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Saturday 17th October 2015 Media Guide QIPCO Media Guide 03

Contents

03 Introduction from the Chief Executive

04 QIPCO British Champions Day Facts and Figures

05 Race Day Programme 06 Get involved with #ChampionsDay Foreword 07 Stobart Flat Jockeys’ Championship This year marks the fi fth running of QIPCO 08 How the Stobart Champion Flat title race has unfolded British Champions Day, the fi nale to the 10 Champion Jockey elect British and European fl at racing season and the richest raceday in the UK. Since its 14 The Principal contenders for the 2015 Stobart Flat Jockeys’ Championship inauguration in 2011 the day has established itself as one of the World’s most pre-eminent 16 Rising Stars Champion Apprentice Contenders racedays and has further cemented its 18 The race to be crowned Champion Owner position as the most valuable in the UK, with £4.1 million in prize money on offer this 20 QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup (Group 2) October. 23 QIPCO British Champions (Group 1) The day’s prestige is refl ected in the quality Likewise, we are also grateful to Stobart Group 26 QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Stakes (Group 1) of the entries which included the winners of as sponsors of the Flat Jockeys’ Championship. 29 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes sponsored by QIPCO (Group 1) no fewer than 64 Group 1 races, including 15 Champions Day has always been an occasion European Classics. The calibre of this year’s card to enjoy the best of our sport and, as well as 34 QIPCO (Group 1) is unrivalled in British racing and, with the newly celebrating some of the leading horses in training, 38 Balmoral Handicap (sponsored by QIPCO) upgraded QIPCO British Champions Sprint, now this year will see the Stobart Champion Flat Jockey 40 QIPCO 2015 Performance Tables includes four Group 1s, a Group 2 and the richest crowned on the day, together with the Champion mile handicap in Europe. Apprentice and the Champion Owner. 42 Leading Jockeys and Trainers at QIPCO British Champions Day Hosting top races, allied to signifi cant prize money Following on from the success of last year, we 44 Overseas Competitors increases has been instrumental in consistently will also be renewing and extending our offer 45 Top Races in the World 2013 & 2014 attracting some of the World’s best horses, trainers to students, allowing them to attend one of the 46 Racing Champions Students With Free Raceday and jockeys and, in doing so, has maintained the World’s best racedays for free. And, following on status of World-class racing in Britain. from a thrilling day’s racing, we will be showing 47 On the Day Activity the Rugby World Cup on the big screens as well as Of course, this is where having such a 48 Dubai Future Champions Festival hosting an after-party at which Brit-award winning sponsor in QIPCO is so crucial and we are grateful Paloma Faith will DJ. 49 Structure of the QIPCO British Champions Series for their sponsorship which has seen prize money values on the day increase by 37% 50 Background to QIPCO British Champions Series and QIPCO All in all, we are looking forward to another British Champions Day from the initial £3 million offered in 2011. Across memorable QIPCO British Champions Day and the whole Series prize money has increased by 51 Title and Media Partners hope to welcome you all then. 50% since its inception with £17.4 million offered 52 Ticket and Travel Information in 2015. And such support will continue with news

53 Contact List and Media Accreditation of QIPCO’s landmark, multi-million pound deal for British racing announced earlier this year, which Rod Street secures their investment in the sport for a further Chief Executive British Champions Series 10 years. 04 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 05

QIPCO British Champions Race Day Programme Gates Open at 10:30am to allow sports fans to be able to enjoy Day Facts and Figures both the racing and rugby on the day.

• 2015 marks the fi fth staging of QIPCO British • The Balmoral Handicap sponsored by QIPCO 10.30am – 12.00 noon: Behind the scenes tours of Ascot, taking in the pre-Parade Ring, Champions Day, the climax to the British and completes the race-day programme, with Her the Parade Ring, and heading out on to the course. Departing from European fl at racing season. Majesty The Queen graciously consenting to the the Old Paddock Lawns at regular intervals. naming of the race after her Scottish residence. • The collective purse for the six races is now a 10.30am – 3.00pm: The interactive horseracing zone with Meet a Racehorse and Jockey The richest mile handicap in Europe, competitors staggering £4.1 million, a 37% increase in value School, in partnership with the Pony Club. become eligible to run by fi nishing in the fi rst six from the inaugural meeting in 2011 and making 11.55am: Jockey Autograph signing session, with , Richard of one of the 18 qualifying races during the 2015 QIPCO British Champions Day the single richest Hughes and Silvestre de Sousa fl at season. day in the British racing calendar. 12.15pm: Crowning of the new Stobart Flat Champion Jockey, in the Parade • The £1.3 million QIPCO Champion Stakes • QIPCO British Champions Day is the only Ring, presentation by Lester Piggott and remains Europe’s richest mile and a quarter race. raceday in Great Britian to include four Group 1 12.45pm – First Race: The QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup races, following the upgrade to the QIPCO British • As well as celebrating our equine stars, QIPCO 1.20pm – Second Race: The QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes Champions Sprint Stakes whose prize money British Champions Day will also be the stage on has increased by 71% from £350,000 last year which the 2015 Stobart Flat Jockey Champion is 1.55pm – Third Race: The QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes to £600,000 this year. The remaining pattern crowned, together with the Champion Apprentice 2.10pm: Presentation to the Champion Apprentice Jockey of 2015 race on the card is the Group 2 QIPCO British and the Champion Flat Owner. in the Parade Ring Champions Long Distance Cup. 2.30pm – Fourth Race: The Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (sponsored by QIPCO)

3.05pm – Fifth Race: The QIPCO Champion Stakes

3.15pm: Win a Mini - Competition draw (entrants must be round the Parade Ring to win)

3.45pm – Sixth Race: The Balmoral Handicap (sponsored by QIPCO)

4.00pm: The QIPCO British Champions Day After-Party begins (located in the West End of the Grandstand, featuring DJ set from Paloma Faith)

4.00pm: Rugby World Cup Quarter Final Kick Off – shown on dedicated big screens on the Grandstand Lawns

7.30pm: The After-Party ends, and all bars will close

All timings subject to change. 06 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 07

Get involved on QIPCO British Champions Day #ChampionsDay! Where Champions are crowned

The profi le of QIPCO British Champions Day The use of such devices, together with a raft of As well as celebrating some of the best horses in the World at QIPCO British Champions Day, we will be has risen enormously in the fi ve years since its on-the-day activity, resulted in our crowning the Champion Flat Jockey for the fi rst time. Generously sponsored by Stobart Group, the battle inception, as has the world of digital media. And to #ChampionsDay hashtag trending, with over to be crowned Champion in 2015 has been contested over a shortened Championship season that has keep the nation’s richest raceday at the forefront 11,000 mentions on the Saturday afternoon. run from 2nd May, QIPCO 2000 Guineas Day and will come to its conclusion on QIPCO British Champions of sporting audiences we have endeavoured to Day. This year we want to make QIPCO British keep up to date with the latest trends in the social Champions Day bigger and better than ever. To For the fi rst time there will be £105,000 of prize money for the Jockeys’ Championship funded by Great media sphere. get involved and join the conversation all you have British Racing and British Champions Series. This will see the Champion Jockey fi nancially rewarded for Twelve months ago we utilised a variety of to do is tweet or post on Facebook or Instagram their efforts with a prize of £25,000, bringing racing into line with other sports that remunerate their engaging and content to generate buzz using our #ChampionsDay hashtag. The best champions. However, there are fi nancial rewards and recognition for jockeys from across the Weighing around the fi nale to the fl at racing season and tweets and posts will fi nd their way onto our live Room. strengthened this conversation via tools such as Tweet Wall on the britishchampionsseries.com an on-course Twitter Mirror and a Tweet Wall for homepage throughout the week and the dedicated Jockeys’ Prize Money will be distributed as follows: the fi rst time ever at a global horseracing event. big screens at Ascot on the day. Champion Jockey: £25,000

Runner-up: £10,000

Champion Apprentice: £5,000

Leading Jockey (most wins throughout the full calendar year): £15,000

All-weather Champion: £10,000

PJA Welfare Scheme for all members: £25,000

Throughout the Championship a Jockey of the Month Award, in association with 4, has been made by a panel of leading industry journalists and for which all members of the Weighing Room are eligible. Each month the winner receives £2,000, as well as £500 for a charity of their choice.

Jockey of the Month winners May 2015 (other shortlisted riders: ; Paul Mulrennan)

June 2015 (other shortlisted riders: Sammy Jo Bell, Ryan Moore)

July 2015 Silvestre De Sousa (other shortlisted riders: , Phillip Makin)

August 2015 Paul Mulrennan (other shortlisted riders: Sammy Jo Bell, Frankie Dettori, Silvestre De Sousa) britishchampionsseries @ChampionsSeries championsseries

Ryan Moore Frankie Dettori Silvestre De Sousa Paul Mulrennan 08 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 09

How the Stobart Champion Flat Jockey title race has unfolded

The following tables outline how the battle to be crowned Stobart Champion Flat jockey has unfolded since its start on 2nd May.

1st June 2015 1st August 2015

RANKING JOCKEY WINS RIDES STRIKE RATE RANKING JOCKEY WINS RIDES STRIKE RATE 1 Ryan Moore 25 110 23% 1 Silvestre De Sousa 73 345 21% 2 24 104 23% 2 William Buick 55 278 20% 3 Pat Cosgrave 18 82 22% 3 Richard Hughes 55 342 16% 4 Paul Hanagan 18 113 16% 4 James Doyle 54 284 19% 5 Richard Hughes 18 114 16% 5 Ryan Moore 51 240 21% 6 P. J. McDonald 17 94 18% 6 Paul Hanagan 51 309 17% 7 Paul Mulrennan 17 100 17% 7 Graham Lee 46 406 11% 8 Silvestre De Sousa 16 79 20% 8 Phillip Makin 44 262 17%

9 James Doyle 16 93 17% 9 Luke Morris 43 368 12%

10 16 102 16% 10 41 192 21%

1st July 2015 1st September 2015

RANKING JOCKEY WINS RIDES STRIKE RATE RANKING JOCKEY WINS RIDES STRIKE RATE 1 Ryan Moore 49 216 23% 1 Silvestre De Sousa 101 496 20% 2 Silvestre De Sousa 40 205 20% 2 William Buick 72 353 20% 3 Richard Hughes 38 240 16% 3 Paul Hanagan 72 400 18% 4 William Buick 36 178 20% 4 Luke Morris 68 525 13% 5 Paul Hanagan 35 213 16% 5 James Doyle 67 377 18% 6 James Doyle 30 177 17% 6 George Baker 60 275 22% 7 30 194 15% 7 Phillip Makin 60 349 17% 8 Adam Kirby 30 204 15% 8 Jim Crowley 59 421 14% 9 Phillip Makin 29 164 18% 9 Graham Lee 57 526 11% 10 P. J. McDonald 29 201 14% 10 55 338 16% 10 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 11

Silvestre de Sousa Champion Jockey elect

applicants) to the city’s academy for apprentice De Sousa’s industry, strength and quiet jockeys. self-confi dence had by now been spotted by and he joined them in early 2012. Good Nothing happened quickly though and he had to wait times there included victory in the months for a fi rst ride even when joining a big yard, and on this day here at Ascot when took the and although he eventually ended up as champion QIPCO Champion Stakes. But those good times came apprentice at Sao Paulo’s racecourse, Hipodromo de to an end a little more than two years later. However Cidade Jardim, he broke his arm and the resulting six rather than sulking, de Sousa has responded in months on the sidelines saw him fall back down the typical fashion, with hard work, a smile for everyone, pecking order. and a bucket-load of winners. The need for patience a story that was repeated when a few years later, by now aged 23, he left 2015 has seen him in blistering form, reaching a Brazil for Europe and himself at ’s century of winners by late August. But he has also stable in , as one of fi ve jockeys from the enjoyed big race success, most notably with Arabian country to take advantage of a scheme designed to Queen in the International at York where get wider experience of riding. the fi lly battled gamely to defeat the Derby winner, , at odds of 50-1. Despite having got to grips with a change in climate and the departure de Sousa was still waiting for his fi rst ride. On the verge of returning home, he met David Nicholls at The Curragh and soon began work at his Yorkshire yard.

