The Champagne Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 horse race for two-year-old Thoroughbreds at set weights run at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia over a distance of 1,600 metres during the Sydney Autumn Carnival.
The winner was Exeter trained by the famous trainer of the time Etienne de Mestre.
[1] Six two-year-olds have won the Triple Crown:[3] Baguette (1970), Luskin Star (1977), Tierce (1991), Burst (1992), Dance Hero (2004), Pierro (2012) The record time for the race when the distance was 6 furlongs was by Vain in 1969 when he won by 10 lengths in a time of 1:09.40.
[4] At the time Vain became the richest money earning two year old in Australia.
[4] The record time for the current 1600 metres distance is 1:33.31 set by Castelvecchio in 2019.