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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. 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 $700,000 Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m), another 1200m weight-for-age event run at Brisbane’s other race track Doomben. Quality runners may then progress onto both the Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) in late May and Queensland’s richest race, the $1.5 million Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) in June.

In 2014 the Victory Stakes produced the Stradbroke Handicap quinella with River Lad, seventh in the Group 2, beating home Victory Stakes winner Temple Of Boom in the Group 1.

The Victory Stakes 2017 ran on Saturday Saturday April 29, 2017.

Victory Stakes
Date:	Saturday April 29, 2017
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Conditions:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 2
Prizemoney:	$200, 000
Inaugurated:	1980

2017 Victory Stakes Results

• 1st: #2 Music Magnate
• 2nd: #3 Hopfgarten
• 3rd: #6 Miss Cover Girl

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	2	MUSIC MAGNATE (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Jeff Lloyd	–	6	58.5kg	$2.50F
2	3	HOPFGARTEN	Robert Heathcote	Ronnie Stewart	1.3L	3	58.5kg	$5.50
3	6	MISS COVER GIRL	Kelly Schweida	Damian Browne	2.6L	1	56.5kg	$9.50
4	1	TAKEDOWN	Gary Moore	Tim Clark	3.9L	4	58.5kg	$4.60
5	4	SONY LEGEND	Brian Smith	Paul Hammersley	4.9L	2	58.5kg	$41
6	7	TUMBLER	Barry Lockwood	Brad Pengelly	6.4L	5	56.5kg	$6
–	5	GOOD STANDING	James Cummings	Mark Zahra	–	0	–	–

2017 Victory Stakes Odds

The updated Victory Stakes 2017 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.

2017 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 2017 Field & Barriers are set for release by Racing Queensland on Wednesday April 26, 2017.

The 2017 Victory Stakes Final Field attracted just seven hopefuls led by Group 1 winners Takedown and Music Magnate.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	0x112516x8	TAKEDOWN	Gary Moore	Tim Clark	5	58.5kg	111
2	1x1210x150	MUSIC MAGNATE (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Jeff Lloyd	7	58.5kg	112
3	5x4062538x	HOPFGARTEN	Robert Heathcote	Ronnie Stewart	4	58.5kg	104
4	x1153429x6	SONY LEGEND	Brian Smith	Paul Hammersley	2	58.5kg	87.5
5	05x953717x	GOOD STANDING	James Cummings	Mark Zahra	3	56.5kg	91
6	2741x4300x	MISS COVER GIRL	Kelly Schweida	Damian Browne	1	56.5kg	102
7	1211x11x1	TUMBLER	Barry Lockwood	Brad Pengelly	6	56.5kg	89

2017 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 2017 Victory Stakes Nominations attracted 13 hopefuls led by the defending winter Fell Swoop and Group 1 winner Takedown who are both prominent in early Doomben 10,000 betting markets.

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.

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
2018 Victory Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
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