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Stradbroke Handicap

The Group 1 $3 million Stradbroke Handicap is the premier event of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. Taking place on a Saturday in June.

2025 Stradbroke Handicap Results

  • 1st: TBD
  • 2nd: TBD
  • 3rd: TBD




The Stradbroke Handicap is the premier Group 1 race held in Queensland as part of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. Conducted annually in June, this $3 million open handicap event is traditionally raced over 1400m at Eagle Farm or 1350m when taking place at sister track Doomben Racecourse. The richest race of the carnival, it is run as the highlight event on Stradbroke Handicap Day at Eagle Farm Racecourse.

Stradbroke Handicap 2025 Odds

Eagle Farm R0
Stradbroke Handicap 1400m (All In)
Open Race time:  1749873600
Runner Details Win Place
Joliestar T:
Benedetta T:
War Machine T:
Bosustow T:
Kimochi T:
Ameena T:
Rise At Dawn T:
El Morzillo T:
Accredited T:
Angel Capital T:
Freedom Rally T:
Payline T:
Private Eye T:
Rothfire T:
Waterford T:
Zloties T:
Antino T:
Emirate T:
Firestorm T:
Giga Kick T:
Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.ladbrokes.com.au/racing.
Data retrieved: 22/05/2025 10:07:27 PM (Australia/Brisbane)

For the 2020 Stradbroke Handicap the prize money was reduced to just $350,000 to help cope with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic before returning to $1.5 million 2021 and then doubled to $3 million ahead of the 2023 edition.

The race shares the day with other quality events including the Group 1 J.J. Atkins (1600m) for two-year-old milers and the Group 2 Brisbane Cup (3200m) for stayers. The latest addition to the Stradbroke Handicap Day card is the recently launched Group 2 $1.2 million The Q22 (2200m) -replacing the PJ O’Shea Stakes – running for the first time in 2021.

The key new lead-up race for runners in the Stradbroke Handicap is the Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m) – formerly known as the BTC Cup and conducted over 1200m – held a fortnight before at the Eagle Farm or Doomben track. Another good lead-up into both races is the weight-for-age Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m) in mid-May.

Think About It (2023) was the last horse to complete the Stradbroke Handicap – Kingsford Smith Cup double.

Class sprinters that perform well in the Stradbroke Handicap may go on to contest some of the other high status Australian races held during the Sydney and Melbourne Spring Racing Carnivals later in the year.

When betting on the Stradbroke Handicap it is important to look at things like the age of the competitors, as six-year-olds have dominated the race over the past decade with six wins from 2008 – 2023 including most recently Tyzone (2020). Only one two-year-old has claimed victory in the race, Wiggle in 1958, while the last three-year-old Stradbroke Handicap winner was Impending in 2017.

Following a run in the Stradbroke Handicap the mares may opt to back-up a fortnight later in the Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) at the same track and distance with Tofane (2021) the last to do the double. Tofane further franked the Stradbroke Handicap form from 2021 going on to run top three in a host of interstate Group 1 races over the next 12 months including a win in Caulfield’s C.F. Orr Stakes in February of 2022.

The 2022 Stradbroke Handicap form was franked with the winner Alligator Blood going on to enjoy a huge spring that included Group 1 wins in the Underwood Stakes and VRC Champions Mile. He also returned in the autumn of 2023 and won the Group 1 Futurity Stakes first-up in Melbourne.

The 2022 Stradbroke runner-up Private Eye further franked the form with his second that spring in Sydney’s then $15 million The Everest before winning the $3 million Winners Stakes.

In 2023 the Stradbroke Handicap winner Think About It franked the form winning the $20 million The Everest race in Sydney that spring.

In 2024 Stefi Magnetica became the first filly to win the Stradbroke Handicap since La Montagna (2006).

Stefi Magnetica would go on to frank the Stradbroke form the following autumn winning the 2025 Group 1 Doncaster Mile in Sydney. The 2024 Stradbroke form was also franked by the runner-up, Bella Nipotina, who won the Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara at her next start as well as the spring’s The Everest.

The 2025 Stradbroke Handicap runs on Saturday June 14, 2025 as the jewel of the Brisbane Winter Racing crown. 

