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The Doomben 10,000 – currently sponsored by Ladbrokes.com.au – is a Group 1 weight-for-age race held during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival in May each year. It was previously raced over a middle distance sprint of 1350m, but from 2017 it has been contested over 1200m and kicks off Group 1 racing in Queensland for the season.

Offering a lucrative $1,500,000 in prize money as of 2023, the Doomben 10,000 is one of Queensland’s richest races and the weight-for-age event is now held two weeks before the Group 1 BTC Cup (1300m) – now known as the Kingsford Smith Cup.

The Group 1 BTC Cup, previously run a fortnight before, was the best lead up race to the Doomben 10,000 and prior to the scheduled Brisbane Winter Carnival race changes in 2017 the last horse to do the double was Sea Siren (2012).

In 2019 Kiwi galloper The Bostonian became the latest horse to take out the Doomben 10,000 – Kingsford Smith Cup double having won the former as a 40/1 outsider.

The new key Doomben 10,000 lead-up race is the Group 2 Victory Stakes (1200m) run over the same distance also at weight-for-age two weeks before.

The Doomben 10,000 form was franked with the winner Eduardo going on to win a number of subsequent races including the Classique Legend (Winners) Stakes on the back of a third in the $15 million The Everest in Sydney that spring.

The Doomben 10,000 winner in 2022 Mazu franked the form returning in the spring to run placings in a host of feature races in Sydney including a third in The Everest results that October behind Giga Kick.

The form was further franked with Paulele running second in both the Doomben 10,000 and Kingsford-Smith Cup results before heading west to win the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) in Perth that summer.

In 2023 the Ladbrokes Doomben 10,000 was won by the previous spring’s The Everest winning three-year-old Giga Kick who moved to ninth on the Australian Racing All-Time Prizemoney list with the victory.

The 2023 Ladbrokes Doomben 10,000 ran on Saturday May 13, 2023 at Doomben Racecourse offering $1.5 million in stakes for the first time and was won in fighting fashion by the odds-on, Clayton Douglas-trained three-year-old marvel Giga Kick ($1.65F). 

Ladbrokes Doomben 10,000 2023
Date:	Saturday May 13, 2023
Track:	Doomben Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1,500,000

2023 Ladbrokes Doomben 10,000 Results

• 1st: #8 Giga Kick ($1.65F)
• 2nd: #4 Overpass
• 3rd: #2 Mazu

The Everest winning Scissor Kick gelding Giga Kick ($1.65F) was too classy late posting another elite level win off an arrogant ride by ace hoop Craig Williams to come wide down the outside and defeat The Quokka winner Overpass ($16) in the 2023 Doomben 10,000 results in Brisbane.

Click here to read more on the gutsy 2023 Doomben 10,000 win by star three-year-old Giga Kick.

2023 Doomben 10,000 Results & Finishing Order

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	8	GIGA KICK	Clayton Douglas	Craig Williams		4	57kg		$1.65F
	2	4	OVERPASS	Bjorn Baker	Joshua Parr	0.45L	10	58.5kg		$16
	3	2	MAZU	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tim Clark	1.15L	7	58.5kg		$8.50
	4	9	AFT CABIN	James Cummings	James McDonald	1.49L	3	57kg		$5.50
	5	3	A CASE OF YOU (IRE)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Ben Thompson	2.61L	9	58.5kg		$41
	6	6	PRINCE OF BOOM	Robert Heathcote	James Orman	2.81L	5	58.5kg		$21
	7	5	VILANA	James Cummings	Brad Rawiller	3.43L	1	58.5kg		$10
	8	10	MARIAMIA	Joseph Pride	Tyler Schiller (a)	4.18L	8	56.5kg		$26
	9	7	WEONA SMARTONE (NZ)	David Vandyke	Kyle Wilson-Taylor	5.45L	6	58.5kg		$71
	10	11	CENTREFIRE	Chris Munce	Ms Samantha Collett	6.73L	2	56.5kg		$101
		1	EDUARDO	Joseph Pride	Nash Rawiller		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Doomben 10,000 Betting Odds

The Ladbrokes Doomben 10,000 2023 betting odds and Brisbane racing tips for the first Group 1 of the carnival will be available below as soon as markets open at Ladbrokes.com.au.

Eduardo ($1.70 in 2021), Mazu ($3.30 in 2022) and Giga Kick ($1.65 in 2023) are the latest Doomben 10,000 favourites to salute for the punters.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 DOOMBEN 10,000 ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Doomben 10,000 Form Guide

Stay tuned for our comprehensive Ladbrokes Doomben 10,000 Form Guide & Betting Preview for 2023.

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 DOOMBEN 10,000 FORM GUIDE

2023 Doomben 10,000 Tips

Stay tuned for our exclusive Ladbrokes Doomben 10,000 2023 Tips on the opening Group 1 sprint of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival, this May.

