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Held during the prestigious Sydney Spring Racing Carnival, the Spring Champion Stakes is a Group 1 race run at Royal Randwick in early to mid-October. The Spring Champion Stakes is run over 2000m under set weight conditions. It is one of the premier races for three-year-olds at the carnival and is worth $1 million.

This middle distance event attracts fine quality competitors every year and runners may have come via the Group 3 Gloaming Stakes (1800m) two weeks before at Rosehill or the Listed Dulcify Quality (2000m) the Saturday prior. Ace High (2017) followed by Shadow Hero (2019) are the last horses to complete the Gloaming Stakes – Spring Champion Stakes double.

Previously run on the same day as the Epsom Handicap, the Spring Champion Stakes was moved back a week for the 2013/2014 racing season an is now the feature event of the day that also sees the running of the Group 3 Angst Stakes (1600m), Group 2 Stan Fox Stakes (1500m) and Group 2 Roman Consul Stakes (1200m).

The recently created $500,000 Silver Eagle (1300m) – first contested in 2019 – for four-year-olds targeting that year’s $7.5 million the Golden Eagle is the other feature on the Spring Champion Stakes Day program.

The Spring Champion Stakes meeting was the final major meeting of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival for the year before the addition of a host of special condition events for The Everest Carnival. The season’s action also continues in Melbourne with the running of the majors like the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup over the following weeks.

The Spring Champion Stakes is the last Group 1 of the Sydney Festival of Spring Racing, but events including the $15 million The Everest (1200m) now keep the focus on Sydney for longer than ever before over the season.

Horses that perform well in the Spring Champion Stakes may then be aimed at some of the other illustrious events held in spring at the Melbourne Racing Carnival including the Group 2 Moonee Valley Vase (2040m) on Cox Plate Day or possibly Flemington’s Group 1 VRC Derby (2500m). The last horses to complete the Spring Champion Stakes – VRC Derby double were Monaco Consul (2009) and Ace High (2017).

History was made in 2020 with Montefilia became the first filly to complete the Flight Stakes – Spring Champion Stakes double in the same calendar year. She went on to also run third in that year’s VRC Oaks and the following autumn’s Rosehill Guineas results.

The Spring Champion Stakes 2021 ran on Saturday October 9, 2021 and was won by the Richard Litt-trained favourite Profondo. 

Spring Champion Stakes
Date:	Saturday October 9, 2021
Track:	Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Conditions:	3YO at Set Weights
Weights:	Colts & Geldings- 56.5kg / Fillies- 54.5kg
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1,000,000
Inaugurated:	1971

2021 Spring Champion Stakes Results

• 1st: #2 Profondo ($2.80F)
• 2nd: #11 Never Been Kissed
• 3rd: #3 Alegron

The Richard Litt-trained Profondo ($2.80F) was so good surging late to draw two lengths clear of the brave Flight Stakes winning filly Never Been Kissed in the 2021 Spring Champion Stakes results.

Click here to read more on the big Spring Champion Stakes 2021 winner Profondo.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	PROFONDO	Richard Litt	Robbie Dolan		9	56.5kg		$2.80F
	2	11	NEVER BEEN KISSED (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	2.18L	7	54.5kg		$3.90
	3	3	ALEGRON	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	2.7L	2	56.5kg		$12
	4	10	SATIRICAL GLORY	John Sargent	Sam Clipperton	3.99L	5	56.5kg		$61
	5	4	BENAUD	John O’Shea	Hugh Bowman	4.58L	6	56.5kg		$16
	6	6	RAGING BULL	David Payne	Andrew Adkins	5.88L	3	56.5kg		$41
	7	5	FRENCH EMPEROR	David Payne	Tim Clark	6.86L	10	56.5kg		$41
	8	8	PATTON	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	7.13L	1	56.5kg		$51
	9	13	BULLOO	Stuart Kendrick	Ms Rachel King	7.17L	4	54.5kg		$18
	10	9	CLYDE	Gary Portelli	Joshua Parr	8.67L	11	56.5kg		$201
	11	7	INVERELL (NZ)	Clayton Douglas	Nash Rawiller	15.21L	12	56.5kg		$41
	12	1	HEAD OF STATE	Chris Waller	James McDonald	35.96L	8	56.5kg		$4.40
		12	CHILL	Anthony Cummings	Ms Alysha Collett		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia

2021 Spring Champion Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Spring Champion Stakes 2021 betting markets on the hopeful three-year-olds facing off in the late Sydney Spring Racing Carnival classic, Spring Champion Stakes odds provided by Ladbrokes.com.au, will be provided below as soon as released.

