Champagne Stakes (Great Britain)

Champagne Stakes

Group 2 race
Location	Doncaster Racecourse Doncaster, England
Inaugurated	1823
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor	At the Races
Website	Doncaster
Race information
Distance	7f (1,408 metres)
Surface	Turf
Track	Straight
Qualification	Two-year-old colts and geldings
Weight	9 st 0 lb Penalties 3 lb for G1 / G2 winners
Purse	£75,000 (2014) 1st: £42,532

Champagne Stakes

2015
Emotionless	Ibn Malik	Palawan

Previous years
2014
Estidhkaar	War Envoy	Aces
2013
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Outstrip	The Grey Gatsby	Cable Bay
2012
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Toronado	Dundonnell	Tha'ir
2011
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Trumpet Major	Red Duke	Entifaadha
2010
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Saamidd	Approve	Waiter's Dream
2009
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Poet's Voice	Viscount Nelson	Silver Grecian
2008
Westphalia	Zacinto	Playfellow
2007
Mccartney	Alexander Castle	One Great Cat
2006
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Vital Equine	Eagle Mountain	Cockney Rebel
2005
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Close To You	Silent Times	Killybegs
2004
Etlaala	Iceman	Oude
2003
Lucky Story	Auditorium	Haafhd

The Champagne Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old colts and geldings. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.

History

The event was established in 1823, and it was originally open to horses of either gender. For a period it was contested over a mile, and it was shortened to 6 furlongs in 1870. It was extended to 7 furlongs in 1962, and restricted to male horses in 1988.

The Champagne Stakes is held during Doncaster's four-day St. Leger Festival, and it is currently run on the final day, the same day as the St. Leger Stakes.

The leading horses from the race sometimes go on to compete in the following month's Dewhurst Stakes.

Records

Leading jockey (9 wins):

• Bill Scott – Swiss (1823), Memnon (1824), The Colonel (1827), Francesca (1831), Cotillon (1833), Jereed (1836), Don John (1837), Launcelot (1839), Attila (1841)

Leading trainer (10 wins):

• John Scott – Swiss (1823), The Colonel (1827), Jereed (1836), Don John (1837), Launcelot (1839), Attila (1841), Vindex (1852), The Bonnie Morn (1854), Prelude (1858), The Marquis (1861)
• Mathew Dawson – Zambezi (1864), Sunshine (1869), Camballo (1874), Farnese (1875), Lady Golightly (1876), Charibert (1878), Bal Gal (1880), Langwell (1884), Minting (1885), Ladas (1893)

Winners since 1974

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1974	Giacometti	Tony Murray	H. Ryan Price
1974	Grundy	Pat Eddery	Peter Walwyn	1:27.20
1975	Wollow	Gianfranco Dettori	Henry Cecil	1:27.70
1976	J. O. Tobin	Lester Piggott	Noel Murless	1:27.80
1977	Sexton Blake	Willie Carson	Barry Hills	1:26.70
1978	R. B. Chesne	Joe Mercer	Henry Cecil	1:28.30
1979	Final Straw	Paul Cook	Michael Stoute
1980	Gielgud	Joe Mercer	Henry Cecil	1:28.90
1981	Achieved	Pat Eddery	Vincent O'Brien	1:27.10
1982	Gorytus	Willie Carson	Dick Hern	1:26.20
1983	Lear Fan	Tony Clark	Guy Harwood	1:28.16
1984	Young Runaway	Greville Starkey	Guy Harwood	1:28.80
1985	Sure Blade	Brent Thomson	Barry Hills
1986	Don't Forget Me	Pat Eddery	Richard Hannon, Sr.	1:25.06
1987	Warning	Pat Eddery	Guy Harwood	1:25.22
1988	Prince of Dance	Willie Carson	Neil Graham	1:26.50
1989	no race
1990	Bog Trotter	Nigel Day	William Haggas	1:26.88
1991	Rodrigo de Triano	Willie Carson	Peter Chapple-Hyam	1:26.55
1992	Petardia	Michael Hills	Geoff Wragg	1:25.86
1993	Unblest	George Duffield	James Fanshawe	1:28.36
1994	Sri Pekan	Michael Kinane	Paul Cole	1:27.22
1995	Alhaarth	Willie Carson	Dick Hern	1:31.57
1996	Bahhare	Willie Carson	John Dunlop	1:23.21
1997	Daggers Drawn	Kieren Fallon	Henry Cecil	1:26.92
1998	Auction House	Michael Hills	Barry Hills	1:26.08
1999	Distant Music	Michael Hills	Barry Hills	1:24.16
2000	Noverre	Frankie Dettori	David Loder	1:25.67
2001	Dubai Destination	Frankie Dettori	David Loder	1:26.45
2002	Almushahar	Frankie Dettori	David Loder	1:24.15
2003	Lucky Story	Darryll Holland	Mark Johnston	1:27.92
2004	Etlaala	Richard Hills	Barry Hills	1:23.33
2005 (dh)	Close to You Silent Times	John Egan Jamie Spencer	Terry Mills Eoghan O'Neill	1:26.62
2006	Vital Equine	Richard Mullen	Eoghan O'Neill	1:23.29
2007	McCartney	Ryan Moore	Mark Johnston	1:25.04
2008	Westphalia	Johnny Murtagh	Aidan O'Brien	1:28.52
2009	Poet's Voice	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	1:24.91
2010	Saamidd	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	1:26.32
2011	Trumpet Major	Richard Hughes	Richard Hannon, Sr.	1:25.86
2012	Toronado	Richard Hughes	Richard Hannon, Sr.	1:24.88
2013	Outstrip	Mickael Barzalona	Charlie Appleby	1:26.90
2014	Estidhkaar	Paul Hanagan	Richard Hannon, Jr.	1:24.18
2015	Emotionless	William Buick	Charlie Appleby	1:27.49

^a The 1989 race was abandoned because of subsidence.
^b The 2006 running took place at York.
^c The 2008 winner Westphalia was later exported to Hong Kong and renamed Super Pistachio.

