Ladbrokes Tip: Last start winners have a gun recent record in the Epsom Handicap!
The 2025 Epsom Handicap ran on Saturday October 4, 2025 at Randwick Racecourse and saw undefeated mare Autumn Glow ($1.75) salute in style for her seventh win from as many career starts.
2025 Epsom Handicap Results
The full Epsom Handicap 2025 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 4, 2025.
- 1st: No. 4 Autumn Glow
- 2nd: No. 11 Fully Lit
- 3rd: No. 2 Pericles
Chris Waller’s boom four-year-old daughter of The Autumn Sun, Autumn Glow ($1.75F), took her career record up to a flawless seven-from-seven relishing her first Group 1 assignment and maiden 1600m trip to easily account for her rivals in a 1.44 length victory for the punters in the 2025 Epsom Handicap results. She will now be aimed at either the $10 million Golden Eagle at Randwick or Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington both held on November 1.
2025 Epsom Handicap Odds
The season’s latest Epsom Handicap 2025 betting odds and links to our markets on the Group 1 Randwick mile classic will be available over the spring below.
| 4. Autumn Glow (12) J: Kerrin McEvoy 54.5kg x1x11T: Chris Waller | ||
| 11. Fully Lit (7) J: Winona Costin 50kg 55123T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 2. Pericles (4) J: Josh Parr 57kg 845x1T: Bjorn Baker | ||
| 10. Swiftfalcon (3) J: Alysha Collett 50kg 24x66T: M, W & J Hawkes | ||
| 5. Pier (11) J: Ethan Brown 53.5kg 231x3T: Darryn & Briar Weatherley | ||
| 1. Ceolwulf (8) J: Chad Schofield 58kg 5x443T: Joseph Pride | ||
| 14. Lord Penman (9) J: Zac Lloyd 50kg 91x27T: Chris Waller | ||
| 12. Verona Rose (2) J: Ben Thompson 50kg 68x02T: Gary Portelli | ||
| 7. Encap (5) J: Reece Jones 52kg 37x64T: Gary Portelli | ||
| 3. Yellow Brick (10) J: Andrew Mallyon 55.5kg 02x47T: Tony & Maddysen Sears | ||
| 8. El Castello (1) J: Andrew Adkins 51kg 115x4T: Joseph Pride | ||
| 9. Depth Of Character (6) J: Rachel King 50kg 12x03T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
Epsom Handicap Tips
Epsom Handicap tips flood in the week of the race and usually feature horses that are well-weighted under the handicap conditions. No horse has carried more than 57kg to Epsom Handicap victory since Super Impose (61kg in 1991).
Winners of the Group 3 Bill Ritchie Handicap and the Group 2 Shannon Stakes are also good Epsom Handicap tips as these two races have produced plenty of recent champions of the Epsom Handicap results. Kolding (2019), Probabeel (2020), Top Ranked (2022) who ran a dead heat in the Group 1 with Ellsberg, and Rediener (2023) are the latest to complete the Bill Ritchie – Epsom Handicap double.
2025 Epsom Handicap Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Epsom Handicap 2025 betting tips and exotic Group 1 Randwick selections will be detailed below for punters the week of the race, so stay tuned for the miler hopefuls to back and sack this season.
Early Epsom Handicap 2026 Predictions
- Autumn Glow, Sheza Alibi, and Autumn Boy shape as the key Epsom chances.
- Randwick’s mile suits horses with a sustained sprint and proven Group form.
Current Epsom Handicap Favourite: Autumn Glow
Autumn Glow has been installed as the early frontrunner for the 2026 Epsom Handicap, shaping as the class miler in futures markets thanks to her blend of versatility, sharp closing figures and proven Randwick credentials. She’s a sprinter‑miler who thrives under pressure and routinely produces elite late splits, though a hefty handicap and the possibility of being redirected to the King Charles III Stakes remain the key queries. A midfield draw on a Soft 5–Good 4 surface would be ideal, and with her Group 1 profile already established, she presents as one of the more appealing early Epsom Handicap futures plays before the final field takes shape.
Tip: Look for runners drawn midfield with turn‑of‑foot — Autumn Glow ticks every box.
Early Ladbrokes Prediction: Autumn Glow to win the Epsom Handicap, Sheza Alibi to run Top 3.
The Epsom Handicap is one of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival’s major mile races and runs at Royal Randwick Racecourse in late September or early October each year. Offering $1.5 million in prize money after receiving a $500,000 boost in 2021 the race is held at the same meeting as The Metropolitan and the Flight Stakes and has been conducted since 1865.
