Stradbroke Handicap Winners
From the race’s inauguration back in 1890 right through until 2025 we have a complete list of past Stradbroke Handicap winners. View every previous Stradbroke Handicap champion throughout history.
Additional details of the Stradbroke Handicap winners from 2000 to the present including Stradbroke Handicap winning jockeys, trainers, weights carried to victory and winning times are also detailed below.
Pyrrhus was the inaugural Stradbroke Handicap winner back in 1890.
The longest-priced Stradbroke Handicap winners in recent times include River Lad ($31 in 2014), Linton ($26 in 2013), Mid Sumer Music ($31 in 2012), and Mr Baritone ($31 in 2008).
There have been eight dual Stradbroke Handicap winners with with Black Piranha (2009, 2010); Rough Habit (1991, 1992); Daybreak Lover (1984, 1986); Lucky Ring (1949, 1950); Petrol Lager (1934, 1935); Highland (1925, 1926); Gold Tie (1918, 1919); and the first Babel (1895, 1896).
Impending (2017) and Stefi Magnetica (2024) are the latest three-year-old Stradbroke Handicap winners.
The last filly to win the Stradbroke Handicap before Stefi Magnetica (2024) was La Montagna back in 2006.
Tyzone holds the current Stradbroke Handicap record over the 1400m winning in 2020 in a time of 1 minute 20:43 seconds.
Other notable Stradbroke Handicap champions include Tofane (2021) who was the last Stradbroke Handicap winning mare, Trekking (2019), Srikandi (2015), that spring’s Cox Plate winning mare Dane Ripper (1997), All Our Mob (1994), and Imposing (1979).
The 2022 Stradbroke Handicap winner Alligator Blood ($11) enjoyed his first victory since the 2020 Australian Guineas, the former Queenslander handing co-trainer Gai Waterhouse with her 150th career Group 1 victory.
The Stradbroke Handicap 2023 winner Think About It ($3.60F) saluted for the punters taking his record up to nine wins from 10 starts with Joe Pride’s The Everest-bound son of So You Think backing-up from a Kingsford Smith Cup victory at the track a fortnight earlier. Think About It went on to win that spring’s $20 million The Everest race in Sydney.
The 2024 Stradbroke Handicap winner was the Bjorn Baker-trained filly Stefi Magnetica ($15) who continued her ace rise through the ranks in Brisbane for the winter when charging up the inside with the 50kg lightweight to beat Doomben 10,000 winning mare Bella Nipotina home in a thriller.
The 2025 Stradbroke Handicap winner is TBC and will be known when Queensland’s showcase race headlines the Eagle Farm racing action on Saturday the 14th of June 2025.
stradbroke handicap winners 2000 – the present
| Date | Horse – Age/Gender | Jockey | Weight (kgs) | Trainer/s | Barrier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
| STEFI MAGNETICA (AUS) 3F | ZAC LLOYD | 50.0 | BJORN BAKER | 15 | |
| THINK ABOUT IT (AUS) 4G | SAM CLIPPERTON | 54.0 | JOSEPH PRIDE | 8 | |
| ALLIGATOR BLOOD (AUS) 5G | TIM CLARK | 55.0 | G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT | 17 | |
| TOFANE (NZ) 5M | CRAIG WILLIAMS | 54.5 | MICHAEL MORONEY | 10 | |
| TYZONE (AUS) 6G | R FRADD | 52.5 | A J & T EDMONDS | 16 | |
| TREKKING (AUS) 4G | K MCEVOY | 54.0 | JAMES CUMMINGS | 8 | |
| SANTA ANA LANE (AUS) 5G | B MELHAM | 55.5 | ANTHONY FREEDMAN | 3 | |
| IMPENDING (AUS) 3C | C W BROWN | 52.5 | DARREN BEADMAN | 13 | |
| UNDER THE LOUVRE (AUS) 5H | D DUNN | 54.5 | R W SMERDON | 13 | |
| SRIKANDI (AUS) 4M | K MCEVOY | 53.0 | CIARON MAHER | 1 | |
| RIVER LAD (AUS) 6G | DAMIEN OLIVER | 55.0 | NATALIE MCCALL | 15 | |
| LINTON (AUS) 6G | NICHOLAS HALL | 54.5 | JOHN SADLER | 16 | |
| MID SUMMER MUSIC (AUS) 6M | L NOLEN | 53.5 | PETER G MOODY | 5 | |
| SINCERO (AUS) 3G | JASON TAYLOR | 50.5 | STEPHEN FARLEY | 3 | |
| BLACK PIRANHA (AUS) 6G | N RAWILLER | 55.5 | CON KARAKATSANIS | 12 | |
| BLACK PIRANHA (AUS) 5G | T ANGLAND | 55.0 | CON KARAKATSANIS | 4 | |
