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The Group 1 Epsom Handicap is the premier handicap event of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival held in last September or early October annually. Run at Royal Randwick Racecourse, the 1600m open handicap race is one of the two biggest mile races at the course. The other is the Doncaster Handicap held in April during ‘The Championships’.

Held on the same day as the Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m) and the Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) for three-year-old fillies, the Epsom Handicap offers $1,000,000 in prize money. It has been dominated by local Sydney milers in recent years including the Chris Waller-trained Boban (2013), He’s Your Man (2014), subsequent Cox Plate winning mare Winx (2015) and Happy Clapper (2017).

In 2019 Kolding won the Epsom Handicap before backing up to salute in the inaugural $7.5 million Golden Eagle for four-year-olds.

This season the Epsom Handicap 2020 took place on Saturday October 3, 2020 and was won by Kiwi mare Probabeel.

Epsom Handicap
Date:	Saturday October 3, 2020
Track:	Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO+ Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prizemoney:	$1,000,000

2020 Epsom Handicap  Results

• 1st: #11 Probabeel
• 2nd: #12 Funstar
• 3rd: #17 Riodini

Probabeel ($6.50) enjoyed her second Group 1 win at Randwick defeating regular sparing partner, the Chris Waller-trained Funstar ($10), home as the mares ran one-two in the 2020 Epsom Handicap results.

Click here to read more on the eye-catching Epsom Handicap 2020 win by Probabeel.

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	11	PROBABEEL (NZ)	Jamie Richards	Kerrin McEvoy		15	52.5kg		$6.50
	2	12	FUNSTAR	Chris Waller	Glen Boss	1L	16	52.5kg		$10
	3	17	RIODINI (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Winona Costin	1.2L	11	50kg		$16
	4	7	YULONG PRINCE (SAF)	Chris Waller	Sam Clipperton	1.3L	2	54kg		$21
	5	16	LOOKS LIKE ELVIS	Jarrod Austin	Ms Jess Taylor	1.6L	7	50kg		$61
	6	14	COLETTE	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	2L	9	52kg		$26
	7	13	ROCK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	2.3L	12	52.5kg	1.5kg	$6
	8	6	BRANDENBURG (NZ)	John Sargent	Jason Collett	2.4L	3	54kg		$21
	9	9	WILD PLANET	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tim Clark	2.6L	6	53kg		$17
	10	2	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	3.1L	4	56kg		$26
	11	3	STAR OF THE SEAS (NZ)	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller	3.2L	1	55.5kg		$5F
	12	4	IMAGING (GB)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	3.4L	17	55.5kg		$15
	13	19	GLENALL	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brock Ryan (a)	4.2L	5	50kg		$101
	14	20	VANNA GIRL	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Robbie Dolan	5.8L	14	50kg		$12
	15	8	THE CANDY MAN	Peter & Paul Snowden	Regan Bayliss	6.6L	8	53.5kg		$31
	16	10	NICCANOVA	Craig Carmody	Blaike McDougall	7.4L	10	53kg		$41
	17	5	NETTOYER	Wendy Roche	James Innes Jnr	8.4L	13	54kg		$61
		21e	JUST THINKIN’	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott			0
		1	KOLDING (NZ)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman		0
		15	RELOADED	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara		0
		18	SAVACOOL (NZ)	Chris Waller	Ms Alysha Collett		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 
The official Epsom Handicap 2020 Results and Finishing Order will be detailed below when the million-dollar Sydney event runs on Saturday October 3, 2020.

2020 Epsom Handicap Betting

The updated Epsom Handicap 2020 betting markets will be provided for punters below across the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival as lead-up races are run and won. Proven milers at the Randwick track dominate the Epsom Handicap odds each year, as do the in-form Chris Waller-trained hopefuls.

Check out the latest 2020 Epsom Handicap odds via the link below to Ladbrokes.com.au.

2020 Epsom Handicap Field

Each year the Epsom Handicap field is announced on the Tuesday of race week and features the season’s top-class milers coming off lead-up runs in races including the Group 2 Shannon Stakes (1500m) held at Rosehill the week before and the Group 1 George Main Stakes (1600m).

Horses out of the Epsom Handicap field often go onto run in other Group 1 races heading south for the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. The 2018 Epsom winner Hartnell ran second next-up in Caulfield’s Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m). He finished top three in a further three Group 1 races the following autumn and was second in the inaugural $5 million All-Star Mile at Flemington behind Mystic Journey.

The official Epsom Handicap 2020 Final Field & Barriers will be published in full below once announced by Racing NSW.

The 2020 Epsom Handicap field features a capacity line-up of milers including eight for the master trainer Chris Waller led in betting by his perennial Group 1 runner-up Star Of The Seas and the defending champion Kolding drawn wide.

Click here to read more on the key fancies in the 2020 Epsom Handicap field and betting markets.

Update: #1 Kolding (20) has been scratched from the Epsom field in favour of a run in the Group 2 Hill Stakes (2000m) at the same meeting, while Waller later withdrew stablemate #15 Reloaded (7). The field will run two under capacity at this stage with the only emergency – #21e Just Thinkin’ – also an early scratching.

Update: #18 Savacool (16) is the latest Epsom scratching from the Waller stable with the team confirming the mare is in foal.

