Ladbrokes Tip: The Doomben 10,000 has been a good guide to Stradbroke Handicap winners in recent years

The Stradbroke Handicap is the richest race held in Queensland each Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival, the Group 1 classic traditionally running at Eagle Farm Racecourse on a Saturday in early-mid June.

In 2017 the Stradbroke Handicap was moved from Eagle Farm to Doomben Racecourse and took place over 1350m (down from 1400m) and the 2018 edition saw the same change of venue occur with the Eagle Farm track still out of action.

A middle-distance sprint contested over 1400m, the Stradbroke Handicap has a minimum handicap weight of 52kg for four and five-year-old horses, and 50.5kg for two and three-year-old runners. Offering a total of $1.5 million in prize money the race has close to $1 million up for grabs for the winning connections.

The Stradbroke Handicap prize money in 2020 was down to $350,000 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The winners of the previous season’s Winterbottom Stakes in Perth, the New Zealand Telegraph Handicap overseas, Flemington’s Newmarket Handicap, The T.J. Smith in Sydney and South Australia’s The Goodwood are all exempt from Stradbroke Handicap ballot. In 2018 Santa Ana Lane became the first horse to do The Goodwood – Stradbroke Handicap interstate Group 1 double.

The Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m) has been the best guide to the Stradbroke Handicap in recent years, but the double hasn’t been achieved since Campaign King (1988). From 2017 a number of changes to the Queensland Winter Racing line-up saw the Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m) run at Eagle Farm a fortnight before the new key lead-up into the Stradbroke Handicap field.

The latest edition of the Stradbroke Handicap ran on Saturday June 6, 2020 and was won in an upset by Tyzone. 

Stradbroke Handicap Race Info

• Date: Saturday June 6, 2020
• Track: Eagle Farm Racecourse
• Distance: 1400m
• Conditions: Open Handicap
• Status: Group 1
• Prize Money: $1.5 million ($350,000 in 2020 due to COVID-19)
• First Run: 1890

2020 Stradbroke Handicap Results

• 1st: #6 Tyzone
• 2nd: #13 Madam Rouge
• 3rd: #3 Niccanova

Last year’s runner-up Tyzone broke a year-long winning drought going one better than his second to Trekking in 2019 to take out the 2020 Stradbroke Handicap results in a thrilling photo-finish with roughie shot Madam Rouge.

The complete Stradbroke Handicap Results 2020, finishing order and the winning time in the Group 1 at Eagle Farm will be found below once the race takes place on Saturday June 6, 2020.

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	6	TYZONE	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Robbie Fradd		16	52.5kg		$14
	2	13	MADAM ROUGE	Chris Waller	Jason Taylor	0.2L	9	51kg		$51
	3	3	NICCANOVA	Steve Tregea	James Orman	0.4L	12	53kg (cd 53.5kg)		$14
	4	8	VEGA ONE	Tony Gollan	Jim Byrne	0.6L	15	52kg		$16
	5	4	RANIER	James Cummings	Micheal Hellyer	1L	14	53kg		$26
	6	14	OUTBACK BARBIE	Tony Gollan	Mark Du Plessis	1.5L	5	51kg		$41
	7	16	DAWN PASSAGE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	James Innes Jnr	2.3L	18	50kg		$4.20F
	8	12	WINTER BRIDE	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Jake Bayliss	2.4L	11	51kg (cd 51.5kg)		$51
	9	1	TREKKING	James Cummings	Michael Cahill	2.6L	17	58kg		$11
	10	10	GRAFF	Kris Lees	Sean Cormack	2.9L	2	52kg (cd 53kg)		$31
	11	9	CHIEF IRONSIDE (GB)	Kris Lees	Corey Bayliss (a)	3.4L	10	52kg		$31
	12	17	HIGHTAIL	Peter & Paul Snowden	Blake Spriggs	3.6L	4	50kg		$15
	13	5	VICTOREM	Jenny Graham	Dale Smith	4.3L	6	52.5kg		$10
	14	2	KEMENTARI	James Cummings	Ryan Maloney	4.8L	7	55.5kg		$15
	15	18	EXHILARATES	James Cummings	Taylor Marshall	5L	3	49.5kg		$12
	16	11	DEEP IMAGE	Robert Heathcote	Ms Stephanie Thornton	5.2L	13	51.5kg		$21
	17	7	CRACK ME UP (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Justin Huxtable (a)	7.2L	8	52.5kg (cd 53kg)		$21
	18	15	BAM’S ON FIRE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Tegan Harrison	68.2L	1	51kg		$19
		22e	MILITARY ZONE	Peter & Paul Snowden			0
		23e	DELECTATION GIRL (GB)	Kris Lees			0
		21e	BANDIPUR	Kelly Purdy			0
		19e	BACCARAT BABY	David Vandyke	Micheal Hellyer		0
		20e	BRAVE SONG	Peter & Paul Snowden			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Stradbroke Handicap Betting

