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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).

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.

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.

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 – 2022 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 ran on Saturday June 11, 2022 and saw the now Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Queensland expat, Alligator Blood ($11), return to winning form. 

Stradbroke Handicap 2022
Date:	Saturday June 11, 2022
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Conditions:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1.5 million
Inaugurated:	1890

2022 Stradbroke Handicap Results

• 1st: #5 Alligator Blood ($11) 
• 2nd: #1 Private Eye
• 3rd: #9 Rothfire

Former Queenslander, the now Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Alligator Blood, returned to winning form for the first time since his 2020 Group 1 Australian Guineas success in Melbourne with a bold late run to take out the Stradbroke Handicap 2022 in Brisbane.

Click here to read more on the return to form by Alligator Blood in the 2022 Stradbroke Handicap results.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	5	ALLIGATOR BLOOD	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark		17	55kg		$11
	2	1	PRIVATE EYE	Joseph Pride	Brenton Avdulla	1L	1	57kg		$17
	3	9	ROTHFIRE	Robert Heathcote	Tommy Berry	2.75L	16	54.5kg		$11
	4	15	ISOTOPE	Tony Gollan	William Pike	3.75L	4	52.5kg		$9
	5	18	STARTANTES	Robert Heathcote	Taylor Marshall	3.95L	12	50kg		$41
	6	16	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold	Craig Williams	4.25L	18	52kg		$16
	7	11	AYRTON (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Ms Jamie Kah	4.45L	15	54kg		$8
	8	17	VILANA	James Cummings	Ms Stephanie Thornton	5.45L	6	50.5kg		$13
	9	2	LAWS OF INDICES (IRE)	Annabel Neasham	James McDonald	5.65L	10	56.5kg		$10
	10	10	I AM SUPERMAN (IRE)	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	6.05L	14	54.5kg		$26
	11	12	BANDERSNATCH	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jason Collett	6.25L	9	54kg		$51
	12	7	EMERALD KINGDOM	Robert Heathcote	Kerrin McEvoy	7L	2	54.5kg		$26
	13	3	APACHE CHASE	Desleigh Forster	Jim Byrne	7.2L	3	55.5kg		$11
	14	13	NICCANOVA	Steve Tregea	Anthony Allen	7.4L	13	53.5kg		$61
	15	6	SOXAGON	Mark Currie	Brad Stewart	9.65L	8	54.5kg	0.5kg	$19
	16	8	WILD PLANET	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jay Ford	9.85L	11	54.5kg		$101
	17	14	BUFFALO RIVER (USA)	Michael Moroney	Ms Rachel King	10.05L	7	53.5kg		$41
	18	4	ELEVEN ELEVEN	Gregory Hickman	Hugh Bowman	16.55L	5	55.5kg		$6.50F
		22e	TYCOONIST	Chris Waller			0
		23e	FRANKIE PINOT	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Barend Vorster		0
		21e	FLYING CRAZY	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou			0
		19e	SCALLOPINI	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Boris Thornton		0
		20e	RANCH HAND	Chris Waller	Jay Ford		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2022 Stradbroke Handicap Betting Odds

The top Stradbroke Handicap 2022 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 was the last Stradbroke Handicap favourite to salute for the punters.

2022 Stradbroke Handicap Form Guide

Stay tuned for our comprehensive Stradbroke Handicap 2022 Form Guide & Betting Preview with Ladbrokes.com.au also providing a detailed Stradbroke Handicap Form Guide the week of the event.

2022 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 2022 Final Field & Barriers will be announced by Racing Queensland the Tuesday before race day and published in full below.

The 2022 Stradbroke Handicap field features a capacity line-up of winter hopefuls led in betting by the likes of the Mick Price & Michael Kent Junior-trained Ayrton, Eleven Eleven and Desleigh Forster’s Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup winner Apache Chase.