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2020 EPSOM HANDICAP DAY SCRATCHINGS & TRACK REPORT

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x45778x021	KOLDING (NZ)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	20	56.5kg			111
2	101x300x51	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	4	56kg			110
3	93x1720x22	STAR OF THE SEAS (NZ)	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller	1	55.5kg			109
4	0x8100x343	IMAGING (GB)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	21	55.5kg			109
5	190x1410x0	NETTOYER	Wendy Roche	James Innes Jnr	14	54kg			110
6	2x13437x03	BRANDENBURG (NZ)	John Sargent	Jason Collett	3	54kg			106
7	x7207523x2	YULONG PRINCE (SAF)	Chris Waller	Sam Clipperton	2	54kg			106
8	7713116×14	THE CANDY MAN	Peter & Paul Snowden	Regan Bayliss	9	53.5kg			105
9	31x7410x81	WILD PLANET	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tim Clark	6	53kg			104
10	12×2322605	NICCANOVA	Craig Carmody	Blaike McDougall	11	53kg			104
11	x111228x21	PROBABEEL (NZ)	Jamie Richards	Kerrin McEvoy	18	52.5kg			107
12	11x2142x62	FUNSTAR	Chris Waller	Glen Boss	19	52.5kg			107
13	11150x3x51	ROCK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	13	52.5kg		1.5kg	100
14	8221111×05	COLETTE	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	10	52kg			106
15	3x82435x35	RELOADED	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara	7	51kg			100
16	832022×073	LOOKS LIKE ELVIS	Jarrod Austin	Ms Jess Taylor	8	50kg			97
17	1x11123x92	RIODINI (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Winona Costin	12	50kg			96
18	363422×164	SAVACOOL (NZ)	Chris Waller	Ms Alysha Collett	16	50kg			98
19	23250×3466	GLENALL	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brock Ryan (a)	5	50kg			98
20	41121111×9	VANNA GIRL	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Robbie Dolan	15	50kg			96
21e	x11445x612	JUST THINKIN’	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott		17	50kg			88

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Epsom Handicap Nominations

The 2020 Epsom Handicap nominations are taken on a Monday in early September about four weeks out from the race.

Epsom Handicap History

The Epsom Handicap was first won by Dundee in 1863 and has quite a few dual winners including Toi Port in 1963-64, Super Impose in 1990-91 and Desert War in 2004-05. Due to the Equine Flu, the race was not held in 2007. If you think the history on this race can help you in getting an edge in the market you can join any of the featured bookmakers on our partner site Freebets.com.au

In 2015 Winx won the Epsom Handicap, the third straight champion for trainer Chris Waller, and went on to make history taking out Melbourne’s Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) at weight-for-age next start. Winx made Cox Plate history with a record four wins in the classic from 2015-18.

The current Epsom Handicap race record of 1:32.73 seconds was set by Hartnell in 2018.

Epsom Handicap Winners

Recent winners of the Group 1 Epsom Handicap are detailed below along with the placegetters and winning times.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Epsom Handicap	1st	Probabeel	1 minute 32.86 seconds
	2nd	Funstar
	3rd	Riodini
2019 Epsom Handicap	1st	Kolding	1 minute 34.80 seconds
	2nd	Te Akau Shark
	3rd	Star Of The Seas
2018 Epsom Handicap	1st	Hartnell	1 minute 32.73 seconds
	2nd	D’Argento
	3rd	Unforgotten
2017 Epsom Handicap	1st	Happy Clapper	1 minute 33.17 seconds
	2nd	Tom Melbourne
	3rd	Snitzon
2016 Epsom Handicap	1st	Hauraki	1 minute 33.8 seconds
	2nd	Dibayani
	3rd	Mackintosh
2015 Epsom Handicap	1st	Winx	1 minute 34.58 seconds
	2nd	Ecuador
	3rd	Sons Of John
2014 Epsom Handicap	1st	He’s Your Man	1 minute 33.34 seconds
	2nd	Royal Descent
	3rd	Hooked
2013 Epsom Handicap	1st	Boban	1 minute 34.43 seconds
	2nd	Streama
	3rd	Toydini
2012 Epsom Handicap	1st	Fat Al	1 minute 34.56 seconds
	2nd	Ambidexter
	3rd	Rolling Pin
2011 Epsom Handicap	1st	Secret Admirer	1 minute 35.59 seconds
	2nd	Pinker Pinker
	3rd	Red Tracer
2010 Epsom Handicap	1st	Captain Sonador	1 minute 34.1 seconds
	2nd	Trusting
	3rd	Sacred Choice
2009 Epsom Handicap	1st	Rock Kingdom	1 minute 38.65 seconds
	2nd	Rangirangdoo
	3rd	Road To Rock
2008 Epsom Handicap	1st	Theseo	1 minute 36.28 seconds
	2nd	Bank Robber
	3rd	Gallant Tess
2007 Epsom Handicap	Race Not Held
2006 Epsom Handicap	1st	Racing To Win	1 minute 35.06 seconds
	2nd	Desert War
	3rd	Malcolm
2005 Epsom Handicap	1st	Desert War	1 minute 34.51 seconds
	2nd	Johan’s Toy
	3rd	Lotteria
2004 Epsom Handicap	1st	Desert War	1 minute 37.23 seconds
	2nd	Our Egyptian Raine
	3rd	Tsuimai
2003 Epsom Handicap	1st	Clangalang	1 minute 35.22 seconds
	2nd	Grand Armee
	3rd	Forum Floozie
2002 Epsom Handicap	1st	Excellerator	1 minute 35.46 seconds
	2nd	Kingsgate
	3rd	Gordo
2001 Epsom Handicap	1st	Final Fantasy	1 minute 22.45 seconds
	2nd	Kingsgate
	3rd	Crawl
2000 Epsom Handicap	1st	Shogun Lodge	1 minute 33.5 seconds
	2nd	Landsighting
	3rd	Chinhoyi