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The Spirit Of Boom Classic is a Group 2 race for two-year-olds as a lead-up to the JJ Atkins each Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival formerly known as the Champagne Classic.
2023 Spirit Of Boom Classic Results
- 1st: #3 Cifrado
- 2nd: #9 Armed Forces
- 3rd: #10 Appin Girl
Spirit Of Boom Classic News
- 2022 Spirit Of Boom Classic Results: JJ Atkins Target for Swiss Exile
- 2022 Doomben 10,000 Day: Eagle Farm Scratchings & Track Report
- Prince Of Boom Explodes in Spirit Of Boom Classic 2021 Results
- 2021 Doomben 10,000 Day: Brisbane Scratchings & Track Report
- Champagne Classic Winner Rothfire Firms in J.J. Atkins Betting
The Spirit Of Boom Classic – formerly run as the Champagne Classic – is a Group 2 race held at Doomben Racecourse* during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. Worth $300,000 in prize money as of 2023, this 1200m set weight race is open only to two-year-olds and is traditionally held on the same day as the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m) in early or mid-May.
*Note: In 2022 the Spirit Of Boom Classic ran at Eagle Farm Racecourse with the Doomben 10,000 meeting moved due to heavy rainfall.
For 2020 the Champagne Classic offered $175,000 in prize money and took place on the same day as the Group 2 Victory Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm with the carnival reduced and most Group 1 races including the Doomben 10,000 card cut from the program due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Champagne Classic is regarded as the best lead-up race to the Group 2 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) held two weeks later and juveniles may then progress onto a mile for the Group 1 JJ Atkins (1600m) on Stradbroke Handicap Day in June.
Rothfire (2020) was the last two-year-old to complete the Champagne Classic – JJ Atkins double.
In 2021 the race was run as the Spirit Of Boom classic in honour of the 2014 Doomben 10,000 champion Spirit Of Boom and was aptly won by Spirit Of Boom gelding Prince Of Boom.
The 2022 Spirit Of Boom Classic form was franked with the third place-getter Political Debate going on to run second in that year’s JJ Atkins results.
The 2023 Spirit Of Boom Classic ran on Saturday May 13, 2023 as part of the Doomben 10,000 Day card in Brisbane and was won in an impressive, narrow upset by the Rex Lipp-trained Cifrado ($26).
| Spirit Of Boom Classic 2023 | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday May 13, 2023 |
| Track: | Doomben Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1200m |
| Race Type: | 2YO Open Set Weights |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prizemoney: | $300,000 |
2023 Spirit Of Boom Classic Results
- 1st: #3 Cifrado ($26)
- 2nd: #9 Armed Forces
- 3rd: #10 Appin Girl
Rex Lipp’s Toowoomba galloper Cifrado ($26) was excellent the closing stages coming through the middle and lunging right on the line to post a boilover in the Spirit Of Boom Classic 2023 results over the six furlongs on Doomben 10,000 Day.
Click here to read more on the impressive upset by Cifrado in the 2023 Spirit Of Boom Classic.
2023 Spirit Of Boom Classic Results & Finishing Order
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | CIFRADO | Rex Lipp | Damien Thornton | 6 | 57kg | $26 | |||
| 2 | 9 | ARMED FORCES | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 0.07L | 2 | 57kg | $15 | ||
| 3 | 10 | APPIN GIRL | Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted | Boris Thornton | 0.17L | 1 | 55kg | $2.70F | ||
| 4 | 1 | EMPIRE OF JAPAN | Peter & Paul Snowden | Ryan Maloney | 0.98L | 7 | 57kg | $7.50 | ||
| 5 | 6 | ADDRIEL | Annabel Neasham | Tyler Schiller (a) | 1.21L | 4 | 57kg | $7.50 | ||
| 6 | 4 | THUNDERLIPS | Bjorn Baker | Joshua Parr | 1.63L | 9 | 57kg | $15 | ||
| 7 | 8 | DUCASSE | Michael Freedman | Nash Rawiller | 1.72L | 8 | 57kg | $6 | ||
| 8 | 11 | MISS JOELENE | Kelly Schweida | James Orman | 1.85L | 10 | 55kg | $31 | ||
| 9 | 2 | SOVEREIGN FUND | Peter & Paul Snowden | Tim Clark | 2.3L | 5 | 57kg | $12 | ||
| 10 | 5 | THE KING | Peter & Paul Snowden | Ben Thompson | 3.36L | 3 | 57kg | $26 | ||
| 11 | 7 | METALLIC RULER | Sam Kavanagh | Craig Williams | 4.8L | 11 | 57kg | $20 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2023 Spirit Of Boom Classic Betting Odds
The Spirit Of Boom Classic 2023 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au on the two-years-old feature sprint will be available below the week of the race.
Rothfire ($2.40 in 2020) followed by the fellow Rob Heathcote-trained Prince Of Boom ($4.40 in 2021) are the latest favourites in Spirit Of Boom Classic betting to salute for the punters.
There was a notable upset in 2023 with Cifrado winning at Spirit Of Boom Classic odds of $26.
