Race Information

For the first time in 2025, Qatar Racing British Champions Day had seven races with a total prize fund of £4.35m. The country’s richest raceday featured five Group 1 races – following the upgrade of the Qatar Racing Long Distance Cup – together with a new 2YO conditions race over six furlongs, worth £250,000.

Races

Distance: 6f

Time: 13:20

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 noon, October 12th and pay £1250 stake
Declare by 10.00 a.m. October 15th

Distance: 2m

Time: 12:55

Prize Money: £500,000

With two miles (3,200 metres) of Ascot’s famous turf to negotiate, the Qatar Racing 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 noon, August 4th and pay £2185 stake
Scratch by noon on September 29th or pay £2500
Confirm by noon on October 12th and pay £1565

Distance: 6f

Time: 14:05

Prize Money: £500,000

Run over a fast and furious six furlongs (1,200 metres), the Qatar Racing 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 noon, August 4th and pay £2185 stake
Scratch by noon on September 29th or pay £2500
Confirm by noon on October 12th and pay £1565

Distance: 1m 4f

Time: 14:45

Prize Money: £500,000

Set over a mile and a half (2,400 metres), the Qatar Racing 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 noon, August 4th and pay £2185 stake
Scratch by noon on September 29th or pay £2500
Confirm by noon on October 12th and pay £1565

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 Qatar Racing) 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 noon, August 4th and pay £4800 stake
Scratch by noon on September 29th or pay £5500
Confirm by noon on October 12th and pay £3450

Distance: 1m 2f

Time: 16:05

Prize Money: £1.3M

Run over a mile and a quarter (2,000 metres), the Qatar Racing Champion Stakes is the ultimate middle-distance showdown. As the feature race of Qatar Racing 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 noon, August 4th and pay £5675 stake
Scratch by noon on September 29th or pay £6500
Confirm by noon on October 12th and pay £4075

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 noon, September 15th and pay £300 stake
Confirm by noon on October 12th and pay £700
Declare by 10.00 a.m. October 15th

Qatar Racing British Champions Day Two-Year-Old Conditions Stakes

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 noon, October 12th and pay £1250 stake
Declare by 10.00 a.m. October 15th

Distance:

6f

Time:

13:20

Prize Money:

£250,000

Qatar Racing British Champions Long Distance Cup

With two miles (3,200 metres) of Ascot’s famous turf to negotiate, the Qatar Racing 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 noon, August 4th and pay £2185 stake
Scratch by noon on September 29th or pay £2500
Confirm by noon on October 12th and pay £1565

Distance:

2m

Time:

12:55

Prize Money:

£500,000

Qatar Racing British Champions Sprint Stakes

Run over a fast and furious six furlongs (1,200 metres), the Qatar Racing 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 noon, August 4th and pay £2185 stake
Scratch by noon on September 29th or pay £2500
Confirm by noon on October 12th and pay £1565

Distance:

6f

Time:

14:05

Prize Money:

£500,000

Qatar Racing British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes

Set over a mile and a half (2,400 metres), the Qatar Racing 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 noon, August 4th and pay £2185 stake
Scratch by noon on September 29th or pay £2500
Confirm by noon on October 12th and pay £1565

Distance:

1m 4f

Time:

14:45

Prize Money:

£500,000

Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Sponsored by Qatar Racing)

Staged over Ascot’s straight mile (1,600 metres), the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (sponsored by Qatar Racing) 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 noon, August 4th and pay £4800 stake
Scratch by noon on September 29th or pay £5500
Confirm by noon on October 12th and pay £3450

Distance:

1m

Time:

15:25

Prize Money:

1.1M

Qatar Racing Champion Stakes

Run over a mile and a quarter (2,000 metres), the Qatar Racing Champion Stakes is the ultimate middle-distance showdown. As the feature race of Qatar Racing 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 noon, August 4th and pay £5675 stake
Scratch by noon on September 29th or pay £6500
Confirm by noon on October 12th and pay £4075

Distance:

1m 2f

Time:

16:05

Prize Money:

£1.3M

The Balmoral Handicap (Sponsored by Qatar Racing)

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 noon, September 15th and pay £300 stake
Confirm by noon on October 12th and pay £700
Declare by 10.00 a.m. October 15th

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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Ascot’s parade ring is one of the most iconic anywhere in the world. Watch on as some of the greatest racing stars prepare for the ultimate test.

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Past Highlights

Oisin Murphy is crowned Champion Jockey for a fifth time and presented with his trophy on Qatar Racing British Champions Day 2025.

Calandagan wins the Qatar Racing Champion Stakes for trainer Francis Graffard, becoming the first horse to win the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Qatar Racing Champion Stakes in the same season since Brigadier Gerard in 1972.

Joe Leavy crowned Champion Apprentice on Qatar Racing British Champions Day 2025 having been denied the title by just two winners in 2024.

Hugh Anderson, Managing Director Godolphin UK & Dubai, collects the Champion Owner trophy on Qatar Racing British Champions Day 2025. The seventeenth time Godolphin have clinched the title.

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