Epsom Handicap 2024 Barrier Draw & Final Field

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Last updated: Tue 01 Oct 2024 10:10

Bets.com.au Staff 01 Oct 2024

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The final field for the 2024 Epsom Handicap has been announced
Notable runners include Royal Patronage, Ceolwulf, and Tom Kitten
Race to take place at Royal Randwick on October 5

Tom Kitten has drawn barrier nineteen in the 2024 Epsom Handicap. (Getty)

20 runners (plus one emergency) make up the final field for the 2024 Epsom Handicap, which headlines a bumper meeting from Royal Randwick on Saturday, October 5.

Royal Patronage (barrier 17) impressed on Australian debut when saluting in the Group 2 Tramway Stakes and then at WFA level in the 7 Stakes, there was merit to second-up performance when finishing third-of-eight over the Randwick Mile.

In a race won by Fangirl, the six-year-old was slow away early, while he is proven over the distance (last two overseas wins were in the 1600m-1700m range).

Ceolwulf (barrier 14) broke a 12-month winning drought second-up on August 31 before a runner-up finish behind Eliyas in the Group 3 Kingston Town Stakes and that winner is undefeated in Australia.

The Joe Pride-trained four-year-old is versatile, so dropping back to a mile from 2000m is no knock and he'll carry 54kg in the Epsom Handicap.

Tom Kitten (barrier 19) won first-up as a gelding before a fifth-place finish in the Bill Ritchie Handicap and he did stay at 1400m when five weeks between runs second-up.

Kovalica (barrier 1) finished third behind Royal Patronage on return and while he'll be suited out to 1600m second-up, the Chris Waller-trained gelding hasn't won since taking out the 2023 Queensland Derby.

Another leading chance from the Chris Waller yard is Democracy Manifest (barrier 10), who has been competitive in two Group 1 appearances over the Randwick mile, which includes a fifth-place finish in last year's Epsom Handicap.

Epsom Handicap 2024 Barriers & Final Field

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
1	My Oberon (IRE)	Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald	Nash Rawiller	21	56.5kg	$12
2	Royal Patronage (FR)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	17	56kg	$4.60
3	Detonator Jack (NZ)	Ciaron Maher	Jason Collett	16	56kg	$15
4	Kovalica (NZ)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	1	55.5kg	$6
5	Rediener	Chris Waller	Joshua Parr	12	55.5kg	$31
6	Democracy Manifest	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	10	55kg	$13
7	Ceolwulf (NZ)	Joseph Pride	Chad Schofield	14	54kg	$5
8	Nugget (GB)	Ciaron Maher	Dylan Gibbons	11	54kg	$26
9	Tom Kitten	James Cummings	Tommy Berry	19	54kg	$10
10	Berkshire Shadow (GB)	Ciaron Maher	Ashley Morgan	8	53kg	$16
11	Loch Eagle	Kris Lees	Jay Ford	18	52.5kg	$101
12	Major Beel (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Winona Costin	9	51.5kg	$21
13	Chrysaor	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	5	51.5kg	$31
14	Molly Bloom (NZ)	Chris Waller	Zac Lloyd (a)	3	50.5kg	$101
15	Arctic Glamour	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Andrew Adkins	6	50kg	$26
16	Mchale	Chris Waller	Rachel King	15	50kg	$26
17	Ausbred Flirt	Brad Widdup	TBA	2	50kg	$101
18	Kintyre	Gary Portelli	Cejay Graham	7	50kg	$34
19	Firestorm (NZ)	Chris Waller	Mark Du Plessis	13	50kg	$51
20	Galeron (IRE)	Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald	Alysha Collett	4	50kg	$201
21e.	Floating	Matthew Smith	Reece Jones	20	50kg	$201

Odds courtesy of EliteBet & correct on 01/10/2024.

Epsom Handicap Winners

The Epsom Handicap is one of Sydney's top spring races, with over 150 years of history and has been over the mile journey for the majority of its lifetime, despite a brief period of five years where the Epsom was run at 1800m.

Named in honour of the famous Epsom Downs racecourse in England, this mile feature has seen the best of the best taking out the prize including Super Impose, Sky High, Imposing, Winx, and Nightmarch.

Private Eye (2021), Ellsberg/Top Ranked (dead heat - 2022) and Rediener (2023) have won the last three editions of the Epsom Handicap.