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The Aurie's Star Handicap is a Group 3 event held at Flemington Racecourse in early August.
The Aurie’s Star Handicap is a Group 3 sprint hosted at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne every year around early August. Run over 1200m under open handicap conditions, the Aurie’s Star Handicap pays a total of $160,000 prize money.
The Aurie’s Star Handicap is one of the first group races of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, and as a result tends to attract punting attention in excess of its status. Keep a close eye on the Aurie’s Star Handicap results, as they can provide a good indicator for later form in Group 1 races including the Manikato Stakes at The Valley that the 2017 Aurie’s Star winner Hey Doc went onto win.
More recently the 2019 Aurie’s Star Handicap winner So Si Bon, who won at 20/1, went on to run second next start in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m).
The Aurie’s Star Handicap 2020 ran on Saturday August 8, 2020 and saw jockey Damien Oliver win a record fifth time aboard the Godolphin-raced Home Of The Brave.
Aurie’s Star Handicap | |
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Date: | Saturday August 8, 2020 |
Track: | Flemington Racecourse |
Distance: | 1200m |
Race Type: | Open Handicap |
Status: | Group 3 |
Prize Money: | $160,000 |
Jockey Damien Oliver celebrated a record fifth win in the Aurie’s Star Handicap 2020 results saluting aboard the brave James Cummings-trained Home Of The Brave ($5) who narrowly held off the beaten favourite Great Again ($4.40) and the eye-catching Game Keeper ($9).
Colour | Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price |
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1 | 2 | HOME OF THE BRAVE (IRE) | James Cummings | Damien Oliver | 7 | 59kg | $5 | ||
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2 | 5 | GREAT AGAIN | Lindsey Smith | Declan Bates | 0.75L | 8 | 57kg | $4.40F | |
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3 | 10 | GAME KEEPER | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | Damian Lane | 1.15L | 4 | 55kg | $9 | |
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4 | 1 | SO SI BON | Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes | Mark Zahra | 2.15L | 2 | 60kg | $6.50 | |
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5 | 7 | YULONG JANUARY | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Ben Melham | 2.65L | 5 | 56kg | $10 | |
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6 | 9 | HIGHTAIL | Peter & Paul Snowden | Dean Yendall | 3.65L | 1 | 55kg | $10 | |
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7 | 4 | WIDGEE TURF | Patrick Payne | Billy Egan | 4.05L | 3 | 57.5kg | $5.50 | |
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8 | 8 | TROPE | Julius Sandhu | Jye McNeil | 10.05L | 6 | 55.5kg | $12 | |
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11 | THE CRUSHA | Mark C Webb | Jamie Kah | 0 | |||||
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3 | REYKJAVIK | Lindsey Smith | John Allen | 0 | |||||
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6 | SIGNORE FOX | Peter & Paul Snowden | Luke Nolen | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Betting on the Aurie’s Star Handicap 2020 opens as soon as nominations are out the Monday of race week, the latest Aurie’s Star Handicap betting odds to be published below complete with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au.
Many horses come into the Aurie’s Star Handicap field off the winter lead-up races held in Melbourne including the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield in mid-July and the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) a fortnight later. In 2018 Voodoo Lad won the Sir John Monash Stakes – Aurie’s Star Handicap double and finished runner-up in Caulfield’s Bletchingly Stakes in between.
The 2020 Aurie’s Star Handicap field and barriers are announced the Wednesday of race week and the full list of acceptances will be available below once released.
Eleven gallopers make-up the official Aurie’s Star Handicap 2020 final field including the 60kg topweight So Si Bon drawn well in barrier three and the in-form favourite Great Again, coming off a Group 3 third in the Bletchingly Stakes, jumping from out in gate 10.
Update: #3 Reykjavik (6), #6 Signore Fox (11) and #11 The Crusha (1) have been scratched leaving eight runners in the Aurie’s Star Handicap. Team Snowden’s Ramornie Handicap winner Signore Fox has also been withdrawn from Sydney’s Group 2 $200,000 Missile Stakes (1200m) due to a Heavy (9) Rosehill track rating today.
Click here to read more on the key horses in the 2020 Aurie’s Star Handicap field and betting market.
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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1 | x84644116x | SO SI BON | Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes | Mark Zahra | 3 | 60kg | 106 | |
2 | 24720×3734 | HOME OF THE BRAVE (IRE) | James Cummings | Damien Oliver | 9 | 59kg | 104 | |
3 | x710x38156 | REYKJAVIK | Lindsey Smith | John Allen | 6 | 58.5kg | 103 | |
4 | 17x539265x | WIDGEE TURF | Patrick Payne | Billy Egan | 4 | 57.5kg | 101 | |
5 | 211x0x1623 | GREAT AGAIN | Lindsey Smith | Declan Bates | 10 | 57kg | 100 | |
6 | x1515x0801 | SIGNORE FOX | Peter & Paul Snowden | Luke Nolen | 11 | 56kg | 98 | |
7 | 2x4111124x | YULONG JANUARY | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Ben Melham | 7 | 56kg | 98 | |
8 | 72x229x00x | TROPE | Julius Sandhu | Jye McNeil | 8 | 55.5kg | 97 | |
9 | 8x213x1108 | HIGHTAIL | Peter & Paul Snowden | Dean Yendall | 2 | 55kg | 94 | |
10 | 0x06x1111x | GAME KEEPER | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | Damian Lane | 5 | 55kg | 81 | |
11 | 5x41140x32 | THE CRUSHA | Mark C Webb | Jamie Kah | 1 | 55kg | 70 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The early Aurie’s Star Handicap 2020 nominations are taken by the VRC on the Monday of race week with the full list of entries to be announced below.
