From the race’s inauguration back in 1881 right through until 2026 we have a complete list of past Toorak Handicap winners. View every previous Toorak Handicap champion throughout history, plus extra details including the age, gender, jockeys and weights carried to victory by the Toorak Handicap winners going back to the year 2000.
The Toorak Handicap was first run in 1881 and the inaugural winner was Josephine.
Lady Shenandoah (2026) became the first Toorak Handicap winning mare since More Joyous in 2010.
Solzhenitsyn (2012, 2013) was the last dual Toorak Handicap winner.
Five horses have completed the Toorak Handicap – Caulfield Cup double in the same year: The Trump (1937), Royal Gem (1946), Galilee (1966), Tobin Bronze (1967), Leilani (1974), and Cole Diesel (1989).
Tobin Bronze (1976) also won that year’s Cox Plate at weight-for-age.
The Trump (1937) also won that year’s Melbourne Cup completing the coveted Spring Cups’ double.
Trust In A Gust in 2014 was the first horse to do the Sir Rupert Clarke – Toorak Handicap double since Barely A Moment in 2005.
Other notable Toorak Handicap winners throughout history include Gunsynd (1971), Royal Gem (1946), and Mr Quickie (2020).
The 2021 Toorak Handicap winner I’m Thunderstruck went on to win the $7.5 million The Golden Eagle next start, a lucrative race for four-year-olds now worth $10 million!
The 2022 Toorak Handicap winner Tuvalu jumped at odds of $9.50 improving on a lead-up third in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes to win the mile feature.
The 2023 Toorak Handicap winner was Mitchell Freedman’s Australian Guineas runner-up Attrition ($26) who fought hard to hold out Antino by a nose, while 200/1 roughie Bankers Choice rounded out the trifecta in third.
The 2024 Toorak Handicap winner was the Tony Gollan-trained Queenslander Antino ($4.80) who looped the field off a bold Blake Shinn ride to salute by a powerhouse 6.5 lengths improving on his second to Attrition in the same race 12 months earlier.
The 2025 Toorak Handicap winner was five-year-old Snitzel gelding Transatlantic ($10) for trainer Tony Gollan with jockey Mark Zahra aboard on 56.5kg from barrier 9 to win by 0.15 lengths on a Good (3) track in a time of 1:35.64.
The 2026 Toorak Handicap winner was five-year-old Snitzel mare Lady Shenandoah who came off back-to-back Group 1 fourths in the Winx Stakes and Sir Rupert Clarke. She paid $5.50 as the equal favourite, secured her fourth Group 1 trophy and handed trainer Chris Waller his first Toorak victory. Jockey James McDonald rode the 2026 Toorak Handicap winner on 58kg from barrier 9 to beat Changing Colours by 0.2 lengths in a time of 1:34.50 on a Good (3) track.
2026 Toorak Handicap Race Replay
Toorak Handicap 2026 Results
| 2. Lady Shenandoah (9) J: James McDonald 58kg 42×44 T: Chris Waller | ||
| 13. Changing Colours (8) J: Luke Cartwright 52kg 41111 T: Lucy Yeomans | ||
| 12. Welcometotheshow (6) J: Craig Newitt 52.5kg 9×261 T: Tyler Donaldson-Aitken | ||
| 3. Warnie (1) J: Mark Zahra 57kg 8×416 T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 14. Pondalowie (3) J: Rachel King 52kg 35×81 T: Emma-Lee & David Browne | ||
| 15. Salty Pearl (7) J: Craig Williams 52kg 35×34 T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 8. Sabaj (10) J: Ethan Brown 54kg 44×00 T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr | ||
| 11. Too Darn Discreet (14) J: Declan Bates 53kg 11×23 T: Dan O’sullivan | ||
| 9. Sun God (5) J: Jye Mcneil 54kg 121×8 T: Chris Waller | ||
| 1. Evaporate (2) J: Blake Shinn 58kg 9×319 T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes | ||
| 5. Von Hauke (11) J: Harry Coffey 56.5kg 103×7 T: Cliff Brown | ||
