Rubiton Stakes

The Rubiton Stakes is a prestigious Group 2 sprint hosted by the Melbourne Racing Club at Caulfield, open to elite sprinters.

First contested in 1989, it was won by the legendary Zeditave. The race covers 1100m under Set Weights and Penalties conditions, with a prize pool of $300,000 in 2025.

Named after Cox Plate winner Rubiton, the event started as a Listed race, achieved Group 3 status in 1991, and was upgraded to Group 2 in 2013.

Historically, mares struggled in this race until a trio of victories early in the 2020s. Notably, Nature Strip triumphed in 2019, on his way to becoming one of the world’s top sprinters.

Anaheed (2020) and Prophet’s Thumb (2021) further highlighted the growing success of fillies and mares.

Prominent past winners include Schillaci (1993, 1995), Super Elegant (2003–2005), Bomber Bill (2006), Lankan Rupee (2014), and Chautauqua (2015).

In 2024, Kallos claimed victory ahead of Asfoora and Zapateo.

2025 Rubiton Stakes betting odds

Betting odds for the 2025 Rubiton Stakes are currently unavailable. HorseBetting will update the Rubiton Stakes odds once released.

How to bet on the Rubiton Stakes

Every horse racing bookmaker will have betting on the Rubiton Stakes available. Many of them will open an early market so you can wager on the race a week or so in advance.

Unlike many of the bigger races the Rubiton Stakes acceptances are only done a few days before the race so you won’t find a market many weeks in advance.

Aussie bookies like Dabble offer all of the usual bet types on the race and you will have the option of using ‘boosted odds’ at some of them. This simply means you place your win bet and use the boosted odds option, which could send a $10 shot out to $15.

This provides great value and is as good a reason as any to bet online.

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Rubiton Stakes News

2025 Rubiton Stakes Final Field

HorseBetting will update this page when the 2025 Rubiton Stakes final field is released.

Previous Rubiton Stakes Fields

• 2024 Rubiton Stakes field

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1		Bank Maur	Richard Laming	Jamie Mott	1	59kg
  2		Kallos	James Cummings	Blake Shinn	14	58.5kg
  3		Renosu	James Cummings	Jordan Childs	10	58kg
  4		Asfoora	Henry Dwyer	Mitchell Aitken	6	57kg
  5		Zapateo	James Cummings	Ms Jamie Kah	7	57kg
  6		Indian Pacific	Nick Ryan	Rhys McLeod	13	57kg
  7		Sweet Ride	Annabel Neasham	Craig Williams	3	57kg
  8		Zethus	Stephen Brown	Ms Mickaelle Michel	12	57kg
  9		Rey Magnerio	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Jye McNeil	15	57kg
  10		Mornington Glory	Gavin Bedggood	Ethan Brown	8	57kg
  11		Queen Of The Ball	Michael Freedman	Mark Zahra	2	56.5kg
  12		Snapped	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Luke Currie	4	56.5kg
  13		Barbie’s Fox	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	11	56kg
  14		Hypothetical	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Michael Dee	9	56kg
  15		Viviane	Mathew Ellerton	Damian Lane	5	55kg

2024 Rubiton Stakes result

Recent runnings of the Rubiton Stakes:

• 2024: Kallos causes upset
  High-quality performer Kallos secured a spot in the esteemed Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m), making a remarkable comeback from a 23-week hiatus to triumph in the $300,000 Group 2 Rubiton Stakes (1100m). Under the skilful guidance of jockey Blake Shinn, riding for trainer James Cummings, Kallos made a decisive move down the centre of the track, clinching victory by a length over the short-priced favourite Asfoora ($1.75), with stablemate Zapateo ($8.50) finishing a long head back in third. Boasting his fourth stakes success, Kallos now boasts a record of seven wins, two seconds, and a third from 19 starts, accumulating earnings of $797,205.
• 2023: Lofty Strikes
  Scenes of jubilation surrounded the Sandown mounting yard as the Julius Sandhu-trained Lofty Strike reigned supreme in the Group 2 Rubiton Stakes. Having not been seen at the races since finishing a length off Roch ‘N’ Horse in the Group 1 Champions Sprint on November 5, the three-year-old colt showed no signs of ring rust when unleashing a stunning turn of foot to claim his second career Group 2 success. The race set up perfectly for a backmarker to swoop, with the Peter Moody-trained Oxley Road making the 1100m event a genuinely run event. Despite race favourite Uncommon James looking the winner with 200m to go, it was Lofty Strike under Craig Newitt who went home the best
• 2022: Kah guides Marine One to impressive victory
  The punters got it right in the Group 2 Rubiton Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday with the well backed favourite Marine One ($3.20) taking out the event. The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained colt recorded his fourth race victory and first at stakes level in the $300,000 feature. Jamie Kah produced a top ride to guide the colt to victory. Kah settled Marine One in third position, getting the run of the race behind the two leaders. Staying off the fence, which didn’t seem the place to be at Caulfield, Marine One then hit the front 50m from home to draw away to win by over a length.

Previous winners of the Rubiton Stakes

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