BRC Sprint
Horse race
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The BRC Sprint is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred open horse race run under Quality Handicap conditions over a distance of 1350 metres at Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival.[1]
ClassGroup 3
LocationDoomben Racecourse
Brisbane, Australia
Brisbane, Australia
Inaugurated1985
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
| Class | Group 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Doomben Racecourse Brisbane, Australia |
| Inaugurated | 1985 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Sponsor | HKJC World Pool (2025) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,350 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Weight | Quality handicap Maximum 61 kg Minimum 54 kg |
| Purse | A$300,000 (2025) |
History
Name
- 1985–1990 - BTC Sprint
- 1991–1995 - BATC Sprint
- 1996–2009 - BTC Sprint
- 2010 onwards - BRC Sprint
Grade
- 1985–1995 - Listed Race
- 1996 onwards - Group 3
Distance
- 1985–2019 – 1350 metres
- 2020 – 1200 metres
- 2022 - 1300 metres
Recent multiple winners
Trainers[2]
- Walter Doolan (1990, 1991)
- Ben, Will & JD Hayes (2024, 2025)
- Robert Heathcote (2011, 2026)
- John Morish (1999, 2000)
- Paul Snowden (2015, 2016)
Jockeys[2]
- Blake Shinn (2015, 2016, 2019 and 2025)
- Larry Cassidy (1993, 1995)
- Tim Clark (2007, 2026)
- John Hutchings (1990, 1991)
Race record
The race record for the usual 1350 metre journey is held by Chief De Beers in 1998 in 1:17.50.[2] Chief De Beers recorded all his twenty victories on the Doomben race track.[3]
Winners
The following are past winners of the race.[4]
- 2026 - Abounding
- 2025 - War Machine
- 2024 - Here To Shock
- 2023 - Surf Dancer
- 2022 - Soxagon[5]
- 2021 - Emerald Kingdom[6]
- 2020 - Tambo's Mate[7]
- 2019 - Tyzone[8]
- 2018 - I'm A Rippa[9]
- 2017 - Jungle Edge[10]
- 2016 - Snippets Land[11]
- 2015 - Charlie Boy[12]
- 2014 - River Lad[13]
- 2013 - Belltone[14]
- 2012 - Tiger Tees[15]
- 2011 - Woorim[16]
- 2010 - Beaded[17]
- 2009 - Court Command[18]
- 2008 - Helideck[19]
- 2007 - Friday Creek[20]
- 2006 - Hard To Catch[21]
- 2005 - Ballet Society[22]
- 2004 - True Glo[23]
- 2003 - Emission[24]
- 2002 - Carael Boy[25]
- 2001 - Zarta[26]
- 2000 - Pleasure Giver[27]
- 1999 - Pleasure Giver[28]
- 1998 - Chief De Beers[29]
- 1997 - Poetic King[30]
- 1996 - Taos[31]
- 1995 - Cohort[32]
- 1994 - Simonstad[33]
- 1993 - Kenfair[34]
- 1992 - Barrosa Boy[35]
- 1991 - Tiny's Finto
- 1990 - Tiny's Finto
- 1989 - Count Henri
- 1988 - Lots Of Rule
- 1987 - Catering King
- 1986 - High Signal
- 1985 - Final Affair
See also
- Doomben Cup
- Doomben Roses
- Magic Millions Fillies & Mares Mile (Glenlogan Park Stakes)
- Doomben 10,000
- List of Australian Group races
- Group races