The Championships Day 2 - April 12, 2025

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Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2025 Betting Tips - Is Via Sistina vulnerable?

Alex Marsh

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Last updated: Thu 10 Apr 2025 10:16

Alex Marsh 10 Apr 2025

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The Queen Elizabeth Stakes headlines Day Two of The Championships
Via Sistina, trained by Chris Waller, is the race favourite at $1.85
Contenders like Rousham Park and Buckaroo provide potential upsets

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Via Sistina winning the 2025 Verry Elleegant Stakes at Randwick on March 1. (Getty)

A world class 2000m weight-for-age event headlines day two of The Championships, with the running of Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Tips
2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Field & Odds
Queen Elizabeth Stakes Winners

We've been treated to classic contests over recent years, with Addeybb defeating Verry Elleegant twice and who could forget a packed Randwick in 2019 to watch Winx run her last race, with the champion winning a third Queen Elizabeth Stakes in a row.

Via Sistina is favourite for the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes, with $1.85 her quote via Betr

2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Tips

2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Best Bet - Via Sistina

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.

That included an eight-length romp when smashing the race record in the Cox Plate, with that demolition being recorded fourth-up and she's going every bit as well this campaign.

Via Sistina wasn't able to get a fast tempo via her recent Ranvet Stakes triumph and there should be more pressure in this 2000m WFA feature, which is her target assignment for the autumn.

A strong field has been assembled and as a result, we can hopefully get a better price closer to the jump for Via Sistina, but she's still comfortably the top seed in the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Next Best Bet - Rousham Park

This Japanese visitor is a Group 3 winner over this distance, while the six-year-old has also placed twice at Group 1 level since an eighth-of-eleven finish when contesting he 2023 Hong Kong Cup.

His last Group 1 placing was a runner-up finish in the Breeders' Cup Turf (2414m) last November and Rousham Park was only a few strides off nabbing Rebel's Romance in that event.

Rebel's Romance is a seven-time Group 1 winner and he backed the US performance up with a feature victory in Qatar at his next outing (also a Group 1 winner in Hong Kong last year).

French-born jockey Christophe Lemaire travels over for this key engagement and he has a great rapport with Rousham Park, with four wins and three placings recorded from seven rides.

2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Value Bet - Buckaroo

Buckaroo was unlucky in the Caulfield Cup and while he had some excuses in the Melbourne Cup, he also didn't stay 3200m and the six-year-old was spelled after that two mile attempt.

The Chris Waller-trained import has been consistent since being gelded, with back-to-back wins before a narrow defeat behind Via Sistina and he contested the Cups after the Turnbull Stakes.

I loved his lead-up work ahead of his George Ryder Stakes return, which was effectively another trial, as there was no intent early and he held-up/in restricted room from the 200m.

His work late was still strong (third-fastest last 400m of the Golden Slipper Day card) and with a April 4 tick-over trial completed, Buckaroo steps up to a more suitable distance here.

2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Field & Odds

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	$15
3	Light Infantry Man (FR)	Ciaron Maher	Ethan Brown	11	59kg	$16
4	Ceolwulf (NZ)	Joesph Pride	Chad Schofield	15	59kg	$15
5	Tom Kitten	James Cummings	Ben Melham	5	59kg	$23
6	Vauban (FR)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	14	59kg	$26
7	Buckaroo (GB)	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	3	59kg	$16
8	Lindermann	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller	7	59kg	$41
9	Fawkner Park (IRE)	Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald	Tyler Schiller	6	59kg	$26
10	Middle Earth (GB)	Ciaron Maher	Jamie Melham	9	59kg	$34
11	Geoglyph (JPN)	Tetsuya Kimura	Damian Lane	2	59kg	$81
12	Via Sistina (IRE)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	1	57kg	$1.85
13	Fangirl	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	8	57kg	scr
14	Deny Knowledge (IRE)	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Mark Zahra	10	57kg	$26
15	Full Count Felicia (USA)	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	4	57kg	$81

Odds courtesy of Betr & correct on 09/04/2025.

Verdict

Queen Elizabeth Stakes

Our tips for the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes are:

Via Sistina

To Win

$1.85 - 4 Units

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Rousham Park

Each Way

$15.00 - 2 Units

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Buckaroo

Each Way

$16.00 - 1 Unit

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