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Some all-time great sprinters form the Race History of the Doomben 10,000 run at Doomben on Saturday.
One to note is Bel Esprit as we know who he'd go on to sire in the future. Will it be new blood in the 2021 Doomben 10,000 (1200m) at Doomben on Saturday?
2021 Doomben 10,000: Nominations
2021 DOOMBEN 10,000 - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
The Doomben 10,000 is a Group 1 race for open class sprinters conducted by the Brisbane Racing Club at Doomben.
The Doomben 10,000 was first run in 1933 and was won by Wallun.
The Doomben 10,000 is now run over 1200m under Weight For Age conditions. The race was reduced from its traditional 1350m with a revamp of the carnival becoming the first of the Brisbane Winter Carnival sprints in 2017.
In 1997 it became a WFA race. Barriers have been a big factor over the years, especially in big field sizes.
Flitter won for the girls in 1994 and a female didn't win again until Hot Danish in 2010. Then Beaded, Sea Siren and English have followed up.
Last Queenslander to win was Falvelon in 2002 before Spirit Of Boom in 2014 won again for the locals.
Sea Siren was the first 3yo winner since Bel Esprit in 2003 and then Epaulette did it too.
1997 winner Accomplice was by Canny Lad out of With Me. Those horses quinellad the 1990 Golden Slipper.
Redzel would back up his 10,000 win by taking the first ever running of The Everest later in 2017. A year on he'd be fourth in the 10,000 and then win the Everest again.
For the first time, the Doomben 10,000 was to be worth $1,000,000 in 2020 but had to be abandoned due to coronavirus.
It will be run for that prizemoney for the first time in 2021.
Notable winners of the Doomben 10,000 include Bernborough (1946), Aquanita (1961), Winfreux (1965), Black Onyx (1969/70), Baguette (1971), Maybe Mahal (1977), Manikato (1979), Campaign King (1988), Prince Trialia (1990/91), Chief De Beers (1995/98), Falvelon (2001/02), Bel Esprit (2003), Takeover Target (2007), Apache Cat (2008/09), Hot Danish (2010), Boban (2015), Redzel (2017) and English (2018).
The 2019 Doomben 10,000 was won by The Bostonian from Osborne Bulls and Dollar For Dollar.
