Ladbrokes Tip: Peter Snowden has an excellent record in the Ramornie Handicap winning his sixth in 2024 with Ka Bling so watch for his runners in the Ramornie Handicap odds this year!
The next edition of the Ramornie Handicap runs on Wednesday, July 15, 2026 as part of the popular Grafton Cup Carnival.
2026 Ramornie Handicap Odds
The latest Ramornie Handicap 2026 betting odds will be provided below as soon as markets on the mid-winter carnival event on Ramornie Day over the winter are announced.
The Ramornie Handicap is held at the tail-end of the New South Winter Racing Carnival the Wednesday after Caulfield’s Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes Day in Melbourne, and it takes place at Grafton Racecourse as one of two Black-Type features run by the Clarence River Jockey Club.
The mid-week Listed event is the feature race on Ramornie Handicap Day, which is the opening meeting of the two-day Grafton Cup Carnival that concludes on the Thursday with Grafton Cup Day.
A quality handicap race contested over 1200m, the Ramornie Handicap offers $200,000 in prize money and a ballot exemption into that year’s Group 3 Cameron Handicap contested at Newcastle.
The Ramornie Handicap attracts a strong line-up of winter sprinters each year and there are a host of lead-up races that offer a ballot exemption into the field including Brisbane’s Group 3 WJ Healy Stakes (1200m) held on Tattersall’s Tiara Day at Eagle Farm. Big Money (2014) was the last horse to complete the WJ Healy – Ramornie double.
Ka Bling (6th) for his 2024 upset meanwhile was the last Ramornie Handicap winner to come via a WJ Healy Stakes lead-up.
Ramornie Handicap Race Info
- Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2026
- Track: Grafton Racecourse
- Distance: 1200m
- Conditions: Quality Handicap
- Status: Listed
- Prize Money: $200,000
- First Run: 1910 (as the Newmarket Handicap)
2026 Ramornie Handicap Results
The official Ramornie Handicap 2026 Results & Finishing Order will be available below once the Listed Grafton race is run and won on Wednesday, July 15, 2026.
Ramornie Handicap Betting
The Ramornie Handicap betting markets are dominated by in-form sprinters coming off good lead-up runs in events during the lead-up winter races in both Sydney and Brisbane.
There are usually short Ramornie Handicap odds offered on any quality Snowden-trained horses with Peter Snowden boasting six past victories in the race most recently with Signore Fox (2020), Ranges (2022) and Ka Bling (2024) who scored a big upset at $19.
There was also a notable upset in 2022 with The Big Goodbye winning at Ramornie Handicap odds of $15, while the 2025 winner Sha Of Gomer jumped at $10.
Ramornie Handicap Field
The Ramornie Handicap race field draws a quality line-up of winter sprinters from both local and interstate stables.
Runners may come via a number of different lead-up races including the Group 3 WJ Healy Stakes in Brisbane on Tiara Day with Ranges (3rd in 2022), The Big Goodbye (2nd in 2023) and Ka Bling (6th in 2024) are the latest Ramornie Handicap champions to come via that Eagle Farm lead-up. Ranges also fought hard before finishing third in his failed but brave 2023 Ramornie run as the defending champion.
Brisbane’s Hinkler Handicap also serves as a potential lead-up into the Ramornie with Southern Lad (2nd in 2021) the last Ramornie winner to come out of that event.
Ramornie Handicap nominations close the Thursday before race week with final acceptances revealing the field released on the Monday before the race runs on the Wednesday.
2026 Ramornie Handicap Field
The official Ramornie Handicap 2026 field of final acceptors is announced by the Clarence River Jockey Club on the Monday of race week and will be published below along with the confirmed jockeys and barriers.
2026 Ramornie Handicap Nominations
Early Ramornie Handicap 2026 Nominations close the Thursday leading up to Ramornie Handicap Day, which is one of two feature meetings during the Grafton Cup Carnival and will be provided in full below.
Ramornie Handicap Form Guide
The Ramornie Handicap form guide lists for punters all the crucial pre-betting information like the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of the female sprinters in the field.
Runners trained out of Brisbane have a credible recent record the race, so looking at the visiting Queensland runners with a lead-up run in a Brisbane event is essential when doing the Ramornie Handicap form.
The Robert Heathcote-trained The Big Goodbye (2023) followed by the Jeff Dunn-trained Sha Of Gomer (2025) from Beaudesert are the latest Queensland-trained Ramornie Handicap winners.
Jockey Robert Thompson has an excellent recent record in the race with four wins most recently Big Money (2014).
The Ramornie Handicap form has held up in tougher races, most famously with the 2004 winner Takeover Target going on to win eight Group 1 events.
The 2022 Ramornie Handicap form was franked with the runner-up Gem Song running third next-up in Sydney’s Group 2 Missile Stakes (1200m). The third-placed Fender meanwhile further franked the form going on to also run third in that spring’s $2 million The Kosciuszko race.
The 2023 Ramornie form was franked with Far Too Easy (2nd) running third in The Kosciuszko results that year.
2026 Ramornie Handicap Form
A link to our comprehensive Ramornie Handicap 2026 form guide and race betting preview will be provided for punters below the week of the event.
