CF Orr Stakes Winners: Every Winner Since 1925 and Records

Who are the CF Orr Stakes winners? Here is every winner of the Group 1 weight-for-age race since The Night Patrol in 1925, from Manikato and Vo Rogue to Black Caviar and 2026 winner Shadhavar, plus the trainer, jockey and race records.

Shadhavar is the latest name on the list of CF Orr Stakes winners. The Tom Dabernig-trained mare won the 2026 edition at Sandown on Saturday 14 November, holding off the late challenge of Pericles and Jimmysstar, Racing.com reported. The margin was three-quarters of a length, with Jimmysstar a further two and a quarter lengths back in third.

It was Shadhavar’s first Group 1 win and the first Group 1 for Dabernig as a trainer in his own right. Kerrin McEvoy rode the five-year-old daughter of Pride Of Dubai, who ran 1:24.83 for the 1400m, according to Racing Australia’s race history.

The Orr Stakes has been run since 1925. It was first held at the now-closed Williamstown Racecourse and is named after Charles F. Orr, a former chairman and secretary of the Williamstown Racing Club.

For most of its history the race opened the Melbourne autumn in February and was the first Group 1 of the year in Melbourne. That changed in 2025, when it moved to November. The race was run twice that year, and it is now Melbourne’s final Group 1 of the year.

Here is every CF Orr Stakes winner since 1925, along with the records, the champions who have won it and how the race has changed.

CF Orr Stakes winners at a glance

First winner: The Night Patrol, 1925
Latest winner: Shadhavar (Tom Dabernig, Kerrin McEvoy), 2026
Most wins by a horse: three, by Manikato (1979 to 1981) and Vo Rogue (1988 to 1990)
Most wins by a trainer since 2000: Peter Moody, five
Most wins by a jockey since 2000: Luke Nolen, four
Distance: 1400m at weight-for-age
Status: Group 1 since 1993
Prize money: $1 million

CF Orr Stakes history

The race began over one mile at Williamstown and stayed there until 1940. It then moved between Moonee Valley and Flemington before settling at Caulfield from 1949. Sandown took over from 1966, and the race has switched between Sandown and Caulfield ever since.

The distance moved between a mile and seven furlongs until 1973, when it became 1400m. The Orr was a principal race until 1978 and a Group 2 from 1979 to 1992, and it has been a Group 1 since 1993.

The 2026 running went back to Sandown Hillside because Caulfield is being resurfaced after the Caulfield Cup, Racing Victoria confirmed when it released the spring programs in July. The Orr shared the card with the Group 2 Zipping Classic, which was brought forward to the same day.

Every CF Orr Stakes winner since 1925

Winners from 2000 onwards are listed with the trainer and jockey, taken from Racing Australia’s official race history.

2020s

2026: Shadhavar (Tom Dabernig, Kerrin McEvoy)
2025 (November): Jimmysstar (Ciaron Maher, Ethan Brown)
2025 (February): Another Wil (Ciaron Maher, Jamie Melham)
2024: Mr Brightside (Ben, Will and JD Hayes, Craig Williams)
2023: Jacquinot (Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr, Damian Lane)
2022: Tofane (Michael Moroney, Mark Zahra)
2021: Streets Of Avalon (Shane Nichols, Zac Spain)
2020: Alabama Express (Michael Moroney, Michael Dee)

2010s

2019: Manuel (Tony McEvoy, Luke Currie)
2018: Hartnell (James Cummings, Craig Williams)
2017: Black Heart Bart (Darren Weir, Brad Rawiller)
2016: Suavito (Nigel Blackiston, Luke Currie)
2015: Dissident (Peter Moody, Ben Melham)
2014: Moment Of Change (Peter Moody, Luke Nolen)
2013: All Too Hard (Michael, John and Wayne Hawkes, Dwayne Dunn)
2012: Black Caviar (Peter Moody, Luke Nolen)
2011: Typhoon Tracy (Peter Moody, Luke Nolen)
2010: Typhoon Tracy (Peter Moody, Luke Nolen)

