Aurie's Star Handicap
The Aurie's Star Handicap is a Group 3 open handicap race that takes place in early August each year at Flemington racecourse in Melbourne. The race is run under handicap conditions down the the 1200 metre straight track and has prize money of $200,000. The 2020 Aurie's Star Handicap was taken out by Home Of The Brave from Great Again with Game Keeper third.
Upgraded to Group 3 status for the 2010/2011 racing season, the Aurie's Star Handicap is the first group race of the new racing season in Victoria and takes place during the Melbourne spring racing carnival.
Aurie's Star Handicap info
| Date: | Saturday 7th August 2021 |
| Track: | Flemington racecourse, Melbourne |
| Distance: | 1200 metres |
| Race Type: | Open Handicap |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $200,000 |
| 2020 Winner: | Home Of The Brave |
The Aurie's Star Handicap is a more than handy sprint race to bring in the new racing season and quite often provides a starting point for many of our better sprinters on their way to a spring campaign in Melbourne.
Raced down the Flemington 1200 metre 'Straight Course', the Aurie's Star Handicap suits those horses with previous experience down the Flemington straight or any horse who prefers straight racing rather than around turns.
The 2009 Aurie's Star Handicap proved a pivotal race for the spring with Mic Mac (2009) going on to win the Group 1 Memsie Stakes after winning this race and All American (2nd in 2009) finishing runner-up in the Gr2 Waterford Mile at Moonee Valley before winning the Group 1 Emirates Stakes on the final day of the Flemington carnival.
So Si Bon (2019) resumed from a spell to score an upset victory in this event for the David & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig stable.
Recent Aurie's Star Handicap winners include Voodoo Lad (2018) and Hey Doc (2017).
2020 Aurie's Star Handicap
1. $5.00 Home Of The Brave 59.0 Damien Oliver
2. $4.40 Great Again 57.0 Declan Bates
3. $9.00 Game Keeper 55.0 Damian Lane
then followed
4. $6.50 So Si Bon 60.0 Mark Zahra
5. $10.00 Yulong January 56.0 Ben Melham
6. $10.00 Hightail 55.0 Dean Yendall
7. $5.50 Widgee Turf 57.5 Billy Egan
8. $12.00 Trope 55.5 Jye McNeil
Margins: 0.75 len, 0.4 len
Time: 1:10.58
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Auries Star Handicap winners & placegetters
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Time |
| 2020 | Home Of The Brave | Great Again | Game Keeper | 1:10.5 |
| 2019 | So Si Bon | Malibu Style | Sesar | 1:11.0 |
| 2018 | Voodoo Lad | Home Of The Brave | Brave Song | 1:09.6 |
| 2017 | Hey Doc | Cannyescent | Grande Rosso | 1:09.9 |
| 2016 | Sooboog | Dibiyani | Tashbeeh | 1:10.0 |
| 2015 | Shiraz | Play Master | Le Bonsir | 1:09.4 |
| 2014 | Tiger Tees | Mr Chard | Zamorar | 1:09.8 |
| 2013 | Broken | Temple Of Boom | Cavallo Nero | 1:12.5 |
| 2012 | Shanghai Warrior | Golden Archer | Zamorar | 1:11.4 |
| 2011 | Temple Of Boom | Rekindled Interest | Offenders | 1:10.5 |
| 2010 | Elusive Touch | Leica Larrikin | Beltrois | 1:11.1 |
| 2009 | Mic Mac | All American | El Segundo | 1.09:6 |
| 2008 | Grand Duels | Stavka | Valedictum | 1.10:4 |
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