Robert Heathcote is willing to tackle a Stradbroke Handicap hoodoo that spans 32 years to ensure brilliant sprinter Woorim earns a start in the Group One feature on June 11.Woorim burst into Stradbroke contention with a convincing win in the Group Three BRC Sprint (1350m) at Doomben on Saturday but the horse's chances of gaining a start in Queensland's premier sprint rest largely with the handicapper.The gelding was 57th in the Stradbroke order of entry with 51kg before his BRC Sprint win and he

Robert Heathcote is willing to tackle a Stradbroke Handicap hoodoo that spans 32 years to ensure brilliant sprinter Woorim earns a start in the Group One feature on June 11.

Woorim burst into Stradbroke contention with a convincing win in the Group Three BRC Sprint (1350m) at Doomben on Saturday but the horse's chances of gaining a start in Queensland's premier sprint rest largely with the handicapper.

The gelding was 57th in the Stradbroke order of entry with 51kg before his BRC Sprint win and he will need at least a one kilo penalty to guarantee him a start in the 1400m feature on June 11.

His trainer is unfazed by the situation and says he will have no hesitation starting Woorim in the QTC Cup - a race which has yet to produce a Stradbroke winner in its 32-year history - to qualify the five-year-old.

"I'm hoping they give him enough of a penalty to go straight into the Straddie - otherwise I've got to go to the QTC Cup," Heathcote said.

"But the beauty of it is he won the Glasshouse Handicap last year on a seven day back-up and he nearly won the Rupert Clarke in the spring on a back up."

Ridden by the ice-cool Damian Browne, Woorim ($7) produced some sizzling sectionals to reel in pacemaker Listen Son ($4.40 fav) to score a three-quarter length win.

Sydney galloper Thankgodyou'rehere ($6.50) looked the winner when he loomed halfway up the straight but his run peaked. He held his ground to finish a short-half head third.

Listen Son's trainer Tony Gollan was left to lament another minor placing in a big race but said he was confident Listen Son will return to the winner's list once he returns to Eagle Farm.

"He's never won at Doomben but the winner was too good today," Gollan said.

"He did all the work up front again but he did get some nice sectionals mid-race and he raced well."

Heathcote has flown the flag for local trainers during the carnival thus far with four Group winners but he would love nothing more than to break his Group One maiden in the $1 million Stradbroke.

"I've already got Buffering in the race and to have this horse make the field would be a dream come true."