• To Win: #8 Giga Kick ($1.85 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Brilliant edition of the 10,000 and it looks hard to go past the in-form young favourite Giga Kick. The reigning The Everest winner knows what the big races are all about and is at an understandably odds-on quote. The Clayton Douglas-trained son of Scissor Kick is fit now fourth-up. He is drawn a treat in barrier four with Craig Williams in the saddle and comes off a lead-up win. On the back of his TJ Smith Stakes second in the wet he got his confidence back defeating a quality field with a bullish victory in the Group 1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) in mid-April. There he defeated the marvel Zaaki by a good margin with the form franked by Zaaki’s Hollindale win last weekend. Expect that form to stack up again here.

2023 Doomben 10,000 Field

The Doomben 10,000 field up until 2017 traditionally attracted weight-for-age sprinters coming off a BTC Cup run. The race is now held a fortnight earlier as the first Group 1 of the winter in Queensland and will likely be the carnival kick-off for many horses. Gallopers may also now come into the Doomben 10,000 race field via a Victory Stakes run a fortnight earlier in Brisbane.

In 2023 the odds-on favourite Giga Kick won the Doomben 10,000 on the back of a Sydney lead-up win the month before in the Group 1 All Aged Stakes (1400m).

The official Ladbrokes Doomben 10,000 field 2023 and barriers are set for release on the Wednesday of race week and will be published below as soon as announced by Racing Queensland.

The 2023 Ladbrokes Doomben 10,000 final field features an outstanding line-up of star sprinters including The Everest winning three-year-old Giga Kick who is odds-on after an All Aged Stakes victory last time out and inaugural $4 million The Quokka champ Overpass.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2023 Ladbrokes Doomben 10,000 field and betting markets.

Scratchings Update: #1 Eduardo (11) has been withdrawn due to a wide draw and poor speed map for the veteran who is likely to be saved for the Kingsford Smith Cup.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	12x1406x20	EDUARDO	Joseph Pride	Nash Rawiller	11	58.5kg			116
2	1x5232x536	MAZU	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tim Clark	7	58.5kg			113
3	2130x00x56	A CASE OF YOU (IRE)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Ben Thompson	9	58.5kg			113
4	57x26690x1	OVERPASS	Bjorn Baker	Joshua Parr	10	58.5kg			110
5	518x1810x1	VILANA	James Cummings	Brad Rawiller	1	58.5kg			109
6	110x840x13	PRINCE OF BOOM	Robert Heathcote	James Orman	5	58.5kg			105
7	15x1334x03	WEONA SMARTONE (NZ)	David Vandyke	Kyle Wilson-Taylor	6	58.5kg			103
8	x11115x321	GIGA KICK	Clayton Douglas	Craig Williams	4	57kg			117
9	2121×1541	AFT CABIN	James Cummings	James McDonald	3	57kg			103
10	1443×11415	MARIAMIA	Joseph Pride	Tyler Schiller (a)	8	56.5kg			110
11	712x8791x3	CENTREFIRE	Chris Munce		2	56.5kg			97

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Doomben 10,000 Nominations

The early Ladbrokes Doomben 10,000 race nominations for 2023 will be announced below after entries for the weight-for-age sprint are released on the Tuesday before race week.

The 2023 Doomben 10,000 nominations attracted 26 winter sprinters including The Everest winner Giga Kick who recently won Sydney’s All Aged Stakes, $4 million The Quokka winner in WA Overpass, and class mare Bella Nipotina from the Maher/Eustace stable.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	2121×1541	AFT CABIN	C	3	James Cummings	1	57kg			103
2	x11115x321	GIGA KICK	G	3	Clayton Douglas	2	57kg			117
3	12x1406x20	EDUARDO	G	9	Joseph Pride	3	58.5kg			116
4	1x5232x536	MAZU	G	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	4	58.5kg			113
5	2130x00x56	A CASE OF YOU (IRE)	H	5	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	5	58.5kg			113
6	2x61801x84	PAULELE	H	4	James Cummings	6	58.5kg			112
7	4221×00390	ROCH ’N’ HORSE (NZ)	M	6	Michael Moroney	7	56.5kg			111
8	1219×30236	BELLA NIPOTINA	M	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	8	56.5kg			111
9	57x26690x1	OVERPASS	G	4	Bjorn Baker	9	58.5kg			110
10	x11115x8x0	MARABI	M	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	10	56.5kg			110
11	35x84x4049	SEPTEMBER RUN	M	5	Chris Waller	11	56.5kg			110
12	1443×11415	MARIAMIA	M	6	Joseph Pride	12	56.5kg			110
13	518x1810x1	VILANA	H	4	James Cummings	13	58.5kg			109
14	110x840x13	PRINCE OF BOOM	G	4	Robert Heathcote	14	58.5kg			105
15	1310×38994	CHAIN OF LIGHTNING	M	4	Peter G Moody	15	56.5kg			105
16	9x2332x506	ZOUSTYLE	G	7	Tony Gollan	16	58.5kg			105
17	13x3220x42	PALAISIPAN	M	5	Chris Munce	17	56.5kg			105
18	020x5025x1	MALKOVICH	G	5	Bjorn Baker	18	58.5kg			104
19	15x1334x03	WEONA SMARTONE (NZ)	G	6	David Vandyke	19	58.5kg			103
20	11118×0996	SHADES OF ROSE	M	4	Bjorn Baker	20	56.5kg			102
21	111x0x168x	QUANTICO	G	6	John O’Shea	21	58.5kg			102
22	14x4127x16	FAR TOO EASY	G	4	David McColm	22	58.5kg			97
23	712x8791x3	CENTREFIRE	M	6	Chris Munce	23	56.5kg			97
24	12x221x524	CLEMENCEAU	G	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	24	58.5kg			95
25	x1224x3652	MATCHA LATTE	C	3	Sara Ryan	25	57kg			91
26	128121×145	OPAL RIDGE	F	3	Luke Pepper	26	55kg			88

