Stradbroke Handicap: Date, how to watch, past winners and more

The Stradbroke Handicap is a Group 1 thoroughbred horse race which takes place at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane, in June each year.

Raced over 1400m, the Stradbroke Handicap is one of the highlights of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

With $3million up for grabs, the Stradbroke Handicap is Brisbane’s richest race and therefore attracts the best sprinters in the land.

Here is everything you need to know about the Stradbroke Handicap.

Stradbroke Handicap date

The Stradbroke Handicap is one of the highlights of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival and takes place in June each year.

The 2025 edition of the race will be held of Saturday 14th June.

Stradbroke Handicap time

The exact start time of the Stradbroke Handicap has yet to be revealed, but in 2024 it was Race 8 on the card and is likely to remain the same this time around.

Stradbroke Handicap venue

The Stradbroke Handicap is held at Eagle Farm Racecourse in Brisbane, Queensland.

In 2014/15 the Stradbroke Handicap was switched to Doomben Racecourse as Eagle Farm underwent some track reconstruction.

Stradbroke Handicap how to watch

The Stradbroke Handicap will be shown free-to-air on Channel 7, and also via the 7Plus app.

Stradbroke Handicap history

The Stradbroke Handicap was first raced in 1890 and was won by a horse named Pyrrhus.

Back then it was a Principal Race that was run over 1200m, but from 1972 onwards the distance increased to 1400m.

Between 1982 and 1988 the race was also known as the Elders Handicap.

The Stradbroke Handicap has grown in stature over the years to become one of the highlights of the Brisbane Winter Carnival.

Stradbroke Handicap prize money

The total prize fund of the Stradbroke Handicap stands at mammoth $3million.

The winner of the race take home a cool $1,800,000, second place $540,000 and third place $270,000.

The top 10 all earn prize money, with ninth and 10th place taking home $36,000 for their efforts.

Stradbroke Handicap past winners

Stefi Magnetica was the winner of the 2024 edition of the Stradbroke Handicap for trainer Bjorn Baker and jockey Zac Lloyd.

There have been some big winners of the Stradbroke Handicap, with Rough Habit (1991, 1992) and Black Piranha (2009, 2010) both winning it in consecutive years.

Other notable winners include Alligator Blood in 2022 and Santa Ana Lane in 2018.

Stradbroke Handicap odds

Joliestar and War Machine are both priced at 6.00 to win the 2025 edition of the Stradbroke Handicap.

Benedetta, Bosustow and Kimochi are all next in line, priced at 13.00.

Any odds displayed were correct at the time of writing and are subject to fluctuation.