The Strickland Stakes is a Group 3 weight-for-age race held annually at Belmont racecourse in Perth, Western Australia. The race is run over a distance of 2000 metres and worth $125,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 Strickland Stakes was won by God Has Spoken from Battle Emblem with King Kool Kat third.
The race has moved to Belmont racecourse in July for the 2010/2011 racing season and the race distance has risen from 1800 metres to 2000 metres.
The Strickland Stakes is a weight-for-age race over the middle distance of 2000m and is one of the well regarded feature races in Perth. The level weights playing field lends itself to the better class performers and those horses with superior earnings and records are generally the ones to beat.
Gallopers who contested the Gr3 Hyperion Stakes under the same weight-for-age conditions over 1600m in June are likely to go on and tackle this event.
Marasco (2009-10) & Tarzi (2nd in 2009-10) finished first and second in the Strickland Stakes for two years in a row after running the quinella in the Hyperion Stakes beforehand. Tarzi defeated Marasco in the 2009 Hyperion Stakes before Marasco reversed the result the following year on his way to back to back Strickland Stakes victories.
God Has Spoken (2011) finished last in the Hyperion Stakes prior to winning this race and recent Strickland Stakes winners include Marasco (2009-10) and Action Pak (2008).
2011 Strickland Stakes results
1. $16.00 God Has Spoken 59.0 S Parnham
2. $7.50 Battle Emblem 59.0 Ms K Yuill
3. $2.30 King Kool Kat 59.0 D Miller
then followed
4. $8.00 Sense Of Purpose 57.0 P Knuckey
5. $51.00 Kawatiri 59.0 D Miller
6. $41.00 Saratime 59.0 J Brown
7. $2.80 Impressive Jeuney 57.0 S O’Donnell
Margins: len, len Time: 2:05.59
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