The official Stradbroke Handicap 2022 barrier draw took place on Tuesday evening and saw Ayrton suffer an early blow drawing out wide in gate 19, while Eleven Eleven and Apache Chase drew ideally in barriers five and three respectively.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2022 Stradbroke Handicap field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	74185×3508	PRIVATE EYE	Joseph Pride	Brenton Avdulla	1	57kg			109
2	8x5x573040	LAWS OF INDICES (IRE)	Annabel Neasham	James McDonald	13	56.5kg			108
3	x114133x21	APACHE CHASE	Desleigh Forster	Jim Byrne	3	55.5kg			110
4	56x4181x43	ELEVEN ELEVEN	Gregory Hickman	Hugh Bowman	5	55.5kg			108
5	320x4x68x2	ALLIGATOR BLOOD	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	21	55kg			107
6	2x40x35x11	SOXAGON	Mark Currie	Brad Stewart	11	54.5kg		0.5kg	106
7	181x29x619	EMERALD KINGDOM	Robert Heathcote	Kerrin McEvoy	2	54.5kg			105
8	0x20x79860	WILD PLANET	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brock Ryan	14	54.5kg			104
9	x14x47x554	ROTHFIRE	Robert Heathcote	Tommy Berry	20	54.5kg			106
10	00x582x450	I AM SUPERMAN (IRE)	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	18	54.5kg			105
11	x121x13x18	AYRTON (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Ms Jamie Kah	19	54kg			104
12	11x638x510	BANDERSNATCH	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jason Collett	12	54kg			104
13	43244×7036	NICCANOVA	Steve Tregea	Anthony Allen	16	53.5kg			103
14	0x02108x26	BUFFALO RIVER (USA)	Michael Moroney	Ms Rachel King	10	53.5kg			103
15	Lx12x1x079	ISOTOPE	Tony Gollan	William Pike	4	52.5kg			105
16	x054x26266	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold	Craig Williams	22	52kg			104
17	21×1151	VILANA	James Cummings	Ms Stephanie Thornton	8	50.5kg			97
18	30x362x459	STARTANTES	Robert Heathcote	Taylor Marshall	15	50kg			99
19e	x662x61x27	SCALLOPINI	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Boris Thornton	7	53.5kg	54kg		103
20e	1745×24091	RANCH HAND	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	23	50.5kg			97
21e	7×41916118	FLYING CRAZY	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou		17	50.5kg			97
22e	4x2122x157	TYCOONIST	Chris Waller		9	51.5kg			99
23e	2123221×14	FRANKIE PINOT	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Barend Vorster	6	51.5kg			99

 

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2022 Stradbroke Handicap First Acceptances

The Stradbroke Handicap 2022 first acceptances further narrow down the list of potential runners in the winter carnival feature race and close on Wednesday the 1st of June, 2022.

