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The Strickland Stakes is a Group 3 race held at Belmont Racecourse over 2000m and run under weight-for-age conditions during the Perth Winter Racing Carnival.
Strickland Stakes News
The Strickland Stakes is a Group 3 race held during late June or early July each year at Belmont Racecourse in Perth. Run under weight for age conditions over a distance of 2000m, the Strickland Stakes offers $200,000 in prize money and attracts a quality line-up of mainly local gallopers each winter.
Trainers often nominate their horses in the Strickland Stakes following acceptable performances in the Group 3 Hyperion Stakes (1600m) held at Belmont a month previously under the same race conditions and the Hyperion Stakes – Strickland Stakes is a popular Perth winter betting double. Fuchsia Bandana (2015), Scales Of Justice (2016) and Material Man (2018) – who also won the Belmont Sprint in a rare treble – are the latest gallopers to complete the double. The following year in 2019, Group 1 winning mare Galaxy Star won the Belmont Sprint – Strickland Stakes double with a second in the Hyperion Stakes as the beaten favourite in between.
In 2020 the race’s 2018 winner Material Man returned and became the ninth two-time Strickland Stakes champion.
The Strickland Stakes form has stacked up in tougher interstate races in recent years with the 2019 runner-up Gatting going on to win the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington that September.
The 2022 Strickland Stakes form was franked with the runner-up Marocchino going on to win the Group 2 Ted Van Heemst Stakes (2100m) that summer.
In 2023 the Strickland Stakes third placegetter Dom To Shoot franked the form going on that summer to run third in the Group 1 Railway Stakes trifecta before winning Perth’s Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m).
Strickland Stakes Day runs on the same date as Brisbane’s famous $3 million Stradbroke Handicap.
The 2024 Strickland Stakes form was franked with the runner-up, Western Empire, going on to win the $1.5 million The Gold Rush that December.
The 2026 Strickland Stakes runs on Saturday June 13, 2026 in WA.Â
| Strickland Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday June 13, 2026 |
| Track: | Belmont Racecourse |
| Distance: | 2000m |
| Race Type: | 3YO+ Weight-For-Age |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $200,000 |
2026 Strickland Stakes Results
Stay tuned for the official 2026 Strickland Stakes results and finishing order at Belmont on Saturday June 13, 2026.
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
Winning Margin: TBD
Winning Time: TBD
2026 Strickland Stakes Betting Odds
The winter’s best Strickland Stakes 2026 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available here at Races.com.au as soon as released.
Galaxy Star ($1.50 in 2019) was the last favourite in Strickland Stakes betting to win.
There was a notable upset in 2022 with eight-year-old Prince Turbo ($16) winning, while the odds-on favourite God Has Spoken ran third, and again in 2023 with Last Of The Line ($11) saluting at double-figures.
2026 Strickland Stakes Form
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2026 Strickland Stakes Tips
Stay tuned for our insider Strickland Stakes 2026 Tips on the WA showdown this winter racing season.
- To Win: TBD
2026 Strickland Stakes Field
The Strickland Stakes field attracts the best local winter gallopers that traditionally come via lead-up runs in the Belmont Sprint and Hyperion Stakes during the Belmont Winter Racing Carnival.
The official Strickland Stakes 2026 Final Field & Barriers will be available below the week of the race.
2026 Strickland Stakes Nominations
The Strickland Stakes 2026 nominations close the week of the race.
Strickland Stakes History
Originally hosted at Ascot, the Strickland Stakes moved to Belmont for a year in 2005, and the decision was made to host it there permanently from 2011 onwards. While at Ascot, the Strickland Stakes was ran over 1800m rather than the current 2000m. Inaugurated in 1901, the race celebrated its 100th anniversary at Ascot in 2001.
Notable Strickland Stakes winners include Perfect Answer (1988), Finito (2001, 2002) and Marasco (2009, 2010). In 2002, there was a dead heat between Gwalia Girl and Finito. The race was not held between 1942 and 1944 due to World War II, and adjustments to the racing calendar meant that there was no 1999 edition of the race.
Marasco and Tarzi made the exacta two years in a row; 2009 and 2010.
More recently class horses Material Man (2018) and Group 1 winner Galaxy Star (2019) have won the Strickland Stakes in WA.