The 1600m feature is open to horses aged three years and older and is named after the iconic Epsom Downs Racecourse in the South of England. It has held Group 1 status since 1979 and has been won by many notable champions including Desert War (2004 & 2005), Shogun Lodge (2000), Super Impose (1990 & 1991), Imposing (1979), Gunsynd (1971), and Sky High (1961).
More recently Chris Waller-trained horses have dominated the Epsom Handicap results including the 2015 win by superstar mare Winx and 2019 success of Kolding who went on to win the inaugural The Golden Eagle race.
Waller celebrated his fifth Epsom Handicap success in 2023 running the quinella with Rediener and Kovalica before claiming the race for a sixth time with the odds-on favourite Autumn Glow in 2025.
The Epsom Handicap winner also earns a ballot exemption into the following year’s Group 1 $5 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) held at Randwick during April’s The Championships.
Epsom Handicap Race Info
- Date: Saturday October 4, 2025
- Track: Randwick Racecourse
- Distance: 1600m
- Conditions: Handicap
- Status: Group 1
- Prize Money: $1.5 million
- First Run: 1865
Epsom Handicap Betting
Epsom Handicap betting markets are often led by horses that won their final lead-up into the mile classic.
Chris Waller’s undefeated mare Autumn Glow (2025) coming off spring wins in the Group 3 Toy Show Quality and Group 2 Theo Marks Stakes is the latest last-start winner to take out the Epsom.
In 2019 the top two horses in Epsom Handicap betting ran the quinella with the $5.50 equal favourites Kolding and Te Akau Shark running one-two.
Chris Waller’s horses always sit highly up the Epsom Handicap odds as he prepared six of the winners between 2013 – 25 most recently Autumn Glow (2025).
Gai Waterhouse-trained hopefuls, if in form, also feature in the Epsom Handicap markets as she has won the Epsom Handicap a record seven times, most recently with Fat Al (2012).
Epsom Handicap odds online are affected by the results of traditional lead-up races including the Theo Marks Stakes, which Winx won on way to her 2015 success in the feature, and other events offering an Epsom Handicap ballot exemption like the Shannon Stakes the week before at Rosehill Gardens.
Autumn Glow (2025) is the horse to complete the Theo Marks Stakes – Epsom Handicap double.
Favourites in Epsom Handicap betting have a solid recent record and no galloper since Captain Sonador ($15 in 2010) had won the race at double-figure Epsom Handicap odds until the massive upset by Hartnell ($20 in 2018) and then Private Eye ($11 in 2021).
In 2022 Ellsberg was at $16 when he ran a dead heat for first in the Epsom with $4.60 pop Top Ranked.
There was another upset in 2023 when Rediener won at Epsom odds of $9.50.
Ceolwulf ($4 in 2024) and Autumn Glow ($1.75 in 2025) are the latest Epsom Handicap favourites to win.
Epsom Handicap Field
The Epsom Handicap race field has a capacity of 20 starters plus four emergencies and the last year it was run at capacity was 2024 when Ceolwulf saluted for the punters.
The field of final acceptors is released on the Tuesday before the race runs on a Saturday at the start of October.
Horses come into the Epsom Handicap field may have previously run in the Group 1 George Main Stakes (1600m) that produced Hauraki (2nd) for his 2016 win and Happy Clapper (2nd) in 2017, while that double was last completed by Racing To Win (2006). The George Main Stakes however was moved ahead of the 2023 and now runs after the Epsom as the King Charles III Stakes.
Replacing the George Main Stakes on The Shorts Day at Randwick in mid-September from 2023 onwards is the $1 million 7 Stakes (1600m) which offers the winner an Epsom Handicap ballot exemption.
The Group 3 Cameron Handicap (1500m) run on Newcastle Gold Cup Day in mid-September offers the winner a ballot exemption into the Epsom Handicap field. Excellerator (2002) was the last horse to complete the Cameron Handicap – Epsom Handicap double.
An earlier spring lead-up into the Epsom Handicap field is August’s Group 3 Show County Quality, a race the 2020 Epsom champion Probabeel ran second in that season. In 2021 Private Eye completed the Show County Quality – Epsom Handicap double.
Any five-year-olds out of the Epsom Handicap field may back-up on The Everest Day at Randwick in the $1 million Five Diamonds Prelude (1500m).
In 2022 dead-heat Epsom Handicap winner Ellsberg went on to win both the Five Diamonds Prelude and the $2 million The Five Diamonds race.
