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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 Chairman’s 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 2021 Chairman’s Quality form was franked with the runner-up Rondinella going on to finish second in that year’s Sydney Cup quinella.

The Chairman’s Quality 2022 ran on Saturday April 2, 2022 and was won in an upset by the Michael Moroney-trained Nerve Not Verve ($26). 

2022 ATC Chairman’s Handicap
Date:	Saturday April 2, 2022
Track:	Randwick Racecourse, Sydney
Distance:	2600m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 2
Prizemoney:	$300,000

2022 ATC Chairman’s Quality Results

• 1st: #7 Nerve Not Verve ($26)
• 2nd: #5 Knights Order
• 3rd: #11 Luncies

The Michael Moroney-trained Shocking mare Nerve Not Verve ($26) was gutsy late in the 2022 Chairman’s Quality results, moving up to fight it out the closing stages with the pacemaker Knights Order before pushing past to post a narrow upset ahead of a field of Sydney Cup hopefuls.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	7	NERVE NOT VERVE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Regan Bayliss		7	54kg		$26
	2	5	KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	0.31L	10	55.5kg		$7
	3	11	LUNCIES (GB)	Kris Lees	Robbie Dolan	3.54L	15	53kg		$8
	4	13	ALAKAHAN (IRE)	Richard & Michael Freedman	Craig Williams	4.2L	13	53kg		$17
	5	19	FEEL THE RUSH (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ms Linda Meech	4.32L	14	53kg		$31
	6	4	SHE’S IDEEL	Bjorn Baker	James McDonald	6.36L	16	55.5kg		$5
	7	6	ZEYREK (FR)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	William Pike	6.75L	3	54.5kg		$4.80F
	8	2	GREAT HOUSE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	6.93L	1	57.5kg		$6
	9	17	SWEET THOMAS (GER)	Matthew Smith	Jay Ford	7.27L	8	53kg		$101
	10	14	KAAPFEVER (NZ)	Joseph Pride	Tyler Schiller (a)	8.72L	11	53kg		$41
	11	3	SURPRISE BABY (NZ)	Gavin Bedggood	Nash Rawiller	11.91L	2	56.5kg		$8
	12	18	TRUE MARVEL (FR)	Matthew Smith	Ms Kathy O’Hara	11.93L	5	53kg		$151
	13	8	SOUTH PACIFIC (GB)	Richard Litt	Teodore Nugent (a)	14.77L	9	54kg		$151
	14	20	OLYMPIC GAZE	Paul Perry	Jean Van Overmeire	15.99L	12	53kg		$201
	15	9	AVION FURY	Ian Finn	Tom Sherry (a)	17.72L	4	54kg		$151
	16	16	SAVVY VALENTINO (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Ms Rachel King	29.88L	6	53kg		$51
		1	STOCKMAN (NZ)	Joseph Pride	Ms Alysha Collett		0
		10	FUTURE SCORE (IRE)	Matt Cumani	Brock Ryan		0
		12	CHALK STREAM (GB)	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry		0
		15	LE BAOL (FR)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ms Jamie Kah		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2022 ATC Chairman’s Handicap Betting Odds

The season’s latest ATC Chairman’s Handicap 2022 betting odds online provided by Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below for Races.com.au readers complete with market links.

There was a notable upset in 2022 with Nerve Not Verve winning the event at Chairman’s Quality odds of $26!

2022 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 2022 Chairman’s Quality Field is set for release on Wednesday March 30, 2022 and will be published in full below.

A bumper line-up of Sydney Cup-bound stayers faces off in the Chairman’s Quality 2022 final field in the wet at Randwick this weekend including the Chris Waller-trained Chalk Stream coming off a Queen’s (NE Manion) Cup third and the French-bred Zeyrek who ran fourth in the same lead-up for Team Hawkes.

2022 Chairman’s Quality Scratchings: 

• #1 Stockman (10)
• #10 Future Score (17)
• #12 Chalk Stream (1)
• #15 Le Baol (16)

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1x0244x012	STOCKMAN (NZ)	Joseph Pride	Ms Alysha Collett	10	59kg			107
2	7515510×43	GREAT HOUSE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	2	57.5kg			104
3	5x290x9x47	SURPRISE BABY (NZ)	Gavin Bedggood	Nash Rawiller	3	56.5kg			102
4	71970×0208	SHE’S IDEEL	Bjorn Baker	James McDonald	20	55.5kg			104
5	1x90970x35	KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	12	55.5kg			100
6	5x6443x414	ZEYREK (FR)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	William Pike	4	54.5kg			98
7	836×722512	NERVE NOT VERVE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Regan Bayliss	8	54kg			88
8	176×676340	SOUTH PACIFIC (GB)	Richard Litt	Teodore Nugent (a)	11	54kg			85
9	510x4899x2	AVION FURY	Ian Finn	Tom Sherry (a)	5	54kg			67
10	x08673x533	FUTURE SCORE (IRE)	Matt Cumani	Brock Ryan	17	53kg			93
11	x57482x529	LUNCIES (GB)	Kris Lees	Robbie Dolan	19	53kg			93
12	1241112×73	CHALK STREAM (GB)	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	1	53kg			90
13	2110x07x64	ALAKAHAN (IRE)	Richard & Michael Freedman	Craig Williams	15	53kg			88
14	7×77973187	KAAPFEVER (NZ)	Joseph Pride	Tyler Schiller (a)	13	53kg			88
15	0x10x8x835	LE BAOL (FR)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ms Jamie Kah	16	53kg			87
16	611529×876	SAVVY VALENTINO (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Ms Rachel King	7	53kg			86
17	260043×000	SWEET THOMAS (GER)	Matthew Smith	Jay Ford	9	53kg			86
18	411612×070	TRUE MARVEL (FR)	Matthew Smith	Ms Kathy O’Hara	6	53kg			82
19	x053840x53	FEEL THE RUSH (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ms Linda Meech	18	53kg			76
20	68042×7038	OLYMPIC GAZE	Paul Perry	Jean Van Overmeire	14	53kg			66

