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The BRC Sprint is a Group 3 race held each year at Doomben Racecourse during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival on a Saturday in May.

Run over a distance of 1350m, the BRC Sprint is an option both for horses that excel at shorter sprints as well as mile runners. With a total purse of $175,000 as of 2021, the BRC Sprint is a good early lead-up for gallopers heading towards the Group 1 $1.5 million Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm the following month. In recent years the Stradbroke Handicap has been run over the same track / distance as the BRC Sprint due to the unsuitable racing surface at Eagle Farm.

For 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic saw the BRC Sprint contested earlier in May over a shorter 1200m distance and offering a lesser $125,000 in total prizemoney.

Known as the BTC Sprint up until 2009, the race was renamed to reflect the new Brisbane Racing Club, the result of an amalgamation of the Brisbane Turf Club and Queensland Turf Club. The BRC Sprint runs alongside the Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m) and a number of other black-type winter races.

The 2021 BRC Sprint ran on Saturday May 22, 2021 and was won in an upset by the Robert Heathcote-trained Emerald Kingdom at 30/1.  

BRC Sprint 2021 Info:
Date:	Saturday May 22, 2021
Track:	Doomben Racecourse
Distance:	1350m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$175,000

2021 BRC Sprint Results

• 1st: #6 Emerald Kingdom
• 2nd: #2 Tofane
• 3rd: #16 Axe

The Stradbroke Handicap is the next-up option for the Robert Heathcote-trained improver Emerald Kingdom ($31) following the galloper’s upset win in the BRC Sprint 2021 results defeating Group 1 winner Tofane ($10) by over a length.

Click here to read more on the strong BRC Sprint 2021 victory by Emerald Kingdom.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	6	EMERALD KINGDOM	Robert Heathcote	Robbie Fradd		12	55.5kg		$31
	2	2	TOFANE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Opie Bosson	1.25L	7	60kg		$10
	3	16	AXE	Michael Costa	Jag Guthmann-Chester	1.35L	10	54kg		$13
	4	14	GARIBALDI	Tony Gollan	Glen Boss	2.85L	4	54kg		$3F
	5	13	FENDER	Brett Cavanough	Michael Cahill	3.05L	11	54kg		$26
	6	9	RED CHASE	Desleigh Forster	Mark Du Plessis	3.55L	5	54kg		$81
	7	11	STAMPE	Chris Munce	Craig Williams	4.3L	13	54kg		$17
	8	1	OLMEDO (FR)	Annabel Neasham	Ryan Maloney	4.5L	3	60.5kg		$19
	9	4	RANIER	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	5L	6	58kg		$9
	10	3	SPECIAL REWARD	Kris Lees	James McDonald	5.2L	9	58.5kg		$31
	11	17e	SKINS	David Vandyke	Ms Stephanie Thornton	5.7L	15	54kg		$6
	12	10	MASTER JAMIE	Graeme Green	Les Tilley	7.95L	14	54kg		$71
	13	8	GROUNDSWELL	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Damian Lane	10.2L	1	55kg		$7.50
	14	5	SIRCCONI	Nick Ryan	Nash Rawiller	10.4L	2	56kg		$31
	15	18e	CROCKETT	Adam Simpson & Dallas Urand	Ms Kate Cowan (a)	28.4L	8	54kg		$201
		12	FLASH AAH	Mitchell Fry			0
		7	DRAGON LEAP	Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott	Michael Rodd		0
		15	WONDERFUL RIRI	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Ben Thompson		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 BRC Sprint Betting

The full BRC Sprint 2021 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au on the Stradbroke Handicap lead-up race will be provided below once released the week of the race.

2021 BRC Sprint Field

The BRC Sprint field attracts a line-up of middle-distance sprinters that could come off a Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival campaign or that may have had a Brisbane lead-up in other similar class and distance events.

Horses out of the BRC Sprint field could back-up later in the Carnival’s Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1350m), a race the 2017 BRC Sprinter winner Jungle Edge ran second in next-up.

The 2021 BRC Sprint field & barriers are due out on the Wednesday of race week and will be available in full below once announced by Racing Queensland.

