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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 or in more recent years Doomben Racecourse due to the ongoing track upgrade issues at Eagle Farm. 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 Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m), another 1200m weight-for-age event run at Doomben. Quality runners may then progress onto both the Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1350m) in late May and Queensland’s richest race, the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1350m) in June.

The last horse to do the Victory Stakes – Stradbroke Handicap double in a single season was Srikandi (2015). In 2018 Impending won the Victory Stakes having taken on the previous year’s Stradbroke Handicap (2017).

The Victory Stakes 2019 runs on Saturday April 27, 2019 .

2019 Victory Stakes
Date:	Saturday April 27, 2019
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse (Doomben in 2018)
Distance:	1200m
Conditions:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 2
Prizemoney:	$200,000
Inaugurated:	1980

2019 Victory Stakes Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2019 Victory Stakes Tips

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2019 Victory Stakes Odds

The updated Victory Stakes 2019 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.

2019 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 2019 Field & Barriers are set for release by Racing Queensland on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

2019 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.

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.

In recent years the Victory Stakes has been run at Doomben Racecourse (2016 & 2018) due to ongoing track issues at Eagle Farm.

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
2019 Victory Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2018 Victory Stakes	1st	Impending	1 minute 10.06 seconds
	2nd	Most Important
	3rd	I Am Excited
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