EPSOM HANDICAP

$1 million 1600m-handicap

HISTORY:

Named after racecourse in south of England where Epsom Derby has been run since 1780. Run over famous Randwick "mile" since 1865 when won by Dundee. Notable winners include Amounis (1926, 1928), Chatham (1932-33), Shannon (1945), Sky High (1961), Cabochon (1967), Gunsynd (1971), Triton (1972), Super Impose (1990-91), Desert War (2004-05) and Winx (2015). TJ Smith and daughter Gai Waterhouse most successful trainers with seven Epsom wins apiece. In 2011, Secret Admirer became first mare to win since La Neige in 1976 and four years later it was Winx. Eight horses have won Epsom-Doncaster double in same racing season: Dundee (1865-66), Marvel (1891-92), Chatham (1933-34), Blue Legend (1946-47), Broker's Tip (1969-70), Gunsynd (1971-72), Authentic Heir (1975-76). Super Impose won both races in 1990 and again in 1991. KEY COMMENTS: * "She has met Happy Clapper twice and had no luck last time in the Tramway Stakes. She gets a three-and-a-half kilo weight pull off him in the Epsom and that might help" - Zanbagh's owner Sandy Tait. * "He's kept raising the bar. He nearly beat Winx" - Red Excitement's jockey Brenton Avdulla. * "He's going to get every chance. He's got the best form lines of any horse going in. I'm very confident" - Happy Clapper's jockey Blake Shinn. "Foxplay was only beaten narrowly by Winx and I know that took a lot out of her but she has bounced back from that as we've seen and she is a very good mare" - Chris Waller stable rep Charlie Duckworth.