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Standish Handicap

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History

SGHIRRIPA winning the Standish Handicap at Flemington in Australia.
SGHIRRIPA winning the Standish Handicap at Flemington in Australia. Picture: Racing Photos

The Standish Handicap is a Group 3 race for the sprinters conducted by the Victoria Racing Club at Flemington.

The Standish Handicap was first run in 1884 and was won by Chuckster. It was previously run on New Year's Day each year but moved back two weeks.

It was named after a VRC Chairman Frederick Standish.

The Standish Handicap is run over 1200m under Handicap conditions.

From 1980 it became a G3 race and due to track upgrades was run at Moonee Valley in 1997 and Caulfield in 2007.

In 2001, Iglesia was the subject of a massive plunge before winning the Standish Handicap at Flemington in track record time. His straight six mark of 1:07.16 still stands today.

Flamberge won in 2014 and would win three G1 races over the two years that followed.

The 2024 Standish Handicap was worth $250,000.

Notable winners of the Standish Handicap include Waltzing Lily (1933), Warrior King (1984), True Version (1986), Redelva (1988), Grandiose (1989/1991), Jolly Old Mac (1992), Iglesia (2001), Super Impressive (2003/2005), Catapulted (2012), Flamberge (2014), Whispering Brook (2019) and Halvorsen (2022).

The 2024 Standish Handicap was won by Sghirripa from Crosshaven and Curran.


Racing and Sports

Previous Standish Handicap Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
SGHIRRIPA (AUS) 4G
LONHRO (AUS) - WONDER I DO (AUS) ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS)
C NEWITT 54.5 SHANE & CASSIE OXLADE 1
SNAPPER (NZ) 5G
POWER (GB) - ONLYAROSE (NZ) ONE COOL CAT (USA)
JYE MCNEIL 54.0 MICHAEL MORONEY 7
HALVORSEN (AUS) 6G
MAGNUS (AUS) - FLOURISHING (AUS) NOT A SINGLE DOUBT (AUS)
JAMIE KAH 56.0 R GRIFFITHS & M DE KOCK 11
SIRIUS SUSPECT (AUS) 6G
WANTED (AUS) - SIRIUS MISS (AUS) GALILEO (IRE)
JAMIE KAH 54.0 SAAB HASAN 6
HALVORSEN (AUS) 4G
MAGNUS (AUS) - FLOURISHING (AUS) NOT A SINGLE DOUBT (AUS)
A MALLYON 54.0 ROBBIE GRIFFITHS 1
WHISPERING BROOK (AUS) 5M
HINCHINBROOK (AUS) - ARTFUL WHISPER (USA) MACHIAVELLIAN (USA)
D YENDALL 55.5 DARREN WEIR 8
LORD OF THE SKY (AUS) 7H
DANERICH (AUS) - PRINCESS ABASSI (AUS) ABASSI (AUS)
DAMIEN OLIVER 59.0 ROBBIE LAING 7
ODYSSEY MOON (AUS) 4H
SNITZEL (AUS) - RUN TO THE MOON (USA) ARCH (USA)
N CALLOW 58.0 R W SMERDON 10
DURENDAL (AUS) 4G
MEDAGLIA D'ORO (USA) - RAZOR BLADE (AUS) BLAZING SWORD (AUS)
DAMIAN LANE 55.5 MATHEW ELLERTON & SIMON ZAHRA 6
DECIRCLES (AUS) 6G
ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) - LADY CIRCLES (AUS) ASCOT KNIGHT (CAN)
S BASTER 54.0 DANNY O'BRIEN 10
FLAMBERGE (AUS) 4G
EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - RAZOR BLADE (AUS) BLAZING SWORD (AUS)
V DURIC 54.5 PETER G MOODY 5
ADAMANTIUM (NZ) 4G
ELUSIVE CITY (USA) - DELLA MIMOSA (NZ) GENEROUS (IRE)
C NEWITT 54.0 DANNY O'BRIEN 3
CATAPULTED (AUS) 6G
CATBIRD (AUS) - SIREN MISS (AUS) UMATILLA (NZ)
M RODD 59.0 MARK KAVANAGH 2
AHDASHIM (NZ) 5G
ELUSIVE CITY (USA) - CLINIQUE (NZ) DANCE FLOOR (USA)
CRAIG WILLIAMS 54.5 GERALD RYAN 1
ROYAL IDA (AUS) 9G
STAR PYRAMUL (AUS) - STAR OF IDA (AUS) PAINT THE STARS (AUS)
DAMIEN OLIVER 57.0 LUKE OLIVER 2
KING HOAKS (AUS) 5G
KING CHARLEMAGNE (USA) - MY NANCY (AUS) NOBLE BIJOU (USA)
D GAUCI 53.5 ALLISON BENNETT 11
PUBLISHING (AUS) 4H
TESTA ROSSA (AUS) - SALLY MAGIC (AUS) KENDARA (NZ)
S MURPHY 53.0 JOHN SADLER 8
WATCHYERBACK (NZ) 5G
DAGGERS DRAWN (USA) - BALLYVASKIN (IRE) INDIAN KI (AUS)
V DURIC 56.5 BRENT GRAY 15
HONALEE (AUS) 4H
HURRICANE SKY (AUS) - VILLA RONDINI (AUS) ALZAO (USA)
D DUNN 54.0 MARK KAVANAGH 2
SUPER IMPRESSIVE (NZ) 9G
ZABEEL (NZ) - PHEROZ FANTASY (NZ) TIGHTS (USA)
S W ARNOLD 58.0 D L FREEDMAN 1
BLESSUM (AUS) 5G
UMATILLA (NZ) - MY MADONNA (AUS) PREGO (IRE)
S BASTER 52.0 DANNY O'BRIEN 6
SUPER IMPRESSIVE (NZ) 7G
ZABEEL (NZ) - PHEROZ FANTASY (NZ) TIGHTS (USA)
P PAYNE 58.0 D L FREEDMAN 5
LET'S PLANET (AUS) 5G
IDEAL PLANET (AUS) - ADOPT (AUS) IMPERIAL PRINCE (IRE)
S BASTER 51.0 MICHAEL MORONEY 2
IGLESIA (AUS) 5H
LAST TYCOON (IRE) - YODELLS (AUS) MARSCAY (AUS)
S W ARNOLD 55.0 RUSSELL CAMERON 2

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