2025 Epsom Handicap Field
The official Epsom Handicap 2025 Final Field & Barrier Draw will be announced by Racing NSW on the Tuesday of race week with the full line-up to be published below.
The 2025 Epsom Handicap final field features 14 middle-distance stars led in betting by Chris Waller’s undefeated The Autumn Sun mare, Autumn Glow, who jumps from the outside barrier looking for her sixth win from as many starts.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1. Ceolwulf
J: Chad Schofield
T: Joseph Pride |
15x443 | G | 8 | 58kg | |
|
2. Pericles
J: Josh Parr
T: Bjorn Baker |
x845x1 | G | 4 | 57kg | |
|
3. Yellow Brick
J: Andrew Mallyon
T: Tony & Maddysen Sears |
x02x47 | G | 10 | 55.5kg | |
|
4. Autumn Glow
J: Kerrin McEvoy
T: Chris Waller |
1x1x11 | M | 12 | 54.5kg | |
|
5. Pier
J: Ethan Brown
T: Darryn & Briar Weatherley |
x231x3 | G | 11 | 53.5kg | |
| 6. Willydoit (2) Scratched: | |||||
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7. Encap
J: Reece Jones
T: Gary Portelli |
437x64 | G | 5 | 52kg | |
|
8. El Castello
J: Andrew Adkins
T: Joseph Pride |
1115x4 | H | 1 | 51kg | |
|
9. Depth Of Character
J: Rachel King
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
112x03 | G | 6 | 50kg | |
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10. Swiftfalcon
J: Alysha Collett
T: M, W & J Hawkes |
324x66 | G | 3 | 50kg | |
|
11. Fully Lit
J: Winona Costin
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
055123 | G | 7 | 50kg | |
|
12. Verona Rose
J: Ben Thompson
T: Gary Portelli |
468x02 | M | 2 | 50kg | |
| 13. Magnatear (12) Scratched: | |||||
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14. Lord Penman
J: Zac Lloyd
T: Chris Waller |
191x27 | G | 9 | 50kg | |
2025 Epsom Handicap Nominations & Weights
The Epsom Handicap 2025 nominations closed on Monday the 8th of September 2025 about a month leading up to Epsom Handicap Day.
The 2025 Epsom Handicap weights must then be declared by Monday the 15th of September 2025.
The 2025 Epsom Handicap nominations attracted 96 middle-distance gallopers led in all-in betting by Chris Waller’s class mare Autumn Glow who won her opening five career starts.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | x90x404x88 | ADELAIDE RIVER (IRE) | G | 6 | Kris Lees | |
| 2 | 112x3421x2 | AELIANA (NZ) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | |
| 3 | 1175×4 | AERODROME | G | 3 | Michael Freedman | 80 |
| 4 | 0x6617x50x | AIRMAN | G | 6 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | 110 |
| 5 | 383x6035x0 | AL MUBHIR (GB) | G | 7 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 103 |
| 6 | 59x116x1x1 | ANGEL CAPITAL | H | 4 | Chris Waller | |
| 7 | x1x139x0x6 | ANISETTE (GB) | M | 6 | Chris Waller | 111 |
| 8 | 21x46430x9 | ANOTHER PROPHET | M | 4 | Ciaron Maher | |
| 9 | 1712x146x6 | ANOTHER WIL | G | 6 | Ciaron Maher | |
| 10 | 2×1 | APOCALYPTIC | F | 3 | Michael Freedman | |
| 11 | 1x55241x36 | ARAPAHO (FR) | G | 9 | Bjorn Baker | |
| 12 | 111x1x1 | AUTUMN GLOW | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 105 |
| 13 | 30930x97x8 | BERKSHIRE SHADOW (GB) | G | 7 | Ciaron Maher | 94 |
| 14 | x5331450x6 | BERNEN WIN | G | 4 | Edward Cummings | 67 |
| 15 | 42612x165x | BOSUSTOW | H | 4 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | |
| 16 | 3740×51951 | CAFE MILLENIUM | G | 5 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | |
| 17 | 1x45315x44 | CEOLWULF (NZ) | G | 5 | Joseph Pride | |
| 18 | 13234425×7 | CHORLTON LANE (IRE) | G | 6 | Ciaron Maher | |
| 19 | 656214800x | COASTWATCH | G | 7 | Richard & Will Freedman | 100 |
| 20 | 276x0030x0 | COLEMAN | H | 4 | Chris Waller | 97 |
| 21 | 0x009242x0 | CONVERGE | G | 7 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 98 |
| 22 | 408300x05x | DEMOCRACY MANIFEST | G | 7 | Chris Waller | 103 |
