The Group 2 Skyline Stakes is a 1200m sprint for 2YO colts & geldings run at Royal Randwick on Verry Elleegant Stakes Day in the autumn as a key lead-up to the Golden Slipper Stakes.
2025 Skyline Stakes Results
- 1st: #1 Rivellino
- 2nd: #7 Skyhook
- 3rd: #3 Quietly Arrogant
Skyline Stakes News
The Skyline Stakes is a Group 2 status races for two-year-old colts & geldings run at Royal Randwick Racecourse on Verry Elleegant Stakes Day (formerly Chipping Norton Stakes Day) in late February or early March during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.
2025 Skyline Stakes Results
- 1st: #1 Rivellino ($5.50)
- 2nd: #7 Skyhook
- 3rd: #3 Quietly Arrogant
It is into the Golden Slipper for unbeaten Too Darn Hot colt Rivellino ($5.50) who was given a perfectly timed ride by Jason Collett to start his charge 200m out from the line, winding up well to run down the leaders and narrowly hold on to deny Skyhook victory in an exciting finish to the 2025 Skyline Stakes results at Randwick.
Skyline Stakes 2025 Odds & Results
Catanach's Jewellers Skyline Stakes (G2)
| Runner Details | Win | Place |
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1st
1. Rivellino (9) J: Jason Collett 55.5kg
T: Kris Lees |
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2nd
7. Skyhook (1) J: Kerrin McEvoy 55.5kg
T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou |
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3rd
3. Quietly Arrogant (4) J: James McDonald 55.5kg
T: Peter Snowden |
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4th
9. Valedictorian (8) J: Tommy Berry 55.5kg
T: Michael Freedman |
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5th
2. Shaggy (2) J: Adam Hyeronimus 55.5kg
T: Allan Kehoe |
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6th
4. Comedy (6) J: Josh Parr 55.5kg
T: James Cummings |
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7th
8. Algorithmic (3) J: Tyler Schiller 55.5kg
T: M, W & J Hawkes |
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8th
5. Hillier (7) J: Chad Schofield 55.5kg
T: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald |
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9th
6. Peleus (5) J: Regan Bayliss 55.5kg
T: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald |
Data retrieved: 16/05/2025 03:45:40 AM (Australia/Brisbane)
Held under set weights conditions the 1200m sprint offers $300,000 in total prize money and offers the winner a ballot exemption for the Group 1 $5 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill Gardens the following month.
The meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Sweet Embrace Stakes (1200m).
Colts & geldings running in the Skyline Stakes field may have come off an earlier autumn run in a traditional lead-up including the Group 3 Canonbury Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill in late January or the Group 2 Silver Slipper Stakes (1100m) the week before.
After contesting the Skyline Stakes the Golden Slipper-bound youngsters may have another lead-up into the Group 1 in the Group 2 Todman Stakes (1200m) at Royal Randwick in early March. The last horse to win the Skyline Stakes – Golden Slipper Stakes double without a run in between was Dance Hero (2004).
More recently, the 2019 Skyline Stakes winner Microphone went on to run second in that year’s Golden Slipper Stakes before winning the Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce (1400m) over more distance during ‘The Championships’.
In 2020 after scoring an upset on debut to win the Skyline Stakes, Mamaragan went on to run third in both the Golden Slipper and Inglis Sires’ trifecta results.
The form out of the 2021 Skyline Stakes was firmly franked with the runner-up Hilal going on to run second in both the Inglis’ Sires and Champagne Stakes that autumn and later winning the Group 2 Stan Fox Stakes – $1 million Bondi Stakes (now defunct) double in the spring. Captivant meanwhile improved on his Skyline Stakes third that year to take out the Group 1 Champagne Stakes over the mile that April.
The 2022 Skyline Stakes form was franked with the second placed Rise Of The Masses winning the Group 3 Pago Pago Stakes next start.
In 2023 the Skyline Stakes again produced the Golden Slipper Stakes winner with Shinzo improving on his lead-up second to take out the Group 1. He went on to frank the form further in the spring heading south for a third in Flemington’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes results.
The Skyline Stakes 2024 form was franked with the winner, Storm Boy, running a next-up third in that year’s Golden Slipper Stakes trifecta.