His fi rst winner outside of Brazil arrived on New Year’s Day at Southwell in 2006 on a horse called Sonic Anthem, who took a lowly maiden by 16 lengths. Nicholls’ response to that winning margin is unrecorded, but it didn’t stop him from identifying Liked and respected by his colleagues, sought after are going,” De Sousa told in early the of the jockey, whose 3lb apprentices’ by owners and trainers and undeniably popular with August. “That’s why I hope it just keeps going. It’s allowance was a bit of a gift. punters, Silvestre de Sousa looks set to win his fi rst not over yet, so I just want to keep my head down. ever Stobart Champion Flat Jockey title at QIPCO There’s still a long way to go. I’ll give it my best shot Back in third place in Sonic Anthem’s race was British Champions Day. and see how far I’m going. I’m not going to bang my another jockey to come from Ireland to work head on the wall and say, ‘I have to do it.’ I just let for Nicholls, Victoria Behan. The pair were soon The Brazilian-born 34-year-old has been things happen.” inseparable and when she fell pregnant with their understandably reluctant to address the prospect of son, Ryan at the end of that year, she quit. Three becoming the fi rst winner of the newly-shortened One of 10 children born on a remote island to the years later, they were married. championship and the £25,000 prize the competition north of Brazil, De Sousa rode horses on his father’s now carries. farm, but felt no great calling to a jockey’s life – Back on the track De Sousa spent the next couple indeed, at 13 he headed for the bright lights of of years honing his style and building his contacts Even when Ryan Moore’s bid for a fourth Sao Paulo to work in a factory owned by one of his outside of the yard, and early in 2009 he parted championship was derailed by freak injury in July and brothers, and it was only a chance visit to the races ways with Nicholls to become a freelance. Some big just six days later, de Sousa assumed the lead in the – helped by an introduction to legendary Brazillian handicap successes helped to further get him noticed title race which he has maintained ever since, he still rider Fausto Duro, who ate at a restaurant where a and his popularity grew further to the extent that batted away all such talk with a ‘we’ll see’ approach. neighbour worked. That saw a change of direction he was able to push Paul Hanagan all the way in the “To be honest, I am quite surprised the way things and his acceptance (as one of 15 from over 300 jockeys’ championship in 2011. 12 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 13

Where De Sousa’s wins have come from since 2nd May* Most successful Trainer partnerships*

COURSE WINS TOTAL RUNS STRIKE- RATE TRAINER WINNERS Ascot 2 20 10.00% Mark Johnston 35 Ayr 0 10 0.00% 12 Bath 1 16 6.25% Brian Ellison 9 Beverley 4 27 14.81% Chris Dwyer 7 4 23 17.39% David Elsworth 5 Catterick Bridge 3 11 27.27% Ivan Furtado 5

Chelmsford City 10 46 21.74% * correct as of 28th September Chester 0 2 0.00% Doncaster 6 36 16.67% Downs 6 20 30.00% Goodwood 4 27 14.81% Hamilton Park 3 10 30.00% Haydock Park 3 18 16.67% Kempton Park 2 12 16.67% Leicester 11 33 33.33% Lingfi eld Park 4 24 16.67% Musselburgh 0 4 0.00% NEWBURY 4 29 13.79% Newcastle 6 22 27.27% Newmarket 2 23 8.70% Nottingham 5 27 18.52% Pontefract 4 21 19.05% Redcar 4 14 28.57% Ripon 5 10 50.00% Salisbury 4 16 25.00% Sandown Park 1 3 33.33% Southwell 2 11 18.18% Thirsk 2 15 13.33% Windsor 0 11 0.00% Wolverhampton 9 39 23.08% Yarmouth 0 8 0.00% York 7 55 12.73%

GRAND TOTAL 118 643 18.35% 14 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 15

The Principal contenders for the 2015 Stobart Flat Jockeys’ Championship

William Buick Paul Hanagan George Baker Frankie Dettori James Doyle Luke Morris Born in Norway, Buick has always Hanagan is already a two-time Having the best season of his The 2015 fl at season has witnessed In the past couple of seasons Widely known as one of Britain’s had it in his blood to be Champion Champion Jockey. His status as career, George Baker has amassed the resurgence of racing legend James Doyle has developed into busiest jockeys, he regularly clocks Jockey, being the son of eight- Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum’s over 70 winners this campaign - Frankie Dettori’s riding career with one of the leading jockeys in the up more than 60,000 miles a year time Scandinavian Champion retained jockey means he has helping him to rise into the top the Italian winning his second World. Doyle rode his fi rst Group 1 travelling to hundreds of races the Jockey, Walter. A move to Andrew already enjoyed numerous top ten of the Stobart Flat Jockeys’ this June aboard winner in Dubai aboard length and breadth of the country. Balding’s Stables aged class victories so far this season Championship. The 33-year-old Golden Horn, eight years after for trainer Roger Charlton and Luke thinks nothing of driving 15 saw William become joint including the Group 1 Darley July has a number of big race successes his initial triumph in the race with owner Khalid Abdullah. He was 250 miles for one race – and his Champion Apprentice in 2008 Cup with Charlie Hills’ to his name including the Betfred before following up subsequently appointed as stable monthly fuel bill alone tops £1,100. with David Probert. Buick’s riding with whom he also partnered with Pearl Secret that success in the Coral-Eclipse. jockey to Charlton with whom he He is already one of most active career has gone from strength to another Group 1 success in for Qatar Racing and at Royal Dettori, who has been Champion enjoyed great success, mainly jockeys this season, having had to strength having enjoyed great the Prix de Gheest at Ascot whilst riding Interception Jockey in Great Britiain on three teaming up with the highly talented over 500 rides in the Stobart Flat success as stable jockey for John Deauville. A graduate of the British to success in the Wokingham occasions, is retained jockey to who gave him 2013 Jockeys’ Championship, it is very Gosden before being appointed Racing School, Hanagan initially Handicap. Baker has seemingly Al Shaqab Racing but has also Series success in the Prince of rare for Morris to go racing and not as co-retained rider for Godolphin worked for National Hunt trainer saved his best for QIPCO British received great support from his Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot have a full book of rides. alongside his great friend James Malcolm Jefferson before joining Champions Day in the past. He old partner and ally, Golden Horn’s and the Coral-Eclipse. He was His association with Sir Mark Doyle. Since donning the royal in Malton. 2004 won his fi rst Group 1 contest on trainer . The trio subsequently appointed as Khalid Prescott has once reaped blue silks, Buick has won the saw Hanagan achieve his maiden Champions Day in 2013, when of Dettori, Al Shaqab and John Abdullah’s retained jockey enjoying great rewards with the duo having 2015 Dubai World Cup with Prince century of seasonal winners and cruised to victory Gosden recently teamed up to Group 1 successes on an exceptional strike rate for wins Bishop at Meydan and has since in 2010, after fourteen years with in the QIPCO British Champions win the Group 1 at and on whom he to rides. By the end of the season ridden some top class winners for Fahey, Hanagan became only the Fillies & Mares Stakes for trainer Deauville with the hugely exciting recorded an emotional victory for Morris is fully expected to be the Godolphin team including the third northern-based Champion . Despite a spirited , but high profi le Series wins Lady Cecil in last year’s QIPCO challenging for the new £15,000 aboard and Jockey in a century, after Elijah effort, he also came agonisingly this year also include Undrafted Champion Stakes, edging out his prize offered to the jockey with the partnering a possible future star Wheatley in 1905 and Kevin Darley close to winning the feature race - in the Stakes at old friend Al Kazeem. In 2015 he most winners in the calendar year. of the QIPCO British Champions in 2000. the QIPCO Champion Stakes - on Royal Ascot and, more recently, took up the role as co-retained Series, Buratino, to success at board Al Kazeem last year. The Max Dynamite in the Weatherbys jockey for Godolphin alongside Royal Ascot. fans’ favourite narrowly missed out Hamilton at York’s William Buick. He has enjoyed a on the prestigious prize to ’s Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival brilliant season riding several high brother, the Lady Cecil-trained where he also collected the leading profi le winners in the Godolphin Noble Mission. jockey honours. colours including ’s victory in the Group 1 Al Shaqab at Newbury.

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Rising Stars Champion Apprentice Contenders

If ends up being crowned as this Richard Hannon’s yard, has repaid the faith of his to his Yorkshire roots.One jockey who will not be William, was head lad to northern trainer Tim year’s Stobart Champion Apprentice Jockey, then it’s employer and could complete a fairytale season by contesting the Apprentice title next year will be Cam Easterby for years. Like many of his contemporaries, fair to say that he will look back at August as being being crowned Champion Apprentice. Hardie, who rode out his claim on Rum Swizzle at he cut his teeth on the pony racing circuit before the month that won him the title and the Lingfi eld at the back end of August. This victory was riding under rules and furthered his experience last £5,000 on offer from the sponsors. However, he looks certain to be pushed all the way the 95th of his career which means he can no longer when riding in Dubai.One rising star who to the line by Garrity, who has had the backing of claim an allowance and will have to ride against the has attracted plenty of column inches this season The 17-year-old started the month in second place powerful Malton trainer Richard Fahey all season top jockeys on level terms in the future. has been Sammy Jo Bell, thanks in no small part behind another of his rivals, Jack Garritty, but and has made a name for himself on the northern to her star performance in this year’s Dubai Duty a fruitful few weeks saw Marquand notch up 13 circuit. Along with his Stobart Champion Apprentice Jockey Free Cup. Bell rode two winners that day winners to edge ahead in the title race and assume rival Marquand, Hardie regularly rides for Hannon which was enough to land a fi rst victory for The an advantage which, by late September, he had yet Garrity, the son of former top National Hunt jockey and will be hoping that the void left by the recently- Girls’ team and also land Bell the prestigious Silver to relinquish. Russ, landed his biggest winner to date at Ascot in retired champion jockey Richard Hughes at the yard Saddle which is awarded to the jockey who ends the July when he partnered Heaven’s Guest to success will offer a timely opening following the loss of his meeting with the most points. A graduate of the British Racing School, it is less in the seven furlong Gigaset claim. than a year since Marquand even rode his fi rst and looks certain to develop into one of the best What makes Bell’s story even more remarkable is winner but the prodigious talent has hit the ground jockeys in the North in years to come. Hardie was second in last year’s race for the that she was only a late call-up for the running in his debut campaign, landing the All Apprentice title, just behind , and following an injury to Cathy Gannon but the softly- Weather Hands and Heels Championship in March The 19-year-old is another product of the British the 19-year-old rode regularly for several of spoken girl from County Antrim rose to the occasion and the £1,000 top prize to boot. Racing School and spent time at ’s Newmarket’s top trainers last season, including in no uncertain terms and is now seen as one of the yard in Kingsclere before heading back up north Charlie Appleby and . country’s leading female riders. The winners have come thick and fast since and to ride for Fahey. He has not looked back following Marquand, who is attached to Champion Trainer a fi ne treble at Doncaster in October last year Hardie was bitten by the racing bug at an early age and has fl ourished even further since returning but this should come as no surprise as his father,

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The race to be crowned Champion Owner

This year, in keeping with the changes to the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury and the Irish-trained also tasted Group 1 glory in the Prix Maurice de success before going on to win his second Group 1 Flat Jockeys’ Championship, the Champion Flat in the Darley . Other notable Gheest at Deauville and looks set to line up in the in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown where he once again Owner will also be crowned on QIPCO British successes for Godolphin include possible future Series QIPCO British Champions Sprint on Champions Day. showed his blistering turn of foot. Champions Day as part of the season ending star, Buratino who was a hugely impressive winner Other notable winners this season include Adaay who , Derrick Smith and have fi nale. However, unlike the Jockeys’ title which of the Group 2 on the opening day has won twice at Group 2 level in the Sandy Lane enjoyed considerable success in Great Britain during is decided upon number of winners during of Royal Ascot, Birchwood in the Group 2 at Haydock and the at 2015 with the brilliant and . the period, the Owners’ title rests upon prize Stakes at Newmarket and who triumphed in Newbury. Gleneagles was an emphatic winner of the QIPCO money won between 2nd May and 17th October. the Group 2 at Goodwood. Owner-breeder has been 2000 Guineas for Aidan O’Brien and, just 24 hours With £4.1 million on offer on the day, the race Hamdan Al Maktoum was crowned Champion Owner prominent in the Owners’ Championship throughout later, Legatissimo completed a famous Guineas to be Champion Owner could come down to the in 2014 and is looking to win the title for the seventh the season mainly due to his wonder horse Golden double by winning the QIPCO 1000 Guineas for wire. time this year. He has once again enjoyed great Horn. The put up a brilliant trainer . Both horses have enjoyed Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin operation have had a success in the 2015 campaign with Muhaarar being performance to beat his stablemate Jack Hobbs in further Group 1 success with Gleneagles winning the superb season to date and are bidding to be crowned his star horse. A dual Group 1 winner in Great Britain the hugely competitive Group 2 Betfred Stakes Irish 2000 Guineas as well as the St. James’s Palace Champion Owners for the tenth time. They have winning two Series races – the newly established to shoot him to the top of the market for the Investec Stakes at Royal Ascot. Legatissimo was narrowly enjoyed success at the highest level with Series wins Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot and the Darley Derby, for which he had to be supplemented. He defeated in the Investec Oaks at Epsom but has since in the shape of Night Of Thunder in the Al Shaqab at Newmarket, the Charlie Hills superstar duly obliged giving Frankie Dettori a second Derby won the Group 1 Qatar at Goodwood. 20 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 21

