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Aurie's Star Handicap

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History

IT'SOURTIME winning the Aurie's Star Handicap at Flemington in Australia.
IT'SOURTIME winning the Aurie's Star Handicap at Flemington in Australia. Picture: Racing Photos

The Aurie's Star Handicap is a Group 3 race run under handicap conditions for open sprinters at Flemington conducted by the Victoria Racing Club.

The Aurie's Star Handicap is run over 1200m up the Flemington straight.

The Aurie's Star Handicap was first run under that name in the 1970s but achieved black type in 2005 and was a Group 3 from 2010 and beyond.

They ran the 2007 Aurie's Star Handicap at Moonee Valley due to Flemington being renovated.

Recent runnings of the Aurie's Star Handicap have been basically sprinting types whereas middle distance horses were more prevalent 15 years ago and beyond.

This was a race Bart Cummings often used to give his Cups horses a first up run in to get the preparations moving.

Fields Of Omagh won the Aurie's Star then later won a Feehan and placed in the Turnbull and Caulfield Cup behind the champion Northerly. He would win two Cox Plates in later seasons.

The 2023 Aurie's Star Handicap was run for prizemoney of $200,000.

Notable winners of the Aurie's Star Handicap include Voodoo Lad (2018), Hey Doc (2017), Tiger Tees (2014), Temple Of Boom (2011), Mic Mac (2009), Niconero (2005), Sports (2003), Fields Of Omagh (2002), Hula Wonder (1999) and Penghulu (1997).

The 2023 Aurie's Star Handicap was won by It'sourtime from Umgawa and Chassis.


Racing and Sports

Previous Aurie's Star Handicap Winners

DateHorseJockeyWTTrainerBP
IT'SOURTIME (AUS) 6G
TIME FOR WAR (AUS) - ZEDOBLE (AUS) ZEDITAVE (AUS)
MICHAEL DEE55.5DANNY O'BRIEN8
SIRIUS SUSPECT (AUS) 8G
WANTED (AUS) - SIRIUS MISS (AUS) GALILEO (IRE)
ETHAN BROWN54.0SAAB HASAN6
THE ASTROLOGIST (AUS) 5G
ZOUSTAR (AUS) - AQUADA (AUS) FLYING SPUR (AUS)
DAMIEN THORNTON57.0Leon & Troy Corstens8
HOME OF THE BRAVE (IRE) 8G
STARSPANGLEDBANNER (AUS) - BLISSFUL BEAT (GB) BEAT HOLLOW (GB)
DAMIEN OLIVER59.0JAMES CUMMINGS7
SO SI BON (AUS) 6G
SO YOU THINK (NZ) - BLACK MINX (NZ) LONHRO (AUS)
L NOLEN55.5D & B HAYES & T DABERNIG12
VOODOO LAD (AUS) 7G
I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) - O'FORTUNA (AUS) GILDED TIME (USA)
DAMIEN OLIVER59.0DARREN WEIR4
HEY DOC (AUS) 4G
DUPORTH (AUS) - HEYINGTON HONEY (AUS) GENERAL NEDIYM (AUS)
L CURRIE59.0TONY MCEVOY8
SOOBOOG (AUS) 4H
SNITZEL (AUS) - MONTE ROSA (AUS) FRAAR (USA)
MICHAEL DEE54.0DARREN WEIR9
SHIRAZ (AUS) 6G
ZARIZ (AUS) - MOVILLE SLIPPER (AUS) MOVILLE DANCER (AUS)
DAMIEN OLIVER54.5TONY MCEVOY1
TIGER TEES (NZ) 7G
DUBAWI (IRE) - PARFORE (NZ) GOLD BROSE (AUS)
DAMIEN OLIVER59.5JOSEPH PRIDE6
BROKEN (AUS) 7G
HALO HOMEWRECKER (USA) - INDUCT (AUS) SPARTACUS (AUS)
L NOLEN54.0DARREN WEIR6
SHANGHAI WARRIOR (AUS) 4G
ELVSTROEM (AUS) - EMILY BLUE (AUS) RORY'S JESTER (AUS)
STEVEN KING54.0P T HYLAND5
TEMPLE OF BOOM (AUS) 5G
PICCOLO (GB) - TEMPLE SPIRIT (AUS) SPECIAL DANE (AUS)
JAMES MCDONALD54.0TONY GOLLAN12
ELUSIVE TOUCH (AUS) 5G
ELUSIVE QUALITY (USA) - SHELBOURNE LASS (AUS) BROCCO (USA)
S BASTER53.0MARK KAVANAGH3
MIC MAC (AUS) 4G
STATUE OF LIBERTY (USA) - AMANDINE (AUS) TERTIAN (USA)
DAMIEN OLIVER55.5GREG EURELL8
GRAND DUELS (AUS) 5G
MARECHAL (AUS) - VALENTINE'S GIFT (AUS) IFRAD (USA)
B RAWILLER55.0BYRON D COZAMANIS3
MONET RULES (AUS) 5G
COMMANDS (AUS) - PARIS WEEKEND (AUS) GIELGUD (USA)
P MERTENS53.0LEON CORSTENS8
BEL DANORO (AUS) 4H
DANEHILL (USA) - BISLOTTO (AUS) BELLYPHA (IRE)
C NEWITT52.0D L FREEDMAN4
NICONERO (AUS) 4G
DANZERO (AUS) - NICOLA LASS (AUS) SCENIC (IRE)
CRAIG WILLIAMS54.0D A HAYES7
GENERAL BAYTON (AUS) 4G
GENERAL NEDIYM (AUS) - IMPERIAL CHARIOT (AUS) IMPERIAL BARON (AUS)
STEVEN KING53.0DONNA GASKIN6
SPORTS (AUS) 9G
ZEDITAVE (AUS) - OLYMPIC FLAME (AUS) BUENA SHORE (USA)
D GAUCI57.0JOHN HAWKES9
FIELDS OF OMAGH (AUS) 5G
RUBITON (AUS) - FINNETO (AUS) CERRETO (GB)
G CHILDS58.5TONY MCEVOY7
SOUND THE ALARM (AUS) 4G
JUST AWESOME (AUS) - DOUBLE CREOLE (AUS) DOUBLE CENTURY (AUS)
G J GRYLLS52.5RICHARD OTTO2
ROKTZAR (AUS) 4G
ROKOSZ (USA) - COOL AND CLEAR (AUS) COOL TED (AUS)
L MILHAM52.0LENNARD MAX TRELOAR9

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