Toorak Handicap

The $1 million Toorak Handicap is a Group 1 mile event held on Caulfield Guineas Day in mid-October during the spring.

2023 Toorak Handicap Results

  • 1st: #7 Attrition
  • 2nd: #6 Antino
  • 3rd: #8 Bankers Choice



The Toorak Handicap is held midway through the premier racing carnival in Australia, the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. Taking place on a Saturday in early – mid October each year on Caulfield Guineas Day this 1600m middle distance event is one of three elite Group 1 races held at Caulfield at the meeting along with the Caulfield Guineas (1600m) and Caulfield Stakes (2000m) with the latter currently run as the Might And Power Stakes.

Worth $1,000,000 in total prize money as of 2021 and run under open handicap conditions it is a fantastic lead up to some of the other middle distanced carnival races like the Group 2 Crystal Mile (1600m) on Cox Plate Day or the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Victoria Derby Day for fillies and mares.

There are a number of excellent races runners can compete in prior to the Toorak Handicap that will give punters a good guide for the race. Entries may come via earlier handicap events like the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) a fortnight before.

The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes produced all four Toorak Handicap six of the seven winners from 2012-18 including Trust In A Gust (2014) who was the last to do the double. It is a race that attracts the best in form sprinters and is considered one of the leading mile races in the Spring Carnival.

In 2021 I’m Thunderstruck atoned for a luckless third in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes to salute for the punters in the Toorak Handicap.

The next year in 2022 Tuvalu also improved on a lead-up Sir Rupert Clarke third to win the Toorak.

I’m Thunderstruck went on to frank the Toorak Handicap form winning Sydney’s lucrative The Golden Eagle race for four-year-olds next start. He also returned the following autumn to run second in both the $5 million The All-Star Mile in Melbourne and Sydney’s Doncaster Mile.

In 2022 the Toorak Handicap form was franked with the winner Tuvalu running second next-up in the Champions Mile during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. The Toorak runner-up Laws Of Indices meanwhile continued on to finish third in that year’s Five Diamonds in Sydney and Hong Kong Mile when sent overseas in December.

The Toorak Handicap 2023 ran on Caulfield Guineas Day, Saturday October 14, 2023, and was won in a photo-finish thriller by the deserving Mitchell Freedman-trained Attrition ($26) in a narrow upset. 

Toorak Handicap 2023
Date: Saturday October 14, 2023
Track: Caulfield Racecourse
Distance: 1600m
Conditions: Open Handicap
Status: Group 1
Prizemoney: $1,000,000
Inaugurated: 1881

2023 Toorak Handicap Results

  • 1st: #7 Attrition ($26)
  • 2nd: #6 Antino
  • 3rd: #8 Bankers Choice

After a number of earlier, frustrating close calls at Group 1 level Churchill four-year-old Attrition ($26) showed true grit to extend his neck right on the line and hold out the better-fancied Queenslander Antino in a thrilling photo-finish Toorak Handicap 2023 result on Caulfield Guineas Day.

Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Penalty Starting Price
1 7 ATTRITION Mitchell Freedman Beau Mertens 10 54kg $26
2 6 ANTINO (NZ) Tony Gollan Blake Shinn 0.1L 16 54.5kg $5
3 8 BANKERS CHOICE (NZ) Michael Moroney Patrick Moloney 1.1L 15 53.5kg $201
4 15 AMENABLE Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Wiremu Pinn (a) 1.2L 6 52kg $18
5 4 PINSTRIPED Enver Jusufovic Ben Allen 2.95L 11 56kg $15
6 10 PRIDE OF JENNI Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Declan Bates 3.35L 5 52kg $14
7 2 THE INEVITABLE John Keys David Pires 4.35L 8 56.5kg $12
8 5 POUNDING Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman Billy Egan 5.35L 9 55kg $26
9 3 AMELIA’S JEWEL Simon A Miller Damian Lane 5.45L 12 56kg $2.40F
10 13 SEE YOU IN HEAVEN Richard & Chantelle Jolly Michael Dee 5.75L 13 52kg $31
11 9 CORNER POCKET Lindsey Smith Craig Newitt 5.95L 4 53.5kg $61
12 17 BELTORO Robert Hickmott Teo Nugent 7.7L 7 52kg $201
13 14 HERE TO SHOCK (NZ) Ben, Will & JD Hayes Dean Yendall 9.45L 3 52kg $11
14 12 SAVANNAH CLOUD (NZ) Phillip Stokes Daniel Moor 12.45L 14 52kg $81
15 16 CHARTERHOUSE (GB) Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Jye McNeil 14.2L 2 52kg $26
16 11 IRONCLAD (GB) Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea Ms Linda Meech 26.2L 1 52kg $81
1 MY OBERON (IRE) Annabel Neasham Mark Zahra 0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Toorak Handicap Betting Odds