12:45pm £300,000 KEY CONTENDERS QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS LONG DISTANCE CUP LONG DISTANCE CUP (GROUP 2) CLEVER COOKIE Has been the horse of a lifetime for his trainer, the former top class jump List of Entires As Of 29th September jockey, Peter Niven. Bred by his mother, Clever Cookie has spent his entire life on the family property at Barton-le-Street, North Yorkshire, 2m 3YO+ Safety Factor/Maximum Figure 20 and has provided Niven with the first big race victories of his 14-year Supplementary Entries (£18,000) close by noon on Monday 12th October 2015 training career. Clever Cookie began life as a potential steeplechaser and LD Declare 10am Thursday, 15th October 2015 his first eight starts were all in National Hunt flat races or over hurdles, with five victories including the Grade 2 Kelso Hurdle in March 2014. Since switching to the flat, he has made a rapid rise up the ranks and HORSE AGE OWNER TRAINER enjoyed his finest hour when landing the Group 3 Stakes at Agent Murphy (GB) 4 Mr W. A. Harrison-Allan Brian Meehan Chester in early May. Excellent efforts in defeat when fifth in the King Alex My Boy (IRE) 4 Mr Jaber Abdullah Andreas Wohler George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes sponsored by QIPCO and fourth in 10 career flat starts: 5 wins, 0 placings Clever Cookie (GB) 7 Francis Green Racing Ltd Peter Niven the Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup have followed, but Niven has long 1 Group 1 start: 0 placings Clondaw Warrior (IRE) 8 Act D Wagg Syndicate W. P. Mullins been of the opinion that Ascot’s stiff two miles make the QIPCO British Career earnings: £211,156 Champions Long Distance Cup the ideal race for his stable star. Deuce Again (GB) 4 Helena Ltd John Gosden Trainer: Peter Niven Digeanta (IRE) 8 Dr Peter I.M.Moran/Colland Sand & Gravel W. P. Mullins Forever Now (GB) 4 Lady Bamford Martyn Meade Forgotten Rules (IRE) 5 Moyglare Stud Farms Ltd D. K. Weld Gale Force (GB) 4 Mr T. R. G. Vestey James Fanshawe FORGOTTEN RULES Kalann (IRE) 8 Mr K. McConnell Sabrina J. Harty Is another example of the expert touch and patience possessed by Irish Khareef (IRE) 3 Mr G. Heald H. Pantall handler Dermot Weld when it comes to training top class stayers. The Litigant (GB) 7 Mr A. A. Byrne Joseph Tuite horse has been taken to the racecourse on just a handful of occasions Mizzou (IRE) 4 Mr Jon S. Kelly Luca Cumani yet is now coming to the end of his five-year-old season. His debut did not come until April 2014 but proved worth waiting for, as he took apart Oriental Fox (GER) 7 Mr Markus Graff Mark Johnston a massive field to cruise home in a bumper at Ireland’s most prestigious Pallasator (GB) 6 Qatar Racing Limited Sir Bt jumps meeting, the Punchestown Festival. Six months and just two Romsdal (GB) 4 Godolphin John Gosden starts later and he was triumphant in the QIPCO British Champions Long (GB) 7 Mr Lloyd J. Williams John M. Oxx Distance Cup in 2014, emulating the of two Sheikhzayedroad (GB) 6 Mr Mohammed Jaber David Simcock years earlier. This season began with a Group 3 success at Navan before Simenon (IRE) 8 Wicklow Bloodstock (Ireland) Ltd W. P. Mullins he ran a game race in defeat on unsuitably fast ground when third in the (IRE) 3 QRL/Sheikh Suhaim Al Thani/M Al Kubaisi Ralph 6 career flat starts: 3 wins, 1 third Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. A third start inside six weeks in the At The Races Suegioo (FR) 6 Dr Marwan Koukash Marco Botti 2 Group 1 starts: 1 third brought his first really disappointing run in fourth but he has Whiplash Willie (GB) 7 J C & S R Hitchins Andrew Balding Career earnings: £278,522 since had the benefit of a long summer break, before finishing fifth in the Wicklow Brave (GB) 6 Wicklow Bloodstock (Ireland) Ltd W. P. Mullins Trainer: Dermot Weld Irish St Leger. Windsor Park (IRE) 6 Dr R. Lambe D. K. Weld

Other acceptors to note. Dermot Weld has enjoyed unrivalled success at QIPCO British Champions Day and, alongside Forgotten Rules, he possesses a fine second string in the shape ofWindsor Park, winner of seven of his last nine starts under both codes including a Grade 1 hurdle at the .

The mercurial Pallasator finally delivered on his promised talent when landing the Group 2 duringthe St Leger Festival. Despite displaying his usual antics when going to the start, he made up for some disappointing runs earlier in the season when running out an impressive winner under a confident ride for .Litigant defied a race track absence of 491 days when clinching the in August. Joseph Tuite’s charge travelled sweetly throughout the race to give the yard it’s biggest ever win.

Amongst the three entered by master Irish jumps trainer Willie Mullins is Clondaw Warrior who swooped to win the during the Royal Meeting whilst German hopes rest with Prix de Kergolay winner, Alex My Boy. 22 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 23

Results in the 2015 Long Distance division 1:20pm £600,000 1. The Betway Yorkshire Cup (1m 6f, 4YO+), York, May 15th – Snow Sky LD 2. The Gold Cup (2m 4f, 4YO+), Ascot, June 18th – Trip to Paris QIPCO BRITISH Champions 3. The Qatar (2m, 3YO+), Goodwood, July 30th –

4. The Weatherbys Hamilton Insurance Longsdale Cup (2m, 3YO+), York, Sprint Stakes (Group 1) August 21st – Max Dynamite List of Entires As Of 29th September 5. The Doncaster Cup (2m 2f, 3YO+), Doncaster, September 11th – Pallasator 6f 3YO+ Safety Factor/Maximum Figure 20 6. The Ladbrokes (1m 6f, 3YO), Doncaster, September 12th – Simple Verse Confirmation by noon Monday 12th October 2015 SP Supplementary Entries (£40,000) close by noon on Monday 12th October 2015 7. QIPCO British Champions Series Long Distance Cup, (2m, 3YO+), Ascot, October 17th Declare 10am Thursday, 15th October 2015

HORSE AGE OWNER TRAINER Long Distance Performance Tables Adaay (IRE) 3 Mr Hamdan Al Maktoum Rank Horse Race Performance Aeolus (GB) 4 Mr Andrew Buxton Ed Walker 1 Max Dynamite Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup 117 Anthem Alexander (IRE) 3 Mr Noel O’Callaghan Edward Lynam Code Red (GB) 3 Mrs Michelle Morgan William Muir 1= Bondi Beach Ladbrokes St. Leger 117 Coulsty (IRE) 4 Lord Vestey Richard Hannon 3 Yorkshire Cup 116 Danzeno (GB) 4 Mr A. M. Wragg Michael Appleby 4 Storm The Stars Ladbrokes St. Leger 114 Eastern Impact (IRE) 4 Exors of the late Mr D. W. Barker Richard Fahey 4= Fields Of Athenry Ladbrokes St. Leger 114 Emperor Max (AUS) 6 Mr Gordon Yau S. Gray 4= Simple Verse Ladbrokes St. Leger 114 Fort Del Oro (IRE) 3 Ballylinch Stud Edward Lynam

7 Snow Sky Yorkshire Cup 113 Gathering (IRE) 5 Mrs S. Power Edward Lynam Gordon Lord Byron (IRE) 7 Dr Cyrus Poonawalla/Morgan J Cahalan T. Hogan 7= Trip To Paris Gold Cup 113 Great Minds (IRE) 5 Mr Terry Corden T. Stack Heaven’s Guest (IRE) 5 Mr J. K. Shannon & Mr M. A. Scaife Richard Fahey Interception (IRE) 5 Mr B. E. Nielsen David Lanigan Past winners of the QIPCO British Champions Intransigent (GB) 6 Kingsclere Racing Club Andrew Balding Long Distance Cup (Group 2) Jack Dexter (GB) 6 F J Connor & J S Goldie Jim Goldie Lancelot du Lac (ITY) 5 Michael & Heather Yarrow Dean Ivory Year Rating Horse Jockey Trainer Lightning Moon (IRE) 4 Godolphin Ed Walker 2011 121 Aidan O’Brien Maarek (GB) 8 Lisbunny Syndicate Miss Evanna McCutcheon 2012 113 Rite of Passage Dermot Weld Mattmu (GB) 3 Mr James Bowers Tim Easterby Muhaarar (GB) 3 Mr Hamdan Al Maktoum Charles Hills 2013 114 Royal Diamond Johnny Murtagh Naadirr (IRE) 4 Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum Marco Botti

2014 111 Forgotten Rules Pat Smullen Dermot Weld Strath Burn (GB) 3 Qatar Racing Limited & R A Bartlett Charles Hills (GB) 3 Mr Godfrey Wilson & 24 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 25

Other acceptors to note. KEY CONTENDERS Two former winners and old favourites could again cross the Irish Sea to take their places in the line-up. Gordon Lord Byron (Tom Hogan) is set to defend the trophy he won last year while and the 2012 winner (and last year’s QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SPRINT STAKES fourth), Maarek (Evanna McCutcheon), could make his fourth straight appearance.