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2023 Spirit Of Boom Classic Form
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2023 Spirit Of Boom Classic Tips
Stay tuned for our insider Spirit Of Boom Classic 2023 Tips on the Doomben 10,000 Day support act this winter carnival.
- To Win: #10 Appin Girl ($3.60 at time of publish) – BET NOW
Sticking with the Queensland-trained favourite and have the undefeated Appin Girl on top to make it three-from-three. The local Capitalist filly is nicely-bred and has so far lived up to her pedigree enjoying back-to-back wins ahead of her Group race debut. Her first start produced a two length victory at the Sunshine Coast in April before her last start Listed Dalrello Stakes (1000m) win at Eagle Farm by 1.6 lengths. She looks like she will have no issues handling the 1200m and presents as a hard-to-beat favourite.
2023 Spirit Of Boom Classic Field
The Spirit Of Boom Classic field attracts the best two-year-old winter gallopers that may have had an earlier Brisbane run in a race like the Listed Dalrello Stakes in late April at Eagle Farm and who are targeting a run in the following month’s JJ Atkins field.
In 2022 the Dalrello Stakes winning filly Exo Lady ran second as the beaten favourite behind Swiss Exile in the Spirit Of Boom Classic results.
The upset 2023 Spirit Of Boom Classic winner Cifrado came off a lead-up third in the Dalrello Stakes, while that year’s Dalrello Stakes winning filly Appin Girl finished third as the beaten favourite in the Spirit Of Boom Classic results.
Another key lead-up into the Spirit Of Boom Classic field is the Group 3 Ken Russell Memorial Classic and Sizzling (2012) and Pressday (2010) won both races as well as the Group 1 JJ Atkins taking out the winter 2YO triple crown in Queensland. In 2020 Rothfire backed-up from a Champagne Classic win for the punters to take out the Group 1 JJ Atkins next start.
The official Spirit Of Boom Classic 2023 field & barriers are set for release on the Wednesday before race day and will be published in full below.
The 2023 Spirit Of Boom Classic final field features a quality line-up of JJ Atkins-bound youngsters including Peter & Paul Snowden’s Group 1 performer Empire Of Japan, his last start winning stablemate The King, and the well-backed Ducasse for Michael Freedman.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1×36459 | EMPIRE OF JAPAN | Peter & Paul Snowden | Ryan Maloney | 7 | 57kg | |||
| 2 | 110×5 | SOVEREIGN FUND | Peter & Paul Snowden | Tim Clark | 5 | 57kg | |||
| 3 | 228×13 | CIFRADO | Rex Lipp | Damien Thornton | 6 | 57kg | |||
| 4 | 12 | THUNDERLIPS | Bjorn Baker | Joshua Parr | 9 | 57kg | |||
| 5 | 251 | THE KING | Peter & Paul Snowden | Ben Thompson | 3 | 57kg | |||
| 6 | 21 | ADDRIEL | Annabel Neasham | Tyler Schiller (a) | 4 | 57kg | |||
| 7 | 1 | METALLIC RULER | Sam Kavanagh | Craig Williams | 11 | 57kg | |||
| 8 | 3 | DUCASSE | Michael Freedman | Nash Rawiller | 8 | 57kg | |||
| 9 | 7 | ARMED FORCES | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 2 | 57kg | |||
| 10 | 11 | APPIN GIRL | Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted | Boris Thornton | 1 | 55kg | |||
| 11 | 14×1 | MISS JOELENE | Kelly Schweida | James Orman | 10 | 55kg | 55.5kg |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2023 Spirit Of Boom Classic Nominations
The Spirit Of Boom Classic 2023 nominations close the Monday leading up to Doomben 10,000 Day and will be available below giving a good early guide to the juveniles out to contest the Group 2 feature sprint.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Ballot | Weight | True Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21×962 | SALTAIRE | F | 2 | John O’Shea | 1 | 55kg | |||
| 2 | 1×36459 | EMPIRE OF JAPAN | C | 2 | Peter & Paul Snowden | 2 | 57kg | |||
| 3 | 110×5 | SOVEREIGN FUND | C | 2 | Peter & Paul Snowden | 3 | 57kg | |||
| 4 | 11 | APPIN GIRL | F | 2 | Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted | 4 | 55kg | |||
| 5 | 228×13 | CIFRADO | C | 2 | Rex Lipp | 5 | 57kg | |||
| 6 | 12 | THUNDERLIPS | C | 2 | Bjorn Baker | 6 | 57kg | |||
| 7 | 14×1 | MISS JOELENE | F | 2 | Kelly Schweida | 7 | 55kg | |||
| 8 | 251 | THE KING | C | 2 | Peter & Paul Snowden | 8 | 57kg | |||
| 9 | 1 | KANDINSKY ABSTRACT | C | 2 | Chris Waller | 9 | 57kg | |||
| 10 | 21 | ADDRIEL | G | 2 | Annabel Neasham | 10 | 57kg | |||
| 11 | 1 | METALLIC RULER | C | 2 | Sam Kavanagh | 11 | 57kg | |||
| 12 | 3 | DUCASSE | C | 2 | Michael Freedman | 12 | 57kg | |||
| 13 | 7 | ARMED FORCES | C | 2 | Chris Waller | 13 | 57kg | |||
| 14 | IOANE (NZ) | C | 2 | Annabel Neasham | 14 | 57kg |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Champagne Classic / Spirit Of Boom Classic History
The Champagne Classic was first run in 1982 and won by Peand. The race record of 1:09.36 was set by Gold Edition in 2006 and after starting out as a Listed event, gained its Group 2 status for the first time in the same year.
