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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.
2023 Victory Stakes Results
- 1st: #4 Rothfire
- 2nd: #6 King Of Sparta
- 3rd: #8 Prince Of Boom
Victory Stakes News
The Group 2 Victory Stakes takes place in late April or early May during the annual Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival and is traditionally run at Eagle Farm Racecourse.
Run over the sprint distance of 1200m it is a weight-for-age event worth a $300,000 as of 2023 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 form of the 2021 Victory Stakes was franked with the runner-up Vega One winning the Kingsford-Smith Cup next start before a subsequent second in that winter’s Stradbroke Handicap quinella.
The Victory Stakes 2023 ran on Saturday April 29, 2023 at Eagle Farm Racecourse in Brisbane and was won narrowly by the Rob Heathcote-trained Rothfire ($4.40).
| 2023 Victory Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday April 29, 2023 |
| Track: | Eagle Farm Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1200m |
| Conditions: | Weight-for-age |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prizemoney: | $300,000 |
| Inaugurated: | 1980 |
2023 Victory Stakes Results
- 1st: #4 Rothfire ($4.40)
- 2nd: #6 King Of Sparta
- 3rd: #8 Prince Of Boom
Rob Heathcote’s former Group 1 JJ Atkins winner Rothfire ($4.40) returned to his best with a gritty, hard-fought victory over King Of Sparta in the Victory Stakes 2023 results in Brisbane.
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | ROTHFIRE | Robert Heathcote | Nash Rawiller | 9 | 58.5kg | $4.40 | |||
| 2 | 6 | KING OF SPARTA | Peter & Paul Snowden | Chad Schofield | 0.21L | 5 | 58.5kg | $7 | ||
| 3 | 8 | PRINCE OF BOOM | Robert Heathcote | James Orman | 0.39L | 7 | 58.5kg | $9.50 | ||
| 4 | 3 | PAULELE | James Cummings | Ben Melham | 0.43L | 2 | 58.5kg | $8.50 | ||
| 5 | 1 | PRIVATE EYE | Joseph Pride | Brenton Avdulla | 1.42L | 3 | 58.5kg | $2.40F | ||
| 6 | 2 | A CASE OF YOU (IRE) | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Ben Thompson | 1.81L | 8 | 58.5kg | $14 | ||
| 7 | 5 | BALLER | Tony Gollan | Ryan Maloney | 2.57L | 4 | 58.5kg | $21 | ||
| 8 | 7 | HOLYFIELD | Annabel Neasham | Brodie Loy | 3.4L | 1 | 58.5kg | $41 | ||
| 9 | 9 | DRAGON LEAP | Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott | Damien Thornton | 4.53L | 6 | 58.5kg | $61 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2023 Victory Stakes Betting Odds
The updated Victory Stakes 2023 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.
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2023 Victory Stakes Form
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2023 Victory Stakes Tips
Stay tuned for our insider Victory Stakes 2023 Tips on the Group 2 winter sprint this Brisbane Festival of Racing.
- To Win: #8 Prince Of Boom ($6.50 at time of publish)
What a top edition of the Victory Stakes as the winter Group 1-bound sprinters do battle on Saturday. Sticking with a local and have the Rob Heathcote-trained Spirit Of Boom four-year-old on top. He’s got a 50% winning strike rate from six previous starts at the distance, and he presents fit second-up off a win fresh. First-up he won a Listed sprint here by three lengths carrying 55.5kg over 1000m. Improves off that with more distance. Rises in the weights obviously but is up to this.
2023 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 2023 Field & Barriers are set for release by Racing Queensland on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.
The 2023 Victory Stakes final field features a star line-up of winter sprinters led in betting by Joe Pride’s Sydney raider Private Eye down in grade and racing in Brisbane for the first time since his Group 1 Stradbroke second last season.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 82x1217x40 | PRIVATE EYE | Joseph Pride | Brenton Avdulla | 3 | 58.5kg | 116 | ||
| 2 | 12130x00x5 | A CASE OF YOU (IRE) | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Ben Thompson | 8 | 58.5kg | 114 | ||
| 3 | 22x61801x8 | PAULELE | James Cummings | Ben Melham | 2 | 58.5kg | 112 | ||
| 4 | 43x15285x2 | ROTHFIRE | Robert Heathcote | Nash Rawiller | 9 | 58.5kg | 109 | ||
| 5 | 815x133x70 | BALLER | Tony Gollan | Ryan Maloney | 4 | 58.5kg | 108 | ||
| 6 | x6146x1146 | KING OF SPARTA | Peter & Paul Snowden | Chad Schofield | 5 | 58.5kg | 107 | ||
| 7 | 4176x1233x | HOLYFIELD | Annabel Neasham | Brodie Loy | 1 | 58.5kg | 104 | ||
| 8 | 1110x840x1 | PRINCE OF BOOM | Robert Heathcote | James Orman | 7 | 58.5kg | 103 | ||
| 9 | 4x244x146x | DRAGON LEAP | Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott | Damien Thornton | 6 | 58.5kg | 101 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2023 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Victory Stakes |
1st | Rothfire | 1 minute 10.32 seconds |
| 2nd | King Of Sparta | ||
| 3rd | Prince Of Boom | ||
| 2022 Victory Stakes |
1st | Count De Rupee | 1 minute 09.61 seconds |
| 2nd | Scallopini | ||
| 3rd | Jamaea | ||
| 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 | ||
