Doncaster Handicap

Doncaster Handicap. Winners and Past Results.

The Doncaster Handicap is a Group 1 open handicap horse race for 3 year olds and over. It is also known as the Doncaster Mile.

The Doncaster Handicap is contested over 1600 metres at Royal Randwick Racecourse, Sydney during the autumn carvival.

Although the race has traditionally been held on Easter Monday, the race is now run on the third Saturday in April.

The prizemoney for the Doncaster Handicap is worth $1,510,000. The Doncaster Handicap is one of the premier mile races on the Australian racing calendar each year and the highlight of the Randwick autumn racing carnival.

Also on the same day as the Doncaster Handicap there are two other Group 1 races on the card, the AJC Australian Oaks and The Galaxy.

The Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m) held two weeks earlier has proven a good guide to the winner of this race over the past few years, with Vision And Power (2009), Haradasun (2007), Racing To Win (2006) and Grand Armee (2nd in 2003) all going on to win this race after winning the Ryder.

The 2010 Doncaster Handicap was won by Rangirangdoo from Road To Rock with Brilliant Light third.

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