The Group 2 Victory Stakes is the first Group status race of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival taking place in late April at Eagle Farm Racecourse. Run over the sprint distance of 1200m it is a weight-for-age event worth $200, 000 and was previously known as the Sir Byrne Hart Stakes.
The Victory Stakes is an excellent lead up to Brisbane’s first Group 1 race of the season, the $700,000 Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m), another 1200m weight-for-age event run at Brisbane’s other race track Doomben. Quality runners may then progress onto both the Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) in late May and Queensland’s richest race, the $1.5 million Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) in June.
In 2014 the Victory Stakes produced the Stradbroke Handicap quinella with River Lad, seventh in the Group 2, beating home Victory Stakes winner Temple Of Boom in the Group 1.
The Victory Stakes 2017 ran on Saturday Saturday April 29, 2017.
| Victory Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday April 29, 2017 |
| Track: | Eagle Farm Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1200m |
| Conditions: | Weight-for-age |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prizemoney: | $200, 000 |
| Inaugurated: | 1980 |
2017 Victory Stakes Results
- 1st: #2 Music Magnate
- 2nd: #3 Hopfgarten
- 3rd: #6 Miss Cover Girl
| Place | # | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Br. | Wgt. | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | MUSIC MAGNATE (NZ) | Bjorn Baker | Jeff Lloyd | – | 6 | 58.5kg | $2.50F |
| 2 | 3 | HOPFGARTEN | Robert Heathcote | Ronnie Stewart | 1.3L | 3 | 58.5kg | $5.50 |
| 3 | 6 | MISS COVER GIRL | Kelly Schweida | Damian Browne | 2.6L | 1 | 56.5kg | $9.50 |
| 4 | 1 | TAKEDOWN | Gary Moore | Tim Clark | 3.9L | 4 | 58.5kg | $4.60 |
| 5 | 4 | SONY LEGEND | Brian Smith | Paul Hammersley | 4.9L | 2 | 58.5kg | $41 |
| 6 | 7 | TUMBLER | Barry Lockwood | Brad Pengelly | 6.4L | 5 | 56.5kg | $6 |
| – | 5 | GOOD STANDING | James Cummings | Mark Zahra | – | 0 | – | – |
2017 Victory Stakes Odds
The updated Victory Stakes 2017 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au on the potential Doomben 10,000-bound winter sprinters will be available below the week of the race.
2017 Victory Stakes Field
The Victory Stakes field attracts a class line-up of Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival hopes usually having their first Queensland run of the season. Horses that contested the race the season prior often return, while a host of interstate raiders dominate the Victory Stakes final acceptances including runners out of the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) in Sydney earlier in the month.
The official Victory Stakes 2017 Field & Barriers are set for release by Racing Queensland on Wednesday April 26, 2017.
The 2017 Victory Stakes Final Field attracted just seven hopefuls led by Group 1 winners Takedown and Music Magnate.
| # | Form (Last 10) | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Hcp. Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0x112516x8 | TAKEDOWN | Gary Moore | Tim Clark | 5 | 58.5kg | 111 |
| 2 | 1x1210x150 | MUSIC MAGNATE (NZ) | Bjorn Baker | Jeff Lloyd | 7 | 58.5kg | 112 |
| 3 | 5x4062538x | HOPFGARTEN | Robert Heathcote | Ronnie Stewart | 4 | 58.5kg | 104 |
| 4 | x1153429x6 | SONY LEGEND | Brian Smith | Paul Hammersley | 2 | 58.5kg | 87.5 |
| 5 | 05x953717x | GOOD STANDING | James Cummings | Mark Zahra | 3 | 56.5kg | 91 |
| 6 | 2741x4300x | MISS COVER GIRL | Kelly Schweida | Damian Browne | 1 | 56.5kg | 102 |
| 7 | 1211x11x1 | TUMBLER | Barry Lockwood | Brad Pengelly | 6 | 56.5kg | 89 |
2017 Victory Stakes Nominations
The Victory Stakes nominations close on the Monday of race week and traditionally feature Doomben 10,000 bound sprinters kicking off their Brisbane campaigns for the winter.
