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The Group 2 Victory Stakes takes place in late April or early May during the annual Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival 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 an increased $250,000 as of 2021 and was previously known as the Sir Byrne Hart Stakes.

Prize money for the 2020 Victory Stakes was down to $175,000 due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the race running as a set weights plus penalties event in May as part of a reduced Brisbane Winter Carnival.

The Victory Stakes is an excellent lead up to 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 2021 ran on Saturday May 1, 2021 and saw Niccanova go one better than his second in the same race last winter. 

2021 Victory Stakes
Date:	Saturday May 1, 2021
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Conditions:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 2
Prizemoney:	$250,000
Inaugurated:	1980

2021 Victory Stakes Results

• 1st: #3 Niccanova
• 2nd: #2 Vega One
• 3rd: #11 Pennino

The Stradbroke Handicap is calling for the Steve Tregea-trained Niccanova ($12) after The Buffering runner-up from January enjoyed a first-up win in the Victory Stakes 2021 results that also saw 150/1 roughie Pennino run third ahead of the likes of Fasika (4th) and the beaten favourite Trekking (5th).

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	3	NICCANOVA	Steve Tregea	James Orman		6	58.5kg		$12
	2	2	VEGA ONE	Tony Gollan	Glen Boss	0.75L	5	58.5kg		$19
	3	11	PENNINO	Darryl Hansen	Ms Tiffani Brooker	0.95L	10	56.5kg		$151
	4	10	FASIKA	Joseph Pride	Brenton Avdulla	1.15L	1	56.5kg		$3
	5	1	TREKKING	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	1.45L	3	58.5kg		$2.05F
	6	9	STAMPE	Chris Munce	Justin Huxtable (a)	2.7L	7	58.5kg		$31
	7	4	THE ODYSSEY	Kelly Schweida	Jim Byrne	3L	4	58.5kg		$21
	8	5	EMERALD KINGDOM	Robert Heathcote	Ms Stephanie Thornton	4.25L	8	58.5kg		$17
	9	7	MASTER JAMIE	Graeme Green	Taylor Marshall	4.65L	9	58.5kg		$41
	10	6	RED CHASE	Desleigh Forster	Mark Du Plessis	5.4L	2	58.5kg		$31
		8	GARIBALDI	Tony Gollan	Michael Rodd		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Victory Stakes Odds

The updated Victory Stakes 2021 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.

2021 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 2021 Field & Barriers are set for release by Racing Queensland on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

Godolphin’s multiple Group 1 winner – including the 2019 Stradbroke Handicap at this track – Trekking heads the 11-horse Victory Stakes 2021 field in Brisbane this weekend.

• Scratchings Update: #8 Garibaldi (11)

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	7219x2424x	TREKKING	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	3	58.5kg			115
2	211x4494x6	VEGA ONE	Tony Gollan	Glen Boss	5	58.5kg			103
3	605068622x	NICCANOVA	Steve Tregea	James Orman	6	58.5kg			103
4	7×10292170	THE ODYSSEY	Kelly Schweida	Jim Byrne	4	58.5kg			100
5	7x3175231x	EMERALD KINGDOM	Robert Heathcote	Ms Stephanie Thornton	8	58.5kg			99
6	1x2341270x	RED CHASE	Desleigh Forster	Mark Du Plessis	2	58.5kg			95
7	27715831×3	MASTER JAMIE	Graeme Green	Taylor Marshall	9	58.5kg			93
8	762x21111x	GARIBALDI	Tony Gollan	Michael Rodd	11	58.5kg			85
9	05x370215x	STAMPE	Chris Munce	Justin Huxtable (a)	7	58.5kg			90
10	x1823x86x1	FASIKA	Joseph Pride	Brenton Avdulla	1	56.5kg			107
11	x10639x80x	PENNINO	Darryl Hansen	Ms Tiffani Brooker	10	56.5kg			96

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 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.

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.

In 2020 the Victory Stakes took place in May as a set weights plus penalties event due to COVID-19 and was the key Stradbroke lead-up that year.

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
2021 Victory Stakes	1st	Niccanova	1 minute 11.90 seconds
	2nd	Vega One
	3rd	Pennino
2020 Victory Stakes	1st	Victorem	1 minute 10.60 seconds
	2nd	Niccanova
	3rd	Deep Image
2019 Victory Stakes	1st	I Am Excited	1 minute 9.64 seconds
	2nd	Redzel
	3rd	Jonker
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