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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 $1,500,000 in prize money as of 2021. 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 2021 took place on Saturday October 2, 2021 and was won by the Joe Pride-trained four-year-old Private Eye at 10/1. 

Epsom Handicap
Date:	Saturday October 2, 2021
Track:	Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO+ Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prizemoney:	$1,500,000

2021 Epsom Handicap  Results

• 1st: #12 Private Eye
• 2nd: #10 Aramayo
• 3rd: #3 Dalasan

A lovely training performance from Joe Pride saw four-year-old Private Eye ($11) post a narrow victory in the 2021 Epsom Handicap results ahead of his shot at the $7.5 million Golden Eagle at Rosehill.

Click here to read more on the brave Epsom Handicap 2021 win by Private Eye. 

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	12	PRIVATE EYE	Joseph Pride	Regan Bayliss		7	51kg (cd 52.5kg)		$11
	2	10	ARAMAYO	Chris Waller	Ms Alysha Collett	0.14L	5	51.5kg		$12
	3	3	DALASAN	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	James McDonald	0.18L	8	55kg		$14
	4	2	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	1.33L	12	56.5kg		$21
	5	1	MO’UNGA (NZ)	Annabel Neasham	Tommy Berry	1.62L	13	57kg		$8
	6	13	ATISHU (NZ)	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara	1.78L	11	50.5kg		$13
	7	8	ROCK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brock Ryan (a)	2.31L	9	52kg		$81
	8	6	HUNGRY HEART	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	2.81L	10	52kg		$8
	9	7	ICEBATH (NZ)	Brad Widdup	Robbie Dolan	3.03L	14	52kg		$10
	10	5	LION’S ROAR (NZ)	John O’Shea	Jean Van Overmeire	3.39L	3	52.5kg		$61
	11	9	RIODINI (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Rachel King	5.02L	15	51.5kg		$4.80F
	12	17	SKY LAB	Paul Perry	Tim Clark	5.47L	4	50.5kg (cd 52.5kg)		$16
	13	11	RELOADED	Chris Waller	Glen Boss	6.64L	6	51kg (cd 52.5kg)		$31
	14	14	DISCHARGED	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	James Innes Jnr	7.46L	2	50.5kg		$21
	15	16	HARMONY ROSE	Mark Newnham	Andrew Adkins	9.33L	16	50.5kg		$31
	16	15	ASHMAN	Kim Waugh	Jeff Penza	9.5L	17	50.5kg (cd 52kg)		$101
	17	4	STAR OF THE SEAS (NZ)	Chris Waller	Sam Clipperton	34.1L	1	54kg		$31

Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The official Epsom Handicap 2021 Results and Finishing Order will be detailed below when the $1.5 million Sydney event runs on Saturday October 2, 2021.

2021 Epsom Handicap Betting

The updated Epsom Handicap 2021 betting markets will be provided for punters here 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 2021 Epsom Handicap odds via the link below to Ladbrokes.com.au once markets are open.

2021 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 2021 Final Field & Barriers will be published in full below once announced by Racing NSW.

The 2021 Epsom Handicap field features 17 hopefuls with Annabel Neasham’s recent Winx Stakes winner Mo’unga carrying the 57kg top weight from a wide barrier 13 draw. The other early favourite, the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained light weight Riodini (51.5kg) also suffered an early blow drawing out in barrier 15.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2021 Epsom Handicap field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	7x32107x12	MO’UNGA (NZ)	Annabel Neasham	Tommy Berry	13	57kg			112
2	5x3413x545	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	12	56.5kg			111
3	07x0733x08	DALASAN	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	James McDonald	8	55kg			108
4	x41690x036	STAR OF THE SEAS (NZ)	Chris Waller	Sam Clipperton	1	54kg			106
5	2x51434x98	LION’S ROAR (NZ)	John O’Shea	Jean Van Overmeire	3	52.5kg			103
6	7x78111x84	HUNGRY HEART	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	10	52kg			106
7	x33542x354	ICEBATH (NZ)	Brad Widdup	Robbie Dolan	14	52kg			106
8	30x348x849	ROCK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brock Ryan (a)	9	52kg			102
9	9230×87522	RIODINI (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Rachel King	15	51.5kg			101
10	148x479x23	ARAMAYO	Chris Waller	Ms Alysha Collett	5	51.5kg			101
11	942119×543	RELOADED	Chris Waller	Glen Boss	6	51kg	52.5kg		100
12	11x821x174	PRIVATE EYE	Joseph Pride	Regan Bayliss	7	51kg	52.5kg		100
13	x31111x141	ATISHU (NZ)	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara	11	50.5kg			89
14	113x236x62	DISCHARGED	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	James Innes Jnr	2	50.5kg			92
15	4757×51471	ASHMAN	Kim Waugh	Jeff Penza	17	50.5kg	52kg		79
16	112x1327x6	HARMONY ROSE	Mark Newnham	Andrew Adkins	16	50.5kg			95
17	1x11420x92	SKY LAB	Paul Perry	Tim Clark	4	50.5kg	52.5kg		94

