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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 2018 Stradbroke Handicap runs on Saturday June 9, 2018.

Stradbroke Handicap 2018
Date:	Saturday June 9, 2018
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

2018 Stradbroke Handicap Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2018 Stradbroke Handicap Betting Odds

The top Stradbroke Handicap 2018 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au on the richest Group 1 race of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival are available below leading-up to the race.

2018 Stradbroke Handicap Form Guide

Stay tuned for our comprehensive Stradbroke Handicap 2018 Form Guide & Betting Preview.

2018 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 2018 Final Field & Barriers is now published and available to view below.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	341x23x121	IMPENDING	James Cummings	Damian Browne	9	57.5kg	–
2	x341x6x031	SANTA ANA LANE	Anthony Freedman	Ben Melham	3	55.5kg	–
3	x21419140x	CRACK ME UP (NZ)	Liam Birchley	Jim Byrne	5	53.5kg	–
4	x360x31495	ENDLESS DRAMA (IRE)	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	20	53.5kg	–
5	x257x145x0	VOODOO LAD	Darren Weir	Chris Parnham	7	53.5kg	–
6	290x2860x5	SPIETH (NZ)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Craig Williams	21	53.5kg	–
7	3475×38485	FOXPLAY	Chris Waller	Michael Walker	19	53kg	–
8	641241×289	MOST IMPORTANT	Tony Gollan	Mark Du Plessis	2	53kg	–
9	2234430×51	THE MONSTAR	Brett Cavanough	Skye Bogenhuber	8	52.5kg	–
10	x731x076x4	SHILLELAGH (NZ)	Chris Waller	Michael Dee	10	52.5kg	–
11	11x1112x67	CARE TO THINK	Matthew Dunn	Tim Clark	16	52.5kg	–
12	15330×3717	BURNING PASSION	Mark Newnham	Michael Cahill	15	52kg	–
13	0x188x1x04	SUPER CASH	Andrew Noblet	Jamie Kah	13	51.5kg	–
14	12x13x3503	INVINCIBLE GEM	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	17	51.5kg	–
15	3715×57911	PERAST	Paul Perry	Jeff Lloyd	12	50kg	–
16	1x32222x13	CHAMPAGNE CUDDLES	Bjorn Baker	Corey Brown	1	50kg	–
17e	x2x533x98x	DANON LIBERTY (JPN)	Darren Weir	–	6	51.5kg	–
18e	1121×13121	OSBORNE BULLS	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	4	51.5kg	–
19e	8211313×71	MOSS ’N’ DALE (NZ)	Peter Gelagotis	Anthony Darmanin	11	51kg	102
20e	2x21121x15	PECANS	Joseph Pride	–	18	51kg	101
21e	x21812x312	I’M A RIPPA	Tony Gollan	–	14	51kg	97

2018 Stradbroke Handicap First Acceptances

The Stradbroke Handicap 2018 first acceptances further narrow down the list of potential runners in the winter carnival feature race and close on May 30, 2018.

2018 Stradbroke Handicap Nominations

Early Stradbroke Handicap 2018 nominations close on a Tuesday in early May and will be available below.

The official 2018 Stradbroke Handicap Nominations attracted 119 sprinters including the defending champion Impending who won the Victory Stakes at Doomben first-up and last year’s runner-up In Her Time who is on way to The Everest race in the spring.

