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.

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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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