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 Epsom Handicap Nominations

The 2021 Epsom Handicap nominations are taken on Monday the 6th of September, 2021 about four weeks out from the race.

The 2021 Epsom Handicap nominations attracted 90 early entries led in pre-field betting by the ultra-consistent Ayrton, first-up Group 1 Winx Stakes winner Mo’unga and the Joe Pride-trained Private Eye.

The Epsom Handicap weights will be declared on Monday September 13, 2021.

Click here to read more about the key 2021 Epsom Handicap nominations.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	11x3240x45	ACADEMY	G	5	Mark Newnham	83
2	3×11	AEECEE EXPRESS (NZ)	C	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	69
3	74x36587x6	ALL SAINTS’ EVE (NZ)	M	5	John O’Shea	97
4	1x1133x250	ALL TIME LEGEND	G	5	Les Bridge	88
5	D110x320x4	ALLIGATOR BLOOD	G	5	Billy Healey
6	21121114x	AMARELINHA (NZ)	M	4	Jamie Richards	104
7	80x12113x2	ANNAVISTO (NZ)	M	4	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
8	5148x479x2	ARAMAYO	G	6	Chris Waller
9	721x591x78	ARCHEDEMUS	G	8	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
10	81162×4259	ASHIM (FR)	G	5	Matthew Smith	70
11	14757×5147	ASHMAN	G	6	Kim Waugh	79
12	9x31111x14	ATISHU (NZ)	M	4	Chris Waller	89
13	11x121x1	AYRTON (NZ)	G	4	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
14	x91642325x	BARGAIN (NZ)	M	4	Mark Newnham
15	x11210x122	BEAU ROSSA	G	4	Will Clarken
16	9221420×58	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	G	8	James Cummings
17	417x903x84	BLUE SOLDIER (USA)	G	5	Annabel Neasham	87
18	180x38478x	BONVICINI	M	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	89
19	21x3618x1	BROOKSPIRE	M	4	Chris Waller	78
20	2203x2340x	BUFFALO RIVER (USA)	G	6	Michael Moroney	100
21	91x117x7x7	BULLFINCH (GB)	G	5	Chris Waller	78
22	14x3531x3	CAPTIVANT	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	100
23	25x3413x54	CASCADIAN (GB)	G	7	James Cummings
24	2120421×40	CEPHEUS (GB)	H	5	Matthew Dunn	90
25	51622x32x0	CHARMS STAR (NZ)	M	4	Chris Waller	89
26	31x07x6739	COGNAC (IRE)	G	5	Richard & Michael Freedman	74
27	61x12454x6	COLETTE	M	5	James Cummings	112
28	1x621321x	CONVERGE	G	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	100
29	407x0733x0	DALASAN	H	5	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas
30	35113x236x	DISCHARGED	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	92
31	12114x8x	DRAGON LEAP	G	5	Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott	96
32	x12821121x	DUAIS	M	4	Edward Cummings	100
33	0x30x177x2	EMBRACER	G	6	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	96
34	9x241265x8	ENTENTE	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	96
35	61x111x	EQUATION	H	4	Annabel Neasham	80
36	2211x2130x	EXOBOOM	G	4	Peter & Paul Snowden
37	2x720872x0	FIFTY STARS (IRE)	H	7	Tom Dabernig
38	31319107×4	FORBIDDEN LOVE	M	4	Richard & Michael Freedman	102
39	2184x3121x	FOURHOMETWO (GB)	G	4	Annabel Neasham	95
40	3314x3640x	HARBOUR VIEWS (FR)	G	7	Matthew Williams
41	112x1327x	HARMONY ROSE	M	4	Mark Newnham	95
42	27x78111x8	HUNGRY HEART	M	4	Chris Waller	106