Read more on the Stradbroke Handicap 2018 Nominations featuring Impending.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer
1	22027×0780	AIDE MEMOIRE (NZ)	M	6	Kris Lees
2	515177×313	ASHLOR	G	4	Dan McCarthy
3	x84588x844	BASSETT (NZ)	G	5	Mick Price
4	111140×562	BONS AWAY	G	4	Ciaron Maher
5	115330×371	BURNING PASSION	G	6	Mark Newnham
6	10x280150x	CANTBUYBETTER	G	6	Ben Currie
7	2211x1112x	CARE TO THINK	G	4	Matthew Dunn
8	1330×60371	CATCHY	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
9	x1233x600x	CELLARGIRL	F	3	Kelly Schweida
10	331511141x	CELLARMAN	G	4	Chris Waller
11	117x90x	CHAMP ELECT	F	3	Chris Munce
12	1x1x32222x	CHAMPAGNE CUDDLES	F	3	Bjorn Baker
13	50x24271x8	CHARLIE BOY	G	7	Tony Gollan
14	3x385x666x	CLEARLY INNOCENT	G	6	Kris Lees
15	x21419140x	CRACK ME UP (NZ)	G	4	Bjorn Baker
16	x7490x3900	DANISH TWIST	M	6	Kris Lees
17	x2x533x98x	DANON LIBERTY (JPN)	H	6	Darren Weir
18	68x008x90x	DERRYN	H	4	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
19	543x21811x	DREAMFORCE	G	5	John P Thompson
20	x0636x500x	ECHO EFFECT	G	4	Kristen Buchanan
21	x360x3149x	ENDLESS DRAMA (IRE)	H	6	Chris Waller
22	x4269x526x	ENGLISH	M	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
23	4126135x	EQUAL BALANCE	G	3	Kurt Goldman
24	900821×091	FASTNET TEMPEST (IRE)	G	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
25	51116×54	FEMME FIREBALL	F	3	Robert Heathcote
26	1024x70x05	FIRST AMONG EQUALS	G	6	Darren Weir
27	451x3126x4	FIRSTHAND	G	5	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
28	214x1164x7	FIT FOR PURPOSE	G	4	Liam Birchley
29	2x11013x0x	FORMALITY	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
30	23475×3848	FOXPLAY	M	4	Chris Waller
31	51111x	FREDDIE FOX TROT	G	3	Les Kelly
32	05x877x241	FRENCH EMOTION	M	6	Chris Waller
33	47x12x0201	GLENALL	H	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
34	5258×62132	GO NICHOLAS (NZ)	G	6	Shelley Hale
35	75x319450x	GRANDE ROSSO	G	6	Peter & Paul Snowden
36	731×327216	HANDSOME THIEF (IRE)	G	5	Darren Weir
37	1111x336x7	HAVASAY	G	5	Liam Birchley
38	144×312116	HOLY BLADE	C	3	Darren Weir
39	7561x7060x	HONOUR’N’STRENGTH	G	4	Melissa Leitch
40	5x3179x316	HOUTZEN	F	3	Toby Edmonds
41	12x	I AM VENUS	F	3	Billy & Dale Healey
42	020x21812x	I’M A RIPPA	G	4	Tony Gollan
43	43341x23x1	IMPENDING	H	4	James Cummings
44	23x112x13x	IN HER TIME	M	5	Benjamin Smith
45	1132741×43	INVINCIBELLA	M	4	Chris Waller
46	12x13x350x	INVINCIBLE GEM	M	4	Kris Lees
47	532x3x211x	ITALIA BELLA	F	3	Stuart Kendrick
48	x0212x5176	JUST DREAMING	M	4	Kris Lees
49	x14126313x	KAWAIKINI	M	4	Jason Coyle
50	37×5141934	KEN’S DREAM	G	4	Darren Weir
51	538724×513	LAND OF PLENTY	H	4	Darren Weir
52	02x250x742	LE ROMAIN	G	5	Kris Lees
53	1184216×50	LUBITON	M	4	Bjorn Baker
54	5x6001056x	LUCKY HUSSLER	G	8	Darren Weir
55	5x20821x59	LYUBA	M	5	Darren Weir
56	3320821×15	MISHANI BULLITT	C	3	Chris Anderson
57	0x430x701x	MISS GUNPOWDER	M	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
58	411x1170x4	MONSIEUR GUSTAVE	G	5	Darryl Hansen
59	228211313x	MOSS ’N’ DALE (NZ)	G	5	Peter Gelagotis
60	0x641241x2	MOST IMPORTANT	G	5	Tony Gollan
