Champions Sprint.
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The Champions Sprint is a Group 1 weight-for-age race run over 1,200 metres down the Flemington course. Staged in early November as part of the Melbourne Cup Carnival, fittingly, on Champions Day with the Champions Mile and the Champions Stakes. First run in 1960, the race has gone by several names — including the Craven ‘A’ Stakes, Salinger Stakes, Patinack Farm Classic and Darley Classic — before adopting its current title in 2022. Today it offers a prize pool of $3 million, drawing the fastest sprinters from Australia and abroad.
Over the decades, the Champions Sprint has evolved from a handicap into a pure test of class, with weight-for-age conditions introduced in 2007. Its placement on the final day of the Carnival ensures it serves as a climactic feature for speed specialists, complementing the staying tests earlier in the week. Strong betting markets and international interest are a hallmark of the race, and its straight-track format at Flemington makes it a unique spectacle in Australian racing.
In 2010 and 2011, the legendary mare Black Caviar stunned the racing world by winning back-to-back Champions Sprints. By impressively winning these two (by 4 lengths, and 2.8 lengths respectively), she added to her career of winning every race she started, a whopping 25 total! Her victories not only underscored her dominance over this distance and conditions, but also cemented her status as one of Australia’s all-time greats.
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Recent Results
Each running of the Champions Sprint is more entertaining than the last, and always action-packed. Here are some of the recent winners:
2026 - TBD, Saturday 7th November
2025 - Giga Kick
2024 - Sunshine In Paris
2023 - Imperatriz
2022 - Roch 'N Horse
2021 - Nature Strip
2020 - Bivouac
2019 - Nature Strip
2018 - Santa Ana Lane
2017 - Redzel
2016 - Malaguerra
2015 - Delectation
2014 - Terravista
2013 - Buffering
2012 - Mental
2011 - Black Caviar
2010 - Black Caviar
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