| 23 | x5253112x0 | DEPTH OF CHARACTER | G | 4 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 95 |
| 24 | 14x8024x21 | DESERT LIGHTNING (NZ) | G | 6 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | |
| 25 | 007×009269 | DIAMOND DIESEL | G | 9 | Adam Duggan | 89 |
| 26 | 15x15340x4 | DUCASSE | G | 5 | Michael Freedman | |
| 27 | 328x11115x | EL CASTELLO | H | 4 | Joseph Pride | 100 |
| 28 | 21x1112x1x | ELAMAZ (IRE) | G | 6 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 104 |
| 29 | 5142610×80 | ELETTRICA (NZ) | M | 7 | Richard & Will Freedman | 91 |
| 30 | 11x55x56x7 | EMIRATE | H | 4 | Chris Waller | 80 |
| 31 | 4053x7437x | ENCAP | G | 5 | Gary Portelli | 102 |
| 32 | 1630x3121x | ENRICHED | H | 4 | Michael Freedman | |
| 33 | 1x251x680x | ESPIONAGE | H | 4 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 90 |
| 34 | 139x3421x5 | EVAPORATE (NZ) | G | 4 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | |
| 35 | 630x06710x | FEMMINILE | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 100 |
| 36 | 7423x316x6 | FEROCE (NZ) | G | 4 | Dominic Sutton | |
| 37 | 56x120x37x | FIRESTORM (NZ) | M | 5 | Chris Waller | |
| 38 | 3x7722200x | FIRM AGREEMENT | G | 4 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | |
| 39 | 20×4505512 | FULLY LIT | G | 4 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 86 |
| 40 | 15x | GIRIJAALA | M | 4 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | 64 |
| 41 | 64807×3611 | GLAD YOU THINK SO | G | 5 | John Sargent | 80 |
| 42 | 8x320320x9 | GREBENI | G | 6 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | 96 |
| 43 | 2110x310x5 | GRINGOTTS (NZ) | G | 6 | Ciaron Maher | 115 |
| 44 | 1122x1161x | HEADLEY GRANGE | G | 5 | Joseph Pride | 103 |
| 45 | x73320915x | IMPERIALIST (NZ) | G | 4 | Chris Waller | |
| 46 | 21x1211x81 | JUST FEELIN’ LUCKY | M | 4 | Michael Freedman | 95 |
| 47 | 4x1x321x21 | JUSTADEEL | G | 5 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | |
| 48 | 549407x59x | KINTYRE | G | 5 | Gary Portelli | 92 |
| 49 | 60x70331x0 | KOVALICA (NZ) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | |
| 50 | 45x43124x1 | LAZZURA | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 109 |
| 51 | 12111114x | LEICA LUCY (NZ) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 102 |
| 52 | 101x6310x0 | LIGHT INFANTRY MAN (FR) | G | 7 | Ciaron Maher | 116 |
| 53 | 2332490×01 | LINDERMANN | G | 6 | Chris Waller | |
| 54 | x46x2618x7 | LINEBACKER (NZ) | G | 4 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | |
| 55 | 50x81122x3 | LORD OF BISCAY (IRE) | G | 6 | Kris Lees | 88 |
| 56 | 2211191×2 | LORD PENMAN (NZ) | G | 4 | Chris Waller | 86 |
| 57 | 2116324×31 | MAGNATEAR | G | 6 | Richard & Will Freedman | |
| 58 | x313x955x8 | MANAAL | M | 4 | Michael Freedman | 99 |
| 59 | 849121217x | MARBLE ARCH (NZ) | M | 6 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 105 |
| 60 | 53403x10x2 | MCHALE | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 100 |
| 61 | 3x000546x5 | MILITARIZE (NZ) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | |
| 62 | x2121x0x42 | MOIRA (CAN) | M | 7 | Chris Waller | |
| 63 | 047x2709x0 | MOLLY BLOOM (NZ) | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 96 |
| 64 | 13x491534x | MOVIN OUT (NZ) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | |
| 65 | 311x | NEPOTISM | C | 3 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | 98 |
| 66 | 121x19211x | OH DIAMOND LIL | M | 5 | David Pfieffer | 92 |
| 67 | 721x9275x4 | OSIPENKO (NZ) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | |
| 68 | x865839x53 | OUR GOLD HOPE | M | 5 | Robert & Luke Price | 96 |
| 69 | 2111125×60 | PERFUMIST (NZ) | M | 4 | Bjorn Baker | 87 |
| 70 | 3491x845x1 | PERICLES | G | 6 | Bjorn Baker | |
