Ladbrokes Tip: The Gloaming Stakes is the best Spring Champion Stakes lead-up race

The Spring Champion Stakes is a key Group 1 race for three-year-old staying types held on a Saturday in mid October during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

Attracting youngsters that could head to Melbourne for a shot at the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington a few weeks later, the Spring Champion Stakes offers $1 million in prize money and is contested over 2000m at Royal Randwick Racecourse.

The last Spring Champion Stakes winners to go on to win the Victoria Derby were Monaco Consul (2009) followed by Ace High (2017), while in 2015 the Spring Champion Stakes third placed Prized Icon went on to win that year’s VRC Derby. Run at set weights, the Spring Champion Stakes finishes-up Group 1 racing for the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.

The key lead-up into the Randwick Group 1 is the Group 3 Gloaming Stakes (1800m) at Rosehill a fortnight before and the Gloaming Stakes – Spring Champion Stakes double has been achieved most recently by Shadow Hero (2019), Ace High (2017) and Vanbrugh (2015).

The newly created $14 million The Everest feature race then takes place the Saturday after Spring Champion Stakes Day keeping the punters focused on NSW Racing for longer than ever before.

Spring Champion Stakes Day has been boosted in 2019 by the addition of the newly-created four-year-olds race, the $500,000 Silver Eagle (1300m), for horses heading towards the $7.5 million The Golden Eagle (1500m) on the Saturday before the Melbourne Cup.

The latest edition of the Spring Champion Stakes ran on Saturday October 12, 2019 and was won by the Gloaming Stakes champ Shadow Hero. 

2019 Spring Champion Stakes Results

The full Spring Champion Stakes 2019 Results & Finishing Order will be published here once the Group 1 takes place on Saturday October 12, 2019 .

• 1st: #2 Shadow Hero
• 2nd: #1 Castelvecchio
• 3rd: #10 Battenburg

Trainer Mark Newnham celebrated his second Spring Champion Stakes win in as many years with odds-on favourite Shadow Hero backing-up from his Gloaming Stakes victory to take out the Group 1 ahead of the VRC Derby in Melbourne.

Spring Champion Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday October 12, 2019
• Track: Royal Randwick Racecourse
• Distance: 2000m
• Conditions: 3YOs – Set Weights
• Status: Group 1
• Prize Money: $1,000,000
• First Run: 1971

Spring Champion Stakes Betting

Spring Champion Stakes betting is open soon after the nominations are taken with all-in odds offered before the final field is officially announced. The Spring Champion Stakes odds firm once the field is released and offer punters a safer option at a more conservative price.

Spring Champion Stakes odds are usually dominated by the best performers in the Gloaming Stakes a couple of weeks earlier, and the Gloaming Stakes – Spring Champion Stakes betting option is a popular one.

Three-year-olds proven at 1800m or further with good Sydney spring form are top Spring Champion Stakes betting options, but the favourites have a poor recent record in the race. Before Vanbrugh (2015) saluted for the punters, the last Spring Champion Stakes favourite to win was the Gai Waterhouse-trained Platinum Scissors (2002). The punters’ pick were back in winning form in the 2017 Spring Champion Stakes results however with the success of Ace High (2017) and again with Shadow Hero (2019).

2019 Spring Champion Stakes Odds

The season’s updated Spring Champion Stakes 2019 betting odds and links to our Randwick Group 1 racing markets will be available right here once out so stay tuned for access to the best odds on the hopeful three-year-old stayers.

Spring Champion Stakes Field

The Spring Champion Stakes field attracts a line-up of the best three-year-olds showing staying potential during the carnival. The largest Spring Champion Stakes field in recent history was 14 starters in 2013 when Complacent scored from the inside alley, while the smallest recent field attracted just eight runners when Tie The Knot won in 1997.

Most of the runners in the Spring Champion Stakes come off an earlier Sydney run in the Group 3 Gloaming Stakes run at Rosehill two weeks before over 200m shorter. The Gloaming Stakes produced seven Spring Champion Stakes winners from 2010 – 2019, five achieving the double with It’s A Dundeel (2012), Complacent (2013), Vanbrugh (2015), Ace High (2017) and Shadow Hero (2019).

Yankee Rose (2016) made history upsetting the boys in that year’s Spring Champion Stakes results. Photo Credit: Steve Hart.

Spring Champion Stakes nominations close on the Monday of race week followed by final acceptances two days later.

2019 Spring Champion Stakes Field

The official Spring Champion Stakes 2019 Final Field & Barriers will be available for punters below once announced on the Monday leading-up to the race so stay tuned to see what early Victoria Derby hopefuls line-up in the event.

The 2019 Spring Champion Stakes field features 11 runners with runaway Gloaming Stakes winner Shadow Hero odds-on favourite to salute again on way to the Derby in Melbourne.

Spring Champion Stakes Tips

The best Spring Champion Stakes tips are to take the three-year-olds coming out of a top three run in the Gloaming Stakes with proven form over 1800m.

The Gloaming Stakes has produced more Spring Champion Stakes winners than any other lead-up race, and the double has been achieve plenty of times in the past 30 years.

Horses that ran top three in their lead-up runs have the best record in the race. No Spring Champion Stakes winner had run worse than third last start since Fraternity (Gloaming Stakes 5th) back in 1993 before the filly Maid Of Heaven (2018) improved on her lead-up sixth in the Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) to beat home the boys in an upset Spring Champion Stakes result.

In 2016 Yankee Rose finished second in the Flight Stakes leading to her upset win over the boys in the Spring Champion Stakes, but was subsequently disqualified from the former.

Another good Spring Champion Stakes betting tip is to lay the favourite.

2019 Spring Champion Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Spring Champion Stakes 2019 betting tips and Group 1 selections on the three-years-old event at Randwick Racecourse will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for the young stayers to back and sack.

Spring Champion Stakes Form Guide

The Spring Champion Stakes form guide details all the must know info on the field including the saddlecloth numbers, barriers, jockeys and lead-up form of the runners.

Only one Spring Champion Stakes runner has won from wider than barrier 9 in the past decade when Hotel Grand scored from 10 of 11 in 2005, so looking for horses drawn near the inside on the form guide is a good tip.

Last start winners have a dominant record in the race, so check the lead-up form for a lead-up win in the Gloaming Stakes, which is the key Spring Champion Stakes guide.

Spring Champion Stakes Form Facts

• The Gloaming Stakes produced seven Spring Champion Stakes winners from 2010-19  including five to do the double
• Yankee Rose (2016) and Maid Of Heaven (2018) are the only Spring Champion Stakes winning fillies in history
• Favourites in Spring Champion Stakes betting have a poor record in the race of late with Vanbrugh (2015), Ace High (2017) and Shadow Hero (2019) the only ones to salute since 2002

2019 Spring Champion Stakes Form Guide

A link to our insider Spring Champion Stakes 2019 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Spring Champion Stakes Results

The Spring Champion Stakes results have been dominated by Gloaming Stakes graduates and last start winners in the past decade.

Favourites have a poor record in the past 10 years or so, so upset Spring Champion Stakes results are not uncommon and the longest-priced winners in recent history include Hampton Court ($16 in 2014), Monaco Consul ($51 in 2009) and Teranaba ($51 in 2006).

Spring Champion Stakes Winners