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The Group 1 Newmarket Handicap takes place on Flemington’s Super Saturday of Racing during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival in early March. The day also features the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) and a host of other Black-Type support acts for punters to enjoy a bet on at an online bookmaker such as Ladbrokes.com.au.

Raced down the 1200m straight of the world renowned Flemington Racecourse – known as the ‘straight six’ – the Newmarket Handicap offers $1.25 million in prize money and $5,000 in trophies.

Run under open handicap conditions the Newmarket Handicap field attracts the best sprinters from around the country.

The best lead-up races held earlier in the autumn for Newmarket Handicap horses include Flemington’s Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (1000m) and the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield. Lankan Rupee (2014) was the last sprinter to do the Oakleigh Plate – Newmarket Handicap double, while Redkirk Warrior made history in the 2018 Newmarket Handicap on the back of a Black Caviar Lightning win to become the first dual Newmarket champion since Razor Sharp (1982-83). In 2020 Bivouac improved on a luckless unplaced Oakleigh Plate run to win the Newmarket Handicap, the eighth three-year-old winner of the Newmarket since 2004.

The 2020 Newmarket Handicap ran on Saturday March 8, 2020 and was won in dominant fashion by three-year-old Bivouac. 

Newmarket Handicap 2020
Date:	Saturday March 8, 2020
Racecourse:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1,250,000

2020 Newmarket Handicap Results

• 1st: #5 Bivouac
• 2nd: #11 Loving Gaby
• 3rd: #1 Gytrash

The Godolphin-raced Golden Rose champ Bivouac was far too good down the Flemington straight second-up with a powerhouse 2.5 length win in the 2020 Newmarket Handicap results on the outside defeating class filly Loving Gaby (2nd) and the Black Caviar Lightning winner Gytrash (3rd) in an exceptional performance on way to Sydney’s TJ Smith Stakes.

Click here to read more on the impressive Newmarket Handicap 2020 winning three-year-old Bivouac.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	5	BIVOUAC	James Cummings	Glen Boss	–	6	54kg	$5.50
2	11	LOVING GABY	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Craig Williams	2.5L	3	52.5kg	$4.80
3	1	GYTRASH	Gordon Richards	Ben Melham	3.5L	1	57kg	$10
4	2	ZOUTORI	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damian Lane	3.7L	7	55kg	$13
5	12	BANQUO	Danny O’Brien	Dean Yendall	4L	2	51kg	$41
6	6	EXCEEDANCE	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	4.75L	9	54kg	$3.30F
7	9	TOFANE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Michael Dee	4.85L	8	53kg	$26
8	4	THE INEVITABLE	Scott Brunton	Brett Prebble	5.85L	11	54.5kg	$9.50
9	13	LIBERTINI	Anthony Cummings	Jye McNeil	9.85L	10	51kg	$11
10	10	TROPE	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Michael Poy (a)	11.1L	4	53kg	$41
11	3	DESPATCH	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Jamie Kah	11.6L	5	54.5kg	$71
–	7	HALVORSEN	Robbie Griffiths	Andrew Mallyon	–	0	–	–
–	8	MYSTYKO (NZ)	Trevor Rogers	Dean Holland	–	0	–	–

2020 Newmarket Handicap Betting & Odds

The latest Newmarket Handicap odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as betting on the Flemington ‘Super Saturday’ sprint opens. Plenty of horses at roughie prices in Newmarket Handicap betting have saluted in recent years including Redkirk Warrior ($31 in 2017) who became the first horse in a century to win the race first-up.

2020 Newmarket Handicap Field

The Newmarket Handicap field and barriers are released on the Tuesday before Super Saturday and attract a similar field to those that faced off earlier in the autumn in the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes and Oakleigh Plate.

The Newmarket Handicap 2020 final field and barrier draw will be published below as soon as available on Tuesday March 4, 2020.