2000s

2009: Maldivian (Mark Kavanagh, Michael Rodd)
2008: Shinzig (Mick Price, Stephen Baster)
2007: El Segundo (Colin Little, Damien Oliver)
2006: Perfect Promise (Lee Freedman, Craig Newitt)
2005: Elvstroem (Tony Vasil, Nash Rawiller)
2004: Lonhro (John Hawkes, Darren Beadman)
2003: Yell (John Hawkes, Darren Gauci)
2002: Barkada (Lee Freedman, Scott Seamer)
2001: Desert Sky (Mathew Ellerton, Darren Gauci)
2000: Redoute’s Choice (Rick Hore-Lacy, Darren Beadman)

1975 to 1999

1999: Grand Archway; 1998: Special Dane; 1997: Saintly; 1996: Racer’s Edge; 1995: Jeune
1994: Primacy; 1993: Durbridge; 1992: Let’s Elope; 1991: Planet Ruler; 1990: Vo Rogue
1989: Vo Rogue; 1988: Vo Rogue; 1987: At Talaq; 1986: Delightful Belle; 1985: Fine Offer
1984: Qubeau; 1983: Torbek; 1982: Lawman; 1981: Manikato; 1980: Manikato
1979: Manikato; 1978: Hyperno; 1977: Surround; 1976: Plush; 1975: Leilani

1950 to 1974

1974: All Shot; 1973: Longfella; 1972: Abdul; 1971: Black Onyx; 1970: Crewman
1969: Fileur; 1968: Winfreux; 1967: Tobin Bronze; 1966: Rio; 1965: Future
1964: Havelock; 1963: Aquanita; 1962: Wenona Girl; 1961: Anonyme; 1960: Lord
1959: Lord; 1958: Highfire; 1957: Golden Doubles; 1956: Rising Fast; 1955: Prince Cortauld
1954: Flying Halo; 1953: Ellerslie; 1952: Grey Boots; 1951: Comic Court; 1950: St. Razzle

1925 to 1949

1949: Ungar; 1948: St. Fairy; 1947: Attley; 1946: Flight; 1945: Drum Net
1944: Lawrence; 1943: Primavera; 1942: Burrabil; 1941: Mildura; 1940: High Caste
1939: Manolive; 1938: Hua; 1937: Iva; 1936: Cardinal; 1935: Break Up
1934: Gaine Carrington; 1933: Liberal; 1932: Greenline; 1931: Byron; 1930: Gallopade
1929: Gothic; 1928: Sailing Home; 1927: Heroic; 1926: Whittier; 1925: The Night Patrol

2026 CF Orr Stakes: Shadhavar

Shadhavar came into the race chasing a third straight win, and only six horses went around after Angel Capital and Desert Lightning were scratched. McEvoy picked up the ride because Craig Williams, who had ridden the mare in her previous two wins, was committed to Pericles.

“When we got her to 1400m is when she really went to another level. In three runs at this distance, she is now undefeated,” Dabernig told Racing.com. The win also gave owner-syndicator Joe O’Neill and Prime Thoroughbreds their first Group 1, from a mare they bought for $85,000 at the 2023 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale.

Ciaron Maher’s Jimmysstar, chasing back-to-back wins and a third straight Orr for his stable, finished third. Chris Waller’s Beiwacht, who led into the straight, finished last of the six.

Why the race was run twice in 2025

Another Wil won the February 2025 Orr at Caulfield for Maher and jockey Jamie Melham. Later that year the race moved to the end of the Melbourne spring, and Jimmysstar won the first November edition on 15 November 2025 as the odds-on favourite, races.com.au noted, beating his rival Angel Capital.

That gave Maher two Orr Stakes in the same calendar year, with two different horses.