A line-up of potential Stradbroke Handicap horses lines-up in the BRC Sprint 2021 final field with markets led by the Tony Gollan-trained Garibaldi racing second-up.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	42x8x60x01	OLMEDO (FR)	Annabel Neasham	Ryan Maloney	3	60.5kg			109
2	351x3597x7	TOFANE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Opie Bosson	8	60kg			112
3	1x345025x0	SPECIAL REWARD	Kris Lees	James McDonald	11	58.5kg			105
4	115x3480x2	RANIER	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	7	58kg			104
5	22172240×6	SIRCCONI	Nick Ryan	Nash Rawiller	2	56kg			100
6	x3175231x8	EMERALD KINGDOM	Robert Heathcote	Robbie Fradd	15	55.5kg			99
7	12114x8x	DRAGON LEAP	Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott	Michael Rodd	9	55kg			98
8	9x4116x811	GROUNDSWELL	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Damian Lane	1	55kg			98
9	x2341270x0	RED CHASE	Desleigh Forster	Mark Du Plessis	6	54kg			95
10	7715831×39	MASTER JAMIE	Graeme Green	Les Tilley	17	54kg			93
11	x370215x64	STAMPE	Chris Munce	Craig Williams	16	54kg			90
12	15145xL140	FLASH AAH	Mitchell Fry		4	54kg			89.5
13	11x1775x11	FENDER	Brett Cavanough	Michael Cahill	14	54kg			88
14	62x21111x2	GARIBALDI	Tony Gollan	Glen Boss	5	54kg			87.5
15	317x4x1212	WONDERFUL RIRI	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Ben Thompson	12	54kg			85
16	278×141121	AXE	Michael Costa	Jag Guthmann-Chester	13	54kg			84
17e	113x21x11	SKINS	David Vandyke	Ms Stephanie Thornton	18	54kg			83
18e	3x62257x00	CROCKETT	Adam Simpson & Dallas Urand	Ms Kate Cowan (a)	10	54kg			70

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 BRC Sprint Nominations

The BRC Sprint nominations are announced on the Monday prior to the race. Although it only holds Group 3 status, the BRC Sprint nominations draw some very talented horses from around the country, including many Queensland stables and some top interstate stables.

The 2021 BRC Sprint nominations will be published below as soon as released by Queensland Racing.

BRC Sprint History

Following the merger of the Queensland Turf Club and the Brisbane Turf Club in 2009, the BTC Sprint became known as the BRC Sprint. First run in 1985, the race is old enough to have a solid reputation while still being relatively young. The BRC Sprint was a listed race for its first decade, upgrading to Group 3 for the 1996 edition and remaining at that grade since. Two trainers share the record for most races won, at two wins each: Walter Doolan and John Morish.

The fastest time around the BRC Sprint was made by Chief De Beers in 1998, at 1:17.5. Incidentally, Chief De Beers won 20 out of his 51 races, and he never won away from Doomben Racecourse.

The BRC Sprint was first run in 1985, when Final Affair seized a solid victory.

For 2020 the BRC Sprint was moved to the start of May and took place over a shorter 1200m due to the COVID-19 pandemic and it’s affect on the Australian racing industry.

BRC Sprint results since 2000 are below.

BRC Sprint Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 BRC Sprint	1st	Emerald Kingdom	1:19.83
	2nd	Tofane
	3rd	Axe
2020 BRC Sprint	1st	Tambo’s Mate	1:09.52 (over 1200m)
	2nd	Deep Image
	3rd	Outback Barbie
2019 BRC Sprint	1st	Tyzone	1:18.98
	2nd	Violate
	3rd	I’m A Rippa
2018 BRC Sprint	1st	I’m A Rippa	1:18.98
	2nd	Privlaka
	3rd	Mr Sneaky
2017 BRC Sprint	1st	Jungle Edge	1:21.46
	2nd	High Midnight
	3rd	Ulmann
2016 BRC Sprint	1st	Snippets Land	1:18.0
	2nd	Religify
	3rd	Artlee
2015 BRC Sprint	1st	Charlie Boy	1:19.1
	2nd	Rock Sturdy
	3rd	Nite Rocker
2014 BRC Sprint	1st	River Lad	1:19.6
	2nd	Benny’s Buttons
	3rd	Fire Up Fifi
2013 BRC Sprint	1st	Belltone	1:19.5
	2nd	Mahisara
	3rd	Listen Son
2012 BRC Sprint	1st	Tiger Tees	1:18.7
	2nd	Meet George
	3rd	Steel Zip
2011 BRC Sprint	1st	Woorim	1:18.7
	2nd	Listen Son
	3rd	Thankgodyou’rehere
2010 BRC Sprint	1st	Beaded	1:18.9
	2nd	Secrets Untold
	3rd	Drenalin
2009 BRC Sprint	1st	Court Command	1:18.1
	2nd	El Cambio
	3rd	Hard To Catch
2008 BRC Sprint	1st	Helideck	1:18.2
	2nd	Absolut Glam
	3rd	Mr Hornblower
2007 BRC Sprint	1st	Friday Creek	1:18.5
	2nd	Mr Hornblower
	3rd	Son Of Dane
2006 BRC Sprint	1st	Hard To Catch	1:18.4
	2nd	Amex
	3rd	Consular
2005 BRC Sprint	1st	Ballet Society	1:17.9
	2nd	River To The Sea
	3rd	Recapitalize
2004 BRC Sprint	1st	True Glo	1:17.7
	2nd	Falkirk
	3rd	Patezza
2003 BRC Sprint	1st	Emission	1:17.9
	2nd	Cariboo
	3rd	Court Of Jewels
2002 BRC Sprint	1st	Carael Boy	1:18.1
	2nd	Make Mine Magic
	3rd	King Lotto
2001 BRC Sprint	1st	Zariz	1:18.3
	2nd	King Lotto
	3rd	Treasure The Kwila
2000 BRC Sprint	1st	Pleasure Giver	1:20.3
	2nd	Brighter Scene
	3rd	Narwong