Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series > Champagne Stakes
Champagne Stakes Race Facts
- Location: Belmont Park, Elmont, NY
- Inaugural Race: 1867
- Distance: 1 mile (8 furlongs)
- Track Type: Left-handed, Dirt
- Age Qualifications: Two Year Olds
- 2022 Purse: $500,000
- 2022 Race Date: Saturday, October 1st
2022 Champagne Stakes Race Results
| POST | HORSE | JOCKEY / TRAINER | WIN / PLACE / SHOW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Blazing Sevens | Flavien Prat / Chad C. Brown | $19.00 / $6.60 / $3.60 |
| 3 | Verifying | Joel Rosario / Brad H. Cox | $5.00 / $3.10 |
| 6 | Gulfport | Jose L. Ortiz / Steven M. Asmussen | $2.50 |
| 1 | Andiamo a Firenze | Jose Lezcano / Kelly J. Breen | |
| 4 | Champions Dream | Manuel Franco / Danny Gargan | |
| 2 | Top Recruit | Irad Ortiz, Jr. / Michael J. Maker |
Exotic Payoffs:
- $1 Exacta (5-3) Paid: $28.25
- $0.50 Trifecta (5-3-6) Paid: $26.25
- $0.10 Superfecta (5-3-6-1) Paid: $16.92
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Champagne Stakes and Kentucky Derby Winners
There have been instances in which a Champagne Stakes winner has gone onto win the Kentucky Derby the following year:
- Seattle Slew: 1976 Champagne Stakes, 1977 Triple Crown
- Count Fleet: 1942 Champagne Stakes, 1943 Triple Crown
- Riva Ridge: 1971 Champagne Stakes, 1972 Kentucky Derby
- Foolish Pleasure: 1974 Champagne Stakes, 1975 Kentucky Derby
- Spectacular Bid: 1978 Champagne Stakes, 1979 Kentucky Derby
Champagne Stakes Winners and Breeders’ Cup Winners
There have been five instances in which the Champagne Stakes winner went on to win the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile in the same year:
- Fly So Free (1990)
- Timber Country (1994)
- War Pass (2007)
- Uncle Mo (2010)
- Shanghai Bobby (2012)
Champagne Stakes Records
- The biggest margin of victory at the Champagne Stakes is 9 3/4 lengths.
- The record for fastest time at the Champagne Stakes at its current 1-mile distance is 1:34.20. Two horses hold the Champagne Stakes speed record: Seattle Slew (1976) and Devil’s Bag (1983).
- The record for most Champagne Stakes wins by a jockey is five, set by Braulio Baeza (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1975).
- The record for most Champagne Stakes wins by a trainer is six, set by Todd Pletcher (2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014).
- The record for most Champagne Stakes wins by an owner is five, set by Calumet Farm (1933, 1936, 1944, 1949, 1977).
Champagne Stakes Race History
Inaugurated in 1867, the Champagne Stakes is a grade one level horserace for two-year-olds (open to both fillies and colts), and is considered the oldest race in the United States of its kind. It is held annually in October at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York (since 1905) and is contested at a distance of 1 mile (8 furlongs) on a dirt surface, left-handed track. Even though the Champagne Stakes welcomes both colts and fillies, it’s mainly colts who participate—fillies compete in the Frizette Stakes.
The Champagne Stakes is part of both the Breeders’ Cup Challenge series and the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” prep race circuit. The winner of the Champagne Stakes earns an automatic berth into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and also earns 10 “Road to the Kentucky Derby” qualifying points.