The 2022 Stradbroke Handicap first acceptances attracted 32 winter hopefuls led in all-in betting by Ayrton for Mick Price & Michael Ken Jnr, Desleigh Forster’s Kingsford-Smith Cup champion Apache Chase and the third place-getter out of the same Group 1 lead-up Eleven Eleven.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x114133x21	APACHE CHASE	G	4	Desleigh Forster	1	55.5kg
2	2x40x35x11	SOXAGON	G	6	Mark Currie	2	54.5kg		0.5kg
3	21×1151	VILANA	C	3	James Cummings	3	50.5kg
4	x147410x10	KEMENTARI	G	7	James Cummings	4	58kg
5	37664×3135	SEPTEMBER RUN	M	4	Chris Waller	5	55.5kg
6	74185×3508	PRIVATE EYE	G	4	Joseph Pride	6	57kg
7	8x5x573040	LAWS OF INDICES (IRE)	H	4	Annabel Neasham	7	56.5kg
8	56x4181x43	ELEVEN ELEVEN	G	5	Gregory Hickman	8	55.5kg
9	320x4x68x2	ALLIGATOR BLOOD	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	9	55kg
10	Lx12x1x079	ISOTOPE	M	4	Tony Gollan	10	52.5kg
11	181x29x619	EMERALD KINGDOM	G	7	Robert Heathcote	11	54.5kg
12	0x20x79860	WILD PLANET	G	6	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	12	54.5kg
13	x14x47x554	ROTHFIRE	G	4	Robert Heathcote	13	54.5kg
14	00x582x450	I AM SUPERMAN (IRE)	G	6	Peter & Paul Snowden	14	54.5kg
15	x121x13x18	AYRTON (NZ)	G	4	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	15	54kg
16	x054x26266	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	M	5	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold	16	52kg
17	11x638x510	BANDERSNATCH	G	5	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	17	54kg
18	30x362x459	STARTANTES	F	3	Robert Heathcote	18	50kg
19	x43244x703	NICCANOVA	G	8	Steve Tregea	19	53.5kg
20	0x02108x26	BUFFALO RIVER (USA)	G	6	Michael Moroney	20	53.5kg
21	x662x61x27	SCALLOPINI	G	7	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	21	53.5kg
22	x12938x587	INGRATIATING	C	3	James Cummings	22	51.5kg
23	1745×24091	RANCH HAND	C	3	Chris Waller	23	50.5kg
24	7×41916118	FLYING CRAZY	G	3	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	24	50.5kg
25	4x2122x157	TYCOONIST	G	4	Chris Waller	25	51.5kg
26	2123221×14	FRANKIE PINOT	G	5	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	26	51.5kg
27	0630×28119	REGARDSMAREE	G	5	Nick Ryan	27	51.5kg
28	3243x88x15	BLONDEAU	G	4	Chris Waller	28	51kg			96
29	6x83127x44	HOLYFIELD	G	4	Annabel Neasham	29	51kg			95
30	630x192x80	OSCAR ZULU	G	4	Chris Waller	30	51kg			94
31	1651×97222	KISS SUM	G	3	Tracey Bartley	31	49.5kg			83
32	1125×33	BATTLETON	G	3	Bjorn Baker	32	49.5kg			80

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2022 Stradbroke Handicap Nominations

Early Stradbroke Handicap 2022 nominations close on a Tuesday in early May and will be available below.

The 2022 Stradbroke Handicap nominations close on Tuesday the 3rd of May, 2022.

