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The $1.5 million Epsom Handicap is a popular Group 1 race run at Royal Randwick over the mile during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.
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 Golden Eagle for four-year-olds.
Top Ranked (2022) took out the Bill Ritchie – Epsom Handicap double after running a dead heat in the Group 1 with Ellsberg, with Rediener repeating the feat becoming the latest horse to do the double in 2023 for Chris Waller.
The Epsom Handicap winner also earns a ballot exemption into the following year’s Group 1 $5 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) held in April during Randwick’s The Championships.
The 2022 Epsom Handicap form was franked with Ellsberg backing-up from his dead-heat win to $1 million Five Diamond Prelude – $2 million Five Diamonds double.
As of 2023 the $1 million 7 Stakes (1600m) runs on The Shorts Day in mid-September and offers the winner an Epsom Handicap ballot exemption.
This season the Epsom Handicap 2023 took place on Saturday September 30, 2023 at Randwick Racecourse and saw the Chris Waller-trained Rediener ($9.50) enjoy a late lunging upset to hold off his stablemate Kovalica.
Epsom Handicap | |
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Date: | Saturday September 30, 2023 |
Track: | Randwick Racecourse |
Distance: | 1600m |
Race Type: | 3YO+ Handicap |
Status: | Group 1 |
Prizemoney: | $1,500,000 |
The official Epsom Handicap 2023 Results and Finishing Order will be detailed below when the $1.5 million Sydney event runs on Saturday September 30, 2023.
Chris Waller’s underrated last start Bill Ritchie Handicap winner Rediener ($9.50) relished the drop back to just 50kg finishing strongly second-up off a lovely ride by Kathy O’Hara for an upset in the 2023 Epsom Handicap results. It was an all-Waller quinella with the stable’s Queensland Derby winner Kovalica ($10) flashing home late for second, while the front-runner Golden Mile ($16) was so brave holding for third in the photo finish.
Click here to read more on the exciting 2023 Epsom Handicap win by Rediener.
Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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1 | 17 | REDIENER | Chris Waller | Ms Kathy O’Hara | 2 | 50kg | $9.50 | |||
2 | 10 | KOVALICA (NZ) | Chris Waller | Joao Moreira | 0.07L | 7 | 54kg | $10 | ||
3 | 6 | GOLDEN MILE | James Cummings | Blake Shinn | 0.23L | 17 | 55kg | $16 | ||
4 | 18 | BARBIE’S FOX | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | Dean Yendall | 1.22L | 4 | 50kg | $51 | ||
5 | 16 | DEMOCRACY MANIFEST | Chris Waller | Tyler Schiller | 1.28L | 1 | 51.5kg | 1.5kg | $9 | |
6 | 8 | HOPE IN YOUR HEART | Kerry Parker | Craig Williams | 1.92L | 10 | 54kg | $7.50EF | ||
7 | 1 | MY OBERON (IRE) | Annabel Neasham | Chad Schofield | 2.01L | 15 | 56kg | $21 | ||
8 | 3 | THE INEVITABLE | John Keys | David Pires | 2.63L | 8 | 55.5kg | $9 | ||
9 | 21e | WILLIAMSBURG | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Andrew Adkins | 3.37L | 3 | 50kg | $31 | ||
10 | 11 | NUGGET (GB) | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Damien Oliver | 4.03L | 16 | 54kg | $7.50EF | ||
11 | 12 | POUNDING | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | Ms Jamie Kah | 4.06L | 13 | 54kg | $10 | ||
12 | 9 | DIAMIL (IRE) | John O’Shea | Jason Collett | 4.36L | 5 | 54kg | $91 | ||
13 | 5 | CONVERGE | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 4.75L | 9 | 55kg | $11 | ||
14 | 7 | KIRWAN’S LANE (NZ) | John O’Shea | Tom Sherry | 5.83L | 11 | 54.5kg | $51 | ||
15 | 13 | COMMUNIST | Michael Freedman | Dylan Gibbons (a) | 6.28L | 6 | 53.5kg | $19 | ||
16 | 22e | POLITICAL DEBATE | Chris Waller | Ms Rachel King | 6.33L | 18 | 50kg | $201 | ||
17 | 15 | MADAME POMMERY | Chris Waller | Kerrin McEvoy | 7.22L | 14 | 51.5kg | $41 | ||
18 | 4 | GOING GLOBAL (IRE) | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 7.41L | 12 | 55kg (cd 55.5kg) | $31 | ||
2 | PERICLES | James Cummings | Nash Rawiller | 0 | ||||||
14 | DUKE DE SESSA (IRE) | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Regan Bayliss | 0 | ||||||
19 | WATERFORD (IRE) | Chris Waller | Zac Lloyd (a) | 0 | ||||||
20 | OLENTIA | Chris Waller | Jay Ford | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The updated Epsom Handicap 2023 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 2023 Epsom Handicap odds via the link below to Ladbrokes.com.au once markets are open.
