The All-Star Mile is a lucrative feature held in Melbourne during the autumn that gained Group 1 status in 2025 and runs at Flemington.
2025 All-Star Mile Race Results
- 1st: #2 Tom Kitten
- 2nd: #1 Mr Brightside
- 3rd: #3 Light Infantry Man
The All-Star Mile News
- Mr Brightside Heads 2025 All-Star Mile Field & Betting
- Australian Guineas 2025 Winner Feroce Fierce in Upset Result
- 2025 Futurity Stakes Results: Mr Brightside Goes Back-to-Back
- Mr Brightside Leads 2025 All-Star Mile Nominations and Odds
- 2024 All-Star Mile Results: Pride Of Jenni Beats Mr Brightside by 2 Lengths
The All-Star Mile is one of the richest races added to the Australian Racing calendar for the first time in 2019 as part of the growing number of Special Condition races held down under.
In October of 2024 ahead of the 2025 All-Star Mile race the event was upgraded to a Group 1 as was the 2024 The Everest.
2025 The All-Star Mile Results
- 1st: #2 Tom Kitten ($4.60)
- 2nd: #1 Mr Brightside
- 3rd: #3 Light Infantry Man
The Godolphin raced four-year-old Tom Kitten ($4.60) is onto the Australian Cup on March 29 a last start Group 1 winner after working home hard to wear down and narrowly deny Mr Brightside victory in a thrilling 2025 The All-Star Mile result at Flemington.
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All-Star Mile 2025 Odds & Results
The All-Star Mile (G1)
| Runner Details | Win | Place |
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1st
2. Tom Kitten (4)
J: Ben Melham 59kg
T: James Cummings |
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2nd
1. Mr Brightside (5)
J: Craig Williams 59kg
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
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3rd
3. Light Infantry Man (6)
J: Ethan Brown 59kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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4th
4. Another Wil (1)
J: Jamie Melham 59kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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5th
7. Atishu (7)
J: Damian Lane 57kg
T: Chris Waller |
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6th
6. Rise At Dawn (2)
J: Mark Zahra 59kg
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes |
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7th
5. Flying Trapeze (3)
J: Billy Egan 59kg
T: Gary Portelli |
Data retrieved: 07/04/2025 10:27:31 AM (Australia/Brisbane)
An Australian first, The All-Star Mile began as a unique initiative for Racing Victoria and was the only event in the country that punters got the chance to vote horses into the field before the selection process was revamped ahead of the 2024 edition.
The All-Star Mile prize money was reduced from $5 million to $3.75 in 2024 and in 2025 was cut to $2.5 million in stakes.
The All-Star Mile remains a key feature of the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival held in early or mid-March, and in 2025 takes place at Flemington Racecourse on the same day as the time-honoured Newmarket Handicap.
Run at the different major racetracks in Melbourne, the inaugural The All-Star Mile was contested at Flemington and won by star Tasmanian-trained filly and last start Australian Guineas champ Mystic Journey.
The 2020 edition of The All-Star Mile ran at Caulfield Racecourse, the weight-for-age event run over 1600m by a capacity field of 15 starters plus four emergencies.
In 2021 The All-Star Mile was run at The Valley and won by the NSW-trained Mugatoo.
In 2022 the event returned to Flemington Racecourse, with Headquarters the first track to host the race twice and was won by the favourite Zaaki.
The 2022 All-Star Mile form was franked with the winner Zaaki going on to perform well in a host of subsequent races over the following 12 months including third placings in the Group 1 Doomben Cup, Underwood Stakes and Caulfield Stakes. He also finished fourth in the 2022 Cox Plate results before successfully defending his title in the Group 1 VRC Champions Stakes over the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
The All-Star Mile runner-up from 2022, I’m Thunderstruck, further franked the form running second next-up in Sydney’s Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m). He returned that spring and ran second in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes before winning the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes over the Flemington mile. I’m Thunderstruck also ran second in that year’s Caulfield Stakes and Cox Plate.
The 2023 All-Star Mile returned to Moonee Valley Racecourse, The Valley the second course following Flemington to host the race twice and was won by the previous year’s fourth placegetter Mr Brightside for Lindsay Park.