The 2020 Newmarket Handicap field features 13 sprinters including shock Black Caviar Lightning winner Gytrash chasing the double at HQ from barrier two, Team Hawkes’ returning Coolmore Stud Stakes winner at the track and distance Exceedance and ace filly Loving Gaby.

Click here to read more on the 2020 Newmarket Handicap field and markets dominated by the three-year-old Group 1 winners.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	113011x2x1	GYTRASH	Gordon Richards	Ben Melham	2	57kg	111
2	100x1336x2	ZOUTORI	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damian Lane	8	55kg	107
3	110x4509x6	DESPATCH	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Jamie Kah	6	54.5kg	106
4	1118x1110x	THE INEVITABLE	Scott Brunton	Brett Prebble	13	54.5kg	106
5	1x121162x6	BIVOUAC	James Cummings	Glen Boss	7	54kg	110
6	13x1331x	EXCEEDANCE	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	11	54kg	110
7	41259×1117	HALVORSEN	Robbie Griffiths	Andrew Mallyon	9	53kg	97
8	918×923320	MYSTYKO (NZ)	Trevor Rogers	Dean Holland	1	53kg	93
9	52x41011x7	TOFANE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Michael Dee	10	53kg	103
10	1272x229x0	TROPE	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Michael Poy (a)	5	53kg	98
11	422x1212x3	LOVING GABY	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Craig Williams	4	52.5kg	111
12	75x2114x32	BANQUO	Danny O’Brien	Dean Yendall	3	51kg	78
13	211x1133x4	LIBERTINI	Anthony Cummings	Jye McNeil	12	51kg	100

2020 Newmarket Handicap Weights

The Newmarket Handicap 2020 weights on the early entries are now out with upset Black Caviar Lightning champ Gytrash allocated the 56kg topweight. There are 28 Newmarket Handicap nominations left in the mix and Loving Gaby with just 51.5kg is the pre-post favourite.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	422x1212x3	LOVING GABY	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	1	51.5kg	111
2	113011x2x1	GYTRASH	H	4	Gordon Richards	2	56kg	111
3	1x121162x6	BIVOUAC	C	3	James Cummings	3	53kg	110
4	13x1331x	EXCEEDANCE	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	4	53kg	110
5	100x1336x2	ZOUTORI	G	4	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	5	54kg	107
6	x11x12714x	DEPRIVE	G	5	James Cummings	6	54kg	107
7	1118x1110x	THE INEVITABLE	G	4	Scott Brunton	7	53.5kg	106
8	110x4509x6	DESPATCH	G	5	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	8	53.5kg	106
9	68105x77x5	I AM EXCITED	M	5	David Pfieffer	9	52kg	106
10	1121x3x613	MICROPHONE	C	3	James Cummings	10	50.5kg	105
11	52x41011x7	TOFANE (NZ)	M	4	Michael Moroney	11	52kg	103
12	634x02151x	SOOTHING	M	5	James Cummings	12	52kg	103
13	320x1487x0	FAATINAH	G	7	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	13	52kg	103
14	13x4274x24	LYRE	F	3	Anthony Freedman	14	50kg	102
15	25x2255x49	BONS AWAY	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	15	52kg	102
16	2x51123x63	AGE OF CHIVALRY (NZ)	G	4	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	16	52kg	101
17	211x1133x4	LIBERTINI	F	3	Anthony Cummings	17	50kg	100
18	466x116x50	HUMMA HUMMA	M	4	John McArdle	18	52kg	98
19	1272x229x0	TROPE	H	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	19	52kg	98
20	41259×1117	HALVORSEN	G	4	Robbie Griffiths	20	52kg	97
21	0x180x1334	ALL TOO ROYAL	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	21	52kg	97
22	1125x5x612	VEGADAZE	G	4	Anthony Cummings	22	52kg	94
23	8x21322x10	GOD OF THUNDER	G	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	23	52kg	94
24	918×923320	MYSTYKO (NZ)	G	6	Trevor Rogers	24	52kg	93
25	117x7x2	I AM IMMORTAL	C	3	Anthony Freedman	25	50kg	89
26	1130×20	FREE OF DEBT	C	3	Chris Bieg	26	50kg	84
27	4x1333x67	GROUNDSWELL	C	3	Anthony Freedman	27	50kg	81
28	75x2114x32	BANQUO	C	3	Danny O’Brien	28	50kg	78

2020 Newmarket Handicap First Acceptances

The official Newmarket Handicap first acceptances close in late February a fortnight out from the Group 1 Flemington Super Saturday sprint run in March.