| 71 | 876x1x231x | PIER (NZ) | G | 6 | Darryn & Briar Weatherley | 105 |
| 72 | 56x25463x0 | PLYMOUTH | G | 4 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | |
| 73 | 21293118×5 | POCKETING | G | 4 | Richard & Will Freedman | |
| 74 | 6610x897x0 | PORT LOCKROY | H | 5 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | |
| 75 | 65814x3x12 | PRIVATE EYE | G | 8 | Joseph Pride | |
| 76 | 8131x7690x | REAL CLASS (NZ) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 84 |
| 77 | 11x164x50x | RISE AT DAWN (NZ) | G | 5 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | |
| 78 | 3337x1420x | ROYAL PATRONAGE (FR) | H | 7 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
| 79 | 0x0x30069x | SCARLET OAK | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 90 |
| 80 | 41114×1 | SEPALS | G | 4 | Cliff Brown | |
| 81 | 111x34147x | SHANGRI LA SPRING | H | 4 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
| 82 | 2954x8612x | STEFI MAGNETICA | M | 5 | Bjorn Baker | 117 |
| 83 | 42242220x | SWELTERING | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 73 |
| 84 | 26x23324x6 | SWIFTFALCON | G | 4 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | |
| 85 | 4331x2512x | TAVI TIME (NZ) | G | 6 | Kris Lees | |
| 86 | 243x21573x | TOM KITTEN | G | 5 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 116 |
| 87 | 111x1111x1 | TREASURETHE MOMENT | M | 4 | Matt Laurie | |
| 88 | 8087x02x8x | UNSPOKEN (IRE) | G | 7 | Peter Snowden | |
| 89 | 1x11468x0 | VERONA ROSE | M | 4 | Gary Portelli | 80 |
| 90 | 9489x504x0 | VON HAUKE (NZ) | G | 6 | Cliff Brown | |
| 91 | 04081x64x0 | WATERFORD (IRE) | G | 7 | Chris Waller | |
| 92 | 310x2000x1 | WELL TIMED | G | 5 | Kerry Parker | 81 |
| 93 | 3111014×8 | WILLYDOIT (NZ) | G | 4 | Ciaron Maher | |
| 94 | 143x5x02x4 | YELLOW BRICK | G | 6 | Tony & Maddysen Sears | 109 |
| 95 | 54x83230x5 | ZARDOZI | M | 5 | Ciaron Maher | |
| 96 | 6564210×89 | ZONDEE | G | 5 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Epsom Handicap Form Guide
The Epsom Handicap form guide is poured over by punters before they place their bets on the spring showdown every season and lists all the horses, their allocated weights and barriers, trainers and jockeys, and other crucial info like track / distance form.
There’s lots to look at in the form guide but how horses ran in their lead-up races is especially important, while wide barriers haven’t been a hoodoo in recent years with the likes of Secret Admirer (16 in 2011), Boban (10 in 2013), He’s Your Man (10 in 2014), Winx (12 in 2015), Kolding (12 in 2019), Ceolwulf (14 in 2024), and Autumn Glow (12 in 2025) all overcoming double digit gates to win the race.
The 2024 Epsom Handicap winner Ceolwulf franked the form with a next up Group 1 King Charles III Stakes win.
Epsom Handicap Form Facts
- Chris Waller trained six of the 12 Epsom Handicap winners from 2013 – 25 most recently Autumn Glow (2025).
- Mares have won the Epsom Handicap just four times in over 30 years with Secret Admirer (2011), Winx (2015), Probabeel (2020) and Autumn Glow (2025).
- Double-digit barriers produced 10 winners from 2011 – 2025 – including Secret Admirer (16 of 17 in 2011), Hartnell (10 of 20 in 2018), Kolding (12 of 19 in 2019), Probabeel (15 of 17 in 2020), Ceolwulf (12 of 20 in 2024), and Autumn Glow (12 of 12 in 2025).
- Favourites have a credible record in the race and recent Epsom Handicap results have been dominated by single-figure chances.
2025 Epsom Handicap Form
A link to our detailed Epsom Handicap 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Epsom Handicap Day
Epsom Handicap Day is one of the premier race meetings of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival and is held on the first Saturday in October.