Mr Brightside went on to firmly frank the All-Star Mile form winning his next four starts including the Group 1 Doncaster Mile, Group 1 Memsie Stakes, and Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes. He also placed second three times on the trot after his Makybe Diva success finishing runner-up in the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes, Group 1 Cox Plate, and Group 1 Champions Mile during a stellar spring prep.
The 2024 All-Star Mile took place at Caulfield Racecourse for the second time.
A revamped selection process for The All-Star Mile in 2024 also saw eight ‘Win and You’re In’ races offering the winners a guaranteed run, before the event became a Group 1 race ahead of the 2025 edition.
The race now takes place prior to Flemington’s Group 1 $3 million Australian Cup (2000m) with a big prize on offer in total for the WFA double.
Mr Brightside was denied back-to-back wins in 2024 when running second as the beaten short-priced favourite behind ace mare Pride Of Jenni.
After winning the 2024 All-Star Mile, Pride Of Jenni ran second next-up in the Australian Cup and then made history saluting in Sydney’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes by over 6 lengths.
Mr Brightside was narrowly denied a second All-Star Mile win in 2025 when contesting the event for the fourth year running to place second behind Tom Kitten.
The 2025 All-Star Mile ran for the first time as a Group 1 event at Flemington Racecourse.
The All-Star Mile 2025 ran at Flemington Racecourse on Saturday March 8, 2025 as a Group 1 event and was won in a thrilling upset by the progressive James Cummings trained Tom Kitten ($4.60).
| The All-Star Mile 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday March 8, 2025 |
| Track: | Flemington Racecourse (in 2025) |
| Distance: | 1600m |
| Race Type: | Weight-for-age |
| Status: | Group 1 (as of 2025) |
| Prize Money: | $2.5 million (2025) |
2025 The All-Star Mile Finishing Order
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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| 1 | 2 | TOM KITTEN | James Cummings | Ben Melham | 4 | 59kg | $4.60 | |||
| 2 | 1 | MR BRIGHTSIDE (NZ) | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | Craig Williams | 0.06L | 5 | 59kg | $2.70EF | ||
| 3 | 3 | LIGHT INFANTRY MAN (FR) | Ciaron Maher | Ethan Brown | 1.31L | 6 | 59kg | $26 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ANOTHER WIL | Ciaron Maher | Ms Jamie Melham | 1.41L | 1 | 59kg | $2.70EF | ||
| 5 | 7 | ATISHU (NZ) | Chris Waller | Damian Lane | 3.41L | 7 | 57kg | $9.50 | ||
| 6 | 6 | RISE AT DAWN (NZ) | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | Mark Zahra | 4.16L | 2 | 59kg | $17 | ||
| 7 | 5 | FLYING TRAPEZE | Gary Portelli | Billy Egan | 9.41L | 3 | 59kg | $151 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 All-Star Mile Betting
Futures betting on The All-Star Mile opens weeks ahead of the race.
The All-Star Mile odds on the potential runners in the multi-million dollar feature firm as the autumn Group 1 races are run and won, especially any three-year-old that wins the Australian Guineas, a race the inaugural The All-Star Mile winner Mystic Journey took out in the lead-up.
Once The All-Star Mile final field is released, betting markets are confirmed and updated odds will be available below courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au.
Zaaki ($2.40 in 2022) was the last favourite in The All-Star Mile betting to win.
2025 The All-Star Mile Form Guide
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2025 The All-Star Mile Tips
Stay tuned for our exclusive The All-Star Mile 2025 Tips and best bets on the lucrative mile race this autumn!
- To Win: #1 Mr Brightside ($2.45 at time of publish) – BET NOW
As predicted, we’ve got a small seven-horse All-Star Mile field at Flemington this weekend with Mr B the favourite to become history’s first two-time winner. He lines-up in the event for a fourth straight year having run 4th here in 2022, winning in 2023 at The Valley, and then placing second to Pride Of Jenni at Caulfield last year. Comes off a successful Futurity Stakes title defence and is fit and ready to fire again third-up. He’s going as strong as ever, and this cult galloper’s record over the Flemington mile is very strong (9:4-1-1). Faces his first-up conqueror in the Orr, Another Wil, but fancy him to turn the tables. Barrier five and Williams stays on. Wins and goes past $17 million in stakes to become a 10-time Group 1 champion, and deservedly so!