The 2017 Victory Stakes Nominations attracted 13 hopefuls led by the defending winter Fell Swoop and Group 1 winner Takedown who are both prominent in early Doomben 10,000 betting markets.
Victory Stakes History
The first horse to win the race then called the Sir Byrne Hart Stakes was Golden Rhapsody in 1980 when the race was inaugurated. Beginning as a Listed race the following year in 1981 it reached Group 3 status before being installed as a Group 2 event in 1992. First run over 1810m, the Sir Byrne Hart Stakes has gone through a number of distance changes throughout its history but is now a 1200m sprint at the Eagle Farm Racecourse for gallopers heading towards the Group 1 Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival features.
| Victory Stakes Distance: | |
|---|---|
| 1980 – 1983: | 1810m |
| 1984 – 1986: | 2100m |
| 1987: | 2125m |
| 1988: | 1810m |
| 1989: | 2125m |
| 1990 – 2005: | 1400m |
| 2006 onwards: | 1200m |
Victory Stakes Winners
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Victory Stakes |
1st | TBD | TBD |
| 2nd | TBD | ||
| 3rd | TBD | ||
| 2017 Victory Stakes |
1st | Music Magnate | 1 minute 13.27 seconds |
| 2nd | Hopfgarten | ||
| 3rd | Miss Cover Girl | ||
| 2016 Victory Stakes |
1st | Fell Swoop | 1 minute 9.02 seconds |
| 2nd | Didntcostalot | ||
| 3rd | Artlee | ||
| 2015 Victory Stakes |
1st | Srikandi | 1 minute 9.63 seconds |
| 2nd | Ball Of Muscle | ||
| 3rd | Dances On Stars | ||
| 2014 Victory Stakes |
1st | Temple Of Boom | 1 minute 9.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Spirit Of Boom | ||
| 3rd | Snitzerland | ||
| 2013 Victory Stakes |
1st | Buffering | 1 minute 8.54 seconds |
| 2nd | Spirit Of Boom | ||
| 3rd | Albrecht | ||
| 2012 Victory Stakes |
1st | Meeting Abandoned | – |
| 2nd | – | ||
| 3rd | – | ||
| 2011 Victory Stakes |
1st | Buffering | 1 minute 13.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Atomic Force | ||
| 3rd | Azzaland | ||
| 2010 Victory Stakes |
1st | Ghetto Blaster | 1 minute 09.6 seconds |
| 2nd | The Jackal | ||
| 3rd | Albert The Fat | ||
| 2009 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | Swiss Ace | 1 minute 9.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Sniper?s Bullet | ||
| 3rd | Red Element | ||
| 2008 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | Swiss Ace | 1 minute 9.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Atapi | ||
| 3rd | Dance The Waves | ||
| 2007 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | Mitanni | 1 minute 9.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Anwaar | ||
| 3rd | Tellem | ||
| 2006 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | All Bar One | 1 minute 8.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Falaise | ||
| 3rd | Impaler | ||
| 2005 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | Wager | 1 minute 21.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Deuxieme | ||
| 3rd | Dezigna | ||
| 2004 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | Only Words | 1 minute 25.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Our Egyptian Raine | ||
| 3rd | Defier | ||
| 2003 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | Tit For Taat | 1 minute 21.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Scenic Peak | ||
| 3rd | Mr Bureaucrat | ||
| 2002 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | Mr Bureaucrat | 1 minute 23.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Salgado | ||
| 3rd | Faiza | ||
| 2001 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | Make Mine Magic | 1 minute 20.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Play Station | ||
| 3rd | Camarena | ||
| 2000 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | Cheiron | 1 minute 22.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Narwong | ||
| 3rd | City Fair | ||