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The Group 1 $3 million Stradbroke Handicap is the premier event of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. Taking place on a Saturday in June.
The Stradbroke Handicap is the premier Group 1 race held in Queensland as part of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. Conducted annually in June, this $3 million open handicap event is traditionally raced over 1400m at Eagle Farm or 1350m when taking place at sister track Doomben Racecourse. The richest race of the carnival, it is run as the highlight event on Stradbroke Handicap Day at Eagle Farm Racecourse (track permitting).
For the 2020 Stradbroke Handicap the prize money was reduced to just $350,000 to help cope with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic before returning to $1.5 million 2021 and then doubled to $3 million ahead of the 2023 edition.
The race shares the day with other quality events including the Group 1 J.J. Atkins (1600m) for two-year-old milers and the Group 2 Brisbane Cup (3200m) for stayers. The latest addition to the Stradbroke Handicap Day card is the recently launched Group 2 $1.2 million The Q22 (2200m) -replacing the PJ O’Shea Stakes – running for the first time in 2021.
The key new lead-up race for runners in the Stradbroke Handicap is the Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m) – formerly known as the BTC Cup and conducted over 1200m – held a fortnight before at the Eagle Farm or Doomben track. Another good lead-up into both races is the weight-for-age Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m) in mid-May.
Think About It (2023) was the last horse to complete the Stradbroke Handicap – Kingsford Smith Cup double.
Class sprinters that perform well in the Stradbroke Handicap may go on to contest some of the other high status Australian races held during the Sydney and Melbourne Spring Racing Carnivals later in the year.
When betting on the Stradbroke Handicap it is important to look at things like the age of the competitors, as six-year-olds have dominated the race over the past decade with six wins from 2008 – 2023 including most recently Tyzone (2020). Only one two-year-old has claimed victory in the race, Wiggle in 1958, while the last three-year-old Stradbroke Handicap winner was Impending in 2017.
Following a run in the Stradbroke Handicap the mares may opt to back-up a fortnight later in the Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) at the same track and distance with Tofane (2021) the last to do the double. Tofane further franked the Stradbroke Handicap form from 2021 going on to run top three in a host of interstate Group 1 races over the next 12 months including a win in Caulfield’s C.F. Orr Stakes in February of 2022.
The 2022 Stradbroke Handicap form was franked with the winner Alligator Blood going on to enjoy a huge spring that included Group 1 wins in the Underwood Stakes and VRC Champions Mile. He also returned in the autumn of 2023 and won the Group 1 Futurity Stakes first-up in Melbourne.
The 2022 Stradbroke runner-up Private Eye further franked the form with his second that spring in Sydney’s then $15 million The Everest before winning the $3 million Winners Stakes.
In 2023 the Stradbroke Handicap winner Think About It franked the form winning the $20 million The Everest race in Sydney that spring.
The 2024 Stradbroke Handicap runs on Saturday June 15, 2024 as the jewel of the Brisbane Winter Racing crown.
Stradbroke Handicap 2024 | |
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Date: | Saturday June 15, 2024 |
Track: | Eagle Farm Racecourse |
Distance: | 1400m |
Conditions: | Open Handicap |
Status: | Group 1 |
Prize Money: | $3 million |
Inaugurated: | 1890 |
The top Stradbroke Handicap 2024 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au on the richest Group 1 race of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival will be available below leading-up to the race.
Black Piranha ($4) for his first in 2009 followed by Think About It ($3.60 in 2023) are the last Stradbroke Handicap favourites to salute for the punters.
Stay tuned for our comprehensive Stradbroke Handicap 2024 Form Guide & Betting Preview with Ladbrokes.com.au also providing a detailed Stradbroke Handicap Form Guide the week of the event.
Stay tuned for our insider Stradbroke Handicap 2024 Tips on the $3 million Queensland winter feature this season.
The Stradbroke Handicap field attracts a quality field of middle-distance sprinters each season from both local Queensland stables as well as interstate raiders. In recent years horses from Sydney and Melbourne have enjoyed plenty of success over the Brisbane sprinters in the Stradbroke Handicap field.
Horses come into the race via runs in lead-up events in Brisbane like the Doomben 10,000 and the new-look Kingsford Smith Cup (formerly the BTC Cup). The Goodwood over 1200m in Adelaide the month before is also a key lead-up into the Stradbroke Handicap field.
The official Stradbroke Handicap 2024 Final Field will be announced by Racing Queensland the Tuesday before race day and published in full below.
The 2024 Stradbroke Handicap barrier draw takes place from 5pm (AEST) on Tuesday the 11th of June, 2024.
The Stradbroke Handicap 2024 first acceptances further narrow down the list of potential runners in the winter carnival feature race and close on Wednesday the 5th of June, 2024.
