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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