BRC Sprint 2022

Ladbrokes Tip: The BRC Sprint serves as a nice lead-up into the Stradbroke Handicap

*Note: The 2022 BRC Sprint was moved from Doomben on May 21, 2022 to Eagle Farm on May 28, 2022 and will take place on Queensland Derby Day over 1300m due to heavy rainfall and unsafe racing conditions at Doomben Racecourse. 

The BRC Sprint is a Group 3 quality handicap event runs at Doomben Racecourse on a Saturday in May during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival on Doomben Cup Day*.

The COVID-19 pandemic saw a number of big changes to the 2020 Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival including the BRC Sprint running over 1200m instead of the traditional 1350m.

Currently offering a lucrative $250,000 in total prize money as of 2022, the race serves as a nice lead-up into the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm.

Tyzone (2019) won the BRC Sprint before a Stradbroke second and then improved on an unplaced BRC Sprint run the following year before winning the 2020 Stradbroke Handicap. In 2021 Tofane improved on her lead-up second in the BRC Sprint to win that winter’s Stradbroke Handicap.

The next edition of the BRC Sprint runs on Saturday May 28th, 2022 over 1300m at Eagle Farm Racecourse on Queensland Derby Day having been moved from Doomben the Saturday prior due to heavy rainfall. 

BRC Sprint Race Info

• Date: Saturday May 28th, 2022
• Track: Doomben Racecourse (Eagle Farm Racecourse in 2022)
• Distance: 1350m (1300m in 2022) 
• Conditions: Quality Handicap – Open
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $250,000 
• First Run: 1985

2022 BRC Sprint Results

The full BRC Sprint 2022 race results & finishing order will be available below once the race is run and won on Saturday May 28th, 2022.

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

BRC Sprint Betting

BRC Sprint betting markets are led by in-form sprinters coming off good lead-up runs from the autumn – early winter season. The runners that finished in the money in races like the Group 3 Hall Mark Stakes (1200m) at Randwick often sit high up the BRC Sprint odds, as do any returning runners that performed well in previous editions of the race.

Favourites only have a fair record in the BRC Sprint so looking for horses further down the markets, especially any Group 1 performers or 1400m horses down in grade or distance.

There was a notable upset in 2021 however with the BRC Sprint winner Emerald Kingdom saluting at 30/1.

2022 BRC Sprint Odds

The season’s best BRC Sprint 2022 betting odds and markets will be available right here the week of the race so stay tuned for the top Brisbane Winter Racing odds and offers on the Stradbroke lead-up.

BRC Sprint Field

The BRC Sprint field attracts the winter’s most promising sprinters and middle-distance runners targeting a potential Stradbroke Handicap run over the 1400m next run at Brisbane’s premier track, Eagle Farm.

2022 BRC Sprint Field

The official BRC Sprint 2022 field & barriers are set for release on the Wednesday of race week.

The rescheduled 2022 BRC Sprint final field features a quality line-up of potential Group 1 Stradbroke-bound horses including Rob Heathcote’s last start The Archer winner Emerald Kingdom.

2022 BRC Sprint Nominations

The BRC Sprint 2022 nominations will be provided below on the Monday of race week so stay tuned to see what early Stradbroke Handicap hopes are targeting the traditional lead-up.

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

BRC Sprint Tips

BRC Sprint betting tips include looking for the sprinters that performed best in lead-up races like Sydney’s Hall Mark Stakes or the Group 2 Victory Stakes (1200m).

Looking for previous Stradbroke Handicap performers down in grade or kicking off their winter bids in the BRC Sprint in easier company is another good tip.

2022 BRC Sprint Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider BRC Sprint 2022 betting tips will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for the young hopefuls to back and sack in the Group 3 event.

• To Win: #3 Emerald Kingdom ($13 at time of publish) – BET NOW

At over $10 in betting, going out on a limb with Rob Heathcote’s last start The Archer winner. This evergreen seven-year-old hasn’t run on Heavy going, but his record on Slow going is strong (4:2-0-1). He was probably better at the original track with plenty of form at the track/distance being a bit of a Doomben specialist boasting a 50% winning strike rate from eight runs there, but remains value. Carried 59kg in Rockhampton last start, so okay weight-wise with 58.5kg here coming back home. He’s back in form returning with confidence and can surprise a few here in a good edition of the BRC Sprint.

BRC Sprint Form Guide

The BRC Sprint form guide features information like the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up form of all the fillies in the field.

Looking for sprinters coming off a Black-Type win, those that ran well in Sydney’s Hall Mark Stakes last time out, runners proven at the Doomben track and Stradbroke hopes are all important when doing the BRC Sprint form.

The BRC Sprint form has also stacked up in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap in recent years.

2022 BRC Sprint Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive BRC Sprint 2022 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

BRC Sprint Results

The BRC Sprint results in Brisbane have been dominated by smart sprinters with proven Group race ability and past Group 1 performers out of the Stradbroke.

Notable BRC Sprint winners include the current race record holder Chief De Beers (1998), Tiger Tees (2012) and Tyzone (2019).

Past BRC Sprint Winners