Epsom Handicap ends in a dead-heat between Top Ranked and Ellsberg

Epsom Handicap ends in a dead-heat between Top Ranked and Ellsberg. It was the first Group 1 win for co-trainer Sterling Alexiou and trainer Gerald Ryan. They had to wait for the decision for 10 minutes. Ell's trainer thought they won when watching the slow motion reply. Gerald has trained 24 Group One winners including the 2003 Epsom with Clangalang. He made the last minute decision to run Ell’s trainer at 10 to 9 on Wednesday morning. The trainer cried after the victory.

Epsom Handicap ends in a dead-heat between Top Ranked and Ellsberg. It's the first time in the race that there was a margin of more than 10 lengths. Bowman, rider of Top ranked, scored his 98th Australian Group 1 win. He's third on the all-time list behind Damien Oliver and George Moore. He thought Brenton Avdulla, the rider for Ell'sberg, had "got the bob".

Hugh Bowman and Brenton Avdulla won the Epsom Handicap on Top Ranked. Avdaula won it on Ellsberg. Neasham wants Top ranked to go to the Cox Plate. i in the future. i.e. the $2m Five Diamonds next. n. The horse is a good prospect for the Plate, according to Neashesam. He would like to share this with Gerald and Sterling.