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The Toorak Handicap is a Group 1 mile event held on Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Day in mid-October during the spring.
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 Myer Classic (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 winners from 2012-2015 including Trust In A Gust (2014) who was the last to do the double, and in 2017 Tosen Stardom improved on a Sir Rupert Clarke sixth for his Toorak Handicap success. 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 2017 ran on Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Day – Saturday October 14, 2017 .
Toorak Handicap 2017 | |
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Date: | Saturday October 14, 2017 |
Track: | Caulfield Racecourse |
Distance: | 1600m |
Conditions: | Open Handicap |
Status: | Group 1 |
Prizemoney: | $500,000 |
Inaugurated: | 1881 |
See below for the full Toorak Handicap 2017 Results & Finishing Order, following the link to read more on the brave win by the Darren Weir-trained top weight Tosen Stardom (57.5kg) who overcame the kilos and wide barrier to defeat the Lindsay Park-trained roughie hopes Sovereign Nation (2nd) and Petrology (3rd), the latter jumping $101 in the markets.
Place | # | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Br. | Weight | SP |
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1 | 1 | TOSEN STARDOM (JPN) | Darren Weir | Damian Lane | – | 16 | 57.5kg | $10 |
2 | 14 | SOVEREIGN NATION | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Beau Mertens (a) | 1L | 17 | 52kg | $21 |
3 | 16 | PETROLOGY | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Chris Parnham | 2L | 13 | 52kg | $101 |
4 | 19e | MASK OF TIME (IRE) | Hugo Palmer | Daniel Moor | 2.2L | 1 | 52kg | $91 |
5 | 3 | SEABURGE | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Mark Zahra | 2.3L | 12 | 55kg | $81 |
6 | 4 | TOM MELBOURNE (IRE) | Chris Waller | Glen Boss | 2.6L | 15 | 55kg | $8.50 |
7 | 9 | EGG TART | Chris Waller | Damien Oliver | 3.1L | 9 | 53.5kg | $5.50F |
8 | 7 | TURNITAROUND | Matthew Williams | Ben Thompson (a) | 3.3L | 2 | 54.5kg | $51 |
9 | 17 | JACQUINOT BAY | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Ben Allen (a) | 3.4L | 11 | 52kg | $41 |
10 | 18 | WYNDSPELLE (NZ) | Michael Kent | Ms Nikita Beriman | 4.4L | 7 | 52kg | $26 |
11 | 11 | OMEI SWORD | Chris Waller | Stephen Baster | 4.5L | 5 | 52kg | $14 |
12 | 10 | MR SNEAKY | Anthony Freedman | Dean Yendall | 4.8L | 8 | 52.5kg | $6 |
13 | 5 | HE OR SHE | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Dwayne Dunn | 5L | 18 | 54.5kg | $101 |
14 | 12 | SNITZSON | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Cory Parish | 5.1L | 10 | 52kg | $31 |
15 | 8 | COMIN’ THROUGH | Chris Waller | Michael Walker | 7.85L | 4 | 53.5kg | $9 |
16 | 2 | KASPERSKY (IRE) | Jane Chapple-Hyam | Luke Nolen | 7.95L | 3 | 56kg | $31 |
17 | 15 | THEANSWERMYFRIEND | Robert Smerdon | Michael Dee | 11.2L | 6 | 52kg | $7 |
18 | 6 | I AM A STAR (NZ) | Shane Nichols | Ben Melham | 12.45L | 14 | 54.5kg | $20 |
– | 13 | SO SI BON | Robbie Laing | Craig Newitt | – | 0 | – | – |
Check out our complete Toorak Handicap 2017 Betting Tips & Odds Update, the team tipping MR SNEAKY to improve on a lead-up second in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes and handle his first mile run. Proven miler THEANSWERMYFRIEND comes off the same traditional lead-up where he was a sitting duck and will improve over the extra distance at the nice weight, while race favourite EGG TART gets her chance in a better paced race than first-up.
The latest Toorak Handicap 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.
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 2017 Final Field & Barriers will be announced by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday of race week and listed in full below.
The 2017 Toorak Handicap Field has drawn a capacity line-up with 18 to take to the track including four Chris Waller-trained chances: Comin’ Through, Egg Tart, Omei Sword and Tom Melbourne.
Read more on the Toorak Handicap 2017 Field now.
# | Form (Last 10) | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Hcp. Rating |
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1 | 9x4x22x536 | TOSEN STARDOM (JPN) | Darren Weir | Damian Lane | 16 | 57.5kg | 109 |
2 | x37x525272 | KASPERSKY (IRE) | Jane Chapple-Hyam | Luke Nolen | 3 | 56kg | 106 |
3 | 282x060x00 | SEABURGE | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Mark Zahra | 12 | 55kg | 104 |
4 | x6905x2222 | TOM MELBOURNE (IRE) | Chris Waller | Glen Boss | 15 | 55kg | 104 |
5 | 590x160x60 | HE OR SHE | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Dwayne Dunn | 18 | 54.5kg | 103 |
6 | 71183×4771 | I AM A STAR (NZ) | Shane Nichols | Ben Melham | 14 | 54.5kg | 107 |
7 | 18x3010x36 | TURNITAROUND | Matthew Williams | Ben Thompson (a) | 2 | 54.5kg | 103 |
8 | 1x5338x116 | COMIN’ THROUGH | Chris Waller | Michael Walker | 4 | 53.5kg | 101 |
9 | 31x11111x2 | EGG TART | Chris Waller | Damien Oliver | 9 | 53.5kg | 105 |
10 | 413311×122 | MR SNEAKY | Anthony Freedman | Dean Yendall | 8 | 52.5kg | 99 |
11 | x12x27x563 | OMEI SWORD | Chris Waller | Stephen Baster | 5 | 52kg | 102 |
12 | 14173×5463 | SNITZSON | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Cory Parish | 10 | 52kg | 98 |
13 | 4030×22833 | SO SI BON | Robbie Laing | Craig Newitt | 19 | 52kg | 97 |
14 | 3276×15314 | SOVEREIGN NATION | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Beau Mertens (a) | 17 | 52kg | 97 |
15 | 41212×2215 | THEANSWERMYFRIEND | Robert Smerdon | Michael Dee | 6 | 52kg | 96 |
16 | x683219838 | PETROLOGY | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Chris Parnham | 13 | 52kg | 93 |
17 | 8940534433 | JACQUINOT BAY | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Ben Allen (a) | 11 | 52kg | 92 |
18 | 53510×6822 | WYNDSPELLE (NZ) | Michael Kent | TBA | 7 | 52kg | 92 |
19e | 4x3131456x | MASK OF TIME (IRE) | Hugo Palmer | TBA | 1 | 52kg | 91 |
The Toorak Handicap nominations feature the season’s top milers and Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes graduates. The Toorak Handicap nominations close on the Monday leading-up to Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Day and will be available for punters below once announced.
The 2017 Toorak Handicap Nominations attracted 29 hopeful gallopers including the defending champion He’s Our Rokkii and a host of Chris Waller-trained runners led by Epsom Handicap runner-up Tom Melbourne.
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.
The Group 1 Toorak Handicap winners and placegetters since 2000.
Year |
Place |
Horse |
Time |
2018 Toorak Handicap |
1st | TBD | TBD |
2nd | TBD | ||
3rd | TBD | ||
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 |