Champagne Stakes Past Winners
| Year | Winner | Jockey / Trainer | Distance / Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Blazing Sevens | Flavien Prat / Chad C. Brown | 1 M / 1:37.07 |
| 2021 | Jack Christopher | José Ortiz / Chad C. Brown | 1 M / 1:37.31 |
| 2020 | Jackie's Warrior | Joel Rosario / Steve Asmussen | 1 M / 1:35.42 |
| 2019 | Tiz the Law | Manny Franco / Barclay Tagg | 1 M / 1:35.41 |
| 2018 | Complexity | José L. Ortiz / Chad C. Brown | 1 M / 1:34.63 |
| 2017 | Firenze Fire | Irad Ortiz Jr. / Jason Servis | 1 M / 1:35.91 |
| 2016 | Practical Joke | Joel Rosario / Chad C. Brown | 1 M / 1:34.68 |
| 2015 | Greenpointcrusader | Joe Bravo / Dominick Schettino | 1 M / 1:36.25 |
| 2014 | Daredevil | Javier Castellano / Todd Pletcher | 1 M / 1:36.62 |
| 2013 | Havana | Irad Ortiz Jr. / Todd Pletcher | 1 M / 1:35.81 |
| 2012 | Shanghai Bobby | Rosie Napravnik / Todd Pletcher | 1 M / 1:35.55 |
| 2011 | Union Rags | Javier Castellano / Michael Matz | 1 M / 1:35.55 |
| 2010 | Uncle Mo | John Velazquez / Todd Pletcher | 1 M / 1:34.51 |
| 2009 | Homeboykris | Edgar Prado / Richard E. Dutrow Jr. | 1 M / 1:35.12 |
| 2008 | Vineyard Haven | Edgar Prado / Robert J. Frankel | 1 M / 1:36.06 |
| 2007 | War Pass | Cornelio Velásquez / Nicholas P. Zito | 1 M / 1:36.12 |
| 2006 | Scat Daddy | John R. Velazquez / Todd A. Pletcher | 1 M / 1:36.97 |
| 2005 | First Samurai | Jerry D. Bailey / Frank L. Brothers | 1 M / 1:36.29 |
| 2004 | Proud Accolade | John R. Velazquez / Todd A. Pletcher | 1 1/16 M / 1:42.30 |
| 2003 | Birdstone | Jerry D. Bailey / Nicholas P. Zito | 1 1/16 M / 1:44.05 |
| 2002 | Toccet | Jorge Chavez / John F. Scanlan | 1 1/16 M / 1:44.45 |
| 2001 | Officer | Victor Espinoza / Bob Baffert | 1 1/16 M / 1:43.39 |
| 2000 | A P Valentine | Jorge Chavez / Nicholas P. Zito | 1 1/16 M / 1:41.45 |
| 1999 | Greenwood Lake | Jean-Luc Samyn / Nicholas P. Zito | 1 1/16 M / 1:43.70 |
| 1998 | The Groom Is Red | Corey Nakatani / Nicholas P. Zito | 1 1/16 M / 1:42.91 |
| 1997 | Grand Slam | Gary Stevens / D. Wayne Lukas | 1 1/16 M / 1:40.59 |
| 1996 | Ordway | John R. Velazquez / David G. Donk | 1 1/16 M / 1:42.09 |
| 1995 | Maria's Mon | Robbie Davis / Richard Schosberg | 1 1/16 M / 1:42.39 |
| 1994 | Timber Country | Pat Day / D. Wayne Lukas | 1 1/16 M / 1:44.01 |
| 1993 | Dehere | Chris McCarron / Reynaldo H. Nobles | 1 M / 1:35.91 |
| 1992 | Sea Hero | Jerry D. Bailey / MacKenzie Miller | 1 M / 1:34.80 |
| 1991 | Tri To Watch | Ángel Cordero Jr. / Carl Domino | 1 M / 1:36.60 |
| 1990 | Fly So Free | José A. Santos / Flint S. Schulhofer | 1 M / 1:35.60 |
| 1989 | Adjudicating | Jacinto Vásquez / C.R. McGaughey III | 1 M / 1:37.60 |
| 1988 | Easy Goer | Pat Day / C.R. McGaughey III | 1 M / 1:34.80 |
| 1987 | Forty Niner | Eddie Maple / Woody Stephens | 1 M / 1:36.80 |
| 1986 | Polish Navy | Randy Romero / C.R. McGaughey III | 1 M / 1:35.20 |