Stay tuned for our insider Epsom Handicap 2023 tips on the $1.5 million mile showdown this spring.
Far from a vintage edition of the Epsom and with Pericles out things have opened up. For value from a key Australian stable like Pounding at the price. The Moody & Coleman-trained Exceed And Excel gelding has a lovely strike-rate over the 1600m (11:5-2-1) and brings in some strong form lines from Melbourne, which arguably should stack-up better than those in Sydney. Good autumn campaign including a Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) third at Flemington, and he has been building with two solid lead-ups. Group 2 P.B. Lawrence sixth fresh only 2.5 lengths off Mr Brightside before finishing only 1.3 off Pinstriped when fourth in The Valley’s Group 2 Feehan at WFA with 59kg. Comes back to 54kg, wider-out but still a winnable alley with Jamie Kah coming aboard. First Sydney assignment, but if he handles this way of going can surprise a few.
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.
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 2023 Final Field & Barriers will be published in full below once announced by Racing NSW on Tuesday the 26th of September, 2023.
The 2023 Epsom Handicap field features a capacity line-up of spring milers led in betting by Kerry Parker’s classy mare Hope In Your Heart with autumn form around Mr Brightside.
Pericles was one-time favourite to win the Epsom Handicap before being sensationally scratched on Tuesday morning. Click here to read more.
Click here to read more on the key runners in the Epsom Handicap 2023 field and betting markets.
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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1 | 16x6026x64 | MY OBERON (IRE) | Annabel Neasham | Chad Schofield | 18 | 56kg | 109 | ||
2 | 8x41292x11 | PERICLES | James Cummings | Nash Rawiller | 14 | 56kg | 109 | ||
3 | x1111113x2 | THE INEVITABLE | John Keys | David Pires | 8 | 55.5kg | 108 | ||
4 | 3x121x0x96 | GOING GLOBAL (IRE) | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 12 | 55kg | 55.5kg | 110 | |
5 | 00x73027x4 | CONVERGE | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 9 | 55kg | 107 | ||
6 | 1x2400x901 | GOLDEN MILE | James Cummings | Blake Shinn | 21 | 55kg | 107 | ||
7 | 1x69x04x76 | KIRWAN’S LANE (NZ) | John O’Shea | Tom Sherry | 11 | 54.5kg | 105 | ||
8 | 142x1442x3 | HOPE IN YOUR HEART | Kerry Parker | Craig Williams | 10 | 54kg | 109 | ||
9 | 1x93186x09 | DIAMIL (IRE) | John O’Shea | Jason Collett | 5 | 54kg | 105 | ||
10 | 111x3131x9 | KOVALICA (NZ) | Chris Waller | Joao Moreira | 7 | 54kg | 105 | ||
11 | 21113553×4 | NUGGET (GB) | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Damien Oliver | 19 | 54kg | 105 | ||
12 | 2111263×64 | POUNDING | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | Ms Jamie Kah | 13 | 54kg | 105 | ||
13 | 2x37160x00 | COMMUNIST | Michael Freedman | Dylan Gibbons (a) | 6 | 53.5kg | 104 | ||
14 | 52x131x8x0 | DUKE DE SESSA (IRE) | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Regan Bayliss | 15 | 53.5kg | 104 | ||
15 | 261x407x28 | MADAME POMMERY | Chris Waller | Kerrin McEvoy | 16 | 51.5kg | 52kg | 104 | |
16 | 13x1761x01 | DEMOCRACY MANIFEST | Chris Waller | Tyler Schiller | 1 | 51.5kg | 1.5kg | 100 | |
17 | 8x641211x1 | REDIENER | Chris Waller | Ms Kathy O’Hara | 2 | 50kg | 100 | ||
18 | 0x31023417 | BARBIE’S FOX | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | Dean Yendall | 4 | 50kg | 98 | ||
19 | 191x520x33 | WATERFORD (IRE) | Chris Waller | Zac Lloyd (a) | 20 | 50kg | 97 | ||
20 | 114x11x158 | OLENTIA | Chris Waller | Jay Ford | 17 | 50kg | 50.5kg | 95 | |
21e | x745303x42 | WILLIAMSBURG | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Andrew Adkins | 3 | 50kg | 94 | ||
22e | 312x80x529 | POLITICAL DEBATE | Chris Waller | Ms Rachel King | 22 | 50kg | 87 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The 2023 Epsom Handicap nominations are taken on Monday the 4th of September, 2023 about four weeks out from the race.
