Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2025 - Barrier Draw & Final Field

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Last updated: Tue 08 Apr 2025 05:32

Bets.com.au Staff 08 Apr 2025

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The barrier draw has been completed for the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes
This Group 1 will be contested on Saturday, April 12 at Randwick
Final field is available below

Via Sistina has drawn barrier one in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. (Getty)

Via Sistina (barrier 1) had to settle for second as an odds-on favourite in the 2024 Queen Elizabeth Stakes, which saw Pride Of Jenni open a huge lead and record a famous all-the-way win in the 2000m weight-for-age feature.

The Chris Waller-trained import has won seven Group 1's from 10 starts (two this prep) in Australia and the seven-year-old found career best form at the back-end of the 2024 Melbourne Spring Carnival, which included an eight-length romp in the Cox Plate.

English trainer William Haggas has an excellent record in Sydney (11 wins from 20 starters) and Dubai Honour (barrier 13) has been one of his success stories Down Under, with the seven-year-old winning both starts over the 2023 Autumn Carnival and that includes a victory in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Dubai Honour remained unbeaten in Australia when successful in the Tancred Stakes on April 1.

Ceolwulf (barrier 15) is one of the most progressive gallopers in the country and the penny dropped with the gelding over spring, with back-to-back Group 1 victories recorded before a spell.

While it was only a narrow victory last time out as a $1.50 favourite, the four-year-old still bounced back with a victory in the Neville Selwood Stakes.

Buckaroo (barrier 3) will be suited up to 2000m following a return in the George Ryder Stakes and his trial work was strong ahead of that 1500m resumption.

Prior to an unlucky runner-up finish when contesting the 2024 Caulfield Cup, the Chris Waller-trained galloper was only narrowly deafeated by Via Sistina in the Turnbull Stakes and he was gelded ahead of this season.

Light Infantry Man (barrier 11) proved his 2000m credentials with a last start victory in the Australian Cup and that was his second Group 1 win this season.

The 2024 Australian Cup was a good reference for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, with that race producing Pride Of Jenni (Queen Elizabeth winner), while Mr Brightside (third) and Cascadian (fourth) also contested that Flemington feature before heading to Sydney.

Japanese visitor Rousham Park (barrier 12) is a Group 3 winner over this distance, while the entire has placed twice at Group 1 level since an eighth-of-eleven finish via the 2023 Hong Kong Cup.

His last Group 1 placing was a runner-up finish in the Breeders' Cup Turf (2414m) last November.

Vauban (barrier 14) saluted on stable debut for Waterhouse & Bott, while the seven-year-old lost no admirers following that when finishing third-of-ten in the Group 1 Tancred Stakes.

15 runners make up the final field for the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2025 Barriers & Final Field

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
1	Dubai Honour (IRE)	William Haggas	Tom Marquand	13	59kg	$6
2	Rousham Park (JPN)	Hiroyasu Tanaka	Christophe Lemaire	12	59kg	$17
3	Light Infantry Man (FR)	Ciaron Maher	Ethan Brown	11	59kg	$17
4	Ceolwulf (NZ)	Joesph Pride	Chad Schofield	15	59kg	$13
5	Tom Kitten	James Cummings	Ben Melham	5	59kg	$26
6	Vauban (FR)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	14	59kg	$21
7	Buckaroo (GB)	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	3	59kg	$15
8	Lindermann	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller	7	59kg	$51
9	Fawkner Park (IRE)	Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald	Tyler Schiller	6	59kg	$51
10	Middle Earth (GB)	Ciaron Maher	Jamie Melham	9	59kg	$34
11	Geoglyph (JPN)	Tetsuya Kimura	Damian Lane	2	59kg	$101
12	Via Sistina (IRE)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	1	57kg	$1.80
13	Fangirl	Chris Waller	TBD	8	57kg	$21
14	Deny Knowledge (IRE)	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Mark Zahra	10	57kg	$26
15	Full Count Felicia (USA)	Chris Waller	TBD	4	57kg	$101

Odds courtesy of Betr & correct on 08/04/2025.

Queen Elizabeth Stakes Winners

Run as originally the Queen's Plate and then the AJC Plate, this Group One was rebranded as the Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 1954.

Distances have varied for this feature over history, contested over 4800 metres and 3600 metres but was reduced in trip with the Sydney Cup becoming more prevalent and since 1986, has been run over 2000 metres.

Carbine and Tulloch were famous Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners in earlier years, while more modern champions include Jeune, Might And Power and most recently Winx who won the Queen Elizabeth Stakes three years in a row (2017 - 2019).

Think It Over (2022), Dubai Honour (2023) and Pride Of Jenni (2024) have won the last three editions of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.