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The Doncaster Handicap is a Group 1 open handicap race held annually each April at Randwick racecourse in Sydney, New South Wales during the autumn racing carnival. The race is run over a distance of 1600 metres and offers $1,500,000 in prizemoney. The 2010 Doncaster Handicap was won by Rangirangdoo from Road To Rock with Brilliant Light third.

Also known as the Doncaster Mile, the race takes place on one of the AJC's biggest days of racing for the year, with two other Group 1 races also on the card, the AJC Australian Oaks and The Galaxy.

Doncaster Handicap info
Date: Saturday 16th April 2011
Track: Randwick racecourse, Sydney
Distance: 1600 metres
Race Type: Open Handicap
Status: Group 1
Prizemoney: $1,500,000
2010 Winner: Rangirangdoo

The Doncaster Handicap is one of the premier mile races on the Australian racing calendar each year and the highlight of the Randwick autumn racing carnival. It is one of the toughest 1600m handicap events in Australian racing and the assembled field is typically filled with top quality gallopers which usually makes finding the winner a tough assignment, unless there is an outstanding galloper entered.

Four-year-olds have a good record of winning this race in recent times and if they can race on the pace then they are even more suited. The race is the autumn equivalent of the other great Randwick mile race of the spring, the Gr1 Epsom Handicap, and the talented Racing To Win managed to win both races in 2006.

The Gr1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m) held two weeks earlier has proven a good guide to the winner of this race over the past few years, with Vision And Power (2009), Haradasun (2007), Racing To Win (2006) and Grand Armee (2nd in 2003) all going on to win this race after winning the Ryder.

Rangirandoo (2010) ran consecutive seconds in the Gr2 Apollo Stakes, Gr1 Chipping Norton Stakes and Gr1 Ranvet Stakes before scoring a well earned victory in this event. Recent winners of the Doncaster mile include Vision And Power (2009) and Triple Honour (2008).

2010 Doncaster Handicap result
1. $6.00 Rangirangdoo 55.5 N Rawiller
2. $26.00 Road to Rock 54 D Oliver
3. $15.00 Brilliant Light 51 J Ford

Then followed:
4. $41.00 Drumbeats 51 K Mc Evoy
5. $8.50 Danleigh 57 J Bowman
6. $21.00 Snapy Halo 51 J Maskiell
7. $31.00 Triple Honour 52 T Clark
8. $17.00 Theseo 58 D Beadman
9. $31.00 Tobique 51 C Newitt
10. $13.00 Palacio De Cristal 51 P Wells
11. $15.00 Wall Street 53 O P Bosson
12. $31.00 Black Piranha 55.5 J A Cassidy
13. $51.00 Prima Nova 51 D M Ganderton
14. $3.30 Typhoon Tracy 56.5 L Nolen
15. $31.00 Centennial Park 51 C Williams
16. $101.00 Recoup De Fortune 51 B Avdulla
17. $101.00 Miss Marielle 51 T Berry
18. $101.00 Vision And Power 55.5 M Rodd
19. $51.00 Allez Wonder 52 Ms M Payne
20. $31.00 Mentality 51.5 carr 52 T Angland

Margins: 1/2 nk, 1-1/2 len
Time: 1:34.22

2010 Doncaster Handicap: Rangirangdoo was well ridden to settle just behind the leaders and he bided his time until required in the straight and he ran home strongly in the final 200m to score a most impressive victory. Road To Rock (second) took advantage of an inside run in the straight to run to the lead before beaing overtaken late by the eventual winner, while third placegetter Brilliant Light was wide all the way and produced a big run to finish third.



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Doncaster Handicap recent winners & placegetters

Year Winner 2nd 3rd Time
2010 Rangirangdoo Road To Rock Brilliant Light 1:34.2
2009 Vision And Power Black Piranha Whobegotyou 1:36.6
2008 Triple Honour Casino Prince Pinnacles 1:38.6
2007 Haradasun Mentality Divine Madonna 1:38.0
2006 Racing To Win Johan's Toy Bentley Biscuit 1:34.1
2005 Patezza Court's In Session Danni Martine 1:35.9
2004 Private Steer Grand Armee Ambulance 1:35.5
2003 Grand Armee Dash For Cash Boreale 1:36.8
2002 Sunline Shogun Lodge Defier 1:35.2
2001 Assertive Lad Shogun Lodge Weasel Will 1:35.9
2000 Over Sunline Zastov 1:35.0
1999 Sunline Lease Juggler 1:36.4
1998 Catalan Opening Juggler Iron Horse 1:38.0
1997 Secret Savings All Our Mob Ravarda 1:35.5
1996 Sprint By Danasinga Juggler 1:35.4
1995 Pharaoh Aunty Mary Brave Warrior 1:38.0
1994 Pharaoh Kingston Bay Telesto 1:38.2
1993 Skating Soho Square Gifted Poet 1:34.0
1992 Soho Square Old Role Prince Sallieri 1:35.7
1991 Super Impose Royal Creation Shaftesbury Avenue 1:36.5
1990 Super Impose Shaftesbury Avenue Our Grey Invader 1:38.4
1989 Merimbula Bay Tjarra Lygon Arms 1:34.7
1988 Lygon Arms Sound Horizon Our Waverley Star 1:37.2
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