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Champagne Classic (BRC)

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Inaugurated
  
1982

Distance
  
1,200 metres

Sponsor
  
Moët & Chandon (2016)

Surface
  
Turf

Location
  
Doomben Racecourse Brisbane, Australia

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

The Champagne Classic is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged two years old, at set weights, over a distance of 1200 metres at Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Total prizemoney is A$175,000.

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Race history

The two-year-old event is the first major race during the Brisbane winter racing carnival.

The race record was set by Gold Edition in 2006 in time of 1:09.36.

Race name

  • 1982–1983 - Coca Cola Stakes
  • 1984–1994 - Coca Cola Bottlers' Classic
  • 1995–1998 - Coca Cola Classic
  • 1999–2001 - Moet and Chandon Classic
  • 2002 onwards - Champagne Classic
  • Race grade

  • 1982–1986 - Listed Race
  • 1987–2005 - Group 3
  • 2006 onwards - Group 2
  • Race venue

  • 2013 - Eagle Farm Racecourse
  • References

    Champagne Classic (BRC) Wikipedia