CHAMPAGNE STAKES · UNITED STATES
Champagne Stakes prize money
The Champagne Stakes is worth $500,000 . That makes it the 187th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 69th richest in the United States.
Every figure here is the money the race announces, in the currency it announces it in. The currency control at the top swaps the whole page.
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY $500,000
WORLD RANK 187th
RUNNINGS HELD 80
FIRST RUN 1867
What the Champagne Stakes is
Grade I · 1 mile (8 furlongs) · Dirt · Belmont Park
- Racecourse
- Belmont Park
- Country
- United States
- Grade
- Grade I
- Distance
- 1 mile (8 furlongs)
- Surface
- Dirt
- Race type
- Thoroughbred, Flat racing
- Open to
- Two-year-olds
- Direction
- left-handed
- First run
- 1867
We hold the total fund for the Champagne Stakes and no separate winner's cheque. What the winner takes is a rule the racecourse sets rather than a national one, and it varies race by race.
Run in 1:34.57 in 2025, the Champagne Stakes pays $5,287 for every second of the race, which is 141st of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 72nd in the United States.
Every Champagne Stakes winner
80 runnings, 1946 to 2025, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Napoleon Solo1:34.57 | Joel Rosario | Chad Summers | Gold Square LLC |
| 2024 | Chancer McPatrick1:36.51 | Flavien Prat | Chad C. Brown | Flanagan Racing |
| 2023 | Timberlake1:35.90 | Florent Geroux | Brad H. Cox | WinStar Farm & Siena Farm |
| 2022 | Blazing Sevens1:37.07 | Flavien Prat | Chad C. Brown | Rodeo Creek Racing LLC |
| 2021 | Jack Christopher1:37.31 | José Ortiz | Chad C. Brown | Jim Bakke, Gerry Isbister, Coolmore Stud & White Birch Farm |
| 2020 | Jackie's Warrior1:35.42 | Joel Rosario | Steven M. Asmussen | Kirk And Judy Robison |
| 2019 | Tiz the Law1:35.41 | Manny Franco | Barclay Tagg | Sackatoga Stable |
| 2018 | Complexity1:34.63 | José L. Ortiz | Chad C. Brown | Klaravich Stables, Inc. |
| 2017 | Firenze Fire1:35.91 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Jason Servis | Mr. Amore Stable (Ron Lombardi) |
| 2016 | Practical Joke1:34.68 | Joel Rosario | Chad C. Brown | Klaravich Stables, Inc. & William Lawrence |
| 2015 | Greenpointcrusader1:36.25 | Joe Bravo | Dominick Schettino | St. Elias Stable, MeB Racing Stables, Brooklyn Boyz Stables |
| 2014 | Daredevil1:36.62 | Javier Castellano | Todd A. Pletcher | Let's Go Stable (managing partners Kevin Scatuorchio & Bryan Sullivan) |
| 2013 | Havana1:35.81 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Todd A. Pletcher | Michael Tabor, Susan Magnier, Derrick Smith |
| 2012 | Shanghai Bobby1:35.55 | Rosie Napravnik | Todd A. Pletcher | Starlight Racing (Jack & Laurie Wolf) |
| 2011 | Union Rags1:35.55 | Javier Castellano | Michael Matz | Chadds Ford Stable |
| 2010 | Uncle Mo1:34.51 | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Mike Repole |
| 2009 | Homeboykris1:35.12 | Edgar Prado | Richard E. Dutrow Jr. | Louis Lazzinnaro, Joseph Bulger, Jack Mandato, et al. |
| 2008 | Vineyard Haven1:36.06 | Edgar Prado | Robert J. Frankel | Robert J. Frankel |
| 2007 | War Pass1:36.12 | Cornelio Velásquez | Nicholas P. Zito | Robert V. LaPenta |
| 2006 | Scat Daddy1:36.97 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | James T. Scaturochio & Michael Tabor |
| 2005 | First Samurai1:36.29 | Jerry D. Bailey | Frank L. Brothers | Bruce Lunsford & Lansdon B. Robbins III |
| 2004 | Proud Accolade1:42.30 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Padua Stables |
| 2003 | Birdstone1:44.05 | Jerry D. Bailey | Nicholas P. Zito | Marylou Whitney |
| 2002 | Toccet1:44.45 | Jorge Chavez | John F. Scanlan | Dan Borislow |
| 2001 | Officer1:43.39 | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | The Thoroughbred Corp. |
| 2000 | A P Valentine1:41.45 | Jorge Chavez | Nicholas P. Zito | Celtic Pride Stable |
| 1999 | Greenwood Lake1:43.70 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Nicholas P. Zito | Dee Conway & Fred Dematteis |
| 1998 | The Groom Is Red1:42.91 | Corey Nakatani | Nicholas P. Zito | Celtic Pride Stable |
