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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 is a middle distance race that attracts considerable attention from local gallopers. Paying a total of $150,000, the Strickland Stakes is a lucrative race for the winner, and pays well for the time of year its hosted.

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.

While very few eastern horses enter the Strickland Stakes, the field is predominantly local. As the race grows in prize money and develops its prestige, more eastern trainers may be tempted to take horses over.

The 2019 Strickland Stakes ran on Saturday June 29, 2019 and saw the odds-on favourite Galaxy Star return to winning form. 

Strickland Stakes
Date:	Saturday June 29, 2019
Track:	Belmont Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Race Type:	3YO+ Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$150,000

2019 Strickland Stakes Results

• 1st: #4 Galaxy Star
• 2nd: #2 Gatting
• 3rd: #3 Cappo D’Oro

The Strickland Stakes 2019 results saw a return to winning form by the Group 1 winning mare and odds-on favourite Galaxy Star who narrowly atoned for her lead-up defeat in the Hyperion Stakes.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	4	GALAXY STAR	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	–	6	57kg	$1.50F
2	2	GATTING	Darren Mcauliffe	Lee Newman	0.01L	5	59kg	$3.30
3	3	CAPPO D’ORO	Fred Kersley	Peter Hall	0.86L	1	59kg	$21
4	1	GREAT SHOT	Rhys Radford	Craig Staples	1.03L	3	59kg	$12
5	5	MIZLECKI	Fred Kersley	Paul Harvey	4.75L	2	57kg	$18
LR	6	ROYAL STRATA	Justin Warwick	Ms Lucy Warwick	–	4	57kg	$10

2019 Strickland Stakes Odds

The winter’s best Strickland Stakes 2019 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as released.

2019 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 2019 Final Field & Barriers will be available below the week of the race.

 

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.

Recent Strickland Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
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