| 6. Regal Award (4) J: Lachlan Neindorf 55kg 517×3 T: Phillip & Tommy Stokes | ||
| 4. Feroce (15) J: Billy Egan 56.5kg 72×55 T: Dominic Sutton | ||
| 7. Hellsing (12) J: Daniel Stackhouse 54kg 011×5 T: Annabel & Rob Archibald | ||
| 10. Panova (13) J: William Pike 53kg 712×6 T: Chris Waller |
Toorak Handicap Winners 2000 – the Present
Complete List of Past Toorak Handicap Winners
| Year | Horse |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Lady Shenandoah |
| 2025 | Transatlantic |
| 2024 | Antino |
| 2023 | Attrition |
| 2022 | Tuvalu |
| 2021 | I’m Thunderstruck |
| 2020 | Mr Quickie |
| 2019 | Fierce Impact |
| 2018 | Land Of Plenty |
| 2017 | Tosen Stardom |
| 2016 | He’s Our Rokkii |
| 2015 | Lucky Hussle |
| 2014 | Trust In A Gust |
| 2013 | Solzhenitsyn |
| 2012 | Solzhenitsyn |
| 2011 | King Mufhasa |
| 2010 | More Joyous |
| 2009 | Allez Wonder |
| 2008 | Alamosa |
| 2007 | Divine Madonna |
| 2006 | Red Dazzler |
| 2005 | Barely A Moment |
| 2004 | Regal Roller |
| 2003 | Roman Arch |
| 2002 | Shot Of Thunder |
| 2001 | Show A Heart |
| 2000 | Umrum |
| 1999 | Umrum |
| 1998 | Marble Halls |
| 1997 | Penghulu |
| 1996 | Poetic King |
| 1995 | Sober Suit |
| 1994 | Oppressor |
| 1993 | Golden Sword |
| 1992 | Ready To Explode |
| 1991 | Comrade |
| 1990 | Ricochet Rosie |
| 1989 | Cole Diesel |
| 1988 | Planet Ruler |
| 1987 | Caledonian Boy |
| 1986 | Canny Lass |
| 1985 | King Phoenix |
| 1984 | Mr. Ironclad |
| 1983 | Showmeran |
| 1982 | Magari |
| 1981 | Penny Edition |
| 1980 | Torbek |
| 1979 | Manaroa |
| 1978 | Salamander |
| 1977 | Nunkalowe |
| 1976 | Visit |
| 1975 | Plush |
| 1974 | Leilani |
| 1973 | Princess Eulogy |
| 1972 | All Shot |
| 1971 | Gunsynd |
| 1970 | Tauto |
| 1969 | Crewman |
| 1968 | Tried And True |
| 1967 | Tobin Bronze |
| 1966 | Galilee |
| 1965 | Ripa |
| 1964 | Nicopolis |
| 1963 | Nicopolis |
| 1962 | Gay Filou |
| 1961 | Anonyme |
| 1960 | Gabonia |
| 1959 | Smokey Jane |
| 1958 | Tudor Hill |
| 1957 | Mac’s Amber |
| 1956 | Farquhar |
| 1955 | Harmonist |
| 1954 | Plato |
| 1953 | Desert Breeze |
| 1952 | Desert Breeze |
| 1951 | Jovial Lad |
| 1950 | Grey Boots |
| 1949 | Saxony |
| 1948 | Saxony |
| 1947 | Don Pedro |
| 1946 | Royal Gem |
| 1945 | Huntingdale |
| 1944 | The Bohemian |
| 1943** | ‡ Burberry / Counsel |
| 1942 | Crojick |
| 1941 | Sun Valley |
| 1940 | Gold Salute |
| 1939 | Hilton |
| 1938* | El Golea / Ena |
| 1937 | The Trump |
| 1936 | The Chanter |
| 1935* | Epigram / Journal |
| 1934 | Sir Simper |
| 1933 | Chilperic |
| 1932 | K. Cid |
| 1931 | Glenanton |
| 1930 | The Gay Mutineer |
| 1929 | Highland |
| 1928 | Kalloni |
| 1927 | Textile |
| 1926 | Abdera |
| 1925 | Metellus |
| 1924 | Soorak |
| 1923 | Sonora |
| 1922 | The Tyrant |
| 1921 | Stare |
| 1920 | Lord Setay |
| 1919 | St. Mira |
| 1918 | Prince Royal |
| 1917 | King’s Bounty |
| 1916 | Rael Locin |
| 1915 | Miss Meadows |
| 1914 | Rathlea |
| 1913 | Valido |
| 1912 | Uncle Sam |
| 1911 | Motoa |
| 1910 | Sequarious |
| 1909 | Irishman |
| 1908 | Soultline |
| 1907 | True Scot |
| 1906 | Iolaire |
| 1905 | Dandalla |
| 1904 | Ossian |
| 1903 | F.J.A. |
| 1902 | Kinglock |
| 1901 | Bonnie Chiel |
| 1900 | Lochaber |
| 1899 | Alva |
| 1898 | Massinissa |
| 1897 | Paul Pry |
| 1896 | Hopscotch |
| 1895 | Mostyn |
| 1894 | Devon |
| 1893 | Titan |
| 1892 | Fortunatus |
| 1891 | Zalinski |
| 1890 | Precedence |
| 1889 | Maelstrom |
| 1888 | Bothwell |
| 1887 | Dufferin |
| 1886 | Middlemarch |
| 1885 | Mentmore |
| 1884 | Precious Stone |
| 1883 | Bar One |
| 1882 | Verdure |
| 1881 | Josephine |
**Run in divisions
*Dead Heat