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The 2023 Queensland Winter Racing Carnival takes place every year between April and July with quality racing across South East Queensland and is headlined by the Group 1 action of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

Each year the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival features racing at Brisbane (Doomben and Eagle Farm), Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Ipswich.

Queensland Winter Racing Carnival Races

The carnival features eight Group 1 races:

• Doomben 10,000 – Doomben Racecourse
• Doomben Cup – Doomben Racecourse
• Kingsford-Smith Cup – Eagle Farm Racecourse
• Queensland Oaks – Eagle Farm Racecourse
• Stradbroke Handicap – Eagle Farm Racecourse
• Queensland Derby – Eagle Farm Racecourse
• J.J. Atkins – Eagle Farm Racecourse
• Tattersall’s Tiara – Eagle Farm Racecourse

All but the Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) are conducted as part of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival in May – June. The Tattersall’s Tiara – formerly the Winter Stakes – runs at the end of June and is hosted by the Tattersall’s Racing Club.

The Queensland Winter Racing Carnival follows the autumn racing action held in Sydney and Melbourne and the first notable meeting runs in late April. The Queensland Group races of the season then kick off with Group 2 Victory Stakes Day in late April.

The Group 2 races across the winter season in Queensland include the:

• Victory Stakes – Eagle Farm
• A.D. Hollindale Stakes – Gold Coast (Sunshine Coast in 2023)
• Spirit Of Boom Classic – Doomben 10,000 Day
• The Roses – Doomben 10,000 Day
• BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes – Kingsford-Smith Cup Day
• Moreton Cup – Queensland Oaks Day
• The Q22 – Stradbroke Handicap Day
• Dane Ripper Stakes – Stradbroke Handicap Day
• Brisbane Cup – Stradbroke Handicap Day

Racing Clubs

The racing clubs involved in the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival are:

• Gold Coast Turf Club
• Brisbane Racing Club
• Ipswich Turf Club
• Tattersall’s Racing Club
• Sunshine Coast Turf Club
• Toowoomba Turf Cub

Feature Race Days

For more information about Brisbane race days that are part of the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival see our Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival guide.

A.D. Hollindale Stakes Day

Gold Coast Racecourse (Sunshine Coast Racecourse in 2023)

Held at the Gold Coast Racecourse (Sunshine Coast in 2023) in May, the A.D. Hollindale Stakes is a Group 2 weight-for-age race worth over $500,000 in prize money. Run over an 1800m distance, the event has been won by champion horses Shogun Lodge (2000-01), Might And Power (1998) and Rough Habit (1991-92). It now serves as the early lead-up to the Group 1 Doomben Cup with Streama (2014) and star import Zaaki (2021) the last horses to do the Hollindale – Doomben Cup double.

The Group 3 Gold Coast Guineas is a 1200m set weight race for three year old horses also held on Hollindale Day.

Ipswich Cup Day

Ipswich Racecourse

Ipswich Cup Day in the west of Brisbane is conducted in mid-late June one week before Tattersall’s Tiara Day and is headlined by three Listed features, most notably the $200,000 Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m) that may attract Brisbane Cup graduates from the previous weekend.

Tattersall’s Tiara Day

Eagle Farm Racecourse

Held at Eagle Farm Racecourse towards the end of June, the Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) is a Group 1 weight-for-age race for fillies and mares. Worth $700,000 in prize money, the race is the final event held at Eagle Farm Racecourse and is part of the wider Queensland Winter Racing Carnival.

The Group 3 Tattersall’s Cup is worth $200,000 in prize money and is competed by horses which have previously raced in the earlier Brisbane lead-up races. Run over a 2200m distance, the open handicap event attracts strong staying type horses.

The Group 3 WJ Healy Stakes is a 1200m sprinting event which is worth $200,000 in prize money and is the other key Tattersall’s Tiara Day support race.

Caloundra Cup Day

Following the Brisbane winter racing action wrapping up with Tiara Day, gallopers may continue onto the Sunshine Coast in early July for Caloundra Cup Day featuring the Group 3 Winx Guineas (1600m) for three-year-olds. The meeting’s unofficial headline event is the Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m) run over the mile and a half offering $300,000 in stakes, while the Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1400m) gives the winter sprinters a final shot at black-type glory before heading to the paddock before a spring return.