Stradbroke Handicap
The Stradbroke Handicap is a Group 1 open handicap race that takes place annually in June at Eagle Farm racecourse in Brisbane, Queensland. The race is run over a distance of 1350 metres and worth $1,500,000 in prize money. The 2020 Stradbroke Handicap was won by Tyzone from Madam Rouge with Niccanova third.
Stradbroke Day is Eagle Farm's biggest race day for the year and is ably supported by the Group 1 Queensland Derby for three-year-olds and Group 1 The TJ Smith for two-year-olds.
Stradbroke Handicap info
| Date: | Saturday 12th June 2021 |
| Track: | Eagle Farm racecourse, Brisbane |
| Distance: | 1350 metres |
| Race Type: | Open Handicap |
| Status: | Group 1 |
| Prize Money: | $1,500,000 |
| 2020 Winner: | Tyzone |
The Stradbroke Handicap was first run in 1890 and is the biggest race of the Brisbane winter carnival offering $1,000,000 in prize money to entrants. The Stradbroke was named after Lord Stradbroke who was a relative of Admiral Rous, an architect of the weight for age scale.
The race itself is one of the premier sprint races held in Australia and is one of the toughest 1400m handicaps on the racing calendar each year. The Stradbroke is a high pressure race that always attracts a capacity field of very talented gallopers and suits those horses who can run out a very strong 1400 metres. It is not a race for the feint hearted and strong milers are well suited in the Stradbroke.
Class gallopers such as Dane Ripper (1997), All Our Mob (1994) and Rough Habit (1991-92) have all won this race over the years and the Stradbroke is the most highly anticipated race of the Brisbane winter carnival that generally sees four-year-old gallopers run very well.
Races such as the Gr1 Doomben 10,000 at Doomben and the Gr2 QTC Cup at Eagle Farm are typical lead up races to the Stradbroke and Black Piranha (2009) ran second in the Doomben 10,000 prior to winning this event, while Ortensia (3rd in 2009) won the QTC Cup before her third placing in this race. Buffering (2nd in 2012) finished runner-up in both races.
The Doomben 10,000 has always been a great guide to the Stradbroke and in recent times Private Steer (2003), Show A Heart (2002), Adam (1999), All Our Mob (1994) and Rough Habit (1992) all finished runner-up in the Doomben 10,000 prior to winning this race.
Talented mare Melito (2nd in 2010) went on to win the premier mares race of the winter carnival, the Gr1 Winter Stakes, after finishing runner-up in the Stradbroke, while Streama (3rd in 2013) ran second in the Winter Stakes after running third in this race. Srikandi (2015) managed to claim the Stradbroke Handicap & Winter Stakes double in successive starts.
Trekking (2019) ran third in the Gr1 BTC Cup over 1300m at Eagle Farm before scoring a comfortable victory in this event for the James Cummings stable.
Recent Stradbroke Handicap winners include Santa Ana Lane (2018) and Impending (2017).
2020 Stradbroke Handicap result
1. $14.00 Tyzone 52.5 Robbie Fradd
2. $51.00 Madam Rouge 51.0 Jason Taylor
3. $14.00 Niccanova 53.5 James Orman
then followed
4. $16.00 Vega One 52.0 Jim Byrne
5. $26.00 Ranier 53.0 Micheal Hellyer
6. $41.00 Outback Barbie 51.0 Mark Du Plessis
7. $4.20 Dawn Passage 50.0 James Innes Jnr
8. $51.00 Winter Bride 51.5 Jake Bayliss
9. $11.00 Trekking 58.0 Michael Cahill
10. $31.00 Graff 53.0 Sean Cormack
11. $31.00 Chief Ironside 52.0 Corey Bayliss
12. $15.00 Hightail 50.0 Blake Spriggs
13. $10.00 Victorem 52.5 Dale Smith
14. $15.00 Kementari 55.5 Ryan Maloney
15. $12.00 Exhilarates 49.5 Taylor Marshall
16. $21.00 Deep Image 51.5 Ms Stephanie Thornton
17. $21.00 Crack Me Up 53.0 Justin Huxtable
18. $19.00 Bam's On Fire 51.0 Tegan Harrison
Margins: 0.2 len, 0.2 len
Time: 1:20.43
Other group races on Stradbroke day include the Gr2 Brisbane Cup and Gr2 Dane Ripper Quality.
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Stradbroke Handicap winners & placegetters
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Time |
| 2020 | Tyzone | Madam Rouge | Niccanova | 1:20.4 |
| 2019 | Trekking | Tyzone | Endless Drama | 1:21.8 |
| 2018 | Santa Ana Lane | Super Cash | Champagne Cuddles | 1:19.9 |
| 2017 | Impending | In Her Time | Clearly Innocent | 1:17.9 |
| 2016 | Under The Louvre | Black Heart Bart | The Virginian | 1:23.7 |
| 2015 | Srikandi | Boban | Generalife | 1:18.2 |
| 2014 | River Lad | Temple Of Boom | Srikandi | 1:21.6 |
| 2013 | Linton | Buffering | Streama | 1:22.0 |
| 2012 | Mid Summer Music | Buffering | Happy Zero | 1:23.0 |
| 2011 | Sincero | Beaded | Zero Rock | 1:22.8 |
| 2010 | Black Piranha | Melito | Mic Mac | 1:21.1 |
| 2009 | Black Piranha | Danleigh | Ortensia | 1:25.5 |
| 2008 | Mr Baritone | Hard To Catch | Double Dare | 1:26.4 |
| 2007 | Snipers Bullet | Gold Edition | Bendetti | 1:23.1 |
| 2006 | La Montagna | Gee I Jane | Cog Hill | 1:22.9 |
| 2005 | St Basil | Perfect Promise | Shamekha | 1:20.7 |
| 2004 | Thorn Park | Consular | St Basil | 1:21.3 |
| 2003 | Private Steer | Diamond Dane | Into The Night | 1:21.6 |
| 2002 | Show A Heart | Falvelon | Kingsgate | 1:21.7 |
| 2001 | Crawl | Hire | Mr Innocent | 1:20.5 |
| 2000 | Landsighting | Mr Innocent | Brighter Scene | 1:21.4 |
| 1999 | Adam | City Fair | Staging | 1:23.9 |
| 1998 | Toledo | Monopolize | Blazing Steel | 1:20.2 |
| 1997 | Dane Ripper | Quick Flick | Celestial Choir | 1:23.1 |
| 1996 | Danasinga | Encores | Monopolize | 1:21.4 |
| 1995 | Rouslan | Schillaci | Khaptingly | 1:20.8 |
| 1994 | All Our Mob | Baggio | Simonstad | 1:21.5 |
| 1993 | Never Undercharge | Danjiki | Pharaoh | 1:21.2 |
| 1992 | Rough Habit | Barrosa Boy | Rechabite | 1:21.6 |
| 1991 | Rough Habit | St Jude | Barrosa Boy | 1:25.5 |
| 1990 | Plush Embassy | Ark Regal | Aisle | 1:27.6 |
| 1989 | Robian Steel | Don't Play | Potrero | 1:25.5 |
| 1988 | Campaign King | Rancho Ruler | Planet Ruler | 1:23.1 |
Both the 2015 and 2018 Stradbroke Handicap were run over 1350m at Doomben.
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