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The Standish Handicap is a Group 3 sprint race held at Flemington Racecourse on New Year's Day each summer.
The 2021 Standish Handicap is a 1200m sprint that takes place at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne on New Year’s Day each summer.
It is held under handicap conditions and pays $160,000 in prize money. As a Group 3 event, it attracts some fairly decent talent looking for an off-season Black-Type to either round out their summer or kick off their autumn.
While only a Group 3 event, occupying the New Year’s Day slot adds a certain level of prestige to the race. It also makes it important event for some horses who are gearing up for some of the few January races or the early Autumn Racing Carnival. However, many of the top sprinters in Melbourne are usually in the paddock around this time.
In 2019 the Standish Handicap winner Whispering Brook franked the form winning the Group 2 Australia Stakes (1200m) next start at The Valley.
The Standish Handicap is held down the “straight six”, which is the Flemington straight (six furlongs long).
Horses that do well in the Standish Handicap may target the Group 1 sprints of the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival including Caulfield’s Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) in February.
The 2021 Standish Handicap runs on Friday January 1, 2021.
Standish Handicap 2021 | |
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Date: | Friday January 1, 2021 |
Track: | Flemington Racecourse |
Distance: | 1200m |
Race Type: | Open Handicap |
Status: | Group 3 |
Prize Money: | $160,000 |
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The Standish Handicap field attracts a quality line-up of summer sprinters each January, many coming off a lead-up run at the Flemington track and the bulk of which progress onto the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival sprint races later in the year.
The 2021 Standish Handicap field and barriers are set for release the week before the race and will be provided in full below as soon as made available by Racing Victoria. The announcement date for the Standish Handicap final acceptances changes from year to year, due to the fact that the race runs on New Years Day rather than a specific week day.
The Standish Handicap was inaugurated in 1884. This makes it one of the older races in Australia.
It is named after Captain Frederick Standish. He was a former VRC Chairman and also held the position of Victorian Chief Commissioner of police during the period that Ned Kelly was galloping around the scrub bushrangering. Fred Standish passed away in 1883.
Between 1884 and 1972 the Standish Handicap was held over six furlongs. Following the conversion to metric, it was held over 1200m, right up until 2006. In that year it was held over 1100m. Since 2007 it has been raced over 1200m.
In 1997 for a year the race was held at Moonee Valley. Caulfield Racecourse hosted it in 2006.
Prior to 1979, it was a Principal race, and since then it has held Group 3 status.
Notable Standish Handicap winners include Barefoot (1892), Miss Bobby (1907, 08), Press Gang (1935), Ungar (1950, 51), Scarborough Fair (1972), Redelva (1988), Iglesia (2001), Super Impressive (2003, 05) and Flamberge (2014). Standish Handicap results, place getters and winning times since 2000 are provided below.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2021 Standish Handicap |
1st | TBD | TBD |
2nd | TBD | ||
3rd | TBD | ||
2020 Standish Handicap |
1st | Halvorsen | 1 minute 10.24 seconds |
2nd | Bold Star | ||
3rd | Superhard | ||
2019 Standish Handicap |
1st | Whispering Brook | 1 minute 9.18 seconds |
2nd | Smart Coupe | ||
3rd | True Excelsior | ||
2018 Standish Handicap |
1st | Lord Of The Sky | 1 minute 8.98 seconds |
2nd | Flippant | ||
3rd | Chamois Road | ||
2017 Standish Handicap |
1st | Odyssey Moon | 1 minute 10.54 seconds |
2nd | Cavaloce | ||
3rd | Inspector | ||
2016 Standish Handicap |
1st | Durendal | 1 minute 9.4 seconds |
2nd | Zupacharged | ||
3rd | Churchill Dancer | ||
2015 Standish Handicap |
1st | Decircles | 1 minute 9.1 seconds |
2nd | Lord Of The Sky | ||
3rd | Reparations | ||
2014 Standish Handicap |
1st | Flamberge | 1 minute 9.9 seconds |
2nd | Essay Raider | ||
3rd | Decircles | ||
2013 Standish Handicap |
1st | Adamantium | 1 minute 8.2 seconds |
2nd | Catapulted | ||
3rd | Goldstone | ||
2012 Standish Handicap |
1st | Catapulted | 1 minute 7.6 seconds |
=2nd | Rocking Force | ||
=2nd | Cascabel | ||
2011 Standish Handicap |
1st | Ahdashim | 1 minute 9.1 seconds |
2nd | Chasm | ||
3rd | Eclair Mystic | ||
2010 Standish Handicap |
1st | Royal Ida | 1 minute 11.1 seconds |
2nd | Beltrois | ||
3rd | Juggle The Books | ||
2009 Standish Handicap |
1st | King Hoaks | 1 minute 10.3 seconds |
2nd | Bowhunter | ||
3rd | Orbit Express | ||
2008 Standish Handicap |
1st | Publishing | 1 minute 9.3 seconds |
2nd | Eskaw | ||
3rd | Pencelaron | ||
2007 Standish Handicap |
1st | Watchyerback | 1 minute 9.0 seconds |
2nd | Murray Downs | ||
3rd | Cocinero | ||
2006 Standish Handicap |
1st | Honalee | 1 minute 3.4 seconds |
2nd | Gold Wells | ||
3rd | Starhere | ||
2005 Standish Handicap |
1st | Super Impressive | 1 minute 9.8 seconds |
2nd | Blessum | ||
3rd | Savage Attack | ||
2004 Standish Handicap |
1st | Blessum | 1 minute 9.2 seconds |
2nd | Monahan Tweed | ||
3rd | Super Impressive | ||
2003 Standish Handicap |
1st | Super Impressive | 1 minute 10.3 seconds |
2nd | Confederate Kid | ||
3rd | The Expat | ||
2002 Standish Handicap |
1st | Lets Planet | 1 minute 9.7 seconds |
2nd | Chattanooga | ||
3rd | Generalissimo | ||
2001 Standish Handicap |
1st | Iglesia | 1 minute 7.1 seconds |
2nd | Sedation | ||
3rd | Major | ||
2000 Standish Handicap |
1st | Upright | 1 minute 9.6 seconds |
2nd | Rain Dance Lady | ||
3rd | Bush Outlaw |