The three-year-old generation looks particularly strong this term as, alongside Muhaarar, other potential leading MUHAARAR players include the Commonwealth Cup second and third, (Henry Candy) and Anthem Alexander (Edward Is well on the way to becoming only the second three-year-old to be Lynam); the Hungerford Stakes winner, Adaay (William Haggas); and the Coolmore third, Mattmu crowned European Champion Sprinter in the last 11 years. The Classic (Tim Easterby). generation was perceived to be at a disadvantage in the sprint division, hence the creation of a new programme of races for three-year-olds, including the inaugural Group 1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot. Results in the 2015 Sprint Division Muhaarar, that race’s initial winner, soon proved himself more than 1. The King’s Stand Stakes (5f, 3YO+), Royal Ascot, June 16th – Goldream capable of beating older sprinters landing both the Darley July Cup and the in the space of four summer weeks. Muhaarar 2. The Commonwealth Cup (6f, 3YO), Royal Ascot, June 19th – Muhaarar was a high class, but not top class, two-year-old, winning the Gimcrack SP 3. The (6f, 3YO+) Royal Ascot, June 20th – Undrafted Stakes and gaining a Group 1 placing in the Middle . He was 4. The Darley July Cup (6f, 3YO+) July Course Newmarket, July 11th – Muhaarar 10 career starts: 6 wins, 3 thirds given the traditional early-season campaign for a colt whose ability to 5 Group 1 starts: 3 wins, 1 third stay a mile was questionable, beginning with a narrow victory in the 5. The Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes (5f, 2YO+), York, August 21th – Mecca’s Angel Career earnings: £853,708 seven furlong and then trying Longchamp’s easy 6. The Betfred Sprint Cup (6f, 3YO+) Haydock Park, September 9th – Twilight Son Trainer: Charlie Hills mile in the French 2000 Guineas, in which he could fi nish only eighth. 7. QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes (6f, 3YO+) Ascot, October 17th His reputation as a potential Champion Sprinter has been built on his fantastic display in the Commonwealth Cup, over the same course and distance as the QIPCO British Champions Sprint, back in June. He destroyed a very high quality fi eld of 18 runners by almost four lengths that day to begin a Group 1 winning streak that may be about to be Sprint Performance Table increased to four. RANK HORSE RACE PERFORMANCE

1 Muhaarar Darley July Cup 121

2 Mecca’s Angel Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes 120

3 Undrafted Diamond Jubilee Stakes 119 TWILIGHT SON 4 Brazen Beau Diamond Jubilee Stakes 118 Unbeaten in his career so far, the three-year-old colt has rapidly risen 5 Twilight Son Betfred Sprint Cup 117 through the ranks since making his debut at Salisbury in August last 6 Tropics Darley July Cup 116 year. Although only raced once in Group 1 company, Twilight Son has 7 Goldream King’s Stand Stakes 113 been held in the highest regard by Candy at his stable in Oxfordshire 8 Darley July Cup 112 – where previous champions of the Champion Stakes, the Eclipse and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes have been based. Twilight Son’s start to the 2015 season saw him win a valuable handicap sprint at Newmarket, beating the subsequent Betfred Sprint Cup third Memory, convincingly. A victorious outing next time out at York in June Past winners of the QIPCO British confi rmed connections’ thoughts that he was ready for the top. Failed Champions Sprint Stakes (Group 1) 5 career starts: 5 wins attempts to place him abroad meant that his next race would be at Group YEAR RATING HORSE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 Group 1 start: 1 win 1 level in the Betfred Sprint Cup at Haydock Park. At odds of 10/1, the 2011 120 Deacon Blues Johnny Murtagh James Fanshawe Career earnings: £245, 674 son of , who Candy also trained, demonstrated an impressive turn

Trainer: Henry Candy of foot to repel top-class rivals at the Merseyside course, in the process 2012 114 Maarek Jamie Spencer David Peter Nagle becoming the seventh three-year-old winner of the contest in the last 25 years. Yet to taste defeat, Twilight Son now heads to QIPCO British 2013 115 Edward Lynam

Champions Day to confi rm his promise as a superstar sprinter in the 2014 118 Gordon Lord Byron Wayne Lordan Tom Hogan making. 26 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 27

1:55pm £550,000 KEY CONTENDERS QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS FILLIES & MARES STAKES FILLIES & MARES STAKES (GROUP 1) Produced the second 50-1 shock of the 2015 QIPCO British Champions List of Entires As Of 29th September Series (following ’s Investec Oaks triumph) when lowering the 1m 4f 3YO+ fi llies and mares Safety Factor/Maximum Figure 19 colours of Golden Horn for the fi rst time in the Juddmonte International. Confi rmation by noon Monday 12th October 2015 However, both her earlier race record and the way the Juddmonte was FM Supplementary Entries (£35,000) close by noon on Monday 12th October 2015 won suggest that her victory was no fl uke. Even as a two-year-old Declare 10am Thursday, 15th October 2015 Arabian Queen was always extremely talented – she won the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes on just her fourth start – but her campaign was dogged by persistent sinus problems. Her delayed initial 2015 outing was HORSE AGE OWNER TRAINER Arabian Queen (IRE) 3 Mr J. C. Smith David Elsworth a commanding four-length win in the on Investec Oaks Ballybacka Queen (IRE) 4 Mrs P. Corcoran P. A. Fahy day and she then was not beaten far in two Group 1 contests over a mile, the and the QIPCO . But her dam, the Beautiful Romance (GB) 3 Godolphin 12 career starts: 4 wins, 1 third one-eyed Barshiba, had enjoyed her fi nest victory in the Bocca Baciata (IRE) 3 Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd Mrs J. Harrington 6 Group 1 starts: 1 win, 1 third (G.2) over a mile and a half, so it was no surprise that Arabian Queen Candarliya (FR) 3 H.H. Aga Khan A. de Royer Dupre Career earnings: £687,477 improved for a longer trip, when third in the Qatar Nassau Stakes (G.1) Covert (IRE) 3 FOMO Syndicate Hugo Palmer Trainer: David Elsworth and then when winning the Juddmonte. And the way that she battled Deuce Again (GB) 4 Helena Springfi eld Ltd John Gosden back past Golden Horn in the closing stages after being headed intimated (IRE) 3 Mrs R Henry/Mrs J Magnier Aidan O’Brien a further step up in distance could well be within her compass. Dolniya (FR) 4 H.H. Aga Khan A. de Royer Dupre Easter (IRE) 3 Mrs John Magnier,Mr M.Tabor & Mr D.Smith Aidan O’Brien Fate (FR) 6 Limited A. de Royer Dupre Fluff (IRE) 3 Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. Tabor Aidan O’Brien Found (IRE) 3 Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier Aidan O’Brien SIMPLE VERSE Frine (IRE) 5 Duke of Alburquerque C. Laffon-Parias The toughness Simple Verse showed in the last Classic of the season, Gretchen (GB) 3 Normandie Stud Ltd John Gosden the Ladbrokes St Leger, should not have come as a surprise, given her Hot Sauce (IRE) 3 Mrs Olivia Hoare John Joseph Murphy exploits earlier in the season. Unraced as a two year old, she broke Lady Tiana (GB) 4 The FOPS Lucy Wadham her maiden at the third attempt at Lingfi eld and has raced four times Lovelyn (GER) 3 Gestut Ittlingen P. Schiergen since fi nishing second and claiming three wins on the bounce. The most dramatic of these was, of course, the Leger, for which she was (GB) 4 Miss K. Rausing David Simcock supplemented having proved her stamina at the Qatar Goodwood Festival Malefi cent Queen (GB) 3 Weldspec Glasgow Limited Keith Dalgleish in Group 3 company and over similar trip. At Doncaster, having been Miss Marjurie (IRE) 5 Mr Chris van Hoorn Denis Coakley embroiled in interference with Bondi Beach from 2 furlongs out, she dug Pollyana (IRE) 6 Mrs Emma Kennedy J. E. Hammond deep to cross the line a head in front. The resulting Stewards’ Enquiry Queen of Ice (GB) 4 Cheveley Park Stud William Haggas saw her demoted to second but she was reinstated as the winner on Sea Calisi (FR) 3 Martin S. Schwartz Racing Francois Doumen 7 career starts: 4 wins 1 second appeal. In doing so she became the fi rst fi lly to win the St Leger since Simple Verse (IRE) 3 QRL/Sheikh Suhaim Al Thani/M Al Kubaisi Ralph Beckett 1 Group 1 start: 1 win in 1992 and the fi rst horse to win an English Classic, be (GB) 3 Helena Springfi eld Ltd James Fanshawe Career earnings: £470,374 disqualifi ed from fi rst and then awarded the race again. (IRE) 4 Mrs Magnier/Tabor/Smith/Flaxman Stables Aidan O’Brien Trainer: Ralph Beckett Zannda (IRE) 3 H.H. Aga Khan D. K. Weld

Other acceptors to note. (Hugo Palmer), Sea Calisi (Francois Doumen) and Miss Marjurie (Denis Coakley) were all close behind Pleascach when fi lling the next four places in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks. Each one has realistic hopes of reversing that form, especially the Darley winner, Covert Love, who had to make the running at York.

Madame Chiang (David Simcock) ran creditably in the King George and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, sponsored by QIPCO, with her trainer believing she will have come on for the run ahead of a planned defence of the race she won 12 months ago. Aidan O’Brien has three Group 1 winners (Diamondsandrubies, Found and Tapestry) among his fi ve entries. is represented by dual Group 2 winner, Lovelyn. 28 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 29

Results in the 2015 Fillies & Mares division 1. QIPCO 1000 Guineas (1m, 3YO fillies), Rowley Mile Newmarket, 2:30pm £1,000,000 May 3rd – Legatissimo FM 2. The Investec Oaks (1m 4f, 3YO fillies), Epsom Downs, June 5th –Qualify Queen Elizabeth II Stakes 3. The Coronation Stakes (1m, 3YO fillies), Ascot, June 19th –

4. The QIPCO Falmouth Stakes (1m, 3YO + fillies and mares), July Course Sponsored by QIPCO (Group 1) Newmarket, July 10th –

5. The Qatar Nassau Stakes (1m2f, 3YO+ fillies and mares), Goodwood, List of Entires As Of 29th September August 1st – Legatissimo 1m 3YO+ Safety Factor/Maximum Figure 20 6. The Darley Yorkshire Oaks – (1m4f, 3YO+), York, August 20th – Pleascach Confirmation by noon Monday 12th October 2015 MI Supplementary Entries (£70,000) close by noon on Monday 12th October 2015 7. QIPCO British Champions Series Fillies & Mares Stakes (1m4f, 3YO+) Ascot, October 17th – Declare 10am Thursday, 15th October 2015

HORSE AGE OWNER TRAINER Performance Tables Arod (IRE) 4 Qatar Racing Limited Peter Chapple-Hyam Rank Horse Race Performance Ascription (IRE) 6 Mr V. I. Araci Hugo Palmer Bawina (IRE) 4 Wertheimer et Frere C. Laffon-Parias 1 Legatissimo Qatar Nassau Stakes 117 (IRE) 3 Godolphin & Prince A A Faisal 2 Amazing Maria QIPCO Falmouth Stakes 115 Bold Lass (IRE) 4 Mr B. E. Nielsen David Lanigan 3 Ervedya Coronation Stakes 114 Cable Bay (IRE) 4 Julie Martin & David R. Martin & Partner Charles Hills = Lucida QIPCO 1000 Guineas 114 Celestial Path (IRE) 3 Mr Gordon Woodall & Prof C Tisdall Sir Mark Prescott Bt

= Qualify Investec Oaks 114 (GB) 3 Saleh Al Homaizi & Imad Al Sagar Roger Varian (GB) 3 Qatar Racing Limited Andrew Balding = Pleascach Darley Yorkshire Oaks 114 (IRE) 5 Baron Edouard de Rothschild A. Fabre Gabrial (IRE) 6 Dr Marwan Koukash Richard Fahey Gleneagles (IRE) 3 Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier Aidan O’Brien Past winners of the QIPCO British Champions Here Comes When (IRE) 5 Mrs Fitri Hay Andrew Balding Fillies & Mares Stakes (Group 1) (GB) 5 Cheveley Park Stud Sir Kodi Bear (IRE) 3 Mrs Olive Shaw Clive Cox Year Rating Horse Jockey Trainer (GB) 4 Qatar Racing Limited Olly Stevens 2011 117 Johnny Murtagh William Haggas Mondialiste (IRE) 5 Geoff & Sandra Turnbull David O’Meara 2012 116 Sapphire Pat Smullen Dermot Weld Onenightidreamed (IRE) 4 New Pension Fund Syndicate T. Stack

2013 116 Seal of Approval George Baker James Fanshawe Richard Pankhurst (GB) 3 Godolphin John Gosden (GB) 5 Wertheimer et Frere F. Head 2014 113 Madame Chiang Jim Crowley David Simcock Territories (IRE) 3 Godolphin S.N.C. A. Fabre Time Test (GB) 3 Mr K. Abdullah Roger Charlton Toormore (IRE) 4 Godolphin Richard Hannon Top Notch Tonto (IRE) 5 Mr Keith Brown Brian Ellison 30 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 31

Other acceptors to note. The French broke a 21-year drought when won this race 12 months ago and Solow is just one of a KEY CONTENDERS plethora of strong candidates from across The Channel this time around. Andre Fabre trains two of them – the QIPCO 2000 Guineas runner-up and winner, Territories, plus Esoterique, who landed two Group 1 races at Queen Elizabeth II Stakes sponsored by QIPCO Deauville in August including the .