| 1997 | Grand Slam1:40.59 | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | Robert & Christina Baker, et al. |
| 1996 | Ordway1:42.09 | John R. Velazquez | David G. Donk | Philip F. DiLeo & William Punk |
| 1995 | Maria's Mon1:42.39 | Robbie Davis | Richard Schosberg | Mrs. Morton Rosenthal |
| 1994 | Timber Country1:44.01 | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Gainesway Farm et al. |
| 1993 | Dehere1:35.91 | Chris McCarron | Reynaldo H. Nobles | Due Process Stable |
| 1992 | Sea Hero1:34.80 | Jerry D. Bailey | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables |
| 1991 | Tri To Watch1:36.60 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Carl Domino | Fred W. Hooper |
| 1990 | Fly So Free1:35.60 | José A. Santos | Flint S. Schulhofer | Thomas Valando |
| 1989 | Adjudicating1:37.60 | Jacinto Vásquez | Claude R. McGaughey III | Ogden Mills Phipps |
| 1988 | Easy Goer1:34.80 | Pat Day | Claude R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps |
| 1987 | Forty Niner1:36.80 | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Claiborne Farm |
| 1986 | Polish Navy1:35.20 | Randy Romero | Claude R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps |
| 1985 | Mogambo1:37.20 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | LeRoy Jolley | Peter M. Brant |
| 1984 | For Certain Doc1:49.20 | Marcel Zuniga | Thomas DeBonis | Philip C. Chuck |
| 1983 | Devil's Bag1:34.20 | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Hickory Tree Stable |
| 1982 | Copelan1:37.80 | Jerry D. Bailey | Mitchell Griffin | Fred W. Hooper |
| 1981 | Timely Writer1:36.40 | Jeffrey Fell | Dominic Imprescia | Peter Martin |
| 1980 | Lord Avie1:37.20 | Jorge Velásquez | Daniel Perlsweig | David Simon |
| 1979 | Joanie's Chief1:38.20 | Ruben Hernandez | Eugene Jacobs | Peter Barberino |
| 1978 | Spectacular Bid1:34.80 | Jorge Velásquez | Grover G. Delp | Hawksworth Farm (Harry & Teresa Meyerhoff) |
| 1977 | Alydar1:36.80 | Jorge Velásquez | John M. Veitch | Calumet Farm |
| 1976 | Seattle Slew1:34.40 | Jean Cruguet | William H. Turner Jr. | Karen L. Taylor |
| 1975 | Honest Pleasure1:36.40 | Braulio Baeza | LeRoy Jolley | Bertram R. Firestone |
| 1974 | Foolish Pleasure1:36.00 | Jacinto Vásquez | LeRoy Jolley | John L. Greer |
| 1973 | Protagonist1:36.00 | Angel Santiago | John P. Campo | Elmendorf Farm |
| 1973 | Holding Pattern1:36.00 | Michael Miceli | Jerome Sarner Sr. | John Gerbas Jr. |
| 1972 | Stop The Music *1:35.00 | John L. Rotz | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable |
| 1971 | Riva Ridge1:36.40 | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stable |
| 1970 | Limit To Reason *1:35.40 | Jorge Velásquez | Thomas J. Kelly | Brookmeade Stable |
| 1969 | Silent Screen1:37.20 | John L. Rotz | J. Bowes Bond | Elberon Farm |
| 1968 | Top Knight1:35.20 | Manuel Ycaza | Raymond Metcalf | Steven B. Wilson |
| 1967 | Vitriolic1:34.60 | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Ogden Phipps |
| 1966 | Successor1:35.00 | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Wheatley Stable |
| 1965 | Buckpasser1:36.40 | Braulio Baeza | William C. Winfrey | Ogden Phipps |
| 1964 | Bold Lad1:36.40 | Braulio Baeza | William C. Winfrey | Wheatley Stable |
| 1963 | Roman Brother1:38.00 | John L. Rotz | Burley Parke | Harbor View Farm |
| 1962 | Never Bend1:35.80 | Manuel Ycaza | Woody Stephens | Cain Hoy Stable |
| 1961 | Donut Queen1:36.00 | Manuel Ycaza | Ron McAnally | Verne Winchell |
| 1960 | Roving Minstrel1:35.60 | Henry Moreno | Burley Parke | Harbor View Farm |
| 1959 | Warfare1:35.20 | Ismael Valenzuela | Hack Ross | Bellehurst Stable (Clifton Jones Jr.) |
| 1958 | First Landing1:39.40 | Eddie Arcaro | Casey Hayes | Christopher Chenery |
| 1957 | Jewel's Reward1:37.40 | Bill Shoemaker | Ivan H. Parke | Maine Chance Farm |
| 1955 | Beau Fond1:36.40 | Eddie Arcaro | Daverne Emery | Mrs. Henry H. Hecht |
| 1954 | Flying Fury1:37.80 | Henry Moreno | Loyd Gentry Jr. | Cain Hoy Stable |
| 1953 | Fisherman1:38.60 | Hedley Woodhouse | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney |
| 1952 | Laffango1:38.00 | Nick Shuk | Merritt A. Buxton | Trio Stable (Jack Liberman & Abe Giddins) |
