"[2] Owners then paid a $23,000 late entry fee to make Srikandi eligible for the Stradbroke Handicap, entering the race as the $4.50 favourite.

She won her first race, the Group 2 Victory Stakes, besting the two horses that had beaten her in the previous year's Stradbroke.

Trainer Maher said, "After a long break you put a nice foundation on them and hope they're right and she's a lot heavier mare than what she was last year round.

"[4] After two failures in May, including bungling the start of the BTC Cup, Srikandi won her first Group 1, the $2 million Stradbroke Handicap, in May.

With regular jockey Damian Browne unable to make the weight, Srikandi was ridden by Kerrin McEvoy.