British hopes could rest with the front running Arod who hasn’t finished out of the top three all this season and put SOLOW in a career best performance when going down half a length to Europe’s top older miler, Solow, in the Qatar . Kodi Bear has been a revelation this season for trainer Clive Cox, winning three of his four starts. Despite Had a highly unconventional start to a career that has blossomed to see veering alarmingly off a true racing line at Salisbury he still beat a high class field four and a half lengths to the good him become arguably the best miler in Europe. Bred to come into his before cementing his reputation as a high class miler with an impressive Group 2 win at Goodwood. own over distances of a mile and a half and beyond, Solow was beaten in his first five starts. Even when he did manage to win a minor race at Longchamp in June 2013, he was promptly gelded and given a 10-month break before his next appearance. Two more victories followed but it was only after trainer had seen him well beaten on his pattern race debut over almost two miles that a radical drop back in trip was Results in the 2015 Mile Division tried. He is undefeated in eight races since that decision was taken and, although those wins have included the over nine furlongs and 1. QIPCO 2000 Guineas (1m, 3YO), Rowley Mile, Newmarket, May 2nd – Gleneagles 16 career starts: 11 wins, 2 seconds, the Prix d’Ispahan over slightly further, it has become apparent that he 2. The Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes (1m, 4YO+), Newbury, May 16th – Night of Thunder 1 third possesses the speed to win in top company over a mile and possibly even MI 3. (1m, 4YO +), Ascot, June 16th – Solow 4 Group 1 starts: 4 wins shorter. Comfortable on any type of going, the pick of his four straight Career earnings: £3,407,529 Group 1 wins was against a stellar field in the Queen Anne Stakes over 4. The St James’s Palace Stakes (1m, 3YO colts), Ascot, June 18th – Gleneagles Trainer: Freddy Head the same course and distance as the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes where he 5. The Qatar Sussex Stakes (1m, 3YO +), Goodwood, July 29th – Solow will be bidding to give trainer Head a second consecutive victory in the 6. Kingdom of Bahrain Stakes (1m, 3YO+), Rowley Mile, Newmarket, October race. 3rd

7. British Champions Series Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Sponsored by QIPCO (1m, 3YO+) Ascot, October 17th

GLENEAGLES As an impeccably bred brother to last year’s Irish 1000 Guineas heroine, Mile Performance Table , from the family of the great Giant’s Causeway, his career Rank Horse Race Performance has already soared to such heights that he may eventually be considered 1 Solow Queen Anne Stakes 122

the best of his many classy close relatives. Since finishing only fourth on 1= Gleneagles QIPCO 2000 Guineas 122 an educational debut last June, Gleneagles has been first past the post 3 Night Of Thunder Al Shaqab Lockinge 119 in all eight of his subsequent starts, although he did fall foul of ’s strict interference rules and get demoted to third in the 2014 Prix Jean- 3= Cougar Mountain Queen Anne Stakes 119 Luc Lagardere. Dropped in at the deep end in the QIPCO 2000 Guineas 5 Toormore Al Shaqab Lockinge 118 on his three-year-old debut, he made light of any potential lack of race 5= Arod Qatar Sussex Stakes 118 sharpness in dismantling a huge field in that Newmarket Classic. Next 7 Territories QIPCO 2000 Guineas 117 9 career starts: 7 wins, 1 third stop was the Irish equivalent, when he was less impressive but still got 5 Group 1 starts: 4 wins, 1 third the job done nicely on ground that was softer than ideal before turning 7= Esoterique Queen Anne Stakes 117 the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot into little more than an Career earnings: £919,350 9 Ivawood QIPCO 2000 Guineas 115 Trainer: Aidan O’Brien exercise gallop. 10 Latharnach St. James’s Palace Stakes 113 32 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 33

winners and ratings 2000-2014 Roll of Honour Since 1970

Year Rating Horse Jockey Trainer Owner 2000 126 Observatory K. Darley J. Gosden Khalid Abdullah First run in 1955, run at Newmarket in 2005 when Ascot was being redeveloped

2001 122 R. Hills S. bin Suroor Godolphin Year Horse Age Jockey Trainer Owner MI 2002 123 Where or When K. Darley T. Mills John Humphreys 1970 Welsh Pageant 4 Sandy Barclay Jim Joel 2003 127 D. Holland L. Cumani Rencati/ Yoshida 1971 3 Jean Hislop

2004 123 P. Robinson M. Jarvis Gary Tanaka MI 1972 Brigadier Gerard 4 Joe Mercer Dick Hern Jean Hislop

2005 124 Starcraft C. Lemaire L. Cumani The Australian Syndicate 1973 Jan Ekels 4 Jimmy Lindley Anthony Bodie

2006 127 George Washington M. Kinane A. O’Brien Magnier/ Tabor/ Smith 1974 Track Waterlogged

2007 123 Ramonti L. Dettori S. Bin Suroor Godolphin 1975 3 Fulke Johnson Houghton Jane Engelhard

2008 129 Raven’s Pass J. Fortune J. Gosden Princess Haya of Jordan 1976 Rose Bowl 4 Willie Carson Fulke Johnson Houghton Jane Engelhard

2009 129 J. Murtagh A. O’Brien Magnier/ Tabor/ Smith 1977 Trusted 4 Willie Carson John Dunlop Duchess of Norfolk

2010 122 Poet’s Voice L. Dettori S. Bin Suroor Godolphin 1978 Homing 3 Willie Carson Dick Hern 2nd Baron Rotherwick

2011 136 Frankel T. Queally Sir H. Cecil Khalid Abdullah 1979 3 Joe Mercer Sir Lord Howard de Walden

2012 130 J. O’Brien A. O’Brien Smith/ Magnier/ Tabor 1980 3 Willie Carson Jeremy Tree Khalid Abdullah

2013 125 R. Hughes R. Hannon Sr Sheikh Joaan Al Thani 1981 To-Agori-Mou 3 Lester Piggott Guy Harwood Andry Muinos

2014 122 Charm Spirit O. Peslier F. Head Sheikh Abdulla Bin Khalifa Al Thani 1982 Buzzards Bay 4 Hugh Collingridge Vera McKinney 1983 Sackford 3 Guy Harwood Anthony Bodie

1984 4 Willie Carson Bill Watts 18th Earl of Derby

1985 3 Walter Swinburn Sir Michael Stoute Maktoum Al Maktoum

1986 Sure Blade 3 Brent Thomson Guy Harwood Sheikh Mohammad

1987 3 Sir Michael Stoute Helena Springfield Ltd

1988 3 Pat Eddery Guy Harwood Khalif Abdullah

1989 3 Walter Swinburn Sir Michael Stoute Mana Al Maktoum

1990 4 Frankie Dettori Luca Cumani Gerald Leigh

1991 3 George Strawbridge

1992 4 Willie Carson John Dunlop Hamdan Al Maktoum

1993 3 Pat Eddery Elie Lellouche

1994 4 Robert Armstrong Hamdan Al Maktoum

1995 3 Willie Carson John Dunlop Hamdan Al Maktoum

1996 3 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin

1997 3 Oliver Peslier Mohamed Obaida

1998 3 Oliver Peslier David Loder Lucayan Stud

1999 3 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 34 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 35

3:05pm £1,300,000 KEY CONTENDERS QIPCO Champion Stakes QIPCO Champion Stakes (Group 1) Has been a difficult horse to keep sound and is a great advertisement List of Entires As Of 29th September for the skills of his veteran Irish handler, Dermot Weld, who has been winning international Group 1 races for over four decades. Free Eagle has 1m2f 3YO+ Safety Factor/Maximum Figure 14 managed no more than half a dozen visits to the track but his talent has MD Confirmation by noon Monday 12th October 2015 burned brightly right from the very first of them – a runaway victory in Supplementary Entries (£75,000) close by noon on Monday 12th October 2015 a Leopardstown maiden. His other outing as a two-year-old resulted in a Declare 10am Thursday, 15th October 2015 well-beaten second place, but it was at the hands of the brilliant , who went on to win two Derbies. Over a year went by before his next HORSE AGE OWNER TRAINER appearance – a crushing seven-length victory in Group 3 company – and Air Pilot (GB) 6 Lady Cobham Ralph Beckett he then proved himself a colt from the top drawer when failing by little (FR) 9 Mr J. C. A. Dupouy Mrs C. Barande-Barbe more than a length to deal with two battle-hardened older horses, Noble Eagle Top (GB) 4 Lady Bamford John Gosden 6 career starts: 3 wins, 1 second, 2 third Mission and Al Kazeem, in the 2014 QIPCO Champion Stakes. Another Elm Park (GB) 3 Qatar Racing Limited Andrew Balding 3 Group 1 starts: 1 win, 2 third eight months elapsed before we saw him again, yet Weld somehow (IRE) 4 Newtown Anner Stud Farm D. K. Weld Career earnings: £592,523 managed to get him ready for the run of his life in the Prince of Wales’s Found (IRE) 3 Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier Aidan O’Brien Trainer: Dermot Weld Stakes at Royal Ascot where he edged out in the tightest Free Eagle (IRE) 4 Moyglare Stud Farms Ltd D. K. Weld of finishes. In his latest start interference cost him valuable momentum Gleneagles (IRE) 3 Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier Aidan O’Brien and the Champion Stakes could offer up the chance for revenge. Golden Horn (GB) 3 Mr A. E. Oppenheimer John Gosden Intilaaq (USA) 3 Mr Hamdan Al Maktoum Roger Varian Jack Hobbs (GB) 3 Godolphin & Partners John Gosden Karaktar (IRE) 3 H.H. Aga Khan A. de Royer Dupre GOLDEN HORN Karpino (GER) 3 Qatar Racing Limited Andreas Wohler Gave his owner-breeder Anthony Oppenheimer the thrill of a lifetime Lightning Spear (GB) 4 Qatar Racing Limited Olly Stevens when storming clear in the closing stages of the Investec Derby, for which Maverick Wave (USA) 4 Godolphin John Gosden he had been supplemented, and was hailed as a great champion when Mutakayyef (GB) 4 Mr Hamdan Al Maktoum William Haggas Palace Prince (GER) 3 Gestut Hony-Hof Andreas Lowe he then disposed of the older generation with the minimum of fuss in the Rembrandt Van Rijn (IRE) 4 Mr B. E. Nielsen David Lanigan Group 1 Coral-. Having been a last minute withdrawal from Ribbons (GB) 5 Elite Racing Club James Fanshawe the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, sponsored by QIPCO, Success Days (IRE) 3 Mr Robert Ng K. J. Condon he then suffered a surprise first defeat when outbattled by Arabian Sumbal (IRE) 3 Qatar Racing Limited Francis-Henri Graffard Queen in the Juddmonte International at York. However, he bounced Tapestry (IRE) 4 Mrs Magnier/Tabor/Smith/Flaxman Stables Aidan O’Brien back to winning ways in the QIPCO and remains The Corsican (IRE) 4 Mrs Fitri Hay David Simcock the standout horse in the 2015 QIPCO British Champions Series Middle Time Test (GB) 3 Mr K. Abdullah Roger Charlton Distance division. Given he is set to be retired to stud at the end of this Tullius (IRE) 7 Kennet Valley VI Andrew Balding 7 career starts: 6 wins, 1 second year, the QIPCO Champion Stakes could be his farewell performance. Vadamos (FR) 4 Haras de St Pair/J. M. Camilleri A. Fabre 4 Group 1 starts: 3 wins, 1 second We Are (IRE) 4 Mr George Strawbridge F. Head Career earnings: £1,877,768 Trainer: John Gosden

Other acceptors to note. Cirrus Des Aigles has taken part in this race on all four previous QIPCO British Champions Days, winning it in 2011 before getting to within two lengths of the incomparable Frankel the following year. Another second place and a fifth have followed and his easy win back in May showed that he is still worthy of respect at the grand old age of nine.

Roger Charlton came agonisingly close to landing the race last year with Al Kazeem and enters the high class Time Test for this year’s renewal who he believes could be even better than his former stablemate. Having won at Royal Ascot, the horse then provided Ryan Moore with one of his first victories having returned from injury, in the at Newmarket.

