Champagne Stakes

First Aus Winner For US Triple Crown Hero

Posted on February 10, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Exciting stallion American Pharaoh has produced his first Australian winner with impressive colt Head Of State breaking through at Warwick Farm.

Posted on April 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Cranbourne trainer Robbie Griffiths is looking forward to the Melbourne spring with Glenfiddich after the colt’s narrow defeat in a Group One race at Randwick. Griffiths has long held Caulfield Guineas ambitions for Glenfiddich and after his second to King’s Legacy in Saturday’s Champagne Stakes (1600m), he sees no reason to alter those thoughts. Glenfiddich[...]

Posted on April 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Coolmore’s decision to purchase a stake in King’s Legacy has delivered immediate success, the colt stamping himself one of the country’s best two-year-olds with a second Group One win in the Champagne Stakes. His narrow victory over game Victorian Glenfiddich has also given jockey Hugh Bowman a rare clean sweep of the juvenile triple crown[...]

Posted on April 17, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

In an ideal world ahead of a Group One race, trainer Robbie Griffiths would be supervising his horse’s final gallop live before running a close eye over his charge. But COVID-19 has placed restrictions on life and while racing continues there are a number of protocols in place. While horses can cross state borders, trainers[...]

Posted on April 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

CHAMPAGNE STAKES Group One, 1600m, $400,000 set weights for two-year-olds at Randwick HISTORY: First run over seven furlongs (1400m) in 1866 when won by Fishhook Held over 1600m since 1972 The final leg of the two-year-old triple crown after the Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) and ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) Outstanding gallopers to have won[...]

Posted on April 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The juvenile triple crown is still alive for jockey Hugh Bowman who is confident King’s Legacy has what it takes to deliver him the final leg of the series. With different horses and trainers taking out the Golden Slipper (1200m) and Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m), Bowman is the only one still in the running for[...]

Posted on April 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Two-year-olds from the Ciaron Maher Racing team have been to the fore in a host of feature races this season but a juvenile Group One win has so far eluded the stable. Holyfield gets the chance to change that in Saturday’s Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick, the fourth of five Group One races for two-year-olds[...]

Posted on April 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A full field of 14 plus two emergencies has been declared for the final Group One race of the Sydney autumn carnival, the All Aged Stakes. Favourite Santa Ana Lane has drawn barrier one for Saturday’s 1400m-feature at Randwick while last year’s winner Pierata will jump from nine. Santa Ana Lane finished second to Nature[...]

Posted on April 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Tony Pike has decided not to press ahead with another Sydney Group One start for The Bostonian. Six of the gelding’s 10 wins have been in Australia including his three at Group One level, the latest the Canterbury Stakes (1300m) on March 7. He was runner-up to Dreamforce in the George Ryder[...]

Posted on April 14, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Not An Option will be carrying the weight of his stable when he contests the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday. The promising two-year-old has become the only active runner for Cambridge trainer Tony Pike and he is hoping his charge can deliver on Saturday. The son of Not A Single Doubt[...]

Posted on April 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sires’ Produce Stakes winner King’s Legacy is favourite to claim his second Group One win of the autumn carnival in the final leg of the Sydney two-year-old triple crown. King’s Legacy will be the only horse to have competed in all three legs of this year’s juvenile triple crown – the Golden Slipper, Sires’ Produce[...]

Posted on April 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Peter and Paul Snowden have strengthened their hand in the Champagne Stakes, confirming Fernhill Mile winner Untamed is likely to back up in the Group One race. The Snowdens already have Sires’ Produce Stakes winner and race favourite King’s Legacy, while Aim could also run if the track is not heavy. Untamed ($3.60) has put[...]

Posted on April 4, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike was pleased with the efforts of classy juvenile Not An Option after he ran on late to finish third in the Group 3 Kindergarten Stakes (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday. “I was rapt with the run and 1100m is well short of his best,” Pike said. “It was always going to[...]

Posted on April 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Dismissal is at big odds for the ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes but trainer Gary Portelli believes the two-year-old is not out of Group One contest. Portelli has opted to give the maiden filly a crack at Saturday’s 1400m feature for juveniles at Randwick after deciding to bypass her original target, the Group Three Baillieu (1400m),[...]

Posted on March 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Robbie Griffiths is moving to ensure two-year-old Glenfiddich is in Sydney ahead of any closure of the NSW border because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Glenfiddich earned himself a trip to Sydney to run in a couple of Group One races during the autumn carnival with his victory in the Sires’ Produce (1500m) at Mornington[...]

Posted on March 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

As long as borders remain open between mainland states, Robbie Griffiths is planning a trip to Sydney with impressive Mornington winner Glenfiddich. Griffiths has his eyes on a pair of Group One races at Randwick with Glenfiddich after the two-year-old’s victory in the Quayclean Sires (1500m) on Saturday. It was the maiden victory for Glenfiddich[...]

Posted on February 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Holyfield has lived up to his name with a fighting victory at Sandown to remain unbeaten in two race starts. Named after boxer Evander Holyfield, the two-year-old fought back after being headed in the Sandown straight on Wednesday to win the Ladbrokes Handicap (1400m). The victory continued the success of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace[...]

First Aus Winner For US Triple Crown Hero

Caulfield Guineas The Aim For Glenfiddich

King’s Legacy Wins Group 1 Champagne Stakes

Technology Keeps Griffiths Informed On 2YO

Champagne Stakes Facts And Figures

King Can Grant Bowman Juvenile Clean Sweep

Holyfield Set For Group 1 Champagne Stakes

Full Field For All Aged Stakes At Randwick

Tony Pike Still Has One Sydney Option

All eyes on Not An Option

King’s Legacy Headlines Champagne Entries

Untamed Digs Deep, Takes Out Fernhill Mile

Champagne Stakes an Option for classy juvenile

Dismissal Aims For Upset In Group 1 Sires’

Glenfiddich To Chase Sydney Autumn Riches

Griffiths Eyes Sydney Group 1’s For Glenfiddich

Holyfield Rises From Canvas In Sandown Win

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