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.

History 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.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins): Hackler's Pride – 1903, 1904 Christmas Daisy – 1909, 1910 Sterope – 1948, 1949 Prince de Galles – 1969, 1970 Baronet – 1978, 1980 Rambo's Hall – 1989, 1992 Bronze Angel - 2012, 2014

Leading jockey (4 wins): Nat Flatman – Vulcan (1841), Evenus (1844), Alarm (1845), Scherz (1854) George Fordham – Little David (1853), Odd Trick (1857), See Saw (1868), Sabinus (1871)

Leading trainer (5 wins): John Gosden – Halling (1994), Pipedreamer (2007), Tazeez (2008), Wissahickon (2018), Lord North (2019) (note: the trainers of some of the early winners are unknown)

Winners since 1900 Weights given in stones and pounds. Separate divisions of the race indicated by (1) and (2). Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer SP Time 1900 Berrill 4 7-09 John Thompson Philip Behan 1:54.00 1901 Watershed 3 7-07 Johnny Reiff Charles Beatty 1:58.80 1902 Ballantrae 3 6-08 John Watts Jr. John Huggins F 1:54.00 1903 Hackler's Pride 3 Jack Fallon 1904 Hackler's Pride 4 8-10 Bernard Dillon Jack Fallon 1:52.80 1905 Velocity 3 6-05 Arthur Templeman Samuel Pickering F 2:00.40 1906 Polymelus 4 8-10 Danny Maher Charles Peck F 1:52.80 1907 Land League 4 7-13 Billy Higgs Robert Sherwood Jr. 1:58.40 1908 Marcovil 5 7-11 Leslie Hewitt Charlie Waugh 1909 Christmas Daisy 4 7-02 Charles Ringstead Lewis 1:59.20 1910 Christmas Daisy 5 8-02 Steve Donoghue Lewis 1:56.40 1911 Long Set 4 James Batho 1:53.40 1912 Adam Bede 4 7-12 Charlie Foy Joe Cannon 1:55.80 1913 Cantilever 3 7-12 Herbert Southey Colledge Leader 1:57.80 1914 Honeywood 3 7-08 Steve Donoghue Charles Peck 1915 Silver Tag 3 8-03 Steve Donoghue Richard Dawson F 1:53.20 1916 Eos 3 7-06 Vic Smyth George Lambton 1917 Brown Prince 3 7-07 Peter Jones Reg Day 1:50.40 1918 Zinovia 3 8-07 Vic Smyth F Hunt F 1:58.00 1919 Brigand 5 6-10 Edgar Crickmere Willie Pratt 1:54.20 1920Abandoned due to a Coal Strike 1921 Milenko 3 7-01 Robert Lynch Willie Pratt 1:51.60 1922 Re-echo 3 7-09 Albert Whalley Colledge Leader 1:52.60 1923 Verdict 3 7-12 Michael Beary Willie Waugh 1:52.00 1924 Twelve Pointer 4 8-12 Bernard Carslake Atty Persse 1:56.00 1925 Masked Marvel 3 7-09 William McLachlan Jr. Sam H Darling 1:53.60 1926 Insight II 5 7-13 Joseph Thwaites Sam H Darling 1:56.00 1927(dh) MedalNiantic 34 7-046-03 Joseph CaldwellWillie Stephenson Stanley WoottonWilliam Walters F 1:53.00 1928 Pallais Royal II 3 7-13 Marcel Allemand Emile Charlier F 1:54.00 1929 Double Life 3 7-12 Johnny Dines Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 1:52.00 1930 The Pen 3 7-04 Cliff Richards Martin Hartigan 1:50.80 1931 Disarmament 3 7-11 Billy Nevett Charles Elsey 1:49.60 1932 Pullover 3 6-11 Albert Richardson Matthew D Peacock 1:55.20 1933 Raymond 3 8-04 George Nicoll Joseph Lawson 1:53.00 1934 Wychwood Abbot 3 8-06 Richard Perryman Ted Leader 1:49.60 1935 Commander III 5 7-11 Thomas Hawcroft Basil Briscoe 1:52.00 1936 Dan Bulger 3 7-13 Tommy Weston Harry Cottrill 1:51.60 1937 Artist's Prince 4 6-12 Albert Richardson Johnny Dines 1:51.00 1938 Helleniqua 5 6-12 B Guimard William Webb 1:51.80 1939 (1) Gyroscope 3 7-07 Bob Lacey Harvey Leader 1:42.80 1939 (2) Orichalque 6 8-10 Jimmy Simpson Vanda Beatty 1:43.20 1940 Caxton 4 7-09 Percy Evans Sam Armstrong 1:46.80 1941 Rue de la Paix 5 8-13 Tommy Carey George Beeby 1:39.80 1942no race 1943 Quartier-Maitre 8 8-09 Tommy Carey Ted Leader 1:43.20 1944 Hunsingore 3 8-10 Harry Wragg Robert Colling 1:43.20 1945 Esquire 3 6-03 Guy Packer Robert Colling 1:54.80 1946 Sayani 3 9-04 Rae Johnstone Joseph Lieux 1:54.20 1947 Fairey Fulmar 4 8-12 Tommy Gosling Ossie Bell 1:54.20 1948 Sterope 3 7-04 Dennis Schofield Rufus Beasley 1:54.40 1949 Sterope 4 9-04 Charlie Elliott Rufus Beasley 1:53.20 1950 Kelling 3 7-10 Doug Smith Alec Waugh 1:54.20 1951 Fleeting Moment 5 7-13 Scobie Breasley Tommy Bartlam 1:52.60 1952 Richer 3 8-00 Ken Gethin Staff Ingham 1:52.81 1953 Jupiter 3 8-03 Gordon Richards Rufus Beasley 1:55.55 1954 Minstrel 3 7-00 Charlie Gaston Jack Jarvis 1:53.14 1955 Retrial 3 7-01 Peter Robinson Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 1:51.78 1956 Loppylugs 4 7-08 Eph Smith John Beary 1:54.45 1957 Stephanotis 4 8-05 Harry Carr John Rogers 1:54.40 1958 London Cry 4 9-05 Scobie Breasley Gordon Richards 1:56.83 1959 Rexequus 3 8-07 Norman Stirk George Boyd 1:50.86 1960 Midsummer Night 3 7-12 Duncan Keith Peter Hastings-Bass 2:03.15 1961(dh) Henry The SeventhVioletta III 33 8-047-08 Eddie HideCliff Parkes Bill ElseyHarry Wragg F 1:53.75 1962 Hidden Meaning 3 9-00 Scobie Breasley Harvey Leader F 1:51.32 1963 Commander In Chief 4 8-00 Frankie Durr Eric Cousins 1:54.32 1964 Hasty Cloud 6 7-10 Jock Wilson Harry Wallington F 1:51.21 1965 Tarqogan 5 9-03 Bill Williamson Seamus McGrath 1:52.04 1966 Dites 4 7-04 David Maitland Harvey Leader 1:55.84 1967 Lacquer 3 8-06 Ron Hutchinson Harry Wragg 1:55.33 1968 Emerilo 4 7-09 Taffy Thomas Percy Allden 1:58.92 1969 Prince De Galles 3 7-12 Frankie Durr Peter Robinson F 1:51.60 1970 Prince De Galles 4 9-07 Frankie Durr Peter Robinson 1:51.09 1971 King Midas 3 7-09 Des Cullen Derrick Candy 1:52.57 1972 Negus 5 9-00 Philip Waldron Derrick Candy 1:57.16 1973 Siliciana 4 8-05 Geoff Lewis Ian Balding 1:52.69 1974 Flying Nelly 4 7-07 David Maitland Bill Wightman 1:52.99 1975 Lottogift 4 8-02 Roger Wernham Dave Hanley 1:51.04 1976 Intermission 3 8-06 Greville Starkey Michael Stoute 1:55.47 1977 Sin Timon 3 8-03 Tony Kimberley Jeremy Hindley 1:47.45 1978 Baronet 6 9-00 Brian Rouse John Benstead 1:54.64 1979 Smartset 4 8-08 John Reid Fulke Johnson Houghton 1:54.00 1980 Baronet 8 9-03 Brian Rouse John Benstead 1:50.35 1981 Braughing 4 8-04 Steve Cauthen Clive Brittain 1:52.18 1982 Century City 3 9-06 Joe Mercer Luca Cumani 1:56.95 1983 Sagamore 4 7-08 Taffy Thomas Frankie Durr 1:51.47 1984 Leysh 3 8-07 John Lowe Steve Norton 1:51.48 1985 Tremblant 4 9-08 Pat Eddery Ron Smyth 1:49.91 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 2025 Boiling Point 4 9-12 Clifford Lee Karl Burke 1:49.422026Pierre Royal48-11Mikey SheehyAdrian McGuinness33/11:48.02

