Epsom Handicap

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Epsom Handicap
Group 1 race
Amounis 1930 VATC Futurity Stakes Jockey Harold Jones Trainer Frank McGrath.jpg
Amounis, 1926 & 1928 winner
Location Randwick Racecourse,
Sydney, Australia
Inaugurated1865
Race type Thoroughbred - flat
Sponsor TAB (2024)
Race information
Distance1,600 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
QualificationHorses three years old and older
WeightHandicap
Purse A$1,500,000 (2024)
BonusesWinner exemption from a ballot on the Queen Elizabeth Stakes

The Epsom Handicap is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for horses three years old and older, under handicap conditions over a distance of 1,600 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in early October. [1] Prize money is A$1,500,000.

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History

In 1897 Jim McHugh weighing 4 stone 4 pounds (27 kg) and aged 11 years and 4 months was having his second race ride ever, on Robin Hood in the Epsom Handicap and won the race. [2]

Jockey, Donald Nicholson won the race in succession five times from 1880 to 1884 and came fifth in 1885. He was killed a few weeks later when his mount fell in the 1885 Caulfield Cup. [3]

It is one of the major races of the ATC Spring Carnival. Many great milers have won the race, including Chatham, Gunsynd, and Super Impose, who was also a dual winner of the autumn equivalent, the Doncaster Handicap.

Name

High Caste, 1940 winner High Caste 1940 VRC C.B. Fisher Plate Flemington Racecourse Jockey Ted Bartle Trainer Jack Jamieson.jpg
High Caste, 1940 winner
Gold Rod, 1937 winner Gold Rod 1936 VRC Sires Produce Stakes Flemington Racecourse Jockey Jack Pratt Trainer George Price.jpg
Gold Rod, 1937 winner
Chatham, 1932 & 1933 winner Jockey riding race horse Chatham at the races with the crowd in background, New South Wales, 18 September 1933..jpg
Chatham, 1932 & 1933 winner
Nightmarch, 1929 winner Nightmarch entering field with jockey, New South Wales, ca. 1930.jpg
Nightmarch, 1929 winner

The race was named after the famous Epsom Downs Racecourse in the South of England where the classic three-year-old Epsom Derby has been contested since 1780. [1]

Grade

Distance

Venue

1934 and 1943 racebooks

1945 and 1954 racebooks


Winners

Dead heat
‡ Not held because of outbreak of equine influenza [45]

See also

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