There are three Group 1 races on the card with the Epsom Handicap supported by the Group 1 $750,000 The Metropolitan (2400m) for the Caulfield Cup-bound stayers and the Group 1 $750,000 Flight Stakes (1600m) for three-year-old fillies.
Epsom Day also features a seven-figure Group 2 event with The Everest-bound sprinters facing off in the $1 million Premiere Stakes (1200m).
Epsom Handicap Day Group Races:
- Group 1 $1,500,000 Epsom Handicap (1600m)
- Group 1 $750,000 The Metropolitan (2400m)
- Group 1 $750,000 Flight Stakes (1600m)
- Group 2 $1 million Premiere Stakes (1200m)
- Group 3 $250,000 Gimcrack Stakes (1000m)
- Group 3 $250,000 Breeders’ Plate (1000m)
Epsom Handicap Results
The Epsom Handicap race results are published after the showdown happens at Randwick on Epsom Handicap Day and features the finishing order of all the starters, any scratched horses, the winning trifecta pay-out as well as margins for those punters that bet on how much a horse would win or lose by.
There have been three Epsom Handicap dead heats throughout history with the latest in 2022 between Ellsberg and Top Ranked.
Autumn Glow (2025) was the last Epsom Handicap winning mare.
Noholme (1959) and Espiegle (1884) are the only three-year-old Epsom Handicap winners throughout history.
Hartnell holds the current Epsom Handicap race record winning over 1600m in 2018 in a time of 1 minute 32:73 seconds.
Past Epsom Handicap Winners
Recent Epsom Handicap winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Third | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Autumn Glow | Fully Lit | Pericles | 1:33.14 |
| 2024 | Ceolwulf | Tom Kitten | Royal Patronage | 1:34.46 |
| 2023 | Rediener | Kovalica | Golden Mile | 1:34.26 |
| 2022 | Ellsberg / Top Ranked (Dead Heat) | – | Hinged | 1:38.1 |
| 2021 | Private Eye | Aramayo | Dalasan | 1:33.7 |
| 2020 | Probabeel | Funstar | Riodini | 1:32.8 |
| 2019 | Kolding | Te Akau Shark | Star Of The Seas | 1:34.8 |
| 2018 | Hartnell | D’argento | Unforgotten | 1:32.7 |
| 2017 | Happy Clapper | Tom Melbourne | Snitzson | 1:33.1 |
| 2016 | Hauraki | Dibayani | Mackintosh | 1:33.8 |
| 2015 | Winx | Ecuador | Sons Of John | 1:34.5 |
| 2014 | He’s Your Man | Royal Descent | Hooked | 1:33.3 |
| 2013 | Boban | Streama | Toydini | 1:34.4 |
| 2012 | Fat Al | Ambidexter | Rolling Pin | 1:34.5 |
| 2011 | Secret Admirer | Pinker Pinker | Red Tracer | 1:35.5 |
| 2010 | Captain Sonador | Trusting | Sacred Choice | 1:34.1 |
| 2009 | Rock Kingdom | Rangirangdoo | Road To Rock | 1:38.6 |
| 2008 | Theseo | Bank Robber | Gallant Tess | 1:36.2 |
| 2007 | Race Not Run | |||
| 2006 | Racing To Win | Desert War | Malcolm | 1:35.1 |
| 2005 | Desert War | Johan’s Toy | Lotteria | 1:34.5 |
| 2004 | Desert War | Our Egyptian Raine | Tsuimai | 1:37.2 |
| 2003 | Clangalang | Grand Armee | Forum Floozie | 1:35.2 |
| 2002 | Excellerator | Kingsgate | Gordo | 1:35.5 |
| 2001 | Final Fantasy | Kingsgate | Crawl | 1:22.5 |
| 2000 | Shogun Lodge | Landsighting | Chinhoyi | 1:33.5 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Epsom Handicap?
The 2025 Epsom Handicap was won by four-year-old The Autumn Sun mare Autumn Glow at $1.75 favouritism for the race’s now six-time winning trainer Chris Waller with jockey Kerrin McEvoy aboard on 54.5kg from barrier 12 of 12 to win by 1.44 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:33.14.
When is the Epsom Handicap 2025?
Saturday October 4, 2025What is the prize money for the Epsom Handicap 2025?
$1,500,000
Where is the Epsom Handicap 2025?
Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.
How do I bet on the 2025 Epsom Handicap?
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Which horse will win the 2025 Epsom Handicap?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Epsom Handicap is to take into account the form, assess the barriers, and consider the weight the horse will carry (among other factors). Check out ladbrokes.com.au in the lead up to the race for full form information.