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The ATC Chairman’s Handicap is a 2600m staying event held at Sydney’s Randwick Racecourse on the first Saturday in April as part of the opening day of ‘The Championships’.

Doncaster Mile Day features four Group 1 status races led by the Group 1 $3 million Doncaster Mile (1600m) as well as a number of Group 2 and 3 status races including the Chairman’s Handicap, also known as the Chairman’s Quality.

Worth $300,000 in prize money, the Group 2 quality handicap has a minimum weight of 52kg and a high weight of 61kg. It is a lead-up race to the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) and the winner of the Chairmans Handicap is exempt from ballot and penalty for the Sydney Cup.

The Sydney Cup is run one week later at the same Royal Randwick track and The Offer (2014) was the latest horse to complete the Chairman’s Handicap – Sydney Cup double. In 2016 the Chairman’s Handicap winner Libran went on to run second next-up in the Sydney Cup, while in 2017 Big Duke won the Chairman’s before a third in the Sydney Cup.

The Chairman’s Handicap 2018 ran on Saturday April 7, 2018 and was won by the Kiwi raider Sir Charles Road on debut down under.

2018 ATC Chairman’s Handicap
Date:	Saturday April 7, 2018
Track:	Randwick Racecourse, Sydney
Distance:	2600m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 2
Prizemoney:	$300,000

2018 ATC Chairman’s Quality Results

• 1st: #6 Sir Charles Road
• 2nd: #1 Ventura Storm
• 3rd: #11 Peribsen

Check out the official ATC Chairman’s Quality Handicap 2018 Results & Finishing Order below, following the link to read more on the win by the Kiwi stayer Sir Charles Road who is onto the Sydney Cup after saluting in his first run down under. Sir Charles Road was given a gun ride by jockey Blake Shinn and the horse dug deep late to hold off the brave top weight Ventura Storm by a neck.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	6	SIR CHARLES ROAD	Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott	Blake Shinn	–	10	56kg	$7
2	1	VENTURA STORM (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Mark Zahra	0.2L	2	59kg	$11
3	11	PERIBSEN (IRE)	John O’Shea	Sam Clipperton	3.5L	8	53kg	$11
4	13	ORMITO (GER)	Darren Weir	Craig Williams	4.5L	5	53kg	$10
5	15	DOUKHAN (IRE)	Kris Lees	Craig Newitt	4.7L	4	53kg	$91
6	8	ALWARD (IRE)	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	5.2L	11	55kg	$4.80F
7	10	ADMIRAL JELLO	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	5.4L	15	53kg	$16
8	7	CISMONTANE (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Stephen Baster	6.2L	3	55.5kg	$5.50
9	2	MASTER OF ARTS (NZ)	Darren Weir	Damian Lane	6.3L	6	57.5kg	$12
10	4	ZACADA (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Michael Dee	7.5L	14	56.5kg	$41
11	17	DOMED	John P Thompson	Ms Rachel King (a)	9.6L	7	53kg	$11
12	12	IMPERIAL AVIATOR (GB)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	10.6L	9	53kg	$41
13	14	WHEAL LEISURE	Archie Alexander	Ms Kathy O’Hara	13.6L	12	53kg	$21
14	9	DOUBLE BLUFF (IRE)	Robbie Laing	Damien Oliver	15.1L	13	54.5kg	$41
15	16	UP CUPS	Rhonda Mangan	Anthony Darmanin	18.8L	1	53kg	$91
–	5	FANATIC (NZ)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Michael Walker	–	0	–	–
–	3	TALLY	James Cummings	Tye Angland	–	0	–	–

2018 ATC Chairman’s Handicap Odds

The season’s latest ATC Chairman’s Handicap 2018 betting odds online provided by Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below for Races.com.au readers complete with market links.

2018 ATC Chairman’s Handicap Field

The Chairman’s Handicap field attracts a smart line-up of Sydney Cup-bound stayers and many horses come via an earlier Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival run in a traditional lead-up race like Rosehill’s Group 3 NE Manion Cup (2400m) held a fortnight before.

The official 2018 Chairman’s Quality Field is set for release on Wednesday April 4, 2018 and will be published in full below.

The ATC Chairman’s Quality Handicap 2018 Final Field is now out featuring a bumper 17 stayers that could back-up in Saturday week’s Sydney Cup including the Chris Waller-trained favourite Alward and Darren Weir’s last start NE Manion Cup winner Master Of Arts.

Read more on the 2018 Chairman’s Quality Field featuring a host of Sydney Cup hopefuls.

