The 2012 Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival will be held during May and June at Doomben and Eagle Farm Racecourses. The carnival features eight Group 1 events including the $1 million Stradbroke Handicap and the $650,000 Doomben 10,000.
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Doomben Racecourse
The BTC Cup is a 1200m weight-for-age race held at Doomben Racecourse in early May. Worth $400,000 in prize money, the Group 1 is the first major race of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.
Worth $125,000 in prize money, the Group 3 Doomben Classic is a 1615m set weight race for horses aged three years old. The event attracts horses which would go on to the 2020m Rough Habit Plate in a few weeks time.
The Group 3 Chairman’s Handicap has a distance of 2020 meters and is a quality handicap worth $100,000 in prize money.
Doomben Racecourse
The Doomben Cup is a weight-for-age race run over a 2020m distance at Doomben Racecourse. Held mid-May, the Group 1 event is worth $500,000 in prize money and has been won by several champion horses including Might And Power (1998) and Rough Habit (1991-93).
Raced by three year old fillies only, the Doomben Roses is a 2020m set weight race which is the ideal lead-up to the Queensland Oaks held in two weeks time. The Group 3 event is worth $175,000 in prize money and is primarily made up of local talent.
As the first two year old group race held at Doomben, the Champagne Classic attracts a good group of sprinters capable of racing the 1200 meters under set weight conditions. Worth $150,000 in prize money, the Group 2 race is the lead-up race to the Sires Produce Stakes held in two weeks time at Eagle Farm.
The BTC Cup is a Group 3 Quality Handicap worth $125,000 in prize money. Run over 1350 meters, the event is the same distance as the Group 1 Doomben 10,000.
Held specifically for three year old horses, the Group 3 BTC Classic is a 1350m set weights race worth $125,000 in prize money.
The last major race held on the Doomben Cup Day is the Group 3 Lord Mayors Cup worth $100,000 in prize money. The 1615m weight-for-age race was won in 2001 by 1999 Caulfield Cup winner Sky Heights.
Doomben Racecourse
The Doomben 10,000 is the second richest race in the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival, worth $650,000 in prize money. Held at Doomben Racecourse in May, the Group 1 event is a 1350m weight-for-age race and is regarded as the premier sprint event of the carnival.
The Group 3 Premier’s Cup is a Group 3 Open Handicap run over a 2200m distance. Worth $125,000 in prize money, the event is the ideal lead-up race to the Brisbane Cup.
Named after Queensland’s most famous racehorses, the Rough Habit Plate is a Group 3 set weight race for three year old horses. Worth $125,000 in prize money, the 2020m event is regarded as a good Derby lead-up race.
Eagle Farm Racecourse
The Queensland Oaks takes place at Eagle Farm during May and is a 2400m staying event for three year old fillies. With set weight conditions, the Group 1 event is worth $400,000 in prize money and is the premier Queensland race for fillies.
The Group 2 Sires Produce Stakes is a set weight event for two year old horses worth $250,000 in prize money. Run over 1400m, the event is the perfect lead-up race to the Group 1 TJ Smith (1600m) held one week later.
The PJ O’Shea Stakes is a 2200m weight-for-age race which is worth $250,000 in prize money. The event has Group 2 status and features many horses which go on to the 2400m Brisbane Cup and 2200m Tattersall’s Cup.
Offering $200,000 in prize money, the Dane Ripper Quality is a 1400m event specifically for fillies and mares. With set weight and penalty conditions, the Group 2 event attracts plenty of local talent.
The Group 2 QTC Cup is a 1300m quality handicap which offers $150,000 in prize money. The track is generally made up of local horses with a few interstate runners making the trip to Queensland for the event.
Run over a 2100m distance, the Grand Prix Stakes is a set weights and penalties event for all horses aged three years and older. Worth $125,000 in prize money, the Group 3 event is the lead-up race to the 2400m Queensland Derby held one week later.
Eagle Farm Racecourse
Worth $1 million, the Stradbroke Handicap is the richest race in the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival and is held in early June. Run over 1400 meters, the Group 1 event is an open handicap which was won by racing elite Black Piranha in 2009.
The TJ Smith is a 1600m set weight event worth half a million dollars in prize money. It is a Group 1 race held for two-year old horses and has become an elite race within the Winter Carnival.
The Queensland Derby is a classic Group 1 race for three year old horses and is worth half a million in prize money. Run over a 2400m distance, the set weights race is contested by local and interstate horses not yet ready for the tougher AJC or Victoria Derby.
Run over 2400 meters, the Group 2 Brisbane Cup is a $300,000 open handicap race won by Melbourne Cup winner Viewed in 2008.
The Group 2 Queensland Guineas is a 1600m set weights race for three year old horses. Worth $250,000 in prize money, the event attracts horses not yet ready for the distance of the Queensland Derby.
