Defending champion Ceolwulf and fellow Group 1 winners Light Infantry Man, Private Eye and Royal Patronage will have to break a 34-year-old weight carrying record in this year’s Epsom Handicap after they were all allotted 58kg in the famous Randwick mile.
Super Impose (61kg in 1991), was the last horse to carry more weight in the Epsom and win, with Happy Clapper, Winx and Racing To Win having all carried 57kg in wins over the past 20 years.
A total of 96 nominations were received for this year’s race which will be staged at Randwick on Saturday, October 4.
Ceolwulf, should he contest the race, is looking to become the first back-to-back winner of the race since Desert War in 2004 and 2005.
Another Wil, Tom Kitten, Gringotts and Arapaho have been weighted at 57.5kg, while two-time Group 1 winner Stefi Magnetica had 57kg along with recent Tramway Stakes winner Pericles. Treasurethe Moment has been allotted 56.5kg.
Unbeaten Autumn Glow, currently the $1.90 favourite for the race, has 54.5kg.
There are three three-year-olds nominated, Champagne Stakes winner Nepotism, and the Michael Freedman-trained pair Aerodrome and Apocalyptic.
