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The Victory Stakes is a Group 2 sprint run during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival as a potential lead-up to the Doomben 10,000.
2020 Victory Stakes Results
- 1st: #7 Victorem
- 2nd: #9 Niccanova
- 3rd: #11 Deep Image
Victory Stakes News
The Group 2 Victory Stakes takes place in April 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 $200,000 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 2020 ran on Saturday May 23, 2020 as a set weights plus penalties event to serve as the key Stradbroke lead-up and was won in an upset by Victorem.
| 2020 Victory Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday May 23, 2020 |
| Track: | Eagle Farm Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1200m |
| Conditions: | Weight-for-age (Set Weights + Penalties in 2020 due to COVID-19) |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prizemoney: | $200,000 ($175,000 in 2020 due to COVID-19) |
| Inaugurated: | 1980 |
2020 Victory Stakes Results
- 1st: #7 Victorem
- 2nd: #6 Niccanova
- 3rd: #11 Deep Image
There was an upset in the Victory Stakes 2020 results this winter with the Jenny Graham-trained Victorem ($17), currently based at Eagle Farm with Barry Lockwood, driving through the middle in the closing stages to defeat a fast-finishing Niccanova ($21) with on-pace runner Deep Image ($9) third in a lucrative trifecta.
Victorem will race next-up in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap back at the track on June 6.
Click here to read more on the improved effort by the Victory Stakes 2020 winner Victorem.
| Color | Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price |
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1 | 7 | VICTOREM | Jenny Graham | Mark Du Plessis | 3 | 56.5kg | $17 | ||
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2 | 6 | NICCANOVA | Steve Tregea | James Orman | 1.3L | 8 | 56.5kg | $21 | |
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3 | 11 | DEEP IMAGE | Robert Heathcote | Ms Stephanie Thornton | 1.7L | 10 | 56kg | $9 | |
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4 | 15 | OUTBACK BARBIE | Tony Gollan | Baylee Nothdurft (a) | 1.9L | 6 | 54.5kg | $10 | |
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5 | 3 | TYZONE | Toby & Trent Edmonds | Robbie Fradd | 2.2L | 13 | 57kg | $16 | |
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6 | 12 | WINTER BRIDE | Toby & Trent Edmonds | Brad Stewart | 2.4L | 9 | 55.5kg | $5.50 | |
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7 | 4 | TAMBO’S MATE | Stuart Kendrick | Matthew McGillivray | 2.6L | 5 | 57kg | $13 | |
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8 | 1 | KEMENTARI | James Cummings | Ryan Maloney | 3L | 11 | 58kg | $5.50 | |
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9 | 8 | VEGA ONE | Tony Gollan | Jim Byrne | 3.2L | 7 | 56.5kg | $4.80F | |
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10 | 13 | FREDDIE FOX TROT | Les Kelly | Sean Cormack | 4.2L | 2 | 55kg | $26 | |
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11 | 5 | CHAPTER AND VERSE | Desleigh Forster | Michael Cahill | 4.4L | 12 | 57kg | $31 | |
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12 | 9 | SIGNORE FOX | Peter & Paul Snowden | Larry Cassidy | 5.6L | 4 | 56.5kg | $41 | |
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13 | 2 | SESAR | Kacy Fogden | Jag Guthmann-Chester | 5.8L | 1 | 58kg | $61 | |
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Table Credit: Racing Australia
2020 Victory Stakes Odds
The updated Victory Stakes 2020 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.
2020 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 2020 Field & Barriers are set for release by Racing Queensland on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.
The 2020 Victory Stakes final field features 16 runners with the Godolphin-raced Group 1 winner Kementari drawn wide out in gate 13 carrying the equal 58kg topweight with the rails-drawn Sesar. The locally-trained favourite Vega One drew well midfield with gate nine.
Click here to read more on the key contenders in the Victory Stakes 2020 field and betting markets.
Updates:
#10 Miss Fabulass (3) has been scratched from the Victory Stakes field in Brisbane and instead runs in Sydney’s Octagonal Handicap at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
#14 Soxagon (8) and #16 Free Of Debt (15) are the other official Victory Stakes race scratchings.