Update: Adelaide Cup winning mare Fanatic (13) has been scratched from the Chairman’s Handicap field as has the James Cummings-trained Tally (17) who was drawn out wide.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	76200×4378	VENTURA STORM (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Mark Zahra	2	59kg	105
2	813×566721	MASTER OF ARTS (NZ)	Darren Weir	Damian Lane	6	57.5kg	102
3	x24760x055	TALLY	James Cummings	Tye Angland	17	57.5kg	102
4	x823251585	ZACADA (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Michael Dee	15	56.5kg	100
5	46811×7521	FANATIC (NZ)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Michael Walker	13	56kg	103
6	x580133146	SIR CHARLES ROAD	Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott	Blake Shinn	10	56kg	99
7	2103310×55	CISMONTANE (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Stephen Baster	3	55.5kg	98
8	141124×322	ALWARD (IRE)	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	11	55kg	97
9	23×0991154	DOUBLE BLUFF (IRE)	Robbie Laing	Damien Oliver	14	54.5kg	96
10	33323×6729	ADMIRAL JELLO	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	16	53kg	92
11	x746x01513	PERIBSEN (IRE)	John O’Shea	Sam Clipperton	8	53kg	89
12	9×21805806	IMPERIAL AVIATOR (GB)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	9	53kg	86
13	0545723332	ORMITO (GER)	Darren Weir	Craig Williams	5	53kg	86
14	9x1153x683	WHEAL LEISURE	Archie Alexander	Ms Kathy O’Hara	12	53kg	86
15	x4658115x5	DOUKHAN (IRE)	Kris Lees	Craig Newitt	4	53kg	83
16	7700843492	UP CUPS	Rhonda Mangan	Anthony Darmanin	1	53kg	83
17	2115×33212	DOMED	John P Thompson	Ms Rachel King (a)	7	53kg	81

2018 ATC Chairman’s Handicap Nominations

The ATC Chairman’s Handicap nominations 2018 will be published below as soon as released by Racing NSW on Monday April 2, 2018.

The official ATC Chairman’s Quality 2018 Nominations attracted a bumper 27 stayers chasing a ballot exemption into Saturday week’s Sydney Cup field including six for Lloyd Williams’ head trainer Liam Howley led by Roy Higgins Quality winner Aloft.

ATC Chairman’s Handicap History

The Chairman’s Handicap first recorded win was in 1979 by Lady Dignitas. Since then, No Wine No Song has been the only horse to win the event in two consecutive years in 2007 and 2008. Steel Phoenix has also won the event twice in 1999 and 2001, as did Tremec (2013 & 2015).

The race started in 1979 as a Group 3 race and reached its current Group 2 status for the first time in 2002 when Henderson Bay won. It was run over 2600m from 1979 – 1999, but from 2000 – 2003 ran over a shorter distance of 2400m. It has been back up to 2600m since 2004.

See below for the full list of ATC / AJC Chairman’s Handicap results going back to 2000.

Past Chairman’s Handicap Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Chairmans Handicap	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2018 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Sir Charles Road	2 minutes 41.57 seconds
	2nd	Ventura Storm
	3rd	Peribsen
2017 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Big Duke	2 minutes 52.49 seconds
	2nd	Aloft
	3rd	Rock On
2016 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Libran	2 minutes 48.13 seconds
	2nd	Alegria
	3rd	Café Society
2015 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Tremec	2 minutes 49.40 seconds
	2nd	Sir John Hawkwood
	3rd	Grand Marshal
2014 Chairmans Handicap	1st	The Offer	2 minutes 51.63 seconds
	2nd	Tremec
	3rd	Hippopus
2013 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Tremec	2 minutes 44.4 seconds
	2nd	Blood Brotha
	3rd	Aliyana Tilde
2012 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Permit	2 minutes 41.9 seconds
	2nd	Older Than Time
	3rd	Nextanix
2011 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Once Were Wild	2 minutes 43.4 seconds
	2nd	Anudjawun
	3rd	C’est Le Guerre
2010 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Jessicabeel	2 minutes 44.6 seconds
	2nd	No Wine No Song
	3rd	Harris Tweed
2009 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Divine Rebel	2 minutes 45.91 seconds
	2nd	Ice Chariot
	3rd	Common Objective
2008 Chairmans Handicap	1st	No Wine No Song	2 minutes 49.84 seconds
	2nd	Sky Biscuit
	3rd	Resolution
2007 Chairmans Handicap	1st	No Wine No Song	2 minutes 48.19 seconds
	2nd	Prince Arthur
	3rd	Magic Instinct
2006 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Fooram	2 minutes 45.06 seconds
	2nd	Three Chimneys
	3rd	Cross Bar
2005 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Philosophe	2 minutes 51.13 seconds
	2nd	Padfoot Charlie
	3rd	County Tyrone
2004 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Mummify	2 minutes 47.77 seconds
	2nd	County Tyrone
	3rd	Saturday Fever
2003 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Grey Song	2 minutes 32.44 seconds
	2nd	Honor Babe
	3rd	County Tyrone
2002 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Henderson Bay	2 minutes 29.79 seconds
	2nd	Homewrecker
	3rd	Asia
2001 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Steel Phoenix	2 minutes 32.06 seconds
	2nd	Giovana
	3rd	Wellington
2000 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Pravda	2 minutes 31.25 seconds
	2nd	Consolidator
	3rd	Regal Touch