The Kosciuszko

The Kosciuszko is a 1200 metre sprint contest run under set weights and penalties conditions in mid October held at Randwick Racecourse with $1,300,000 worth of prize money on offer.

To contest The Kosciuszko horses must be under the care of a country trainer with a current stable return lodged on or before midnight May 16, 2022. Anything after this voids the eligibility date.

The Kosciuszko is open to horses with a NSW benchmark below 110 and trained in Country NSW or the ACT as at and subsequent to the eligibility date.

Horses wishing to participate in the race must have had at least one NSW race start for an eligible trainer to qualify for The Kosciuszko. Those contesting the 2022 Kosciuszko must for twelve months after the race, remain under the care of a trainer eligible for the race.

First run in 2018, Belflyer for John Shelton shocked the racing world when claiming The Kosciuszko at $71 odds.

2022 The Kosciuszko betting odds

2022 The Kosciuszko odds as of May 9 look like this:

• Art Cadeau – $6.00
• Front Page – $6.00
• Another One – $10.00
• Far Too Easy – $11.00
• Handle The Truth – $13.00
• Commando Hunt – $15.00
• Edit – $15.00
• Fender – $15.00
• Irish Songs – $15.00
• Mo’s Crown – $15.00

Complete The Kosciuszko odds available at Neds.

Best bookmakers for The Kosciuszko

Considering The Kosciuszko is on the same day as The Everest, a majority of bookmakers will have markets out for the race a couple of months out from when the barriers open at Randwick Racecourse.

The Kosciuszko betting is open well in advance of 1200m event. You can bet on these markets via both computer, telephone and even via online betting apps, which are the most common way Aussies bet in 2022.

The top online bookmakers for Kosciuszko odds will also have horse betting apps for the main Australian smartphones, which are Android and iOS. HorseBetting recommends taking advantage of these free downloads to maximise your ability to accept free bets and racing promotions.

These bookmakers offer markets on The Kosciuszko horse race:

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Betting on The Kosciuszko

Outside of It’s Me who won the race in 2020, three of the four editions of The Kosciuszko has been taken out by male horses.

Despite the race only being in existence for four years, favourites have won two of the four races. It’s Me ($2) in 2020 and Art Cadeau ($4) in 2021.

Remarkably the only time a winner has paid a double figure quote with online bookmakers, was when Belflyer ($71) took out the inaugural edition of the race in 2018.

Barrier seven has already produced two winners in the brief history of The Kosciuszko, suggesting perhaps drawing the middle of the line is no disdvantage.

The Kosciuszko Final Field 2022

When the final field is released for the 2022 running of The Kosciuszko, Horsebetting.com.au will update this page.

Previous The Kosciuszko Fields

Some of the best country-trained racehorses have gone on to compete in The Kosciuszko, check out the recent fields to have competed in the $1,300,000 race.

• 2021 The Kosciuszko field

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1		Handle The Truth	Keith Dryden	Nash Rawiller	1	59kg
  2		Front Page	Geoff Duryea	Kerrin McEvoy	14	59kg
  3		Art Cadeau	Terry Robinson	Tommy Berry	3	57.5kg
  4		Plonka	Warren Gavenlock	Joshua Parr	7	57kg
  5		Aheadofhistime	Trevor Hardy	Jeff Penza	9	56.5kg
  6		Spiranac	Rodney Northam	James McDonald	8	55.5kg
  7		Edit	Cody Morgan	Hugh Bowman	11	55kg
  8		Ice In Vancouver	Cody Morgan	Tim Clark	12	55kg
  9		Island Bay Boy	Tony Sergi	Jason Collett	10	55kg
  10		Nadaraja	Stephen Jones	Matthew Palmer	2	55kg
  11		Mr Hussill	Cameron Crockett	Regan Bayliss	5	55kg
  12		Ceasefire	Paul Messara	Robbie Dolan	13	55kg
  13		Patino Ruby	Brett Cavanough	Alysha Collett	5	53.5kg
  14		Sunrise Ruby	Mitchell Beer	Glen Boss	4	53kg
  15		Irish Songs (1E)	Kurt Goldman	Kerrin McEvoy	14	57kg
  16		Another One (2E)	Gary Colvin	N/A	N/A	56kg
  17		Tim’s Principal	Jeremy Gask	N/A	N/A	56kg
  18		Kattegat	Natalie Jarvis	N/A	N/A	56kg

