Epsom Handicap field and barrier draw

Clinton Payne - Tuesday September 26

A field of 14 has been assembled and the barriers allocated for the $1 million Group I Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday.

Will Saturday be the day Happy Clapper gets his first Group I win? Photo: Steve Hart

Champion trainer Chris Waller is chasing his eighth win from the past 10 Sydney Group I mile handicaps after winning four of the previous five Doncaster’s and three the last four Epsom’s.

He has five runners Foxplay, McCreery, Tom Melbourne, Egg Tart and Comin’ Through.

High-class miler Happy Clapper is chasing his first Group I win for trainer Pat Webster and is topweight with 57kg.

The final field and barrier draw for the Epsom Handicap is.

No

Horse

Trainer

Jockey

Barrier

Weight

1

HAPPY CLAPPER

Patrick Webster

Blake Shinn

4

57kg

2

FOXPLAY

Chris Waller

Hugh Bowman

14

56.5kg

3

SOUND PROPOSITION

Kris Lees

Corey Brown

10

54kg

4

HE'S OUR ROKKII

David & B Hayes & T Dabernig

Dwayne Dunn

5

53.5kg

5

RED EXCITEMENT

Gerald Ryan

Brenton Avdulla

3

53.5kg

6

MCCREERY

Chris Waller

Tommy Berry

7

53kg

7

I AM A STAR

Shane Nichols

Dean Yendall

2

52.5kg

8

ZANBAGH

John P Thompson

Damian Lane

9

52.5kg

9

TOM MELBOURNE

Chris Waller

Glen Boss

13

52kg

10

EGG TART

Chris Waller

Kerrin McEvoy

1

51kg

11

COMIN' THROUGH

Chris Waller

Joao Moreira

12

51kg

12

SAVILE ROW

Michael Moroney

Jay Ford

8

51kg

13

SNITZSON

David & B Hayes & T Dabernig

Corey Parish

6

50.5kg

14

EMBLEY

Bjorn Baker

Andrew Adkins (a)

11

50.5kg


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