Spring Champion Stakes
Encyclopedia
The Spring Champion Stakes is a Group 1
Australia
n Thoroughbred horse race
for three-year-olds at set weights. First run in 1971, it is raced over a distance of 2000 metres at Randwick Racecourse
, Sydney
in October. Prize money is AUD $400,000.
Group races
Group races are the highest standard of Thoroughbred horseraces in Australia. The Australian Pattern Committee recommends to the Australian Racing Board which races shall be designated as Group races...
Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...
for three-year-olds at set weights. First run in 1971, it is raced over a distance of 2000 metres at Randwick Racecourse
Randwick Racecourse
Royal Randwick Racecourse is a racecourse for horseracing in the Eastern Suburbs in Sydney, New South Wales. Randwick Racecourse, is operated by the Australian Jockey Club and known to many Sydney racegoers as headquarters...
, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
in October. Prize money is AUD $400,000.
Past winners
- 2011 : Doctor Doom
- 2010 : Erewhon
- 2009 : Monaco Consul
- 2008 : Sousa
- 2007 : no race due to Equine Influenza2007 Australian equine influenza outbreakAn outbreak of equine influenza in Australia was confirmed by the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries on 24 August 2007 in Sydney. Also known as "horse flu" and "A1 influenza", the rapid outbreak was of the Influenza A virus strain of subtype H3N8...
- 2006 : Teranaba
- 2005 : Hotel Grand
- 2004 : SavabeelSavabeelSavabeel was a successful New Zealand-bred and Australian-trained brown colt Thoroughbred race horse foaled on 23 September 2001.In Spring 2004 he won the race considered the Weight for Age Championship of Australasia, the Cox Plate. He was the first 3YO to win the race since another son of Zabeel,...
- 2003 : Niello
- 2002 : Platinum Scissors
- 2001 : Viking Ruler
- 2000 : Universal Prince
- 1999 : Fairway
- 1998 : Dignity Dancer
- 1997 : Tie the KnotTie the KnotTie the Knot was an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse, who won 13 Group One races and in 1999-2000 he was voted Australian Champion Stayer.-Breeding:...
- 1996 : Magic of Sydney
- 1995 : Nothin' Leica Dane
- 1994 : Danewin
- 1993 : Fraternity
- 1992 : Coronation Day
- 1991 : Kinjite
- 1990 : St. Jude
- 1989 : Stylish CenturyStylish CenturyStylish Century was a notable Australian thoroughbred racehorse.A son of Double Century from the Forex mare Stylish he was foaled in 1986 and was trained by a number of trainers throughout his career including Bart Cummings for a short time....
- 1988 : Sakana
- 1987 : Beau Zam
- 1986 : Imprimatur
- 1985 : Easter
- 1984 : Lucks A Lottery
- 1983 : Sir Dapper
- 1982 : Veloso
- 1981 : Best Western
- 1980 : Prince Majestic
- 1979 : Kingston TownKingston TownKingston Town was an outstanding Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won a record three Cox Plates and 11 other Group One races in a career spanning from 1979 to 1982...
- 1978 : Lefroy
- 1977 : Sir Silver Lad
- 1976 : Cheyne Walk
- 1975 : Taras Bulba
- 1974 : Asgard
- 1973 : Gold Brick
- 1972 : Latin Knight
- 1971 : Gay Icarus