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Grand Prix Stakes

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ENCODER winning the Ladbrokes Grand Prix Stakes - Group 3
ENCODER winning the Ladbrokes Grand Prix Stakes - Group 3 Picture: Michael McInally/Racing Queensland

The Grand Prix Stakes is a Group 3 race for three-year-olds conducted by the Brisbane Racing Club at Eagle Farm as part of the Queensland Summer racing carnival.

The Grand Prix Stakes is run over 1800m under set weights and was introduced in 1971 as a major lead-up to the G1 Queensland Derby. It was moved to December from 2019.

The Grand Prix Stakes was run at Eagle Farm from 1971 until 2009. From 2010 it was held at Doomben but is back to Eagle Farm.

The distance has varied many times and went back to 1800m in 2024.

The Grand Prix Stakes was a Group 2 race from 1979 until 2005 and has been Group 3 since 2006.

All three placegetters from 2018 were raced in Asia after the Winter carnival.

Gypsy Goddess would end up the Queensland Oaks winner six months after winning the Grand Prix.

The following horses have completed the Grand Prix Stakes–Queensland Derby double: Lefroy (1978), Double Century (1979), Kingston Town (1980), Mr. Cromwell (1981), Our Planet (1982), Librici (1984), Handy Proverb (1986), Hidden Rhythm (1989), Dorset Downs (1991), Air Seattle (1993), Half Hennessy (2003), Ice Chariot (2006), Brambles (2012) and Hawkspur (2013). Kovalica won that double in 2023 as the first to do it with the races six months apart.

Other notable winners of the Grand Prix Stakes include Mode, Latin Knight, Asgard, Balmerino, Surround, Our Sophia, Stargazer, Distinctly Secret, Reenact, Vilanova, Gypsy Goddess and Kovalica.

The 2024 Grand Prix Stakes was run for prizemoney of $300,000.

The 2023 Grand Prix Stakes was won by Encoder from Kirikan and Imezaaki.


Racing and Sports

Previous Grand Prix Stakes Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
ENCODER (AUS) 3G
ENCRYPTION (AUS) - EIGHT BELOW (AUS) SEBRING (AUS)
DAMIEN THORNTON 57.0 D L FREEDMAN 10
KOVALICA (NZ) 3G
OCEAN PARK (NZ) - VITESSE (NZ) MAKFI (GB)
JAMES ORMAN 57.0 CHRIS WALLER 8
GYPSY GODDESS (NZ) 3F
TARZINO (NZ) - INVISIBLE COIN (AUS) REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS)
STEPHANIE THORNTON 55.0 DAVID VANDYKE 1
THE ELANORA (AUS) 3C
REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - YESTERJOY (AUS) MORE THAN READY (USA)
G BOSS 57.0 CHRIS WALLER 12
CHAINS OF HONOUR (AUS) 3G
REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - FAINT PERFUME (AUS) SHAMARDAL (USA)
M J ZAHRA 57.0 GERALD RYAN 2
FUN FACT (AUS) 3G
THE FACTOR (USA) - FILL THE PAGE (AUS) DANE SHADOW (AUS)
MICHAEL CAHILL 57.0 BJORN BAKER 8
HEAVENLY THOUGHT (AUS) 3C
SO YOU THINK (NZ) - GOD LOVE IT (AUS) ST COVET (AUS)
DAMIAN LANE 57.0 DARREN WEIR 1
ORDER AGAIN (NZ) 3G
IFFRAAJ (GB) - GLASS HALF FULL (NZ) VAN NISTELROOY (USA)
L V CASSIDY 57.0 BRIAN SMITH 7
MACKINTOSH (NZ) 3G
PINS (AUS) - LOLLY SCRAMBLE (NZ) GENEROUS (IRE)
B SHINN 57.0 CHRIS WALLER 3
BASIC TRILOGY (NZ) 3G
MASTERCRAFTSMAN (IRE) - SHE'S GOLDEN CLASS (NZ) GOLD BROSE (AUS)
K MCEVOY 57.0 PETER G MOODY 11
VILANOVA (NZ) 3G
COMMANDS (AUS) - VALPOLICELLA (NZ) RED RANSOM (USA)
N RAWILLER 57.0 CHRIS WALLER 14
HAWKSPUR (AUS) 3G
PURREALIST (AUS) - MOLLYHAWK (AUS) CATBIRD (AUS)
J CASSIDY 57.0 CHRIS WALLER 1
BRAMBLES (NZ) 3G
SAVABEEL (AUS) - PRICKLE (NZ) PINS (AUS)
B RAWILLER 57.0 PETER G MOODY 7
TURNITUP (AUS) 3G
DANE SHADOW (AUS) - NO FINDING (AUS) HULA CHIEF (NZ)
L NOLEN 56.0 PETER G MOODY 10
KUTCHINSKY (AUS) 3G
ANABAA (USA) - MY FIRST ZABEEL (AUS) ZABEEL (NZ)
C NEWITT 56.0 TONY NOONAN 3
SAINT MINERVA (AUS) 3F
GALILEO (IRE) - AMICABLE (AUS) LAST TYCOON (IRE)
CRAIG WILLIAMS 52.0 ALAN BAILEY 13
BELL ACADEMY (AUS) 3G
ROYAL ACADEMY (USA) - BELLQUIN (AUS) BELLOTTO (USA)
G SCHOFIELD 54.0 ROBERT HEATHCOTE 8
SIRMIONE (AUS) 3G
ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) - WORLD GUIDE (NZ) DEFENSIVE PLAY (USA)
M RODD 56.5 BART CUMMINGS 8
ICE CHARIOT (AUS) 3G
SEMIPALATINSK (USA) - SNOW CHARIOT (AUS) CHARIOT (AUS)
G A LYNCH 53.0 R E MAUND 14
SPURUSON (AUS) 3G
FLYING SPUR (AUS) - TAMARI (USA) NUREYEV (USA)
A PATTILLO 53.0 RODNEY OLLERTON 3
RECLAIM (AUS) 3G
ASCOT KNIGHT (CAN) - SPRING SERENADE (AUS) WITHOUT FEAR (FR)
G CHILDS 53.0 GERALD RYAN 1
HALF HENNESSY (AUS) 3C
HENNESSY (USA) - SINGEING LAMP (AUS) BLAZING SADDLES (AUS)
S SEAMER 56.5 BEDE MURRAY 4
DISTINCTLY SECRET (NZ) 3G
DISTINCTLY NORTH (USA) - TE AKAU SECRET (NZ) LORD BALLINA (AUS)
B YORK 53.5 MARK WALKER 12
REENACT (AUS) 3C
MARSCAY (AUS) - ROLE (USA) GULCH (USA)
G COLLESS 55.5 JACK DENHAM 10
MAKE MINE MAGIC (AUS) 3G
CANADIAN SILVER (CAN) - THIS WAY UP (AUS) SEMIPALATINSK (USA)
G COLLESS 53.0 ALAN BAILEY 11

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