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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 $1.5 million in prize money.

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. He also went on to win that year’s Group 1 VRC Sprint at the same track and distance over the spring.

The 2022 Newmarket Handicap ran on Saturday March 12, 2022 and saw a boil-over with New Zealand mare Roch ‘N’ Horse win at $101! 

Newmarket Handicap 2022
Date:	Saturday March 12, 2022
Racecourse:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1,500,000

2022 Newmarket Handicap Results

• 1st: #11 Roch ‘N’ Horse ($101)
• 2nd: #15 The Astrologist
• 3rd: #12 September Run

There was a huge upset in the Newmarket Handicap 2022 result with the Michael Moroeny-trained Kiwi raider Roch ‘N’ Horse ($101) getting the run of the race from the inside pack to flying home and win at 100/1 defeating fellow roughies The Astrologist ($61) and last year’s beaten favourite September Run ($26).

Click here to read more on the shock Newmarket Handicap 2022 winner Roch ‘N’ Horse at 100/1! 

2022 Newmarket Handicap Results & Finishing Order

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	11	ROCH ’N’ HORSE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Patrick Moloney		3	52.5kg		$101
	2	15	THE ASTROLOGIST	Leon & Troy Corstens	Fred Kersley	0.4L	4	52.5kg		$61
	3	12	SEPTEMBER RUN	Chris Waller	Ms Jamie Kah	0.6L	8	52.5kg		$26
	4	6	LEVANTE (NZ)	Ken & Bev Kelso	Michael Dee	2.1L	10	53.5kg		$18
	5	14	SWATS THAT	Leon & Troy Corstens	Craig Williams	2.3L	6	52.5kg		$17
	6	16	ARTORIUS	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Craig Newitt	3.05L	2	51kg		$9
	7	1	MASKED CRUSADER	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jye McNeil	4.55L	13	57kg		$9.50
	8	4	ZOUTORI	Mathew Ellerton	Damian Lane	4.75L	1	55.5kg		$31
	9	2	HOME AFFAIRS	Chris Waller	James McDonald	4.85L	16	56kg		$4.40
	10	7	HALVORSEN	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Dean Holland	5.25L	11	52.5kg		$41
	11	10	QUANTICO	John O’Shea	Kerrin McEvoy	6L	12	52.5kg		$9.50
	12	9	POLAND	Michael Moroney	Michael Poy	6.75L	14	52.5kg		$61
	13	17	FINANCE TYCOON	Danny O’Brien	Josh Richards (a)	6.95L	5	50.5kg		$41
	14	3	LOST AND RUNNING (NZ)	John O’Shea	Hugh Bowman	7.45L	9	56kg		$4.20F
	15	13	SNAPDANCER	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Harry Coffey	7.55L	17	52.5kg		$26
	16	5	COUNT DE RUPEE	Robert & Luke Price	Brock Ryan	9.55L	7	54kg		$31
	17	8	OXLEY ROAD	Peter G Moody	Blaike McDougall	10.8L	15	52.5kg		$2

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2022 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 and Zoutori ($21 in 2021).

The longest-priced Nemarket Handicap winner in recent history was Roch ‘N’ Horse who won her Australian debut in the famous sprint at $101.

The Newmarket Handicap favourite has saluted six times between 2007 – 2021, but not since Hay List ($3.80 in 2012).

2022 Newmarket Handicap Field

The Newmarket Handicap field and barriers are released on the Wednesday 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 2022 final field and barrier draw will be published below as soon as available on Wednesday the 9th of March, 2022.

The 2022 Newmarket Handicap field has drawn a star-studded line-up of sprinters including Chris Waller’s first-up Black Caviar Lightning champion Home Affairs out wide in gate 16 and the John O’Shea-trained Lost And Running who won the Southern Cross Stakes fresh in Sydney.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the Newmarket Handicap 2022 field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	25x15126x5	MASKED CRUSADER	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jye McNeil	13	57kg		114
2	2138x191x1	HOME AFFAIRS	Chris Waller	James McDonald	16	56kg		117
3	11x84421x1	LOST AND RUNNING (NZ)	John O’Shea	Hugh Bowman	9	56kg		112
4	140x4240x0	ZOUTORI	Mathew Ellerton	Damian Lane	1	55.5kg		111
5	2183x1321x	COUNT DE RUPEE	Robert & Luke Price	Brock Ryan	7	54kg		108
6	31514×1211	LEVANTE (NZ)	Ken & Bev Kelso	Michael Dee	10	53.5kg		111
7	702980×131	HALVORSEN	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Dean Holland	11	52.5kg		103
8	14x2316x23	OXLEY ROAD	Peter G Moody	Blaike McDougall	15	52.5kg		101
9	0x153x80x5	POLAND	Michael Moroney	Michael Poy	14	52.5kg		94
10	11x0x4111x	QUANTICO	John O’Shea	Kerrin McEvoy	12	52.5kg		95
11	92201×4272	ROCH ’N’ HORSE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Patrick Moloney	3	52.5kg		98
12	048x37664x	SEPTEMBER RUN	Chris Waller	Ms Jamie Kah	8	52.5kg		107
13	x11339x211	SNAPDANCER	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Harry Coffey	17	52.5kg		103
14	358x8052x4	SWATS THAT	Leon & Troy Corstens	Craig Williams	6	52.5kg		109
15	5411313×37	THE ASTROLOGIST	Leon & Troy Corstens	Fred Kersley	4	52.5kg		104
16	16x22433x6	ARTORIUS	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Craig Newitt	2	51kg		107
17	x1641x6x31	FINANCE TYCOON	Danny O’Brien	Josh Richards (a)	5	50.5kg		96

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2022 Newmarket Handicap Weights

The Newmarket Handicap 2022 weights will be released on Tuesday the 1st of March, 2022. 

2022 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.

The 2022 Newmarket Handicap first acceptances closed on Tuesday the 22nd of February, 2022 and drew 37 sprinters led in betting by Chris Waller’s upset Black Caviar Lightning winning three-year-old Home Affairs and the stablemate he beat home Nature Strip who is a doubtful final acceptor.

2022 Newmarket Handicap Nominations

The 2022 Newmarket Handicap nominations will be provided below once announced by Racing Victoria on Monday the 31st of January, 2022.

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 2022 Newmarket Handicap nominations attracted 62 sprinters including Chris Waller’s Coolmore Stud Stakes winner Home Affairs, the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Golden Rose champ In The Congo, the defending champion Zoutori and The Everest hero Nature Strip.

Click here to view the full list of 2022 Newmarket Handicap nominations for this autumn. 

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.

Roch ‘N’ Horse made history in the 2022 Newmarket Handicap results with the Kiwi mare scoring a boilo-over at $101.

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

Recent Newmarket Handicap Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2022 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Roch ‘N’ Horse	1 minute 09.01 seconds
	2nd	The Astrologist
	3rd	September Run
2021 Newmarket Handicap	1st	Zoutori	1 minute 09.61 seconds
	2nd	Indian Pacific
	3rd	Amish Boy
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