Just 31 sprinters remain in the mix following the 2020 Newmarket Handicap first acceptances out on February 18. Among the standout Newmarket Handicap entries still nominated for the $1.5 million feature are the likes of upset Black Caviar Lightning winner Gytrash, the flying three-year-old CF Orr Stakes winner Alabama Express and classy filly Loving Gaby.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp. Rating
1	22x51123x6	AGE OF CHIVALRY (NZ)	G	4	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	101
2	1x2517x11	ALABAMA EXPRESS	C	3	Michael Moroney	110
3	10x180x133	ALL TOO ROYAL	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	95
4	75x2114x32	BANQUO	C	3	Danny O’Brien	78
5	41x121162x	BIVOUAC	C	3	James Cummings	110
6	025x2255x4	BONS AWAY	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	103
7	x11x12714x	DEPRIVE	G	5	James Cummings	107
8	110x4509x6	DESPATCH	G	5	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	106
9	13x1331x	EXCEEDANCE	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	110
10	1320x1487x	FAATINAH	G	7	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	104
11	1130×2	FREE OF DEBT	C	3	Chris Bieg	88
12	18x21322x1	GOD OF THUNDER	G	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	88
13	4x1333x6	GROUNDSWELL	C	3	Anthony Freedman	81
14	113011x2x1	GYTRASH	H	4	Gordon Richards	97
15	41259x111x	HALVORSEN	G	4	Robbie Griffiths	97
16	x7x58x3129	HEY DOC	G	6	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	113
17	1466x116x5	HUMMA HUMMA	M	4	John McArdle	99
18	68105x77x5	I AM EXCITED	M	5	David Pfieffer	106
19	117x7x2	I AM IMMORTAL	C	3	Anthony Freedman	89
20	211x1133x4	LIBERTINI	F	3	Anthony Cummings	98
21	422x1212x3	LOVING GABY	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	110
22	113x4274x2	LYRE	F	3	Anthony Freedman	100
23	21121x3x61	MICROPHONE	C	3	James Cummings	105
24	918x92332x	MYSTYKO (NZ)	G	6	Trevor Rogers	93
25	014x4141x4	NATURE STRIP	G	5	Chris Waller	116
26	634x02151x	SOOTHING	M	5	James Cummings	104
27	1118x1110x	THE INEVITABLE	G	4	Scott Brunton	107
28	52x41011x7	TOFANE (NZ)	M	4	Michael Moroney	103
29	1272x229x	TROPE	H	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	98
30	11125x5x61	VEGADAZE	G	4	Anthony Cummings	–
31	1100x1336x	ZOUTORI	G	4	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	105

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2020 Newmarket Handicap Nominations

The 2020 Newmarket Handicap nominations will be provided below once announced by Racing Victoria in late January.

The Newmarket Handicap nominations are released over a month out from race day and allow for futures Newmarket Handicap betting to open at bookmakers like Ladbrokes.com.au. Following the nominations the Newmarket Handicap first declarations close in late February as the field begins to take shape.

The 2020 Newmarket Handicap nominations attracted 60 sprinters including a host of flying three-year-olds including Golden Rose winner Bivouac, Manikato Stakes winning filly Loving Gaby, Coolmore Stud Stakes champ Exceedance and Chris Waller’s The Everest winner Yes Yes Yes.