The Epsom Handicap 2023 nominations attracted 104 early entries led in all-in betting by Chris Waller’s Queensland Derby winner from the winter Kovalica, the stable’s recent Group 1 Winx Stakes winning mare Fangirl, Waller’s Winx Stakes runner-up Princess Grace who also ran second in Melbourne’s Memsie Stakes behind Mr Brightside, and the in-form Godolphin-raced recent Tramway Stakes winner Pericles.
Click here to read more on the early favourites among the official Epsom Handicap 2023 nominations.
The 2023 Epsom Handicap weights were released on Monday the 11th of September with the Annabel Neasham-trained Zaaki allocated the 60kg top-weight, while the current all-in favourite Princess Grace has been allocated 55.5kg.
Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Ballot | Weight | True Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating | |
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1 | 8x41292x11 | PERICLES | G | 4 | James Cummings | 1= | 56kg | 56kg | 109 | |
2 | 1x2400x901 | GOLDEN MILE | H | 4 | James Cummings | 1= | 55kg | 55kg | 107 | |
3 | 3341x217x3 | ZAAKI (GB) | G | 9 | Annabel Neasham | 3 | 60kg | 60kg | 117 | |
4 | 1551x140x4 | ALLIGATOR BLOOD | G | 7 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 4= | 59kg | 59kg | 115 | |
5 | 8x34913x0x | ALCOHOL FREE (IRE) | M | 6 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 4= | 57kg | 57kg | 115 | |
6 | 562x3227x1 | FANGIRL | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 6 | 56.5kg | 56.5kg | 114 | |
7 | 820x77114x | ARAPAHO (FR) | G | 7 | Bjorn Baker | 7= | 57.5kg | 57.5kg | 112 | |
8 | 1223x31x22 | PRINCESS GRACE (USA) | M | 7 | Chris Waller | 7= | 55.5kg | 55.5kg | 112 | |
9 | 123x216Px5 | ATISHU (NZ) | M | 6 | Chris Waller | 9= | 55kg | 55kg | 111 | |
10 | 13x121x0x9 | GOING GLOBAL (IRE) | M | 6 | Chris Waller | 9= | 55kg | 55kg | 111 | |
11 | x16x6026x6 | MY OBERON (IRE) | G | 7 | Annabel Neasham | 11= | 56kg | 56kg | 109 | |
12 | 142x1442x3 | HOPE IN YOUR HEART | M | 5 | Kerry Parker | 11= | 54kg | 54kg | 109 | |
13 | x1111113x2 | THE INEVITABLE | G | 8 | Tegan Keys | 13= | 55.5kg | 55.5kg | 108 | |
14 | 58x26844x4 | HINGED | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 13= | 53.5kg | 53.5kg | 108 | |
15 | x314x523x0 | LA CRIQUE (NZ) | M | 5 | Simon & Katrina Alexander | 13= | 53.5kg | 53.5kg | 108 | |
16 | 900x73027x | CONVERGE | G | 5 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 16= | 55kg | 55kg | 107 | |
17 | 01x61043x2 | SKYMAN (GB) | G | 8 | Chris Waller | 16= | 55kg | 55kg | 107 | |
18 | 0x121735x4 | ZEYREK (FR) | G | 7 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | 16= | 55kg | 55kg | 107 | |
19 | 640x6117x2 | ESPIONA | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 16= | 53kg | 53kg | 107 | |
20 | 0x34104x76 | BANDERSNATCH | G | 7 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | 20= | 54.5kg | 54.5kg | 106 | |
21 | 31x69x04x7 | KIRWAN’S LANE (NZ) | G | 7 | John O’Shea | 20= | 54.5kg | 54.5kg | 106 | |
22 | x421222x01 | NAVAJO PEAK | G | 5 | David Payne | 20= | 54.5kg | 54.5kg | 106 | |
23 | 01x93186x0 | DIAMIL (IRE) | G | 6 | John O’Shea | 23= | 54kg | 54kg | 105 | |