Earlier winners

1839: Lanercost 1840: Roscius 1841: Vulcan 1842: Ralph 1843: Nat 1844: Evenus 1845: Alarm 1846: Prior of St Margarets 1847: The Widow 1848: Dacia 1849: Raby 1850: Landgrave 1851: Truth 1852: Knight of the Shire 1853: Little David 1854: Scherz 1855: Sultan 1856: Malacca 1857: Odd Trick 1858: Eurydice 1859: Red Eagle 1860: Weatherbound 1861: Palestro 1862: Bathilde 1863: Catch 'em Alive 1864: Ackworth 1865: Gardevisure 1866: Actaea 1867: Lozenge 1868: See Saw 1869: Vestminster 1870: Adonis 1871: Sabinus 1872: Playfair 1873: Montargis 1874: Peut-etre 1875: Sutton 1876: Rosebery 1877: Jongleur 1878: Isonomy 1879: La Merveille 1880: Lucetta 1881: Foxhall 1882: Hackness 1883: Bendigo 1884: Florence 1885: Plaisanterie 1886: The Sailor Prince 1887: Gloriation 1888: Veracity 1889: Laureate 1890: Alicante 1891: Comedy 1892: La Fleche 1893: Molly Morgan 1894: Indian Queen 1895: Marco 1896: Winkfield's Pride 1897: Comfrey 1898: Georgic 1899: Irish Ivy

See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British flat horse races

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External links Race Recordings (1974, 1976, 1980, 1982-2003) youtube.com galopp-sieger.de – Cambridgeshire Handicap. pedigreequery.com – Cambridgeshire Handicap – Newmarket. tbheritage.com – Cambridgeshire Stakes (Handicap).