Click here to read more on the Newmarket Handicap 2020 nominations and odds.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp. Rating
1	122x51123x	AGE OF CHIVALRY (NZ)	G	4	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	101
2	1x2517x1	ALABAMA EXPRESS	C	3	Michael Moroney	81
3	236x53x214	ALBURQ	G	3	Michael Moroney	73
4	110x180x13	ALL TOO ROYAL	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	95
5	461x93513x	ANAHEED	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	102
6	75x2114x3	BANQUO	C	3	Danny O’Brien	73
7	41x121162x	BIVOUAC	C	3	James Cummings	–
8	4025x2255x	BONS AWAY	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	103
9	32x	BORN A WARRIOR	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	–
10	152x113x	CALIFORNIA ZIMBOL	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	82
11	x2218x216x	COSMIC FORCE	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	95
12	x11x12714x	DEPRIVE	G	5	James Cummings	107
13	1110x4509x	DESPATCH	G	5	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	106
14	13x1331x	EXCEEDANCE	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	–
15	1320x1487x	FAATINAH	G	7	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	104
16	1130x	FREE OF DEBT	C	3	Chris Bieg	78
17	44x601232x	GLENALL	G	6	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	–
18	x18x21322x	GOD OF THUNDER	G	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	88
19	x113011x2x	GYTRASH	G	4	Gordon Richards	97
20	41259x111x	HALVORSEN	G	4	Robbie Griffiths	97
21	139832316x	HAUNTED	G	5	James Cummings	98
22	300x38231x	HAWKER HURRICANE	G	3	Michael Moroney	79
23	1x7x58x31x	HEY DOC	G	6	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	113
24	41466x116x	HUMMA HUMMA	M	4	John McArdle	99
25	368105x77x	I AM EXCITED	M	5	David Pfieffer	106
26	117x7x	I AM IMMORTAL	C	3	Anthony Freedman	79
27	211x1133x	LIBERTINI	F	3	Anthony Cummings	98
28	6422x1212x	LOVING GABY	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	110
29	1113x4274x	LYRE	F	3	Anthony Freedman	100
30	0022×41011	MADAM ROUGE	M	4	Chris Waller	–
31	2x148x	MAKING WHOOPEE	M	4	Anthony Cummings	–
32	221424347x	MALIBU STYLE	G	8	Neville Parnham	–
33	1x7158250x	MANUEL	G	6	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	109
34	121121x3x	MICROPHONE	C	3	James Cummings	105
35	238x23x212	MONTENEGRO MAN	G	4	Mark Kavanagh	73
36	918x92332x	MYSTYKO (NZ)	G	6	Trevor Rogers	93
37	x31510x41x	NATIVE SOLDIER	H	4	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	98
38	1014x4141x	NATURE STRIP	G	5	Chris Waller	–
39	111x24214x	PARSIFAL (NZ)	G	5	Will Clarken	96
40	127x11102x	PIPPIE	M	4	John & Chris Meagher	97
41	x2862x138x	REDZEL	G	7	Peter & Paul Snowden	–
42	1x153x493x	ROCK MAGIC	G	10	Chris Gangemi	–
43	3x11x6515x	SAMIZDAT	G	4	Chris Gangemi	–
44	0x53x1215x	SCALES OF JUSTICE	G	7	Lindsey Smith	113
45	4x038x111x	SISSTAR	F	3	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	83
46	634x02151x	SOOTHING	M	5	James Cummings	104
47	196x21930x	SPANISH WHISPER	M	4	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	–
48	x1111x56x2	SPECIAL REWARD	G	4	Kris Lees	–
49	28218x500x	STRASBOURG	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	79
50	2x21x3x	SUN CITY	C	3	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	76
51	650x05120x	TACTICAL ADVANTAGE	G	6	Kris Lees	–
52	1118x1110x	THE INEVITABLE	G	4	Scott Brunton	–
53	11x4165x4	TIME TO REIGN	C	3	Gary Portelli	94
54	152x41011x	TOFANE (NZ)	M	4	Michael Moroney	103
55	x6x0446x1x	TONY NICCONI	G	4	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	84
56	1272x229x	TROPE	H	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	99
57	11125x5x	VEGADAZE	G	4	Anthony Cummings	–
58	x1132x231x	WILD PLANET	G	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	86
59	11x17x221x	YES YES YES	C	3	Chris Waller	–
60	1100x1336x	ZOUTORI	G	4	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	104

