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The JJ Atkins, formerly called The TJ Smith, is the premier event for two-year-olds at the annual Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. Traditionally held on the highly anticipated Stradbroke Handicap Day in June at Eagle Farm Racecourse, this Group 1 race is run over a middle distance of 1600m under set weight conditions. Worth $600,000 it is one of the most lucrative races conducted during the carnival and shares the day with a host of other Group status races including the Group 1 $1.5 million Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) and Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m).

The 2017 JJ Atkins and other Stradbroke Handicap Day races were moved from Eagle Farm to Doomben Racecourse and Doomben will be host to the 2018 JJ Atkins again due to the ongoing track upgrades at Eagle Farm.

There are a number of quality races the two-year-old runners in the JJ Atkins field may have contested earlier including the Group 2 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) a fortnight before. The BRC Sires Produce Stakes / JJ Atkins is a popular betting double at the carnival and horses that have won both races include Sizzling (2012), Pressday (2010), Lovely Jubly (2002), Juanmo (2001), Al Mansour (1997), Anthems (1996), Mahogany (1993) and Slight Chance (1992).

Many J.J. Atkins winners and placegetters will continue on to bigger and better races later in their careers.

The 2018 JJ Atkins Plate runs on Saturday June 9, 2018 .

JJ Atkins 2018
Date:	Saturday June 9, 2018
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse (Doomben for 2018)
Distance:	1600m
Conditions:	2YOs – Set Weights
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$600,000
Inaugurated:	1897

2018 JJ Atkins Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2018 JJ Atkins Betting Odds

The top JJ Atkins 2018 odds and Group 1 Brisbane racing odds provided by Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as released.

2018 JJ Atkins Field

The two-year-olds in the JJ Atkins field traditionally come off a lead-up run in Brisbane earlier during the winter with the BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes the key preparatory run into the Group 1 mile feature. Interstate raiders also make-up a bulk of the JJ Atkins field each year and have a high strike rate beating home the local youngsters.

The official 2018 JJ Atkins Field & Barriers is out of as of now and published in full below.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	1331	LEAN MEAN MACHINE	Chris Waller	Corey Brown	9	57kg
2	14612	ZOUSAIN	Chris Waller	James McDonald	14	57kg
3	15123	BOOMSARA	Chris Munce	Matthew McGillivray	8	57kg
4	7215	SESAR	Steven O’dea	Damian Lane	13	57kg
5	11	THE AUTUMN SUN	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	6	57kg
6	234×612	GRIM REAPER	Steven O’dea	Brenton Avdulla	4	57kg
7	411	HOME GROUND	John Sargent	Travis Wolfgram	10	57kg
8	2×231	CHAMPAGNE GARDEN	John Zielke	Tegan Harrison	12	57kg
9	814	HOME MADE	John Sargent	Michael Walker	11	57kg
10	7×432	PEPPI LA FEW	Liam Birchley	Damian Browne	5	57kg
11	2×1122	FUNDAMENTALIST	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Craig Williams	7	55kg
12	1212×8	PLUMARO	Kevin Kemp	Tim Clark	3	55kg
13	2×34154394	MISS SARA	Les Ross	Ryan Wiggins	2	55kg
14	462×343	SIZZLING ACE	Toby Edmonds	Glyn Schofield	1	55kg

2018 JJ Atkins First Acceptances

First acceptances for the JJ Atkins 2018 are taken on Wednesday May 30, 2018 and will be published in full below once released by Racing Queensland.

2018 JJ Atkins Nominations

The early JJ Atkins 2018 nominations close on a Tuesday in early May and will be available right here as soon as announced by Racing Queensland.

