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The Victory Stakes is a Group 2 sprint run in Brisbane in late April as a lead-up to the Doomben 10,000 and other Group 1 races during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.
2018 Victory Stakes Results
- 1st: #1 Impending
- 2nd: #3 Most Important
- 3rd: #9 I Am Excited
Victory Stakes News
The Group 2 Victory Stakes is the first Group status race of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival taking place in late April at Eagle Farm Racecourse or in more recent years Doomben Racecourse due to the ongoing track upgrade issues at Eagle Farm. Run over the sprint distance of 1200m it is a weight-for-age event worth $200, 000 and was previously known as the Sir Byrne Hart Stakes.
The Victory Stakes is an excellent lead up to Brisbane’s first Group 1 race of the season, the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m), another 1200m weight-for-age event run at Doomben. Quality runners may then progress onto both the Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1350m) in late May and Queensland’s richest race, the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1350m) in June.
The last horse to do the Victory Stakes – Stradbroke Handicap double in a single season was Srikandi (2015). In 2018 Impending won the Victory Stakes having taken on the previous year’s Stradbroke Handicap (2017).
The Victory Stakes 2018 ran on Saturday April 28, 2018 and was won by the Godolphin-raced favourite.
| 2018 Victory Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday April 28, 2018 |
| Track: | Eagle Farm Racecourse (Doomben in 2018) |
| Distance: | 1200m |
| Conditions: | Weight-for-age |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prizemoney: | $200,000 |
| Inaugurated: | 1980 |
2018 Victory Stakes Results
- 1st: #1 Impending
- 2nd: #3 Most Important
- 3rd: #9 I Am Excited
Check out the official Victory Stakes 2018 Results & Finishing Order below, following the link to read more on the quarter-length win by the Godolphin-raced favourite and reigning Stradbroke Handicap winner Impending ($2.50) who beat home the top local hope Most Important ($8.50).
| Place | # | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Br. | Weight | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | IMPENDING | James Cummings | Damian Browne | – | 2 | 58.5kg | $2.50F |
| 2 | 3 | MOST IMPORTANT | Tony Gollan | Jim Byrne | 0.4L | 6 | 58.5kg | $8.50 |
| 3 | 9 | I AM EXCITED | David Pfieffer | Michael Cahill | 1.15L | 7 | 54.5kg | $6 |
| 4 | 4 | MONSIEUR GUSTAVE | Darryl Hansen | Tiffani Brooker | 1.9L | 8 | 58.5kg | $19 |
| 5 | 6 | PRIVLAKA | Robert Heathcote | Matthew McGillivray | 2.65L | 4 | 58.5kg | $61 |
| 6 | 5 | SUPIDO | Michael Kent | Jeff Lloyd | 2.85L | 3 | 58.5kg | $3.60 |
| 7 | 7 | HAVASAY | Liam Birchley | Brad Stewart | 3.85L | 5 | 58.5kg | $21 |
| 8 | 2 | JUNGLE EDGE | Mick Bell | Kevin Forrester | 4.05L | 1 | 58.5kg | $13 |
| – | 8 | MANAYA | Michael Costa | Scott Galloway | – | 0 | – | – |
2018 Victory Stakes Tips
- 1st: #3 Most Important
- 2nd: #1 Impending
- 3rd: #4 Monsieur Gustave
Read our full Victory Stakes 2018 Tips & Betting Update now.
2018 Victory Stakes Odds
The updated Victory Stakes 2018 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au on the potential Doomben 10,000-bound winter sprinters will be available below the week of the race.
2018 Victory Stakes Field
The Victory Stakes field attracts a class line-up of Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival hopes usually having their first Queensland run of the season. Horses that contested the race the season prior often return, while a host of interstate raiders dominate the Victory Stakes final acceptances including runners out of the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) in Sydney earlier in the month.
The official Victory Stakes 2018 Field & Barriers are set for release by Racing Queensland on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.
The 2018 Victory Stakes final field drew nine hopefuls before the early withdrawal of #8 Manaya (1). Last Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival’s Stradbroke Handicap winner Impending is the odds-on favourite to salute first-up in this year’s Victory Stakes field.
Read more on the Impending-led Victory Stakes 2018 field & odds.
| # | Form (Last 10) | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Hcp. Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 643341x23x | IMPENDING | James Cummings | Damian Browne | 3 | 58.5kg | 110 |
| 2 | 875113×200 | JUNGLE EDGE | Mick Bell | Kevin Forrester | 2 | 58.5kg | 108 |
| 3 | 00x641241x | MOST IMPORTANT | Tony Gollan | Jim Byrne | 7 | 58.5kg | 106 |
| 4 | x411x1170x | MONSIEUR GUSTAVE | Darryl Hansen | Tiffani Brooker | 9 | 58.5kg | 104 |
| 5 | 930x15x454 | SUPIDO | Michael Kent | Jeff Lloyd | 4 | 58.5kg | 105 |
| 6 | 8x721136x6 | PRIVLAKA | Robert Heathcote | Matthew McGillivray | 5 | 58.5kg | 91 |
| 7 | x1111x336x | HAVASAY | Liam Birchley | Brad Stewart | 6 | 58.5kg | 88 |
| 8 | 3940x5132x | MANAYA | Michael Costa | Scott Galloway | 1 | 56.5kg | 79 |
| 9 | 53772×1113 | I AM EXCITED | David Pfieffer | Michael Cahill | 8 | 54.5kg | 95 |
2018 Victory Stakes Nominations
The Victory Stakes nominations close on the Monday of race week and traditionally feature Doomben 10,000 bound sprinters kicking off their Brisbane campaigns for the winter.
