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The Strickland Stakes is a Group 3 race held during late June or early July each year at Belmont Racecourse in Perth. Run under weight for age conditions over a distance of 2000m, the Strickland Stakes offers $160,000 in prize money and attracts a quality line-up of mainly local gallopers each winter.

Trainers often nominate their horses in the Strickland Stakes following acceptable performances in the Group 3 Hyperion Stakes (1600m) held at Belmont a month previously under the same race conditions and the Hyperion Stakes – Strickland Stakes is a popular Perth winter betting double. Fuchsia Bandana (2015), Scales Of Justice (2016) and Material Man (2018) – who also won the Belmont Sprint in a rare treble – are the latest gallopers to complete the double. The following year in 2019, Group 1 winning mare Galaxy Star won the Belmont Sprint – Strickland Stakes double with a second in the Hyperion Stakes as the beaten favourite in between.

In 2020 the race’s 2018 winner Material Man returned and became the ninth two-time Strickland Stakes champion.

The Strickland Stakes form has stacked up in tougher interstate races in recent years with the 2019 runner-up Gatting going on to win the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington that September.

The 2020 Strickland Stakes ran on Saturday June 27, 2020 and was won by veteran eight-year-old and the race’s 2018 champ Material Man. 

Strickland Stakes
Date:	Saturday June 27, 2020
Track:	Belmont Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Race Type:	3YO+ Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$160,000

2020 Strickland Stakes Results

• 1st: #3 Material Man
• 2nd: #7 Perfect Jewel
• 3rd: #4 The Velvet King

Material Man was back to his best in the Strickland Stakes 2020 results, the rising nine-year-old becoming the race’s oldest champion in history and the ninth two-time winner having also saluted in 2018 with his dominant upset over the favourite Perfect Jewel (2nd) and The Velvet King (3rd) who fought it out in a photo for the minor placings.

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	3	MATERIAL MAN	Justin Warwick	Paul Harvey		2	59kg		$15
	2	7	PERFECT JEWEL	Adam Durrant	Patrick Carbery	1.79L	7	57kg		$2.35F
	3	4	THE VELVET KING	Darren McAuliffe	Mitchell Pateman	1.79L	6	59kg		$4.20
	4	8	MISSISSIPPI DELTA	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	2.19L	3	57kg		$3.30
	5	1	HUMIDOR (NZ)	Lindsey Smith	Brad Parnham	3.45L	5	59kg		$19
	6	6	NOIR DE RUE	Justin Warwick	Jarrad Noske	3.6L	4	59kg		$26
	7	9	MIZLECKI	Fred Kersley	Ms Jade McNaught	4.09L	1	57kg		$31
	8	5	TAXAGANO	Fred Kersley	Steven Parnham	8.91L	8	59kg		$41
		2	GATTING	Darren McAuliffe	Chris Parnham		0

*Table Credit: Racing Australia

2020 Strickland Stakes Odds

The winter’s best Strickland Stakes 2020 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as released.

2020 Strickland Stakes Field

The Strickland Stakes field attracts the best local winter gallopers that traditionally come via lead-up runs in the Belmont Sprint and Hyperion Stakes during the Belmont Winter Racing Carnival.

The official Strickland Stakes 2020 Final Field & Barriers will be available below the week of the race.

The 2020 Strickland Stakes field features just nine runners with a tight betting market narrowly led by the in-form Perfect Jewel coming off the Belmont Sprint – Hyperion Stakes winning double.

Click here to read more on the key horses in the Strickland Stakes 2020 field & betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	0005496×08	HUMIDOR (NZ)	Lindsey Smith	Brad Parnham	6	59kg		109
2	502752×940	GATTING	Darren McAuliffe	Chris Parnham	3	59kg		110
3	900x600x90	MATERIAL MAN	Justin Warwick	Paul Harvey	2	59kg		103
4	x21360x222	THE VELVET KING	Darren McAuliffe	Mitchell Pateman	7	59kg		109
5	441213×609	TAXAGANO	Fred Kersley	Steven Parnham	9	59kg		97
6	x9x6926421	NOIR DE RUE	Justin Warwick	Jarrad Noske	5	59kg		85
7	930481×011	PERFECT JEWEL	Adam Durrant	Patrick Carbery	8	57kg		108
8	14x1941x73	MISSISSIPPI DELTA	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	4	57kg		103
9	55035×5604	MIZLECKI	Fred Kersley	Ms Jade McNaught	1	57kg		89

*Table Credit: Racing Australia

Strickland Stakes History

Originally hosted at Ascot, the Strickland Stakes moved to Belmont for a year in 2005, and the decision was made to host it there permanently from 2011 onwards. While at Ascot, the Strickland Stakes was ran over 1800m rather than the current 2000m. Inaugurated in 1901, the race celebrated its 100th anniversary at Ascot in 2001.

