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The ATC Chairman’s Handicap is a 2600m staying event held at Sydney’s Randwick Racecourse on the first Saturday in April* as part of the opening day of ‘The Championships’.

*In 2021 the Chairman’s Handicap ran on the second Saturday of April with all race meetings of the autumn in Sydney from Slipper Day onwards postponed a week due to the weather.

Doncaster Mile Day features four Group 1 status races led by the Group 1 $3 million Doncaster Mile (1600m) as well as a number of Group 2 and 3 status races including the Chairman’s Handicap, also known as the Chairman’s Quality.

Worth $300,000 in prize money, the Group 2 quality handicap has a minimum weight of 52kg and a high weight of 61kg. It is a lead-up race to the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) and the winner of the Chairmans Handicap is exempt from ballot and penalty for the Sydney Cup.

The Sydney Cup is run one week later at the same Royal Randwick track and The Offer (2014) was the latest horse when becoming the eighth to complete the Chairman’s Handicap – Sydney Cup double.

In 2016 the Chairman’s Handicap winner Libran went on to run second next-up in the Sydney Cup, while in 2017 Big Duke won the Chairman’s before a third in the Sydney Cup. More recently, the 2019 Sydney Cup winner Shraaoh improved on a lead-up Chairman’s Quality second before taking out the two mile classic. The following year, the 2020 Chairman’s winner Raheen House backed-up and finished a brave third in the Sydney Cup trifecta.

The Chairman’s Quality 2021 ran on Saturday April 10, 2020 and was won in an upset by Quick Thinker ($15). 

2021 ATC Chairman’s Handicap
Date:	Saturday April 10, 2020
Track:	Randwick Racecourse, Sydney
Distance:	2600m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 2
Prizemoney:	$300,000

2021 ATC Chairman’s Quality Results

• 1st: #4 Quick Thinker
• 2nd: #10 Rondinella
• 3rd: #12 Paths Of Glory

Quick Thinker ($15) improved on an unplaced NE Manion Cup (8th) run to salute in an upset 2021 Chairman’s Handicap result 12 months on from his ATC Derby success on the same day in 2020.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	4	QUICK THINKER	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Damian Lane		8	55kg		$15
	2	10	RONDINELLA (NZ)	John O’Shea	Robbie Dolan	0.2L	4	53kg		$8
	3	12	PATHS OF GLORY (GB)	Richard & Michael Freedman	Ms Rachel King	6.2L	13	53kg		$8.50
	4	11	SELINO (GB)	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	7.7L	3	53kg		$7
	5	13	FEEL THE RUSH (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Michael Poy	8.8L	10	53kg		$101
	6	6	SACRAMENTO	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Sam Clipperton	9.8L	9	54.5kg		$5F
	7	5	HUSH WRITER (JPN)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	10.8L	12	54.5kg		$11
	8	1	MIRAGE DANCER (GB)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Damien Oliver	11.9L	7	59kg		$11
	9	7	MISS SENTIMENTAL (NZ)	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	17.9L	11	54kg		$41
	10	3	SIR CHARLES ROAD	Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott	Andrew Adkins	30.1L	6	56kg		$31
	11	8	DADOOZDART (GB)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	30.8L	2	54kg		$15
	12	2	CONCERT HALL (NZ)	Roger James & Robert Wellwood	Glen Boss	69.7L	5	57kg		$12
	13	9	COLLIDE (GB)	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	128L	1	53.5kg		$9

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 ATC Chairman’s Handicap Odds

The season’s latest ATC Chairman’s Handicap 2021 betting odds online provided by Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below for Races.com.au readers complete with market links.

2021 ATC Chairman’s Handicap Field

The Chairman’s Handicap field attracts a smart line-up of Sydney Cup-bound stayers and many horses come via an earlier Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival run in a traditional lead-up race like Rosehill’s Group 3 NE Manion Cup (2400m) held a fortnight before.

The official 2021 Chairman’s Quality Field is set for release on Wednesday April 7, 2021 and will be published in full below.

