Cameron Handicap 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Cameron Handicap serves as a solid lead-up to the Group 1 Epsom Handicap each spring

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The Cameron Handicap is a popular Group 3 showdown taking place in mid to late September at Newcastle Racecourse.

2022 Cameron Handicap winner Wild Chap. Photo: Steve Hart.

The 1500m showdown runs on Newcastle Gold Cup Day which also features the Group 3 Newcastle Gold Cup (2300m) for Group 1-bound stayers and the Group 3 Tibbie Stakes (1400m) for fillies and mares.

The Cameron Handicap is now worth $250,000 in total prize money and is run under handicap conditions.

Each season the Cameron Handicap winner is exempt from ballot for the upcoming Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) and Excellerator (2002) was the last to do the double.

The race was first run in 1950 when Denali won.

One of the most famous Cameron Handicap winners in history was Australian 2YO Triple Crown champion Luskin Star who won in 1977. It gained its current Group 3 status in 2005.

In 2024 the first two horses in the Cameron Handicap also earn eligibility for Randwick’s $3 million The Big Dance on the first Tuesday of November.

The next edition of the Cameron Handicap runs on Friday, September 20, 2024 as part of Broadmeadow Racecourse’s popular Newcastle Gold Cup Day.

2024 Cameron Handicap Odds

The leading Cameron Handicap 2023 betting odds will be available here for punters the week of the race so stay tuned to access the premium Group 3 spring racing odds in Sydney this season.

Cameron Handicap Race Facts

• Date: Friday, September 20, 2024
• Track: Newcastle Racecourse
• Distance: 1500m
• Conditions: Handicap
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $250,000
• First Run: 1898

2024 Cameron Handicap Results

The official Cameron Handicap Results 2024 and race finishing order will be known once the race is run and won on Friday, September 20, 2024, and published below.

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

Cameron Handicap Betting

Cameron Handicap betting markets are dominated by in-form Sydney-trained milers in good form coming off strong runs in lead-up races including Randwick’s Group 2 Tramway Stakes (1400m) held a fortnight earlier.

Democracy Manifest (10th in 2023) was the last Cameron Handicap winner to come off a lead-up run in the Tramway Stakes.

Cameron Handicap Field

The Cameron Handicap race field attracts a quality line-up of mainly Sydney-trained middle-distance gallopers coming off lead-up runs in earlier spring races over 1200m – 1400m plus in distance.

A good lead-up race into the Cameron Handicap field is the Listed Ramornie Handicap (1200m) held at Grafton in July which offers the winner a ballot exemption into the Group 3 event at Newcastle.

Runners may also have had a tougher start in Sydney’s Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) in August before stepping down in grade for the Cameron Handicap.

Horses out of the Cameron Handicap field may back-up in any number of upcoming spring events including Melbourne’s Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington.

2024 Cameron Handicap Field

The official Cameron Handicap 2024 field and barrier draw will be released on the Wednesday of race week and published in full below so stay tuned to see the horses that make the line-up.

The 2024 Cameron Handicap final field features a smart line-up of potential The Metropolitan and The Big Dance contenders led in betting by Team Hayes’ multiple Group 3 winner and topweight Here To Shock.

2024 Cameron Handicap Nominations

The early Cameron Handicap 2024 nominations are taken the Monday ahead of the race with the full list of entries to be published for punters below.

Cameron Handicap Form Guide

The Cameron Handicap form guide features all the facts and stats you need to place a well-informed wager on the race including the jockey, trainer, weight allocation, barrier, age and lead-up form of all the horses in the field.

The Cameron Handicap form has stacked-up plenty of times in tougher spring races including in 2020 when dual champion Rock made it back-to-back wins in the event before a latter victory in Melbourne’s Group 1 Kennedy Cantala (1600m) – now run as the Champions Mile.

The Cameron Handicap form from 2021 was also franked classy mare Duais finishing third before her subsequent Group 1 Australian Cup – Tancred Stakes double the following year.

2024 Cameron Handicap Form

A link to our detailed Cameron Handicap 2024 Form Guide & Betting Preview will be available for punters below the week of the race.

Cameron Handicap Tips

Cameron Handicap tips include backing gallopers coming off a top three run in a Group status Sydney lead-up race.

Avoiding the previous year’s winner should they return to defend their title is also a solid tip in the Cameron Handicap as Rock (2019-2020) is the event’s only two-time champion to date.

Male gallopers also make a better Cameron Handicap betting selection as Raspberries (2011) was the last mare to beat home the boys.

2024 Cameron Handicap Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Cameron Handicap 2024 betting tips and Group 3 Broadmeadow racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race.

• To Win: #11 Chorlton Lane ($4.20 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Quite a few scratchings out of the Cameron Handicap and have landed on the new market mover Chorlton Lane for Ciaron Maher who has a terrific record training stayers. Group 3 looks a winnable grade for this in-form five-year-old who is fit. Kept in racing for some time now, his latest start produced an eye-catching third in the Goulburn Cup with 57.5kg just over a length beaten on August 25. Runs spaced will suit as will the notable drop back to just 54kg. Jason Collett in the saddle from a close to the inside draw. Can win. 

Cameron Handicap Results

The Cameron Handicap race results are known each year after the event runs at Broadmeadow Racecourse on a Friday in mid-September and display the winning horse, successful trifecta, winning margin and time so you can see how your bets went.

Raspberries (2011) was the last Cameron Handicap winning mare.

Luskin Star (1977) remains the only three-year-old Cameron Handicap winner to date.

Democracy Manifest holds the current 1500m Cameron Handicap race record winning in 2023 in a time of 1 minute 28.71 seconds.

Past Cameron Handicap Winners

Recent Cameron Handicap winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

When is the Cameron Handicap 2024?

What is the prize money for the Cameron Handicap 2024?

$250,000

Where is the Cameron Handicap 2024?

Newcastle Racecourse, 100, Darling Street, Broadmeadow New South Wales, 2292.