Champagne Stakes

Ladbrokes Tip: The ATC Sires’ Produce – Champagne Stakes double is often achieved by the season’s best three-year-old

The latest edition of the ATC Champagne Stakes took place on Saturday, April 18, 2026 on All Aged Stakes Day and was won in an upset by Fireball ($6.50) who led an all-Waller trifecta. 

2026 Champagne Stakes Results

The 2026 ATC Champagne Stakes results and finishing order will be announced on Saturday, April 18, 2026 and listed below as soon as the race results.

Chris Waller’s Inglis Millenium winning son of Snitzel, Fireball ($6.50), improved on his lead-up third in the Inglis Sires’ to turn the tables on his stablemate Campione D’italia ($2.15F) when fighting back in a driving finish to salute by 0.26 lengths off a peach of a ride by Tim Clark in the 2026 Champagne Stakes results. Waller’s Fernhill Handicap winner from the Saturday prior, Diameter ($26), ran huge for third. Campione D’italia lost few admirers in his brave loss and remains favourite in futures betting on the Group 1 JJ Atkins in Brisbane.

2026 Champagne Stakes Odds

The ATC Champagne Stakes 2026 betting odds will be found below once markets on the two-years-old Group 1 mile showdown are released in April followed by the official Champagne Stakes finishing order after the event.

Champagne Stakes Tips

Champagne Stakes tips favour the Inglis Sires’ Produce graduates as this lead-up race has produced more winners of the mile event than any other event.

The only other races to produce more than one Champagne Stakes champion in the past 30 years are the Magic Night Stakes run at Rosehill in March and the Fernhill Handicap a week out from the Group 1.

Fillies often dominate Champagne Stakes tips as all three winners from 2013 – 15 were female gallopers with Guelph (2013), Go Indy Go (2013) and Pasadena Girl (2015). Go Indy Go ($7) was the only non-favourite in Champagne Stakes betting of those to score an upset. The fillies were again on top in 2018 when Seabrook saluted, while in 2022 the fillies ran the quinella with She’s Extreme narrowly defeating the beaten favourite Fireburn.

2026 Champagne Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ best Champagne Stakes 2026 bets and betting tips will be detailed below the week of the race outlining the two-year-olds to back and sack in the last Group 1 mile race in Sydney for the autumn.

The Champagne Stakes is one of two Group 1 races conducted at Royal Randwick Racecourse on the Saturday after two The Championships meetings during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival each April.

The major support act of All Aged Stakes Day, the elite level feature is run over 1600m and is open to two-years-old horses only.

Offering $1 million in total prize money as of 2024 the Champagne Stakes winner takes out $580,000 for connections and the event is run under set weights.

Other races of note on the card include the Group 3 Hall Mark Stakes (1200m), Group 3 JRA Plate (2000m), and the Group 3 Frank Packer Plate (2000m).

Colts and geldings carrying 56.5kg and fillies are allocated 54.5kg in the mile classic.

The winner of the Fernhill Handicap is exempt from Champagne Stakes ballot. Broadsiding (2024) was the last two-year-old to complete the Fernhill Handicap – Champagne Stakes double.

The other traditional lead-up is the Group 1 ATC Inglis Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) run a fortnight earlier at the track.

The Inglis Sires’ – Champagne Stakes double was last completed by King’s Legacy (2020) followed by Militarize (2023), while Prized Icon completed the Fernhill Handicap – Champagne Stakes double in 2016.

In 2026, Chris Waller’s Inglis Sires’ winner Campione D’italia was favourite for the Champagne Stakes but ultimately ran second to his stablemate Fireball who improved on a lead-up third in the same key lead-up. It was a stable trifecta with the previous weekend’s Fernhill Handicap winner Diameter running third.

Champagne Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday, April 18, 2026
• Track: Royal Randwick Racecourse
• Distance: 1600m
• Conditions: 2YOs – Set Weights
• Status: Group 1
• Prize Money: $1,000,000
• First Run: 1861

Champagne Stakes Betting

Champagne Stakes betting odds are traditionally led by the best performing two-year-olds in the Group 1 Inglis Sires’ (1400m) held at Randwick over 200m shorter on Doncaster Mile Day two weeks earlier.

The Inglis Sires’ – Champagne Stakes betting double is a popular one and was achieved by three horses on the trot from 2011 – 2013 with Helmet, Pierro and Guelph respectively.

In 2023 Militarize became the latest two-year-old to do the Inglis Sires’ – Champagne Stakes double and the first since King’s Legacy (2020).

All but five of the Champagne Stakes winners from 1999 – 2026 came out of the Inglis Sires’ Produce Stakes. The latest was Nepotism in 2025 who came via a Group 3 TL Baillieu Handicap (1400m) victory at Rosehill. 

The last Champagne Stakes winners to finish worse than fourth in their lead-up run were The Mission (Sires’ Produce 6th in 2017) and Seabrook (Sires’ Produce 9th in 2018).