Stradbroke Handicap 2025
Date: Saturday June 14, 2025
Track: Eagle Farm Racecourse
Distance: 1400m
Conditions: Open Handicap
Status: Group 1
Prize Money: $3 million
Inaugurated: 1890

2025 Stradbroke Handicap Results

  • 1st: TBD
  • 2nd: TBD
  • 3rd: TBD

2025 Stradbroke Handicap Betting

The top Stradbroke Handicap 2025 betting odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au on the richest Group 1 race of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival will be available here at Races.com.au leading up to the race.

Black Piranha ($4) for his first in 2009 followed by Think About It ($3.60 in 2023) are the last Stradbroke Handicap favourites to salute for the punters.

There was a notable upset in 2024 with the three-year-old filly Stefi Magnetica saluting at Stradbroke Handicap odds of $15.

2025 Stradbroke Handicap Form Guide

Stay tuned for our comprehensive Stradbroke Handicap 2025 Form Guide & Betting Preview with Ladbrokes.com.au also providing a detailed Stradbroke Handicap Form Guide the week of the event.

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2025 STRADBROKE HANDICAP FORM GUIDE

2025 Stradbroke Handicap Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Stradbroke Handicap 2025 Tips on the $3 million Queensland winter feature this season.

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2025 Stradbroke Handicap Field

The Stradbroke Handicap field attracts a quality field of middle-distance sprinters each season from both local Queensland stables as well as interstate raiders. In recent years horses from Sydney and Melbourne have enjoyed plenty of success over the Brisbane sprinters in the Stradbroke Handicap field.

Horses come into the race via runs in lead-up events in Brisbane like the Doomben 10,000 and the new-look Kingsford Smith Cup (formerly the BTC Cup). The Goodwood over 1200m in Adelaide the month before is also a key lead-up into the Stradbroke Handicap field.

The official Stradbroke Handicap 2025 Final Field will be announced by Racing Queensland the Tuesday before race day and published in full below.

2025 Stradbroke Handicap First Acceptances

The Stradbroke Handicap 2025 first acceptances further narrow down the list of potential runners in the winter carnival feature race and close on Wednesday the 4th of June 2025.

2025 Stradbroke Handicap Nominations

Early Stradbroke Handicap 2025 nominations close on a Tuesday in early May and will be available below.

The 2025 Stradbroke Handicap nominations close on Tuesday the 6th of May 2025.