John Gosden holds a strong hand as, other than Golden Horn, he also has the narrow King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, sponsored by QIPCO runner-up, Eagle Top, plus the Irish Derby winner, Jack Hobbs. From further afield,We Are (Freddy Head) is another interesting French entry, alongside Andre Fabre’s impressive Vadamos who is unbeaten this term, including his latest start in a Group 2 in Baden-Baden. 36 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 37

Results in the 2015 Middle Distance division winners and ratings 2000-2014 1. The Investec (1m4f, 4YO+), Epsom Downs, June 6th – Pether’s Moon Year Rating Horse Jockey Trainer Owner 2. Investec Derby (1m4f, 3YO), Epsom Downs, June 6th – Golden Horn 2000 126 J. Murtagh Sir M. Stoute HH Aga Khan IV 2001 121 R. Hills M. Tregoning Hamdan Al Maktoum MD 3. Prince of Wales’s Stakes (1m2f, 4YO+), Royal Ascot, June 17th – Free Eagle 2002 121 M. Hills B. Hills Maktoum Al Maktoum 4. Coral-Eclipse (1m2f, 4YO+), Sandown Park, July 4th – Golden Horn 2003 121 Rakti P. Robinson M. Jarvis Gary Tanaka 2004 124 R. Hills B. Hills Hamdan Al Maktoum 5. King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1m4f, 3YO+), Ascot, July 25th – 2005 123 J. Spencer B. Meehan Roldvale Ltd 6. Juddmonte International (1m2f, 3YO+), York, August 19th – Arabian Queen 2006 123 Pride C. Lemaire A. De Royer Dupre NP Bloodstock Ltd MD 2007 123 C. Lemaire J-C. Rouget Herve Morin 7. QIPCO Champions Stakes (1m2f, 3YO+) Ascot, October 17th - 2008 130 K. Manning J. Bolger Princess Haya of Jordan 2009 123 T. Queally Sir H. Cecil Khalid Abdullah 2010 125 Twice Over T. Queally Sir H. Cecil Khalid Abdullah 2011 128 Cirrus des Aigles C. Soumillon Mrs C. Barande-Barbe Jean-Claude Dupouy Middle Distance Performance Table 2012 140 Frankel T. Queally Sir. H Cecil Khalid Abdullah 2013 124 Farhh S. de Sousa S. bin Suroor Godolphin Rank Horse Race Performance 2014 122 Noble Mission J. Doyle Lady J. Cecil Khalid Abdullah 1 Golden Horn Investec Derby and Coral-Eclipse 130

2 Free Eagle Prince of Wales’s Stakes 123

= The Grey Gatsby Prince of Wales’s Stakes, Coral-Eclipse 123 and Juddmonte International Stakes 4 Jack Hobbs Investec Derby 119 Roll of Honour Since 1970 5 Pether’s Moon Investec Coronation Cup 118 First run in 1877; run at Newmarket up to 2010 6 Western Hymn Prince of Wales’s Stakes and Coral Eclipse 117

7 Dolniya Investec Coronation Cup 114 Year Horse Age Jockey Trainer Owner 1970 5 Noel Murless Charles St George = Investec Coronation Cup 114 1971 Brigadier Gerard 3 Joe Mercer Dick Hern Jean Hislop 1972 Brigadier Gerard 4 Joe Mercer Dick Hern Jean Hislop 9 Storm The Stars Investec Derby 112 1973 Hurry Harriet 3 Paddy Mullins Malcolm Thorp 1974 3 Lester Piggott Charles St George 1975 Rose Bowl 3 Willie Carson Fulke Johnon Houghton Jane Engelhard 1976 3 Pat Eddery Mrs Marc Laloum 1977 Flying Waters 4 Yves Saint-Martin Angel Penna Daniel Wildenstein 1978 3 Greville Starkey Paul Kelleway Max Fine 1979 3 Philippe Paquet Francois Boutin Anne-Marie d’Estainville 1980 3 Tony Murray Michael Cunningham D. Brady 1981 3 Yves Saint-Martin Francois Mathet HH Aga Khan IV 1982 3 Billy Newnes Henry Candy Robert Barnet 1983 3 Bobby McAlphine 1984 Palace 3 Yves Saint-Martin Nelson Bunker Hunt 1985 4 Pat Eddery Clive Brittain Sheikh Mohammed 1986 4 Tony Cruz Patrick Biancone Alan Clore 1987 Triptych 5 Tony Cruz Patrick Biancone Alan Clore 1988 4 Michael Roberts Sir Henry Cecil Sheikh Mohammed 1989 Legal Case 3 Ray Cochrane Luca Cumani Sir Gordon White 1990 3 Steve Cauthen David Elsworth Brian Cooper 1991 Tel Quel 3 Andre Fabre Sheikh Mohammed 1992 3 Lester Piggott Peter Chapple-Hyam 1993 4 Walter Swinburn Criquette Head Maktoum Al Maktoum 1994 4 Sylvain Guillot Andre Fabre Gary Tanaka 1995 3 Peter Chapple-Hyam Lord Weinstocl 1996 3 Pat Eddery Sir Henry Cecil Wafic Said 1997 5 Sir Michael Stoute Lord Weinstock 1998 3 Sir Mark Prescott Kirsten Rausing 1999 Alborada 4 George Duffield Sir Mark Prescott Kirsten Rausing 38 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 39

3.45pm £250,000 3.45pm £250,000 Balmoral Handicap Balmoral Handicap Sponsored by QIPCO Sponsored by QIPCO

With £250,000 in prize money, The Balmoral is the richest mile handicap in Europe and was introduced for the first time in 2014 when it was won by Angel, ridden by Louis Steward List of Horses As Of 29th September and trained by . HORSE AGE OWNER TRAINER BH 1m 3YO+, Course Safety Factor/Maximum Figure 20. For three year olds and BH Ayaar (IRE) 5 Al Shaqab Racing Luca Cumani upwards which, before October 5th 2015 have finished in the first six on at least one occasion in Balty Boys (IRE) 6 Koo’s Racing Club, Carr & Jacobs Brian Ellison a Balmoral handicap Qualifier during the 2015 Flat season. Winners incur a 6lb penalty after 4th Basem (GB) 4 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor October. Belgian Bill (GB) 7 PJL, Byrne & Baker George Baker Bronze Angel (IRE) 6 Lady Tennant Marcus Tregoning Qualifying races for the Balmoral Handicap 2015 Buckstay (IRE) 5 Mrs Fitri Hay Peter Chapple-Hyam Burnt Sugar (IRE) 3 China Horse Club Richard Hannon Date Racecourse Race Winner Trainer Chil The Kite (GB) 6 Hazel Lawrence & Graham Doyle Hughie Morrison 02/05/2015 Newmarket The Suffolk Stakes Balty Boys Brian Ellison Czech It Out (IRE) 5 Mr George Materna Amanda Perrett

14/05/2015 York The Betfred TV Alfred Hutchinson Geoff Oldroyd Donncha (IRE) 4 Mr David Bannon Robert Eddery Empire Storm (GER) 8 The Attwater Partnership Michael Attwater 16/05/2015 Newbury The Planteur Handicap Stakes Spark Plug Brian Meehan Examiner (IRE) 4 DJM Racing Stuart Williams 23/05/2015 Haydock The Betfred Mobile Silver Bowl Stakes Mutarakez Brian Meehan Farlow (IRE) 7 Red Sky Partnership 1 Richard Fahey 05/06/2015 Epsom The Investec Mile Gratzie Mick Channon Field of Dream (GB) 8 Middleham Park Racing CXIII & Partner Jamie Osborne Fiftyshadesofgrey (IRE) 4 Team Fifty George Baker 17/06/2015 Ascot The Royal Hunt Cup Gm Hopkins John Gosden Fort Bastion (IRE) 6 Sprint Racing David O’Meara 18/06/2015 Ascot The War Envoy Aidan O’Brien Gabriel’s Lad (IRE) 6 Killoran Ennis Conway Denis Coakley 04/07/2015 Sandown The Coral Challenge Basem Saeed bin Suroor Georgian Bay (IRE) 5 Market Avenue Racing Club & Mrs E Burke K. R. Burke GM Hopkins (GB) 4 Mr R. J. H. Geffen John Gosden 11/07/2015 Newmarket The bet365 Rene Mathis Richard Fahey Goring (GER) 3 Mr G. C. Stevens Eve Johnson Houghton 25/07/2015 Ascot The Gigaset International Stakes Heaven’s Guest Richard Fahey Gratzie (GB) 4 C Corbett, David Hudd, Chris Wright Mick Channon 31/07/2015 Goodwood The Betfred Mile So Beloved David O’Meara Halation (IRE) 4 Qatar Racing Limited David Simcock Heaven’s Guest (IRE) 5 Mr J. K. Shannon & Mr M. A. Scaife Richard Fahey 20/08/2015 York The Clipper Logistics Stakes Chil The Kite Hughie Morrison Jacob Black (GB) 4 Redgate Bloodstock & Charles Wentworth Keith Dalgleish 29/08/2015 Goodwood The 888Sport Handicap Rene Mathis Richard Fahey Jallota (GB) 4 Mrs Fitri Hay Charles Hills 05/09/2015 Ascot The Fly Southend Airport Majestic Moon John Gallagher Knight Owl (GB) 5 Miss Annabelle Condon James Fanshawe Handicap Stakes Man of Harlech (GB) 4 Elite Racing Club Andrew Balding 12/09/2015 Doncaster Potter Logistics 50 Glorious Years Bronze Angel Marcus Tregoning Master The World (IRE) 4 K. Quinn/ C. Benham/ I. Saunders David Elsworth Handicap Melvin The Grate (IRE) 5 Fromthestables.com & I. A. Balding Andrew Balding

12/09/2015 Leopardstown The Irish Farms European Kelinni Kevin Ryan Merry Me (IRE) 4 Mrs Fitri Hay Andrew Balding Breeders’ Fund Path Handicap Mr Win (IRE) 4 Mr Des Thurlby Chris Wall Musaddas (GB) 5 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor 26/09/2015 Newmarket The Betfred Cambridgeshire Obsidian (USA) 4 Middleham Park Racing LII Richard Fahey 03/10/2015 Ascot The totepool Challenge Cup Ogbourne Downs (GB) 5 S W Group Logistics Limited Charles Hills Professor (GB) 5 Canisbay Bloodstock Michael Attwater Regulation (IRE) 6 Amber Road Partnership Neil King Rene Mathis (GER) 5 Dr Marwan Koukash Richard Fahey Sacrificial (IRE) 3 Qatar Racing Limited G. M. Lyons Spark Plug 4 Mr J. L. Day Brian Meehan The Rectifier 8 Mrs Anne Cowley Seamus Durack Windfast 4 Trelawny II Brian Meehan Withernsea 4 City Vaults Racing 1 Richard Fahey 40 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 41

QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES 2015 PERFORMANCE TABLES

The following table sets out the highest performance ratings for horses across all fi ve of the QIPCO British Champions Series race categories and uses the offi cial performance ratings awarded by the British Horseracing Authority handicappers to the fi rst three horses to fi nish in each QIPCO British Champions Series race.

