Class: | Handicap |
Horse Race: | Cambridgeshire Handicap |
Location: | Rowley Mile Newmarket, England |
Inaugurated: | 1839 |
Race Type: | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor: | Bet365 |
Website: | Newmarket |
Distance: | 1m 1f (1,811 metres) |
Surface: | Turf |
Track: | Straight |
Qualification: | Three-years-old and up |
Weight: | Handicap |
Purse: | £120,000 (2020) 1st: £74,700 |
|}The Cambridgeshire Handicap is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile and 1 furlong (1,811 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late September.
The event was established in 1839, and the inaugural running was won by Lanercost. It was founded in the same year as another major handicap at Newmarket, the Cesarewitch. The two races came to be known as the Autumn Double.
The Cesarewitch initially took place before the Cambridgeshire, but the schedule was later reversed and the Cambridgeshire now precedes the other race by two weeks. Three horses completed the double in the 19th century — Rosebery (1876), Foxhall (1881) and Plaisanterie (1885) — but the feat has been rarely attempted since then.
The Cambridgeshire Handicap is currently held on the final day of Newmarket's three-day Cambridgeshire Meeting.
Most successful horse (2 wins):
Leading jockey (4 wins):
Leading trainer (5 wins):
(note: the trainers of some of the early winners are unknown)
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Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer | SP | Time | ||||
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1977 | width=131px | Sin Timon | 3 | 8-03 | width=140px | Tony Kimberley | width=150px | Jeremy Hindley | width=60px | ||
1978 | Baronet | 6 | 9-00 | Brian Rouse | John Benstead | ||||||
1979 | Smartset | 4 | 8-08 | John Reid | Fulke Johnson Houghton | ||||||
1980 | Baronet | 8 | 9-03 | Brian Rouse | John Benstead | ||||||
1981 | Braughing | 4 | 8-04 | Steve Cauthen | Clive Brittain | 1:52.00 | |||||
1982 | Century City | 3 | 9-06 | Joe Mercer | Luca Cumani | ||||||
1983 | Sagamore | 4 | 7-08 | Taffy Thomas | Frankie Durr | ||||||
1984 | Leysh | 3 | 8-07 | John Lowe | Steve Norton | ||||||
1985 | Tremblant | 4 | 9-08 | Pat Eddery | Ron Smyth | ||||||
1986 | Dallas | 3 | 9-06 | Ray Cochrane | Luca Cumani | 1:45.94 | |||||
1987 | Balthus | 4 | 8-01 | Dean McKeown | Jeremy Glover | 1:52.32 | |||||
1988 | Quinlan Terry | 3 | 8-05 | George Duffield | Sir Mark Prescott | 1:51.33 | |||||
1989 | Rambo's Hall | 4 | 8-06 | Dean McKeown | Jeremy Glover | 1:53.10 | |||||
1990 | Risen Moon | 3 | 8-09 | Steve Cauthen | Barry Hills | F | 1:49.40 | ||||
1991 | Mellottie | 6 | 9-01 | John Lowe | Mary Reveley | 1:49.24 | |||||
1992 | Rambo's Hall | 7 | 9-03 | Dean McKeown | Jeremy Glover | F | 1:54.63 | ||||
1993 | Penny Drops | 4 | 7-13 | David Harrison | Lord Huntingdon | F | 1:53.39 | ||||
1994 | Halling | 3 | 8-08 | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | CF | 1:52.01 | ||||
1995 | Cap Juluca | 3 | 9-10 | Richard Hughes | Roger Charlton | 1:50.71 | |||||
1996 | Clifton Fox | 4 | 8-02 | Nigel Day | Jeremy Glover | 1:48.54 | |||||
1997 | Pasternak | 4 | 9-01 | George Duffield | Sir Mark Prescott | F | 1:49.43 | ||||
1998 | Lear Spear | 3 | 7-13 | Neil Pollard | David Elsworth | 1:51.89 | |||||
1999 | She's Our Mare | 6 | 7-12 | Franny Norton | Tony Martin | 2:08.49 | |||||
2000 | Katy Nowaitee | 4 | 8-08 | John Reid | Peter Harris | 1:51.05 | |||||
2001 | I Cried for You | 6 | 8-06 | Micky Fenton | James Given | 1:52.91 | |||||
2002 | Beauchamp Pilot | 4 | 9-05 | Eddie Ahern | Gerard Butler | 1:47.28 | |||||
2003 | Chivalry I | 4 | 8-01 | George Duffield | Sir Mark Prescott | 1:48.11 | |||||
2004 | Spanish Don | 6 | 8-07 | Liam Keniry | David Elsworth | 1:49.80 | |||||
2005 | Blue Monday | 4 | 9-03 | Steve Drowne | Roger Charlton | F | 1:51.49 | ||||
2006 | Formal Decree | 3 | 8-09 | Jamie Spencer | Alan Swinbank | 1:52.79 | |||||
2007 | Pipedreamer | 3 | 8-12 | Jimmy Fortune | John Gosden | F | 1:49.81 | ||||
2008 | Tazeez | 4 | 9-02 | Richard Hills | John Gosden | 1:47.66 | |||||
2009 | Supaseus | 6 | 9-01 | Travis Block | Hughie Morrison | 1:47.48 | |||||
2010 | Credit Swap | 5 | 8-07 | Jim Crowley | Michael Wigham | 1:53.87 | |||||
2011 | Prince of Johanne | 5 | 8-09 | John Fahy | Tom Tate | 1:49.14 | |||||
2012 | Bronze Angel | 3 | 8-08 | William Buick | Marcus Tregoning | 1:47.73 | |||||
2013 | Educate I | 4 | 9-09 | Johnny Murtagh | Ismail Mohammed | F | 1:51.05 | ||||
2014 | Bronze Angel | 5 | 8-08 | Louis Steward | Marcus Tregoning | 1:48.68 | |||||
2015 | Third Time Lucky | 3 | 8-04 | Adam Beschizza | Richard Fahey | 1:50.11 | |||||
2016 | Spark Plug | 5 | 9-04 | Jimmy Fortune | Brian Meehan | 1:48.99 | |||||
2017 | Dolphin Vista | 4 | 8-10 | George Wood | Martyn Meade | 1:51.24 | |||||
2018 | Wissahickon | 3 | 9-05 | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | 1:48.01 | |||||
2019 | Lord North | 3 | 8-10 | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | F | 1:46.99 | ||||
2020 | Majestic Dawn | 4 | 8-08 | Paul Hanagan | Paul & Oliver Cole | 1:46.94 | |||||
2021 | Bedouin's Story | 6 | 9-05 | Jamie Spencer | Saeed bin Suroor | 1:49.57 | |||||
2022 | Majestic | 4 | 7-11 | Aidan Keeley | Mick Channon | 1:50.31 | |||||
2023 | Astro King | 6 | 9-12 | Richard Kingscote | Daniel & Claire Kubler | 1:49.76 | |||||
2024 | Liberty Lane | 4 | 9-12 | Clifford Lee | Karl Burke | 1:50.67 |