The Stradbroke Handicap is a Group 1 (G1) Australian Thoroughbred open handicap horse race, run on the first Saturday in June, over a distance of 1,400 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane. It is one of the highlight races on the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival with total prizemoney of A$1,000,000 in 2009.
In 1890 the Stradbroke Handicap was a Principal race run over six furlongs (approx 1,200m), when it was won by Pyrrhus.
The distance was changed in 1953 to 1,400 metres.
The only two-year-old to win the race was Wiggle, carrying 46.5 kg in 1958. The 1,400 metre race and track record is 1:20.2 established by Toledo in 1998.[1]
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