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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).

This season the Epsom Handicap 2018 took place on Saturday 29 September , 2018.

2018 Epsom Handicap
Date:	Saturday 29 September , 2018
Track:	Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO+ Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prizemoney:	$1,000,000

2018 Epsom Handicap  Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

Check out the official Epsom Handicap 2017 Results & Finishing Order below, following the link to read more on the gutsy win by the $2.40 favourite Happy Clapper who handed trainer Patrick Webster his first Group 1 victory holding off Chris Waller’s perennial runner-up Tom Melbourne with Snitzon third in a photo to round out the trifecta.

2018 Epsom Handicap Betting

The updated Epsom Handicap 2018 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 2018 Epsom Handicap odds below complete with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au.

2018 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).

The official Epsom Handicap 2018 Final Field & Barriers will be published in full below once announced by Racing NSW.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	90x1304x24	HARTNELL (GB)	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	10	57kg	–	113
2	x121122x12	PIERATA	Gregory Hickman	Corey Brown	4	54kg	–	109
3	1x13714x32	D’ARGENTO	Chris Waller	James McDonald	1	53.5kg	–	106
4	x076x462x4	SHILLELAGH (NZ)	Chris Waller	Michael Walker	5	53kg	–	109
5	x577421x04	DUCA VALENTINOIS (IRE)	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	16	53kg	–	105
6	20x22525x0	SINGLE GAZE	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara	12	52.5kg	–	108
7	11x0121x61	UNFORGOTTEN	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	3	52.5kg	–	108
8	5×23095611	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	7	52.5kg	–	104
9	205138×464	ARBEITSAM	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	15	52.5kg	–	103
10	1x22x04766	RELIGIFY	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	8	52.5kg	–	103
11	1x31117x48	LANCIATO (NZ)	Mark Newnham	Ms Rachel King	6	52kg	–	103
12	0x25828x26	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Dean Yendall	19	51.5kg	–	100
13	22x1330x32	CHAMPAGNE CUDDLES	Bjorn Baker	Craig Newitt	21	51kg	–	105
14	722x240x92	RED EXCITEMENT	Gerald Ryan	Damien Thornton	13	51kg	–	102
15	525x546x51	NEW TIPPERARY	Joseph Pride	Craig Williams	17	51kg	1.0kg	101
16	2x1295x271	SIEGE OF QUEBEC	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	James Innes Jnr	14	50kg	–	104
17	x3620x4025	INVICTUS PRINCE (GB)	Matthew Smith	Andrew Adkins	9	50kg	–	98
18	025x2347x8	RADIPOLE (IRE)	Michael Moroney	Dean Holland	22	50kg	–	97
19	336717×631	MURAAQEB	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Cory Parish	2	50kg	–	93
20	326×003132	GOODFELLA	Bjorn Baker	–	20	50kg	–	90
21e	7433923×39	NETTOYER	Wendy Roche	–	18	50kg	–	88
22e	x568x31117	PARET	Chris Waller	Michael Dee	11	50kg	–	84

The 2018 Epsom Handicap Field is now out with 20 confirmed starters for the million dollar feature including seven for Sydney’s Chris Waller who has trained three of the past five winners. Waller’s Epsom Handicap horses are led by Unforgotten (52.5kg) who is drawn the inside alley, while fellow four-year-old mare D’argento from the stable has also drawn the rails at barrier 1.

2018 Epsom Handicap Nominations & Weights

The 2018 Epsom Handicap nominations were released on September 2nd and featured 88 hopeful milers.