24 | 111x3131x9 | KOVALICA (NZ) | G | 4 | Chris Waller | 23= | 54kg | 54kg | 105 | |
25 | 922x22418x | LUNCIES (GB) | G | 7 | Kris Lees | 23= | 54kg | 54kg | 105 | |
26 | 21113553×4 | NUGGET (GB) | G | 7 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 23= | 54kg | 54kg | 105 | |
27 | 3x51761x57 | OSIPENKO (NZ) | H | 4 | Chris Waller | 23= | 54kg | 54kg | 105 | |
28 | 2111263×64 | POUNDING | G | 5 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | 23= | 54kg | 54kg | 105 | |
29 | 1102x100x2 | PROTAGONIST (FR) | G | 7 | Kris Lees | 23= | 54kg | 54kg | 105 | |
30 | 111x419x64 | ZOUGOTCHA | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 23= | 52kg | 52kg | 105 | |
31 | x385281117 | BOLD MAC (NZ) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 31= | 53.5kg | 53.5kg | 104 | |
32 | 2x37160x00 | COMMUNIST | G | 4 | Michael Freedman | 31= | 53.5kg | 53.5kg | 104 | |
33 | 52x131x8x0 | DUKE DE SESSA (IRE) | H | 5 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 31= | 53.5kg | 53.5kg | 104 | |
34 | x3223180x5 | HOO YA MAL (GB) | G | 5 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 31= | 53.5kg | 53.5kg | 104 | |
35 | x79x9187x0 | NEW MANDATE (IRE) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 31= | 53.5kg | 53.5kg | 104 | |
36 | 261x407x28 | MADAME POMMERY | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 31= | 51.5kg | 51.5kg | 104 | |
37 | 05232x10x0 | STEINEM (GB) | M | 6 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 31= | 51.5kg | 51.5kg | 104 | |
38 | 1131x1111x | ANTINO (NZ) | G | 5 | Tony Gollan | 38= | 53kg | 53kg | 103 | |
39 | 33x1152x52 | ATTRITION | H | 4 | Mitchell Freedman | 38= | 53kg | 53kg | 103 | |
40 | 2310234215 | CEPHEUS (GB) | G | 7 | Matthew Dunn | 38= | 53kg | 53kg | 103 | |
41 | 2x51210x04 | LINDERMANN | H | 4 | Chris Waller | 38= | 53kg | 53kg | 103 | |
42 | 139x22113x | HAWAII FIVE OH | H | 4 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 42= | 52.5kg | 52.5kg | 102 | |
43 | 6006×51183 | KING MAGNUS | G | 8 | Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock | 42= | 52.5kg | 52.5kg | 102 | |
44 | 13x9x0050x | MOUNT POPA (IRE) | G | 9 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | 44= | 52kg | 52kg | 101 | |
45 | 0151x86x80 | UNCLE BRYN (GB) | G | 6 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | 44= | 52kg | 52kg | 101 | |
46 | 4x694341x8 | FIREBURN | M | 4 | Gary Portelli | 44= | 50kg | 50kg | 101 | |
47 | 338x2140x0 | CROSS TALK (NZ) | G | 6 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 47= | 51.5kg | 51.5kg | 100 | |
48 | 627111x | AMOKURA | M | 4 | Kris Lees | 47= | 50kg | 50kg | 100 | |
49 | 10x500x425 | ARGENTIA | M | 5 | Joseph Pride | 47= | 50kg | 50kg | 100 | |
50 | 1261966161 | IRISH SONGS | G | 8 | Louise White | 50= | 51kg | 51kg | 99 | |
51 | 0x3102341x | BARBIE’S FOX | M | 7 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 50= | 50kg | 50kg | 99 | |
52 | 232x460x40 | SIBAAQ (GB) | G | 6 | Annabel Neasham | 52= | 50.5kg | 50.5kg | 98 | |
53 | x3413x353x | MORE SECRETS | M | 6 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | 52= | 50kg | 50kg | 98 | |