The official 2018 JJ Atkins Nominations attracted a bumper 127 two-year-old winter hopefuls including the Chris Waller-trained pre-field favourite The Autumn Sun, stablamate Lean Mean Machine and recent Group 3 Ken Russell Memorial Classic winning Sebring colt Sesar for local trainer Steven O’Dea.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer
1	41	A MAN TO MATCH	C	2	Tony Gollan
2	210×35	AL NAIFA	F	2	Tony McEvoy
3	–	ALLUSION	C	2	Tony McEvoy
4	9x	AMORITA	F	2	Matthew Dunn
5	–	APPLESANDBISCUITS	F	2	Melissa Leitch
6	4x8x	AWESOME MO	G	2	Liam Birchley
7	1x	AXELLA	F	2	Matthew Dunn
8	–	BE MY STAR	F	2	Tony McEvoy
9	–	BIG BAD BRUCE	C	2	Bjorn Baker
10	111×3	BLUE BOOK	G	2	Kelly Doughty
11	–	BONDI BOY	C	2	Richard Freedman
12	151x	BOOMSARA	G	2	Chris Munce
13	–	BRILLIANT MIND	C	2	Gary Moore
14	P	BRING ME SHOWERS	F	2	John P Thompson
15	6×4	BRITISH MEDIUM	C	2	Mick Price
16	226x	BURBANK	C	2	Chris Waller
17	50x	CAPITULATE	G	2	Toby Edmonds
18	9×0	CEOL NA MARA	F	2	Chris Munce
19	–	CHAMPAGNE DAISY	F	2	David Vandyke
20	2×2	CHAMPAGNE GARDEN	G	2	John Zielke
21	6	COMMANDER	G	2	John P Thompson
22	–	COPS AND ROBBERS	C	2	Matthew Dunn
23	23	COTERIE	G	2	Gerald Ryan
24	164x	COUNTERCURRENT	F	2	Bjorn Baker
25	4	CRITICAL REACTION	F	2	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
26	36	DALSWINTON	C	2	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
27	–	DEALMAKER	C	2	Chris Waller
28	25×7	DRAM OF DELAGO	F	2	Matthew Dunn
29	28351x	DREAMING OF BISCAY	F	2	Nick Olive
30	1x	DYNAMITED	C	2	James Cummings
31	557	DYNASTY DI	F	2	John W Ramsey
32	34×1	EAWASE	F	2	Peter & Paul Snowden
33	5	EXCLUSIVE	C	2	Peter & Paul Snowden
34	1×4	FAROOQ	C	2	Tony McEvoy
35	–	FAT MAX	C	2	Kevin Kemp
36	544×33322	FISH ’N’ SNITZ	F	2	Stuart Kendrick
37	2×112	FUNDAMENTALIST	F	2	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
38	5×2	GALINA	F	2	Peter & Paul Snowden
39	1	GEM SONG	C	2	Kris Lees
40	11	GRAFF	C	2	Kris Lees
41	4225×1	GRANNY RED SHOES	F	2	Toby Edmonds
42	–	GREAT KEPPELL	C	2	Toby Edmonds
43	234×6	GRIM REAPER	G	2	Steven O’dea
44	–	GUNZEL	C	2	Kristen Buchanan
45	–	HAZAR	G	2	Matthew Dunn
46	4	HOME GROUND	G	2	John Sargent
47	81	HOME MADE	G	2	John Sargent
48	81	HOME WIN	C	2	John Sargent
49	18	INVINCORE	C	2	Toby Edmonds
50	1x37x	IRISH BET	C	2	John O’Shea
51	–	JACK DERIPPA	C	2	Toby Edmonds
52	–	KEVIKKI	F	2	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
53	13x	LEAN MEAN MACHINE	C	2	Chris Waller
54	–	LEARDO (NZ)	G	2	Richard Freedman
55	–	LIGHT UP THE ROOM	F	2	Tony Gollan
56	50	LILIERO	F	2	Bryan & Daniel Guy
57	2x	MAGIC MYSTERY (NZ)	C	2	Liam Birchley
58	5	MANDAYANA	F	2	Ciaron Maher
