Rosehill last weekend. He won that eleventh hour lead-up at the Slipper track and trip by over three lengths and is firing on all cylinders now. Only 2 horses in the past 20 years have done the Pago / Slipper double with Stratum (2005) and Shinzo (2023) but this nicely bred Written Tycoon colt ticks all the boxes to be the next. He’s got options from a nice mid-field gate eight draw in the Group 1 this weekend with Kerrin McEvoy, who won this race on the great Sepoy back in 2011, continuing associations. At a nice price and if he handles the back-up he can win.

2025 Golden Slipper Field

The official 2025 Golden Slipper Stakes field of final acceptances is due to be released by Racing NSW at 9am (local) on Tuesday March 18, 2025, and will be published below.

Each year the Golden Slipper field is released on the Tuesday before the race and final acceptances come at a cost of $30,000 to connections. The Golden Slipper final acceptances follow a number of early entry stages starting with the nomination of yearlings taken in early July of the previous year.

Stay up to date with the latest on the Golden Slipper Field at our dedicated page.

The official 2025 Golden Slipper final field has been released with a capacity line-up of 16 juveniles plus two emergency runners led in betting by Chris Waller’s Todman Stakes runner-up Wodeton drawn in barrier 2.

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Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2025 Golden Slipper Nominations

The very early 2025 Golden Slipper Stakes nominations close to yearlings the winter prior to the race and typically attract over 2000 entries.

2025 Golden Slipper First Acceptances

Following the nominations, the Golden Slipper first acceptances close for 2025 close in October of 2024.

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2025 Golden Slipper Second Acceptances

Second acceptances for the 2025 Golden Slipper Stakes are taken by the Australian Turf Club (ATC) on Tuesday the 14th of January 2025 at 3:00pm (AEDT).

Golden Slipper second acceptances further narrow down the list of hopefuls heading towards the autumn classic and are the first round of declarations taking place the year of the race, usually in late January or early February.

Late Golden Slipper Stakes entries are open until 11am (local time) on the Monday prior to the race but attracts a hefty $150,000 for owners.

2025 Golden Slipper Day

Golden Slipper Day is one of the highlights of the annual Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival

The meeting runs at the iconic Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in mid-late March and features eight Group status races:

Golden Slipper History

Originally worth 20,000 pounds in prize money, the Golden Slipper Stakes was first run in 1957 and was won by Todman.

Jockey Shane Dye and Ron Quinton have been the most successful jockeys in Golden Slipper history. Quinton won the race with Marscay (1982), Sir Dapper (1983), Rory’s Jester (1985) and Marauding (1987), while Dye won the race on four consecutive occasions; piloting Courtza (1989), Canny Lad (1990), Tierce (1991), and Burst (1992) to victory.

Renowned trainer Tommy J. Smith won the race with six horses taking out the Group 1 event with Fairy Walk (1971), John’s Hope (1972), Hartshill (1974), Toy Show (1975), Bounding Away (1986), and Star Watch (1988). The fastest winning time was recorded in 2004 when Dance Hero won in 1 minute and 8.6 seconds, while Canny Lad recorded the slowest winning race time in 1990 with a time 1 minute and 15.41 seconds.

The Golden Slipper began as a Principle race from 1957 – 1978 before gaining its current Group 1 status in 1979. It was held over six furlongs until 1972 and then officially 1200m with the metric conversion coming in from 1973 onwards.

From 2009 – 2014 the Golden Slipper Stakes ran on the first Saturday of April. Prior to 2008 it ran on the Saturday before Good Friday. It now runs in March leading up to the two-day ‘The Championships’ on the first two Saturdays of April.

Notable recent Golden Slipper winners include Dance Hero (2004), Stratum (2005), Miss Finland (2006) Sebring (2008) Sepoy (2011), Pierro (2012), and Capitalist (2016).

In both 2017 and 2018 the Golden Slipper trifecta was an all-filly affair.

In 2020 co-trainer Gai Waterhouse celebrated her record seventh success and first in partnership with Adrian Bott when the favourite Farnan saluted in front of a spectator free grandstand due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

She won again posting her eighth Golden Slipper victory in 2024 with Lady Of Camelot.

In 2021 the original Golden Slipper Stakes race day was abandoned due to heavy rainfall and unsafe track conditions and postponed to the following Saturday.

The 2022 Golden Slipper winner Shinzo handed Sydney’s premier horseman Chris Waller with his maiden win in the world’s richest race for two-year-olds off a gun ride by international visitor Ryan Moore.

Golden Slipper prizemoney for the 2024 edition was reduced slightly from $5 million to $4.92 million, while in 2025 had $4.96 million on offer.

Marhoona (2025) is the latest filly to win the Golden Slipper Stakes.

Recent Golden Slipper Winners

See below for the full Golden Slipper winners and results dating back to 2000.