Doncaster Mile News
Doncaster Handicap 2012 – Nominations Released
The nominations have been released for the $2 million Doncaster Handicap, which is scheduled to run at Randwick racecourse on Saturday April 21, 2012. 197 horses have been nominated for the race, which will take place over 1,600 metres and under handicap conditions. Included in the 2012 Doncaster Handicap nominations…
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Doncaster Mile
The Doncaster Mile is one of Sydney’s premier Group 1 thoroughbred races conducted as part of the coveted autumn racing carnival.
Run over a mile (1600m), the Group 1 Doncaster Mile is a testing middle-distance gallop and the feature race on the second last meeting of the autumn in Sydney.
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Previously the race was run on Easter Monday but now the Doncaster Mile meeting is scheduled for the third Saturday in April annually.
Taking place at the esteemed Royal Randwick Racecourse, the Doncaster Mile is often referred to as the Doncaster Handicap and is an open race run under handicap conditions.
Worth a very lucrative $1.5 million, the Doncaster Mile is one of three Group 1 races at the meeting, the others being the $350,000 Group 1 AJC Australian Oaks (2400m) and the $300,000 The Galaxy (1100m).
Doncaster Mile Lead-Up Races
As the Doncaster Mile is held towards the tail end of the Sydney autumn carnival there is a huge range of earlier races that horses may have come via on their way towards the illustrious handicap event.
Good lead-up races that give an indication of a horse’s chance in the Doncaster Mile include the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m) a fortnight earlier, the Group 2 Ajax Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill in late March and the Group 3 Newcastle Newmarket Handicap (1400m) is an earlier preparatory race for the Doncaster.
In recent times Vision And Power (2009), Haradasun (2007) and Racing To Win (2006) have claimed the George Ryder Stakes – Doncaster Mile double making this one of the most popular betting doubles of the Sydney autumn carnival.
Doncaster Mile History
The time-honoured Doncaster Mile was first run in 1865 and Dundee was the inaugural winner. Beginning as a Principal race it gained its prestigious Group 1 status in 1980.
A number of brilliant gallopers have claimed victory more than once in the Doncaster Mile including Pharaoh (1995 & 1994), Super Impose (1991 & 1990) and Fine And Dandy (1963 & 1961).
The Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) is the spring equivalent of the Doncaster Mile and only one horse in history has claimed victory in both of these races more than once, Super Impose.
