The Epsom Handicap is the biggest horse race of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival and is part of Epsom Handicap Day, also known as Epsom Super Saturday, at Randwick Racecourse. The 2011 Epsom Handicap will run on Saturday October 1, 2011.
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The Group 1 Epsom Handicap is the premier handicap event of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival held in October. The race is offered to horses aged three years and over at the breathtaking Randwick Racecourse. As a 1600m Handicap race, the Epsom Handicap is one of the two biggest mile races at Randwick. The other major mile race is the Doncaster Handicap held in April. Held on the same day as the 2400m The Metropolitan, the Epsom Handicap offers $500,000 in prize money.
| Epsom Handicap 2011 | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday October 1st, 2011 |
| Track: | Randwick Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1600m |
| Race Type: | 3YO+ Handicap |
| Status: | Group 1 |
| Prizemoney: | $350,000 |
The Epsom Handicap was first won by Dundee in 1863 and has quite a few dual winners including Toi Port in 1963-64, Super Impose in 1990-91 and Desert War in 2004-05. Due to the Equine Flu, the race was not held in 2007.
The slowest winning time was recorded in 1952 by High Law with 1 minute 43 seconds and the fastest time was recorded in 2001 by Final Fantasy with 1 minute 22.45 seconds.
Winners from the past 10 years of the Epsom Handicap.
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Epsom Handicap |
1st | Captain Sonador | 1 minute 34.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Trusting | ||
| 3rd | Sacred Choice | ||
| 2009 Epsom Handicap |
1st | Rock Kingdom | 1 minute 38.65 seconds |
| 2nd | Rangirangdoo | ||
| 3rd | Road To Rock | ||
| 2008 Epsom Handicap |
1st | Theseo | 1 minute 36.28 seconds |
| 2nd | Bank Robber | ||
| 3rd | Gallant Tess | ||
| 2007 Epsom Handicap |
Race Not Held |
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| 2006 Epsom Handicap |
1st | Racing To Win | 1 minute 35.06 seconds |
| 2nd | Desert War | ||
| 3rd | Malcolm | ||
| 2005 Epsom Handicap |
1st | Desert War | 1 minute 34.51 seconds |
| 2nd | Johan’s Toy | ||
| 3rd | Lotteria | ||
| 2004 Epsom Handicap |
1st | Desert War | 1 minute 37.23 seconds |
| 2nd | Our Egyptian Raine | ||
| 3rd | Tsuimai | ||
| 2003 Epsom Handicap |
1st | Clangalang | 1 minute 35.22 seconds |
| 2nd | Grand Armee | ||
| 3rd | Forum Floozie | ||
| 2002 Epsom Handicap |
1st | Excellerator | 1 minute 35.46 seconds |
| 2nd | Kingsgate | ||
| 3rd | Gordo | ||
| 2001 Epsom Handicap |
1st | Final Fantasy | 1 minute 22.45 seconds |
| 2nd | Kingsgate | ||
| 3rd | Crawl | ||
| 2000 Epsom Handicap |
1st | Shogun Lodge | 1 minute 33.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Landsighting | ||
| 3rd | Chinhoyi | ||
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