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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 $1.5 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).

The race shares the day with other quality events including the Group 1 J.J. Atkins (1600m) for two-year-old milers, Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) for three-year-olds and the Group 2 Brisbane Cup (2400m) for stayers. When Stradbroke Handicap Day is run at Doomben, the 2400m staying features are conducted over a shortened 2200m.

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.

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 five wins from 2008 – 2017. 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.

The 2019 Stradbroke Handicap ran on Saturday June 8, 2019 and was won by the Godolphin-raced galloper Trekking setting a new track record of 1:21.86.

Stradbroke Handicap 2019
Date:	Saturday June 8, 2019
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse (Doomben for 2017 & 2018)
Distance:	1400m (1350m for 2017 & 2018)
Conditions:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1.5 million
Inaugurated:	1890

2019 Stradbroke Handicap Results

• 1st: #5 Trekking
• 2nd: #13 Tyzone
• 3rd: #7 Endless Drama

The Stradbroke Handicap 2019 Results went the way of the Godolphin stable with the James Cummings-trained Trekking enjoying a drop in weight and step-up in distance to turn the tables on The Bostonian and improve on his lead-up Kingsford-Smith Cup third to win Queensland’s richest race. Trekking, ridden to victory by Kerrin McEvoy who made it a Group 1 double after riding JJ Atkins winner Prince Fawaz to victory earlier on the card, defeated the Toby Edmonds-trained BRC Sprint winner Tyzone (2nd) and the Tony Pike-trained Kiwi Endless Drama (3rd).

Read more on the 2019 Stradbroke Handicap win by Trekking now.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	5	TREKKING	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	–	8	54kg	$7F
2	13	TYZONE	Toby Edmonds	Tommy Berry	1.75L	7	53kg	$8
3	7	ENDLESS DRAMA (IRE)	Tony Pike	Leith Innes	3L	4	54kg	$11
4	8	SPRIGHT	Garry Frazer	Glen Boss	3.4L	10	53.5kg	$17
5	9	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Michael Dee	3.5L	15	53.5kg	$41
6	11	VIRIDINE	James Cummings	Tim Clark	3.7L	6	53.5kg	$8
7	4	WIDGEE TURF	Patrick Payne	Billy Egan	4.45L	11	54kg	$8
8	6	DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR	Tony McEvoy	Jamie Kah	4.65L	14	54kg	$41
9	17	IRITHEA	Bjorn Baker	Robbie Fradd	4.85L	13	51kg	$31
10	16	ENCRYPTION	James Cummings	Craig Williams	4.95L	9	52kg	$31
11	1	THE BOSTONIAN (NZ)	Tony Pike	Michael Cahill	5.15L	5	57kg	$8
12	18	PRETTY IN PINK	John O’Shea	Robbie Dolan (a)	5.35L	2	49.5kg	$15
13	3	DESPATCH	Tony McEvoy	Barend Vorster	5.55L	1	54.5kg	$19
14	10	MAN BOOKER	Daniel Morton	Joe Bowditch	6.05L	17	53.5kg	$26
15	14	I’M A RIPPA	Tony Gollan	Jeff Lloyd	8.3L	12	53kg	$101
16	12	DEPLOY	Gerald Ryan	Brenton Avdulla	9.05L	3	53.5kg	$21
17	2	HOME OF THE BRAVE (IRE)	James Cummings	James McDonald	9.8L	16	56kg	$13
–	21e	RINGERDINGDING	Chris Waller	Michael Dee	–	0	–	–
–	22e	REDOUBLE	Bjorn Baker	–	–	0	–	–
–	23e	SIREN’S FURY	Jason Coyle	Tegan Harrison	–	0	–	–
–	15	PRINCESS POSH	Kris Lees	Larry Cassidy	–	0	–	–
–	19e	TACTICAL ADVANTAGE	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	–	0	–	–
–	20e	STREETS OF AVALON	Shane Nichols	Zac Spain	–	0	–	–

2019 Stradbroke Handicap Betting Odds

The top Stradbroke Handicap 2019 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.

2019 Stradbroke Handicap Form Guide

Stay tuned for our comprehensive Stradbroke Handicap 2019 Form Guide & Betting Preview with Ladbrokes.com.au also providing a detailed Stradbroke Handicap Form Guide the week of the event.

2019 Stradbroke Handicap Field

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 2019 Final Field & Barriers will be announced by Racing Queensland the Wednesday before race day and published in full below.

The 2019 Stradbroke Handicap Field is now out with race favourite, Doomben 10,000 – Kingsford-Smith Cup double winner The Bostonian, carrying topweight from barrier 10. Tony Pike’s flying Kiwi must set a modern-day weight carrying record to win with 57kg and could come into barrier six if all five emergencies fail to gain a start.

Read more on The Bostonian Drawing the Perfect Stradbroke Handicap 2019 Barrier now.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.
1	1x17525x11	THE BOSTONIAN (NZ)	Tony Pike	Michael Cahill	10	57kg
2	1230x214x7	HOME OF THE BRAVE (IRE)	James Cummings	James McDonald	22	56kg
3	14150×1111	DESPATCH	Tony McEvoy	Barend Vorster	1	54.5kg
4	3222×32101	WIDGEE TURF	Patrick Payne	Billy Egan	16	54kg
5	21194×4113	TREKKING	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	13	54kg
6	022055×230	DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR	Tony McEvoy	Jamie Kah	19	54kg
7	950×504216	ENDLESS DRAMA (IRE)	Tony Pike	Leith Innes	8	54kg
8	347×522713	SPRIGHT	Garry Frazer	Glen Boss	15	53.5kg
9	08×1693222	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Corey Brown	20	53.5kg
10	9x21145x80	MAN BOOKER	Daniel Morton	Joe Bowditch	23	53.5kg
11	x4x0x30414	VIRIDINE	James Cummings	Tim Clark	11	53.5kg
12	19x8x466x3	DEPLOY	Gerald Ryan	Brenton Avdulla	7	53.5kg
13	x4461x1581	TYZONE	Toby Edmonds	Tommy Berry	12	53kg
14	17x312x703	I’M A RIPPA	Tony Gollan	Jeff Lloyd	17	53kg
15	32×0136002	PRINCESS POSH	Kris Lees	Larry Cassidy	3	52kg
16	125×327449	ENCRYPTION	James Cummings	Craig Williams	14	52kg
17	3x3124x214	IRITHEA	Bjorn Baker	Robbie Fradd	18	51kg
18	11x339x51	PRETTY IN PINK	John O’Shea	Robbie Dolan (a)	2	49.5kg
19e	2114261×26	TACTICAL ADVANTAGE	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	5	53kg
20e	x282123151	STREETS OF AVALON	Shane Nichols	Zac Spain	9	52.5kg
21e	311×304710	RINGERDINGDING	Chris Waller	Michael Dee	21	51kg
22e	24311×3401	REDOUBLE	Bjorn Baker	TBA	6	52kg (includes 1.0kg penalty)
23e	148×691009	SIREN’S FURY	Jason Coyle	Tegan Harrison	4	51kg

2019 Stradbroke Handicap Nominations & First Acceptances

Early Stradbroke Handicap 2019 nominations close on a Tuesday in early May and will be available below.

The Stradbroke Handicap 2019 first acceptances further narrow down the list of potential runners in the winter carnival feature race and close in late May.[cf

Stradbroke Handicap History

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 $1.5 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.

Recent Stradbroke Handicap Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
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