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The Kosciuszko is one of the recent additions to the Sydney Spring Racing Calendar, the Special Conditions feature held on The Everest Day at Royal Randwick each October.

Contested for the first time in 2018, The Kosciuszko race is open only to NSW or ACT Country-trained horses and is the most lucrative of its kind offering $1.3 million in prize money.

Taking place in Sydney on the same day Melbourne hosts the time-honoured Caulfield Cup, The Kosciuszko is a set weights plus penalties event that is now a hugely popular target for the provincially-trained sprints from around the state.

Members of the public are able to purchase tickets in The Kosciuzko Sweep that gives them a chance to select an eligible horse to take part in the event, the field size for which increased from 12 to 14 in 2019.

Winning ticket holders from the subsequent The Kosciuzko Calcutta Draw, which harks back to the traditions of bush racing, then have the opportunity to part-own a horse in the race that is selected at random.

The 2020 The Kosciuszko took place at Randwick on Saturday October 17, 2020 as the key support act to the $15 million The Everest and was won by the $2 favourite It’s Me.

The Kosciuszko 2020
Date:	Saturday October 17, 2020
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Set Weights + Penalties; NSW & ACT Country-trained horses only
Status:	Special Condition
Prize Money:	$1.3 million

2020 The Kosciuszko Results

• 1st: #14 It’s Me
• 2nd: #3 Redouble
• 3rd: #6 Man Of Peace

The $7.5 million The Golden Eagle could be on the cards for the outstanding It’s Me ($2F) following her win for the punters on The Everest Day in The Kosciuszko 2020 results.

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	14	IT’S ME	Brett Cavanough	Jason Collett		7	53kg (cd 53.5kg)		$2F
	2	3	REDOUBLE	Mitchell Beer	Tommy Berry	0.2L	1	59kg		$14
	3	6	MAN OF PEACE	Matthew Dale	Ms Louise Day (a)	1.2L	9	58kg		$19
	4	1	HANDLE THE TRUTH	Keith Dryden	Nash Rawiller	1.3L	13	59kg		$9
	5	9	TWO BIG FARI	Todd Howlett	Grant Buckley	1.5L	6	56.5kg		$16
	6	10	AL MAH HAHA	Tash Burleigh	Koby Jennings	2.7L	5	56kg		$31
	7	11	FENDER	Brett Cavanough	Kerrin McEvoy	2.8L	3	55.5kg		$8.50
	8	7	IRISH SONGS	Kurt Goldman	Glen Boss	3L	4	57kg		$51
	9	12	ANETHOLE	Cody Morgan	Brenton Avdulla	3.1L	14	55kg		$101
	10	4	INTUITION	Kurt Goldman	Sam Clipperton	3.2L	10	59kg		$31
	11	2	LORD VON COSTA	Donna Scott	Blaike McDougall	3.3L	2	59kg		$41
	12	8	LIGULATE	Cody Morgan	Andrew Gibbons	3.9L	11	57kg		$51
	13	18e	PRAIRIE FIRE	Danny Williams	James McDonald	4.1L	8	56kg		$31
	14	13	ICE IN VANCOUVER	Cody Morgan	Greg Ryan	64.3L	12	55kg		$17
		17e	JULIAN ROCK (FR)	Jean Dubois			0
		5	FRONT PAGE	Geoff Duryea			0
		15e	AKASAKI	Stephen Jones			0
		16e	KOOKABAA	Brett Thompson			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 The Kosciuszko Odds

The Kosciuszko 2020 betting odds and links to the latest prices at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as all-in markets on the event open.

It’s Me ($2 in 2020) was the last favourite in The Kosciuszko betting to salute for the punters.

2020 The Kosciuszko Field

The confirmed The Kosciuszko 2020 field of NSW and ACT country-trained horses, including those selected by the winning ticket holders from The Kosciuzko sweep, will be detailed below as soon as available.

Horses in the 14-starter The Kosciuzko field are able to be “swapped-out” for alternative runners right up until race day morning.

Group 1 winners after December 31, 2018 are ineligible for a spot in The Kosciuszko field.

The 14 horses – plus emergencies – in the 2020 The Kosciuszko field are listed below, the current slot-holders led in betting by undefeated Shamus Award mare It’s Me in a midfield barrier seven draw, while the reigning champ Handle The Truth has work to do from out in gate 13.

• Scratched: #5 Front Page (8)

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	3x189462x6	HANDLE THE TRUTH	Keith Dryden	Nash Rawiller	13	59kg			104
2	4x21x741x8	LORD VON COSTA	Donna Scott	Blaike McDougall	2	59kg			104
3	00327x384x	REDOUBLE	Mitchell Beer	Tommy Berry	1	59kg			104
4	x77550x55x	INTUITION	Kurt Goldman	Sam Clipperton	10	59kg			98
5	127x111x2	FRONT PAGE	Geoff Duryea	James McDonald	8	59kg			96
6	2x3132111x	MAN OF PEACE	Matthew Dale	Ms Louise Day (a)	9	58kg			108
7	93373116×0	IRISH SONGS	Kurt Goldman	Glen Boss	4	57kg			90
8	41x36181x3	LIGULATE	Cody Morgan	Andrew Gibbons	11	57kg			89
9	x121115x1x	TWO BIG FARI	Todd Howlett	Grant Buckley	6	56.5kg			88
10	440x2222x4	AL MAH HAHA	Tash Burleigh	Koby Jennings	5	56kg			83
11	111×17	FENDER	Brett Cavanough	Kerrin McEvoy	3	55.5kg			77
12	4x4x313x1	ANETHOLE	Cody Morgan	Brenton Avdulla	14	55kg			68
13	11	ICE IN VANCOUVER	Cody Morgan	Greg Ryan	12	55kg			63
14	111	IT’S ME	Brett Cavanough	Jason Collett	7	53kg			72
15e	09×5458217	AKASAKI	Stephen Jones		0	58kg			98
16e	4671121148	KOOKABAA	Brett Thompson		0	56.5kg			85
17e	512108×658	JULIAN ROCK (FR)	Jean Dubois		0	56kg			84
18e	7×25626695	PRAIRIE FIRE	Danny Williams		0	56kg			82

 

The Kosciuzko History

The Kosciuzko was first run in 2018 and won by Belflyer who failed in his attempt at back-to-back wins, in the way super sprinter Redzel (2017, 2018) won the opening two editions of The Everest, finishing dead last (14th) in his title defense behind Handle The Truth in 2019.

Past The Kosciuszko Winners

Previous The Kosciuzko winners going back to the race’s inauguration in 2018 are detailed below.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 The Kosciuszko	1st	It’s Me	1 minute 9.60 seconds
	2nd	Redouble
	3rd	Man Of Peace
2019 The  Kosciuszko	1st	Handle The Truth	1 minute 8.21 seconds
	2nd	Victorem
	3rd	Bobbing
2018 The  Kosciuszko	1st	Belflyer	1 minute 12.01 seconds
	2nd	Suncraze
	3rd	Awesome Pluck