Ramornie Handicap Tips
Ramornie Handicap tips include looking for in-form winter sprinters coming off a win in a Brisbane race, graduates that finished in the money in their lead-up assignment and tipping single-figure fancies.
2026 Ramornie Handicap Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Ramornie Handicap 2026 betting tips on the Listed race during the winter racing season will be detailed below the week of the race so, stay tuned for those to back and sack this season.
Past Ramornie Handicap Results
Recent Ramornie Handicap results have been dominated by two stables with Queensland’s Toby Edmonds enjoying back-to-back wins with Havasay (2018-19); while Sydney’s Team Snowden enjoying four victories with Calanda (2017), Signore Fox (2020), Ranges (2022), and Ka Bling (2024) in the past eight years.
There have been seven multiple Ramornie Handicap winners throughout history with Cuban Song (1933-36); Trovatore (1955-56); (Develope (1970-71); High Classic (1980,1982); Credit Again (1986-87); The Jackal (2007-08); and Havasay (2018-19).
Eight-time Group 1 champion Takeover Target (2004) is the most notable Ramornie Handicap winner of the time-honoured event.
Jerezana (2011) was the last Ramornie Handicap winning mare.
Calanda (2017) was the last three-year-old Ramornie Handicap winner.
Calanda also holds the current Ramornie Handicap race record winning over 1200m in 2017 in a time of 1 minute 07:56 seconds.
Recent Ramornie Handicap Winners
Recent Ramornie Handicap winners dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Trainer/s | Jockey | Weight | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2025 | Sha Of Gomer | Jeff Dunn | Rikki Jamieson | 55 kgs | 1:10.02 |
| 2024 | Ka Bling | Peter & Paul Snowden | Andrew Adkins | 56 kgs | 1:08.69 |
| 2023 | The Big Goodbye | Robert Heathcote | Martin Harley | 57 kgs | 1:09.96 |
| 2022 | Ranges | Peter & Paul Snowden | Tom Sherry | 55.5 kgs | 1:10.90 |
| 2021 | Southern Lad | John O’Shea | Christian Reith | 55 kgs | 1:08.52 |
| 2020 | Signore Fox | Peter & Paul Snowden | Jeff Penza | 56 kgs | 1:08.70 |
| 2019 | Havasay | Toby Edmonds | Matthew McGillivray | 54 kgs | 1:10.12 |
| 2018 | Havasay | Toby Edmonds | Matthew McGillivray | 54 kgs | 1:08.25 |
| 2017 | Calanda | Peter & Paul Snowden | Jim Byrne | 54 kgs | 1:07.56 |
| 2016 | Smart Volatility | John Sargent | Tye Angland | 57.5 kgs | 1:08.87 |
| 2015 | Rock Royalty | Liam Birchley | Chris Whiteley | 55.5 kgs | 1:07.87 |
| 2014 | Big Money | Rodney Northam | Robert Thompson | 56 kgs | 1:08.87 |
| 2013 | Youthful Jack | Ross Stitt | Robert Thompson | 55 kgs | 1:08.73 |
| 2012 | Howmuchdoyouloveme | Con Karakatsanis | Brenton Avdulla | 54 kgs | 1:08.72 |
| 2011 | Jerezana | Peter Snowden | Andrew Gibbons | 53 kgs | 1:09.65 |
| 2010 | Pinwheel | Peter Snowden | Danny Nikolic | 54.5 kgs | 1:08.42 |
| 2009 | Battlefield | Paul Messara | Daniel Ganderton | 55 kgs | 1:09.14 |
| 2008 | The Jackal | Paul St Vincent | Robert Thompson | 57 kgs | 1:08.02 |
| 2007 | The Jackal | Paul St Vincent | Robert Thompson | 58 kgs | 1:08.35 |
| 2006 | For Valour | Mitchell Hudson | Lacey Morrison | 54.5 kgs | 1:08.45 |
| 2005 | King Rex | Stephen Hood | Michael Cahill | 53.5 kgs | 1:09.06 |
| 2004 | Takeover Target | Joe Janiak | Jay Ford | 54.5 kgs | 1:08.41 |
| 2003 | Sir Breakfast | Liam Birchley | Allan Robinson | 53 kgs | 1:08.51 |
| 2002 | Citichy | Nick Flouskos | Kim Bell | 54 kgs | 1:09.19 |
| 2001 | Juggling Time | Ron Quinton | Mitch Newman | 54.5 kgs | 1:08.63 |
| 2000 | Mother’s Gift | John Shelton | Stephen Traecey | 55 kgs | 1:08.54 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Ramornie Handicap?
The 2025 Ramornie Handicap was won by five-year-old Shalaa gelding Sha Of Gomer at $10 for trainer Jeff Dunn with jockey Rikki Jamieson aboard on 54kg from barrier 5 to win by 1.26 lengths in a time of 1:10.02.
When is the Ramornie Handicap 2026?
Wednesday, July 15, 2026What is the prize money for the Ramornie Handicap 2026?
$200,000
Where is the Ramornie Handicap 2026?
Grafton Racecourse, 273 Powell St, Grafton NSW 2460.
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Which horse will win the 2026 Ramornie Handicap?
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