2020 Spring Champion Stakes Race Details

Race 7 at Randwick on Saturday 10 October 2020.

The Spring Champion Stakes is a 2000 metre set weight race for three-year-olds run by the Australian Jockey Club at Randwick. It is held in October as part of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.

You can read more about the race history, lead-up races and past winners on the Spring Champion Stakes page.

Spring Champion Stakes 2020 Preview

Track: Good   Weather: Fine

There is a field of 13 runners for the $1,000,000 Spring Champion Stakes following the scratchings of Global Quest and Albarado. Five of them had their last start in the Group 2 Gloaming Stakes over 1800m on 26 September, and both of the fillies had their last start in the Group 1 Flight Stakes over 1600m on 3 October. The early favourite is Flight Stakes winner Montefilia who should be able to handle the extra distance. Second favourite is Love Tap who won the Gloaming and is unbeaten in four starts. Third favourite is Cherry Tortoni who has three wins and two places from his five starts and is a major contender.

Wertheimer was 6th in the Derby Trial and looks like this distance will really suit.  Miravalle was 6th in the Flight Stakes and may struggle here. Bucharest finished 3rd in the Gloaming and gets blinkers on for the first time. Choir was 3rd in the Derby Trial and should enjoy this distance. Lion’s Roar comes off a win over 1870m at Newcastle while Favreau was 4th in the Gloaming.  All other runners are currently 25 to 1 or longer.

2020 Spring Champion Stakes Runner by Runner

1. Cherry Tortoni

This Victorian visitor has three wins and two places from his five starts and is a major contender. I expect him to be fighting out the finish and believe he is capable of winning this.

2. Global Quest  – SCRATCHED

3. Love Tap

This grey gelding won two races at Goulburn by big margins (over 4 lengths both times) before making it look easy with a 1.8 length win in the Group 3 Gloaming Stakes. Unbeaten in four starts he could be anything.

4. Street Dancer

Followed a maiden win at Newcastle with 2nd in the Gloaming. Looks to have improvement and could place again.

5. Bucharest

Finished 3rd in the Gloaming and gets blinkers on for the first time. Should be suited by the extra distance.

6. Lion’s Roar

Comes off a win over 1870m at Newcastle to give him three wins from four starts, His wins have been at Wagga, Kembla Grange and Newcastle and although this will be his first city race he is not the worst.

7. Achiever

Finished 4.8 lengths 6th in the Gloaming and needs to improve significantly to feature here.

8. Albarado  – SCRATCHED

9. Choir

This colt from the Godolphin stable won over 2050m at Moe on a heavy track then ran 3rd in the Derby Trial and should enjoy this distance. Put him in your exotics.

10. Wertheimer

Was 6th in the Derby Trial and looks like this distance will really suit.

11. Socrates

Won a maiden plate at Kembla Grange last outing. Not here.

12. Gorshin

Has started eight times for one place and will find this field too strong.

13. Montefilia

Flight Stakes winner last outing who should be able to handle the extra distance. She has three wins and a place from six starts and is one of the main chances.

14. Miravalle

Was 6th in the Flight Stakes and may struggle here.

15. Favreau

4th in the Gloaming and ran the best overall race sectionals. He is still a maiden but is not without a chance.

Spring Champion Stakes 2020 Tips

The following are the top 4 selections for this years race.

Jo’s Tips
13 Montefilia
1 Cherry Tortoni
3 Love Tap
9 Choir

Previews for other races this week

Group 1 Caulfield Guineas 2020 (Caulfield 1600m)

Group 1 Caulfield Stakes 2020 (Caulfield 2000m)

Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes 2020 (Randwick 2000m)

Group 1 Thousand Guineas 2020 (Caulfield 1600m)

Group 1 Toorak Handicap 2020 (Caulfield 1600m)

The Silver Eagle 2020 (Randwick 1300m)

Group 2 Schillaci Stakes 2020 (Caulfield 1100m)

Group 3 Thoroughbred Club Stakes 2020 (Caulfield 1200m)

Listed Weekend Hussler Handicap 2020 (Caulfield 1400m)

Listed Queensland Cup 2020 (Doomben 2200m)

Listed Hill Smith Stakes 2020 (Morphettville 1800m)

2020 Spring Champion Stakes Results

The track was rated as Good 4

Scratchings were  2. Global Quest, 8. Albarado (NZL).

Result Horse Margin
1st 13. Montefilia
2nd 6. Lion’s Roar 0.8 length
3rd 5. Bucharest 4.6 lengths
4th 3. Love Tap 5.1 lengths