In 2020 Material Man returned as an eight-year-old to become the race’s oldest champion and the ninth to win the event twice.
There was another veteran on top of the Strickland Stakes results in 2022 with the Jason Miller-trained eight-year-old Prince Of Turbo celebrating an upset win at 15/1.
In 2025, the event was run at sister track Pinjarra.
Listed below are Strickland Stakes results since 2000.
Recent Strickland Stakes Results
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Strickland Stakes | 1st | TBD | TBD |
| 2nd | TBD | ||
| 3rd | TBD | ||
| 2025 Strickland Stakes (Run at Pinjarra) | 1st | Admiration Express | 2 minutes 11.71 seconds |
| 2nd | Buckets Ridge | ||
| 3rd | Ginger Baker | ||
| 2024 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Let’s Galahvant | 2 minutes 06.55 seconds |
| 2nd | Western Empire | ||
| 3rd | Ginger Baker | ||
| 2023 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Last Of The Line | 2 minutes 08.06 seconds |
| 2nd | Startrade | ||
| 3rd | Dom To Shoot | ||
| 2022 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Prince Turbo | 2 minutes 05.92 seconds |
| 2nd | Marocchino | ||
| 3rd | God Has Spoken | ||
| 2021 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Naughty By Nature | 2 minutes 06.20 seconds |
| 2nd | Uni Time | ||
| 3rd | Dance Music | ||
| 2020 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Material Man | 2 minutes 07.72 seconds |
| 2nd | Perfect Jewel | ||
| 3rd | The Velvet King | ||
| 2019 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Galaxy Star | 2 minutes 06.71 seconds |
| 2nd | Gatting | ||
| 3rd | Cappo D’Oro | ||
| 2018 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Material Man | 2 minutes 07.63 seconds |
| 2nd | Pounamu | ||
| 3rd | Gatting | ||
| 2017 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Scales Of Justice | 2 minutes 9.79 seconds |
| 2nd | Zarantz | ||
| 3rd | Pounamu | ||
| 2016 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Ihtsahymn | 2 minutes 8.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Dubai Escapade | ||
| 3rd | Zarantz | ||
| 2015 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Fuchsia Bandana | 2 minutes 6.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Balmont Girl | ||
| 3rd | Tower of Lonhro | ||
| 2014 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Fancy Feet | 2 minutes 8.98 seconds |
| 2nd | Ranger | ||
| 3rd | Bridgestone | ||
| 2013 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Kincaple | 2 minutes 5.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Moonlight Bay | ||
| 3rd | God Has Spoken | ||
| 2012 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Mr Moet | 2 minutes 7.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Chester Road | ||
| 3rd | Rosie Rocket | ||
| 2011 Strickland Stakes | 1st | God Has Spoken | 2 minutes 5.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Battle Emblem | ||
| 3rd | King Kool Kat | ||
| 2010 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Marasco | 1 minute 55.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Tarzi | ||
| 3rd | Doyoudare | ||
| 2009 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Marasco | 1 minute 53.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Tarzi | ||
| 3rd | Star Encounter | ||
| 2008 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Action Pak | 1 minute 48.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Forest Frolic | ||
| 3rd | Danecay | ||
| 2007 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Forest Frolic | 1 minute 51.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Stormblitz | ||
| 3rd | Keyton Grace | ||
| 2006 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Exchequer | 1 minute 53.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Professional Lady | ||
| 3rd | Belle Bizarre | ||
| 2005 Strickland Stakes | 1st | True Steel | 2 minutes 7.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Lados | ||
| 3rd | My Thornbird | ||
| 2004 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Dedicated Miss | 1 minute 50.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Main Stage | ||
| 3rd | Wool Zone | ||
| 2003 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Money Is Magic | 1 minute 51.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Finito | ||
| 3rd | Blinded | ||
| 2002 Strickland Stakes | 1st (DH) | Finito | 1 minute 51.9 seconds |
| 1st (DH) | Gwalia Girl | ||
| 3rd | Cardinal Colours | ||
| 2001 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Finito | 1 minute 51.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Dance Hit | ||
| 3rd | Noble Cavalier | ||
| 2000 Strickland Stakes | 1st | Iron Horse | 1 minute 52.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Corporate Bruce | ||
| 3rd | Catophylia | ||
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