Shadow Hero ($1.90 in 2019) followed by Montefilia ($2.70 in 2020) and Profondo ($2.80 in 2021) are the latest favourites in Spring Champion Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

2021 Spring Champion Stakes Field

The Spring Champion Stakes field traditionally features many of the same runners as the Group 3 Gloaming Stakes (1800m) at Rosehill a fortnight before. The Gloaming Stakes has produced more Spring Champion Stakes winners than any other lead-up and the double has recently been achieved by Shadow Hero (2019), Ace High (2017), Vanbrugh (2015), Complacent (2013) and It’s A Dundeel (2012).

The official 2021 Spring Champion Stakes Final Field & Barriers are announced by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week and will be provided in full below once released.

A quality Spring Champion Stakes 2021 field of potential Melbourne-bound three-year-olds faces off in Sydney on Saturday including last weekend’s upset Flight Stakes winning filly Never Been Kissed chasing the double Montefilia (2020) completed last year in an historic first.

• Scratched: #12 Chill (3)

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2021 Spring Champion Stakes field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	5x10x6521	HEAD OF STATE	Chris Waller	James McDonald	9	56.5kg			77
2	12	PROFONDO	Richard Litt	Robbie Dolan	10	56.5kg			75
3	5x025x154	ALEGRON	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	2	56.5kg			66
4	13	BENAUD	John O’Shea	Hugh Bowman	7	56.5kg			66
5	310	FRENCH EMPEROR	David Payne	Tim Clark	11	56.5kg			62
6	33×51	RAGING BULL	David Payne	Andrew Adkins	4	56.5kg			62
7	19	INVERELL (NZ)	Clayton Douglas	Nash Rawiller	13	56.5kg			61
8	160×5835	PATTON	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	1	56.5kg			61
9	82×414	CLYDE	Gary Portelli	Joshua Parr	12	56.5kg			58
10	7×819	SATIRICAL GLORY	John Sargent	Sam Clipperton	6	56.5kg			56
11	1191	NEVER BEEN KISSED (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	8	54.5kg			95
12	8628×71655	CHILL	Anthony Cummings	Ms Alysha Collett	3	54.5kg			74
13	143×131	BULLOO	Stuart Kendrick	Ms Rachel King	5	54.5kg			70

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Spring Champion Stakes Nominations

Nominations for the Spring Champion Stakes in 2021 are taken the Monday of race week and the full list of early entries will be published below.

The 2021 Spring Champion Stakes final field features 17 hopeful three-year-olds including upset Flight Stakes winning filly Never Been Kissed and the Chris Waller-trained Gloaming Stakes winner Head Of State.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1191	NEVER BEEN KISSED (NZ)	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	1	54.5kg			95
2	38x10x5213	COASTWATCH	G	3	Chris Waller	2	56.5kg			92
3	5x10x6521	HEAD OF STATE	C	3	Chris Waller	3	56.5kg			77
4	143×131	BULLOO	F	3	Stuart Kendrick	4	54.5kg			70
5	8628×71655	CHILL	F	3	Anthony Cummings	5	54.5kg			74
6	5x025x154	ALEGRON	G	3	James Cummings	6	56.5kg			66
7	12	PROFONDO	C	3	Richard Litt	7	56.5kg			75
8	33×51	RAGING BULL	G	3	David Payne	8	56.5kg			62
9	108×760	DARK REBEL	C	3	Edward Cummings	9	56.5kg			64
10	160×5835	PATTON	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	10	56.5kg			61
11	82×414	CLYDE	G	3	Gary Portelli	11	56.5kg			58
12	13	BENAUD	C	3	John O’Shea	12	56.5kg			66
13	706×1	HITOTSU	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	13	56.5kg			62
14	310	FRENCH EMPEROR	G	3	David Payne	14	56.5kg			62
15	19	INVERELL (NZ)	G	3	Clayton Douglas	15	56.5kg			61
16	7×819	SATIRICAL GLORY	G	3	John Sargent	16	56.5kg			56
17	292	MONEY FROM THE SKY	C	3	Mark Newnham	17	56.5kg			60