No.	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	90x1304x24	HARTNELL (GB)	G	8	James Cummings	113
2	x121122x12	PIERATA	H	4	Gregory Hickman	109
3	1x13714x32	D’ARGENTO	H	4	Chris Waller	106
4	x076x462x4	SHILLELAGH (NZ)	M	7	Chris Waller	109
5	x577421x04	DUCA VALENTINOIS (IRE)	G	7	James Cummings	105
6	20x22525x0	SINGLE GAZE	M	6	Chris Waller	108
7	11x0121x61	UNFORGOTTEN	M	4	Chris Waller	108
8	5×23095611	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller	104
9	205138×464	ARBEITSAM	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	103
10	1x22x04766	RELIGIFY	G	8	Chris Waller	103
11	1x31117x48	LANCIATO (NZ)	G	6	Mark Newnham	103
12	0x25828x26	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	G	8	Chris Waller	100
13	22x1330x32	CHAMPAGNE CUDDLES	M	4	Bjorn Baker	105
14	722x240x92	RED EXCITEMENT	G	9	Gerald Ryan	102
15	525x546x51	NEW TIPPERARY	G	6	Joseph Pride	101
16	2x1295x271	SIEGE OF QUEBEC	H	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	104
17	x3620x4025	INVICTUS PRINCE (GB)	G	6	Matthew Smith	98
18	025x2347x8	RADIPOLE (IRE)	G	6	Michael Moroney	97
19	336717×631	MURAAQEB	H	4	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	93
20	326×003132	GOODFELLA	H	4	Bjorn Baker	90
21	7433923×39	NETTOYER	M	5	Wendy Roche	88
22	x568x31117	PARET	G	4	Chris Waller	84
23	2131222×42	ANOTHER DOLLAR (NZ)	M	4	Chris Waller	90
24	1x3326x111	AVILIUS (GB)	G	5	James Cummings	109
25	x03438x713	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	H	5	James Cummings	95
26	x11820x506	CABEZA DE VACA	G	7	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	99
27	x312561x16	COMIN’ THROUGH	G	5	Chris Waller	112
28	533x98x065	DANON LIBERTY (JPN)	H	7	Darren Weir	102
29	43x1636x36	DIXIE BLOSSOMS	M	6	Ron Quinton	108
30	11329×1022	DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR	G	6	Tony McEvoy	101
31	11x1012x16	DON’T GIVE A DAMN	G	5	Danny Williams	86
32	x400521x53	EGG TART	M	5	Chris Waller	108
33	74340×0000	EMBLEY	G	7	Bjorn Baker	92
34	21x0918x40	FASTNET TEMPEST (IRE)	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	101
35	20634x31x2	FIERCE IMPACT (JPN)	H	5	Matthew Smith	76
36	2x3x411x24	FIGHTING HARADA	C	3	Mick Price	67
37	5x384850x6	FOXPLAY	M	5	Chris Waller	107
38	3x1111x581	GRUNT (NZ)	H	4	Mick Price	113
39	62x1213x75	HAPPY CLAPPER	G	8	Patrick Webster	–
40	9x15233x60	HOLY SNOW	H	4	Mick Price	94
41	0x4184x817	HUMIDOR (NZ)	G	6	Darren Weir	117
42	3613975×50	I AM COLDPLAY (NZ)	M	6	Chris Waller	101
43	1x7121x223	I AM SERIOUS	M	5	Chris Waller	99
44	5x2124x606	INSTANT DE REVE (FR)	G	6	Chris Waller	84
45	1x43215x14	INVINCIBELLA	M	5	Chris Waller	107
46	335x695x75	IT’S SOMEWHAT (USA)	G	8	James Cummings	111
47	6582210064	JACQUINOT BAY	G	11	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	97
48	1x6260x114	KAONIC (NZ)	H	4	Chris Waller	93
49	11130×2424	KEMENTARI	H	4	James Cummings	110
50	6537513×52	KINGSGUARD (NZ)	G	6	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	98
51	0x446x5x15	LA BELLA DIOSA (NZ)	M	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	103
52	x74232x172	LE ROMAIN	G	6	Kris Lees	115
53	20x93116x5	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller	102
54	21219	MASTER ASH	C	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	76
55	2x56x430x8	MEROVEE	H	4	Chris Waller	70
56	41x780x006	MIGHTY BOSS	H	4	Mick Price	104
57	63x27314x0	MR MOONLIGHT MAGIC (GB)	H	6	James Cummings	109
58	00x1x0x853	MUSIC MAGNATE (NZ)	G	7	Bjorn Baker	108
59	12141×2131	NIGHT’S WATCH (NZ)	G	5	Darren Weir	99
60	112x412x21	NOIRE	M	5	Chris Waller	101
61	9x85306x95	PETROLOGY	G	7	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	94
62	111x31x310	PLEIN CIEL (GER)	G	6	Darren Weir	97
63	13173x5x60	POETIC DREAM (IRE)	G	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	94
64	23x22872x1	PRIMITIVO	G	4	John P Thompson	70
65	242630×355	PRIZED ICON	H	5	Kris Lees	104
66	14x1143x34	RENEWAL	G	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	77
67	x020540258	RHYTHM TO SPARE (NZ)	G	9	Michael Moroney	96
68	4312533×85	ROMANCER (NZ)	G	5	Darren Weir	82
69	x0658x0770	SALSONIC	G	5	Jason Coyle	88
70	26x2811x37	SAMBRO	G	4	Chris Waller	95
71	20x2220x89	SAMOVARE	M	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	95
72	x38x947x00	SATONO RASEN (JPN)	H	7	Chris Waller	100
73	2217x11x12	SAVATIANO	M	4	James Cummings	94
74	4x31591x38	SEABROOK (NZ)	F	3	Mick Price	101
75	x77326x976	SEABURGE	H	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	96
76	22x9131x40	SEDANZER	M	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	104
77	361x8899x0	SENSE OF OCCASION	G	8	Kris Lees	108
78	x8x150x604	SEVENTH UP (NZ)	G	8	Shelley Hale	94
79	31124×0978	SHOW A STAR	G	7	Bjorn Baker	–
80	12235×21	SHUMOOKH	M	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	90
81	11450×5528	SIR PLUSH (NZ)	G	6	Bjorn Baker	93
82	270x0172x9	SOVEREIGN NATION	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	103
83	6957×123	TAVISAN (NZ)	C	3	Mick Price	70
84	39×7005378	TESTASHADOW	G	7	Gary Portelli	96
85	4x612825x0	TOP OF THE RANGE (NZ)	G	5	Michael Moroney	76
86	413224513x	TORGERSEN (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller	94
87	1x3431x767	WHOSYOURHOUSEMATE (GB)	G	5	Michael Moroney	67
88	1131271232	WIDGEE TURF	G	5	Patrick Payne	104

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.

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
2018 Epsom Handicap	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
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