Ladbrokes Tip: The BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes is a key lead-up to the JJ Atkins each winter carnival

The JJ Atkins, formerly the TJ Smith, is a Group 1 race for two-year-olds traditionally held at Eagle Farm Racecourse on Stradbroke Handicap Day during the annual Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

Conducted on a Saturday in early – mid June, the classic is one of three Group 1 features at the meeting along with the Queensland Derby for three-year-olds and the lucrative $1.5 million Stradbroke Handicap (1400m).

The 2017 JJ Atkins and other Stradbroke Handicap Day races were moved from a rain-affected Eagle Farm track to Doomben Racecourse and in 2018 the JJ Atkins also took place at Doomben with continued track issues at Eagle Farm.

Run at set weights, the colts and geldings carrying 57kg in the JJ Atkins field while the fillies carry 55kg. Conducted over a mile (1600m) the JJ Atkins offers $600,000 in total prize money including $360,000 to the winner.

Three races a ballot exemption to the winner/s into the JJ Atkins with New Zealand’s Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes, the BRC Champagne Classic and the BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes. The last horse to complete the BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes – JJ Atkins double was Sizzling (2012).

The latest edition of The JJ Atkins ran on Saturday June 8, 2019 and was won by the Anthony Cummings-trained Prince Fawaz.

2019 The JJ Atkins Results

• 1st: #7 Prince Fawaz
• 2nd: #6 Kubrick
• 3rd: #8 Reloaded

The Anthony Cummings-trained Prince Fawaz came up trumps in the JJ Atkins 2019 results, the progressive son of Fastnet Rock giving hoop Kerrin McEvoy successive wins in the Group 1 mile clash after his success aboard The Autumn Sun (2018) last winter.

The official JJ Atkins 2019 results & finishing order will be available below once the race is run and won on Saturday June 8, 2019 .

The JJ Atkins Race Info

• Date: Saturday June 8, 2019
• Track: Eagle Farm Racecourse
• Distance: 1600m
• Conditions: 2YOs – Set Weights
• Status: Group 1
• Prize Money: $600,000
• First Run: 1893

The JJ Atkins Betting & Odds

Futures JJ Atkins odds on the likely runners open weeks in advance of the race offering generous ante-post or pre-field prices for the punters.

The markets firm once the JJ Atkins final field is released and provides more security and betting options for the Stradbroke Handicap Day feature. Sydney raiders often dominate JJ Atkins betting as the visitors have dominant recent results including two winners for Gai Waterhouse and three for Chris Waller from 2010 – 2018.

Favourites in JJ Atkins betting have a strong recent record in the race with five winning since 2010 including Sacred Elixir ($5 2016) and The Autumn Sun ($2.45 in 2018). Horses that run well in the BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes a fortnight earlier also feature highly in markets for the Group 1 over a mile at the Eagle Farm track, with the 2017 JJ Atkins winner Capital Gain improving on a lead-up fifth in the Sires.

2019 JJ Atkins Odds

The season’s best JJ Atkins 2019 betting odds and Group 1 Brisbane racing markets will be available below so make sure you bookmark this page for access to the top prices on your JJ Atkins betting selections.

The JJ Atkins Field

Sacred Elixir (2016) was the last favourite in The JJ Atkins betting to salute for the punters. Photo Credit: Steve Hart.

The JJ Atkins field attracts a line-up of the winter’s most promising young milers. The two-year-olds come off a number of different runs, but the Group 2 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1350m) held a fortnight before is the key lead-up for JJ Atkins-bound two-year-olds. The final acceptances feature many interstate-trained visitors who have a dominant recent record in the race winning six of the editions from 2011 – 2019, while the New Zealand raider Sacred Elixir won the race in 2016.

The largest field in recent history saw 19 runners in 2004 when Outback Prince won. The smallest field to date was just five runners in 2008, the race won by Rockdale from the outside alley. The JJ Atkins nominations are taken in early May five weeks before the final acceptances are released along with the barrier draw on the Wednesday before the race runs on the Saturday.

2019 JJ Atkins Field

The official JJ Atkins Plate 2019 Final Field & Barriers will be posted here once released on the Wednesday of Stradbroke Handicap Day.

The 2019 J.J. Atkins Plate field attracted just 15 starters – the only Group 1 race on Stradbroke Day in 2019 to feature under the capacity number of starters. The race favourite and market mover is Accession for last year’s winning trainer Chris Waller, the Brazen Beau colt looking to improve on a lead-up second in the BRC Sires’.

The JJ Atkins Form Guide

The JJ Atkins form guide provides all the key information such as jockeys, trainers, barriers and the lead-up runs of the two-year-olds in the field. Sydney trainers have dominated the JJ Atkins results in recent years so check the form guide for Chris Waller and Gai Waterhouse-trained juveniles in good form.

The BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes form has stacked up in the JJ Atkins more than any other lead-up over history, but interestingly all three winners from 2013 – 15 didn’t come off a black-type run. Again in 2018 the hot favourite in JJ Atkins betting who went on to salute for the punters was The Autumn Sun whose lead-up run was a Randwick win in a 2YOs SWP event. The JJ Atkins form has stacked up in bigger races later on over the years including in 2015 when Press Statement won the Caulfield Guineas in the spring. One of the best recent examples of the J.J. Atkins form holding up in future Group 1 events was the 2018 champion The Autumn Sun who took out that spring’s Golden Rose – Caulfield Guineas interstate double and also the following autumn’s Randwick Guineas – Rosehill Guineas Group 1 double in Sydney.

JJ Atkins Form Facts

• The BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes a fortnight before has proved the key JJ Atkins form line to follow into the Group 1
• Favourites have a strong record saluting for the punters in the JJ Atkins results from 2010 on
• The last filly to beat home the boys in the JJ Atkins was Linky Dink (2009)
• Sydney-trained raiders have an outstanding record in the race in recent years

2019 JJ Atkins Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive JJ Atkins 2019 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

The JJ Atkins Tips

JJ Atkins race tips include looking for promising miler types from Sydney’s leading stables, watching for the Brisbane runners coming off a strong BRC Sires’ Produce performance and the runner drawn in barrier six.

Barrier six produced three past winners from 2009 – 2011 and is one of the most successful barriers in the past 30 plus years.

2019 JJ Atkins Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive JJ Atkins 2019 betting tips and exotic Group 1 winter racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for the juveniles to back and sack.

#2 STRASBOURG – Each Way 

It’s an open edition of the J.J. Atkins Plate in 2019 and think the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained I Am Invincible colt STRASBOURG is a genuine Each Way chance following his lead-up win in the Group 2 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at the track. Needs to stretch out that extra 200m and hold off a similar field of rivals on the quick back-up, but fought well last weekend and the nice barrier (5) has him in contention again.

The JJ Atkins Results

The last favourite to win the JJ Atkins was The Autumn Sun (2018) and overall single-figure hopes have dominated the recent  JJ Atkins results.

The longest-priced winner in recent years was Linky Dink ($26 in 2009), who was also the last filly to beat home the boys in the JJ Atkins. Recent JJ Atkins winners of note include Press Statement (2015), Sizzling (2012), Pressday (2010) and Reigning To Win (2006).

JJ Atkins Winners