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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’.

2026 ATC Chairman’s Quality Results

Stay tuned for the official 2026 Chairman’s Quality results and finishing order at Randwick on Saturday April 4, 2026 and to see if any stayers will run on the quick back-up in the Sydney Cup field.

• 1st: No. 10 Newlook ($8.50)
• 2nd: No. 1 Campaldino
• 3rd: No. 5 Juju Kibo

Winning Margin: 1.18 lengths

Winning Time: 2:46.03

Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young’s progressive New Bay five-year-old Newlook ($8.50) relished a rise and trip and was given a perfectly timed ride by Rachel King who scored herself an early double on Day 1 of The Championships to head the 2026 Chairman’s Quality results on the now Sydney Cup-bound stayer. Coming from a midfield position at the top of the straight, Newlook chased down the front running Campaldino and drew away late to score by over a length and firm from $101 right into $8 through Ladbrokes.com.au to take out next weekend’s 3200m classic.

2026 Chairman’s Quality Odds

Doncaster Mile Day features four Group 1 status races led by the Group 1 $4 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.

The Offer (2014) and Circle Of Fire (2024) are the latest horses to complete the Chairman’s Handicap – Sydney Cup double which has been done nine times.

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.

In 2022 Knights Order improved on a lead-up second in the Chairman’s Quality to win the Sydney Cup next start for the Waterhouse/Bott stable. He further franked the form that spring returning to run third in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) in Melbourne.

In 2025 the Chairman’s Quality form was franked with the third placed Valiant King returning to also complete that spring’s Caulfield Cup trifecta.

The Chairman’s Quality 2026 ran on Saturday April 4, 2026 at Royal Randwick as a last-minute Sydney Cup lead-up and saw the Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young-trained Newlook ($8.50) claim a strong 1.18 length win ahead of a likely quick back-up into the 3200m Group 1. 

2026 ATC Chairman’s Handicap
Date:	Saturday April 4, 2026
Track:	Randwick Racecourse, Sydney
Distance:	2600m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 2
Prizemoney:	$300,000

2026 ATC Chairman’s Handicap Betting

The season’s latest ATC Chairman’s Handicap 2026 betting odds online provided by Ladbrokes.com.au will be available here at Races.com.au 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. Nerve Not Verve returned to run a close third in the 2023 Chairman’s Quality results that were led by the Chris Waller-trained outsider Surefire at $17.

Circle Of Fire ($3.60 in 2024) and Alalcance ($2.70 in 2025) are the latest favourites in Chairman’s Quality betting to win.

2026 ATC Chairman’s Handicap Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2026 CHAIRMAN’S QUALITY FORM GUIDE

2026 ATC Chairman’s Handicap Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Chairman’s Quality 2026 Tips on the Randwick staying showdown this April.

2026 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 2026 Chairman’s Quality Field is set for release on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

The Chairman’s Quality 2026 final field features 14 potential Sydney Cup-bound stayers including the Ciaron Maher-trained Juja Kibo who was third in last October’s Group 1 The Metrop and the rails drawn Taramansour coming off a second in the Group 3 NE Manion Cup.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	221111×517	CAMPALDINO (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	4	59kg			105
2	x821069x69	CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD (IRE)	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	2	58kg			103
3	12361×4334	TRAVOLTA (GB)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	14	57kg			101
4	x00020x028	ATHABASCAN (FR)	Tom Charlton	Tom Sherry	9	56kg			99
5	116123×933	JUJA KIBO (IRE)	Ciaron Maher	Craig Williams	11	55.5kg			98
6	x80610x079	STAR OF INDIA (IRE)	Chris Waller	Damian Lane	5	55.5kg			98
7	5380815492	TARAMANSOUR (IRE)	Phillip Stokes	Tommy Berry	1	55.5kg			98
8	706583×270	PALMETTO (NZ)	John Sargent	Ms Alysha Collett	12	54.5kg			96
9	3710466263	AGE OF SAIL (GB)	Kris Lees	Tyler Schiller	13	53kg			92
10	111x780x55	NEWLOOK (FR)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Ms Rachel King	7	53kg			92
11	83x0300x96	TEMPESTI (ITY)	Matt Cumani	Reece Jones	3	53kg			92
12	17x640x788	FLYING BANDIT	Kerry Parker	Jay Ford	8	53kg			89
13	322223×262	BLUESTONE (NZ)	Michael Kent	Michael Dee	10	53kg			73
14	1x1234221x	SEO LINN (IRE)	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	6	53kg			68

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2026 ATC Chairman’s Handicap Nominations

The ATC Chairman’s Handicap nominations 2026 will be published below as soon as released by Racing NSW on the Monday of race week.

2026 Chairman’s Quality nominations extended until 11:00am (AEDT) – 31/03/2026

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	3710466263	AGE OF SAIL (GB)	G	7	Kris Lees	92
2	x00020x028	ATHABASCAN (FR)	G	7	John O’Shea & Tom Charlton	99
3	322223×262	BLUESTONE (NZ)	G	5	Michael Kent	73
4	221111×517	CAMPALDINO (NZ)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	105
5	x821069x69	CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD (IRE)	G	7	Kris Lees	103
6	17x640x788	FLYING BANDIT	G	5	Kerry Parker	89
7	116123×933	JUJA KIBO (IRE)	G	5	Ciaron Maher	98
8	111x780x55	NEWLOOK (FR)	G	5	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	92
9	706583×270	PALMETTO (NZ)	G	7	John Sargent	96
10	1x1234221x	SEO LINN (IRE)	M	6	Chris Waller	68
11	x80610x079	STAR OF INDIA (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller	98
12	5380815492	TARAMANSOUR (IRE)	G	9	Phillip Stokes	98
13	83x0300x96	TEMPESTI (ITY)	G	7	Matt Cumani	92
14	12361×4334	TRAVOLTA (GB)	G	5	Chris Waller	101

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.

Alalcance (2025) was the last mare to win the Chairman’s Handicap.

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
2026 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Newlook	2 minutes 46.03 seconds
	2nd	Campaldino
	3rd	Juju Kibo
2025 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Alalcance	2 minutes 43.98 seconds
	2nd	Birdman
	3rd	Valiant King
2024 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Circle Of Fire	2 minutes 46.12 seconds
	2nd	Hopeful
	3rd	Double Cherry
2023 Chairman’s Handicap	1st	Surefire	2 minutes 52.45 seconds
	2nd	Gin Martini
	3rd	Nerve Not Verve
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