Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival – May and June 2016
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The Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival 2016 takes place in May and June each year in Brisbane, Queensland, with a host of brilliant Group races that take place at Doomben, Eagle Farm and the Gold Coast racecourses.
The Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival kicks off in late April and has a number of feature Group 1, 2 and 3 races throughout the Carnival.
The main races early in the Carnival to feature are Group 1 BTC Cup, Group 1 Doomben Cup and then Group 1 Doomben 10000.
Eagle Farm is home to three feature Saturdays in late May and early June where the Brisbane Turf Club’s premier race of the Brisbane winter racing carnival, with the $1,500,000 Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap and the Group 2 Brisbane Cup.
The Doomben 10,000 and Stradbroke Handicap are both quality Australian sprint races attract quality sprinters from around the country. A list of the winners will show you the high quality of participants.
The three-year-old’s feature in the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival with the classics, the Group 1 Queensland Derby and the Group 1 Queensland Oaks. Trainers from down south with an above average 3yo come to this Carnival if they missed out in Sydney and Melbourne in the Autumn.
And iTipsports will be involved with the Number 1 racing form man for Brisbane Racing, our own Blaazing Ben Perkins. Ben has been involved in Brisbane Racing for many, many years, is well connected, does hours of form and his form sheet is the very best quality for the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.
Super Saturdays fall on the 11th June at Eagle Farm for the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival with three Group 1 races totaling $2.7 million. Throughout the Carnival, there are 8 Group 1 races, 9 Group 2’s and 14 Group 3’s.
The 1350m Stradbroke Handicap is held on the 11th June at Eagle Farm racecourse and has prize money of $1.5 million and is one of the most prestigious sprint races in Australia.
Saturday 30th April 2016, Doomben, QLD
Group 2 Sir Byrne Hart Stakes $200,000 1200m Weight-for-age
Group 3 Gunsynd Stakes $125,000 1600m 3yo SW
Saturday 7th May 2016, Gold Coast, QLD
Group 2 Hollindale Stakes $350,000 1800m Weight-for-age
Group 3 Ken Russell Classic $125,000 1200m 2yo SW
Group 3 Gold Coast Guineas $125,000 1200m 3yo SW
Saturday 14th May 2016, Doomben, QLD
Group 1 BTC Cup $500,000 1200m Weight-for-age
Group 2 Champagne Classic $175,000 1200m 2yo SW
Group 3 BRC Chairmans Hcp $125,000 2000m Quality Hcp
Group 3 Rough Habit Plate $125,000 2000m 3yo SW
Saturday 21st May 2016, Doomben, QLD
Group 1 Doomben Cup $500,000 2000m Weight-for-age
Group 3 Doomben Rose $175,000 2000m 3yoF SW
Group 3 BRC Sprint $125,000 1350m Quality Hcp
Group 3 Fred Best Classic $125,000 1350m 3yo SW
Saturday 28th May 2016, Doomben, QLD
Group 1 Doomben 10000 $750,000 1350m Weight-for-age
Group 2 QTC Sires Produce $250,000 1350m 2yo SW
Group 3 Grand Prix Stakes $150,000 2200m 3yo SW+P
Group 3 Lady of the Turf Stakes $150,000 1350m F&M SW+P
Group 3 Premiers Cup $125,000 2200m Open Hcp
Group 3 Lord Mayors Cup $125,000 1600m Weight-for-age
Saturday 4th June 2016, Eagle Farm, QLD
Group 1 Queensland Oaks $400,000 2200m 3yoF SW
Group 2 PJ OShea Stakes $250,000 2200m Weight-for-age
Group 2 QTC Cup $175,000 1200m Quality Hcp
Saturday 11th June 2016, Eagle Farm, QLD
Group 1 Stradkbroke Handicap $1,500,000 1350m Open Hcp
Group 1 Queensland Derby $600,000 2200m 3yo SW
Group 1 The TJ Smith $600,000 1600m 2yo SW
Group 2 Queensland Guineas $400,000 1600m 3yo SW
Group 2 Brisbane Cup $300,000 2400m Open Hcp
Group 2 Dane Ripper Quality $200,000 1350m F&M SW+P
Saturday 25th June 2016, Eagle Farm, QLD
Group 1 Winter Stakes $500,000 1400m F&M WFA
Group 3 Tattersalls Cup $200,000 2200m Open Hcp
Group 3 WJ Healy Stakes $175,000 1200m Quality Hcp