2025 The All-Star Mile Field
The official 2025 The All-Star Mile Final Field & Barriers are announced on Wednesday the 5th of March 2025 and will be listed below.
The All-Star Mile 2025 field features just seven horses for its first running as a Group 1 with Mr Brightside favourite to win the event for a second time after success in 2023.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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| 1 | x212241x21 | MR BRIGHTSIDE (NZ) | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | Craig Williams | 5 | 59kg | 120 | ||
| 2 | 64x15243x2 | TOM KITTEN | James Cummings | Ben Melham | 4 | 59kg | 112 | ||
| 3 | 0x697101x6 | LIGHT INFANTRY MAN (FR) | Ciaron Maher | Ethan Brown | 6 | 59kg | 111 | ||
| 4 | 17x11712x1 | ANOTHER WIL | Ciaron Maher | Ms Jamie Melham | 1 | 59kg | 114 | ||
| 5 | 14×0126527 | FLYING TRAPEZE | Gary Portelli | Billy Egan | 3 | 59kg | 88 | ||
| 6 | 00122111×1 | RISE AT DAWN (NZ) | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | Mark Zahra | 2 | 59kg | 102 | ||
| 7 | 2x966312x7 | ATISHU (NZ) | Chris Waller | Damian Lane | 7 | 57kg | 115 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 The All-Star Mile Nominations
Early nominations for The All-Star Mile 2025 close on Tuesday the 11th of February 2025 and will be updated here once confirmed.
The All-Star Mile 2025 nominations are now out featuring 53 early entries including the 2023 champ Mr Brightside, his last start conqueror in the CF Orr Another Wil, and Chris Waller’s brilliant Cox Plate winning mare Via Sistina.
Click here to read more on the key 2025 The All-Star Mile nominees.
The All-Star Mile History
The All-Star Mile was first contested in 2019 and took place at Flemington Racecourse.
The race rotates around the three major metropolitan racetracks in Melbourne going to Caulfield in 2020 and Moonee Valley in 2021. It returned to Flemington in 2022 and then Moonee Valley in 2023 before Caulfield hosts the race for the second time in 2024.
The inaugural The All-Star Mile winner was the Tasmanian-trained filly Mystic Journey who came off an historical Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) victory where she became the first Group 1 winner from Tasmanian in a century.
The second edition of The All-Star Mile took place at a closed Caulfield Racecourse due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The results were dominated by the Perth-trained stablemates Regal Power (1st) and Superstorm (2nd).
The All-Star Mile race conditions changed notably ahead of the 2024 edition moving from a public vote to a more refined process to ensure the quality of runners.
Mr Brightside was $2 favourite to make All-Star Mile history in 2024 with a second victory but was drawn wide and couldn’t match the speed of the event’s sixth champion, Ciaron Maher’s mare Pride Of Jenni.
In 2025 the All-Star Mile will run for the first time as a Group 1 race after officially being upgraded in October of 2024.
The All-Star Mile Winners
See below for The All-Star Mile winners, placegetters and winning times since the race’s inauguration in 2019.
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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| 2025 The All-Star Mile |
1st | Tom Kitten | 1 minute 35.94 seconds |
| 2nd | Mr Brightside | ||
| 3rd | Light Infantry Man | ||
| 2024 The All-Star Mile |
1st | Pride Of Jenni | 1 minute 35.22 seconds |
| 2nd | Mr Brightside | ||
| 3rd | Cascadian | ||
| 2023 The All-Star Mile |
1st | Mr Brightside | 1 minute 34.47 seconds |
| 2nd | Cascadian | ||
| 3rd | The Inevitable | ||
| 2022 The All-Star Mile |
1st | Zaaki | 1 minute 36.54 seconds |
| 2nd | I’m Thunderstruck | ||
| 3rd | Streets Of Avalon | ||
| 2021 The All-Star Mile |
1st | Mugatoo | 1 minute 39.82 seconds |
| 2nd | Russian Camelot | ||
| 3rd | Behemoth | ||
| 2020 The All-Star Mile |
1st | Regal Power | 1 minute 36.57 seconds |
| 2nd | Superstorm | ||
| 3rd | Melody Belle | ||
| 2019 The All-Star Mile |
1st | Mystic Journey | 1 minute 35.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Hartnell | ||
| 3rd | Alizee | ||
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