Cameron Handicap

The Cameron Handicap is a Group 3 race held at Newcastle racecourse and is run under handicap conditions for open class horses over 1500m.

Throughout its history, the Cameron Handicap has been run over 1300m, 1350m, 1400m and 1500m; however, since 2011 the race has been run over 1500m, except for 2016 when the Newcastle track was being renovated.

Since the inaugural running of the Cameron Handicap in 1977, it was classified as a Listed race until 2004, before being upgraded to Group 3 status from 2005 onwards.

The winner of the Cameron Handicap is exempt from the ballot for the Group 1 Epsom Handicap, although no horse has done the Cameron Handicap/Epsom Handicap double as of yet.

Notable winners of the Cameron Handicap include Rock (2019, 2020), Hooked (2014), Excellerator (2002), Fitter (1993), Manawapoi (1978), Luskin Star (1977), Romantic Dream (1976, 1979), Without Reproach (1969, 1970) and San Domenico (1953).

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2023 Cameron Handicap Final Field

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Previous Cameron Handicap Field

• 2022 Cameron Handicap field

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1		Special Reward	Kris Lees	Glyn Schofield	6	59kg
  2		Dashing Willoughby	Sam Kavanagh	Chad Schofield	9	56kg
  3		Purple Sector	John Thompson	Brenton Avdulla	3	55kg
  4		Cross Talk	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	10	54.5kg
  5		Laure Me In	David Pfieffer	Rachel King	8	54.5kg
  6		Character	James Cummings	Tommy Berry	5	54kg
  7		Luncies	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	2	54kg
  8		The Frontman	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	1	54kg
  9		Old Flame	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	12	54kg
  10		Wild Chap	Brett Lazzarini	Reece Jones (a)	7	54kg
  11		Air To Air	Sam Kavanagh	N/A	4	54kg
  12		Super	Mark Minervini	Tyler Schiller (a)	11	54kg

2022 Cameron Handicap result

Recent Cameron Handicap results

• 2022: Jones peach earns Wild Chap victory
  New South Wales apprentice hoop Reece Jones has given Wild Chap ($6.50) a peach of a ride to claim victory in the Group 3 Cameron Handicap at Newcastle. Both Jones and Wild Chap earned their maiden stakes winner by defeating Luncies ($3.20) and Character ($2.40) in a driving finish in the 1500m contest on Friday. After settling behind Dashing Willoughby ($15), who led up the race, Jones decided to wait for the gap to appear on the inside, before letting Wild Chap go through his gears to drive at Luncies and beat him by a half-head on the winning post.
• 2021: Ashman goes all the way at massive odds
  After jumping as one of the outsiders of the field, the Kim Waugh-trained Ashman ($18) has led all the way under Jeff Penza to take out the Cameron Handicap. Penza took the son of Magnus to the lead and got away with a couple of cheap sectionals mid-race before kicking clear with 300m to go. Both Sky Lab ($8.50) and Duais ($5.50) were rattling home down the outside, but Ashman held on to claim his first Group 3 victory of his career.
• 2020: Rock goes back-to-back in Cameron
  Rock ($5) entered the 2020 Cameron Handicap seeking to become only the second horse to win back-to-back editions of the Group 3 contest. With the exact same combination from the previous year, Tommy Berry gave the five-year-old gelding a similar ride, but this year he put a space on his rivals and won by over 3.5 lengths. Just Thinkin’ ($7.50) and Chief Ironside ($11) were no match for the winner and they battled out the placings in the final 100m.
• 2019: Rock takes out the Cameron Handicap in fine style
  The Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes-trained Rock has claimed the Group 3 Cameron Handicap after rounding the field from third last on the home turn to defeat Articus ($15) by a length. Tommy Berry settled the son of Pierro at the rear of the field with only two horses behind him, but as the field rounded the home turn Rock let down with a blistering turn of foot to glide on by his rivals and pick up his maiden Group 3 success.

Cameron Handicap winners

Cameron Handicap winners pre-2000