Spring Champion Stakes Tips and Field Preview – 2017

We take a look at the Field for the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes which is set to be run at Randwick Racecourse on Saturday. We’ll also give our tips and bets for the race as well as a look at each of the key runners in the race. View our Spring Champion Stakes preview below.

Spring Champion Stakes, (Group 1), Race 7, 2000m

Racecourse

Randwick, Sydney

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History

Generally a race with pressure highlighted by the fact the last five winners position in run at the 800m mark (8th, 7, 8 ,4, 7).

Four of the last five winners came into the race as last start winners.

The last four winners have come into the race with a pre-race rating of 78 or higher.

Spring Champion Stakes Race Pace

Genuine pace likely with Ace High to lead or sit 3rd fence if something wants to cross.

Sanctioned and Coral Coast also sitting handy.

Tangled and Dissolution will be midfield.

The rest of the field will settle quietly at the back.

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Leading Chances

Ace High ($3.40)

Comes into this race off a spike career best rating in the Gloaming stakes where he benefited from the aggressive front running ride.

Highly likely to get a good run in transit where he’ll have the option to lead or let any outside pressure go if Tye Angland wishes.

Started $9.00 in the Gloaming compared to Sanctioned at $3.50 with the turnaround in price reflecting the win and the fact he was holding the second horse on the line.

Sanctioned ($4.40)

Tough to know what to make of his last start second in the Gloaming.

He loomed up to win before tiring and running 12.11 for the last 200m compared to Ace High’s 11.96.

However, he covered the 600m section (800-200m) in 34.9 compared to Ace High’s 35.3.

So, either he spent his energy to early or he didn’t stay.

Tangled ($5.50)

Group 2 winner from the Brisbane winter who was poor in 3 subsequent runs.

Bounced right back to his best last week when he ran into plenty of dead ends before finishing just 0.6L fourth in the Dulcify.

Carried 60.5kg last week and will appreciate the drop back to 56.5kg.

He could jump out of the ground but the price is on the short side to find out.

Astoria ($7.50)

Started favourite in the Gloaming beaten 6.8L.

Surely better than that and while I’m generally happy to forgive one bad effort, there were no excuses and the price doesn’t represent enough value to find out if he can bounce back.

Not for me.