Toorak Handicap

Winners and Past Results

The Toorak Handicap is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 1 Australian open handicap horse race for three-year-olds and upwards. FREE $200 Bet

It is contested over a distance of 1600 metres and is held annually at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne in October during the Spring Racing Carnival.

Prize money for the Toorak Handicap is worth $350,000.

From 1981-84 the race was known as the 'The IXL' and then from 1985-89 the 'The Elders Mile' and from 1990 onwards it has been the Toorak Handicap.

The Toorak Handicap is the first day of the three day racing carnival at Caulfield and has been taken out by some handy gallopers over the years such as Regal Roller, Unrum, Poetic King, Cole Diesel and Canny Lass.

The Toorak Handicap taking place on Guineas day, is one of three Group 1 races held on the day, with the other two being the Caulfield Guineas and Yalumba Stakes.

The Caulfield carnival lasts seven days over two weekends, with the second day being midweek on the Wednesday, where the Group 1 Thousand Guineas for fillies takes place. The following Saturday sees the running of the main feature race of the Caulfield carnival, the Group 1 Caulfield Cup.

2011 Toorak Handicap

New Zealand galloper King Mufhasa claimed his first win on Australian soil, slipping at the start to lose ground but recovering quickly to race handy to the pace. The seven-year-old showed plenty of toe coming into the straight and had the field covered from that point, even though King's Rose and Luen Yat Forever steamed home late to finish not far behind.

2011 Toorak Handicap result

1. King Mufhasa
2. King's Rose
3. Luen Yat Forever

Then came:

4. Wall Street
5. Dao Dao
6. Woorim
7. Yosei
8. Majestic Music
9. Fast Clip
10. Toorak Toff
11. Lord Pyrus
12. Dreamaway
13. Torio's Quest