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The Victoria Handicap run at Caulfield on Saturday can throw up a G1 horse.
Black Heart Bart has had some great success at this course. Will the 2020 Victoria Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday produce another horse like that?
2020 Victoria Handicap: Nominations
2020 VICTORIA HANDICAP - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
The Victoria Handicap is Group 3 race for sprinters conducted by the Melbourne Racing Club at Caulfield.
The Victoria Handicap was first run in 1949 and was won by Ungar.
The Victoria Handicap has always been run over 1400m.
The Victoria Handicap was a Principal race to 1979. It became a Group 3 after that.
Black Heart Bart won his first race for Darren Weir in the 2016 Victoria Handicap since arriving from Perth. He would win five G1s after that.
The race is a genuine 1400m horse's event with many on-pacers winning.
The 2020 Victoria Handicap is over 1400m at Caulfield for $160,000.
Notable winners include Black Heart Bart (2016), Smokin' Joey (2012), Roman Arch (2005), Regal Roller (2004), Keeper (2001), Go Flash Go (2000), El Mirada (1999), Rustic Dream (1998), Lord Luskin (1997), Abdul/Count Karl (1972), Nicopolis (1964), Lord (1958) and St. Joel (1955).
The 2019 Victoria Handicap was won by Streets Of Avalon from Manolo Blahniq and Fastnet Tempest.