43	12x33542x3	ICEBATH (NZ)	M	5	Brad Widdup	106
44	303x2007x7	IMAGING (GB)	G	7	Chris Waller	107
45	1x1x4339x4	IMPECUNIOUS (NZ)	M	4	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
46	50x845170x	IN GOOD HEALTH	M	6	John Ramsey
47	x09x1111x9	IRONCLAD (GB)	G	6	Will Clarken
48	612730x80x	JUST THINKIN’	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	90
49	4654x300x4	KEIAI NAUTIQUE (JPN)	H	7	Matthew Smith	106
50	x213x1116x	KIKU	M	4	Chris Waller	86
51	13124×13	KINGSHEIR (GB)	G	5	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	75
52	0x22501x59	KOLDING (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller	116
53	17x6321x28	KUKERACHA (NZ)	G	4	Chris Waller	102
54	12x51434x9	LION’S ROAR (NZ)	G	4	John O’Shea
55	11114x7x0	LOVE TAP	G	4	Richard & Michael Freedman	76
56	2412	MILITARY EXPERT	C	3	Annabel Neasham	70
57	113x6345x3	MONTEFILIA	M	4	David Payne
58	17x32107x1	MO’UNGA (NZ)	H	4	Annabel Neasham	112
59	x1211111x0	NANCHO (GER)	G	7	Anthony Cummings	107
60	60x10x403x	NOT AN OPTION	H	4	Michael Moroney
61	0x4322112x	NUDGE	M	5	Chris Waller	106
62	32824x558x	NUMERIAN (IRE)	G	6	Annabel Neasham
63	x0658x7110	PERFECT RADIANCE	M	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	74
64	2310x153x8	POLAND	H	4	Michael Moroney
65	2x237x5x58	PRIME STAR	G	4	Richard & Michael Freedman
66	1111x821x1	PRIVATE EYE	G	4	Joseph Pride	100
67	117x1102x1	PROBABEEL (NZ)	M	5	Jamie Richards
68	45312220×7	PROMPT PRODIGY (NZ)	H	4	Edward Cummings	78
69	x53312133x	QUANTUM MECHANIC	M	5	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	104
70	7047525×00	RAINBOW THIEF (NZ)	G	6	Michael Moroney
71	x131114x93	REGARDSMAREE	G	5	Nick Ryan
72	6x942119x5	RELOADED	G	5	Chris Waller
73	181x1960x6	RICH HIPS	M	5	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
74	x9230x8752	RIODINI (NZ)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
75	236x1313x	RIPPER RITA	M	4	Greg Eurell
76	730x348x84	ROCK	G	6	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	102
77	7x120138x5	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	G	6	Chris Waller	106
78	5x32324x37	SHE’S IDEEL	M	6	Bjorn Baker	105
79	6014x300x5	SHOUT THE BAR	M	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	108
80	97×0604117	SIERRA SUE (NZ)	M	5	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
81	66556253×1	SIGNORA NERA (NZ)	M	4	Chris Waller	87
82	21x11420x9	SKY LAB	G	4	Paul Perry	94
83	5021670×61	SOLDIER OF LOVE	G	6	Bjorn Baker	90
84	5x41690x03	STAR OF THE SEAS (NZ)	G	7	Chris Waller	106
85	03x1214x61	THINK IT OVER	G	6	Kerry Parker
86	1x527513x1	TIGER OF MALAY	C	3	Richard & Michael Freedman	91
87	4330x8245x	VANGELIC	M	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	94
88	1x2410x	YALETOWN	G	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	86
89	47x6D111x1	ZAAKI (GB)	G	7	Annabel Neasham
90	112x5x4242	ZIEGFELD (GB)	G	5	James Cummings

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

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
2021 Epsom Handicap	1st	Private Eye	TBD
	2nd	Aramayo
	3rd	Dalasan
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