AJC Chairmans Handicap
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The AJC Chairmans Handicap is a Group 2
Australia
n Thoroughbred
horse race held at Randwick Racecourse
, Sydney
in April. The event is an open handicap run over a distance of 2600 metres. Prizemoney is A$175,000.
Group races
Group races are the highest standard of Thoroughbred horseraces in Australia. The Australian Pattern Committee recommends to the Australian Racing Board which races shall be designated as Group races...
Australia
Australia
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n Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
horse race held at Randwick Racecourse
Randwick Racecourse
Royal Randwick Racecourse is a racecourse for horseracing in the Eastern Suburbs in Sydney, New South Wales. Randwick Racecourse, is operated by the Australian Jockey Club and known to many Sydney racegoers as headquarters...
, Sydney
Sydney
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in April. The event is an open handicap run over a distance of 2600 metres. Prizemoney is A$175,000.
Race History
- Up to 2002 was a Group 3 race.
- Since 2003 has been a Group 2 race.
- 2000 - 2003 The race distance was 2400 metres.
Past winners
- 2011 Once Were Wild
- 2010 Jessicabeel
- 2009 Divine Rebel
- 2008 No Wine No Song
- 2007 No Wine No Song
- 2006 Fooram
- 2005 Philosophe
- 2004 MummifyMummifyMummify was a popular Australian Thoroughbred racehorse that amassed in prize money and won five Group One races, including the 2003 Caulfield Cup and the Singapore Airlines International Cup....
- 2003 Grey Song
- 2002 Henderson Bay
- 2001 Steel Phoenix
- 2000 Pravda
- 1999 Steel Phoenix
- 1998 Joss Sticks
- 1997 Linesman
- 1996 Cornwall King
- 1995 Spiritual Star
- 1994 Paris Fire
- 1993 Te Akau Nick
- 1992 Demerit
- 1991 Prizaan
- 1990 King Aussie
- 1989 Just Trish
- 1988 Round The World
- 1987 Major Drive
- 1986 Marooned
- 1985 Duanette's Girl
- 1984 What A Nuisance
- 1983 Lord Mop
- 1982 Bianco Lady
- 1981 Gatcombe
- 1980 Just Jealous
- 1979 Lady Dignitas