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The TL Baillieu Handicap – currently known as The Schweppervescence for sponsorship purposes – is a Group 3 race conducted at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in late March during the annual Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

A quality handicap for two-year-old horses run over 1400m, the event offers $160,000 in total prize money and is a key support act on Tancred Stakes Day that is headlined by two Group 1 races – the Tancred Stakes (2400m) and Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m).

Young horses head into the TL Baillieu Handicap field via earlier autumn runs in races including the Group 3 Pago Pago Stakes (1200m) or Group 3 Magic Night Stakes (1200m) a fortnight earlier at the track.

Following a run in the TL Baillieu Handicap, two-year-olds may continue onto the Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Royal Randwick or step up to a mile for the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) in mid-April.

In 2016 Prized Icon ran second in the Baillieu Handicap and won the Champagne Stakes two starts later. The following year, The Mission (2017) won the Baillieu and after an unplaced Sires’ run took out the Group 1 Champagne Stakes.

The TL Baillieu Handicap 2021 ran on Saturday April 3, 2021 as The Schweppervescence and was won by Team Hawkes’ VRC Sires’ runner-up Saif. 

TL Baillieu Handicap 2021
Date:	Saturday April 3, 2021
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	Open Handicap – 2YOs
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$160,000

2021 The Schweppervescence Results

• 1st: #2 Saif
• 2nd: #3 Converge
• 3rd: #13 Gim Martini

A perfectly-timed ride by Craig Williams in the first on Tancred Stakes Day saw the impressive Team Hawkes-trained Saif ($6.50) frank the form out of his Group 2 VRC Sires’ second in Melbourne with a runaway win over the top of his rivals the final 100m in the Schweppervescence 2021 results.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	SAIF	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Craig Williams		1	58kg		$6.50
	2	3	CONVERGE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	1.8L	4	57kg		$7
	3	13	GIN MARTINI (NZ)	John Sargent	Regan Bayliss	3.1L	13	54kg		$61
	4	7	MR MOZART	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Kerrin McEvoy	4.6L	12	56.5kg		$15
	5	4	WITH YOUR BLESSING (NZ)	John Thompson	Glen Boss	4.8L	8	57kg		$7.50
	6	11	TESTIMONIAL	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	5.6L	3	56kg		$12
	7	6	CONRAD	Kim Waugh	Tom Marquand	6L	10	56.5kg		$3.70F
	8	14e	FORGOT YOU (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Robbie Dolan	6.5L	9	55.5kg		$31
	9	12	FLYING WITNESS	Annabel Neasham	Jason Collett	6.6L	5	54kg		$16
	10	1	READILY AVAILABULL	John Sargent	Andrew Adkins	6.8L	2	58kg		$11
	11	5	COASTWATCH	Chris Waller	James McDonald	9.8L	6	56.5kg		$21
	12	9	WIZARD OF OZ	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	17.6L	7	56.5kg		$41
	13	8	TEA LEAVES	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Brenton Avdulla	20.4L	11	56.5kg		$31
		17e	TRISTATE	Anthony Cummings			0
		18e	MAURICE’S MEDAD	Bjorn Baker			0
		16e	POETIC IMPACT	Paul Perry			0
		10	AKIHIRO	Gary Portelli			0
		15e	LAST NOT LEAST	John Sargent			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 TL Baillieu Handicap Odds

The season’s latest TL Baillieu Handicap 2021 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available the week of the race.

2021 TL Baillieu Handicap Field

The TL Baillieu Handicap field draws classy two-year-olds showing the potential to run out a strong 1400m or even a mile. Many of the youngsters in the race missed out on a run in the $3.5 million Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) the weekend prior, or were saved for this easy target.

The official 2021 TL Baillieu Handicap Field & Barriers will be released by Racing NSW on Wednesday March 31, 2021 and listed below.