Earlier winners

• 1823: Swiss
• 1824: Memnon
• 1825: King Catton
• 1826: Moonshine
• 1827: The Colonel
• 1828: Cant
• 1829: Bud
• 1830: Frederica
• 1831: Francesca
• 1832: Muley Moloch
• 1833: Cotillon
• 1834: Coriolanus
• 1835: Beeswing
• 1836: Jereed
• 1837: Don John
• 1838: Eliza
• 1839: Launcelot
• 1840: Kedge
• 1841: Attila
• 1842: A British Yeoman
• 1843: The Cure
• 1844: Lancashire Witch
• 1845: Princess Alice
• 1846: Van Tromp
• 1847: Assault
• 1848: The Flying Dutchman
• 1849: The Italian
• 1850: Aphrodite
• 1851: Augur
• 1852: Vindex
• 1853: Champagne
• 1854: The Bonnie Morn
• 1855: Ellington
• 1856: Tasmania
• 1857: Gildermire
• 1858: Prelude
• 1859: King of Diamonds
• 1860: Walloon
• 1861: The Marquis
• 1862: Lord Clifden
• 1863: Ely
• 1864: Zambezi
• 1865: Redan ¹
• 1866: Achievement
• 1867: Virtue ²
• 1868: Morna
• 1869: Sunshine
• 1870: King of the Forest
• 1871: Cremorne
• 1872: Kaiser
• 1873: Napoleon III
• 1874: Camballo
• 1875: Farnese
• 1876: Lady Golightly
• 1877: Clementine
• 1878: Charibert
• 1879: Evasion
• 1880: Bal Gal
• 1881: Kermesse
• 1882: Hauteur
• 1883: Superba
• 1884: Langwell
• 1885: Minting
• 1886: Grandison / Panzerschiff ³
• 1887: Ayrshire
• 1888: Chittabob
• 1889: Riviera
• 1890: Haute Saône
• 1891: La Fleche
• 1892: The Prize
• 1893: Ladas
• 1894: Solaro
• 1895: Omladina
• 1896: Velasquez
• 1897: Ayah
• 1898: Mark For'ard
• 1899: Democrat
• 1900: Orchid
• 1901: Game Chick
• 1902: Rock Sand
• 1903: Pretty Polly
• 1904: Galangal / Verdiana ³
• 1905: Achilles
• 1906: Slieve Gallion
• 1907: Lesbia
• 1908: Duke Michael
• 1909: Neil Gow
• 1910: Pietri
• 1911: White Star
• 1912: Craganour
• 1913: The Tetrarch
• 1914: Redfern
• 1915–18: no race
• 1919: Tetratema
• 1920: Lemonora
• 1921: Golden Corn
• 1922: Drake
• 1923: Mumtaz Mahal
• 1924: Bucellas
• 1925: Coronach
• 1926: Damon
• 1927: Fairway
• 1928: Arabella
• 1929: Fair Diana
• 1930: Portlaw
• 1931: Orwell
• 1932: Myrobella
• 1933: Blazonry
• 1934: Kingsem
• 1935: Mahmoud
• 1936: Foray
• 1937: Portmarnock
• 1938: Panorama
• 1939–40: no race
• 1941: Big Game ⁴
• 1942–45: no race
• 1946: Petition
• 1947: My Babu
• 1948: Abernant
• 1949: Palestine
• 1950: Big Dipper
• 1951: Orgoglio
• 1952: Bebe Grande
• 1953: Darius
• 1954: Our Babu
• 1955: Rustam
• 1956: Eudaemon
• 1957: Kelly
• 1958: Be Careful
• 1959: Paddy's Sister
• 1960: Ambergris
• 1961: Clear Sound
• 1962: King of Babylon
• 1963: Tallahassee
• 1964: Hardicanute
• 1965: Celtic Song
• 1966: Bold Lad
• 1967: Cheb's Lad
• 1968: Ribofilio
• 1969: Saintly Song
• 1970: Breeder's Dream
• 1971: Crowned Prince
• 1972: Otha

¹ The 1865 race was a dead heat, but Redan was awarded victory after Lord Lyon's owner declined to take part in a run-off.
² Blue Gown finished first in 1867, but he was disqualified for carrying an undeclared weight.
³ The 1886 and 1904 races were dead-heats and have joint winners.
⁴ The 1941 edition took place at Newbury.

See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races

References

• Paris-Turf:
  • 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987
• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
  • 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

• galopp-sieger.de – Champagne Stakes.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Champagne Stakes (2014).
• pedigreequery.com – Champagne Stakes – Doncaster.