59	2	MICKEY BLUE EYES	C	2	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
60	80×2	MISCHIEVOUSMARILYN	F	2	Kelly Schweida
61	14111	MISHANI HUSTLER	C	2	Ben Currie
62	36×2723	MISHANI ROMAN	G	2	Ben Currie
63	32×2	MISHANI RULER	G	2	Ben Currie
64	8×4	MISS EARTH	F	2	Kris Lees
65	28	MISS LOUISIANA	F	2	Anthony Freedman
66	322×341543	MISS SARA	F	2	Les Ross
67	43	NERO CHIN CHIN	G	2	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
68	–	ON THE WHITE TURF (NZ)	F	2	Richard Freedman
69	25×124	ONLY WANNA SING	G	2	Robert Heathcote
70	–	OR ELSE	G	2	Kurt Goldman
71	324×6	ORCEIN	C	2	Chris Waller
72	31611	OUR LONG SALI	F	2	Stuart Gandy
73	63×4	PEMBROKE CASTLE	C	2	Chris Waller
74	211×1	PENNINO	F	2	Darryl Hansen
75	7x	PEPPI LA FEW	G	2	Liam Birchley
76	–	PHOENIX GLOBAL	C	2	Toby Edmonds
77	29x	PHONEME	C	2	Chris Waller
78	–	PIERRE BIZEL	C	2	Stuart Kendrick
79	9	PISTOLERO	C	2	Tony Gollan
80	1	PIZONIE	G	2	Tony Gollan
81	1212x	PLUMARO	F	2	Kevin Kemp
82	1x09x	PONY POWER	F	2	Chris Munce
83	–	PRESS BOX	F	2	Chris Waller
84	17	RACECOURSE ROAD	C	2	Chris Munce
85	3335×130	RAINS APLENTY	C	2	John Zielke
86	6	REVEL	C	2	Tony Gollan
87	0	REXX	C	2	Tony Gollan
88	43x	RIVER BIRD	F	2	Jason Coyle
89	–	ROCKNAVAR	F	2	Matthew Dunn
90	1x	ROOSEVELT	C	2	James Cummings
91	2	ROYAL CELEBRATION	C	2	Ron Quinton
92	–	ROYAL FACTOR	C	2	Matthew Dunn
93	7x5x	RUSSIAN ROMEO	G	2	Ciaron Maher
94	–	SAY I CEE YOU	C	2	Liam Birchley
95	44×214	SECRET BLAZE	G	2	Tony McEvoy
96	0x	SERLINA	F	2	Billy & Dale Healey
97	72	SESAR	C	2	Steven O’dea
98	112	SHAMURT	F	2	Tony Gollan
99	462×3	SIZZLING ACE	F	2	Toby Edmonds
100	11129x	SIZZLING BELLE	F	2	Nick Olive
101	–	SKI BUNNY (NZ)	F	2	Liam Birchley
102	0x23x37	SOKUDO	C	2	Peter & Paul Snowden
103	–	SPILIA	C	2	Danny O’Brien
104	–	SPOT ON SPUD	G	2	Liam Birchley
105	425	STARVIRGO	C	2	Anthony Freedman
106	79×804	STRAWBERRY BLONDE	F	2	Kelly Schweida
107	1	THE AUTUMN SUN	C	2	Chris Waller
108	–	THE BIG HOUSE	C	2	Tony Sears
109	–	THE FIRE TRAP	G	2	Matthew Dunn
110	–	THE PINES	F	2	Toby Edmonds
111	–	TURMOIL	F	2	Toby Edmonds
112	46x	ULTIMATE RING	G	2	Kelly Schweida
113	–	UNGUARDED	F	2	Richard Freedman
114	–	USMANOV	C	2	Toby Edmonds
115	851	VASSILATOR (NZ)	C	2	Colin Little
116	–	VIRAL	G	2	Toby Edmonds
117	–	VO RIVER GIRL	F	2	Darryl Ward
118	22x	WAGNER	C	2	James Cummings
119	–	WE CONCUR	C	2	Matthew Dunn
120	–	WHYMELO	F	2	Toby Edmonds
121	8x	WILLING FORCE (NZ)	C	2	Stuart Kendrick
122	–	WILLO TITTO	F	2	David Vandyke
123	–	WINDERMERE	F	2	Toby Edmonds
124	2x	WINNING PARTNER	C	2	Tony McEvoy
125	30×3	YAMAZAKI	F	2	Chris Anderson
126	11	ZOOM BY	F	2	Liam Birchley
127	146x	ZOUSAIN	C	2	Chris Waller