• 2020 The Kosciuszko Field

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1		Handle The Truth	Keith Dryden	Nash Rawiller	13	59kg
  2		Lord Von Costa	Donna Scott	Blaike McDougall	2	59kg
  3		Redouble	Mitchell Beer	Tommy Berry	1	59kg
  4		Intuition	Kurt Goldman	Sam Clipperton	10	59kg
  5		Front Page	Geoff Duryea	James McDonald	8	59kg
  6		Man Of Peace	Matthew Dale	Louise Day	9	58kg
  7		Irish Songs	Kurt Goldman	Glen Boss	4	57kg
  8		Ligulate	Cody Morgan	Andrew Gibbons	11	57kg
  9		Two Big Fari	Todd Howlett	Grant Buckley	6	56.5kg
  10		Al Mah Haha	Tash Burleigh	Koby Jennings	5	56kg
  11		Fender	Brett Cavanough	Kerrin McEvoy	3	55.5kg
  12		Anethole	Cody Morgan	Brenton Avdulla	14	55kg
  13		Ice In Vancouver	Cody Morgan	Greg Ryan	12	55kg
  14		It’s Me	Brett Cavanough	Jason Collett	7	53kg
  15		Akasaki	Stephen Jones	N/A	N/A	58kg
  16		Kookabaa	Brett Thompson	N/A	N/A	56.5kg
  17		Julian Rock	Jean Dubois	N/A	N/A	56kg
  18		Prairie Fire	Danny Williams	James McDonald	8	56kg

2021 The Kosciuszko result

Recent The Kosciuszko results

• 2021: Art Cadeau rewards favourite punters
  This was a classic race in every sense of the word. Art Cadeau chasing down Handle The Truth on the straight after a long duel to win a thriller. The Terry Robinson-trained Art Cadeau became the first runner to complete the Kosciuszko / Country Championships double and solidified himself as one of the best horses on the country scene. Despite seemingly peaking on his run with 100m to go, Tommy Berry got the most out of Art Cadeau and lifted him to victory, nabbing the 2019 winner Handle The Truth on the winning post.
• 2020: It’s Me powers to victory….somehow
  In the short history of The Kosciuszkio, there is little doubt that It’s me’s win in 2020 is the most remarkable of them all. When entering the home straight, the Brett Cavanough-trained mare found endless amounts of traffic and no clear air until the 300m mark. Once clear, she had some five-lengths to make up and with Mitch Beer’s Redouble darting back to the rail, she looked to have been a good thing beaten. However, with a calm Jason Collett on board and an enormous finishing burst, It’s Me knuckled down inside the final 100m and brought up a truly breathtaking victory by a half head on the line.
• 2019: Handle The Truth delivers
  Ridden by Nash Rawiller, Handle The Truth was rock solid at $7 with AU betting sites and after stalking the speed he shot to the front and held on to score by a length over $2.70 favourite Victorem with Bobbing ($26) another half-head back. The win will go down in history as most memorable for trainer Keith Dryden’s post-race interview: “I said if he runs top five I’ll be happy, if he runs top three I’ll be ecstatic and if he wins there will be a party on,” Dryden said. Party they did.
• 2018: Belflyer salutes at any old price
  Northern Rivers trainer John Shelton has won many big races in his local area and beyond but none bigger than the $1.3 million Kosciuszko at Randwick. Punters disregarded Belflyer’s second in the Ramornie Handicap at Grafton in June and sent the sprinter out at $71. But Adam Hyeronimus and Belflyer didn’t look at the odds and the seven-year-old stormed home to beat Suncraze ($15) by half a length with Awesome Pluck ($9) another short neck third in the inaugural running of The Kosciuszko.

The Kosciuszko past winners list