Notable Strickland Stakes winners include Perfect Answer (1988), Finito (2001, 2002) and Marasco (2009, 2010). In 2002, there was a dead heat between Gwalia Girl and Finito. The race was not held between 1942 and 1944 due to World War II, and adjustments to the racing calendar meant that there was no 1999 edition of the race.

Marasco and Tarzi made the exacta two years in a row; 2009 and 2010.

More recently class horses Material Man (2018) and Group 1 winner Galaxy Star (2019) have won the Strickland Stakes in WA. Listed below are Strickland Stakes results since 2000.

In 2020 Material Man returned as an eight-year-old to become the race’s oldest champion and the ninth to win the event twice.

Recent Strickland Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Strickland Stakes	1st	Material Man	2 minutes 07.72 seconds
	2nd	Perfect Jewel
	3rd	The Velvet King
2019 Strickland Stakes	1st	Galaxy Star	2 minutes 06.71 seconds
	2nd	Gatting
	3rd	Cappo D’Oro
2018 Strickland Stakes	1st	Material Man	2 minutes 07.63 seconds
	2nd	Pounamu
	3rd	Gatting
2017 Strickland Stakes	1st	Scales Of Justice	2 minutes 9.79 seconds
	2nd	Zarantz
	3rd	Pounamu
2016 Strickland Stakes	1st	Ihtsahymn	2 minutes 8.8 seconds
	2nd	Dubai Escapade
	3rd	Zarantz
2015 Strickland Stakes	1st	Fuchsia Bandana	2 minutes 6.4 seconds
	2nd	Balmont Girl
	3rd	Tower of Lonhro
2014 Strickland Stakes	1st	Fancy Feet	2 minutes 8.98 seconds
	2nd	Ranger
	3rd	Bridgestone
2013 Strickland Stakes	1st	Kincaple	2 minutes 5.4 seconds
	2nd	Moonlight Bay
	3rd	God Has Spoken
2012 Strickland Stakes	1st	Mr Moet	2 minutes 7.3 seconds
	2nd	Chester Road
	3rd	Rosie Rocket
2011 Strickland Stakes	1st	God Has Spoken	2 minutes 5.5 seconds
	2nd	Battle Emblem
	3rd	King Kool Kat
2010 Strickland Stakes	1st	Marasco	1 minute 55.2 seconds
	2nd	Tarzi
	3rd	Doyoudare
2009 Strickland Stakes	1st	Marasco	1 minute 53.4 seconds
	2nd	Tarzi
	3rd	Star Encounter
2008 Strickland Stakes	1st	Action Pak	1 minute 48.6 seconds
	2nd	Forest Frolic
	3rd	Danecay
2007 Strickland Stakes	1st	Forest Frolic	1 minute 51.0 seconds
	2nd	Stormblitz
	3rd	Keyton Grace
2006 Strickland Stakes	1st	Exchequer	1 minute 53.9 seconds
	2nd	Professional Lady
	3rd	Belle Bizarre
2005 Strickland Stakes	1st	True Steel	2 minutes 7.2 seconds
	2nd	Lados
	3rd	My Thornbird
2004 Strickland Stakes	1st	Dedicated Miss	1 minute 50.5 seconds
	2nd	Main Stage
	3rd	Wool Zone
2003 Strickland Stakes	1st	Money Is Magic	1 minute 51.7 seconds
	2nd	Finito
	3rd	Blinded
2002 Strickland Stakes	1st (DH)	Finito	1 minute 51.9 seconds
	1st (DH)	Gwalia Girl
	3rd	Cardinal Colours
2001 Strickland Stakes	1st	Finito	1 minute 51.9 seconds
	2nd	Dance Hit
	3rd	Noble Cavalier
2000 Strickland Stakes	1st	Iron Horse	1 minute 52.8 seconds
	2nd	Corporate Bruce
	3rd	Catophylia