Victoria Handicap
Encyclopedia
The Victoria Handicap is a Melbourne Racing Club
Group 3
Australia
n Thoroughbred
open handicap horse race, over a distance of 1400 metres. It is held annually at Caulfield Racecourse
in Melbourne
in April. Total prize money for the race is A$125,000.
Melbourne Racing Club
The Melbourne Racing Club is one of three metropolitan horse racing clubs in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It began life as the Victoria Amateur Turf Club in 1875 with Mr. E.C. Moore as the Club's first Secretary. The Dowling Forest Racecourse in Ballarat was the location for the first VATC race...
Group 3
Group races
Group races are the highest standard of Thoroughbred horseraces in Australia. The Australian Pattern Committee recommends to the Australian Racing Board which races shall be designated as Group races...
Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
open handicap horse race, over a distance of 1400 metres. It is held annually at Caulfield Racecourse
Caulfield Racecourse
Caulfield Racecourse is one of Melbourne, Australia's best-known horse-racing tracks. Commonly known as "The Heath" by local racegoers, it is located eight kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, on the boundary of Caulfield and Caulfield East in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs...
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
in April. Total prize money for the race is A$125,000.
The winners
- 2011 Red Colossus
- 2010 Orbit Express
- 2009 Masked Assassin
- 2008 Gotta Have Heart
- 2007 Stickpin
- 2006 Volitant
- 2005 Roman Arch
- 2004 Regal Roller
- 2003 Debrief
- 2002 Debrief
- 2001 Keeper
- 2000 Go Flash Go
- 1999 El Mirada
- 1998 Rustic Dream
- 1997 Lord Luskin
- 1996 Country Lane
- 1995 Simple As That
- 1994 Mister Elegant
- 1993 Surtee
- 1992 The Fount
- 1991 Solemn Oath
- 1990 Prince Ormenium
- 1989 Aisle
- 1988 Jet Fighter
- 1987 Jet Fighter
- 1986 Aiming
- 1985 Mendeara Etoile