Early Stradbroke Handicap 2024 nominations close on a Tuesday in early May and will be available below.
The 2024 Stradbroke Handicap nominations close on Tuesday the 7th of May, 2024.
First run in 1890, the Stradbroke Handicap is one of the oldest Queensland races. Pyrrhus won the inaugural event when it was a principal race run over six furlongs. During the war the race was not held from 1942 to 1945. In 1953 the race distance was increased to seven furlongs and was later converted to 1400m in 1973. In 1980 the event was given Group 1 status. The race is named after Lord Stradbroke one of the originators of the weight-for-age scale in thoroughbred racing.
The Stradbroke Handicap became Queensland’s most lucrative and anticipated race in 1996 when the prize purse was increased to $1 million and it is now worth $3 million in total prize money.
Notable Stradbroke Handicap winners from the past few decades include Daybreak Lover (1984 & 1986), Rough Habit (1991-92), Dane Ripper (1997), Black Piranha (2009-10), and Under The Louvre (2016).
For the 2017 and 2018 editions, the Stradbroke Handicap was run at Doomben over a shorter distance of 1350m.
In 2022 co-trainer Gai Waterhouse celebrated her 150th career Group 1 win preparing the Stradbroke Handicap winner Alligator Blood in partnership with Adrian Bott.
In 2023 the Stradbroke Handicap winner Think About It – subsequent The Everest champion in Sydney that spring – became the first favourite since 2009 to win when posting his eighth straight victory and nine from 10 career starts.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2024 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | TBD | TBD |
2nd | TBD | ||
3rd | TBD | ||
2023 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Think About It | 1 minute 22.58 seconds |
2nd | Rothfire | ||
3rd | Hawaii Five Oh | ||
2022 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Alligator Blood | 1 minute 21.73 seconds |
2nd | Private Eye | ||
3rd | Rothfire | ||
2021 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Tofane | 1 minute 21.98 seconds |
2nd | Vega One | ||
3rd | Signore Fox | ||
2020 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Tyzone | 1 minute 20.43 seconds |
2nd | Madam Rouge | ||
3rd | Niccanova | ||
2019 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Trekking | 1 minute 21.86 seconds |
2nd | Tyzone | ||
3rd | Endless Drama | ||
2018 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Santa Ana Lane | 1 minute 19.90 seconds |
2nd | Super Cash | ||
3rd | Champagne Cuddles | ||
2017 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Impending | 1 minute 17.93 seconds (run over 1350m) |
2nd | In Her Time | ||
3rd | Clearly Innocent | ||
2016 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Under The Louvre | 1 minute 23.72 seconds |
2nd | Black Heart Bart | ||
3rd | The Virginian | ||
2015 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Srikandi | 1 minute 18.26 seconds |
2nd | Boban | ||
3rd | Generalife | ||
2014 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | River Lad | 1 minute 21.66 seconds |
2nd | Temple Of Boom | ||
3rd | Srikandi | ||
2013 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Linton | 1 minute 22.06 seconds |
2nd | Buffering | ||
3rd | Streama | ||
2012 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Mid Summer Music | 1 minute 23.06 seconds |
2nd | Buffering | ||
3rd | Happy Zero | ||
2011 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Sincero | 1 minute 22.8 seconds |
2nd | Beaded | ||
3rd | Zero Rock | ||
2010 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Black Piranha | 1 minute 21.16 seconds |
2nd | Melito | ||
3rd | Mic Mac | ||
2009 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Black Piranha | 1 minute 25.5 seconds |
2nd | Danleigh | ||
3rd | Ortensia | ||
2008 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Mr Baritone | 1 minute 26.4 seconds |
2nd | Hard To Catch | ||
3rd | Double Dare | ||
2007 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Snipers Bullet | 1 minute 23.1 seconds |
2nd | Gold Edition | ||
3rd | Bendetti | ||
2006 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | La Montagna | 1 minute 22.9 seconds |
2nd | Gee I Jane | ||
3rd | Cog Hill | ||
2005 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | St Basil | 1 minute 20.7 seconds |
2nd | Perfect Promise | ||
3rd | Shamekha | ||
2004 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Thorn Park | 1 minute 21.3 seconds |
2nd | Consular | ||
3rd | St Basil | ||
2003 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Private Steer | 1 minute 21.6 seconds |
2nd | Diamond Dane | ||
3rd | Into The Night | ||
2002 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Show A Heart | 1 minute 21.7 seconds |
2nd | Falvelon | ||
3rd | Kingsgate | ||
2001 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Crawl | 1 minute 20.5 seconds |
2nd | Hire | ||
3rd | Mr Innocent | ||
2000 Stradbroke Handicap |
1st | Landsighting | 1 minute 21.4 seconds |
2nd | Mr Innocent | ||
3rd | Brighter Scene |