The latest Toorak Handicap 2023 odds and betting markets complete with links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below for you to back your Toorak Handicap tips at the right price this spring.

I’m Thunderstruck ($3.20 in 2021) was the last favourite in Toorak Handicap betting to salute for the punters.

There was a notable upset in 2023 with Attrition winning at Toorak Handicap odds of $26.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 TOORAK HANDICAP ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Toorak Handicap Form

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2023 Toorak Handicap Tips

Stay tuned for our exclusive Toorak Handicap 2023 Tips on the spring milers to back and sack this Caulfield Guineas Day.

  • To Win: #3 Amelia’s Jewel ($2.20 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Can Simon Miller’s star mare from WA keep the wins coming down south? She continues to thrive in Melbourne and is now two-from-two this prep having won the Group 2 Let’s Elope fresh and Group 2 Stocks Stakes over the mile at The Valley last time out. She faces tougher company here, but she has Group 1 winning form back in Perth up to 1800m and presents rock hard fit third-up. She is undefeated at the Toorak distance and this in-form four-year-old has options from barrier 12 with Damian Lane continuing associations. He knows her well now, she gets in okay weight-wise with 56kg and is going too good to bet against.

2023 Toorak Handicap Field

The Toorak Handicap field features a host of smart spring milers, some looking to step-up in distance next race in the Group 1 Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m). Runners in the Toorak Handicap field come via lead-up races including the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes or Sydney’s Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m).

The official Toorak Handicap 2023 Final Field & Barriers will be announced by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday of race week and listed in full below.

The 2023 Toorak Handicap final field features a class field of middle distance gallopers including last start Stocks Stakes winning mare Amelia’s Jewel, the widely-drawn Tony Gollan-trained Queenslander Antino with support from the punters, and Pinstriped representing value off his good win in the Group 2 Feehan Stakes at Moonee Valley. 

Click here to read more on the key runners in the Toorak Handicap 2023 field and betting markets.

Toorak Update: Original top-weight #1 My Oberon (15) has been withdrawn in favour of a Sydney run in the Group 1 $5 million King Charles III Stakes (1600m) at Royal Randwick.

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Probable Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 6x6026x647 MY OBERON (IRE) Annabel Neasham Mark Zahra 15 57kg 109
2 1111113×28 THE INEVITABLE John Keys David Pires 8 56.5kg 108
3 1211x12x11 AMELIA’S JEWEL Simon A Miller Damian Lane 12 56kg 111
4 x534113x21 PINSTRIPED Enver Jusufovic Ben Allen 11 56kg 107
5 111263×640 POUNDING Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman Billy Egan 9 55kg 105
6 31x1111x41 ANTINO (NZ) Tony Gollan Blake Shinn 17 54.5kg 104
7 3x1152x520 ATTRITION Mitchell Freedman Beau Mertens 10 54kg 103
8 x6362598x7 BANKERS CHOICE (NZ) Michael Moroney Patrick Moloney 16 53.5kg 102
9 3x24120x33 CORNER POCKET Lindsey Smith Craig Newitt 4 53.5kg 102
10 37x4298x62 PRIDE OF JENNI Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Declan Bates 5 52kg 101
11 402369×901 IRONCLAD (GB) Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea Ms Linda Meech 1 52kg 99
12 111432×142 SAVANNAH CLOUD (NZ) Phillip Stokes Daniel Moor 14 52kg 99
13 731x22x124 SEE YOU IN HEAVEN Richard & Chantelle Jolly Michael Dee 13 52kg 99
14 x26111x822 HERE TO SHOCK (NZ) Ben, Will & JD Hayes Dean Yendall 3 52kg 98
15 36x254x156 AMENABLE Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Wiremu Pinn (a) 6 52kg 97
16 91316x32x6 CHARTERHOUSE (GB) Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Jye McNeil 2 52kg 97
17 3126114×04 BELTORO Robert Hickmott Teo Nugent 7 52kg 96

