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Stradbroke Handicap 2025 Betting Tips - Will War Machine justify favouritism?

Alex Marsh

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Last updated: Fri. 13 Jun. 2025 15:37

Alex Marsh 13 Jun. 2025

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War Machine is the favourite for the 2025 Stradbroke Handicap, with odds of $3.20
Private Eye offers strong competition with proven performance, priced at $17
Yellow Brick, with a solid record at Eagle Farm, is the value bet at $41

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Private Eye resumes in the Stradbroke Handicap. (Getty)

The Stradbroke Handicap was first run in 1890 and it has a famous history, with Rough Habit (dual winner), All Our Mob and Dane Ripper some of the greats to have won this feature.

2025 Stradbroke Handicap Tips
2025 Stradbroke Handicap - Field & Odds

This Group 1 is one of the more famous handicaps on the Australian racing calendar and it's also considered to be Queenland's most prestigious race.

War Machine is favourite for the 2025 Stradbroke Handicap, with $3.20 his quote via BetRight

2025 Stradbroke Handicap Tips

2025 Stradbroke Handicap Best Bet - War Machine

The Hayes boys have timed their Stradbroke run perfectly with War Machine, who cemented his position via a dominant BRC Sprint win a fortnight ago.

The four-year-old could easily be unbeaten this campaign, with a narrow defeat first-up over 1200m and he quickly atoned second-up at Caulfield.

War Machine has relished fast speed over this distance range via his two outings and that holds him in good stead for a high pressure Stradbroke Handicap.

The query is that he hasn't raced at Eagle Farm, but as the form runner with 3.5kg less from his last assignment, War Machine is a deserving favourite.

2025 Stradbroke Handicap Next Best Bet - Private Eye

With the veteran racing into early December and off a long spring campaign, Private Eye missed the autumn carnivals in both Sydney and Melbourne.

Every run will count from here on with the seven-year-old, who bypassed the Kingsford-Cup, as that event was moved and connections have opted for the Stradbroke Handicap.

The Group 1 winner has topweight of 57kg and he had the same impost when runner-up to Alligator Blood in the 2022 Stradbroke Handicap.

Private Eye is the class runner of the field and while he's giving weight to all of his rivals, he's a proven fresh performer who looks set for a first-up spike.

2025 Stradbroke Handicap Value Bet - Yellow Brick

The forgotten runner of the field could be Yellow Brick, who was plain with a big weight first-up at Doomben, although he did land outside a fast tempo there.

He carries 6.5kg less from that BRC Sprint performance and while many have struggled on this Eagle Farm circuit, he's one who will relish the track switch.

From six starts at Eagle Farm, Yellow Brick has recorded four wins and two seconds, while he was a second-up winner over this track/trip last prep.

There's a lot speed to his outside and while he has early toe, don't be surprised if Andrew Mallyon applies slightly colder tactics this time around.

2025 Stradbroke Handicap - Field & Odds

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
1	Private Eye	Joseph Pride	Nash Rawiller	10	57kg	$17
2	Rothfire	Robert Heathcote	James McDonald	17	55.5kg	$16
3	Desert Lightning (NZ)	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Tommy Berry	1	54.5kg	$23
4	Kimochi	Gary Portelli	Craig Williams	14	54kg	$15
5	Yellow Brick	Tony & Maddysen Sears	Andrew Mallyon	8	53.5kg	$41
6	Golden Mile	James Cummings	Jason Collett	2	53.5kg	$9
7	War Machine (NZ)	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Tim Clark	13	53kg	$3.20
8	Payline	Chris & Corey Munce	Kyle Wilson-Taylor	7	53kg	$41
9	Punch Lane	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Rachel King	21	53kg	$41
10	Front Page	Matthew Dale	Damien Thornton	20	52.5kg	$19
11	Robusto	Bjorn Baker	Kerrin McEvoy	19	52.5kg	$31
12	Far Too Easy	David McColm	Regan Bayliss	9	52.5kg	$26
13	Rise At Dawn (NZ)	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Declan Bates	3	52.5kg	$11
14	The Instructor	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Jett Stanley	12	52kg	$15
15	Bosustow	Annabel & Rob Archibald	Zac Lloyd	11	51.5kg	$19
16	The Inflictor	Craig Cousins	Cejay Graham	6	51kg	$16
17	Firestorm (NZ)	Chris Waller	Ron Stewart	16	51kg	$21
18	Spicy Martini	Toby Edmonds & Stephen McLean	Angela Jones	4	49.5kg	$34
19e	Coleman	Chris Waller	Reece Jones	23	50kg	$51
20e	Transatlantic	Tony Gollan	Angela Jones	22	51kg	$17
21e	Waterford (IRE)	Chris Waller	Alysha Collett	18	51kg	$51
22e	Pier (NZ)	Darryn & Briar Weatherley	Mark Du Plessis	15	51kg	$51
23e	Warnie (IRE)	Ciaron Maher		5	51kg	$21

Odds courtesy of BetRight & correct on 11/06/2025.

Verdict

Stradbroke Handicap

Our tips for the 2025 Stradbroke Handicap are:

War Machine

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$3.20 - 5 Units

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Private Eye

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$17.00 - 4 Units

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Yellow Brick

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$41.00 - 1 Unit

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