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Newmarket Handicap History

The Newmarket Handicap was first run in 1874 and won by Maid Of Avenel. The most famous Newmarket Handicap took place in 2002 when Rubitano took out the title. In the last few metres of the race there was less than a head’s distance separating the first six place getters; ending in an extremely close finish to the race.

Double winners of the Newmarket Handicap include Aspen in 1880-81, Gothic in 1927-28, Correct in 1960-61, Razor Sharp in 1982-83 and most recently Redkirk Warrior (2017-18). Since 1988 the fastest winning time was recorded by Black Caviar in 2011 with 1 minute 7.3 seconds. The 2017 Newmarket Handicap winner Redkirk Warrior made history as the first horse in 100 years to take out the sprint feature first-up before carrying top weight from the outside gate to win again in 2018 making him the first horse to do the Newmarket – Lightning Stakes – Newmarket treble.

In 2020 Bivouac became the eighth three-year-old Newmarket Handicap winner since 2004.

The Newmarket Handicap results going back to 2000 are listed in the table below.

Recent Newmarket Handicap Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Bivouac	1 minute 09.21 seconds
	2nd	Loving Gaby
	3rd	Gytrash
2019 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Sunlight	1 minute 08.25 seconds
	2nd	Osborne Bulls
	3rd	Brave Smash
2018 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Redkirk Warrior	1 minute 8.33 seconds
	2nd	Brave Smash
	3rd	Merchant Navy
2017 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Redkirk Warrior	1 minute 9.05 seconds
	2nd	Voodoo Lad
	3rd	Star Turn
2016 Newmarket Handicap	1st	The Quarterback	1 minute 9.2 seconds
	2nd	Black Heart Bart
	3rd	Chautauqua
2015 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Brazen Beau	1 minute 09.2 seconds
	2nd	Chautauqua
	3rd	Terravista
2014 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Lankan Rupee	1 minute 09.3 seconds
	2nd	Spirit Of Boom
	3rd	Knoydart
2013 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Shamexpress	1 minute 08.2 seconds
	2nd	Moment Of Change
	3rd	Aeronautical
2012 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Hay List	1 minute 08.7 seconds
	2nd	Buffering
	3rd	Foxwedge
2011 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Black Caviar	1 minute 07.3 seconds
	2nd	Crystal Lily
	3rd	Beaded
2010 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Wanted	1 minute 10.11 seconds
	2nd	Eagle Falls
	3rd	Starspangledbanner
2009 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Scenic Blast	1 minute 8.7 seconds
	2nd	Swiss Ace
	3rd	Aichi
2008 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Weekend Hustler	1 minute 9 seconds
	2nd	Magnus
	3rd	Grand Duels
2007 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Miss Andretti	1 minute 7.7 seconds
	2nd	Gold Edition
	3rd	Undue
2006 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Takeover Target	1 minute 8.3 seconds
	2nd	Snitzel
	3rd	Stratum
2005 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Alinghi	1 minute 8.1 seconds
	2nd	Fastnet Rock
	3rd	Foreplay
2004 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Exceed And Excel	1 minute 8.7 seconds
	2nd	Titanic Jack
	3rd	Regimental Gal
2003 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Belle Du Jour	1 minute 8.6 seconds
	2nd	Bel Espirit
	3rd	Super Impressive
2002 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Rubitano	1 minute 9 seconds
	2nd	North Boy
	3rd	Mistegic
2001 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Toledo	1 minute 8.6 seconds
	2nd	Show A Heart
	3rd	Mannington
2000 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Miss Pennymoney	1 minute 7.6 seconds
	2nd	Black Bean
	3rd	Falvelon