The Stradbroke Handicap 2025 nominations attracted 127 of the season’s best middle-distance sprinters led in all-in betting by Chris Waller’s Newmarket Handicap winning mare Joliestar.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer H Rating
1 3734x167x0 ABOUNDING M 4 Robert Heathcote
2 324x21116x ACCREDITED G 5 Joseph Pride
3 314383×603 AL MUBHIR (GB) G 6 Annabel & Rob Archibald
4 142144×860 ALABAMA STATE C 3 Jack Pilkington
5 129x1277x2 AMEENA F 3 Anthony & Sam Freedman
6 159x116x1x ANGEL CAPITAL C 3 Chris Waller
7 0x433120x0 ANTINO (NZ) G 6 Tony Gollan
8 x273575x6x ARCTIC GLAMOUR M 4 Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou
9 x412x8050x ATTRACTABLE G 6 Sara Ryan
10 30x30400x1 BANK MAUR G 5 Richard Laming
11 0x6x5315x3 BARBER G 4 Richard Litt
12 57110×0596 BELCLARE (NZ) M 7 Bjorn Baker
13 41318×3025 BENEDETTA M 5 Jason Warren
14 6687x2119x BETTCHA THE CROWN G 5 Desleigh Forster
15 3x3134x43x BOOM TORQUE G 5 Matthew Dunn
16 x12673x117 BOOMTOWN BOSS G 3 Tony Gollan
17 3x2642612x BOSUSTOW C 3 Annabel & Rob Archibald
18 16x4x2 BRAVE ONE G 3 Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes
19 57x583310x BRUDENELL G 5 Kris Lees
20 30111412×8 BUBBA’S BAY M 5 Kris Lees
21 113x90887x CABALLUS G 4 Bjorn Baker
22 121×16 CANDLEWICK F 3 John O’Shea & Tom Charlton
23 66x100493x CHRYSAOR G 4 Chris Waller
24 111x125x CLEAR THINKING (GB) M 5 Paul Messara & Leah Gavranich
25 5065621480 COASTWATCH G 6 Richard & Will Freedman
26 x46x71048x COEUR VOLANTE (NZ) M 4 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
27 23x66276x0 COLEMAN C 3 Chris Waller
28 20x009242x CONVERGE G 6 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
29 4x10x121x4 COSMIC FIRE G 3 Billy Healey
30 1×19946 COSMO CENTAURUS G 3 Robert Heathcote
31 x12131220x CRAIG (GB) G 4 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
32 1135×206 DAGGERS C 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
33 18x408300x DEMOCRACY MANIFEST G 6 Chris Waller
34 798×525311 DEPTH OF CHARACTER G 3 Annabel & Rob Archibald
35 1139x314x8 DESERT LIGHTNING (NZ) G 5 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman
36 442166x16x DREAM SMART F 3 Liam Birchley
37 2×1 EDITING F 3 Ciaron Maher
38 74x78x51x0 EL MORZILLO F 3 Kelly Schweida
39 11x55x EMIRATE C 3 Chris Waller
40 42×11 ENGINE ROOM (NZ) G 3 Bryce Heys
41 222x94210x ESTADIO MESTALLA (IRE) G 6 Joseph Pride
42 3x14x410x0 FAR TOO EASY G 6 David McColm
43 11056x120x FIRESTORM (NZ) M 4 Chris Waller
44 2420x15x11 FLOOZIE M 4 Tony Gollan
45 111x FLYING AURELIUS G 4 Barry Lockwood
46 49832×8587 FREEDOM RALLY G 5 Tony Gollan
47 44421x3x07 GETAFIX G 3 John O’Shea & Tom Charlton
48 11x3x5427x GIGA KICK G 5 Clayton Douglas
49 120100×693 GIVEMETHEBEATBOYS (IRE) H 4 Michael Freedman
50 3x7843x603 GOLDEN MILE G 5 James Cummings
51 43321235×8 GOLDEN MONKEY G 6 Tim Fitzsimmons
52 598x74311x GRAND IMPACT (NZ) G 5 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
53 x1318x417x GRINZINGER BELLE (NZ) M 4 Danny O’Brien
54 2x800x1x HEAVENLY IMPACT G 3 Marcus Wilson
55 11x239x5 HELLA FAST G 3 Kelly Schweida
56 x9x6x04514 HELLSING (IRE) G 5 Annabel & Rob Archibald
57 1x51x101x0 HIDDEN WEALTH G 5 Tony Gollan
58 11111212×3 I AM ARTIE G 5 Paul Jenkins
59 231322x51x IKNOWASTAR G 5 Bjorn Baker
60 x605560x1x INFANCY M 4 Kris Lees