54 | x90101x97x | MY WHISPER | M | 5 | Peter & Paul Snowden | 52= | 50kg | 50kg | 98 | |
55 | 7307x1x87x | TIMES SQUARE (FR) | M | 5 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 52= | 50kg | 50kg | 98 | |
56 | 436x254x15 | AMENABLE | H | 4 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 56= | 50kg | 50kg | 97 | |
57 | 391316x32x | CHARTERHOUSE (GB) | G | 6 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 56= | 50kg | 50kg | 97 | |
58 | 1x27x059x0 | RIYAZAN (IRE) | G | 9 | Lisa Jones | 56= | 50kg | 50kg | 97 | |
59 | 911x21140x | TAMERLANE | G | 6 | James Cummings | 56= | 50kg | 50kg | 97 | |
60 | 1191x520x3 | WATERFORD (IRE) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 56= | 50kg | 50kg | 97 | |
61 | 15x4430x76 | FORGOT YOU (NZ) | H | 5 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | 61= | 50kg | 50kg | 96 | |
62 | 114x11x15 | OLENTIA | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 61= | 50kg | 50kg | 96 | |
63 | 411×9 | KING COLORADO | C | 3 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 61= | 48kg | 48kg | 96 | |
64 | 213x1761x0 | DEMOCRACY MANIFEST | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 64 | 50kg | 50kg | 94 | |
65 | 13x12123x4 | DETONATOR JACK (NZ) | G | 5 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 65= | 50kg | 50kg | 93 | |
66 | x11364x153 | KALINO | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 65= | 50kg | 50kg | 93 | |
67 | 408x3110x7 | PALMETTO (NZ) | G | 5 | John Sargent | 65= | 50kg | 50kg | 93 | |
68 | 97447x593x | WILD PLANET | G | 8 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | 65= | 50kg | 50kg | 93 | |
69 | 1413377×56 | CUBAN ROYALE | G | 9 | Robert & Luke Price | 69 | 50kg | 50kg | 92 | |
70 | 2x386061x1 | JUST FINE (IRE) | G | 6 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 70= | 50kg | 50kg | 91 | |
71 | 2732x3010x | THE FORTUNE TELLER | G | 4 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 70= | 50kg | 50kg | 91 | |
72 | 03x54038x0 | FLYING CRAZY | G | 5 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | 72= | 50kg | 50kg | 90 | |
73 | 1111×0 | GLOBE (NZ) | G | 5 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 72= | 50kg | 50kg | 90 | |
74 | 3111878×67 | INVER PARK (GB) | G | 6 | Kris Lees | 72= | 50kg | 50kg | 90 | |
75 | 88x641211x | REDIENER | G | 4 | Chris Waller | 72= | 50kg | 50kg | 90 | |
76 | 11102330×8 | SUIZURO | G | 4 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | 72= | 50kg | 50kg | 90 | |
77 | 10508795×9 | SUPERIUM | G | 7 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | 72= | 50kg | 50kg | 90 | |
78 | 5x745303x4 | WILLIAMSBURG | H | 4 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | 72= | 50kg | 50kg | 90 | |
79 | x13x212213 | BRAYDEN STAR (GB) | H | 5 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | 79 | 50kg | 50kg | 89 | |
80 | 2312x80x52 | POLITICAL DEBATE | H | 4 | Chris Waller | 80 | 50kg | 50kg | 88 | |
81 | 13285210×5 | SPANGLER (IRE) | G | 6 | Kris Lees | 81 | 50kg | 50kg | 87 | |
82 | x7960160x3 | MYSTERY SHOT | G | 7 | Matthew Dale | 82= | 50kg | 50kg | 85 | |
83 | 1x909139x4 | RAZETA | M | 4 | Kris Lees | 82= | 50kg | 50kg | 85 | |
