The consistent winning machine Gringotts will carry the maximum weight load as he attempts to extend his dominant spring/summer campaign streak in Saturday’s feature event, the 2025 The Ingham (1600m) at Royal Randwick.

Gringotts is the horse to beat in Saturday’s 2025 The Ingham at Randwick. Steve Hart.

Despite drawing a wide barrier and lumped with 61kg, the Ciaron Maher-trained six-year-old Per Incanto gelding remains the clear market favourite.

This Group 2, $2 million contest is highly sought after as it grants the winner a coveted ballot-free entry into next year’s Doncaster Mile.

Gringotts enters the race in career-best form, having successfully defended his titles in both The Big Dance and The Gong at his last two outings, each time shouldering significant weight.

Punters have shown strong confidence that he is up to the challenge again, reflected in the firm The Ingham betting.

Regular partner Nash Rawiller retains the ride, guiding the horse who has amassed over $6 million in prize money.

Gringotts sits atop the The Ingham odds at $4.40 through Ladbrokes.

The Challenger and Market Movers

Looming as the primary threat, and second favourite in The Ingham betting at $4.80, is the John O’Shea & Tom Charlton partnership’s Yorkshire.

The five-year-old Snitzel gelding, who has won seven of his ten starts, showed resilience by bouncing back from a dead last finish (16th) in The Hunter—where he was later found to have suffered a cardiac arrhythmia incident—to convincingly claim the Group 3 Festival Stakes at Rosehill.

He is set to carry a featherweight of 53kg with Zac Lloyd in the saddle and is expected to relish the mile journey.

With a capacity line-up in The Ingham field, three other contenders are holding firm at single-figure odds:

Sabaj ($6.50 into $6): This untapped four-year-old from the Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr stable has been the subject of an early betting plunge. Like the favourite, he faces a wide gate, but his recent form, including a career-defining win in the Ladbrokes Cranbourne Cup, has captured attention. He won over the Flemington mile with 59.5kg on Champion Stakes Day and drops to just 53kg here, offering Beau Mertens a strong chance to launch a closing effort.

Estadio Mestalla ($7.50): The Joe Pride-trained miler produced a gutsy run for second in the wet in The Gong last start. He is a hardened campaigner who looks to find suitable conditions and possesses the class to potentially overturn the result on Gringotts here.

Rise At Dawn ($9.50): The smart Lindsay Park gelding is well-placed to fire fresh from a short break, reverting to his preferred distance with winkers added. He finished fourth in the Listed Five Diamonds (1800m) after being grabbed late but comes in on the minimum weight of 53kg. A sharp recent 1000m jump-out win suggests he is fit, and with Kerrin McEvoy piloting, he will be tough to run down.

The 2025 The Ingham is slated as Randwick Race 8 at 4:45pm (AEDT) on Saturday’s massive ten-race Sydney program.

2025 The Ingham Field & Barriers

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

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