Click here for the full Victory Stakes Day 2020 scratchings and Eagle Farm track report.
| # | Form (Last 10) | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 439x27x335 | KEMENTARI | James Cummings | Ryan Maloney | 13 | 58kg | 110 | |
| 2 | 17x16300x9 | SESAR | Kacy Fogden | Jag Guthmann-Chester | 1 | 58kg | 101 | |
| 3 | 2x86436x77 | TYZONE | Toby & Trent Edmonds | Robbie Fradd | 16 | 57kg | 104 | |
| 4 | 211213×421 | TAMBO’S MATE | Stuart Kendrick | Matthew McGillivray | 6 | 57kg | 101 | |
| 5 | 33x413494x | CHAPTER AND VERSE | Desleigh Forster | Michael Cahill | 14 | 57kg | 96 | |
| 6 | 022x81412x | NICCANOVA | Steve Tregea | James Orman | 10 | 56.5kg | 106 | |
| 7 | 3x2814x2x0 | VICTOREM | Jenny Graham | Mark Du Plessis | 4 | 56.5kg | 105 | |
| 8 | 91x8211x44 | VEGA ONE | Tony Gollan | Jim Byrne | 9 | 56.5kg | 102 | |
| 9 | 71x1515x08 | SIGNORE FOX | Peter & Paul Snowden | Larry Cassidy | 5 | 56.5kg | 97 | |
| 10 | 8×77182624 | MISS FABULASS | Kris Lees | Andrew Mallyon | 3 | 56kg | 103 | |
| 11 | 1213115×82 | DEEP IMAGE | Robert Heathcote | Ms Stephanie Thornton | 12 | 56kg | 102 | |
| 12 | 30x07x25x4 | WINTER BRIDE | Toby & Trent Edmonds | Brad Stewart | 11 | 55.5kg | 105 | |
| 13 | 2×04146211 | FREDDIE FOX TROT | Les Kelly | Sean Cormack | 2 | 55kg | 99 | |
| 14 | x211232x11 | SOXAGON | Mark Currie | TBA | 8 | 55kg | 88 | |
| 15 | 700x1281x3 | OUTBACK BARBIE | Tony Gollan | Baylee Nothdurft (a) | 7 | 54.5kg | 104 | |
| 16 | 1130×2005 | FREE OF DEBT | Chris Bieg | Justin Huxtable (a) | 15 | 53.5kg | 85 |
2020 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 2020 Victory Stakes nominations feature 20 class sprinters including the Godolphin-raced Kementari coming off a close fifth in the BRC Sprint when heavily-weighted, Stuart Kendrick’s BRC Sprint winner Tambo’s Mate out to do the double and the Tony Gollan-trained Vega One who ran fourth in the same lead-up with improvement to come third-up.
| # | Form (Last 10) | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer |
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| 1 | 64466×6126 | BANDIPUR | G | 5 | Kelly Purdy |
| 2 | 33x413494x | CHAPTER AND VERSE | G | 5 | Desleigh Forster |
| 3 | 1213115×82 | DEEP IMAGE | G | 6 | Robert Heathcote |
| 4 | 2×04146211 | FREDDIE FOX TROT | G | 5 | Les Kelly |
| 5 | 1130×2005 | FREE OF DEBT | C | 3 | Chris Bieg |
| 6 | 103x10x350 | GREY SHADOW | M | 5 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace |
| 7 | 439x27x335 | KEMENTARI | G | 5 | James Cummings |
| 8 | 8×77182624 | MISS FABULASS | M | 4 | Kris Lees |
| 9 | 022x81412x | NICCANOVA | G | 6 | Steve Tregea |
| 10 | 3246988241 | ORIENTAL RUNNER | G | 6 | John Smerdon |
| 11 | 700x1281x3 | OUTBACK BARBIE | M | 4 | Tony Gollan |
| 12 | x4600327x3 | REDOUBLE | G | 6 | Bjorn Baker |
| 13 | 17x16300x9 | SESAR | H | 4 | Kacy Fogden |
| 14 | 71x1515x08 | SIGNORE FOX | H | 4 | Peter & Paul Snowden |
| 15 | x211232x11 | SOXAGON | G | 4 | Mark Currie |
| 16 | 211213×421 | TAMBO’S MATE | G | 4 | Stuart Kendrick |
| 17 | 2x86436x77 | TYZONE | G | 6 | Toby & Trent Edmonds |
| 18 | 91x8211x44 | VEGA ONE | G | 4 | Tony Gollan |
| 19 | 3x2814x2x0 | VICTOREM | G | 5 | Jenny Graham |
| 20 | 30x07x25x4 | WINTER BRIDE | M | 5 | Toby & Trent Edmonds |
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: | |
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
