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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 2021 The Kosciuszko took place at Randwick on Saturday October 16, 2021 as the key support act to the $15 million The Everest and was won by the favourite Art Cadeau ($4). 

The Kosciuszko 2021
Date:	Saturday October 16, 2021
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

2021 The Kosciuszko Results

• 1st: #3 Art Cadeau ($4)
• 2nd: #1 Handle The Truth
• 3rd: #6 Spiranac

The money came for the Terry Robinson-trained Country Championship Final winner Art Cadeau ($4) first-up and the horse did not disappoint running down the 2019 champion Handle The Truth in a thrilling The Kosciuszko 2021 result.

Click here to read more on the 2021 The Kosciuszko win by Art Cadeau.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	3	ART CADEAU	Terry Robinson	Tommy Berry		3	57.5kg		$4F
	2	1	HANDLE THE TRUTH	Keith Dryden	Nash Rawiller	0.18L	1	59kg		$7
	3	6	SPIRANAC	Rodney Northam	James McDonald	0.85L	8	55.5kg		$12
	4	7	EDIT (NZ)	Cody Morgan	Hugh Bowman	1.62L	11	55kg (cd 55.5kg)		$5.50
	4	15e	IRISH SONGS	Kurt Goldman	Kerrin McEvoy	1.62L	14	57kg		$21
	6	11	MR HUSSILL	Cameron Crockett	Regan Bayliss	1.68L	6	55kg		$21
	7	5	AHEADOFHISTIME	Trevor Hardy	Jeff Penza	3.16L	9	56.5kg		$101
	8	4	PLONKA	Warren Gavenlock	Joshua Parr	3.27L	7	57kg		$61
	9	14	SUNRISE RUBY	Mitchell Beer	Glen Boss	3.56L	4	53kg		$9.50
	10	8	ICE IN VANCOUVER	Cody Morgan	Tim Clark	3.81L	12	55kg		$31
	11	13	PATINO RUBY	Brett Cavanough	Ms Alysha Collett	4.62L	5	53.5kg		$12
	12	12	CEASEFIRE	Paul Messara	Robbie Dolan	7.53L	13	55kg		$12
	13	10	NADARAJA	Stephen Jones	Matthew Palmer	12.77L	2	55kg		$26
	14	9	ISLAND BAY BOY	Tony Sergi	Jason Collett	15.33L	10	55kg		$15
		17e	TIM’S PRINCIPAL	Jeremy Gask			0
		18e	KATTEGAT	Natalie Jarvis			0
		2	FRONT PAGE	Geoff Duryea	Kerrin McEvoy		0
		16e	ANOTHER ONE	Gary Colvin			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 The Kosciuszko Odds

The Kosciuszko 2021 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) followed by Art Cadeau ($4 in 2021) are the latest favourites in The Kosciuszko betting to salute for the punters.

2021 The Kosciuszko Field

The confirmed The Kosciuszko 2021 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 2021 The Kosciuszko field features a capacity line-up of country gallopers including the 2019 champion Handle The Truth drawn the rails and carrying the 59kg top weight.

• Scratched: #2 Front Page (14)

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	3x31002x47	HANDLE THE TRUTH	Keith Dryden	Nash Rawiller	1	59kg			106
2	x111x2x402	FRONT PAGE	Geoff Duryea	Kerrin McEvoy	14	59kg			96
3	22x212111x	ART CADEAU	Terry Robinson	Tommy Berry	3	57.5kg			88
4	2561647×85	PLONKA	Warren Gavenlock	Joshua Parr	7	57kg			85
5	7×54784113	AHEADOFHISTIME	Trevor Hardy	Jeff Penza	9	56.5kg			82
6	12x1717x61	SPIRANAC	Rodney Northam	James McDonald	8	55.5kg			85
7	221144×1	EDIT (NZ)	Cody Morgan	Hugh Bowman	11	55kg	55.5kg		79
8	110x173x	ICE IN VANCOUVER	Cody Morgan	Tim Clark	12	55kg			72
9	1x52115x51	ISLAND BAY BOY	Tony Sergi	Jason Collett	10	55kg			72
10	2111	NADARAJA	Stephen Jones	Matthew Palmer	2	55kg			72
11	3x11x132	MR HUSSILL	Cameron Crockett	Regan Bayliss	6	55kg			70
12	117×1	CEASEFIRE	Paul Messara	Robbie Dolan	13	55kg			68
13	21x1x251x4	PATINO RUBY	Brett Cavanough	Ms Alysha Collett	5	53.5kg			75
14	1x4x1112	SUNRISE RUBY	Mitchell Beer	Glen Boss	4	53kg			75
15e	x439067603	IRISH SONGS	Kurt Goldman		0	57kg			90
16e	x161612x36	ANOTHER ONE	Gary Colvin		0	56kg			83
17e	93×2511402	TIM’S PRINCIPAL	Jeremy Gask		0	56kg			81
18e	149×761133	KATTEGAT	Natalie Jarvis		0	56kg			72

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 The Kosciuzko Nominations

	LAST 10	HORSE	SEX	AGE	TRAINER	HCP RATING
1	7×54784113	AHEADOFHISTIME	G	5	Trevor Hardy
2	22x212111x	ART CADEAU	G	5	Terry Robinson
3	7771832322	CASSY’S SISTER	M	5	Troy O’Neile
4	117×1	CEASEFIRE	G	4	Paul Messara
5	221144×1	EDIT (NZ)	G	5	Cody Morgan
6	x111x2x402	FRONT PAGE	G	5	Geoff Duryea
7	004242×906	GOLLY I’M LUCKY	G	7	Terry Robinson	68
8	3x31002x47	HANDLE THE TRUTH	G	6	Keith Dryden	95
9	110x173x	ICE IN VANCOUVER	G	4	Cody Morgan
10	1x52115x51	ISLAND BAY BOY	G	4	Tony Sergi	66
11	648152914x	LORD TONY	G	6	Troy O’Neile
12	3x11x132	MR HUSSILL	G	6	Cameron Crockett
13	2111	NADARAJA	G	3	Stephen Jones
14	21x1x251x4	PATINO RUBY	M	4	Brett Cavanough	69
15	2561647×85	PLONKA	G	6	Warren Gavenlock	68
16	12x1717x61	SPIRANAC	M	5	Rodney Northam
17	1x4x1112	SUNRISE RUBY	M	4	Mitchell Beer	69

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

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.

In 2020 It’s Me saluted for the punters as the $2 favourite in The Kosciuszko results, as did the well-backed Art Cadeau ($4) in 2021.

Past The Kosciuszko Winners

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

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 The Kosciuszko	1st	Art Cadeau	1 minute 10.07 seconds
	2nd	Handle The Truth
	3rd	Spiranac
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