Epsom Handicap

Epsom Handicap. Winners and Past Results.

The Epsom Handicap is a Group 1 Australian horse race.

It is contested over a distance of 1600 metre at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney each year.

Prize money for the Epsom Handicap is worth $353,500.

The race is 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. First race was run in 1865 and a horse named Dundee won it.

The Epsom Handicap is one of the major races of the Sydney Spring Carnival. Epsom Handicap Day features three other quality Group 1 races alongside the Epsom, which are the Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) for three-year-olds, The Metropolitan (2400m) for stayers, and the Flight Stakes (1600m) for 3yo fillies.

Some of the winners of this event include Chatham, Gunsynd, and Super Impose.

The 2010 Epsom Handicap will be run of October 2nd 2010.

The 2009 Epsom Handicap was won by Rock Kingdom from Rangirangdoo with Road To Rock third.

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