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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 when becoming the eighth 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. More recently, the 2019 Sydney Cup winner Shraaoh improved on a lead-up Chairman’s Quality second before taking out the two mile classic.

The Chairman’s Quality 2020 ran on Saturday April 4, 2020 and was won by Kris Lees’ Sydney Cup-bound import Raheen House. 

2020 ATC Chairman’s Handicap
Date:	Saturday April 4, 2020
Track:	Randwick Racecourse, Sydney
Distance:	2600m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 2
Prizemoney:	$300,000

2020 ATC Chairman’s Quality Results

• 1st: #4 Raheen House
• 2nd: #5 Carif
• 3rd: #1 Mirage Dancer

Jockey Hugh Bowman gave the Kris Lees-trained import Raheen House ($17) a well-timed ride to improve from a midfield position on the straight with a charging late win in the Chairman’s Quality 2020 results. Raheen House broke a 911 day winning drought to salute and earn his spot in Saturday week’s Group 1 Sydney Cup field over the two miles after beaten the Chairman’s favourite Carif ($5) by 1.3 lengths.

Click here to read more on the Chairman’s Quality 2020 win by Raheen House.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	4	RAHEEN HOUSE (IRE)	Kris Lees	Hugh Bowman	–	6	56kg	$17
2	5	CARIF	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tim Clark	1.3L	4	55.5kg	$5F
3	1	MIRAGE DANCER (GB)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Opie Bosson	1.7L	12	59kg	$15
4	3	GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR)	Archie Alexander	Jason Collett	2.4L	1	56.5kg	$9
5	7	ANGEL OF TRUTH	Gwenda Markwell	Glen Boss	3.3L	9	54.5kg	$7
6	6	YOGI (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Nash Rawiller	3.5L	11	55kg (cd 56kg)	$26
7	2	THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	James McDonald	3.7L	3	57kg	$10
8	14	THINK IT OVER	Kerry Parker	Jay Ford	6.5L	5	53kg	$13
9	13	HOUSE OF CARTIER	John Sargent	Ms Rachel King	6.8L	13	53kg	$10
10	11	YOUNGSTAR	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	6.9L	7	53.5kg	$7
11	12	GAYATRI	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	12L	8	53kg	$8
12	8	ALL TOO SOON	David Payne	Glyn Schofield	21.6L	10	54kg	$151
13	10	FAIRLIGHT (IRE)	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	22.4L	2	54kg	$61
–	15	MRS MADRID	Anthony Cummings	Jean Van Overmeire (a)	–	0	–	–
–	9	GREAT GLEN (GB)	Todd Smart	Robbie Dolan (a)	–	0	–	–

2020 ATC Chairman’s Handicap Odds

The season’s latest ATC Chairman’s Handicap 2020 betting odds online provided by Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below for Races.com.au readers complete with market links.

2020 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 2020 Chairman’s Quality Field is set for release on Wednesday April 1, 2020 and will be published in full below.

The Chairman’s Quality Handicap 2020 final field features 15 stayers with Peter & Paul Snowden’s So You Think four-year-old Carif, coming off a fifth in last Saturday’s Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m), leading the markets.

Click here to read more on the wide-open 2020 Chairman’s Quality field and odds.

Update: The 2020 Chairman’s Handicap field is down to 13 starters following the scratching of #9 Great Glen (13) and #15 Mrs Madrid (3)