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Toorak Handicap Nominations

Nominations for the Toorak Handicap in 2023 close the Monday leading-up to the race and will be listed for punters below.

The 2023 Toorak Handicap nominations attracted a star-studded line-up of potential Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup hopefuls led in all-in betting by star WA-trained mare Amelia’s Jewel chasing her third win from as many starts in Melbourne this prep.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Ballot Weight True Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 1211x12x11 AMELIA’S JEWEL M 4 Simon A Miller 1 56kg 56kg 111
2 8x0653216x HUETOR (FR) G 7 Peter & Paul Snowden 2 58kg 58kg 111
3 x2400x9013 GOLDEN MILE H 4 James Cummings 3 57kg 57kg 109
4 6x6026x647 MY OBERON (IRE) G 7 Annabel Neasham 4 57kg 57kg 109
5 1111113×28 THE INEVITABLE G 8 John Keys 5 56.5kg 56.5kg 108
6 x534113x21 PINSTRIPED G 5 Enver Jusufovic 6 56kg 56kg 107
7 x51210x048 LINDERMANN H 4 Chris Waller 7 55kg 55kg 105
8 111263×640 POUNDING G 5 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 8 55kg 55kg 105
9 31x1111x41 ANTINO (NZ) G 5 Tony Gollan 9 54.5kg 54.5kg 104
10 1113553×40 NUGGET (GB) G 7 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 10 54.5kg 54.5kg 104
11 3x1152x520 ATTRITION H 4 Mitchell Freedman 11 54kg 54kg 103
12 x6362598x7 BANKERS CHOICE (NZ) G 6 Michael Moroney 12 53.5kg 53.5kg 102
13 3x24120x33 CORNER POCKET G 7 Lindsey Smith 13 53.5kg 53.5kg 102
14 37x4298x62 PRIDE OF JENNI M 6 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 14 52kg 52kg 101
15 x310234174 BARBIE’S FOX M 7 Ben, Will & JD Hayes 15 52kg 52kg 101
16 731x22x124 SEE YOU IN HEAVEN M 4 Richard & Chantelle Jolly 16 52kg 52kg 99
17 111432×142 SAVANNAH CLOUD (NZ) G 6 Phillip Stokes 17 52kg 52kg 99
18 402369×901 IRONCLAD (GB) G 8 Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea 18 52kg 52kg 99
19 x26111x822 HERE TO SHOCK (NZ) G 6 Ben, Will & JD Hayes 19 52kg 52kg 98
20 36x254x156 AMENABLE H 4 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) 20 52kg 52kg 97
21 91316x32x6 CHARTERHOUSE (GB) G 6 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 21 52kg 52kg 97
22 3126114×04 BELTORO G 6 Robert Hickmott 22 52kg 52kg 96
23 6613106×01 ASCENSION (GB) G 7 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 23 52kg 52kg 96
24 745303×429 WILLIAMSBURG H 4 Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou 24 52kg 52kg 94
25 9309×50267 JUNIPAL G 8 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 25 52kg 52kg 92

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Toorak Handicap History

First run in 1881, Josephine won the first running of the Toorak Handicap. The race has been known as a few different names over the years. From 1981-1984 it was called The IXL, then from 1985-1989 the name was changed to The Elders Mile. From 1990 onwards the event has been registered under its current title, the Toorak Handicap.