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2022 ATC Chairman’s Handicap Nominations

The ATC Chairman’s Handicap nominations 2022 will be published below as soon as released by Racing NSW on Monday March 28, 2022.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	2110x07x64	ALAKAHAN (IRE)	G	6	Richard & Michael Freedman	88
2	510x4899x2	AVION FURY	G	5	Ian Finn	67
3	1241112×73	CHALK STREAM (GB)	G	4	Chris Waller	90
4	793×632125	DESERT ICON (FR)	G	6	Chris Waller	93
5	31x2753x35	EMISSARY (GB)	G	5	Michael Moroney	90
6	x053840x53	FEEL THE RUSH (NZ)	M	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	76
7	531141	FOREVER YOU (IRE)	M	4	Annabel Neasham	72
8	x08673x533	FUTURE SCORE (IRE)	G	7	Matt Cumani	93
9	7515510×43	GREAT HOUSE (IRE)	G	5	Chris Waller	104
10	7×77973187	KAAPFEVER (NZ)	G	7	Joseph Pride	88
11	1x90970x35	KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE)	G	7	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	100
12	0x10x8x835	LE BAOL (FR)	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	87
13	x57482x529	LUNCIES (GB)	G	5	Kris Lees	93
14	4112121716	MIGHTYBEEL (NZ)	G	4	Chris Waller	100
15	836×722512	NERVE NOT VERVE (NZ)	M	6	Michael Moroney	88
16	1636×33251	NO COMPROMISE (NZ)	G	5	Chris Waller	97
17	68042×7038	OLYMPIC GAZE	G	4	Paul Perry	66
18	611529×876	SAVVY VALENTINO (NZ)	G	5	Bjorn Baker	86
19	x3321x0x64	SHERAZ (FR)	G	5	Chris Waller	99
20	371970×020	SHE’S IDEEL	M	6	Bjorn Baker	106
21	176×676340	SOUTH PACIFIC (GB)	G	6	Richard Litt	85
22	11x0244x01	STOCKMAN (NZ)	G	5	Joseph Pride	106
23	91x211x12	SUREFIRE (GB)	G	4	Chris Waller	92
24	5x290x9x47	SURPRISE BABY (NZ)	G	7	Gavin Bedggood	102
25	260043×000	SWEET THOMAS (GER)	G	10	Matthew Smith	86
26	01091811×8	TORRENS	H	5	Marc Chevalier	98
27	411612×070	TRUE MARVEL (FR)	G	6	Matthew Smith	82
28	5x6443x414	ZEYREK (FR)	G	5	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	98

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

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
2022 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Nerve Not Verve	2 minutes 51.96 seconds
	2nd	Knights Order
	3rd	Luncies
2021 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Quick Thinker	2 minutes 45.45 seconds
	2nd	Rondinella
	3rd	Paths Of Glory
2020 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Raheen House	2 minutes 47.85 seconds
	2nd	Carif
	3rd	Mirage Dancer
2019 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Gallic Chieftain	2 minutes 47.95 seconds
	2nd	Shraaoh
	3rd	Semari
2018 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Sir Charles Road	2 minutes 41.57 seconds
	2nd	Ventura Storm
	3rd	Peribsen
2017 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Big Duke	2 minutes 52.49 seconds
	2nd	Aloft
	3rd	Rock On
2016 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Libran	2 minutes 48.13 seconds
	2nd	Alegria
	3rd	Café Society
2015 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Tremec	2 minutes 49.40 seconds
	2nd	Sir John Hawkwood
	3rd	Grand Marshal
2014 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	The Offer	2 minutes 51.63 seconds
	2nd	Tremec
	3rd	Hippopus
2013 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Tremec	2 minutes 44.4 seconds
	2nd	Blood Brotha
	3rd	Aliyana Tilde
2012 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Permit	2 minutes 41.9 seconds
	2nd	Older Than Time
	3rd	Nextanix
2011 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Once Were Wild	2 minutes 43.4 seconds
	2nd	Anudjawun
	3rd	C’est Le Guerre
2010 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Jessicabeel	2 minutes 44.6 seconds
	2nd	No Wine No Song
	3rd	Harris Tweed
2009 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Divine Rebel	2 minutes 45.91 seconds
	2nd	Ice Chariot
	3rd	Common Objective
2008 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	No Wine No Song	2 minutes 49.84 seconds
	2nd	Sky Biscuit
	3rd	Resolution
2007 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	No Wine No Song	2 minutes 48.19 seconds
	2nd	Prince Arthur
	3rd	Magic Instinct
2006 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Fooram	2 minutes 45.06 seconds
	2nd	Three Chimneys
	3rd	Cross Bar
2005 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Philosophe	2 minutes 51.13 seconds
	2nd	Padfoot Charlie
	3rd	County Tyrone
2004 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Mummify	2 minutes 47.77 seconds
	2nd	County Tyrone
	3rd	Saturday Fever
2003 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Grey Song	2 minutes 32.44 seconds
	2nd	Honor Babe
	3rd	County Tyrone
2002 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Henderson Bay	2 minutes 29.79 seconds
	2nd	Homewrecker
	3rd	Asia
2001 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Steel Phoenix	2 minutes 32.06 seconds
	2nd	Giovana
	3rd	Wellington
2000 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Pravda	2 minutes 31.25 seconds
	2nd	Consolidator
	3rd	Regal Touch