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The 2018 Aurie’s Star Handicap is a Group 3 sprinting event hosted at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne every year around early August. Run over 1200m under open handicap conditions, the Aurie’s Star Handicap pays a total of $150,000 prize money.

The Aurie’s Star Handicap is one of the first group races of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, and as a result tends to attract punting attention in excess of its status. Keep a close eye on the Aurie’s Star Handicap results, as they can provide a good indicator for later form.

The Aurie’s Star Handicap 2018 will be run on August 11th.

Aurie’s Star Handicap
Date:	August 11th
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group Three
Prize Money:	$150,000

2018 Aurie’s Star Handicap Field

The 2018 Aurie’s Star Handicap field has been released and is now published below.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	x0x1x1230x	HOME OF THE BRAVE (IRE)	James Cummings	Damian Lane	2	59kg	107
2	7x145x0012	VOODOO LAD	Darren Weir	–	7	59kg	107
3	32442×1151	CHAMOIS ROAD	Patrick Payne	Michael Dee	10	57.5kg	104
4	x411x4614x	RICH CHARM	Udyta Clarke	Patrick Moloney	5	57.5kg	104
5	83x477100x	I AM A STAR (NZ)	Shane Nichols	Mark Zahra	4	56.5kg	106
6	6x11116x88	ABILITY	Henry Dwyer	Dwayne Dunn	6	56kg	101
7	13173x5x	POETIC DREAM (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jordan Childs	9	54.5kg	98
8	86125×1751	CAMDUS (IRE)	Darren Weir	–	1	54kg	96
9	x115x80x46	MAN FROM UNCLE	Darren Weir	–	3	54kg	90
10	15x11375x1	BRAVE SONG	Peter & Paul Snowden	Regan Bayliss	8	54kg	83

Aurie’s Star Handicap Nominations

#	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	31x271183x	I AM A STAR (NZ)	M	4	Shane Nichols	1	58kg	107
2	134x31196x	HEY DOC	G	4	Tony McEvoy	2	59kg	105
3	01x0533x53	FLIPPANT	M	5	Peter & Paul Snowden	3	54.5kg	100
4	717121175x	GRANDE ROSSO	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	4	56.5kg	100
5	911x63280x	WE’VE GOT THIS	G	6	Greg Eurell	5	55kg	97
6	6x114173x	SNITZSON	H	4	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	6	54kg	94
7	26×1516111	CANNYESCENT	G	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	7	54kg	93
8	587×842574	YESTERDAY’S SONGS	G	7	Michael Moroney	8	54kg	93
9	31215560×3	BEATNIKS	M	7	Matthew Dale	9	54kg	92
10	0x280x344x	BRAVE SMASH (JPN)	H	5	Darren Weir	10	54kg	90
11	14x64x0339	RUETTIGER (NZ)	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	11	54kg	90
12	x3189348x3	MURT THE FLIRT	G	6	Brendan McCarthy	12	54kg	88
13	9504530014	PLAY MASTER	G	9	Peter Smith	13	54kg	85
14	x2539x0925	KIRANI	G	7	Pat Hyland	14	54kg	76
15	15920×0926	LITTLE INDIAN	M	5	Robbie Laing	15	54kg	68
16	4x25x413x0	MANUEL	H	4	Tony McEvoy	16	54kg	65
17	4805×50689	JERSEY WHISTLER	G	8	Tara Cochrane	17	54kg	62

Aurie’s Star Handicap History

The Aurie’s Star Handicap was inaugurated in 1996 as an unlisted event, with Homestead taking out the first edition of the race. In 2005, the Aurie’s Star Handicap was upgraded to a listed event and given a boost in prize money. In 2010, it was ran as a Group 3 event, however was downgraded to listed status for the 2011 edition. In 2012, the Aurie’s Star Handicap was again upgraded to Group 3 and has remained at that status since.

The Aurie’s Star Handicap was held for a year at Moonee Valley Racecourse in 2007, but is now certainly a Flemington race. Although the Aurie’s Star Handicap only has a brief history, it has played an important role in the preparation of many sprinters for the spring campaigns.

Notable Aurie’s Star Handicap winners include Homestead (1996), Fields Of Omagh (2002), Sports (2003) and Temple Of Boom (2011).

Aurie’s Star Handicap Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2017 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	Hey Doc	1 minute 9.9 seconds
	2nd	Cannyescent
	3rd	Grande Rosso
2016 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	Sooboog	1 minute 10 seconds
	2nd	Dibayani
	3rd	Tashbeeh
2015 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	Shiraz	1 minute 09.4 seconds
	2nd	Play Master
	3rd	Le Bonsir
2014 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	Tiger Tees	1 minute 09.9 seconds
	2nd	Mr Chard
	3rd	Zamorar
2013 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	Broken	1 minute 12.5 seconds
	2nd	Temple Of Boom
	3rd	Cavallo Nero
2012 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	Shanghai Warrior	1 minute 11.4 seconds
	2nd	Golden Archer
	3rd	Zamorar
2011 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	Temple Of Boom	1 minute 10.7 seconds
	2nd	Rekindled Interest
	3rd	Offenders
2010 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	Elusive Touch	1 minute 11.1 seconds
	2nd	Leica Larrikin
	3rd	Beltrois
2009 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	Mic Mac	1 minute 09.7 seconds
	2nd	All American
	3rd	El Segundo
2008 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	Grand Duels	1 minute 10.5 seconds
	2nd	Stavka
	3rd	Valedictum
2007 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	Monet Rules	1 minute 12.0 seconds
	2nd	Orange County
	3rd	El Segundo
2006 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	Bel Danoro	1 minute 09.9 seconds
	2nd	El Segundo
	3rd	Apache Cat
2005 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	Niconero	1 minute 02.8 seconds
	2nd	Valedictum
	3rd	Tszyu
2004 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	General Bayton	1 minute 11.2 seconds
	2nd	Deprave
	3rd	Via De Lago
2003 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	Sports	1 minute 10.2 seconds
	2nd	Naden
	3rd	Prince Rubiton
2002 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	Fields Of Omagh	1 minute 09.4 seconds
	2nd	Pindi Ridge
	3rd	Gypsy Lad
2001 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	Sound The Alarm	1 minute 08.9 seconds
	2nd	Slalom
	3rd	Le Zagaletta
2000 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	Roktzar	1 minute 10.8 seconds
	2nd	Le Zagaletta
	3rd	Mystic Morse