Group 1 race | |
Location | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia |
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Inaugurated | 1971 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - flat |
Sponsor | Moët & Chandon (2022) |
Race information | |
Distance | 2,000 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Three year olds |
Weight | Set weights colts and geldings – 56½ kg fillies 54½ kg |
Purse | A$2,000,000 (2022) |
The Spring Champion Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds at Set Weights over a distance of 2000 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in October. [1] Prize money is A$2,000,000.
The race has been won by horses that later became champions. These include Kingston Town, Beau Zam and Tie the Knot. The Gloaming Stakes is considered a major preparatory race for this event. [1]
Originally when the race was inaugurated it was known as the Australasian Champion Stakes. [1] The event was changed to its current name in 1978. [1]
† Not held because of outbreak of equine influenza [41]
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