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Doomben 10,000 History

First won by Wallen in 1933, the race was originally named the T. M Ahearn Memorial however the name was changed when 10,000 pounds became the set amount of prize money. At this time, the Doomben 10,000 was the richest sprint race in Australia. The event was also won by the magnificent Manikato in 1979.

Originally a 6 furlong (approx 1200m) race, the distance for the Doomben 10,000 was changed to 7 furlongs (1400m) in 1942 and remained so until 1973 when it became a 1350m race.

The Doomben 10,000 race distance dropped back to the 1200m sprint in 2017 and the weight-for-age race moved forward a fortnight so it now marks the start of Group 1 racing in Brisbane over the winter.

Star Sydney sprinter Redzel (2017) won the first 1200m edition of the rescheduled Doomben 10,000 before his The Everest – Darley Classic double that spring.

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2022 the Doomben 10,000 ran at Eagle Farm Racecourse due to heavy rainfall.

The 2023 Ladbrokes Doomben 10,000 results were dominated by the odds-on favourite Giga Kick who won the previous October’s $15 million The Everest.

Recent Doomben 10,000 Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Doomben 10,000	1st	Giga Kick	1 minute 8.66 seconds
	2nd	Overpass
	3rd	Mazu
2022 Doomben 10,000(Held at Eagle Farm)	1st	Mazu	1 minute 12.07 seconds
	2nd	Paulele
	3rd	Entriviere
2021 Doomben 10,000	1st	Eduardo	1 minute 10.71 seconds
	2nd	Wild Planet
	3rd	The Harrovian
2020 Doomben 10,000 Race Not Run (COVID-19)	1st	–	–
	2nd	–
	3rd	–
2019 Doomben 10,000	1st	The Bostonian	1 minute 8.97 seconds
	2nd	Osborne Bulls
	3rd	Dollar For Dollar
2018 Doomben 10,000	1st	English	1 minute 9.58 seconds
	2nd	Impending
	3rd	Le Romain
2017 Doomben 10,000	1st	Redzel	1 minute 10.54
	2nd	Counterattack
	3rd	Derryn
2016 Doomben 10,000	1st	Music Magnate	1 minute 17.77 seconds
	2nd	Azkadellia
	3rd	Charlie Boy
2015 Doomben 10,000	1st	Boban	1 minute 19.15 seconds
	2nd	Charlie Boy
	3rd	Generalife
2014 Doomben 10,000	1st	Spirit Of Boom	1 minute 17.93 seconds
	2nd	Temple Of Boom
	3rd	Buffering
2013 Doomben 10,000	1st	Epaulette	1 minute 18.85 seconds
	2nd	Sea Siren
	3rd	Buffering
2012 Doomben 10,000	1st	Sea Siren	1 minute 19.09 seconds
	2nd	Buffering
	3rd	Temple Of Boom
2011 Doomben 10,000	1st	Beaded	1 minute 19.6 seconds
	2nd	Love Conquers All
	3rd	Black Piranha
2010 Doomben 10,000	1st	Hot Danish	1 minute 19.17 seconds
	2nd	Whobegotyou
	3rd	Melito
2009 Doomben 10,000	1st	Apache Cat	1 minute 22.4 seconds
	2nd	Black Piranha
	3rd	All Silent
2008 Doomben 10,000	1st	Apache Cat	1 minute 17.9 seconds
	2nd	Murtajil
	3rd	Turffontein
2007 Doomben 10,000	1st	Takeover Target	1 minute 18.5 seconds
	2nd	Gold Edition
	3rd	Mitanni
2006 Doomben 10,000	1st	Undue	1 minute 18 seconds
	2nd	Impaler
	3rd	Street Smart
2005 Doomben 10,000	1st	Red Oog	1 minute 18.6 seconds
	2nd	Our Egyptian Raine
	3rd	Takeover Target
2004 Doomben 10,000	1st	Super Elegant	1 minute 17.7 seconds
	2nd	Our Egyptian Raine
	3rd	Scenic Peak
2003 Doomben 10,000	1st	Bel Esprit	1 minute 18.3 seconds
	2nd	Private Steer
	3rd	Spinning Hill
2002 Doomben 10,000	1st	Falvelon	1 minute 18.8 seconds
	2nd	Show A Heart
	3rd	Lord Essex
2001 Doomben 10,000	1st	Falvelon	1 minute 17.2 seconds
	2nd	Spinning Hill
	3rd	Mr Innocent
2000 Doomben 10,000	1st	Mr Innocent	1 minute 18.8 seconds
	2nd	Easy Rocking
	3rd	Falvelon