84 | 112x740x58 | LACED UP HEELS | M | 4 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 84= | 50kg | 50kg | 84 | |
85 | 94x61250x9 | LOCH EAGLE | G | 5 | Kris Lees | 84= | 50kg | 50kg | 84 | |
86 | 871x2924x1 | UNSPOKEN (IRE) | G | 5 | Peter & Paul Snowden | 84= | 50kg | 50kg | 84 | |
87 | 2177224×75 | GAN TEORAINN (IRE) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 87= | 50kg | 50kg | 83 | |
88 | 2x11321x5 | PAPILLON CLUB | M | 4 | Greg Eurell | 87= | 50kg | 50kg | 83 | |
89 | 18x696597x | BELLATRIX BLACK (NZ) | M | 5 | Kris Lees | 89= | 50kg | 50kg | 82 | |
90 | 9x1141x2x | KIBOU | G | 4 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 89= | 50kg | 50kg | 82 | |
91 | 11x112x | ALTIVO (GB) | G | 5 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | 91= | 50kg | 50kg | 80 | |
92 | x1112x74x4 | LIFE LESSONS (NZ) | M | 5 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | 91= | 50kg | 50kg | 80 | |
93 | 10150×0 | ARTS | M | 4 | Edward Cummings | 93= | 50kg | 50kg | 78 | |
94 | 21557×1811 | STRAIT ACER | G | 4 | Edward Cummings | 93= | 50kg | 50kg | 78 | |
95 | 5x243223x9 | DUBAI POET (GB) | G | 5 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 95= | 50kg | 50kg | 77 | |
96 | 1153×21 | NUNTHORPE | M | 4 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | 95= | 50kg | 50kg | 77 | |
97 | 2021212233 | QUEENMAKER | M | 5 | Edward Cummings | 97 | 50kg | 50kg | 76 | |
98 | 121x | GOLDEN PATH (NZ) | G | 4 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 98= | 50kg | 50kg | 75 | |
99 | 1002x7x824 | LEGEND OF DUBAI (GB) | G | 6 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 98= | 50kg | 50kg | 75 | |
100 | 38×9111 | OUR RED MORNING (NZ) | M | 4 | Greg Eurell | 98= | 50kg | 50kg | 75 | |
101 | 136x115x6 | MAKTOOB (GB) | G | 5 | Simon Zahra | 101 | 50kg | 50kg | 74 | |
102 | 200x70x543 | FOUJITA SAN | G | 4 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | 102 | 50kg | 50kg | 72 | |
103 | 37×47 | DUCASSE | C | 3 | Michael Freedman | 103 | 48kg | 48kg | 67 | |
104 | 11 | PUSHY (NZ) | G | 3 | Michael Freedman | 104 | 48kg | 48kg | 65 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
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.
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.
For just the third time in the race’s history the 2022 Epsom Handicap resulted in a dead heat between Top Ranked and Ellsberg.
Trainer Chris Waller won his fifth Epsom Handicap in 2023 running the quinella with Rediener and Kovalica.
Recent winners of the Group 1 Epsom Handicap are detailed below along with the place-getters and winning times.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2023 Epsom Handicap |
1st | Rediener | 1 minute 34.26 seconds |
2nd | Kovalica | ||
3rd | Golden Mile | ||
2022 Epsom Handicap*Dead Heat for 1st |
1st* | Ellsberg | 1 minute 38.12 seconds |
1st | Top Ranked | ||
3rd | Hinged | ||
2021 Epsom Handicap |
1st | Private Eye | 1 minute 33.70 seconds |
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 |
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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 |