The Stradbroke Handicap 2022 nominations attracted 125 early entries led in all-in betting by Peter & Paul Snowden’s impressive Arrowfield 3YO Sprint winner Mazu, recent Group 2 Victory Stakes winner at Eagle Farm Count De Rupee and Rob Heathcote’s class filly Startantes.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	09x29237x4	ACQUITTED (IRE)	G	5	Kris Lees
2	65x21647x1	AGREEABLE	M	4	Anthony & Sam Freedman
3	x320x4x68x	ALLIGATOR BLOOD	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
4	127x1240x6	ALPINE EDGE	C	3	Toby & Trent Edmonds
5	x1364x1x11	ANDERMATT	G	4	James Cummings
6	261434154x	ANIMATE	G	5	Kris Lees
7	10x114133x	APACHE CHASE	G	4	Desleigh Forster
8	211x13312x	BABYLON BERLIN	M	4	Tony Pike
9	x3x4111x24	BACCHANALIA	G	3	James Cummings
10	411x638x51	BANDERSNATCH	G	5	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
11	1125x	BATTLETON	G	3	Bjorn Baker
12	0x1227x47x	BEAU ROSSA	G	4	Will Clarken
13	x12150x530	BEND THE KNEE	C	3	John O’Shea
14	413243x88x	BLONDEAU	G	4	Chris Waller
15	1711x2x00x	BONHAM	M	4	Tony Gollan
16	10x054x262	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	M	5	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold
17	x15x2124x8	BROOKSPIRE	M	4	Chris Waller
18	40x02108x2	BUFFALO RIVER (USA)	G	6	Michael Moroney
19	x7x70x5131	BULLFINCH (GB)	G	5	Chris Waller
20	1016x	CACOFONIX	C	3	Kris Lees
21	x10x177x6x	CHAILLOT	M	5	Archie Alexander
22	21324×1774	COASTWATCH	G	3	Chris Waller
23	37x147x448	COTEHELE (NZ)	G	3	John O’Shea
24	x1321x0021	COUNT DE RUPEE	G	4	Robert & Luke Price
25	x607x0006x	DAWN PASSAGE	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
26	92x1312x3x	DESERT LORD	G	7	David Vandyke
27	21140x770x	EDISON	G	5	Nick Ryan
28	6756x4181x	ELEVEN ELEVEN	G	5	Gregory Hickman
29	12712×1273	ELLSBERG	H	4	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou
30	x8181x29x6	EMERALD KINGDOM	G	7	Robert Heathcote
31	x19168x59x	ENCHANTED HEART	M	5	Kris Lees
32	2x134x152x	ENTRIVIERE (NZ)	M	5	Mark Walker
33	22x4128x31	EXOTIC RUBY	M	6	Bjorn Baker
34	1×2	EXTREMELY LUCKY	G	3	Will Clarken
35	337×419161	FLYING CRAZY	G	3	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou
36	4x3516x07x	FOUR MOVES AHEAD	F	3	John Sargent
37	415x770x14	GEM SONG	G	6	Kris Lees
38	2x1x14x303	GIMMIE PAR	F	3	Peter G Moody
39	1111116×52	GOSPODIN (NZ)	G	4	Jim Pender
40	x4560x70x8	GREYWORM	G	7	Neville Boyle
41	x22211x57x	HEAD LEGISLATOR	G	4	Matthew Dunn
42	23204×5415	HERESY	F	3	James Cummings
43	118394111x	HEZA GENTLEMAN	G	5	Mitchell & Desiree Kearney
44	206x83127x	HOLYFIELD	G	4	Annabel Neasham
45	x214110x4x	I AM LETHAL	C	3	John O’Shea
46	00x582x450	I AM SUPERMAN (IRE)	G	6	Peter & Paul Snowden
47	x12938x587	INGRATIATING	C	3	James Cummings
48	603446021x	IRISH SONGS	G	6	Kurt Goldman
49	111x900x1x	IRONCLAD (GB)	G	6	Will Clarken
50	1Lx12x1x0x	ISOTOPE	M	4	Tony Gollan
51	1111×680	IT’S ME	M	5	Brett Cavanough
52	x418x93803	JAMAEA	F	3	Robert & Luke Price
53	6x1121x1x	JOY TOO ALL	M	5	David Vandyke
54	193x074x33	JOYOUS LEGEND	F	3	Tony Gollan
55	2x147410x1	KEMENTARI	G	7	James Cummings
56	38x235320x	KIKU	M	4	Chris Waller
57	x064109x7x	KING OF HASTINGS	G	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman
58	1x3764x113	KINLOCH	G	4	Kris Lees
59	1651x9722x	KISS SUM	G	3	Tracey Bartley
60	393251131x	KUBRICK	G	5	Chris Waller
61	18x5x57304	LAWS OF INDICES (IRE)	H	4	Annabel Neasham