Recently, Captivant improved on a lead-up third in the Inglis’ Sires to win the Champagne Stakes and hand co-trainer Peter Snowden a fifth win in the event in 2021 before Anthony Cummings’ Sires runner-up, She’s Extreme turned the tables on Fireburn to win the 2022 Champagne.

Last start winners dominate the Champagne Stakes odds each year and of the winners from 2012 – 2026 eight favourites saluted for the punters, most recently King’s Legacy ($2.70 in 2020), Militarize ($2.05 in 2023), and Nepotism ($3.90 in 2025). 

Champagne Stakes Field

The largest Champagne Stakes race field in the past 30 years was 15 runners in 2010 when Skilled won for trainer Peter Snowden.

The race has run with under 10 starters many times over the past three decades with the smallest line-up being just four starts when Dance Hero won in 2004. The season’s best two-year-old milers make up the Champagne Stakes field and favourites have a gun record in the race.

The Champagne Stakes nominations are taken on the Monday before the race with the final field of acceptances plus the Champagne Stakes barrier draw out on the Wednesday before All Aged Stakes Day.

2026 Champagne Stakes Field

The ATC Champagne Stakes 2026 field and barrier draw will be released on the Wednesday leading up to All Aged Stakes Day and announced below.

The 2026 Champagne Stakes field features a cracking 13-horse line-up of two-year-olds including Chris Waller’s Group 1 Inglis Sires’ winning Snitzel colt, Campione D’italia, drawn well in gate four.

Randwick R7 - Moet & Chandon Champagne Stakes (G1)

Final Race time: 

	Entrant	Last 6	Sex	Barrier	Weight
	1. Campione D'italia J: James McDonald T: Chris Waller	0141	C	3	56.5kg
	2. Fireball J: Tim Clark T: Chris Waller	1x1673	C	1	56.5kg
	3. Zambales J: Kerrin Mcevoy T: Anthony & Sam Freedman	224295	C	2	56.5kg
	4. Southend J: Dylan Gibbons T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	11	C	4	56.5kg
	5. Diameter J: Adam Hyeronimus T: Chris Waller	5x3481	C	7	56.5kg
	6. Persian Wonder J: Chad Schofield T: David Payne	7x6342	G	10	56.5kg
	7. Don't Look Back J: Ethan Brown T: Paul Perry	173	G	12	56.5kg
	8. Nomadic J: Nash Rawiller T: John P Thompson	883	C	8	56.5kg
	9. Am I Dreaming J: Jamie Melham T: Jack Pilkington	105	C	9	56.5kg
	10. Miss Chanel J: Regan Bayliss T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	324322	F	11	54.5kg
	11. Grinzinger Heart J: Craig Williams T: Ben Brisbourne	41	F	6	54.5kg
	12. Salann (1)  Scratched:
	13. Sumac J: Zac Lloyd T: Lee & Cherie Curtis	8358	F	5	54.5kg

View Results

2026 Champagne Stakes Nominations

The early ATC Champagne Stakes 2026 nominations are released on the Monday leading-up to All Aged Stakes Day and will be published below.

The 2026 Champagne Stakes nominations drew 16 hopeful two-year-olds led in all-in betting by Chris Waller’s Inglis Sires’ champion Campione D’Italia chasing the double.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	105	AM I DREAMING	C	2	Jack Pilkington
2	1	BLIND RAISE (NZ)	G	2	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
3	0141	CAMPIONE D’ITALIA	C	2	Chris Waller
4	5×3481	DIAMETER	C	2	Chris Waller
5	173	DON’T LOOK BACK	G	2	Paul Perry
6	1×1673	FIREBALL	C	2	Chris Waller
7	41	GRINZINGER HEART	F	2	Ben Brisbourne
8	324322	MISS CHANEL	F	2	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
9	883	NOMADIC	C	2	John Thompson
10	7×6342	PERSIAN WONDER (NZ)	G	2	David Payne
11	22	SALANN	F	2	Ben Brisbourne
12	11	SOUTHEND	C	2	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou
13	64	STITZER (NZ)	C	2	Tom Charlton
14	8358	SUMAC	F	2	Lee & Cherie Curtis
15	767	UNIVERSE	C	2	Chris Waller
16	224295	ZAMBALES	C	2	Anthony & Sam Freedman

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Champagne Stakes Form Guide

The Champagne Stakes form guide reveals all the crucial information including the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up form of the runners in the field. Looking for two-year-olds coming off a top two run in the Inglis’ Sires is crucial when doing the Champagne Stakes form.

Peter Snowden is the dominate Champagne Stakes winning trainer in recent years with five winners from 2010 – 2024, most recently Guelph (2013) and King’s Legacy (2020) who both came off a lead-up win in the Inglis Sires’; followed by Captivant (2021).

Gai Waterhouse co-holds the overall record with five winners since 2000 most recently star colt Pierro (2012).

The most successful Champagne Stakes barrier since 1983 producing the most winners is gate six. Barrier six produced five of the 13 Champagne Stakes winners from 2011 – 2026 most recently She’s Extreme (2022) and Militarize (2023).

