Boban Tops 2015 Stradbroke Handicap Weights

Chris Waller’s first-up Doomben 10,000 winner Boban has been allocated the 58kg top weight for Saturday week’s Stradbroke Handicap 2015 in Brisbane but is far from a guaranteed acceptor in the lucrative sprint classic.

Chris Waller’s Doomben 10,000 winner Boban is allocated the 2015 Stradbroke Handicap top weight for June 6 at Doomben. Photo: Daniel Costello.

Held this year at Doomben Racecourse with Eagle Farm under reconstruction, the $2 million Group 1 AAMI Stradbroke Handicap (1350m) is Queensland’s richest race and there are officially 112 nominees still in the mix.

Heading the ballot and now weights, released by Racing Queensland on Monday morning, is Bernardini five-year-old Boban who posted his fifth Group 1 win when Waller resumed him in last weekend’s Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1350m).

While more than pleased with the 10,000 result, Waller was hesitant to confirm Boban for a Stradbroke Handicap bid knowing the galloper would receive the top weight for the June 6 showdown.

Instead the master trainer, who still has a strong hand of other Straddie hopes, could save the horse for a spring return later in the year.

Three other horses are equal first on the Stradbroke Handicap ballot including the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Hot Snitzel (55.5kg) who scored an upset Group 1 BTC Cup (1200m) win at Doomben on May 9.

He carried 58.5kg to victory that day as a 26-1 outsider in betting and is another galloper yet to be confirmed for a Stradbroke bid chasing back-to-back Group 1 wins.

Ahead of him in the weights though are four gallopers weighted on 56 – 56.kg including the Darren Weir-trained Trust In A Gust (56.5kg).

The Keep The Faith stallion enjoyed two Melbourne Group 1 wins over 1400m and 1600m respectively at Caulfield during the spring before a first-up second at Caulfield on April 18, the four-year-old not seen since.

Then on 56kg each are the defending champ River Lad who would be after successive Stradbroke Handicap wins for the first time since Black Piranha (2009-10), Phillip Stokes’ visiting Adelaide raider Hucklebuck who won the Group 1 Emirates Stakes (1600m) at Flemington in the spring before a disappointing first-up 12^th at home in The Goodwood and Weir’s other Group 1 winner Lucky Hussler who won Moonee Valley’s William Reid Stakes back in late March.

The next heaviest weighted on 55kg each, which River Lad carried to victory in the race last Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival, are then the Peter Moody-trained Flamberge and Tony Pike’s Kiwi raider Sacred Star.

Moody’s Exceed And Excel gelding had form around super sprinter Chautauqua in Melbourne in the early autumn and franked that in Adelaide on May 16 winning the Group 1 The Goodwood (1200m) at a juicy $31 price.

He currently pays $21 through Ladbrokes.com.au in their all-in Stradbroke Handicap odds to bring that form to Brisbane in a fortnight.

Sacred Star meanwhile comes off a first-up fifth to Boban in the Doomben 10,000, the Flying Spur gelding having won back-to-back Group 1s back home in New Zealand at the start of the year.

Current favourite in the Stradbroke Handicap betting markets at a quote of $7 are two in-form fillies including Lumosty who won the Listed The Straight Six (1200m) in impressive fashion at Flemington last weekend.

The Robert Smerdon-trained flyer will be looking to join Sincero (2011), Sniper’s Bullet (2007) and La Montagna (2006) as the other three-year-old Stradbroke Handicap winners in the past 10 years if accepted and gets in on a lovely 50.5kg light weight.

Also at $7 for the win in the Gai Waterhouse-trained Najoom who won the Fred Best Classic on the weekend but who is not currently nominated for the Stradbroke, a late entry fee needing to be paid by connections to get her into the field.

Other three-year-old Stradbroke hopes and their weight allocations include the Paul Messara-trained Scissor Kick (52.5kg), the Waller-trained Arrowfield Sprint winner Delectation (52kg) and Joe Pride’s Mick Dittman winning Denman colt Kuro (51.5kg).

