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Information Pack Season 6 Awchampionships.Co.Uk PROUDLY SPONSORED BY OFFICIAL PARTNER ALL STARS ALL-WEATHER ALL ACTION! INFORMATION PACK SEASON 6 AWCHAMPIONSHIPS.CO.UK Regardez la brochure en français sur www.awchampionships.co.uk WELCOME Welcome to Season 6 of the All-Weather Championships. I am delighted to welcome you all either as racing fans or professionals to Season 6 of the All-Weather Championships. Good Friday at Lingfield Park continues to grow in popularity, with more and more high-quality horses now aimed at what is the pinnacle of the flat winter season in Britain. For Season 6, we welcome Ladbrokes back as sponsors of the All-Weather Championships. An original sponsor of the inaugural Championships back in 2013, we very much look forward to seeing their branding across the four ARC All-Weather racecourses, and working with their team to offer their customers some fantastic sporting action over the winter. Equally, we are incredibly grateful for the support of Sun Racing’s sponsorship of the Mile category along with Be Wiser who continue in their role as ‘Official Partner’ of the All-Weather Championships. After two seasons of sponsorship, Betway have established themselves as a major partner of All-Weather racing in Britain, and we look forward to more fantastic racing under their banner, with feature races including the Betway Winter Derby and Betway Easter Classic. Finals Day 2018 was one that will be very much remembered as the day the French came to Lingfield Park, with three winners in Funny Kid, Lucky Team and subsequent Royal Ascot runner up City Light. We once again look forward to a strong challenge from our friends across the channel along with competition from Ireland also. Our thanks to our partners at France Galop and Horse Racing Ireland for their continued involvement and support in the All-Weather Championships. Finally, our thanks must also go to our partners in Britain, the British Horseracing Authority, the European Breeders Fund, Chelmsford City and Kempton Park Racecourses along with the owners, trainers, jockeys, racing staff, racegoers and punters who support the All-Weather Championships throughout the winter. We look forward to another fantastic season of racing, and the crowning of a new set of Champions on Good Friday, 19 April 2019. Martin Cruddace Chief Executive, Arena Racing Company. OFFICIAL PARTNER ROLL OF HONOUR SEASON 1 ALL-WEATHER CHAMPIONS 32Red 3-Year-Old Championship Bookmakers.co.uk Ladbrokes 32Red 32Red Mares & Fillies Coral Easter Classic Middle ERTIJAAL Sprint Championship Mile Championship Marathon Championship Championship Distance Championship ALBEN STAR CAPTAIN CAT LITIGANT LIVING THE LIFE GRANDEUR ALL-STARS Owner Trainer Jockey Horse of the Year Horse with Most Wins Sire SHEIKH HAMDAN MARK JOHNSTON ADAM KIRBY GRANDEUR ALUMINA INVINCIBLE SPIRIT BIN MOHAMMED AL (68 WINS) (90 WINS) (6 WINS) (41 WINS) MAKTOUM (46 WINS) SEASON 2 ALL-WEATHER CHAMPIONS 32Red 3-Year-Old Unibet 3-Year-Old Unibet Ladbrokes 32Red Marathon 32Red Mares & Fillies Coral Easter Classic Middle Championship Sprint Championship Sprint Championship Mile Championship Championship Championship Distance Championship FOUR SEASONS LIGHTSCAMERACTION PRETEND GREY MIRAGE MYMATECHRIS FRESLES TRYSTER ALL-STARS Owner Trainer Jockey Horse of the Year Horse with Most Wins Sire GODOLPHIN CHARLIE APPLEBY LUKE MORRIS TRYSTER DON’T BE INVINCIBLE SPIRIT (98 WINS) (76 WINS) (102 WINS) (5 WINS) (34 WINS) SEASON 3 ALL-WEATHER CHAMPIONS 32Red 3-Year-Old Unibet 3-Year-Old Unibet Ladbrokes 32Red Marathon 32Red Mares & Fillies Coral Easter Classic Middle Championship Sprint Championship Sprint Championship Mile Championship Championship Championship Distance Championship SEA OF FLAMES WOLOWITZ ALBEN STAR CAPTAIN JOY MOONRISE VOLUNTEER GRENDISAR LANDING POINT ALL-STARS Owner Trainer Jockey Horse of the Year Horse with Most Wins Sire GOLDOLPHIN MICHAEL APPLEBY LUKE MORRIS GRENDISAR TANGRAMM CAPE CROSS (35 WINS) (38 WINS) (86 WINS) (7 WINS) (37 WINS) SEASON 4 ALL-WEATHER CHAMPIONS 32Red 3-Year-Old Betway Sprint Sun Bets Mile Betway Marathon 32Red Fillies & Mares Betway Easter Classic Middle Championship Championship Championship Championship Championship Distance Championship SECOND THOUGHT KIMBERELLA SOVEREIGN DEBT WINNING STORY REALTRA CONVEY ALL-STARS Owner Trainer Jockey Horse of the Year Horse with Most Wins Sire GODOLPHIN MARK JOHNSTON ADAM KIRBY CONVEY ATHASSEL KYLLACHY (31 WINS) (42 WINS) (74 WINS) (6 WINS) (39 WINS) SEASON 5 ALL-WEATHER CHAMPIONS 32Red 3-Year-Old Betway Sprint Sun Bets Mile Betway Marathon 32Red Fillies & Mares Betway Easter Classic Middle Championship Championship Championship Championship Championship Distance Championship CORINTHIA KNIGHT CITY LIGHT LUCKY TEAM FUNNY KID DIAGNOSTIC VICTORY BOND ALL-STARS Owner Trainer Jockey Horse of theYear Horse with Most Wins Sire GODOLPHIN MICHAEL APPLEBY LUKE MORRIS VICTORY BOND CAPTAIN LARS & KODIAC (39 WINS) (40 WINS) (73 WINS) SPARE PARTS (41 WINS) (7 WINS) WEEKLY LEADERBOARDS & ALL-STARS For Season 6 of the All-Weather Championships, there