CF Orr Stakes records

Most wins by a horse

Three: Manikato (1979, 1980, 1981) and Vo Rogue (1988, 1989, 1990), both hat-tricks at Sandown
Two: Lord (1959, 1960) and Typhoon Tracy (2010, 2011)

Most wins by a trainer since 2000

Peter Moody: 5 (Typhoon Tracy twice, Black Caviar, Moment Of Change, Dissident)
John Hawkes: 3 (Yell, Lonhro, and All Too Hard with Michael and Wayne Hawkes)
Lee Freedman: 2 (Barkada, Perfect Promise)
Michael Moroney: 2 (Alabama Express, Tofane)
Ciaron Maher: 2 (Another Wil, Jimmysstar)
Mick Price: 2 (Shinzig, and Jacquinot with Michael Kent Jnr)

Most wins by a jockey since 2000

Luke Nolen: 4 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014)
Darren Beadman: 2 (2000, 2004)
Darren Gauci: 2 (2001, 2003)
Luke Currie: 2 (2016, 2019)
Craig Williams: 2 (2018, 2024)

Other records

Fastest winning time since 2000: Desert Sky, 1:21.64 at Caulfield in 2001
Racecourses used: five (Williamstown, Moonee Valley, Flemington, Caulfield and Sandown)
Only time run twice in a year: 2025
Won on protest: Jacquinot in 2023

Jacquinot’s 2023 win came in the stewards’ room. Gentleman Roy crossed the line a short head in front, but stewards upheld Damian Lane’s protest for interference over the final 100 metres, Racing.com reported.

Champions who won the CF Orr Stakes

The Orr has been won by some of the best horses in Australian racing, many of them in our list of the greatest Australian racehorses of all time.

Heroic (1927): Cox Plate winner and later a champion sire
Rising Fast (1956): won the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup in 1954
Tobin Bronze (1967): dual Cox Plate winner who also won the 1967 Doncaster
Manikato (1979 to 1981): champion sprinter and the first horse to win three Orrs
Vo Rogue (1988 to 1990): Vic Rail’s front-running star who matched Manikato’s hat-trick
Saintly (1997): returned from his 1996 Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup double to win the Orr for Bart Cummings
Redoute’s Choice (2000): multiple Group 1 winner who became a champion sire
Lonhro (2004): opened his 2004 autumn campaign with the Orr at Caulfield
Black Caviar (2012): her 18th straight win and eighth Group 1
All Too Hard (2013): Black Caviar’s half-brother won it a year after she did

Black Caviar’s win was her first and only start at 1400m. More than 20,000 people went to Caulfield to see her win by three and a quarter lengths for Luke Nolen and Peter Moody, the ABC reported.

Hyperno won the 1978 Orr a year before his 1979 Melbourne Cup, and Let’s Elope won the 1992 Orr a few months after her 1991 Melbourne Cup. Typhoon Tracy followed her 2010 Orr with the Futurity and Queen Of The Turf on the way to being named Australian Horse of the Year.

Chris Waller and the Orr Stakes

Chris Waller has trained more than 200 Group 1 winners, but the Orr is one of the few he has not won. Before the 2026 race, Racing and Sports noted that the Hall of Famer had trained 213 Group 1 winners and was “yet to prepare an Orr Stakes winner”.

A win with Beiwacht or Angel Capital would have taken Waller to 28 Group 1 wins in 2026 and level with Aidan O’Brien’s world record for a calendar year. Instead, he stayed on 27 and his wait for a first Orr goes on. Our preview of Waller’s record bid has the full story.

What comes next

With the Orr now Melbourne’s final Group 1 of the year, its runners have the summer to freshen up for the autumn. Before the 2026 race, Waller told Racing and Sports the Newmarket, the Futurity, the George Ryder and the Canterbury Stakes were the kind of autumn races his 1400m specialists could target. Dabernig has already said Shadhavar could step up to a mile next preparation.

Planning a bet on the next big meeting? Check every runner with TSB’s free Racing Form Guide, and read what the jockeys said after the 2026 Orr.

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