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Coongy Handicap

The Coongy Handicap is a Group 3 open handicap race held at Caulfield racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria each October. It's run over a distance of 2000 metres and worth $200,000 in prize money. The 2019 Coongy Handicap was won by Wolfe from Top Of The Range with Kiwia third.

In 2019 the Melbourne Racing Club moved the Coongy Handicap from Caulfield Cup day on the final Saturday of the Caulfield three-day spring racing carnival, to Wednesday midweek on the second day, which is Blue Sapphire Stakes day.

Coongy Handicap info

Date: Wednesday 13th October 2021
Track: Caulfield racecourse, Melbourne
Distance: 2000 metres
Race Type: Open Handicap
Status: Group 3
Prize Money: $200,000
2019 Winner: Wolfe

The Coongy Handicap is a middle distance race for open horses and attracts handy milers and those horses looking to step up in distance towards the longer races to come during the spring carnival.

This event provides a handy lead-up race for horses who may be contesting the Caulfield Cup. In recent times it has also proven a reasonable guide to upcoming distance races such as the Gr2 Moonee Valley Cup at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate Day and the Gr2 Hotham Handicap at Flemington on Derby Day.

Wolfe (2019) ran third in the Group 3 The Bart Cummings over 2520m at Flemington before pulling out all stops to tin this event for the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott stable.

Recent Coongy Handicap winners include Mask Of Time (2018) and Kiwia (2017).

Spring Carnival Guide

This race has not been a great guide to any upcoming big race winners and the most recent winner to do anything of note was Ginga Dude (2010) who went on to run third in the Group 1 Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington on Derby Day. Top Of The Range (2nd in 2019) and Dream Pedlar (4th in 2010) managed to win the Group 3 Bendigo Cup later in the month at Epsom racecourse in Bendigo.

Shocking (2009) scored a big win in the the Hotham Handicap on Derby day before winning the Melbourne Cup the following Tuesday and Baughurst (2008-09) went on to run placings in both the 2008 Moonee Valley Cup and 2008 Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Fire in the Night (2007) ran 3rd in the listed HKJC Plate on Melbourne Cup day of the same year, while Maybe Better (2006) went on to win the Hotham Handicap on Derby day before running 3rd in that years Melbourne Cup.

2019 Coongy Handicap result

1. $3.50 Wolfe 54.0 Ms Linda Meech
2. $31.00 Top Of The Range 54.0 Michael Dee
3. $20.00 Kiwia 56.5 Damian Lane

then followed
4. $14.00 Sin To Win 54.0 Luke Nolen
5. $4.20 Yulong Prince 58.0 Mark Zahra
6. $4.20 Oceanex 54.5 Jamie Kah
7. $17.00 Pushin’ Shapes 54.5 Damien Oliver
8. $11.00 Nelson 57.0 Brett Prebble
9. $31.00 Spanish Steps 54.0 Anthony Darmanin
10. $81.00 Midterm 56.0 Kerrin McEvoy
11. $18.00 Muraaqeb 54.0 Craig Williams

Margins: 0.2 len, 1.5 len
Time: 2:02.73

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Coongy Handicap winners & placegetters

Year Winner 2nd 3rd Time
2019 Wolfe Top Of The Range Kiwia 2:02.7
2018 =1 Mask Of Time =1 Best Of Days Life Less Ordinary 2:07.0
2017 Kiwia Samovare Maurus 2:02.9
2016 Vanbrugh Tom Melbourne It's Somewhat 2:02.1
2015 Stratum Star Awesome Rock Leebaz 2:02.1
2014 Contributer Noble Protector Signoff 2:05.2
2013 Spurtonic Bass Strait Garud 2:03.1
2012 Lightinthenite Bagman Extra Zero 2:04.2
2011 Foreteller Extra Zero Midnight Martini 2:03.1
2010 Ginga Dude Purple Zoomin 2:06.6
2009 Baughurst Shocking Pacino 2:03.6
2008 Baughurst Pacino Annenkov 2:02.0
2007 Fire In The Night Molotov Pachino 2:02.4
2006 Maybe Better King Of Ashford Temple Hills 2:01.2
2005 Activation Studebaker Uprize 2:00.6
2004 Reclaim Pretorius Star Of Grechen 2:05.7
2003 Frightening Crawl Adolescence 2:03.5
2002 Mr Lofty Little Miss Quick Society Beau 2:02.
2001 Citras Prince Indian Ridge Tempest Morn 2:04.1
2000 Typhoon Avilde Slavonic 2:00.9
1999 Oliver Twist Make A Scene Nahayan 2:03.5
1998 Its All In Fun Kalastaire Madonna 2:16.3
1997 Our Sumo Sunny Lane Toil 2:15.8
1996 Circles Of Gold Filante Beau Heed 2:03.0
1995 Macdrury Waikikamukau Makarpura Star 2:03.6
1994 Excited Angel Ball Park Over The Top 2:02.8
1993 Silk Ali Maraakiz Notwithstanding 2:01.6
1992 Fraar Brave Expectations Mountain Rule 2:02.5
1991 Mantlepiece Majestic Boy Centro 2:01.1
1990 Kessem Kingston Rule Goliath 2:00.6
1989 Eye Of The Sky Perfect Answer Chigarow 2:01.6
1988 Ideal Centreman Be Reasonable Exocet 2:00.1