Epsom Handicap
| Group 1 race | |
Amounis, 1926 & 1928 winner
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| Location | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia |
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| Inaugurated | 1865 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - flat |
| Sponsor | TAB (2016) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,600 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | Horses three years old and older |
| Weight | Handicap |
| Purse | A$1,000,000 (2016) |
| Bonuses | Winner exemption from a ballot on the Queen Elizabeth Stakes |
The Epsom Handicap is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race from horses three years old and older, under handicap conditions over a distance of 1,600 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in early October. Prize money is A$1,000,000.
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.
Jockey, Donald Nicolson 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.
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.
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.
Front cover of the 1954 AJC Epsom Handicap racebook
Starters and jockeys of the 1954 Epsom Handicap
1954 Epsom Handicap racebook
1954 Epsom Handicap racebook
† Deadheat
‡ Not held because of outbreak of equine influenza
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