61 1x281x1902 JEDIBEEL (NZ) G 5 Brad Widdup
62 x1377x3192 JOLIESTAR M 4 Chris Waller
63 64422x68x2 JUST PARTY G 3 Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou
64 x14471x250 KIMOCHI M 4 Gary Portelli
65 1x3x1111 KING ZEPHYR G 4 Grahame Begg
66 x73631144x KONASANA M 4 Chris Waller
67 x76306x833 LADY LAGUNA M 5 Annabel & Rob Archibald
68 87x0203x91 LIBERTAD H 4 Annabel & Rob Archibald
69 x111x1215x LIM’S KOSCIUSZKO G 7 Dan Meagher
70 121111132x LIM’S SALTORO (NZ) G 5 Dan Meagher
71 652x2x3114 MATCHA LATTE G 5 Sara Ryan
72 21x5536x11 MEDIA WORLD C 3 Peter Snowden
73 40x1740x59 MIGHTY ULYSSES (GB) G 6 Annabel & Rob Archibald
74 72111×3 MISS KIM KAR F 3 Bjorn Baker
75 17240×1101 NAME DROPPER (NZ) G 5 Richard Laming
76 112x1144x6 NAVYONTHEHIGHWAY M 4 Chris & Corey Munce
77 913x2211x1 NEED SOME LUCK G 4 Peter Snowden
78 35×11127 NOSTRINGSATTACHED C 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
79 342x31121x OH DIAMOND LIL M 4 David Pfieffer
80 x143x4447x OLENTIA M 5 Chris Waller
81 35x2869x96 OSCAR’S FORTUNE G 4 Gavin Bedggood
82 x1110x9736 OSTRAKA G 4 Annabel & Rob Archibald
83 1x5831200x OUGHTON G 6 Melissa Kelly
84 1x1x181x25 OVER G 6 Bjorn Baker
85 1x32151x69 PAYLINE G 4 Chris & Corey Munce
86 8x876x1x2x PIER (NZ) G 5 Darryn & Briar Weatherley
87 24x217x954 PISCES G 3 James Cummings
88 x36610x897 PORT LOCKROY H 4 Annabel & Rob Archibald
89 4x4665814x PRIVATE EYE G 7 Joseph Pride
90 x0299x8411 PUNCH LANE G 5 Anthony & Sam Freedman
91 2110x RAIKKONEN G 3 Bjorn Baker
92 213x1x1 RED GALAXY G 4 Greg Eurell
93 11x141210x REDFORD G 4 Stuart Kendrick
94 22111x164x RISE AT DAWN (NZ) G 4 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
95 054762122x ROBUSTO G 5 Bjorn Baker
96 x7x28050x0 ROOTS M 6 Chris Waller
97 x214x864x4 ROTHFIRE G 7 Robert Heathcote
98 02450x357x SEMANA M 5 Ciaron Maher
99 58x30x702x SGHIRRIPA G 5 Shane & Cassie Oxlade
100 31x1441x1x SHADIZI (FR) G 4 Chris Waller
101 x419x1247x SO NAIVE (NZ) C 3 Ciaron Maher
102 1x11x SOFT LOVE F 3 Matt Laurie
103 116×1 SPICY MARTINI F 3 Toby Edmonds & Stephen McLean
104 305x55611x STAY FOCUSED G 3 Phillip Stokes
105 567321×611 TAVS G 4 Mark Currie
106 0x4346498x THE DROVER G 8 Patrick Busuttin
107 5x261125x2 THE INFLICTOR G 4 Craig Cousins
108 0x0120x113 THE INSTRUCTOR G 4 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
109 20x31611x3 TRANSATLANTIC G 4 Tony Gollan
110 x1421x090x VEIGHT G 4 Tony & Calvin McEvoy
111 16x490x89x VIENNA PRINCESS M 5 Chris Waller
112 89489x504x VON HAUKE (NZ) G 5 Cliff Brown
113 11230x WANARUAH C 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
114 111x2380x2 WAR MACHINE (NZ) G 4 Ben, Will & JD Hayes
115 9115x1332x WARNIE (IRE) G 4 Ciaron Maher
116 423112×151 WATCHME WIN G 4 Andrew Gluyas
117 4x304081x6 WATERFORD (IRE) G 6 Chris Waller
118 18335x10x8 WELWAL (GB) G 6 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
119 117×316333 WEST OF AFRICA G 5 Annabel & Rob Archibald
120 0117x1171x WHINCHAT G 5 David Pfieffer
121 1811x1520x WILLAIDOW G 6 Marc Conners
122 x4111212x7 WOOTTON VERNI (FR) H 4 Chris Waller
123 621x2030x7 XIDAKI G 4 Peter Snowden
124 53083×1711 YANKEE ONE M 4 Bjorn Baker
125 51x2143x5x YELLOW BRICK G 5 Tony & Maddysen Sears
126 x1129x3111 ZLOTIES M 5 Grahame Begg
127 6x0851040x ZOOLOGY (GB) G 5 Peter & Will Hulbert

