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3 Oct 2023

STARS STAND GROUND FOR ACTION-PACKED QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY AT ASCOT

A star-studded cast remains on course for the 13th running of QIPCO British Champions Day on Saturday 21st October.

The most valuable raceday in Great Britain remains on the cards for a string of headline acts and some of the stars of the British Flat racing season. Paddington, the winner of four Group 1 races this term, is still engaged in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (sponsored by QIPCO) and the QIPCO Champion Stakes, while Prince of Wales’s Stakes and Juddmonte International victor Mostahdaf could also take his place in the QIPCO Champion Stakes, which is the richest mile and a quarter race in Europe at a value of £1.3 million. The Queen Elizabeth II Stakes is also the richest mile race in Europe at £1.1 million.

The three remaining pattern races on the card each offer a prize fund of £500,000, meaning prize money for this year’s QIPCO British Champions Day will total £4.1 million, cementing its position as the richest raceday in the British calendar and the only day to feature four Group 1 prizes.

Trueshan remains entered for the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup after his impressive win in the Group 1 Prix du Cadran at Paris-Longchamp during Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe weekend. He and Hollie Doyle became the first pair to win a race three consecutive times at QIPCO British Champions Day last year and they will bid to extend that record on 21st October at Ascot.

Other winners from Arc weekend who retain their entry include Horizon Dore from France in the QIPCO Champion Stakes, after he demonstrated incredible acceleration to sweep home from last to first in the Qatar Prix Dollar on Saturday.

TWO OUT OF THREE ENCLOSURES NOW SOLD OUT FOR QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY

With less than three weeks until QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 21st October, fans will have to act fast if they want to secure tickets to Britain’s richest raceday.

The King Edward VII and Winning Post enclosures for the 13th running of QIPCO British Champions Day are now sold out, with only a limited amount of tickets for the Queen Anne enclosure available, which you can buy here.