Aside from the two aforementioned fillies the other two single figure hopes in the latest Stradbroke odds at $9 each are The Goodwood fourth placed Black Heart Bart and Doomben 10,000 third placed Lonhro gelding Generalife allocated 53.5kg and 54.5kg respectively.

Other notable hopes and their weights include Peter & Paul Snowden’s Doomben 10,000 runner-up Charlie Boy (54kg) and Moody’s smart three-year-old filly Bring Me The Maid (50.5kg) out to atone for her ninth in the 10,000 where the daughter of Sebring found the Good (4) track too firm for her liking.

Check out the full Stradbroke Handicap 2015 weights below then visit Ladbrokes.com.au to get behind your early picks at the best odds before markets firm over the fortnight!

2015 Stradbroke Handicap Weight

Doomben Racecourse – 06/06/2015

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	4559x970x1	BOBAN	G	5	Chris Waller	1=	58kg	–
2	21689×7031	HOT SNITZEL	G	6	Peter & Paul Snowden	1=	55.5kg	–
3	07643×2301	FLAMBERGE	G	5	Peter G Moody	1=	55kg	–
4	5x049x11x5	SACRED STAR	G	5	Tony Pike	1=	55kg	–
5	1233×11212	CATKINS	M	5	Chris Waller	5	54.5kg	–
6	62x12111x2	TRUST IN A GUST	H	4	Darren Weir	6	56.5kg	–
7	x711x400x0	RIVER LAD	G	7	Natalie Mccall	7	56kg	–
8	8x46x111x0	HUCKLEBUCK	G	4	Phillip Stokes	8	56kg	–
9	x32212x167	LUCKY HUSSLER	G	5	Darren Weir	9	56kg	–
10	111113×186	SRIKANDI	M	4	Ciaron Maher	10	53kg	–
11	77444124×0	SMOKIN’ JOEY	G	7	Wez Hunter	11	54.5kg	–
12	x43324x153	GENERALIFE	G	5	John O’Shea	12	54.5kg	–
13	2x2560x670	TEMPLE OF BOOM	G	8	Tony Gollan	13	54.5kg	–
14	4×42270422	LORD OF THE SKY	H	4	Robbie Laing	14	54kg	–
15	1229×15450	SCISSOR KICK	C	3	Paul Messara	15	52.5kg	–
16	11x111x130	OUR BOY MALACHI	G	6	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	16	54kg	–
17	x02346x512	CHARLIE BOY	G	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	17	54kg	–
18	11650×2326	GREGERS	M	4	David Hayes & Tom Dabernig	18	52kg	–
19	3250×46424	KNOYDART	G	5	John O’Shea	19	54kg	–
20	4342×20713	DELECTATION	G	3	Chris Waller	20	52kg	–
21	1x4911x960	BIG MONEY	G	5	Rodney Northam	21	53.5kg	–
22	41121111×4	BLACK HEART BART	G	4	Vaughn Sigley	22	53.5kg	–
23	13212×2123	UNDER THE LOUVRE	H	4	Robert Smerdon	23	53.5kg	–
24	0x1332x561	STRAWBERRY BOY	G	6	Chris Waller	24	53.5kg	–
25	4x02x04700	FONTELINA	G	6	Anthony Cummings	25	53.5kg	–
26	x402406x89	SPEEDINESS	G	7	Colin Scott	26	53.5kg	–
27	25x12239x0	EL ROCA	H	4	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	27	53.5kg	–
