Victory Stakes

Rothfire staves off his rivals in gutsy Victory Stakes win

Posted on April 29, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Robert Heathcote and Nash Rawiller have combined with Rothfire to take out the Group 2 Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm in fine style and return to winning form with a very tough win over the fast-finishing King Of Sparta. The five-year-old gelding entered the Victory Stakes as the second favourite with online bookmakers, with the[...]

Posted on April 30, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Count De Rupee has pinched the Group 2 Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm, railing up to beat Scallopini in the 1200m sprint. The Robert & Luke Price-trained four-year-old was a slight drifter in betting, getting out to as much as $8 prior to the jump, as one-way traffic came for Rothfire ($1.90). After working hard[...]

Posted on April 27, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Count De Rupee and Jamaea will fly the flag for Kembla Grange trainers Robert & Luke Price in Saturday's Group 2 Victory Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm.

Posted on May 28, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Fresh from recording his first Group 2 victory since relocating to Queensland, jockey Mark du Plessis is now turning his attention to the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m). A popular member of New Zealand's riding ranks for two decades, du Plessis has been based in Brisbane since the 2018 winter carnival. At Eagle Farm last[...]

Posted on May 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Coronavirus pandemic restrictions mean Port Macquarie trainer Jenny Graham might miss being trackside for her best opportunity to win a Group One race. The Graham-trained Victorem ($17) overcame a tumultuous two weeks when he beat Niccanova ($21) by 1-1/4 lengths in the Group Two Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Deep Impact ($9) was[...]

Posted on May 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Consistent gelding Soxagon is a perfect example of how studying bloodlines can produce a surprise racetrack star. Soxagon will go down as one of the bargains of all time if he can win the Group Two Victory Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The gelding was bred by former sports editor Brian Burke who[...]

Posted on May 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Talented Toowoomba galloper Niccanova is ready to take another step to a Group One debut that has been three years in the making. Niccanova resumes from a spell in the Group Two Victory Stakes (1200m) as his final hit-out for the Group One Stradbroke Handicap on June 6. The gelding won the Fred Best Classic[...]

Posted on May 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Riding her horses in trackwork has proved a winning formula for trainer Desleigh Forster as she chases one of her biggest wins. Forster has Chapter And Verse in the Group Two Victory Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Chapter And Verse needs to win to make the field for the Group One Stradbroke Handicap.[...]

Posted on May 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin's head Australian trainer James Cummings has made a strong case for comeback galloper Kementari to score his first win in two years at Eagle Farm. Kementari heads the weights in the Group Two Victory Stakes (1200m) which will be his lead-up to the Group One Stradbroke Handicap a fortnight later. Kementari was one of[...]

Posted on May 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caloundra gelding Tambo's Mate can confirm his rating as one of the most improved horses in Australia when he tackles the Group Two Victory Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Victory Stakes is usually run at weight-for-age at the start of the Queensland winter carnival. However, with the winter schedule being vastly reduced[...]

Posted on May 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Queensland's Group Two Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm on Saturday has a long and varied history, and this year it takes on an even more important role in winter racing. The Victory Stakes (1200m) is usually one of only three weight-for-age races in Queensland and was originally named the Sir Byrne Hart Stakes. Although won[...]

Posted on May 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Port Macquarie trainer Jenny Graham is looking ahead with a positive attitude after her stakes performer Victorem passed a barrier trial test. Stewards ordered Victorem to trial because he bucked shortly after the start in the Group Three BRC Sprint at Doomben on May 9. Victorem on Tuesday went around without any problems in an[...]

Posted on May 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The main lead-up meeting to next month's Queensland Group One races will go ahead at Eagle Farm as scheduled on Saturday week. The track got the approval of officials, trainers and jockeys after a course proper track gallop. Eagle Farm has not hosted a race meeting since March 25 after it was given an eight-week[...]

Posted on May 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Stuart Kendrick's decision to take a gamble with Tambo's Mate completed a huge week for the trainer when the gelding earned a start in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap. Kendrick trained his 900th career winner on Wednesday and had a Gold Coast metropolitan winner on Friday. He also completed a deal to sell his ATC[...]

Posted on May 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The BRC Sprint usually plays an important part in the winter carnival but this year has developed into the unofficial sprint championship for Queensland-trained horses. The Group Three race has usually been run three weeks before the Group One Stradbroke Handicap and on Doomben Cup day. River Lad completed the BRC Sprint/Stradbroke double in 2014[...]

Posted on April 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Progressive sprinter Tambo's Mate has confirmed a winter stakes race campaign after a strong performance at the Sunshine Coast. Tambo's Mate resumed from a successful summer campaign when fourth in an open handicap over 1200m at Doomben and followed that with a close second in a similar race at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. Trainer[...]

Rothfire staves off his rivals in gutsy Victory Stakes win

Count De Rupee dazzles whilst Rothfire fails

Count De Rupee, Jamaea to fly the flag for Price at Eagle Farm

Du Plessis eyes Group 1 prize

Victorem Bounces Back With Timely Victory

Ex-Journalist Hits Jackpot With Soxagon

Niccanova Warms Up For Stradbroke Handicap Bid

Forster Rides Her Luck In Trackwork Move

Kementari Ready For Comeback Win: Cummings

Tambo’s Mate Set For Step Up At Eagle Farm

Victory Stakes Takes On More Importance

Victorem Set For A Crack At Stradbroke Handicap

Eagle Farm Track Ready For Winter Racing

Kendrick Ends Big Week With Sprint Success

Queensland Stars Dominate BRC Sprint Noms

Tambo’s Mate Earns Winter Stakes Campaign

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