The Skyline Stakes 2025 ran on Saturday March 1, 2025 at Randwick as a key Golden Slipper lead-up race and saw the Kris Lees trained Inglis Millennium winner Rivellino ($5.50) retain his undefeated status with a narrow but convincing victory.
| 2025 Skyline Stakes | |
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| Date: | Saturday March 1, 2025 |
| Track: | Royal Randwick Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1200m |
| Race Type: | Set Weights / 2YO C&G |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prize Money: | $300,000 |
2025 Skyline Stakes Finishing Order
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | RIVELLINO | Kris Lees | Jason Collett | 9 | 55.5kg | $5.50 | |||
| 2 | 7 | SKYHOOK | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Kerrin McEvoy | 0.14L | 1 | 55.5kg | $9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | QUIETLY ARROGANT | Peter Snowden | James McDonald | 0.28L | 4 | 55.5kg | $7.50 | ||
| 4 | 9 | VALEDICTORIAN | Michael Freedman | Tommy Berry | 0.76L | 8 | 55.5kg | $41 | ||
| 5 | 2 | SHAGGY | Allan Kehoe | Adam Hyeronimus | 2.12L | 2 | 55.5kg | $2.45F | ||
| 6 | 4 | COMEDY | James Cummings | Joshua Parr | 2.79L | 6 | 55.5kg | $4.40 | ||
| 7 | 8 | ALGORITHMIC | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | Tyler Schiller | 3.14L | 3 | 55.5kg | $26 | ||
| 8 | 5 | HILLIER | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | Chad Schofield | 3.42L | 7 | 55.5kg | $21 | ||
| 9 | 6 | PELEUS | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | Regan Bayliss | 4.29L | 5 | 55.5kg | $31 | ||
| 10 | NIELSEN PARK | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Skyline Stakes Betting
The latest Skyline Stakes 2025 betting odds will be provided by Ladbrokes.com.au and also available for selection here at Races.com.au as soon as markets on the official Golden Slipper Stakes lead-up are out the week of the race.
Storm Boy ($1.18 in 2024) was the last Skyline Stakes favourite to win.
2025 Skyline Stakes Form Guide
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2025 Skyline Stakes Tips
Stay tuned for our insider Skyline Stakes 2025 Tips on the Golden Slipper lead-up this autumn.
- To Win: #2 Shaggy ($2.35 at time of publish) – BET NOW
Some very genuine Golden Slipper colts line up in a small but smart Skyline field and happy to stick with the inform favourite Shaggy chasing his fourth win from as many starts. It takes a nice type to remain unbeaten from three runs and Allan Kehoe’s Wyong based Sandbar gelding certainly looks to have a bright future. He is rising through the grades quickly and comes off a Black-Type win in the Listed Pierro Plate here a fortnight back. Easily ed for his rivals over 1100m there and the step up to 1200m looks a non-issue based on his two-length winning margin. Drops a half-kilo to 55.5kg and is drawn for a big run in gate three. Can win.
2025 Skyline Stakes Field
The Skyline Stakes field attracts a line-up of the season’s most promising two-year-old sprinters, the colts and geldings traditionally targeting a start in the Golden Slipper Stakes field.
The official 2025 Skyline Stakes field and barriers will be released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week and published in full below.
The Skyline Stakes 2025 final field features a quality field of in-form youngsters led in betting by last start Pierro Plate winner at the track, Shaggy.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | H Rating |
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| 1 | 11 | RIVELLINO | Kris Lees | Jason Collett | 10 | 55.5kg | |||
| 2 | 111 | SHAGGY | Allan Kehoe | Adam Hyeronimus | 3 | 55.5kg | |||
| 3 | 419 | QUIETLY ARROGANT | Peter Snowden | James McDonald | 5 | 55.5kg | |||
| 4 | 1×2 | COMEDY | James Cummings | Joshua Parr | 7 | 55.5kg | |||
| 5 | 26 | HILLIER | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | Chad Schofield | 8 | 55.5kg | |||
| 6 | 3 | PELEUS | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | Regan Bayliss | 6 | 55.5kg | |||
| 7 | 3 | SKYHOOK | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Kerrin McEvoy | 1 | 55.5kg | |||
| 8 | 4 | ALGORITHMIC | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | Tyler Schiller | 4 | 55.5kg | |||
| 9 | 7x | VALEDICTORIAN | Michael Freedman | Tommy Berry | 9 | 55.5kg | |||
| 10 | NIELSEN PARK | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 2 | 55.5kg |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Skyline Stakes Nominations
Nominations for the Skyline Stakes in 2025 close the Monday of race week and will be announced below once available.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | H Rating | |
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| 1 | 4 | ALGORITHMIC | C | 2 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | |
| 2 | ARCHIMAGE | C | 2 | David Pfieffer | ||
| 3 | 6 | BANKNOTE HUSTLER | C | 2 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | |
| 4 | 27 | CHERGUI | C | 2 | James Cummings | |
| 5 | 20 | COBRA CLUB | C | 2 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
| 6 | 1×2 | COMEDY | C | 2 | James Cummings | |
| 7 | 2x | GOOD HOTSPUR | C | 2 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | |
| 8 | 26 | HILLIER | C | 2 | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | |
| 9 | NIELSEN PARK | C | 2 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | ||
| 10 | 3 | PELEUS | C | 2 | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | |
| 11 | 419 | QUIETLY ARROGANT | C | 2 | Peter Snowden | |
| 12 | 11 | RIVELLINO | C | 2 | Kris Lees | |
| 13 | 111 | SHAGGY | G | 2 | Allan Kehoe | |
| 14 | 3 | SKYHOOK | C | 2 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | |
| 15 | 27 | UNITED STATES | C | 2 | Chris Waller | |
| 16 | 7x | VALEDICTORIAN | C | 2 | Michael Freedman |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Skyline Stakes History
The Skyline Stakes has been run since 1979 as a Golden Slipper Stakes lead-up. The race is named in honour of the 1958 Golden Slipper winner Skyline who also won that season’s Australian Derby.