28	11113×3281	KURO (NZ)	C	3	Joseph Pride	28	51.5kg	–
29	131×334645	FAST ’N’ ROCKING	G	4	David Hayes & Tom Dabernig	29	53kg	–
30	14441×4270	VAIN QUEEN	M	5	John Sadler	30	52kg	–
31	3x21816x11	LUMOSTY	F	3	Robert Smerdon	31	50.5kg	–
32	211421×827	ROCK STURDY	H	4	Joseph Pride	32	53kg	–
33	x70420x904	ALMA’S FURY	G	7	Tony Gollan	33	53kg	–
34	610x131x43	REPARATIONS	G	6	Lee & Anthony Freedman	34	53kg	–
35	x18740x249	BRING ME THE MAID	F	3	Peter G Moody	35	50.5kg	–
36	53241411×8	FLAMINGO STAR (GER)	H	5	Chris Waller	36	53kg	–
37	1275×12220	RIZIZ	G	6	Ken Sweeney	37	52.5kg	–
38	4571x3x160	POLITENESS	M	4	Robert Smerdon	38	52kg	–
39	38x21223x8	DOTHRAKI	G	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	39	52.5kg	–
40	56x79x60x2	HOWMUCHDOYOULOVEME	G	6	Con Karakatsanis	40	52.5kg	–
41	9014×12358	HOPFGARTEN	G	4	Robert Heathcote	41	52kg	101
42	x6865789x1	RIVA DE LAGO	G	7	Robert Heathcote	42	52kg	101
43	90x3x74574	RAIN AFFAIR	G	7	Joseph Pride	43	52kg	101
44	4x90x160x0	THUMP	M	4	Kris Lees	44	52kg	101
45	31x1121x22	BALL OF MUSCLE	G	4	Joseph Pride	45	52kg	100
46	112x3Lx200	CAPE KIDNAPPERS	G	7	Kelly Schweida	46	52kg	100
47	17x125236x	KINGDOMS (NZ)	G	5	Brian Smith	47	52kg	100
48	4140x4x835	DANCES ON STARS (NZ)	G	5	Gerald Ryan	48	52kg	100
49	x45123x464	TRIED AND TIRED	G	5	Leon & Troy Corstens	49	52kg	99
50	x3116x684x	PRINCE CHERI (FR)	H	6	David Vandyke	50	52kg	99
51	925524×200	ESTONIAN PRINCESS	M	4	Gerald Ryan	51	52kg	98
52	010×432160	NEO (NZ)	G	5	Stuart Kendrick	52	52kg	97
53	5040×20549	PERON	M	5	Peter G Moody	53	52kg	97
54	11081×2907	ADDICTIVE HABIT (NZ)	G	5	Lee Somervell	54	52kg	96
55	6665482506	AERONAUTICAL	G	6	Lionel Cohen	55	52kg	96
56	x507x04300	SISTINE DEMON	G	5	Andrew Noblet	56	52kg	96
57	14437244×1	YOU’LL NEVER	G	5	Chris Waller	57	52kg	95
58	16x520x220	TIME FOR WAR	C	3	Stuart Kendrick	58	50.5kg	95
59	1x2111x120	CRAFTINESS	G	4	Joseph Pride	59	52kg	95
60	8x0310x100	SHAMALIA	M	4	Bart & James Cummings	60	52kg	95
61	7520×86619	NOSTRADAMUS	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	61	50.5kg	94
62	11400×4083	JETSET LAD (NZ)	G	7	Brian Smith	62	52kg	94
63	41x7x160x0	PHELAN READY	G	8	Jason McLachlan	63	52kg	94
64	650x00x1x0	FACILE TIGRE	G	8	Jason McLachlan	64	52kg	94
65	x44067x350	HIDDEN WARRIOR	G	5	Gordon Yorke	65	52kg	94
66	51542×8537	FINE BUBBLES	M	5	Kris Lees	66	52kg	93
67	62217633×0	TIME TO PLUNDER	G	6	Liam Birchley	67	52kg	93
68	62x32405x5	ROSE OF CHOICE	M	5	Peter & Paul Snowden	68	52kg	93
69	10720x4x07	TOKAMAK	G	7	Barry Lockwood	69	52kg	93
