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Robert Sangster 2025 Betting Tips - Maher & Stokes runners feature in an open Group 1

Alex Marsh

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Last updated: Wed 23 Apr 2025 13:37

Alex Marsh 23 Apr 2025

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The 2025 Robert Sangster Stakes is a competitive Group 1 race for fillies and mares
Climbing Star leads as the favourite, with A Little Deep and Stretan Angel as strong contenders
Ameena offers great value with a strong first-up record and excellent lead-up work

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A Little Deep defeating Arkansaw Kid & Desert Lightning in the Chautauqua Stakes. (Getty)

Being a Group 1 sprint race for fillies and mares that's run under weight-for-age conditions, the Robert Sangster is one of the more unique majors on the Australian racing calendar.

2025 Robert Sangster Stakes Tips
2025 Robert Sangster Stakes Field & Odds

This 1200m feature has seen some very competitive fields assembled and the 2025 line-up is no exception.

At $5.50 with Betr, Climbing Star is favourite to win the 2025 Robert Sangster Stakes.

2025 Robert Sangster Stakes Tips

2025 Robert Sangster Stakes Best Bet - A Little Deep

It's a very open edition of the Robert Sangster Stakes, where you could make a case for most runners and a competitive early market has Climbing Star as fav to defend her crown.

Ciaron Maher has trained two of the last three winners of this race and he's clearly aimed A Little Deep at this Group 1, with the mare arriving here off a return win at Flemington.

Five of her six victories have come either first or second-up and her career highlight came second-up last campaign when saluting at Listed level over this distance at Moonee Valley.

The placegetters there were Arkansaw Kid, who beat a subsequent Group 1 winner at his next start, while Desert Lightning (third) won a Group 3 before two competitive Group 1 showings.

2025 Robert Sangster Stakes Next Best Bet - Stretan Angel

Stretan Angel is a stablemate to Climbing Star and while her winning drought stretches back to October 2023, she's has been competitive in decent company since her last triumph.

The four-year-old brings the best form references to this fillies and mares contest, with Group 1 placings to open her prep in fields that included Skybird, Joliestar, Headwall and Mazu.

While she was out of the money last time out when fourth-of-nine in the William Reid Stakes, Jimmysstar (All Aged Stakes winner last Saturday) finished third in that 1200m Group 1.

Stretan Angel has completed a solid jump-out since that March 22 outing, while she's recorded a win and three seconds (one at Group 1 level) from five starts at Morphettville.

2025 Robert Sangster Stakes Value Bet - Ameena

The Anthony & Sam Freedman stable have aimed Ameena for a fresh tilt the Robert Sangster Stakes and with three autumn jump-outs completed, she'll be ready to fire on return.

Three of the last seven winners of this race have been three-year-old's and that includes Shoals, who won the Robert Sangster Stakes first-up for Anthony Freedman back in 2018.

Ameena has a perfect first-up record and after saluting fresh over 1200m at Randwick last campaign, she wasn't as dynamic later in the prep when stretching out to seven furlongs.

The daughter of Tassort moved nicely when taking out her last jump-out at Caulfield Heath and barrier eight gives Jamie Melham plenty of options aboard this versatile filly.

2025 Robert Sangster Stakes Field & Odds

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
1	Asfoora	Henry Dwyer	Mitchell Aitken	14	56.5kg	$8
2	Stretan Angel	Phillip Stokes	Thomas Stockdale	10	56.5kg	$7.50
3	Climbing Star (NZ)	Phillip Stokes	Lachlan Neindorf	7	56.5kg	$5.50
4	Estriella	Ciaron Maher	Ben Allen	2	56.5kg	$17
5	See You In Heaven	Richard & Chantelle Jolly	Zac Spain	3	56.5kg	$26
6	A Little Deep	Ciaron Maher	Ethan Brown	5	56.5kg	$14
7	Commemorative	James Cummings	Blake Shinn	15	56.5kg	$7.50
8	Aviatress	Richard & Chantelle Jolly	Jake Toeroek	6	56.5kg	$14
9	Charm Stone	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Mark Zahra	12	56.5kg	$8
10	Roll On High	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Daniel Stackhouse	1	56.5kg	$21
11	Prairie Flower	Will Clarken & Niki O'Shea	Kayla Crowther	13	56.5kg	$29
12	Dakota Lee	Terry Gillett	Stan Tsaikos	9	56.5kg	$91
13	Austmarr	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Jamie Mott	11	56.5kg	$26
14	Ameena	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Jamie Melham	8	54.5kg	$17
15	She's Got Pizzazz	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Jordan Childs	4	54.5kg	$12
16	Jasmin Rouge	Clinton McDonald	Ben Melham	16	54.5kg	$26

Odds courtesy of Betr & correct on 23/04/2025.

Verdict

Robert Sangster Stakes

Our tips for the 2025 Robert Sangster Stakes are:

A Little Deep

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$14.00 - 2 Units

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Stretan Angel

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Ameena

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$17.00 - 1 Unit

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