The Victory Stakes 2018 Nominations attracted a dozen early entries and were extended until Tuesday morning. Of the original nominees standouts include the gun David Pfieffer-trained filly I Am Excited and the Godolphin-raced Impending who hasn’t raced since a third to Redzel in last November’s Group 1 Darley Classic (1200m).
| # | Form (Last 10) | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp. Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7x2095626x | DENMAGIC | M | 5 | David Pfieffer | – |
| 2 | x1111x336x | HAVASAY | G | 5 | Liam Birchley | – |
| 3 | 53772×1113 | I AM EXCITED | F | 3 | David Pfieffer | 95 |
| 4 | 643341x23x | IMPENDING | H | 4 | James Cummings | 110 |
| 5 | 875113×200 | JUNGLE EDGE | G | 7 | Mick Bell | 108 |
| 6 | 3940x5132x | MANAYA | M | 4 | Michael Costa | 79 |
| 7 | x411x1170x | MONSIEUR GUSTAVE | G | 5 | Darryl Hansen | 104 |
| 8 | 00x641241x | MOST IMPORTANT | G | 5 | Tony Gollan | 106 |
| 9 | 8x721136x6 | PRIVLAKA | G | 5 | Robert Heathcote | 91 |
| 10 | x290x2860x | SPIETH (NZ) | H | 5 | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | 106 |
| 11 | 930x15x454 | SUPIDO | H | 6 | Michael Kent | 105 |
| 12 | 70600×8555 | THE MISSION | C | 3 | Paul Perry | 97 |
Victory Stakes History
The first horse to win the race then called the Sir Byrne Hart Stakes was Golden Rhapsody in 1980 when the race was inaugurated. Beginning as a Listed race the following year in 1981 it reached Group 3 status before being installed as a Group 2 event in 1992. First run over 1810m, the Sir Byrne Hart Stakes has gone through a number of distance changes throughout its history but is now a 1200m sprint at the Eagle Farm Racecourse for gallopers heading towards the Group 1 Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival features.
In recent years the Victory Stakes has been run at Doomben Racecourse (2016 & 2018) due to ongoing track issues at Eagle Farm.
| Victory Stakes Distance: | |
|---|---|
| 1980 – 1983: | 1810m |
| 1984 – 1986: | 2100m |
| 1987: | 2125m |
| 1988: | 1810m |
| 1989: | 2125m |
| 1990 – 2005: | 1400m |
| 2006 onwards: | 1200m |
Victory Stakes Winners
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Victory Stakes |
1st | TBD | TBD |
| 2nd | TBD | ||
| 3rd | TBD | ||
| 2018 Victory Stakes |
1st | Impending | 1 minute 10.06 seconds |
| 2nd | Most Important | ||
| 3rd | I Am Excited | ||
| 2017 Victory Stakes |
1st | Music Magnate | 1 minute 13.27 seconds |
| 2nd | Hopfgarten | ||
| 3rd | Miss Cover Girl | ||
| 2016 Victory Stakes |
1st | Fell Swoop | 1 minute 9.02 seconds |
| 2nd | Didntcostalot | ||
| 3rd | Artlee | ||
| 2015 Victory Stakes |
1st | Srikandi | 1 minute 9.63 seconds |
| 2nd | Ball Of Muscle | ||
| 3rd | Dances On Stars | ||
| 2014 Victory Stakes |
1st | Temple Of Boom | 1 minute 9.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Spirit Of Boom | ||
| 3rd | Snitzerland | ||
| 2013 Victory Stakes |
1st | Buffering | 1 minute 8.54 seconds |
| 2nd | Spirit Of Boom | ||
| 3rd | Albrecht | ||
| 2012 Victory Stakes |
1st | Meeting Abandoned | – |
| 2nd | – | ||
| 3rd | – | ||
| 2011 Victory Stakes |
1st | Buffering | 1 minute 13.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Atomic Force | ||
| 3rd | Azzaland | ||
| 2010 Victory Stakes |
1st | Ghetto Blaster | 1 minute 09.6 seconds |
| 2nd | The Jackal | ||
| 3rd | Albert The Fat | ||
| 2009 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | Swiss Ace | 1 minute 9.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Sniper?s Bullet | ||
| 3rd | Red Element | ||
| 2008 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | Swiss Ace | 1 minute 9.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Atapi | ||
| 3rd | Dance The Waves | ||
| 2007 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | Mitanni | 1 minute 9.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Anwaar | ||
| 3rd | Tellem | ||
| 2006 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | All Bar One | 1 minute 8.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Falaise | ||
| 3rd | Impaler | ||
| 2005 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | Wager | 1 minute 21.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Deuxieme | ||
| 3rd | Dezigna | ||
| 2004 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | Only Words | 1 minute 25.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Our Egyptian Raine | ||
| 3rd | Defier | ||
| 2003 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | Tit For Taat | 1 minute 21.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Scenic Peak | ||
| 3rd | Mr Bureaucrat | ||
| 2002 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | Mr Bureaucrat | 1 minute 23.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Salgado | ||
| 3rd | Faiza | ||
| 2001 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | Make Mine Magic | 1 minute 20.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Play Station | ||
| 3rd | Camarena | ||
| 2000 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes |
1st | Cheiron | 1 minute 22.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Narwong | ||
| 3rd | City Fair | ||