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Stradbroke Handicap History

First run in 1890, the Stradbroke Handicap is one of the oldest Queensland races. Pyrrhus won the inaugural event when it was a principal race run over six furlongs. During the war the race was not held from 1942 to 1945. In 1953 the race distance was increased to seven furlongs and was later converted to 1400m in 1973. In 1980 the event was given Group 1 status. The race is named after Lord Stradbroke one of the originators of the weight-for-age scale in thoroughbred racing.

The Stradbroke Handicap became Queensland’s most lucrative and anticipated race in 1996 when the prize purse was increased to $1 million, and it is now worth $3 million in total prize money.

Notable Stradbroke Handicap winners from the past few decades include Daybreak Lover (1984 & 1986), Rough Habit (1991-92), Dane Ripper (1997), Black Piranha (2009-10), and Under The Louvre (2016).

For the 2017 and 2018 editions, the Stradbroke Handicap was run at Doomben over a shorter distance of 1350m.

In 2022 co-trainer Gai Waterhouse celebrated her 150th career Group 1 win preparing the Stradbroke Handicap winner Alligator Blood in partnership with Adrian Bott.

In 2023 the Stradbroke Handicap winner Think About It – subsequent The Everest champion in Sydney that spring – became the first favourite since 2009 to win when posting his eighth straight victory and nine from 10 career starts.

Stefi Magnetica was the last three-year-old Stradbroke Handicap winning filly in 2024.

Recent Stradbroke Handicap Winners

Year Place Horse Time
2025
Stradbroke Handicap
1st TBD TBD
2nd TBD
3rd TBD
2024
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Stefi Magnetica 1 minute 21.00 seconds
2nd Bella Nipotina
3rd Vilana
2023
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Think About It 1 minute 22.58 seconds
2nd Rothfire
3rd Hawaii Five Oh
2022
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Alligator Blood 1 minute 21.73 seconds
2nd Private Eye
3rd Rothfire
2021
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Tofane 1 minute 21.98 seconds
2nd Vega One
3rd Signore Fox
2020
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Tyzone 1 minute 20.43 seconds
2nd Madam Rouge
3rd Niccanova
2019
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Trekking 1 minute 21.86 seconds
2nd Tyzone
3rd Endless Drama
2018
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Santa Ana Lane 1 minute 19.90 seconds
2nd Super Cash
3rd Champagne Cuddles
2017
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Impending 1 minute 17.93 seconds (run over 1350m)
2nd In Her Time
3rd Clearly Innocent
2016
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Under The Louvre 1 minute 23.72 seconds
2nd Black Heart Bart
3rd The Virginian
2015
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Srikandi 1 minute 18.26 seconds
2nd Boban
3rd Generalife
2014
Stradbroke Handicap
1st River Lad 1 minute 21.66 seconds
2nd Temple Of Boom
3rd Srikandi
2013
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Linton 1 minute 22.06 seconds
2nd Buffering
3rd Streama
2012
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Mid Summer Music 1 minute 23.06 seconds
2nd Buffering
3rd Happy Zero
2011
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Sincero 1 minute 22.8 seconds
2nd Beaded
3rd Zero Rock
2010
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Black Piranha 1 minute 21.16 seconds
2nd Melito
3rd Mic Mac
2009
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Black Piranha 1 minute 25.5 seconds
2nd Danleigh
3rd Ortensia
2008
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Mr Baritone 1 minute 26.4 seconds
2nd Hard To Catch
3rd Double Dare
2007
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Snipers Bullet 1 minute 23.1 seconds
2nd Gold Edition
3rd Bendetti
2006
Stradbroke Handicap
1st La Montagna 1 minute 22.9 seconds
2nd Gee I Jane
3rd Cog Hill
2005
Stradbroke Handicap
1st St Basil 1 minute 20.7 seconds
2nd Perfect Promise
3rd Shamekha
2004
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Thorn Park 1 minute 21.3 seconds
2nd Consular
3rd St Basil
2003
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Private Steer 1 minute 21.6 seconds
2nd Diamond Dane
3rd Into The Night
2002
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Show A Heart 1 minute 21.7 seconds
2nd Falvelon
3rd Kingsgate
2001
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Crawl 1 minute 20.5 seconds
2nd Hire
3rd Mr Innocent
2000
Stradbroke Handicap
1st Landsighting 1 minute 21.4 seconds
2nd Mr Innocent
3rd Brighter Scene

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