Stradbroke Handicap

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Endless Drama retired

Well-travelled sprinter/miler Endless Drama has been retired after failing to find his best form in his latest campaign. The nine-year-old Lope De Vega entire began his career in Ireland where he won two of his eight starts and finished runner-up in the 2015 Group 1 Irish 2000 Guineas (1609m) before making his way to Australia[...]
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Niccanova To Back-Up In Eagle Farm Mile

History shows Stradbroke Handicap placegetter Niccanova should have no trouble backing up after seven days in the Group Three Eagle Farm Mile. Niccanova was one of the unlucky runners in the Stradbroke when he struck trouble before flashing home for third. Trainer Steve Tregea will monitor Niccanova this week but the gelding looks in good[...]
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Tregea Chases Rare Group One Achievement

Multi-talented Steve Tregea can become one of the few to breed, own and train a Group One winner in Australia if Niccanova claims the Stradbroke Handicap. Tregea has built up an impressive reputation from his Windermere Stud complex on Toowoomba’s outskirts on the Darling Downs. He mainly breeds horses which he then races and trains.[...]
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A Look At The Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap

STRADBROKE HANDICAP Group One 1400m handicap Eagle Farm HISTORY First run in 1890 (winner Pyrrhus) 1890-1953 run over six furlongs (1200m) Winners include Wiggle (1958), Persian Lyric (1961), Kilshery (1962), Winfreux (1965), Divide And Rule (1970), Triton (1972), Daybreak Lover (1984, 1986), Campaign King (1988), Rough Habit (1991-92), Dane Ripper (1997), Show A Heart (2002),[...]
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Tyzone Aims To Join Country Greats

Pocket dynamo Tyzone will join a small but elite group if he can win the Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Tyzone would become one of the few horses to start their careers in country Queensland before winning a Group One race in the state. Red Smoke recorded wins in Rockhampton and Gladstone before[...]
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Deep Image Makes The Cut For Stradbroke

Robert Heathcote’s chances of training his first Group One winner in Queensland doubled when Deep Image made the field for the Stradbroke Handicap. When the final Stradbroke field was declared on Tuesday morning, Deep Image was the last in after Victorian mare Teleplay did not accept. There are 18 runners and five emergencies with Caloundra[...]
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