Futures Stradbroke Handicap betting offering all-in prices on the likely runners in the field open weeks in advance of the race and are a great way to get generous odds on your early favourites. For those punters wanting a little more security, waiting for the markets on the final field the week of the race is often more attractive.

Last start winners don’t have a great recent strike rate in the race with only three saluting from 1994 – 2020 – including The Goodwood / Stradbroke double winner Santa Ana Lane (2018) – so horses on the improve or that are more suited to the conditions of the Stradbroke Handicap often dominate the markets over those coming off a victory.

The Stradbroke Handicap barrier draw plays a part in determining the prices on each runner, but wide barriers historically aren’t a hoodoo with eight of the 14 winners from 2006 – 2020 jumping from a double-digit gate including Under The Louvre (13 of 18 in 2016), Impending (13 of 16 at Doomben in 2017) and most recently Tyzone (16 of 18 in 2020).

Horses coming off a run earlier in the winter in the Doomben 10,000 at Doomben Racecourse are often favoured in Stradbroke Handicap betting, but the favourites have a poor strike rate with just the one saluting for the punters from 2004 – 2020 when Black Piranha won his first in 2009.

The Kingsford Smith Cup results now have a major impact on the Stradbroke Handicap betting markets as the premier lead-up to the $1.5 million feature since 2017, including producing the 2019 Stradbroke winner Trekking who improved on a lead-up third.

2020 Stradbroke Handicap Odds

The updated Stradbroke Handicap 2020 betting odds will be available across the winter so you can back your Group 1 Brisbane race tips at the right price once markets open at [ladbrokes].

Stradbroke Handicap Field

The Stradbroke Handicap field attracts the season’s best performing sprint types and the field capacity is 20 starters at Eagle Farm. The event ran at Doomben for one year in 2015 and had just 15 starters when Srikandi won from the inside alley beating the smallest Stradbroke Handicap field in over 30 years. The 2017 Stradbroke Handicap also took place over 1350m at Doomben when Impending won from barrier 13 (of 16), while in 2018 the field took to Doomben again due to the unsuitable racing surface at Eagle Farm.

River Lad (2014) is one of three Stradbroke Handicap winners since 2007 to salute as a $31 roughie in betting on the Group 1. Photo Credit: Daniel Costello.

From 1983 – 2008 the field ran under capacity just three times. Stradbroke Handicap nominations close in early May over a month from the race date, with the final field of acceptances released the Wednesday before the race runs on the Saturday.

2020 Stradbroke Handicap Field

The official Stradbroke Handicap 2020 field is released the Wednesday of race week following nominations in early May and will be listed below in full once final acceptances are announced by Racing Queensland.

A capacity 2020 Stradbroke Handicap final field has been announced with the defending champion Trekking to carry the 58kg topweight as he looks for back-to-back wins for the first time since Black Piranha (2009-10).

