When is the 2021 Spring Champion Stakes?

The 2021 Spring Champion Stakes is scheduled to run on Saturday, October 9. It will run as Race 8 on the Randwick meeting.

Who won the 2020 Spring Champion Stakes?

Montefilia won the 2020 Spring Champion Stakes.

Spring Champion Stakes 2022 Barrier Draw & Final Field

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Last updated: 19 Oct 2022

Bets.com.au Staff 19 Oct 2022

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The Spring Champion Stakes is the premier staying event for three-year-old's over the Sydney Spring Carnival
This Group One is run over 2000m at Randwick
12 runners have accepted for the October 22 feature

She's Extreme has drawn barrier 10 in the Spring Champion Stakes. (Getty)

The Spring Champion Stakes market has understandably warmed to Elliptical (barrier 1) early, with the Freedman colt bringing the strongest form lines through the Caulfield Guineas, where he was runner-up to Golden Mile.

A son of Dundeel, who recorded the first of six Group One victories in the 2012 Spring Champion Stakes, this three-year-old looks ready to tackle 2000m for the first time.

Although reduced to 1600m this year and delayed four days due to an abandoned meeting, the Gloaming Stakes is the traditional lead-up to this Group One and Sharp 'N' Smart (barrier 8) took that out narrowly in a tight finish, with a narrow margin over Williamsburg (barrier 2) and Matcha Latte (barrier 7).

After a Golden Rose path, Promitto (barrier 5) handled the 1800m of the Craven Plate last Saturday against seasoned gallopers and should find this much easier against his own age group, although he's deep into his prep now.

Chris Waller has three runners, preparing Conqueror (barrier 4), Coppleson (barrier 3) and Manzoice (barrier 12) for this 10 furlong feature,

Fillies have won three of the last six editions of this race and there's two leading contenders this year with Champagne Stakes winner She's Extreme (barrier 10) and Renaissance Woman (barrier 9), who was a stylish winner of the Ethereal Stakes at Caulfield last Saturday.

Spring Champion Stakes 2022 Barriers & Final Field

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
1	Elliptical	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Blake Shinn	1	56.5kg	$4.20
2	Promitto	David Atkins	Joshua Parr	5	56.5kg	$7
3	Sharp 'N' Smart (NZ)	Graeme & Deborah Rogerson	Hugh Bowman	8	56.5kg	$6.50
4	Williamsburg	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Kerrin McEvoy	2	56.5kg	$5.50
5	Matcha Latte	Mark Newnham	Tom Sherry	7	56.5kg	$13
6	Owen County	John Sargent	Keagan Latham	11	56.5kg	$61
7	Conqueror	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	4	56.5kg	$26
8	Coppleson (NZ)	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	3	56.5kg	$51
9	Manzoice	Chris Waller	William Pike	12	56.5kg	$31
10	Bunker Hut (NZ)	Michael Freedman	Regan Bayliss	6	56.5kg	$61
11	She's Extreme	Anthony Cummings	Glyn Schofield	10	54.5kg	$5.50
12	Renaissance Woman (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Rachel King	9	54.5kg	$13

Odds courtesy of bookmaker.com.au & correct at 6.20pm on 19/10/2022.

Spring Champion Stakes Winners

Starting in 1971, the Spring Champion Stakes has been one of the main three-year-old features of the Sydney spring since it was first run.

This race gained Group One status in 1979 and as a 2000m feature run ahead of the Victorian Derby and VRC Oaks, it also acts as a main lead-up to those Melbourne staying features.

Shadow Hero (2019), Montefilia (2020) and Profondo (2021) have taken out the last three editions of the Spring Champion Stakes.