Plenty of top class juveniles have won the event over the years including Daybreak Lover (1983), Chief De Beers (1994), Court (2008), Sizzling (2012), Brazen Beau (2014), and Rothfire (2020).
The Champagne Classic race name was changed to the Spirit Of Boom Classic in 2021 in honour of form top-line Brisbane sprint star and the 2014 Doomben 10,000 winner Spirit Of Boom.
In 2022 the race took place at Eagle Farm Racecourse due to heavy rainfall making for unsuitable conditions at Doomben.
Champagne Classic Winners Since 2000
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Spirit Of Boom Classic |
1st | Cifrado | 1 minute 10.09 seconds |
| 2nd | Armed Forces | ||
| 3rd | Appin Girl | ||
| 2022 Spirit Of Boom Classic (run at Eagle Farm) |
1st | Swiss Exile | 1 minute 13.16 seconds |
| 2nd | Exo Lady | ||
| 3rd (Dead Heat) | Thelwell / Political Debate | ||
| 2021 Spirit Of Boom Classic |
1st | Prince Of Boom | 1 minute 11.54 seconds |
| 2nd | Invinsible Tears | ||
| 3rd | Berdini’s Girl | ||
| 2020 Champagne Classic |
1st | Rothfire | 1 minute 10.40 seconds |
| 2nd | Isotope | ||
| 3rd | Wild Ruler | ||
| 2019 Champagne Classic |
1st | Dubious | 1 minute 10.14 seconds |
| 2nd | Czarson | ||
| 3rd | Strasbourg | ||
| 2018 Champagne Classic |
1st | Zousain | 1 minute 10.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Mishani Hustler | ||
| 3rd | Blue Book | ||
| 2017 Champagne Classic |
1st | Tangled | 1 minute 11.87 seconds |
| 2nd | All Too Huiying | ||
| 3rd | Italia Bella | ||
| 2016 Champagne Classic |
1st | Winning Rupert | 1 minute 09.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Attention | ||
| 3rd | Souchez | ||
| 2015 Champagne Classic |
1st | Blueberry Hill | 1 minute 09.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Wicked Intent | ||
| 3rd | Pepperano | ||
| 2014 Champagne Classic |
1st | Brazen Beau | 1 minute 09.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Looks Like The Cat | ||
| 3rd | Shaumari | ||
| 2013 Champagne Classic |
1st | Vo Heart | 1 minute 12.15 seconds |
| 2nd | Vilanova | ||
| 3rd | Global Dream | ||
| 2012 Champagne Classic |
1st | Sizzling | 1 minute 09.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Academus | ||
| 3rd | Dances on Stars | ||
| 2011 Champagne Classic |
1st | Free Wheeling | 1 minute 10.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Dr Ichi | ||
| 3rd | Hot Snitzel | ||
| 2010 Champagne Classic |
1st | Pressday | 1 minute 09.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Spirit Of Boom | ||
| 3rd | Buffering | ||
| 2009 Champagne Classic |
1st | Funtantes | 1 minute 9.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Trim | ||
| 3rd | Impulsive Dream | ||
| 2008 Champagne Classic |
1st | Court | 1 minute 10.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Captain Fantastic | ||
| 3rd | Cat D’Antibes | ||
| 2007 Champagne Classic |
1st | Keiki | 1 minute 10.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Key Bar Nights | ||
| 3rd | Diamond Deck | ||
| 2006 Champagne Classic |
1st | Gold Edition | 1 minute 9.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Ghetto Blaster | ||
| 3rd | Silent Power | ||
| 2005 Champagne Classic |
1st | Virage de Fortune | 1 minute 10.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Kincharm | ||
| 3rd | Well Noted | ||
| 2004 Champagne Classic |
1st | Golden Fox | 1 minute 10.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Star Shiraz | ||
| 3rd | Our Sweet Dreams | ||
| 2003 Champagne Classic |
1st | Shamekha | 1 minute 10.8 seconds |
| 2nd | In Top Swing | ||
| 3rd | Sir Success | ||
| 2002 Champagne Classic |
1st | Lovely Jubly | 1 minute 10.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Yell | ||
| 3rd | Verstak | ||
| 2001 Champagne Classic |
1st | Dolce Veloce | 1 minute 9.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Dutch Harry | ||
| 3rd | Jar Jar Binks | ||
| 2000 Champagne Classic |
1st | Chenar | 1 minute 10.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Centona | ||
| 3rd | Rapid Man | ||