RANK HORSE RACE CATEGORY PERFORMANCE RANK HORSE RACE CATEGORY PERFORMANCE

1 Golden Horn Coral-Eclipse Middle Distance 130 16= Twilight Son Betfred Sprint Cup Sprint 117

2 Free Eagle Prince of Wales’s Stakes Middle Distance 123 16= Western Hymn Prince of Wales’s Stakes Middle Distance 117

2= The Grey Gatsby Coral Eclipse Middle Distance 123 16= Bondi Beach Ladbrokes St. Leger Long Distance 117

4 Solow Queen Anne Stakes Mile 122 16= Legatissimo Qatar Nassau Stakes Fillies and Mares 117

4= Gleneagles QIPCO 2000 Guineas Mile 122 23 Brown Panther Yorkshire Cup Long Distance 116

6 Muhaarar Darley July Cup Sprint 121 23= Tropics Darley July Cup Sprint 116

7 Mecca’s Angel Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes Sprint 120 25 Amazing Maria QIPCO Falmouth Stakes Fillies and Mares 115

8 Night Of Thunder Al Shaqab Lockinge Mile 119 25= Ivawood QIPCO 2000 Guineas Mile 115

8= Undrafted Diamond Jubilee Stakes Sprint 119 27 Ervedya Coronation Stakes Fillies and Mares 114

8= Jack Hobbs Investec Derby Middle Distance 119 27= Qualify Investec Oaks Fillies and Mares 114

8= Cougar Mountain Queen Anne Stakes Mile 119 27= Lucida QIPCO 1000 Guineas Fillies and Mares 114

12 Toormore Al Shaqab Lockinge Mile 118 27= Dolniya Investec Coronation Cup Middle Distance 114

12= Pether’s Moon Investec Coronation Cup Middle Distance 118 27= Flintshire Investec Coronation Cup Middle Distance 114

12= Brazen Beau Diamond Jubilee Stakes Sprint 118 27= Pleasach Darley Yorkshire Oaks Fillies and Mares 114

12= Arod Qatar Sussex Stakes Mile 118 27= Storm The Stars Ladbrokes St. Leger Long Distance 114

16 Territories QIPCO 2000 Guineas Mile 117 27= Fields Of Athenry Ladbrokes St. Leger Long Distance 114

16= Esoterique Queen Anne Stakes Mile 117 27= Simple Verse Ladbrokes St. Leger Long Distance 114 16= Max Dynamite Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup Long Distance 117 42 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 43

Winning Records of Jockeys Winning Records of TRAINERS QIPCO British Champions Day QIPCO British Champions Day

No. of wins Date Race Winner Trainer Owner SP No. of wins Date Race Winner Trainer Owner SP

George Baker (1) 19/10/13 QIPCO British Champions Seal Of Approval James Fanshawe T R G Vestey 16/1 Mme C 15/10/11 QIPCO British Champions Cirrus Des Aigles Jean-Claude-Alain Dupouy 12/1 Fillies & Mares Barande-Barbe (1) Fillies & Mares

Jim Crowley (1) 18/10/14 QIPCO British Champions Madame Chiang David Simcock Miss K Rausing 12/1 Sir Henry Cecil (2) 15/10/11 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Frankel Khalid Abdullah 4/11F Fillies & Mares sponsored by QIPCO

Matthew Davies (1) 15/10/11 Future Stars Handicap Edinburgh Knight Paul D’Arcy Knights Racing 18/1 20/10/12 QIPCO Champion Stakes Frankel Tom Queally Khalid Abdullah 2/11F

Silvestre De Sousa (1) 19/10/13 QIPCO Champion Stakes Farhh Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 11/4 Lady Cecil (1) 18/10/14 QIPCO Champion Stakes Noble Mission James Doyle Khalid Abdullah 7/1

George Downing (1) 20/10/12 Future Stars Handicap Jack Dexter Jim Goldie Jim Goldie Racing Club 11/2 Paul D’Arcy (1) 15/10/11 Future Stars Handicap Edinburgh Knight Matthew Davies Knights Racing 18/1

James Doyle (1) 18/10/14 QIPCO Champion Stakes Noble Mission Lady Cecil Khalid Abdullah 7/1 James Fanshawe (2) 15/10/11 QIPCO British Champions Deacon Blues Johnny Murtagh Jan and Peter Hopper Sprint & Michelle Morris 5/2F Richard Hughes (1) 19/10/13 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Olympic Glory Richard Hannon Sheikh Joaan Bin sponsored by QIPCO Hamad Al Thani 11/2 19/10/13 QIPCO British Champions Seal Of Approval George Baker T R G Vestey 16/1 Fillies & Mares Wayne Lordan (2) 19/10/13 QIPCO British Champions Slade Power Edward Lynam Mrs S Power 7/1 Sprint Jim Goldie (1) 20/10/12 Future Stars Handicap Jack Dexter George Downing Jim Goldie Racing Club 11/2

18/10/14 QIPCO British Champions Gordon Lord Byron Tom Hogan Dr Cyrus Poonawalla William Haggas (1) 15/10/11 QIPCO British Champions Dancing Rain Johnny Murtagh M J & L A Taylor 6/1 Sprint & Morgan L Cahalan 5/1JF Fillies & Mares

Johnny Murtagh (3) 15/10/11 QIPCO British Champions Deacon Blues James Fanshawe Jan and Peter Hopper Richard Hannon 19/10/13 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Olympic Glory Richard Hughes Sheikh Joaan Bin Sprint Stakes & Michelle Morris 5/2F Snr (1) sponsored by QIPCO Hamad Al Thani 11/2

15/10/11 QIPCO British Champions Dancing Rain William Haggas M J & L A Taylor 6/1 Freddy Head (1) 18/10/14 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Charm Spirit H H Sheikh Abdulla Fillies & Mares sponsored by QIPCO Bin Khalifa Al Thani 5/1

19/10/13 QIPCO British Champions Royal Diamond Johnny Murtagh Andrew Tinkler 20/1 Tom Hogan (1) 18/10/14 QIPCO British Champions Gordon Lord Byron Wayne Lordan Dr Cyrus Poonawalla Long Distance Cup Sprint & Morgan L Cahalan 5/1JF

Joseph O’Brien (1) 20/10/13 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Excelebration Aidan O’Brien D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, Edward Lynam (1) 19/10/13 QIPCO British Champions Slade Power Wayne Lordan Mrs S Power 7/1 sponsored by QIPCO M Tabor 10/11F Sprint

Olivier Peslier (1) 18/10/14 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Charm Spirit Freddy Head H H Sheikh Abdulla Bin Johnny Murtagh (1) 19/10/13 QIPCO British Champions Royal Diamond Johnny Murtagh Andrew Tinkler 20/1 sponsored by QIPCO Khalifa Al Thani 5/1 Long Distance Cup Tom Queally (2) 15/10/11 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Frankel Sir Henry Cecil Khalid Abdullah 4/11F Aidan O’Brien (2) 15/10/11 QIPCO British Champions Fame And Glory Jamie Spencer Mrs F Hay, D Smith, sponsored by QIPCO Long Distance Cup Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor 3/1 20/10/11 QIPCO Champion Stakes Frankel Sir Henry Cecil Khalid Abdullah 2/11F 20/10/12 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Excelebration Joseph O’Brien D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, Pat Smullen (3) 20/10/12 QIPCO British Champions Rite Of Passage Dermot Weld Dr R Lambe 8/1 sponsored by QIPCO M Tabor 10/11F Long Distance Cup David Nagle (1) 20/10/12 QIPCO British Champions Maarek Jamie Spencer Lisbunny Syndicate 5/1 20/10/12 QIPCO British Champions Sapphire Dermot Weld Moyglare Stud Farm 5/2JF Sprint Fillies & Mares David Simcock (2) 19/10/13 Future Stars Handicap Breton Rock Lewis Walsh John Cook 12/1 18/10/14 QIPCO British Champions Forgotten Rules Dermot Weld Moyglare Stud Farm 3/1 18/10/14 QIPCO British Champions Madame Chiang Jim Crowley Miss K Rausing 12/1 Long Distance Cup Fillies & Mares C Soumillon (1) 15/10/11 QIPCO Champion Stakes Cirrus Des Aigles Mme C Barande-Barbe Jean-Claude-Alain Dupouy 12/1 Saeed bin Suroor (1) 19/10/13 QIPCO Champion Stakes Farhh Silvestre De Sousa Godolphin 11/4 Jamie Spencer (2) 15/10/11 QIPCO British Champions Fame And Glory Aidan O’Brien Mrs F Hay, D Smith, Marcus Tregoning (1) 18/10/14 Balmoral Handicap Bronze Angel Louis Steward Lady Tennant 20/1 Long Distance Cup Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor 3/1 Dermot Weld (3) 20/10/12 QIPCO British Champions Rite Of Passage Pat Smullen Dr R Lambe 8/1 20/10/12 QIPCO British Champions Maarek David Nagle Lisbunny Syndicate 5/1 Long Distance Cup Sprint 20/10/12 QIPCO British Champions Sapphire Pat Smullen Moyglare Stud Farm 5/2JF Louis Steward (1) 18/10/14 Balmoral Handicap Bronze Angel Marcus Tregoning Lady Tennant 20/1 Fillies & Mares Lewis Walsh (1) 19/10/13 Future Stars Handicap Breton Rock David Simcock John Cook 12/1 18/10/14 QIPCO British Champions Forgotten Rules Pat Smullen Moyglare Stud Farm 3/1 Long Distance Cup 44 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 45

Overseas Competitors The World’s Highest-Rated Previous International Runners at Races – 2014 QIPCO British Champions Day The Group 1 Juddmonte International, part of the QIPCO British Champions Series, was The esteem in which QIPCO British Champions Day is held by the international racing community is exemplified by the confirmed as the best race in the world in 2014 following the announcement by the top class overseas runners who compete at Ascot every October. International Federation of Horseracing Authorities and based on the races’ average three year ratings. It was joined in the top ten of global races by the QIPCO Champions Stakes; the Prince Indeed, of the 20 Pattern Races run during the four QIPCO British Champions Days so far, over half of the winners’ of Wales’s Stakes and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, sponsored by QIPCO. In trophies have been exported outside Britain. all, eight of the World’s top 16 races are staged on the UK’s tracks, and all of which form part of the QIPCO British Champions Series (QBCS). Ireland has been by far the most destination – raiders from the Emerald Isle have landed every single QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup and their record in the QIPCO British Champions Sprint has been almost as good, Rank RACE COUNTY RATING winning its last three renewals. 1 Juddmonte International Stakes UK - QBCS 124.17

This year the biggest prize-money earner in the history of French racing, Cirrus Des Aigles, is set to extend his record 2 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe France 123.67 as the only horse to have taken part in every QIPCO British Champions Day by running in his fifth straight QIPCO 3 QIPCO Champion Stakes UK - QBCS 123.50 Champion Stakes. 4 Breeders’ Cup Classic USA 123.42 In 2011, the first of his four ventures from Corine Barande-Barbe’s Chantilly base ended triumphantly. He then finished 5 Prince of Wales’s Stakes UK - QBCS 123.33 second to the unbeatable Frankel, second again to Farrh and fifth, last year, to Noble Mission. 6 Prix Jacques Le Marois France 123.17 Cirrus Des Aigles is set to lead an outstanding group of French visitors in 2015 with no fewer than 16 different French 7 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes UK - QBCS 123.00 trainers represented at the initial entries stage. The cross-Channel contingent is set to be particularly strong in the sponsored by QIPCO Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, a race they won 12 months ago thanks to Freddy Head’s Charm Spirit. 8 Cup in association with Longines Japan 122.92

Head will spearhead the raid with Solow, who will be vying for his fifth straight Group 1 prize. But his opponents could 9 Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf USA 122.58

include a pair of multiple Group 1-scorers from the Andre Fabre yard, Territories and Esoterique. 10 QIPCO Irish Champions Stakes Ireland 122.17

Further international flavour could be provided by four German entries, with the brilliant unbeaten German 2000 Guineas winner, Karpino, an intriguing candidate for the QIPCO Champion Stakes.

And, excitingly, 2015 is likely to witness the first intercontinental challenger for QIPCO British Champions Day as ’s top speedster, Emperor Max, is being prepared for a tilt at QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes. The World’s Highest-Rated Races – 2013

Rank RACE COUNTY RATING

1 QIPCO Champion Stakes UK -QBCS 125.58

2 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe France 123.92

3 Prix Jacques Le Marois France 123.67

4 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes sponsored by QIPCO UK - QBCS 123.25

5 Breeders’ Cup Mile USA 123.08

6 Breeders’ Cup Turf USA 122.83

7 Breeders’ Cup Classic USA 122.75

8 QIPCO Sussex Stakes UK - QBCS 122.67

9 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes UK – QBCS 122.58 sponsored by QIPCO

10 Coral-Eclipse UK - QBCS 122.58 46 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 47

More Than Just A Raceday Kids Love the Races Roadshow Run in conjucntion with Great British Racing, the hugely popular Kids Love the Races Roadshow will again be at QIPCO Racing Champions Students British Champions Day. The programme offers children the opportunity to learn about the racing’s equine and human With Free Raceday superstars, design their own silks, and hone their race-riding skills on an equicizer.