| 1951 | Armageddon1:38.20 | Bill Shoemaker | Moody Jolley | Cain Hoy Stable |
| 1950 | Uncle Miltie1:36.60 | Hedley Woodhouse | Andrew C. Colando | Joseph J. Colando |
| 1949 | Theory1:37.00 | Steve Brooks | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1948 | Capot1:37.20 | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable |
| 1947 | Vulcan's Forge1:36.60 | Arnold Kirkland | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney |
| 1946 | Donor1:37.40 | Job Dean Jessop | Preston M. Burch | W. Deering Howe |
80 of the 80 runnings name the rider, 80 name the trainer and 80 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Champagne Stakes more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
No horse has won the Champagne Stakes twice in the 80 runnings on this page.
Most wins by a trainer
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Champagne Stakes in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 175 | Oakleigh PlateCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | $527,778 | AU$750,000 |
| 176 | Rosehill GuineasRosehill Gardens Racecourse | Australia | $527,778 | AU$750,000 |
| 177 | Villiers StakesRandwick Racecourse | Australia | $527,778 | AU$750,000 |
| 178 | Zipping ClassicCaulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | $527,778 | AU$750,000 |
| 181 | Irish 2,000 GuineasCurragh Racecourse | Ireland | $522,906 | €460,000 |
| 182 | Prix du Moulin de LongchampLongchamp Racecourse | France | $511,538 | €450,000 |
| 183 | Acorn StakesBelmont Park | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 184 | Ashland StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 185 | Ballerina HandicapSaratoga Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 186 | Beholder Mile StakesSanta Anita Park | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 188 | Coaching Club American OaksSaratoga Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 189 | Diana StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 190 | Forego StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 191 | H. Allen Jerkens Memorial StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 192 | Jaipur StakesBelmont Park | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 193 | Jenny Wiley StakesKeeneland Racecourse | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 194 | Jim Dandy StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 196 | Joe Hirsch Turf Classic StakesBelmont Park | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 197 | Just a Game StakesBelmont Park | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 198 | Ogden Phipps StakesBelmont Park | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Champagne Stakes in what they pay, above and below it. Follow the ranking all the way up on the richest races in the world.
The rest of the money in the United States
196 races, 69th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acorn Stakes | Belmont Park | Grade I | $500,000 |
| Ashland Stakes | Keeneland Race Course | Grade I | $500,000 |
| Ballerina Handicap | Saratoga Race Course | Grade I | $500,000 |
| Beholder Mile Stakes | Santa Anita Park | Grade I | $500,000 |
| Coaching Club American Oaks | Saratoga Race Course | Grade I | $500,000 |
| Diana Stakes | Saratoga Race Course | Grade I | $500,000 |
| Forego Stakes | Saratoga Race Course | Grade I | $500,000 |
| H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes | Saratoga Race Course | Grade I | $500,000 |
Every race in the United States we hold a purse for is on the United States prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Champagne Stakes prize money?
$500,000.
Where does the Champagne Stakes rank among the richest races in the world?
187th of 997. 186 races pay more, the nearest of them Oakleigh Plate. In the United States it is 69th of 196.
Which jockey has won the Champagne Stakes most often?
Braulio Baeza, with 5 wins between 1964 and 1975.
When was the Champagne Stakes first run?
1867. This page holds 80 runnings, from 1946 to 2025.
How far is the Champagne Stakes?
1 mile (8 furlongs), on dirt, at Belmont Park.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money