The race has taken place over a number of different Sydney racetracks over its history including Canterbury Park, Rosehill, Warwick Farm and its current home at Randwick Racecourse. It began as a Principal Race (1979) before upgrades to Listed (1980-86), Group 3 (1987-2012) and now its current Group 2 (2013 onwards) status.
Notable recent Skyline Stakes winners include Shogun Lodge (1999), Choisir (2002), Dance Hero (2004), Snitzel (2005), Manhattan Rain (2009), Hinchinbrook (2010), Exosphere (2015), Microphone (2019), and Storm Boy (2024).
Recent Skyline Stakes Winners
Check out the table below for the full Skyline Stakes results & winners dating back to 2000.
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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| 2025 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Rivellino | 1 minute 10.39 seconds |
| 2nd | Skyhook | ||
| 3rd | Quietly Arrogant | ||
| 2024 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Storm Boy | 1 minute 09.98 seconds |
| 2nd | Prost | ||
| 3rd | Duvana | ||
| 2023 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Corniche | 1 minute 10.44 seconds |
| 2nd | Shinzo | ||
| 3rd | Bases Loaded | ||
| 2022 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Promitto | 1 minute 15.45 seconds |
| 2nd | Rise Of the Masses | ||
| 3rd | Jemeldi | ||
| 2021 Skyline Stakes |
1st | O’President | 1 minute 10.99 seconds |
| 2nd | Hilal | ||
| 3rd | Captivant | ||
| 2020 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Mamaragan | 1 minute 9.52 seconds |
| 2nd | Osamu | ||
| 3rd | Aim | ||
| 2019 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Microphone | 1 minute 9.33 seconds |
| 2nd | Cosmic Force | ||
| 3rd | Castelvecchio | ||
| 2018 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Santos | 1 minute 11.15 seconds |
| 2nd | Spin | ||
| 3rd | Legend Of Condor | ||
| 2017 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Diamond Tathagata | 1 minute 14.22 seconds |
| 2nd | Coruscate | ||
| 3rd | Single Bullet | ||
| 2016 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Good Standing | 1 minute 9.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Lionhearted | ||
| 3rd | Souchez | ||
| 2015 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Exosphere | 1 minute 10.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Odyssey Moon | ||
| 3rd | Wolf Cry | ||
| 2014 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Valentia | 1 minute 11.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Mr Bogart | ||
| 3rd | Modoc | ||
| 2013 Skyline Stakes |
1st | All The Talk | 1 minute 9.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Octane Flyer | ||
| 3rd | Dothraki | ||
| 2012 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Ashokan | 1 minute 10.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Raceway | ||
| 3rd | Collect | ||
| 2011 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Uate | 1 minute 9.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Hot Snitzel | ||
| 3rd | Flight Of Pegasus | ||
| 2010 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Hinchinbrook | 1 minute 8.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Brightexpectations | ||
| 3rd | Pressday | ||
| 2009 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Manhattan Rain | 1 minute 10.3 seconds |
| 2nd | The Mikado | ||
| 3rd | Romanus | ||
| 2008 Skyline Stakes |
1st | All American | 1 minute 11.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Over The Wicket | ||
| 3rd | Dubai To Sydney | ||
| 2007 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Murtajill | 1 minute 9.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Husson Lightning | ||
| 3rd | Pistols | ||
| 2006 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Casino Prince | 1 minute 11.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Empire’s Choice | ||
| 3rd | My Middi | ||
| 2005 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Snitzel | 1 minute 10.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Stratum | ||
| 3rd | Paratroopers | ||
| 2004 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Dance Hero | 1 minute 10.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Fastnet Rock | ||
| 3rd | Econsul | ||
| 2003 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Kusi | 1 minute 10.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Face Value | ||
| 3rd | Resistor | ||
| 2002 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Choisir | 1 minute 10.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Emerging Star | ||
| 3rd | Charlie Bub | ||
| 2001 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Viscount | 1 minute 10.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Excellerator | ||
| 3rd | Shags | ||
| 2000 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Kootoomootoo | 1 minute 11.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Assertive Lad | ||
| 3rd | Veteran | ||
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