Trekking comes off a Group 1 The Goodwood win in Adelaide and is one of four in the race for Godolphin and trainer James Cummings whose contingent also includes classy filly Exhilarates carrying just 49.5kg.

There are three three-year-olds in the mix with Exhilarates joined by the two horses that have beaten her home in her two latest runs – Gold Coast Guineas champ Hightail for Team Snowden and Dawn Passage.

Dawn Passage is the new favourite in Stradbroke Handicap betting after winning his way into the field via last weekend’s Group 3 Fred Best Classic at Doomben.

The 2020 Stradbroke Handicap barrier draw took place on Tuesday afternoon with the favourites Dawn Passage and Trekking drawing the outside two barriers, while the filly Exhilarates came up trumps with gate four.

2020 Stradbroke Handicap First Acceptances

The Stradbroke Handicap 2020 first acceptances close on a Wednesday about a week and a half prior to the race further narrowing down the potential runners.

The 2020 Stradbroke Handicap first acceptances and updated order of entry are now out with 44 remaining chances led by The Goodwood winner Trekking for Godolphin who heads all-in betting and will carry the 58kg topweight.

2020 Stradbroke Handicap Nominations

The official Stradbroke Handicap 2020 nominations featuring usually in excess of 100 hopefuls are taken by Racing Queensland in early May and will be made available below.

The 2020 Stradbroke Handicap nominations drew 100 early entries including 10 for last year’s winning trainer James Cummings led by the defending champion Trekking and Kementari.

Stradbroke Handicap Form Guide

The Stradbroke Handicap form guide reveals all the crucial information for punters like the jockeys, trainers, barriers, weights and lead-up runs of the horses in the field.

Wide barriers have produced plenty of winners including Linton (16 of 18 in 2013), River Lad (15 of 18 in 2014) and the three-year-old Impending (13 of 16) at Doomben in 2017, while mares have won three times from 2006 – 2020. Tyzone (16 of 18 in 2020) also won the Stradbroke from a wide barrier. 

Looking at the Stradbroke Handicap weights is a good guide too as no runner has carried more than 55kg to victory since Show A Heart (56kg in 2002). Sydney and Melbourne raiders also have plenty of winning form over the locals, so keep an eye out for interstate-trained horses with lead-up form in Queensland.

Stradbroke Handicap Form Facts

• The only favourite in Stradbroke Handicap betting to salute since 2004 was Black Piranha (2009)
• Wide double-digit barriers produced five Stradbroke Handicap winners from 2012 – 2020
• Six-year-olds have dominated the Stradbroke Handicap results in the past decade
• The Doomben 10,000 and Kingsford Smith Cup are the two key Stradbroke Handicap form races to follow

2020 Stradbroke Handicap Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Stradbroke Handicap 2020 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Stradbroke Handicap Tips

Stradbroke Handicap tips include looking for horses coming off a nice Brisbane lead-up run in a race like the Doomben 10,000 or Kingsford Smith Cup, those proven at the track and previous winners at the distance.

Six-year-olds also have an awesome recent record in the race with six wins from 2008 – 2020, most recently Tyzone (2020), so backing a horse of this age with the right lead-up form is another good Stradbroke Handicap betting tip.

2020 Stradbroke Handicap Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ top Stradbroke Handicap 2020 betting tips detailing the sprinters to back and sack in the $1.5 million Group 1 plus exotic Stradbroke Handicap selections will be available below the week of the race so stay tuned.

Stradbroke Handicap Results

Favourites have a poor recent record in the race and upset Stradbroke Handicap results are not uncommon.

The longest-priced winners in the past decade include River Lad ($31 in 2014), Linton ($26 in 2013), Mid Sumer Music ($31 in 2012) and Mr Baritone ($31 in 2008). Notable recent Stradbroke Handicap winners include Sincero (2011), dual champion Black Piranha (2009-10) and Sniper’s Bullet (2007).

Stradbroke Handicap Winners