J.J. Atkins History

First run in 1897, the event was originally known as the Claret Stakes and Common won the inaugural race. The event was then named The TJ Smith after legendary trainer Tommy Smith. In 2013 the race was renamed the J.J. Atkins in honour of legendary Queensland trainer Jim Atkins.

The JJ Atkins began as a principal race run over six furlongs but was increased to seven furlongs in 1905. The race was not held between 1942 and 1945 but recommenced in 1946 under the same conditions. Nearly a decade later the race distance was increased to eight furlongs before changing to the metric conversion of 1600m in 1973. Not long after in 1980 the event reached Group 2 status before finally being elevated to its current Group 1 status in 1985.

Just A Printer holds the race record of 1:33.0 set in 1994.

Recent JJ Atkins Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 JJ Atkins	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2017 JJ Atkins	1st	Capital Gain	1 minute 36.21 seconds
	2nd	Aloisia
	3rd	Taking Aim
2016 JJ Atkins	1st	Sacred Elixir	1 minute 37.82 seconds
	2nd	Charnley River
	3rd	Heart Skipt A Beat
2015 JJ Atkins	1st	Press Statement	1 minute 35.40 seconds
	2nd	Sagaronne
	3rd	Look To The Stars
2014 JJ Atkins	1st	Almalad	1 minute 35.39 seconds
	2nd	Brazen Beau
	3rd	Lookslikethecat
2013 JJ Atkins	1st	Romantic Touch	1 minute 36.54 seconds
	2nd	Zoustar
	3rd	Paximadia
2012 The TJ Smith	1st	Sizzling	1 minute 37.01 seconds
	2nd	Kabayan
	3rd	Academus
2011 The TJ Smith	1st	Benfica	1 minute 36.0 seconds
	2nd	Hot Snitzel
	3rd	Playtime
2010 The TJ Smith	1st	Pressday	1 minute 39.09 seconds
	2nd	Ringa Ringa Rosie
	3rd	American Crew
2009 The TJ Smith	1st	Linky Dink	1 minute 39.9 seconds
	2nd	Spot On Target
	3rd	Southport
2008 The TJ Smith	1st	Rockdale	1 minute 40.3 seconds
	2nd	Baci Amore
	3rd	Fravashi
2007 The TJ Smith	1st	Apercu	1 minute 37.9 seconds
	2nd	Tripitz
	3rd	Masked Assassin
2006 The TJ Smith	1st	Reigning To Win	1 minute 37.4 seconds
	2nd	Danleigh
	3rd	Carry To Glory
2005 The TJ Smith	1st	Darci Brahma	1 minute 34.9 seconds
	2nd	Ready As
	3rd	Daemons
2004 The TJ Smith	1st	Outback Prince	1 minute 34.1 seconds
	2nd	Star Shiraz
	3rd	Lords A Leaping
2003 The TJ Smith	1st	Picaday	1 minute 35.8 seconds
	2nd	Promoted
	3rd	Ambulance
2002 The TJ Smith	1st	Lovely Jubly	1 minute 35.3 seconds
	2nd	Top Echelon
	3rd	Big Breakfast
2001 The TJ Smith	1st	Juanmo	1 minute 35.1 seconds
	2nd	Barawin
	3rd	Evander
2000 The TJ Smith	1st	Show A Heart	1 minute 36.8 seconds
	2nd	Lady Mulan
	3rd	Rapid Man