| 1985 | Mogambo | Ángel Cordero Jr. / LeRoy Jolley | 1 M / 1:37.20 |
| 1984 | For Certain Doc | Marcel Zuniga / Thomas DeBonis | 1 1/8 M / 1:49.20 |
| 1983 | Devil's Bag | Eddie Maple / Woody Stephens | 1 M / 1:34.20 |
| 1982 | Copelan | Jerry D. Bailey / Mitchell Griffin | 1 M / 1:37.80 |
| 1981 | Timely Writer | Jeffrey Fell / Dominic Imprescia | 1 M / 1:36.40 |
| 1980 | Lord Avie | Jorge Velásquez / Daniel Perlsweig | 1 M / 1:37.20 |
| 1979 | Joanie's Chief | Ruben Hernandez / Eugene Jacobs | 1 M / 1:38.20 |
| 1978 | Spectacular Bid | Jorge Velásquez / Grover G. Delp | 1 M / 1:34.80 |
| 1977 | Alydar | Jorge Velásquez / John M. Veitch | 1 M / 1:36.80 |
| 1976 | Seattle Slew | Jean Cruguet / William H. Turner Jr. | 1 M / 1:34.40 |
| 1975 | Honest Pleasure | Braulio Baeza / LeRoy Jolley | 1 M / 1:36.40 |
| 1974 | Foolish Pleasure | Jacinto Vásquez / LeRoy Jolley | 1 M / 1:36.00 |
| 1973 (2 Divisions) | Protagonist | Angel Santiago / John P. Campo | 1 M / 1:36.00 |
| 1973 (2 Divisions) | Holding Pattern | Michael Miceli / Jerome Sarner Sr. | 1 M / 1:36.00 |
| 1972 | Stop The Music | John L. Rotz / John M. Gaver Sr. | 1 M / 1:35.00 |
| 1971 | Riva Ridge | Ron Turcotte / Lucien Laurin | 1 M / 1:36.40 |
| 1970 | Limit To Reason | Jorge Velásquez / Thomas J. Kelly | 1 M / 1:35.40 |
| 1969 | Silent Screen | John L. Rotz / J. Bowes Bond | 1 M / 1:37.20 |
| 1968 | Top Knight | Manuel Ycaza / Raymond Metcalf | 1 M / 1:35.20 |
| 1967 | Vitriolic | Braulio Baeza / Edward A. Neloy | 1 M / 1:34.60 |
| 1966 | Successor | Braulio Baeza / Edward A. Neloy | 1 M / 1:35.00 |
| 1965 | Buckpasser | Braulio Baeza / William C. Winfrey | 1 M / 1:36.40 |
| 1964 | Bold Lad | Braulio Baeza / William C. Winfrey | 1 M / 1:36.40 |
| 1963 | Roman Brother | John L. Rotz / Burley Parke | 1 M / 1:38.00 |
| 1962 | Never Bend | Manuel Ycaza / Woody Stephens | 1 M / 1:35.80 |
| 1961 | Donut King | Manuel Ycaza / Ron McAnally | 1 M / 1:36.00 |
| 1960 | Roving Minstrel | Henry Moreno / Burley Parke | 1 M / 1:35.60 |
| 1959 | Warfare | Ismael Valenzuela / Hack Ross | 1 M / 1:35.20 |
| 1958 | First Landing | Eddie Arcaro / Casey Hayes | 1 M / 1:39.40 |
| 1957 | Jewel's Reward | Bill Shoemaker / Ivan H. Parke | 1 M / 1:37.40 |
| 1955 | Beau Fond | Eddie Arcaro / Daverne Emery | 1 M / 1:36.40 |
| 1954 | Flying Fury | Henry Moreno / Loyd Gentry Jr. | 1 M / 1:37.80 |
| 1953 | Fisherman | Hedley Woodhouse / Sylvester Veitch | 1 M / 1:38.60 |
| 1952 | Laffango | Nick Shuk / Merritt A. Buxton | 1 M / 1:38.00 |
| 1951 | Armageddon | Bill Shoemaker / Moody Jolley | 1 M / 1:38.20 |
| 1950 | Uncle Miltie | Hedley Woodhouse / Andrew C. Colando | 1 M / 1:36.60 |
| 1949 | Theory | Steve Brooks / Horace A. Jones | 1 M / 1:37.00 |
| 1948 | Capot | Ted Atkinson / John M. Gaver Sr. | 1 M / 1:37.20 |
| 1947 | Vulcan's Forge | Arnold Kirkland / Sylvester Veitch | 1 M / 1:36.60 |
| 1946 | Donor | Job Dean Jessop / Preston M. Burch | 1 M / 1:37.40 |