A capacity line-up of two-year-olds will face off in the Schweppervescence 2021 field to kick off Tancred Stakes Day including Kim Waugh’s last start Wyong winner Conrad to be ridden by in-form English hoop tom Marquand.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1×65	READILY AVAILABULL	John Sargent	Andrew Adkins	2	58kg
2	12	SAIF	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Craig Williams	1	58kg
3	1×6	CONVERGE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	5	57kg
4	34	WITH YOUR BLESSING (NZ)	John Thompson	Glen Boss	9	57kg
5	038×1	COASTWATCH	Chris Waller	James McDonald	7	56.5kg
6	21	CONRAD	Kim Waugh	Tom Marquand	12	56.5kg
7	1	MR MOZART	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Kerrin McEvoy	17	56.5kg
8	721	TEA LEAVES	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Brenton Avdulla	14	56.5kg
9	73	WIZARD OF OZ	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	8	56.5kg
10	2×57	AKIHIRO	Gary Portelli		16	56kg
11	6×34	TESTIMONIAL	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	4	56kg
12	46	FLYING WITNESS	Annabel Neasham	Jason Collett	6	54kg
13	62	GIN MARTINI (NZ)	John Sargent	Regan Bayliss	18	54kg
14e	38	FORGOT YOU (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Robbie Dolan	10	55.5kg
15e	3	LAST NOT LEAST	John Sargent		15	55.5kg
16e	8	POETIC IMPACT	Paul Perry		11	54kg
17e	658	TRISTATE	Anthony Cummings		13	55kg
18e	7×833	MAURICE’S MEDAD	Bjorn Baker		3	54.5kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

TL Baillieu Handicap History

The TL Baillieu Handicap has been run and won since 1986 and is named in honour of the Australian Jockey Club’s former Chairman Tom Latham Baillieu. From 2010 – 2016 it ran as The Schweppervescence and after starting out as a Listed race it gained Group 3 status in 2011.

Before the move to Rosehill Racecourse in 2010 the TL Baillieu Handicap was previously contested at a number of other Sydney race tracks including Royal Randwick, Randwick’s Kensington track and Warwick Farm Racecourse.

Recent TL Baillieu Handicap Winners

Below is a full list of TL Baillieu Handicap results and winners going back to 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Saif	1 minute 23.85 seconds
	2nd	Converge
	3rd	Gin Martini
2020 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Holyfield	1 minute 26.68 seconds
	2nd	Untamed
	3rd	Time Is Precious
2019 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Bellevue Hill	1 minute 28.21 seconds
	2nd	Strasbourg
	3rd	Fortress Command
2018 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Irukandji	1 minute 24.55 seconds
	2nd	Aristocratic Miss
	3rd	Spin
2017 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	The Mission	1 minute 27.51 seconds
	2nd	Astoria
	3rd	Muraahib
2016 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Attention	1 minute 23.8 seconds
	2nd	Prized Icon
	3rd	Crafty Cop
2015 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Takedown	1 minute 24.1 seconds
	2nd	Street Rapper
	3rd	Mine Two
2014 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Bachman	1 minute 26.8 seconds
	2nd	Scratch Me Lucky
	3rd	Veuvelicious
2013 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Champollion	1 minute 26.2 seconds
	2nd	Ideal Guide
	3rd	Rightoncue
2012 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Flying Snitzel	1 minute 23.4 seconds
	2nd	Dear Demi
	3rd	Strength
2011 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Do You Think	1 minute 24.5 seconds
	2nd	Cocky Raider
	3rd	Satirical Boy
2010 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Skilled	1 minute 24.5 seconds
	2nd	Fashion
	3rd	Kudakulari
2009 Ajax Stakes	1st	Onemorenomore	1 minute 25.3 seconds
	2nd	Rogue Warrior
	3rd	Euphemism
2008 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Rhyno Chaser	1 minute 26.8 seconds
	2nd	Polaway
	3rd	Wembley
2007 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Pistols	1 minute 24.8 seconds
	2nd	Switchblade
	3rd	Cigar Royale
2006 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Mentality	1 minute 23.8 seconds
	2nd	Excites
	3rd	Theseo
2005 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Paratroopers	1 minute 22.8 seconds
	2nd	Astronomia
	3rd	Dower
2004 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Gaze On	1 minute 23.4 seconds
	2nd	Connecticut
	3rd	Dancing Bridges
2003 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Winning Belle	1 minute 23.2 seconds
	2nd	Yes Boss
	3rd	Sir Dex
2002 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Redwood Falls	1 minute 23.2 seconds
	2nd	Salameh
	3rd	Huit
2001 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Vita	1 minute 25.0 seconds
	2nd	Sircarn Damon
	3rd	Whim Wham
2000 TL Baillieu Handicap	1st	Clonmel	1 minute 26.2 seconds
	2nd	Vampire
	3rd	Restless