She’s Extreme franked the Champagne Stakes 2022 form making a stunning spring return finishing runner-up in the Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m), third in the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) and then winning the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) over the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The 2023 Champagne Stakes form was franked with the winner Militarize returning that September to win the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes (1400m).

The 2024 Champagne Stakes form was firmly franked with the winner, Broadsiding, going on to win the Group 1 JJ Atkins (1600m) in Brisbane that winter and the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes that spring in Sydney before his gallant third behind superstar Via Sistina in October’s Ladbrokes Cox Plate results.

Champagne Stakes Form Facts

• The Mission (2017) was the first Champagne Stakes winner since Mentality (2006) to run worse than fourth in their lead-up run followed by Seabrook (2018) the following year.
• Fillies dominated the Champagne Stakes results from 2013 – 2016 with three of the four wins in that time; Seabrook (2018) became the fourth filly in five years to win and She’s Extreme (2022) was the last filly to take out the race.
• Favourites in Champagne Stakes betting have an excellent recent record with eight from 2011 – 2026.
• Only one horse came off a run outside of Sydney to win the Champagne Stakes since 1983 – Go Indy Go (SA Sires’ Produce win in 2014).
• Barrier six produced seven of the Champagne Stakes winners from 2011 – 2026.

2026 Champagne Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Champagne Stakes 2026 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL 2026 CHAMPAGNE STAKES FORM GUIDE

Past Champagne Stakes Results

Champagne Stakes race results have been dominated by favourites in the past half a decade.

There have been only two double figure winners since 1997 with Carry On Cutie ($26 in 2005) and Onemorenomore ($12 in 2009).

Notable recent Champagne Stakes winners include Broadsiding (2024), Pierro (2012), Helmet (2011), and Dance Hero (2004).

She’s Extreme (2022) was the last Champagne Stakes winning filly.

Recent Champagne Stakes Winners

Past Champagne Stakes winners and placegetters going back to 2000 are detailed in the below table.

Year	Winner	Runner-Up	Third	Time
2026	Fireball	Campione D’italia	Diameter	1:35.45
2025	Nepotism	Within The Law	Tupakara	1:36.72
2024	Broadsiding	Linebacker	Fearless	1:42.71
2023	Militarize	Bases Loaded	Townsend	1:39.8
2022	She’s Extreme	Fireburn	Williamsburg	1:41.2
2021	Captivant	Hilal	Converge	1:34.3
2019	Castelvecchio	Loving Gaby	Lady Lupino	1:33.3
2018	Seabrook	Bondi	El Dorado Dreaming	1:34.4
2017	The Mission	Invader	Whispered Secret	1:41.0
2016	Prized Icon	Chimboraa	Divine Prophet	1:36.8
2015	Pasadena Girl	Street Rapper	Tarquin	1:38.0
2014	Go Indy Go	Zululand	Kumaon	1:40.2
2013	Guelph	Fuerza	Equator	1:36.2
2012	Pierro	Dear Demi	Tatra	1:35.0
2011	Helmet	Pane In The Glass	Fast And Sexy	1:40.3
2010	Skilled	Sasa	Divorces	1:36.3
2009	Onemorenomore	Tickets	Manhattan Rain	1:39.4
2008	Samantha Miss	Sebring	Glowlamp	1:38.2
2007	Meurice	Solo Flyer	Camarilla	1:37.6
2006	Mentality	Miss Finland	Gallant Tess	1:35.0
2005	Carry On Cutie	Fashions Afield	Media	1:36.2
2004	Dance Hero	Wager	Savabeel	1:34.7
2003	Hasna	Aim For Gold	Bushland	1:36.9
2002	Victory Vein	Half Hennessy	Choisir	1:37.9
2001	Viscount	Ustinov	Miss Bussell	1:37.4
2000	Assertive Lad	Clonmel	Re Rinka	1:40.0

FAQ

Who won the 2026 Champagne Stakes?

The 2026 Champagne Stakes was won by two-year-old Snitzel colt Fireball at $6.50 for trainer Chris Waller with jockey Tim Clark aboard on 56.5kg from barrier 1 to beat home the stable’s Inglis Sires’ winner Campione D’italia by 0.26 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:35.45.

Who won the 2025 Champagne Stakes?

The 2025 Champagne Stakes was won by two-year-old Brutal colt Nepotism at $3.90 favouritism for Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes with jockey Tyler Schiller aboard on 56.5kg from barrier 11 to win by 0.13 lengths in a time of 1:36.72.

When is the Champagne Stakes 2026?

Saturday, April 18, 2026

What is the prize money for the Champagne Stakes 2026?

$1,000,000

Where is the Champagne Stakes 2026?

Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.

How do I bet on the 2026 Champagne Stakes?

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Which horse will win the 2026 Champagne Stakes?

The best way to pick which horse will win the Champagne Stakes is to take into account the form, assess the barriers, and consider the weight the horse will carry (among other factors). Check out ladbrokes.com.au in the lead up to the race for full form information.