The Champagne Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old horses. The race is run at a distance of one mile on the dirt at Belmont Park in October each year. From Wikipedia
Fierceness, a 16-1 longshot, rebounds from recent 20-length defeat in the Champagne Stakes to win $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile by a large margin, sparking owner Mike Repole's consideration of skipping the Kentucky Derby to avoid previous disappointments.
