Kingsford Smith Cup winner Assume About It continues to dominate betting on Saturday’s Group 1 $3 million Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) after drawing ideally in gate 12 for Queensland’s richest race.

Hawaii 5 Oh presents as a hazard within the 2023 Stradbroke Handicap area in Brisbane on Saturday. Photograph: Steve Hart.

The 2023 Stradbroke Handicap area incorporates a capability line-up of Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival hopefuls going through off for $3 million in prize cash for the primary time.

The Eagle Farm function is about to attract large crowds of racing followers within the sunshine state on Saturday with loads of the punters’ cash occurring the flying Joe Pleasure-trained Assume About It.

Present Stradbroke Handicap odds on-line at Ladbrokes have the gun four-year-old at $3 to salute and take his profitable streak to seven on the trot.

Sam Clipperton retains the journey on the in-form son of So You Assume with the horse going to a different stage final day trip on the observe profitable the Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m) comprehensively.

Assume About It carted 59kg at weight-for-age there and can relish a drop again to only 54kg for the Straddie.

At Tuesday night’s Stradbroke Handicap barrier draw the favorite drew gate 12.

He may come into pretty much as good as 9 if all emergencies fail to achieve a begin.

Heading this 12 months’s Stradbroke Handicap weights with 57kg is the Rob Heathcote-trained latest Group 2 Victory Stakes winner Rothfire.

Nash Rawiller companions the native Group 1 champ whose lead-up run had him ending only a size again third within the Kingsford Smith Cup however is barely rated a $21 shot within the Stradbroke odds to win the Stradbroke.

Rothfire was third with solely 54.5kg in final 12 months’s Stradbroke Handicap outcomes behind Alligator Blood however will discover it harder underneath his hefty kilos this weekend.

He suffered an extra blow drawing the intense outdoors barrier that can have him leaping from 18 of 18 with emergencies out.

The filly La Montagna jumped from barrier 18 to win the Stradbroke again in 2006, whereas Alligator Blood acquired the job finished out broad from gate 17 final 12 months.

Impending in 2017 was the final three-year-old Stradbroke Handicap winner and this 12 months one of the best fancied of the children out to be the subsequent is the $5 second elect Hawaii 5 Oh.

Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott stole the present final 12 months with the Gator and look to have a real shot at back-to-back wins saddling-up I Am Invincible colt Hawaii 5 Oh from a beneficial barrier three draw.

Rachel King rides the in-form three-year-old on simply 49.5kg.

Hawaii 5 Oh chases his third win on the bounce having received the Group 3 Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m) by over three lengths in April earlier than his good win right here at Eagle Farm a fortnight again carrying 57kg to victory within the Group 3 Fred Greatest Traditional (1400m).

The Waterhouse/Bott secure saddle-up a complete of three runners on this 12 months’s Stradbroke area with Hawaii 5 Oh joined within the combine by Kingsford Smith Cup runner-up Converge ($7.50) and final begin Group 3 BRC Dash (1350m) upset winner at Doomben Surf Dancer ($21) drawn limitations 17 and 7 respectively.

Additionally effectively represented within the occasion are Ciaron Maher & David Eustace who saddle-up two final begin profitable fillies with Royal Service provider ($15) and Ruthless Dame ($10) drawn alongside one another in gates 14 and 13 respectively.

Service provider Navy filly Royal Service provider comes off successive wins in South Australia taking out the Group 2 Tobin Bronze Stakes (1200m) – Group 1 The Goodwood (1200m) double at Morphettville.

Ruthless Dame additionally loved a profitable raid on the Adelaide Autumn Racing Carnival with the daughter of Tavistock final seen saluting within the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) on Could 6.

Different notable hopes embrace the Grahame Begg-trained Cardinal Gem ($12) and second emergency Opal Ridge ($12) sweating on a begin for her Scone-based coach Luke Pepper.

The 2023 The Star Stradbroke Handicap is about to run as Eagle Farm Race 8 at 3:52pm (AEST) on Saturday’s nine-race program in Brisbane.

2023 Stradbroke Handicap Subject & Limitations

Desk Credit score: Racing Australia.