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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 $200,000 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 form of the Aurie’s Star was also franked in 2021 with the winner The Astrologist going on to place second in the following year’s Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) back at the track in the autumn, as well as record a third in Adelaide’s Group 1 The Goodwood (1200m) later in 2022.

The Aurie’s Star Handicap 2024 runs on Saturday, August 3rd, 2024 as the opening Group race in Melbourne for the season. 

Aurie’s Star Handicap
Date:	Saturday, August 3rd, 2024
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2024 Aurie’s Star Handicap Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2024 Aurie’s Star Handicap Betting Odds

Betting on the Aurie’s Star Handicap 2024 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.

It’sourtime ($3.90 in 2023) was the last favourite in Aurie’s Star Handicap betting to salute for the punters.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2024 AURIE’S STAR HANDICAP ODDS 

2024 Aurie’s Star Handicap Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2024 AURIE’S STAR HANDICAP FORM GUIDE

2024 Aurie’s Star Handicap Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Aurie’s Star Handicap 2024 Tips on the popular spring lead-up sprint at Flemington this season.

• To Win: TBD

2024 Aurie’s Star Handicap Field

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 Astrologist (3rd in 2021) was the last Bletchingly Stakes graduate to back-up and win the Aurie’s Star Handicap.

More recently It’sourtime (2023) ran third in the Bletchingly Stakes before winning the Aurie’s Star.

The 2024 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.

2024 Aurie’s Star Handicap Nominations

The early Aurie’s Star Handicap 2024 nominations are taken by the VRC on the Monday of race week with the full list of entries to be announced below.

Aurie’s Star Handicap History

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.

Aurie’s Star Handicap Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2024 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2023 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	It’sourtime	1 minute 08.68 seconds
	2nd	Umgawa
	3rd	Chassis
2022 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	Sirius Suspect	1 minute 09.97 seconds
	2nd	Stageman
	3rd	Shooting For Gold
2021 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	The Astrologist	1 minute 10.50 seconds
	2nd	Romancer
	3rd	Too Good Too Hard
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