70	510x04x830	JAZZ SONG	M	4	Mick Price	70	52kg	92
71	451527×970	HENWOOD (NZ)	G	6	John Sadler	71	52kg	92
72	8843×81366	KEMPELLY	G	5	Kevin Kemp	72	52kg	92
73	x70x6200x0	ENQUARE	M	4	Jason McLachlan	73	52kg	92
74	x341x15152	MISS COVER GIRL	F	3	Kelly Schweida	74	50.5kg	91
75	1412×51340	GUNDY SPIRIT	G	4	Tony Gollan	75	52kg	91
76	6×61113140	ALLEZ EAGLE (NZ)	G	4	Tony Pike	76	52kg	91
77	x01303x978	FINAL CRESCENDO	G	5	David Kelly	77	52kg	91
78	11x442x339	TRAVESTON GIRL	F	3	Tony Gollan	78	50.5kg	90
79	0x1112x389	WHISKEY ALLROUND	G	4	Tony Gollan	79	52kg	90
80	x261126x80	GENERAL GROOVE	G	5	Leon & Troy Corstens	80	52kg	90
81	111x1x562	MIRAGE	G	5	Peter G Moody	81	52kg	90
82	71160×9770	TYPHOON RED	G	6	Kevin Kemp	82	52kg	90
83	91211×5530	NITE ROCKER	G	4	Lloyd Kennewell	83	52kg	89.5
84	220x3134x8	CUM DIVIDEND	G	6	Liam Birchley	84	52kg	89
85	355×304790	MY SABEEL (NZ)	M	7	Kevin Moses	85	52kg	88
86	4x3305x702	BYMONASHEE	G	7	Brian Smith	86	52kg	87
87	4x2101x730	DEIHEROS	G	3	Lloyd Kennewell	87	50.5kg	85
88	3x5x879x29	AUSSIES LOVE SPORT	G	4	David Vandyke	88	52kg	85
89	x4812x2205	BOOMWAA	G	3	Robbie Laing	89	50.5kg	83
90	x20724405x	FARE WELL	M	4	Clarry Conners	90	52kg	83
91	56x427x140	PRINCE HARADA	G	4	Danny O’Brien	91	52kg	83
92	2511320×08	HIJACK HUSSY	F	3	Tony Gollan	92	50.5kg	81
93	01100204×1	ABU BEN ADAM	G	4	Pat Duff	93	52kg	81
94	31814×7342	BALIGARI	G	4	Lloyd Kennewell	94	52kg	81
95	x446x10x24	SARAJEVO	G	3	John O’Shea	95	50.5kg	80
96	31316×129	YESTERDAY’S SONGS	G	4	Michael Moroney	96	52kg	80
97	129x343x03	AWESOME ROCK	C	3	Leon & Troy Corstens	97	50.5kg	80
98	1x10x60	GET THE NOD	G	3	Lloyd Kennewell	98	50.5kg	79.5
99	204151×159	VERGARA	M	4	Anthony Cummings	99	52kg	79
100	3616×340	REKINDLED POWER	C	3	Paul Messara	100	50.5kg	79
101	125×141	TREE OF JESSE	F	3	Bart & James Cummings	101	50.5kg	78
102	258111×360	SILENT WHISPER	G	3	Lloyd Kennewell	102	50.5kg	78
103	144x37320x	ROMANARMA	G	4	Desleigh Forster	103	52kg	78
104	8x2171x1	KAEPERNICK	G	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	104	50.5kg	76
105	7x418x7890	SOLDI DOMANI	C	3	Bryan Dais	105	50.5kg	74
106	x13249x105	MARWOOD (NZ)	G	4	Michael Moroney	106	52kg	72
107	2x1128x860	KATIE’S COVE	M	4	Mick Mair	107	52kg	72
108	15×223	WE’VE GOT THIS	G	3	Greg Eurell	108	50.5kg	71
109	x69x224065	JABALI	C	3	Mick Price	109	50.5kg	71
110	1x77x0x7x0	FORGET MAYBE	G	4	Anthony Cummings	110	52kg	71
111	6x11548x87	STAVIVA	G	3	Matt Laurie	111	50.5kg	68
112	1225×00	MR CHA CHA	C	3	Brad Herne	112	50.5kg	67