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The Aurie’s Star Handicap is a Group 3 sprint 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 $160,000 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 in Group 1 races including the Manikato Stakes at The Valley that the 2017 Aurie’s Star winner Hey Doc went onto win.

The Aurie’s Star Handicap 2019 ran on Saturday August 10, 2019 and was won in an upset by So Si Bon ($21) first-up for Lindsay Park. 

Aurie’s Star Handicap
Date:	Saturday August 10, 2019
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$160,000

2019 Aurie’s Star Handicap Results

• 1st: #5 So Si Bon
• 2nd: #2 Malibu Style
• 3rd: #4 Sesar

The official Aurie’s Star Handicap 2019 results saw the Linsday Park-trained Australian Cup fourth-placegetter from the autumn, So Si Bon ($21), enjoy an upset win first-up for the spring. The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes and Toorak Handicap Group 1 double at Caulfield over the coming months now call for the six-year-old So You Think gelding.

Read more on the 2019 Aurie’s Star Handicap win by So Si Bon now. 

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	5	SO SI BON	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	–	12	55.5kg	$21
2	2	MALIBU STYLE	Neville Parnham	Damian Lane	1L	7	57.5kg	$6
3	4	SESAR	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	3.75L	13	55.5kg	$4.20F
4	9	SEABURGE	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Lachlan King (a)	3.85L	4	54kg	$91
5	7	MILWAUKEE	Michael Moroney	Damien Oliver	3.95L	10	54.5kg (cd 55kg)	$5.50
6	1	MATERIAL MAN	Pat Carey	Rhys McLeod	5.45L	14	59kg	$21
7	6	OOHOOD	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	5.75L	2	55kg	$16
8	8	REYKJAVIK	Lindsey Smith	Ms Linda Meech	6.15L	8	54kg	$6.50
9	15	MR MONEY BAGS	Robbie Griffiths	Beau Mertens	6.9L	6	54kg	$81
10	3	ICONOCLASM	Danny O’Brien	Brett Prebble	7.4L	3	55.5kg	$14
11	13	YOU MAKE ME SMILE	Jason Coyle	Zac Spain	9.15L	9	54kg	$9
12	10	HOLY BLADE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Jye McNeil	9.9L	1	54kg	$26
13	11	TRIBAL WISDOM	Michael Moroney	Michael Dee	10.1L	5	54kg	$41
14	14	TRUE EXCELSIOR (NZ)	Leon & Troy Corstens	Stephen Baster	50.1L	11	54kg	$51
–	12	ANTAH	Jason Warren	Dean Yendall	–	0	–	–

2019 Aurie’s Star Handicap Odds

Betting on the Aurie’s Star Handicap 2019 opens as soon as nominations are out the Monday of race week, the latest Aurie’s Star Handicap betting odds to be published below complete with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au.

2019 Aurie’s Star Handicap Field

Many horses come into the Aurie’s Star Handicap field off the winter lead-up races held in Melbourne including the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield in mid-July and the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) a fortnight later. In 2018 Voodoo Lad won the Sir John Monash Stakes – Aurie’s Star Handicap double and finished runner-up in Caulfield’s Bletchingly Stakes in between.

The 2019 Aurie’s Star Handicap field and barriers are announced the Wednesday of race week and the full list of acceptances will be available below once released.

Fifteen horses make up the official Aurie’s Star Handicap 2019 Final Field including early favourite Sesar and the consistent recent All Victorian Sprint Final winner at the track and distance Malibu Style.

Read more on the 2019 Aurie’s Star Handicap Field & Odds led by Sesar now.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	1x32x6900x	MATERIAL MAN	Pat Carey	Rhys McLeod	15	59kg	107
2	8×67202214	MALIBU STYLE	Neville Parnham	Damian Lane	7	57.5kg	104
3	11880x105x	ICONOCLASM	Danny O’Brien	Brett Prebble	3	55.5kg	100
4	2154x17x16	SESAR	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	14	55.5kg	100
5	641292450x	SO SI BON	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	13	55.5kg	100
6	544130x08x	OOHOOD	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	2	55kg	103
7	351×681212	MILWAUKEE	Michael Moroney	Damien Oliver	11	54.5kg	98
8	221×165313	REYKJAVIK	Lindsey Smith	Ms Linda Meech	8	54kg	95
9	x9767x740x	SEABURGE	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Lachlan King (a)	4	54kg	92
10	115040×333	HOLY BLADE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Jye McNeil	1	54kg	90
11	x4241x994x	TRIBAL WISDOM	Michael Moroney	Michael Dee	5	54kg	88
12	11x111231x	ANTAH	Jason Warren	Dean Yendall	10	54kg	86
13	3x811146x4	YOU MAKE ME SMILE	Jason Coyle	Michael Walker	9	54kg	85
14	x4993305x5	TRUE EXCELSIOR (NZ)	Leon & Troy Corstens	Stephen Baster	12	54kg	84
15	43214630×0	MR MONEY BAGS	Robbie Griffiths	Beau Mertens	6	54kg	82

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), Temple Of Boom (2011) and Voodoo Lad (2018) who went on to win Perth’s Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) later in the year.

Aurie’s Star Handicap Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	So Si Bon	1 minute 11.07 seconds
	2nd	Malibu Style
	3rd	Sesar
2018 Aurie’s Star Handicap	1st	Voodoo Lad	1 minute 9.64 seconds
	2nd	Home Of The Brave
	3rd	Brave Song
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