The Chairman’s Quality 2021 field features 13 eleventh-hour Sydney Cup hopefuls led in betting by the in-form Sacramento (9) coming off a third to the English raider Favorite Moon in the NE Manion Cup.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x74108x930	MIRAGE DANCER (GB)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Damien Oliver	7	59kg			108
2	0x21121x66	CONCERT HALL (NZ)	Roger James & Robert Wellwood	Glen Boss	5	57kg			108
3	0002860882	SIR CHARLES ROAD	Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott	Andrew Adkins	6	56kg			102
4	115x05x758	QUICK THINKER	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	Damian Lane	8	55kg			100
5	x32400x654	HUSH WRITER (JPN)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	12	54.5kg			99
6	251×311123	SACRAMENTO	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Sam Clipperton	9	54.5kg			99
7	50x000x606	MISS SENTIMENTAL (NZ)	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	11	54kg			94
8	x044x68527	DADOOZDART (GB)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	2	54kg			88
9	x1x1736x30	COLLIDE (GB)	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	1	53.5kg			94
10	695082×805	RONDINELLA (NZ)	John O’Shea	Robbie Dolan	4	53kg			96
11	x28228x865	SELINO (GB)	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	3	53kg			92
12	011455×778	PATHS OF GLORY (GB)	Richard & Michael Freedman	Ms Rachel King	13	53kg			91
13	10383x00x0	FEEL THE RUSH (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Michael Poy	10	53kg			76

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 ATC Chairman’s Handicap Nominations

The ATC Chairman’s Handicap nominations 2021 will be published below as soon as released by Racing NSW on Monday April 5, 2021.

ATC Chairman’s Handicap History

The Chairman’s Handicap first recorded win was in 1979 by Lady Dignitas. Since then, No Wine No Song has been the only horse to win the event in two consecutive years in 2007 and 2008. Steel Phoenix has also won the event twice in 1999 and 2001, as did Tremec (2013 & 2015).

The race started in 1979 as a Group 3 race and reached its current Group 2 status for the first time in 2002 when Henderson Bay won. It was run over 2600m from 1979 – 1999, but from 2000 – 2003 ran over a shorter distance of 2400m. It has been back up to 2600m since 2004.

See below for the full list of ATC / AJC Chairman’s Handicap results going back to 2000.

Past Chairman’s Handicap Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Quick Thinker	2 minutes 45.45 seconds
	2nd	Rondinella
	3rd	Paths Of Glory
2020 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Raheen House	2 minutes 47.85 seconds
	2nd	Carif
	3rd	Mirage Dancer
2019 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Gallic Chieftain	2 minutes 47.95 seconds
	2nd	Shraaoh
	3rd	Semari
2018 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Sir Charles Road	2 minutes 41.57 seconds
	2nd	Ventura Storm
	3rd	Peribsen
2017 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Big Duke	2 minutes 52.49 seconds
	2nd	Aloft
	3rd	Rock On
2016 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Libran	2 minutes 48.13 seconds
	2nd	Alegria
	3rd	Café Society
2015 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Tremec	2 minutes 49.40 seconds
	2nd	Sir John Hawkwood
	3rd	Grand Marshal
2014 Chairmans Handicap	1st	The Offer	2 minutes 51.63 seconds
	2nd	Tremec
	3rd	Hippopus
2013 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Tremec	2 minutes 44.4 seconds
	2nd	Blood Brotha
	3rd	Aliyana Tilde
2012 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Permit	2 minutes 41.9 seconds
	2nd	Older Than Time
	3rd	Nextanix
2011 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Once Were Wild	2 minutes 43.4 seconds
	2nd	Anudjawun
	3rd	C’est Le Guerre
2010 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Jessicabeel	2 minutes 44.6 seconds
	2nd	No Wine No Song
	3rd	Harris Tweed
2009 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Divine Rebel	2 minutes 45.91 seconds
	2nd	Ice Chariot
	3rd	Common Objective
2008 Chairmans Handicap	1st	No Wine No Song	2 minutes 49.84 seconds
	2nd	Sky Biscuit
	3rd	Resolution
2007 Chairmans Handicap	1st	No Wine No Song	2 minutes 48.19 seconds
	2nd	Prince Arthur
	3rd	Magic Instinct
2006 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Fooram	2 minutes 45.06 seconds
	2nd	Three Chimneys
	3rd	Cross Bar
2005 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Philosophe	2 minutes 51.13 seconds
	2nd	Padfoot Charlie
	3rd	County Tyrone
2004 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Mummify	2 minutes 47.77 seconds
	2nd	County Tyrone
	3rd	Saturday Fever
2003 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Grey Song	2 minutes 32.44 seconds
	2nd	Honor Babe
	3rd	County Tyrone
2002 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Henderson Bay	2 minutes 29.79 seconds
	2nd	Homewrecker
	3rd	Asia
2001 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Steel Phoenix	2 minutes 32.06 seconds
	2nd	Giovana
	3rd	Wellington
2000 Chairmans Handicap	1st	Pravda	2 minutes 31.25 seconds
	2nd	Consolidator
	3rd	Regal Touch