The race started as a Principal event run over eight furlongs until 1890. In 1891 the race distance was increased to nine furlongs for one year and then in 1892 it reverted back to the original eight furlongs. When the metric system came to Australia the length was converted to 1600m in 1972. The Toorak reached Group 1 status not long after in 1979.

Toorak Handicap Results

The Group 1 Toorak Handicap winners and place-getters since 2000.

Year

Place

Horse

Time

2023
Toorak Handicap
1st Attrition 1 minute 36.47 seconds
2nd Antino
3rd Bankers Choice
2022
Toorak Handicap
1st Tuvalu 1 minute 36.55 seconds
2nd Laws Of Indices
3rd Military Expert
2021
Toorak Handicap
1st I’m Thunderstruck 1 minute 34.87 seconds
2nd Tofane
3rd Superstorm
2020
Toorak Handicap
1st Mr Quickie 1 minute 35.81 seconds
2nd Buffalo River
3rd Superstorm
2019
Toorak Handicap
1st Fierce Impact 1 minute 35.19 seconds
2nd Night’s Watch
3rd Age Of Chivalry
2018
Toorak Handicap
1st Land of Plenty 1 minute 34.5 seconds
2nd Hartnell
3rd Siege of Quebec
2017
Toorak Handicap
1st Tosen Stardom 1 minute 35.86 seconds
2nd Sovereign Nation
3rd Petrology
2016
Toorak Handicap
1st He’s Our Rokkii 1 minute 36.1 seconds
2nd Great Esteem
3rd Tivaci
2015
Toorak Handicap
1st Lucky Hussler 1 minute 34.5 seconds
2nd Disposition
3rd Stratum Star
2014
Toorak Handicap
1st Trust In A Gust 1 minute 35.2 seconds
2nd Speediness
3rd Desert Jeuney
2013
Toorak Handicap
1st Solzhenitsyn 1 minute 36.4 seconds
2nd Trevieres
3rd Blackie
2012
Toorak Handicap
1st Solzhenitsyn 1 minute 35.25 seconds
2nd Spirit Song
3rd Yosei
2011
Toorak Handicap
1st King Mufhasa 1 minute 36.29 seconds
2nd King’s Rose
3rd Luen Yat Forever
2010
Toorak Handicap
1st More Joyous 1 minute 36.4 seconds
2nd We’re Gonna Rock
3rd Proud Judge
2009
Toorak Handicap
1st Allez Wonder 1 minute 35 seconds
2nd Gold Salute
3rd Rock Kingdom
2008
Toorak Handicap
1st Alamosa 1 minute 36.9 seconds
2nd Rockwood
3rd Pillar Of Hercules
2007
Toorak Handicap
1st Divine Madonna 1 minute 37.3 seconds
2nd Niconero
3rd Wonderful World
2006
Toorak Handicap
1st Red Dazzler 1 minute 37.5 seconds
2nd Rewaaya
3rd Niconero
2005
Toorak Handicap
1st Barely A Moment 1 minute 37.9 seconds
2nd Super Kid
3rd Calveen
2004
Toorak Handicap
1st Regal Roller 1 minute 37.4 seconds
2nd Oscar Warrior
3rd Infinite Grace
2003
Toorak Handicap
1st Roman Arch 1 minute 36 seconds
2nd Fields Of Omagh
3rd Umrum
2002
Toorak Handicap
1st Shot Of Thunder 1 minute 36.1 seconds
2nd Umrum
3rd Pernod
2001
Toorak Handicap
1st Show A Heart 1 minute 35.8 seconds
2nd La Zagaletta
3rd Shot Of Thunder
2000
Toorak Handicap
1st Umrum 1 minute 36.4 seconds
2nd Go Flash Go
3rd Crawl

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