62	127768x16x	LE GAI SOLEIL (NZ)	M	5	John O’Shea
63	227×1124	LOCH EAGLE	C	3	Kris Lees
64	81115×6162	LOMBARDO	G	5	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
65	20x253120x	LOOKS LIKE ELVIS	G	7	Jarrod Austin
66	x01493453x	LOVE TAP	G	4	Richard & Will Freedman
67	223x7151x5	MASS DESTRUCTION	G	4	Tony Gollan
68	5661x1111x	MAZU	G	3	Peter & Paul Snowden
69	14x112x9x	ME ME LAGARDE	F	3	Toby & Trent Edmonds
70	21422x	MERITABLE	C	3	Andrew Forsman
71	1x137x561	MINSK MOMENT	C	3	Chris Waller
72	2x54191x15	MORE SUNDAYS	G	6	Sam Kavanagh
73	1x153146x1	MUCH MUCH BETTER	G	4	Gary Moore
74	9300×33164	NEVER TALK	M	4	Kris Lees
75	05x43244x7	NICCANOVA	G	8	Steve Tregea
76	0x403x9x17	NOT AN OPTION	G	4	Michael Moroney
77	2x306230x6	NUDGE	M	5	Chris Waller
78	0x0180x607	OLMEDO (FR)	H	7	Annabel Neasham
79	11x869x81x	O’PRESIDENT	G	3	Chris Waller
80	11630x192x	OSCAR ZULU	G	4	Chris Waller
81	11110x212x	PALAISIPAN	M	4	Chris Munce
82	42x42231x4	PALLADAS	G	4	Tony Gollan
83	2210x1033x	PAULELE	C	3	James Cummings
84	53x80x5039	POLAND	G	4	Michael Moroney
85	x33306719x	PRIME CANDIDATE	G	7	Bjorn Baker
86	15114x640x	PRINCE INVINCIBLE	G	4	Gary Moore
87	110x44x11x	PRINCE OF BOOM	G	3	Robert Heathcote
88	74185x350x	PRIVATE EYE	G	4	Joseph Pride
89	1232×29	PUTONTHEREDLIGHT	F	3	Tony Gollan
90	1332x	RAINBOW CONNECTION	G	4	Matthew Dunn
91	x1745x2409	RANCH HAND	C	3	Chris Waller
92	50630×2811	REGARDSMAREE	G	5	Nick Ryan
93	16x441190x	RHAPSODY ROSE	F	3	Chris Munce
94	11x14x47x5	ROTHFIRE	G	4	Robert Heathcote
95	x141x3134x	RUSTIC STEEL	G	4	Kris Lees
96	47x132116x	SALATEEN	M	4	Tony Gollan
97	6x662x61x2	SCALLOPINI	G	7	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted
98	221×401640	SEBRENCO	F	3	Tracey Bartley
99	x37664x31x	SEPTEMBER RUN	M	4	Chris Waller
100	610x5796x0	SHAQUERO	C	3	Chris Waller
101	0252121177	SHELBY SIXTYSIX	G	5	Danny Williams
102	0x111x35x2	SHOOTING FOR GOLD	G	4	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted
103	14x111111x	SHOWMANSHIP (NZ)	G	6	Danny O’Brien
104	17100×4170	SIERRA SUE (NZ)	M	5	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
105	33x5555x76	SIGNORE FOX	H	6	Peter & Paul Snowden
106	x11116x222	SIR WARWICK	G	4	Jake Capewell
107	13x21x110x	SKINS	G	6	David Vandyke
108	3x3311111x	SKY BOY	G	7	Anthony Cummings
109	4832413x4x	SOUND MACHINE (USA)	M	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman
110	112x40x35x	SOXAGON	G	6	Mark Currie
111	56x52317x9	STAMPE	G	5	Chris Munce
112	154x1417x6	STARMAN	G	3	Chris Waller
113	1630x362x4	STARTANTES	F	3	Robert Heathcote
114	75483×5632	STREETS OF AVALON	G	7	Shane Nichols
115	11x750x11x	SWORD OF STATE	C	3	Mark Walker
116	18324×2121	TAKSU	G	6	Joseph Pride
117	1313×37263	THE ASTROLOGIST	G	5	Leon & Troy Corstens
118	720204×519	TOBILICIOUS (NZ)	G	6	Kelvin Tyler
119	19x8x7x075	TRUMBULL (NZ)	G	6	Kim Waugh
120	334x2122x1	TYCOONIST	G	4	Chris Waller
121	0x87x0979x	TYZONE	G	8	Toby & Trent Edmonds
122	1053x3736x	VANGELIC	M	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
123	94x62412x0	VEGA ONE	G	6	Tony Gollan
124	0420×71645	WANDABAA	M	5	Kris Lees
125	10x20x7986	WILD PLANET	G	6	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

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.

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.

Recent Stradbroke Handicap Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
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