| MR BARITONE (NZ) 6G | S MURPHY | 53.5 | MICHAEL MORONEY | 7 | |
| SNIPER’S BULLET (AUS) 3G | CRAIG WILLIAMS | 50.0 | TRACEY BARTLEY | 12 | |
| LA MONTAGNA (AUS) 3F | C NEWITT | 48.5 | BARRY BALDWIN | 18 | |
| ST. BASIL (NZ) 7G | MICHAEL CAHILL | 53.0 | S B LAMING | 17 | |
| THORN PARK (AUS) 4H | D NIKOLIC | 54.0 | R H THOMSEN | 8 | |
| PRIVATE STEER (AUS) 3F | G BOSS | 48.0 | JOHN O’SHEA | 1 | |
| SHOW A HEART (AUS) 4H | D NIKOLIC | 56.0 | BARRY MILLER | 18 | |
| CRAWL (AUS) 4G | D GAUCI | 53.5 | JOHN HAWKES | 4 | |
| LANDSIGHTING (AUS) 4G | C MUNCE | 49.5 | NOEL MAYFIELD-SMITH | 4 |
COMPLETE LIST OF PAST stradbroke handicap WINNERS
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2025 | TBD |
| 2024 | Stefi Magnetica |
| 2023 | Think About It |
| 2022 | Alligator Blood |
| 2021 | Tofane |
| 2020 | Tyzone |
| 2019 | Trekking |
| 2018 | Santa Ana Lane |
| 2017 | Impending |
| 2016 | Under The Louvre |
| 2015 | Srikandi |
| 2014 | River Lad |
| 2013 | Linton |
| 2012 | Mid Summer Music |
| 2011 | Sincero |
| 2010 | Black Piranha |
| 2009 | Black Piranha |
| 2008 | Mr Baritone |
| 2007 | Sniper’s Bullet |
| 2006 | La Montagna |
| 2005 | St. Basil |
| 2004 | Thorn Park |
| 2003 | Private Steer |
| 2002 | Show A Heart |
| 2001 | Crawl |
| 2000 | Landsighting |
| 1999 | Adam |
| 1998 | Toledo |
| 1997 | Dane Ripper |
| 1996 | Danasinga |
| 1995 | Rouslan |
| 1994 | All Our Mob |
| 1993 | Never Undercharge |
| 1992 | Rough Habit |
| 1991 | Rough Habit |
| 1990 | Plush Embassy |
| 1989 | Robian Steel |
| 1988 | Campaign King |
| 1987 | Dancing Poet |
| 1986 | Daybreak Lover |
| 1985 | Canterbury Belle |
| 1984 | Daybreak Lover |
| 1983 | Brenlaine |
| 1982 | Grey Receiver |
| 1981 | Watney |
| 1980* | Bemboka Yacht |
| 1979 | Imposing |
| 1978 | Innisfree |
| 1977 | Sir Wisp |
| 1976 | Manawapoi |
| 1975 | Spedito |
| 1974 | Go Fun |
| 1973 | Lucky Cloud |
| 1972 | Triton |
| 1971 | Rajah Sahib |
| 1970 | Divide And Rule |
| 1969 | Prince Medes |
| 1968 | Cabochon |
| 1967 | Mister Hush |
| 1966 | Castanea |
| 1965 | Winfreux |
| 1964 | Cele’s Image |
| 1963 | Mullala |
| 1962 | Kilshery |
| 1961 | Persian Lyric |
| 1960 | Wallgar |
| 1959 | Grey Ghost |
| 1958* | Wiggle |
| 1957 | Kingster |
| 1956 | Knave |
| 1955 | Plato |
| 1954 | Karendi |
| 1953 | Suncup |
| 1952 | Wedborough |
| 1951 | Aqua Regis |
| 1950 | Lucky Ring |
| 1949 | Lucky Ring |
| 1948 | Ballyvista |
| 1947 | Hedui |
| 1946 | Abbeville |
| 1942–45 | Race not held |
| 1941 | High Rank |
| 1940 | Heroic’s Double |
| 1939 | Bahwing |
| 1938 | Thurles Lad |
| 1937 | King Merlin |
| 1936 | Capris |
| 1935 | Petrol Lager |
| 1934 | Petrol Lager |
| 1933 | Sun Eagle |
| 1932 | Credence |
| 1931 | Lady Linden |
| 1930 | Will Yet |
| 1929 | I.O.U. |
| 1928 | Sarlind |
| 1927 | Running Girl |
| 1926 | Highland |
| 1925 | Highland |
| 1924 | Molly Cyrus |
| 1923 | Lady Aura |
| 1922 | Laneffe |
| 1921 | Syceonelle |
| 1920 | Syce Lad |
| 1919 | Gold Tie |
| 1918 | Gold Tie |
| 1917 | Sydney Damsel |
| 1916* | Amberdown |
| 1915 | Cairn Wallace |
| 1914 | Malt Mark |
| 1913* | Line Gun |
| 1912 | Pittsworth Gun |
| 1911 | Lady Hope |
| 1910 | Bright Laddie |
| 1909 | Storm King |
| 1908 | Satisfair |
| 1907 | Jessie’s Dream |
| 1906 | Darelong |
| 1905 | Ruscity |
| 1904 | Forge |
| 1903* | Fitz Grafton |
| 1902 | Blunderer |
| 1901 | Glengarry |
| 1900 | Prince Edward |
| 1899* | Sweetheart |
| 1898 | Boreas Ii |
| 1897* | The Scamp/Dalnair |
| 1896 | Babel |
| 1895 | Babel |
| 1894 | Studbook |
| 1893 | Rosy Dawn |
| 1892 | Tallboy |
| 1891 | Dan O’Connell |
| 1890 | Pyrrhus |
*Notes:
- In 1897 The Scamp and Dalnair ran a dead heat for first.
- Sweetheart (1899), Fitz Grafton (1903), Line Gun (1913), Amberdown (1916) and Wiggle (1958) all won the Stradbroke Handicap as two-year-olds.
- In 1980 Ducatoon was first past the post but was later disqualified after returning a positive swab.