Epsom Handicap 2025 Tips & Betting Advice

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Arguably Sydney's best spring race, the Epsom Handicap draws the best mile horses competing for the $1.5 million prize pool.

One of the most acticipated races of the spring, the Epsom is a huge betting heat. Bets.com.au provides with Epsom Handicap betting tips and previews and a comprehensive guide to the Randwick Group 1.

Epsom Handicap Information


  • DateSat 04 Oct, 2025
  • Race Time06:00
  • RacecourseRandwick
  • Race Distance1600 metres
  • ConditionsOpen Handicap
  • StatusGroup 1
  • Prize Money$1,500,000

Epsom Handicap Betting Tips

Our experts provide their free Epsom Handicap tips and betting preview in the lead up to the Spring Carnival Group 1.

Our early preview and Epsom Handicap best bets are available in advance of the race as our tipsters pick out the best value from the latest betting markets.

Epsom Handicap Bookmaker Promotions

Epsom Handicap bookmaker offers come thick and fast given it is a key Randwick race during the Sydney Spring Carnival. The biggest and best Australian betting sites all have special offers for customers ahead of the race and you can grab boosted and enhanced odds specials in the build up. If you are looking to sign up with a bookmaker ahead of the Epsom Handicap, check out our top five below.

Epsom Handicap 2025 Barriers & Final Field

No. Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 Ceolwulf (NZ) Joseph Pride Chad Schofield 9 58kg
2 Pericles Bjorn Baker Joshua Parr 5 57kg
3 Yellow Brick Tony & Maddysen Sears Andrew Mallyon 11 55.5kg
4 Autumn Glow Chris Waller Kerrin McEvoy 14 54.5kg
5 Pier (NZ) Darryn & Briar Weatherley Ethan Brown 13 53.5kg
6 Willydoit (NZ) Ciaron Maher Tommy Berry 2 53kg
7 Encap Gary Portelli Reece Jones 6 52kg
8 El Castello Joseph Pride Andrew Adkins 1 51kg
9 Depth Of Character Annabel & Rob Archibald Rachel King 7 50kg
10 Swiftfalcon Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes Alysha Collett 4 50kg
11 Fully Lit Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Winona Costin 8 50kg
12 Verona Rose Gary Portelli Ben Thompson 3 50kg
13 Magnatear Richard & Will Freedman Jay Ford 12 50kg
14 Lord Penman (NZ) Chris Waller Zac Lloyd 10 50kg

Epsom Handicap Live Stream

Want to watch a live stream of the Epsom Handicap? A number of bookmakers including Betr and Dabble stream Australian horse racing live online and you can watch on your PC, Tablet or Smartphone. Check out our live streaming section to find where you watch the Epsom.

Epsom Handicap History

The Epsom Handicap is one of Sydney's top spring races, with over 150 years of history.

The race has been over the mile journey for the majority of its lifetime, with a brief period of five years where the Epsom was run at 1800m.

Named in honour of the famous Epsom Downs racecourse in England, the mile contest has seen the best of the best taking out the prize including Imposing, Winx, and Nightmarch.

Alongside the $1.5 million prize pool, the winner gets a ballot exempt run into the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, making a win in the Epsom all the more valuable for the field.

Epsom Handicap Results

Year
Winner
2025Autumn Glow
2024Ceolwulf
2023Rediener
2022 Top Ranked & Ellsberg (dead heat)
2021Private Eye
2020Probabeel
2019Kolding
2018Hartnell
2017Happy Clapper
2016Hauraki
2015Winx
2014He's Your Man
2013Boban
2012Fat Al
2011Secret Admirer
2010Captain Sonador
2009Rock Kingdsom
2008Theseo
2007Race Not Run
2006Racing To Win
2005Desert War
2004Desert War
2003Clangalang
2002Excellerator
2001Final Fantasy
2000Shogun Lodge

Epsom Handicap 2025 Result

1st - Autumn Glow
2nd - Fully Lit
3rd - Pericles

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Autumn Glow winning the 2025 Epsom Handicap. (Getty)

Epsom Handicap Social News

To get all the Epsom Handicap social news your best bet is the visit the Randwick social media channels.

Randwick Twitter account can be found at @RoyalRandwick while their Facebook page is at Royal Randwick.

Epsom Handicap FAQ

How to bet on the Epsom Handicap?

To place a bet on the Epsom Handicap you'll an account with an online bookmaker.

Bookies provide betting markets on the Epsom Handicap well in advance of the race date, which includes best tote and fixed odds markets in the week leading up.

Who to bet on in the Epsom Handicap?

The Epsom Handicap is one of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival's top events which means the best milers in the country will be competing for this event.

Check back here in the lead in to this 1600m Group One for our betting strategy and tips for the Epsom Handicap.

Best way to bet on the Epsom Handicap?

Is there a better way to punt than from the comfort of your own home?

Avoid the queues down at your local pub or club and sign up for an online bookmaker, which allows you to deposit and wager within minutes of signing up from anywhere you desire.

How to live stream the Epsom Handicap?

Punters wanting to live stream the Epsom Handicap get everything they need from our live streaming information hub.

BetEasy has a partnership with Sky Racing to provide live vision of all Australian throughbred races, which includes the Epsom.

How long is the Epsom Handicap?

The Epsom Handicap is a 1600m race.

The event is Sydney's top mile race ran in the spring and delivers the winner a ballot exempt entry into the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, which runs six months after the Epsom.

Who won the 2025 Epsom Handicap?

Autumn Glow the 2025 Epsom Handicap.

What is the prize money for the Epsom Handicap?

The total prize pool for the Epsom Handicap is $1.5 million.

The event is also a coveted one given the victor claims a ballot exempt entry into the following year's Queen Elizabeth Stakes at the same venue of Randwick.


                                                                              
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