This October students will once again be able to attend QIPCO British Champions Day for free, following on from the success of last year when over 1,500 students took advantage to attend the Flat season’s end-of-season fi nale. The QIPCO British Champions Day The ticket allocation has been extended this year to allow 2,500 students to attend the day, making it one of the UK’s top days of sport available free to students. Alongside the action on the track, there will be an after-party where BBC Radio 1 DJ Matt Edmondson will be DJing. After Party BRIT Award-winning artist Paloma Faith has been announced as the special guest DJ for this year’s after-party. The aim of the initiative is to attract students to the sport through a day of top-class racing action that includes four The singer, who was crowned Best Female Solo Artist at the awards ceremony earlier this year, will headline the offi cial Group 1 races, as well as an after-party and an exclusive student area. Students just need to register for their free after-party once racing has fi nished. ticket on the Ascot Website www.ascot.co.uk using the promotional code STUDENTSBCD. Activities on the day will also be geared to engaging the young crowd with the Sport of Kings, offering equicizer sessions, pundits to mark their card She said: “I’m excited to be DJing at the amazing Ascot racecourse and will be getting the crowd up on their feet and and a set of dedicated racemakers who will be based in the Student Area and will be on hand to advise any fl edgling dancing after they’ve enjoyed all the action on track. I’m hoping that some of them will be able to give me some racing racegoers. tips on the day too.” The student day on QIPCO British Champions Day is generously being supported by Sheikh Fahad Al Thani of QIPCO Holding, who said, “My brothers and I consider British racing to be the best in the world. Nowhere else can match the quality and the heritage of racing in Britain. QIPCO British Champions Day is a celebration of the best of British racing, Rugby World Cup Quarter Final the day on which the season’s champions are crowned and as such it is the perfect platform from which to introduce Following the conclusion of the racing, we will be showing the fi rst of the Rugby World Cup quarter fi nals on the big the next generation of racegoers to the sport. It is very important to QIPCO that the sport is made accessible to young screens so that sports fans can enjoy both the action on track and the clash at Twickenham. people and it was very rewarding to see so many students take up the offer last year and enjoy what is a very special day of racing.” 48 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 49

Dubai Future Champions Festival Structure of QIPCO Where history begins British Champions Series

Newmarket Racecourses is proud to be staging the on an eight-race card on the Saturday are the Group 3 The QIPCO British Champions Series comprises fi ve categories: inaugural £2 million two-day Dubai Future Champions , the Group 3 Vision Autumn Stakes, the • Sprint • Mile • Middle Distance • Long Distance • Fillies & Mares Festival at the Rowley Mile. Dubai European Breeders’ Fund Fillies’ Nursery Handicap Stakes, the Listed Dubai and the Listed Each division features the seven highest-rated races in each category in Great Britain which culminate in a same-day The Festival is being staged on Friday 9th and Saturday Vision EBF Stallions Boadicea Fillies’ Stakes. fi nale on QIPCO British Champions Day on Saturday October 17th 2015. 10th October, with the Group 1 feature races showcasing fi llies on the Friday and the colts on the Saturday. The second running of the Vision Varsity Race will take With a collective prize fund of over £17million, the Series is staged across ten of the UK’s leading racecourses: place ahead of the high quality card on the Saturday. The • Ascot • Doncaster • Epsom Downs • Goodwood • Haydock Park • Newbury The two-day event is quite simply the highest class racing historic sporting rivals Oxford and Cambridge Universities • Newmarket’s Rowley Mile • Newmarket’s July Course • Sandown Park • York for young horses anywhere in the world, attracting some will battle it out again to see who can claim this year’s of the best equine talent. crown – will it be the light blue of Cambridge again or will The Series encompasses British Flat racing’s key festivals including: the dark blues of Oxford be crowned champions for the • The QIPCO Guineas Festival • The Investec Derby Festival • The Moet & Chandon July Festival Accompanying the Group 1 Dubai Fillies’ Mile in a seven- fi rst time in history? This newly established race will also race card are the Group 2 Dubai Challenge Stakes, the be shown on Racing for the fi rst time too. • Royal Ascot • Qatar Goodwood Festival • The Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival Vision Old Rowley Cup Heritage Handicap, the Group 3 • The Ladbrokes St Leger Festival Dubai , the Group 3 Vision Students go free to both days of Dubai Future Champions Stakes, the Listed Dubai and the Vision Festival provided they are in possession of a valid NUS Maiden Fillies Stakes. card on the day. and Bars on the fi rst fl oor of the Millennium Grandstand will be Saturday’s Group 1 highlight, the Dubai , areas dedicated to students and up to 15% off certain is being run for £500,000, up from £400,000 in 2014, drinks will be offered again on the basis of valid student and Friday’s Dubai Fillies’ Mile is also offering a purse of identifi cation. The fun won’t stop after the last race £500,000, up from £200,000 in 2014. This makes both either, Après Racing, Newmarket’s offi cial racing after- races the most valuable Group 1 two-year-old contests in party, will include acts from Swagger following racing Europe. on Friday and a special guest to be announced for the Saturday. The Saturday of the Festival also includes the running of the famous £250,000 Betfred Cesarewitch, the only In addition to world-class racing, the Dubai Future horse race run across two counties – Cambridgeshire Champions Festival will also focus on the local community, into Suffolk – and with a history as long as that of fashion, and education. ’s , back to 1839. “Cesarewitch” is the English version of Tsesarevich, the title of the heir to the throne of Imperial Russia – the race was named in honour of Tsesarevich Alexander (later Tsar Alexander II) after he gave £300 to The .

Joining the Dubai Dewhurst and Betfred Cesarewitch 50 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 51

Background to QIPCO British Title Partner Champions Series and QIPCO QIPCO Holding

British Champions Day QIPCO Holding is a private, family run investment company. Established in 1999 and based in Doha, QIPCO is one of the leading independent investment companies in Qatar with a diverse range of interests, including real estate, construction, oil and gas, trading and services, fi nance and health. Now in its fi fth year, the QIPCO British Champions Series, incorporates Great Britain’s top 35 fl at races under one banner to highlight the very best quality of competition the sport has to offer. The ambition of the QIPCO British Its portfolio of interests includes horseracing and its investment in the sport as both sponsor and commercial partner Champions Series is to increase the appeal of horseracing in this country and in QIPCO British Champions Day, has is the largest in the history of British racing. The global racing and bloodstock operations, Qatar Racing and Qatar created an iconic fi nale to the British racing season, something the British racing calendar previously lacked. Bloodstock, are both subsidiaries of QIPCO. Some of the world’s leading thoroughbred racehorses, the most talented jockeys and trainers, internationally renowned The headquarters for Qatar Bloodstock is Tweenhills Farm and Stud in Gloucestershire. Its portfolio of stallions includes racecourses and the highest rated races on earth – including four of the top ten races in 2014 come together to create Charm Spirit, Makfi , Watch and Havana Gold, as well as being a part owner of Zoustar in Australia. a unique offering for existing and new fans of racing. QIPCO have sponsored the British Champions Series from its inception in 2011. In June 2015 a landmark, multi-million The QIPCO British Champions Series reaches its climax on QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot Racecourse on pound deal was agreed securing their involvement in the Series and British racing for a further ten years until 2024. Saturday October 17th. Staged for the fi rst time in 2011, Champions Day is the single richest day in the British fl at calendar boasting £4.1 million in prize money. The prize money is spread across the fi nal races in the fi ve Series As the Title Partner, QIPCO enjoys exclusive naming rights for the Series and full partnerships rights for the £4.1 categories (Sprint, Mile, Middle Distance, Fillies & Mares and Long Distances divisions) as well as the recently million QIPCO British Champions Day climax at Ascot, which is set to have increased to £5 million when the new inaugurated Balmoral Handicap. contract expires in 2024.

QIPCO is also the sponsor of the Guineas Festival at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile Racecourse and is title sponsor to two The race programme is headlined in 2015 by a staggering four Group 1 races – the £1.3 million QIPCO Champion other British Champions Series races – the QIPCO Falmouth Stakes staged at Newmarket’s July Course and the King Stakes run over a mile and a quarter, the £1 million Queen Elizabeth II Stakes sponsored by QIPCO and run over the George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (sponsored by QIPCO) at Ascot in July. QIPCO is an offi cial partner of Ascot straight mile course, the £550,000 Fillies & Mares Stakes contested over the Derby and Oaks distance of a mile and Racecourse and one of only two companies with partnership rights at Royal Ascot. a half and the £600,000 QIPCO Sprint Stakes, upgraded from a Group 2 last year. These races comprise some of the most valuable races of their in Europe. The full company title is Qatar Investment & Projects Development Holding Company (QIPCO Holding) and it is owned by six brothers. The Chief Executive is the eldest, Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdulla Al Thani who together with his brothers The Group 2 £300,000 QIPCO Long Distance Cup completes the Pattern race line-up. Despite its offi cial classifi cation, are cousins of the Emir of the State of Qatar. the Long Distance Cup is effectively a Group 1 race considering it has Group 1 conditions such as no penalties for For more information visit: www.ChampionsofRacing.co.uk previous Group 1 winning competitors and taking into account its prize money. Media Partners Channel 4 International TV Coverage Channel 4 will be covering all fi ve championship races live Comprehensive coverage of QIPCO British Champions as well as The Balmoral Handicap during the afternoon, Day will be available via long-term partners Dubai Racing The Morning Line will also be previewing the day. Channel and Dubai Sports Channel across a footprint including: United Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Racing UK Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen, Iran, Lebanon, Oman, (Sky 432/Virgin 536/Freeview 231) will dedicate a full Syria, Algeria, Mauritania, Comoros Islands, Libya, Egypt, eight hours of live coverage from Ascot on QIPCO British Morocco, Djibouti, Sudan, Somalia, Israel and Tunisia – Champions Day, on air from 10am with a special two-hour 23 territories reaching an estimated 25 million people. Mark Your Card preview programme. Lydia Hislop and Oli Bell front the live racing programme from 12pm, with Tote Territories Dave Nevison bringing the latest from the betting ring. Tote television will provide coverage of QIPCO British Once the dust has settled, the channel will be reviewing Champions Day within the following countries: Australia, the action in the Racing Breakfast Live show on Sunday. Azerbaijan, , Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Please visit racinguk.com for more. France, Holland, , Israel, Luxembourg, Malta, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Ascot TV Presentation Team Switzerland, USA and Zimbabwe. Mike Cattermole Aly Rowell Mike Vince 52 QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide QIPCO British Champions Day Media Guide 53

Ticket and Travel Information Contact List Ticket Information Harriet Collins John Maxse Premier Admission: £60 (Head of Public Relations, British Champions Series/ (All matters regarding QIPCO Holding) Grandstand Admission: £30 Great British Racing): Email: [email protected] Children under 18 accompanied by a paying adult: Free Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 7785 243 232 Tel: +44 7827 957113 Free Student admission: students can access their free tickets by registering via the Ascot Racecourse website using For Media Accreditation for QIPCO British Champions Day, the promotional code STUDENTSBCD. Admission will only be granted with a valid photo student ID. Naomi Lawson Ascot Racecourse, Saturday October 17th 2015: (Senior PR Manager, British Champions Series/ Great British Racing): Ashley Morton-Hunte Travelling to Ascot Racecourse Email: [email protected] (Press Offi cer, Ascot Racecourse): Tel: +44 7881 266 359 Email: [email protected] Ascot Racecourse is ideally situated in the beautiful, countryside adjoining Windsor Great Park and is Tel: +44 1344 878 508 approximately a 50 minute drive or train journey from London. Nick Smith (Head of Communications, Ascot Racecourse): Located close to the M3, M4, M40 and M25 as well as to London’s Heathrow Airport for international visitors, Ascot Email: [email protected] Racecourse offers easy access for all racegoers. Tel: +44 7771 791 449 By Road: Please note: FROM LONDON AND THE NORTH Metal RCA Press badges are valid for entrance to Ascot on QIPCO British Champions Day on Saturday October 17th M4 Junction 6 onto the A332 Windsor by-pass then follow signs for Ascot 2015. They will provide access to the two press rooms and lawn level media centre. Only members of the national and FROM THE WEST international racing media are permitted to enter the Parade Ring area. All other media should apply for accreditation M4 Junction 10 to the A329(M) signed as Bracknell then follow signs to Ascot via Ashley Morton-Hunte at Ascot racecourse.

FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST M3 Junction 3 onto the A332 signed to Bracknell then follow signs to Ascot

FROM THE MIDLANDS M40 southbound, Junction 4. Take the A404 towards the M4 (Junction 8/9). On the M4 head towards Heathrow/ London. Leave M4 at Junction 6 and follow A332 Windsor by-pass to Ascot.

For up-to-date travel information tune into BBC Radio Berkshire on 94.5FM or 104.1FM or log onto www..co.uk/berkshire before you leave to receive a local traffi c update.

By Rail There are regular services to Ascot from both Reading and London using South West Trains. The average journey time is 27 minutes from Reading and 52 minutes from Waterloo. Ascot railway station is a 7 minute walk from the racecourse.