Champagne Stakes 2023 Tips, Field & Race Guide

The Champagne Stakes will take place on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at Royal Randwick.

The $500,000, 1600m event is open to 2YOs and up with set weight conditions.

We provide you with Champagne Stakes tips as well as an in depth guide into the runners, horses, final field, barrier draw, news, betting odds and information, and how you can watch a live stream to watch the race unfold.

CONTENTS: Schedule | Live Stream | Bonus Bets | Tips | Nominations | Field & Barrier Draw | Results & Replays | Odds | History | Winners | Top 5 Winners

Champagne Stakes 2023 Schedule

Champagne Stakes Tips

When trying to find the winner of the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick, keeping some important factors on your side can help you.

Our experts assess all the Champagne Stakes runners, their form, barrier draws, speedmap and more to help come up with our betting pointers and 2023 tips to help you back the winner.

Our team of expert tipsters will provide 2023 Champagne Stakes tips and selections once the final field has been declared.

READ: 2022 Champagne Stakes Tips & Preview

Champagne Stakes Nominations

Nominations for the 2023 Champagne Stakes takes place at 11:00am on April 10, 2023.

Champagne Stakes Field & Barrier Draw

The final field and barrier draw for the 2023 Champagne Stakes will be released at 9:00am April 12, 2023.

2022 Champagne Stakes Results & Replay

See more Champagne Stakes results and replays here.

Champagne Stakes Odds

Leading bookmakers Ladbrokes, Neds, bet365 & Palmerbet have the latest 2023 Champagne Stakes betting odds available. There will be plenty of movements in the Champagne Stakes betting markets in the days leading up to the race. See the latest market below or click on the links to take you direct to the bookmakers.

Champagne Stakes History

The two-year-old set-weights race takes place one week after Day 2 of The Championships is held at Royal Randwick and is one of two Group 1 features on the day with the other being the All Aged Stakes (1400m).

Exeter, who was trained by Etienne de Mestre, won the inaugural Champagne Stakes in 1861 when the race was run over five furlongs (1000m).

Although the race has endured eight distance changes throughout its history, it was traditionally run as a sprint race until the inception of the Golden Slipper in 1957 caused a clash between the two feature sprint races.

In 1972 the race distance was raised to its current 1600m and became part of the two-year-old Triple Crown which includes the Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m), Inglis Sires’ (1400m) and Champagne Stakes.

Six two-year-olds have claimed the two-year-old Triple Crown. They are Baguette (1970), Luskin Star (1977), Tierce (1991), Burst (1992), Dance Hero (2004) and Pierro (2012).

With $500,000 in prizemoney, the Champagne Stakes is a natural progression for Golden Slipper and Inglis Sires’ runners that can run a mile or further.

The Group 1 Inglis Sires’ (1400m) held at Royal Randwick Racecourse two weeks earlier is the most reliable guide to the Champagne Stakes.

Winners of the Champagne Stakes have generally run their grand final for the season but in the spring, possible targets are the Caulfield and Thousand Guineas, or for the more adventurous trainer with a good horse, the Cox Plate.

Notable winners of the Champagne Stakes include Robinson Crusoe (1876), Chester (1877), Heroic (1924), Ajax (1937), Flight (1943), Todman (1957), Noholme (1959), Sky High (1960), Storm Queen (1966), Vain (1969), Baguette (1970), Luskin Star (1977), Rose Of Kingston (1981), Red Anchor (1984), Tierce (1991), Burst (1992), Dance Hero (2004), Samantha Miss (2008), Helmet (2011), Pierro (2012) and Prized Icon (2016).

Champagne Stakes Winners (Since 2000)

Top 5 Champagne Stakes Winners

See our Top 5 Champagne Stakes Winners. 

Champagne Stakes Live Stream

TAB customers are able to live stream the 2023 Champagne Stakes free of charge courtesy of Sky Racing vision.

You can watch the action from your mobile device or desktop for every Australian thoroughbred, greyhound and harness race live.

TAB offers Sky Racing 1, Sky Racing 2 and Sky Thoroughbred Central on their racing live streaming service.

T&Cs Apply. Vision available for all three Sky Racing channels. Data charges may apply.

Watch the 2023 Champagne Stakes with TAB.

Champagne Stakes Bonus Bets

With the country’s leading bookmakers offering horse racing promotions and bonus bets every day of the week, you can get more bang for your buck.

The offers really ramp up on Saturday covering most races with promos such as Double Your Winnings, Cash Back and Bonus Bet Back for finishing 2nd, 3rd and even 4th, there are plenty of promos to sink your teeth into.

Racingbase hunts down all the daily bookmaker promos and bonus bets and displays them on one page with their T&C’s so you can see what is on offer.

ROYAL RANDWICK RACECOURSE: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

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