The 2020 Aurie’s Star Handicap nominations attracted a dozen hopefuls including Peter & Paul Snowden’s last start Ramornie Handicap winner at Grafton Signore Fox, last October’s Group 1 Ladbrokes Stakes champion Cape Of Good Hope and Godolphin’s veteran nine-year-old Home Of The Brave.
Click here to read more on the key Aurie’s Star Handicap 2020 nominees this season.
Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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1 | 83x100x80x | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (IRE) | H | 5 | Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes | 108 |
2 | 0x06x1111x | GAME KEEPER | G | 4 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | 81 |
3 | 211x0x1623 | GREAT AGAIN | G | 8 | Lindsey Smith | 100 |
4 | 8x213x1108 | HIGHTAIL | G | 4 | Peter & Paul Snowden | 94 |
5 | 24720×3734 | HOME OF THE BRAVE (IRE) | G | 9 | James Cummings | 104 |
6 | 3×56404728 | MISS IANO | M | 7 | Mark C Webb | 85 |
7 | x710x38156 | REYKJAVIK | H | 6 | Lindsey Smith | 103 |
8 | x1515x0801 | SIGNORE FOX | H | 5 | Peter & Paul Snowden | 98 |
9 | x84644116x | SO SI BON | G | 7 | Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes | 106 |
10 | 72x229x00x | TROPE | H | 5 | Julius Sandhu | 97 |
11 | 17x539265x | WIDGEE TURF | G | 7 | Patrick Payne | 101 |
12 | 2x4111124x | YULONG JANUARY | G | 5 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 98 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The Aurie’s Star Handicap was inaugurated in 1996 as an unlisted event, with Homestead taking out the first edition of the race. In 2005, the Aurie’s Star Handicap was upgraded to a listed event and given a boost in prize money. In 2010, it was ran as a Group 3 event, however was downgraded to listed status for the 2011 edition. In 2012, the Aurie’s Star Handicap was again upgraded to Group 3 and has remained at that status since.
The Aurie’s Star Handicap was held for a year at Moonee Valley Racecourse in 2007, but is now certainly a Flemington race. Although the Aurie’s Star Handicap only has a brief history, it has played an important role in the preparation of many sprinters for the spring campaigns.
In 2020 jockey Damien Oliver won the Aurie’s Star Handicap for a record fifth time taking out the race aboard Home Of The Brave who, in 2018, ran second to the Oliver-ridden winner Voodoo Lad when debuting down under.
Notable Aurie’s Star Handicap winners include Homestead (1996), Fields Of Omagh (2002), Sports (2003), Temple Of Boom (2011) and Voodoo Lad (2018) who went on to win Perth’s Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) later in the year.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2020 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | Home Of The Brave | 1 minute 10.58 seconds |
2nd | Great Again | ||
3rd | Game Keeper | ||
2019 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | So Si Bon | 1 minute 11.07 seconds |
2nd | Malibu Style | ||
3rd | Sesar | ||
2018 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | Voodoo Lad | 1 minute 9.64 seconds |
2nd | Home Of The Brave | ||
3rd | Brave Song | ||
2017 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | Hey Doc | 1 minute 9.9 seconds |
2nd | Cannyescent | ||
3rd | Grande Rosso | ||
2016 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | Sooboog | 1 minute 10 seconds |
2nd | Dibayani | ||
3rd | Tashbeeh | ||
2015 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | Shiraz | 1 minute 09.4 seconds |
2nd | Play Master | ||
3rd | Le Bonsir | ||
2014 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | Tiger Tees | 1 minute 09.9 seconds |
2nd | Mr Chard | ||
3rd | Zamorar | ||
2013 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | Broken | 1 minute 12.5 seconds |
2nd | Temple Of Boom | ||
3rd | Cavallo Nero | ||
2012 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | Shanghai Warrior | 1 minute 11.4 seconds |
2nd | Golden Archer | ||
3rd | Zamorar | ||
2011 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | Temple Of Boom | 1 minute 10.7 seconds |
2nd | Rekindled Interest | ||
3rd | Offenders | ||
2010 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | Elusive Touch | 1 minute 11.1 seconds |
2nd | Leica Larrikin | ||
3rd | Beltrois | ||
2009 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | Mic Mac | 1 minute 09.7 seconds |
2nd | All American | ||
3rd | El Segundo | ||
2008 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | Grand Duels | 1 minute 10.5 seconds |
2nd | Stavka | ||
3rd | Valedictum | ||
2007 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | Monet Rules | 1 minute 12.0 seconds |
2nd | Orange County | ||
3rd | El Segundo | ||
2006 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | Bel Danoro | 1 minute 09.9 seconds |
2nd | El Segundo | ||
3rd | Apache Cat | ||
2005 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | Niconero | 1 minute 02.8 seconds |
2nd | Valedictum | ||
3rd | Tszyu | ||
2004 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | General Bayton | 1 minute 11.2 seconds |
2nd | Deprave | ||
3rd | Via De Lago | ||
2003 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | Sports | 1 minute 10.2 seconds |
2nd | Naden | ||
3rd | Prince Rubiton | ||
2002 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | Fields Of Omagh | 1 minute 09.4 seconds |
2nd | Pindi Ridge | ||
3rd | Gypsy Lad | ||
2001 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | Sound The Alarm | 1 minute 08.9 seconds |
2nd | Slalom | ||
3rd | Le Zagaletta | ||
2000 Aurie’s Star Handicap |
1st | Roktzar | 1 minute 10.8 seconds |
2nd | Le Zagaletta | ||
3rd | Mystic Morse |