Full Doncaster Mile Day Scratchings available here.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	22x30x0364	MIRAGE DANCER (GB)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Opie Bosson	14	59kg	107
2	591950×385	THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	James McDonald	4	57kg	103
3	x042874x97	GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR)	Archie Alexander	Jason Collett	1	56.5kg	102
4	4x23960x66	RAHEEN HOUSE (IRE)	Kris Lees	Hugh Bowman	7	56kg	101
5	015222×035	CARIF	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tim Clark	5	55.5kg	100
6	850x23x789	YOGI (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Nash Rawiller	12	55kg (prob. wgt. 56kg)	99
7	65800×8957	ANGEL OF TRUTH	Gwenda Markwell	Glen Boss	10	54.5kg	98
8	0077×45697	ALL TOO SOON	David Payne	Glyn Schofield	11	54kg	77
9	x169412934	GREAT GLEN (GB)	Todd Smart	Robbie Dolan (a)	13	54kg	70
10	437x47Px96	FAIRLIGHT (IRE)	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	2	54kg	69
11	878730×425	YOUNGSTAR	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	8	53.5kg	100
12	9092154×82	GAYATRI	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	9	53kg	91
13	x801033844	HOUSE OF CARTIER	John Sargent	Ms Rachel King	15	53kg	85
14	34x1x24144	THINK IT OVER	Kerry Parker	Jay Ford	6	53kg	84
15	64x8146x09	MRS MADRID	Anthony Cummings	Jean Van Overmeire (a)	3	53kg	71

2020 ATC Chairman’s Handicap Nominations

The ATC Chairman’s Handicap nominations 2020 will be published below as soon as released by Racing NSW on Monday March 30, 2020.

The 2020 Chairman’s Quality nominations attracted 22 potential Sydney Cup gallopers with the Kris Lees-trained Mustajeer (61kg) allocated top weight on the back of his lead-up second in the Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) last Saturday.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	235160×122	MUSTAJEER (GB)	G	7	Kris Lees	1	61kg	61kg	113
2	591950×385	THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	H	4	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	2	57kg	57kg	103
3	x042874x97	GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR)	H	7	Archie Alexander	3=	56.5kg	56.5kg	102
4	621816×700	HUSH WRITER (JPN)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	3=	56.5kg	56.5kg	102
5	4x23960x66	RAHEEN HOUSE (IRE)	G	6	Kris Lees	5	56kg	56kg	101
6	015222×035	CARIF	H	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	6	55.5kg	55.5kg	100
7	850x23x789	YOGI (NZ)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	7	55kg	55kg	99
8	65800×8957	ANGEL OF TRUTH	G	4	Gwenda Markwell	8	54.5kg	54.5kg	98
9	4554x057x5	SAUNTER BOY (FR)	G	7	Kris Lees	9	54kg	53kg	89
10	143276×507	ATTENTION RUN (GER)	M	5	Kris Lees	10	54kg	53kg	87
11	64x8146x09	MRS MADRID	M	4	Anthony Cummings	11	54kg	53kg	71
12	437x47Px96	FAIRLIGHT (IRE)	G	5	Kris Lees	12	54kg	53kg	69
13	51385×6414	LOVES TO ROCK (NZ)	M	4	Anthony Cummings	13	54kg	53kg	60
14	22x30x0364	MIRAGE DANCER (GB)	H	6	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	14	59kg	59kg	107
15	878730×425	YOUNGSTAR	M	5	Chris Waller	15	54kg	53.5kg	100
16	71108×7212	INVERLOCH (IRE)	G	6	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	16	54.5kg	54.5kg	98
17	400×673111	SALSAMOR (NZ)	G	5	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	17	54kg	53kg	93
18	9092154×82	GAYATRI	M	5	Chris Waller	18	54kg	53kg	91
19	x801033844	HOUSE OF CARTIER	M	4	John Sargent	19	54kg	53kg	85
20	34x1x24144	THINK IT OVER	G	4	Kerry Parker	20	54kg	53kg	84
21	0077×45697	ALL TOO SOON	M	5	David Payne	21	54kg	53kg	77
22	3×16941293	GREAT GLEN (GB)	G	8	Todd Smart	22	54kg	53kg	70

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
2020 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Raheen House	2 minutes 47.85 seconds
	2nd	Carif
	3rd	Mirage Dancer
2019 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Gallic Chieftain	2 minutes 47.95 seconds
	2nd	Shraaoh
	3rd	Semari
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