Victoria Handicap

The Victoria Handicap is a Group 3 open handicap race held each year in April on Easter Saturday at Caulfield racecourse in Melbourne. The race is run over a distance of 1400 metres and has prizemoney of $150,000. The 2013 Victoria Handicap was won by Budriguez from Sertorius with British General third.

The Gr3 Easter Cup takes place on the same day as the Victoria Handicap and they are the only two group races during this period in Melbourne.

Victoria Handicap info
Date:	Saturday 30th March 2013
Track:	Caulfield racecourse, Melbourne
Distance:	1400 metres
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$150,000
2013 Winner:	Budriguez

The Victoria Handicap is the prominent sprint event held at Easter time in Melbourne and more often than not attracts above average gallopers, rather than the upper echelon, as most of the quality gallopers will be in Sydney at this time of year for the big money events on offer.

The race usually assembles a capacity field of gallopers with varying ability, sometimes making it a tough job for punters when trying to find a winner. It has carved its own niche on the racing calendar and is reasonable quality race for the easter period in Melbourne.

Budriguez (2013) dead-heated in the Gr2 Blamey Stakes over 1600m at Flemington before leading all the way to win this event and recent Victoria Handicap winners include Smokin Joey (2012) and Red Colossus (2011).

2013 Victoria Handicap result
1. $8.00 Budriguez 59.0 Darren Gauci
2. $4.20 Sertorius 54.0 Ryan Maloney
3. $4.60 British General 54.0 Ms Michelle Payne

then followed
4. $6.00 Launay 57.0 Steven Arnold
5. $5.50 Under The Eiffel 55.5 Noel Callow
6. $31.00 Precedence 57.5 Brad Rawiller
7. $21.00 Shout Out Loud 54.0 Daniel Stackhouse
8. $19.00 Parthian 56.0 Vlad Duric
9. $31.00 Blackie 54.0 Chris Symons
10. $26.00 Proliferate 54.0 Michael Walker
11. $15.00 Freereturn 55.0 Andrew Mallyon
12. $101.00 C’est La Guerre 57.0 Dwayne Dunn

Margins: 1 1/4 len, 1/2 neck
Time: 1:23.49

Victoria Handicap winners & placegetters

Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Time
2013	Budriguez	Sertorius	British General	1:23.4
2012	Smokin' Joey	Under The Eiffel	Bagman	1:22.0
2011	Red Colossus	Budriguez	Time Matters	1:23.2
2010	Orbit Express	Amberino	Delayedreaction	1:22.5
2009	Masked Assassin	Chasm	Falaise	1:23.2
2008	Gotta Have Heart	Valedictum	Eskaw	1:22.9
2007	Stickpin	Mind Your Head	Party Pie	1:22.1
2006	Volitant	Calveen	Dismissal	1:24.1
2005	Roman Arch	Recapitalize	Niconero	1:22.3
2004	Regal Roller	Bird Dancer	Red Hannigan	1:22.6
2003	Debrief	Mr Magoo	True Glo	1:22.8
2002	Debrief	Flavour	Belle Ball	1:22.7
2001	Keeper	Intelligent Star	Orchestrated	1:22.1
2000	Go Flash Go	Rancho Spark	Typhoon	1:22.3
1999	El Mirada	Storm Rebel	Carnelian	1:23.7
1998	Rustic Dream	Umrum	Whistle Up	1:23.9
1997	Lord Luskin	Century Blazer	Bionic Bess	1:21.8
1996	Country Lane	Jadeva Belle	Simple As That	1:26.0
1995	Simple As That	Bourbon And Ice	Navy Brass	1:26.4
1994	Mister Elegant	Carolingian	Mr Untouchable	1:22.6
1993	Surtee	Brave Path	Balmoral Beau	1:22.9
1992	The Fount	Centip	What A Shindig	1:23.9
1991	Solemn Oath	Aisle	Zaparri	1:24.3
1990	Prince Ormenium	Rare Chance	Pressman's Choice	1:25.4
1989	Aisle	Hazy Pond	Jet Fighter	1:24.2
1988	Jet Fighter	Cameronic	Daring Jon	1:23.7