Race Information

QIPCO British Champions Day will be run for £4.35m in prize money this year, with the country’s richest raceday extending to seven races for the first time. The day will feature five Group 1 races – following the upgrade of the QIPCO Long Distance Cup – together with a new 2YO conditions race over six furlongs, worth £250,000.

The headline race conditions and entry dates are covered below. Please consult the Racing Admin site for further details.

Entries for all Group 1 races will close at 12pm on Tuesday 5^th August.

Races

Distance: 6f

Time: 12:55

Prize Money: £250,000

Introduced for the first time in 2025 and open to two-year-olds, this six furlong conditions race is worth £250,000, taking the total prize money on the day to £4.35M.

6F, Class 2, 2YO
Prize Money: £250,000
Enter by 12pm, October 13^th and pay £1,250

Distance: 2m

Time: 13:20

Prize Money: £500,000

With two miles (3,200 metres) of Ascot’s famous turf to negotiate, the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup provides the ultimate test for flat racing’s top stayers as they contest the final major long distance race of the British season.

2M, 3YO+
Prize Money: £500,000
Enter by 12pm, August 5th and pay £2,185
Scratch by 12pm, September 30th and pay £2,500
Confirm by 12pm, October 13th and pay £1,565

Distance: 6f

Time: 14:05

Prize Money: £500,000

Run over a fast and furious six furlongs (1,200 metres), the QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes is a high-octane clash that sees the season’s quickest horses battle it out for the title of Britain’s top sprinter.

6F, 3YO+
Prize Money: £500,000
Enter by 12pm, August 5th and pay £2,185
Scratch by 12pm, September 30th and pay £2,500
Confirm by 12pm, October 13th and pay £1,565

Distance: 1m 4f

Time: 14:45

Prize Money: £500,000

Set over a mile and a half (2,400 metres), the QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes brings together the season’s leading middle-distance females in a prestigious showdown that crowns the standout filly or mare of the year.

1M 4F, 3YO+ F&M
Prize Money: £500,000
Enter by 12pm, August 5th and pay £2,185
Scratch by 12pm, September 30th and pay £2,500
Confirm by 12pm, October 13th and pay £1,565

Distance: 1m

Time: 15:25

Prize Money: 1.1M

Staged over Ascot’s straight mile (1,600 metres), the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (sponsored by QIPCO) is one of the world’s premier mile races, attracting elite milers from across Europe in a showdown for divisional supremacy.

1M, 3YO+
Prize Money: £1.1M
Enter by 12pm, August 5th and pay £4,800
Scratch by 12pm, September 30th and pay £5,500
Confirm by 12pm, October 13th and pay £3,450

Distance: 1m 2f

Time: 16:05

Prize Money: £1.3M

Run over a mile and a quarter (2,000 metres), the QIPCO Champion Stakes is the ultimate middle-distance showdown. As the feature race of QIPCO British Champions Day, it brings together the season’s top-class performers for one final battle to determine the true champion of the year.”

1M 2F, 3YO+
Prize Money: £1.3M
Enter by 12pm, August 5th and pay £5,675
Scratch by 12pm, September 30th and pay £6,500
Confirm by 12pm, October 13th and pay £4,075

Distance: 1m

Time: 16:40

Prize Money: £200,000

Run over one-mile, this high-class, valuable handicap is open to three-year-old horses and upwards. The race attracts a number of top horses on the last race on the richest raceday.

1M, Class 2, 3YO+
Prize Money: £200,000
Enter by 12pm, September 16th and pay £300
Confirm by 12pm, October 13th and pay £700

2YO Conditions

Introduced for the first time in 2025 and open to two-year-olds, this six furlong conditions race is worth £250,000, taking the total prize money on the day to £4.35M.

6F, Class 2, 2YO
Prize Money: £250,000
Enter by 12pm, October 13^th and pay £1,250

Distance:

6f

Time:

12:55

Prize Money:

£250,000

QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup

With two miles (3,200 metres) of Ascot’s famous turf to negotiate, the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup provides the ultimate test for flat racing’s top stayers as they contest the final major long distance race of the British season.

2M, 3YO+
Prize Money: £500,000
Enter by 12pm, August 5th and pay £2,185
Scratch by 12pm, September 30th and pay £2,500
Confirm by 12pm, October 13th and pay £1,565

Distance:

2m

Time:

13:20

Prize Money:

£500,000

QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes

Run over a fast and furious six furlongs (1,200 metres), the QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes is a high-octane clash that sees the season’s quickest horses battle it out for the title of Britain’s top sprinter.

6F, 3YO+
Prize Money: £500,000
Enter by 12pm, August 5th and pay £2,185
Scratch by 12pm, September 30th and pay £2,500
Confirm by 12pm, October 13th and pay £1,565

Distance:

6f

Time:

14:05

Prize Money:

£500,000

QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes

Set over a mile and a half (2,400 metres), the QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes brings together the season’s leading middle-distance females in a prestigious showdown that crowns the standout filly or mare of the year.

1M 4F, 3YO+ F&M
Prize Money: £500,000
Enter by 12pm, August 5th and pay £2,185
Scratch by 12pm, September 30th and pay £2,500
Confirm by 12pm, October 13th and pay £1,565

Distance:

1m 4f

Time:

14:45

Prize Money:

£500,000

Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Sponsored by QIPCO)

Staged over Ascot’s straight mile (1,600 metres), the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (sponsored by QIPCO) is one of the world’s premier mile races, attracting elite milers from across Europe in a showdown for divisional supremacy.

1M, 3YO+
Prize Money: £1.1M
Enter by 12pm, August 5th and pay £4,800
Scratch by 12pm, September 30th and pay £5,500
Confirm by 12pm, October 13th and pay £3,450

Distance:

1m

Time:

15:25

Prize Money:

1.1M

QIPCO Champion Stakes

Run over a mile and a quarter (2,000 metres), the QIPCO Champion Stakes is the ultimate middle-distance showdown. As the feature race of QIPCO British Champions Day, it brings together the season’s top-class performers for one final battle to determine the true champion of the year.”

1M 2F, 3YO+
Prize Money: £1.3M
Enter by 12pm, August 5th and pay £5,675
Scratch by 12pm, September 30th and pay £6,500
Confirm by 12pm, October 13th and pay £4,075

Distance:

1m 2f

Time:

16:05

Prize Money:

£1.3M

The Balmoral Handicap (Sponsored by QIPCO)

Run over one-mile, this high-class, valuable handicap is open to three-year-old horses and upwards. The race attracts a number of top horses on the last race on the richest raceday.

1M, Class 2, 3YO+
Prize Money: £200,000
Enter by 12pm, September 16th and pay £300
Confirm by 12pm, October 13th and pay £700

Distance:

1m

Time:

16:40

Prize Money:

£200,000

Course History

In 1711 it was Queen Anne who first saw the potential for a racecourse at East Cote, declaring that it looked an ideal place for “horses to gallop at full stretch” while out riding. Her Majesty’s Plate, worth 100 guineas and open to any horse, mare or gelding over the age of six, took place on 11th August.
Parliament passed an Act of Enclosure in 1813. This Act ensured that Ascot Heath, although the property of the Crown, would be kept and used as a racecourse for the public in the future. Racing at Ascot was now secure.

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