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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 Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Day, this 1600m middle distance event is one of four elite Group 1 races held at Caulfield at the meeting along with the Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas (1600m), Thousand Guineas (1600m) and Ladbrokes Caulfield Stakes (2000m).

Worth $500,000 in total prize money 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.

The Toorak Handicap 2019 ran on Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Day – Saturday October 12, 2019 – and was won in an upset by the well-bred Fierce Impact. 

Toorak Handicap 2019
Date:	Saturday October 12, 2019
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Conditions:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prizemoney:	$500,000
Inaugurated:	1881

2019 Toorak Handicap Results

• 1st: #12 Fierce Impact
• 2nd: #5 Night’s Watch
• 3rd: #11 Age Of Chivalry

A nicely-bred son of boom sire Deep Impact, the Matthew Smith-trained Fierce Impact dramatically increased his future value at stud with a dominant 1.75 length win in the Toorak Handicap 2019 results. He defeated the Chris Waller-trained equal favourite Night’s Watch ($9), while the in-form four-year-old Age Of Chivalry ($9) ran another nice race in third.

Read more on the 2019 Toorak Handicap win by Fierce Impact.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	12	FIERCE IMPACT (JPN)	Matthew Smith	Craig Williams	–	15	54.5kg	$18
2	5	NIGHT’S WATCH (NZ)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	1.75L	9	56kg	$7EF
3	11	AGE OF CHIVALRY (NZ)	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Kerrin McEvoy	2.5L	10	54.5kg	$9
4	6	SIKANDARABAD (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Mark Zahra	2.6L	5	56kg	$13
5	20e	WAGING WAR	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Raquel Clark	3.6L	4	52kg	$7EF
6	3	CLIFF’S EDGE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	4L	6	57.5kg	$26
7	1	MADISON COUNTY (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Damian Lane	4.1L	17	58kg	$16
8	18	MISS SISKA	Grahame Begg	Dean Yendall	4.2L	11	52kg	$26
9	4	WIDGEE TURF	Patrick Payne	Billy Egan	4.4L	8	57.5kg	$12
10	13	MAHAMEDEIS	Nick Ryan	Ben Melham	4.6L	1	54.5kg	$15
11	7	STREETS OF AVALON	Shane Nichols	Zac Spain	4.7L	14	56kg	$51
12	14	PRINCESS JENNI (NZ)	David Brideoake	Damien Oliver	4.8L	13	54.5kg	$7.50
13	19e	CHIEF IRONSIDE (GB)	David Menuisier	Anthony Darmanin	5.55L	2	52kg	$26
14	2	SO SI BON	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	6.3L	18	58kg	$21
15	10	AMPHITRITE	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jamie Kah	6.5L	3	55kg	$17
16	15	ORDER AGAIN (NZ)	Brian Smith	Larry Cassidy	10.25L	12	54kg	$101
17	8	WYNDSPELLE (NZ)	Johno Benner	Michael Dee	10.65L	7	56kg	$61
18	17	DYSLEXIC	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Damien Thornton	10.85L	16	52kg	$31
–	21e	TWILIGHT RUN	Kevin Corstens	–	–	0	–	–
–	9	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	–	0	–	–
–	16	ICONOCLASM	Danny O’Brien	Stephen Baster	–	0	–	–

2019 Toorak Handicap Betting Odds

The latest Toorak Handicap 2019 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.

2019 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 at the track a fortnight earlier or Sydney’s Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m).

The official Toorak Handicap 2019 Final Field & Barriers will be announced by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday of race week and listed in full below.

The 2019 Toorak Handicap Field attracted a capacity 18 starters plus three emergencies.

• Jockey Damian Lane chases his third straight Toorak Handicap win this year aboard Madison County drawn wide (19).
• Stocks Stakes winner Princess Jenni is out to be the first mare to win since More Joyous (2010).
• Age Of Chivalry (2nd) and Widgee Turf (3rd) are the best out of the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, which has produced six of the past seven Toorak winners.

Update: #16 Iconoclasm (21) has been scratched from the field after drawing the far outside barrier. First emergency, UK raider Chief Ironside (2), now gets into the field with just 52kg. Waging War also gets into the Toorak Handicap field carrying just 52kg from barrier four after the scratching of the Chris Waller-trained Tom Melbourne (18) who drew wide. Third emergency Twilight Run (5) failed to gain a start and came out of the line-up on race day morning.

Read more on the updated 2019 Toorak Handicap Field & Odds.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	31x13422x9	MADISON COUNTY (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Damian Lane	19	58kg	107
2	292450×125	SO SI BON	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	20	58kg	107
3	71516×3206	CLIFF’S EDGE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	7	57.5kg	106
4	x321017x53	WIDGEE TURF	Patrick Payne	Billy Egan	9	57.5kg	106
5	0x34000x59	NIGHT’S WATCH (NZ)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	10	56kg	103
6	x42170x463	SIKANDARABAD (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Mark Zahra	6	56kg	103
7	231510×504	STREETS OF AVALON	Shane Nichols	Zac Spain	15	56kg	103
8	0142282×24	WYNDSPELLE (NZ)	Johno Benner	Michael Dee	8	56kg	103
9	6932225×83	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	18	55.5kg	102
10	00x1360x60	AMPHITRITE	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jamie Kah	3	55kg	105
11	x1122x5112	AGE OF CHIVALRY (NZ)	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Kerrin McEvoy	11	54.5kg	100
12	321x6720x2	FIERCE IMPACT (JPN)	Matthew Smith	Craig Williams	16	54.5kg	100
13	041650×624	MAHAMEDEIS	Nick Ryan	Ben Melham	1	54.5kg	100
14	1x71116x71	PRINCESS JENNI (NZ)	David Brideoake	Damien Oliver	14	54.5kg	104
15	x414513x50	ORDER AGAIN (NZ)	Brian Smith	Larry Cassidy	13	54kg	99
16	80x105x030	ICONOCLASM	Danny O’Brien	Stephen Baster	21	53.5kg	98
17	2x4350x443	DYSLEXIC	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Damien Thornton	17	52kg	99
18	532x147x27	MISS SISKA	Grahame Begg	Dean Yendall	12	52kg	96
19e	5337x6306x	CHIEF IRONSIDE (GB)	David Menuisier	Anthony Darmanin	2	52kg	95
20e	6521273323	WAGING WAR	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Raquel Clark	4	52kg	95
21e	313×216975	TWILIGHT RUN	Kevin Corstens	TBA	5	52kg	73

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 placegetters since 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
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