61	113×11112	MR MARBELLOUZ	G	4	Kevin Kemp
62	x1220x2869	MR SNEAKY	G	4	Anthony Freedman
63	1344238350	NEW UNIVERSE (NZ)	G	4	Chris Waller
64	1418x1112x	NOIRE	M	4	Chris Waller
65	1x01x7026x	NURSE KITCHEN (NZ)	M	4	Kris Lees
66	4213x5121x	ORDER AGAIN (NZ)	G	4	Brian Smith
67	11121×1312	OSBORNE BULLS	G	4	James Cummings
68	119x4407x0	OURS TO KEEP	G	3	Chris Munce
69	442521118x	OZI CHOICE	G	5	Darren Weir
70	341x1412x8	PASSAGE OF TIME	H	4	Joseph Pride
71	312×17201	PEACEFUL STATE	C	3	Darren Weir
72	22x21121x1	PECANS	M	4	Joseph Pride
73	673715×579	PERAST	C	3	Paul Perry
74	0x30x8916x	PERFECT DARE	G	5	Matthew Dunn
75	3382121111	PLUCKY GIRL	M	4	Toby Edmonds
76	x721136x65	PRIVLAKA	G	5	Robert Heathcote
77	0344×14512	PROMPT RESPONSE	M	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
78	3347×28111	QUILISTA	M	4	Darren Weir
79	26x2746x31	RIVER RACER	M	4	Les Ross
80	723326×281	SAMBRO	G	3	Chris Waller
81	55x341x6x0	SANTA ANA LANE	G	5	Anthony Freedman
82	221x1166x	SASSO CORBARO	F	3	Kris Lees
83	x4114214x3	SAVAPINSKI (NZ)	M	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
84	7x5114x193	SECRET AGENDA	M	5	Mick Price
85	50x11122x9	SEDANZER	M	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
86	1x117x111	SERENE MISS	M	4	Kris Lees
87	0x731x076x	SHILLELAGH (NZ)	M	6	Chris Waller
88	21250x377x	SHOGUN SUN	G	3	Kelly Schweida
89	x8485313x1	SIREN’S FURY	M	4	Jason Coyle
90	x4211x1153	SNITZ	G	3	Matthew Dunn
91	14270x017x	SOVEREIGN NATION	G	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
92	x290x2860x	SPIETH (NZ)	H	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
93	483x90x108	SPRIGHT	M	4	Garry Frazer
94	8x6132121x	STELLAR COLLISION	G	5	Darren Weir
95	180x188x1x	SUPER CASH	M	5	Andrew Noblet
96	30x15x4546	SUPIDO	H	6	Michael Kent
97	6225x3317x	SYLPHEED	M	4	Toby Edmonds
98	x5400x7805	TAKEDOWN	G	5	Gary Moore
99	100x02x86x	TERRAVISTA	G	8	Joseph Pride
100	1112x314x2	TEST THE WORLD (NZ)	M	4	Bjorn Baker
101	70600×8555	THE MISSION	C	3	Paul Perry
102	6x13x1402x	THRONUM	H	4	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
103	226230×258	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller
104	3x1332311x	TOUGHERTHANTHEREST	G	4	Chris Waller
105	2450x4150x	TULIP	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
106	1115x1778x	TYZONE	G	4	Toby Edmonds
107	130x61486x	ULMANN	G	6	Darren Weir
108	1x1x11257x	VEGA MAGIC	G	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
109	411x1x112	VICTOREM	G	3	Jenny Graham
110	212x2411x2	VIDDORA	M	5	Lloyd Kennewell
111	3141×74941	VILLERMONT	C	3	Ciaron Maher
112	x160x117x2	VOLPE VELOCE	M	4	Graham Richardson
113	0x257x145x	VOODOO LAD	G	6	Darren Weir
114	32x699778x	WELL SPRUNG	G	5	Kris Lees
115	1	WEONA NICCONI (NZ)	G	3	David Vandyke
116	537360×141	WHISPERING BROOK	M	4	Darren Weir
117	112x110x35	WHITE MOSS	M	4	Jason Coyle
118	411x3184x1	WHYPEEO	G	3	Toby Edmonds
119	16×1111312	WIDGEE TURF	G	4	Patrick Payne

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
2018 Stradbroke Handicap	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
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