will be weekly Leaderboards on awchampionships.co.uk showing which horses have qualified for Finals Day. In addition, the All-Stars will show the leading owners, trainers, jockeys and horses who are all celebrated on Good Friday with the winners in each category receiving £10,000. ALL-WEATHER CHAMPIONSHIPS GRADUATES DECORATED KNIGHT Roger Charlton’s Decorated Knight was already a winner at Listed and Group 3 level when he won the Betway Winter Derby Trial at Lingfield Park in ENABLE Season 4 of the All-Weather Championships. He Sporting the colours of Prince Khalid Abdullah and trained by John Gosden, Enable won on her immediately went on to Group 1 success in Dubai, racecourse debut, a maiden at Newcastle during Season 4 of the All-Weather Championships. In her before returning to Europe, later adding two more remarkable three-year-old season she won the Cheshire Oaks, the Epsom Oaks, the Irish Oaks, the King Group 1 wins with victories in the Tattersall’s Gold George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, the Yorkshire Oaks and signed off her year with victory in the Cup at the Curragh and, in September, the QIPCO Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, a title she retained in 2018. She is the first Classic winner to feature in the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown, under All-Weather Championships. Andrea Atzeni. STRADIVARIUS TOAST OF NEW YORK ERTIJAAL Owned by Bjorn Nielsen and trained by John Owned by Michael Buckley and trained by Jamie Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed’s all-weather Gosden, Stradivarius won broke his maiden tag Osborne, Toast Of New York won his maiden at 3-Year-Old Championship winner followed up at Newcastle during Season 4 of the All-Weather Wolverhampton in November 2013. He went onto his victory at Lingfield Park on Good Friday 2014 Championships. Through 2017 he won the Group a glittering career that included winning the Group by placing in both the 2016 and 2017 Group 1 Al 2 Queen’s Vase at Ascot and Group 1 Goodwood 2 UAE Derby in Meydan, before an agonising Quoz Sprint races at Meydan. Further success at Cup, whilst also placing in the St Leger at Doncaster second in the Breeders’ Cup Classic in Novem- the Dubai track has included victory in a number of and on British Champions Day in the Long Distance ber 2014 albeit beating US superstar California valuable handicaps, the Group 3 Meydan Sprint in Cup. 2018 proved even more fruitful for the son Chrome in the process. He returned to the track, 2017 and Group 2 Meydan Sprint in 2018. of Sea The Stars with victory in the Yorkshire Cup, following that Breeders’ Cup run, in December the Ascot Gold Cup, the Goodwood Cup and the 2017 to win a third All-Weather Championships Lonsdale Cup, and in doing so he became the first race of his career at Lingfield Park. winner of the Weatherbys Hamilton Stayers’ Million. CITY LIGHT JACK HOBBS SOVEREIGN DEBT This Good Friday French raider, trained by Trained by John Gosden, Jack Hobbs was A hugely popular winner on Good Friday 2017 Stéphane Wattel and owned by Jean-Louis a Maiden Winner at Wolverhampton during Season in the SunBets Mile at Lingfield Park, Sovereign Bouchard, made his first start on British soil a 2 of the All-Weather Championships. Following Debt quickly racked up a sequence of Group wins winning one with victory in the Season 5 All-Weath- that victory, he went on to win the 2015 Irish Derby in both the bet365 Mile (Group 2) at Sandown er Sprint Championship race, following three runs, at The Curragh, before coming third in the 2015 Park and the Diomed Stakes on Derby Day at including one win, on French tracks throughout the Champion Stakes at Ascot, a feat he repeated Epsom Downs in June 2017 for trainer Ruth Carr. All-Weather Championships season. He has since in 2016. His career has continued to flourish with gone on to win the Group 3 Prix de Saint-Georges another Group 1 win in the Dubai Sheema Classic at Longchamp and finish a short head runner up in at Meydan in March 2017. the Group 1 Diamond Jubilee at Royal Ascot. OFFICIAL PARTNER ALL-WEATHER CHAMPIONSHIPS SEASON 5 FUNNY KID J: Maxime Guyon T: Christophe Ferland O: Wertheimer et Fere DIAGNOSTIC J: James Doyle T: William Haggas O: Cheveley Park Stud CITY LIGHT J: Theo Bachelot T: Stéphane Wattel O: Ecurie JL Bouchard/ Madame I Corbani CORINTHIA KNIGHT J: Oisin Murphy T: Archie Watson O: Ontoawinner & Partner LUCKY TEAM J: Theo Bachelot T: Joel Boisnard O: Mrs Sophie Boulin Redouly VICTORY BOND J: James Doyle T: William Haggas O: Bloomsbury Stud Key: J = Jockey, T = Trainer, O = Owner. ALL-WEATHER CHAMPIONSHIPS SEASON 6 Season 6 of the All-Weather Championships will QUALIFYING FOR THE ALL-WEATHER run from Tuesday 23 October to Good Friday, 19 CHAMPIONSHIPS £1 MILLION FINALS DAY April 2019 and include every all-weather race held at Chelmsford City, Kempton Park, Lingfield Park, There are two ways for horses to qualify for one of the Newcastle, Southwell and Wolverhampton over Finals on All-Weather Championships Finals Day at that period.
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