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Spring Champion Stakes History

The Spring Champion Stakes is one of the younger thoroughbred races conducted in Australia, first run in 1971 when Gay Icarus claimed victory. It began as a principal race run over 2000m and reached Group 1 status in 1979. For one year in 2001 the race distance was set at 1800m.

A number of champion gallopers have got their start in the Spring Champion Stakes. Classy winners include Universal Prince (2000), Dignity Dancer (1998), Tie The Knot (1997), Nothin’ Leica Dane (1995), Kinjite (1991) and Kingston Town (1979).

More recently standout Spring Champion Stakes winners including Montefilia (2020), Ace High (2017) and Yankee Rose (2016).

Spring Champion Stakes Records
Time Record (for 2000m):	2:00.1 set by Hampton Court (2014)
Most Successful Jockey:	R. Quinton won four times with Gold Brick (1973), Veloso (1982), Sir Dapper (1983) and Easter (1985).

Recent Spring Champion Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Profondo	2 minutes 01.75 seconds
	2nd	Never Been Kissed
	3rd	Alegron
2020 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Montefilia	2 minutes 01.47 seconds
	2nd	Lion’s Roar
	3rd	Bucharest
2019 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Shadow Hero	2 minutes 00.79 seconds
	2nd	Castelvecchio
	3rd	Battenburg
2018 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Maid Of Heaven	2 minutes 5.59 seconds
	2nd	Aramayo
	3rd	Thinkin’ Big
2017 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Ace High	2 minutes 3.94 seconds
	2nd	Tangled
	3rd	Sully
2016 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Yankee Rose	2 minutes 2.4 seconds
	2nd	Swear
	3rd	Prized Icon
2015 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Vanbrugh	2 minutes 2.8 seconds
	2nd	I’m Belucci
	3rd	Man Of Choice
2014 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Hampton Court	2 minutes 0.19 seconds
	2nd	First Seal
	3rd	Sweynesse
2013 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Complacent	2 minutes 3.34 seconds
	2nd	Criterion
	3rd	Savvy Nature
2012 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	It’s A Dundeel	2 minutes 2.63 seconds
	2nd	Proisir
	3rd	Honorius
2011 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Doctor Doom	2 minutes 5.88 seconds
	2nd	Darci Be Good
	3rd	Sangster
2010 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Erewhon	2 minutes 2.95 seconds
	2nd	Retrieve
	3rd	Shootoff
2009 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Monaco Consul	2 minutes 9.9 seconds
	2nd	Gathering
	3rd	Viking Legend
2008 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Sousa	2 minutes 6.2 seconds
	2nd	Predatory Pricer
	3rd	Excelltastic
2007 Spring Champion Stakes	Race Not Held
2006 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Teranaba	2 minutes 4.5 seconds
	2nd	All Black Gold
	3rd	He?s No Pie Eater
2005 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Hotel Grand	2 minutes 4.8 seconds
	2nd	Pendragon
	3rd	Duelled
2004 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Savabeel	2 minutes 7.2 seconds
	2nd	Outback Prince
	3rd	Cedar Manor
2003 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Niello	2 minutes 3.4 seconds
	2nd	November Dreaming
	3rd	Tsuimai
2002 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Platinum Scissors	2 minutes 4.3 seconds
	2nd	Soprana
	3rd	Maskerado
2001 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Viking Ruler	1 minute 49.5 seconds
	2nd	Evander
	3rd	Silver Baron
2000 Spring Champion Stakes	1st	Universal Prince	2 minutes 5.1 seconds
	2nd	Falls The Shadow
	3rd	Go Bint