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RACING’S BIG FINALE

SATURDAY 21 OCTOBER 2017 ASCOT RACECOURSE MEDIA GUIDE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY MEDIA GUIDE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY MEDIA GUIDE

CONTENTS 04 QIPCO British Champions Day Race Day Programme 51 Series Ambassadors

05 Race Day Itinerary 52 Background to the QIPCO British Champions Series and QIPCO British Champions Day

06 QIPCO British Champions Series Facts and Figures 52 Structure of the QIPCO British Champions Series

07 QIPCO British Champions Series Quotes 53 Title Partner – QIPCO Holding 08 Six Super Finishes 54 Ticket and Travel Information

09 QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup (Group 2) 55 Contact List and Media Accreditation

14 QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes (Group 1)

20 QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (Group 1)

25 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Sponsored by QIPCO) (Group 1)

31 QIPCO Champion Stakes (Group 1)

38 Balmoral Handicap (Sponsored by QIPCO)

40 Stobart Flat Jockeys’ Championship

44 Stobart Apprentice Championship

46 Leading Riders at QIPCO British Champions Day

47 Ryan Moore Profile

48 Leading Trainers at QIPCO British Champions Day

49 Aidan O’Brien Profile

50 Champion Owner

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10.30 Gates Open Racecourse tours for kids begin – starting in the Fanzone SATURDAY 21ST OCTOBER 12.45 QIPCO British Champions Day Merchandise giveaway (Parade Ring) ASCOT RACECOURSE 12.50 Opening Ceremony, featuring live performance by Laura Wright (Parade Ring) RACE DAY PROGRAMME 13.00 Parade of Champion Jockeys (Parade Ring) 13.25 First Race – QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup

10.30AM GATES OPEN 13.30 Legendary Champion Jockey Autograph Signing (Legends Stage, Trackside Lawn)

13:25PM £464,500 - QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS LONG DISTANCE CUP (GROUP 2) 14.00 Second Race – QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes 2 MILES (ROUND COURSE) 14.15 Crowning of the Stobart Champion Jockey (Parade Ring) 14:00PM £600,000 - QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SPRINT STAKES (GROUP 1) 6 FURLONGS (STRAIGHT COURSE) 14.40 Third Race – QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes

14:40PM £627,500 - QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS FILLIES & MARES STAKES (GROUP 1) 14.45 Legendary Sportsman Autograph Signing (Legends Stage, Trackside Lawn) 1 MILE AND 4 FURLONGS (ROUND COURSE) 15.15 Fourth Race – Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Sponsored by QIPCO) 15:15PM £1,100,000 - THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES (SPONSORED BY QIPCO) (GROUP 1) 1 MILE (STRAIGHT COURSE) 15.30 Crowning of the Champion Owner (Parade Ring)

15.50 Fifth Race – The QIPCO Champion Stakes 15:50PM £1,300,000 - QIPCO CHAMPION STAKES (GROUP 1) 1 MILE AND 2 FURLONGS (ROUND COURSE) 16.05 Draw to Win a VW Polo Beats* (Parade Ring) *For a year – Terms & Conditions at britishchampionsseries.com 16:30PM £250,000 - THE BALMORAL HANDICAP (SPONSORED BY QIPCO) 1 MILE (STRAIGHT COURSE) 16.30 BH Sixth Race – The Balmoral Handicap (Sponsored by QIPCO)

16.45 After Party, headlined by George Ezra begins (Grandstand Lawn Marquee)

DON’T MISS

From 10.30 The Fanzone: Featuring behind the scenes tours of Ascot, Meet the Racehorse, Jockey School and a chance to see all the equipment used in racing. (Old Paddock Lawns)

Gods of Sport Exhibition: A stunning collection of iconic sporting photographs spanning five decades, featuring legends such as Muhammed Ali, Lester Piggott, Ayrton Senna, Sir Henry Cecil and Seve Ballesteros. (Stewards’ House Lawn)

The Alpine Bar: A new bar for 2017 on the trackside lawns, offering a raised platform from which to view the racing, drinks, music and a selection of food offerings. (Trackside Lawns)

*All timings subject to change

PAGE 04 PAGE 05 QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY MEDIA GUIDE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY MEDIA GUIDE FACTS AND FIGURES OF QUOTES OF THE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES 2017 QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES 2017 L PR THEY SAID WHAT? QUOTES FROM THIS YEAR’S QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES TA IZ BALMORAL HANDICAP SERIES O E “Desert Skyline is not a great specimen – “We have been a bit thin on the ground T he’s a lightly framed whippet of a horse – with runners this year, but it doesn’t M

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WINS O EUROPEAN HANDICAP

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ALREADY FOR 3

E Skyline before the gelding’s success in The Tin Man in the Diamond Jubilee 4

Y the Doncaster Cup. Stakes. RYAN MOORE £ OVER A MILE “He never showed any softness in his “In the closing stages I was praying for life. He’s been travelling since 4am this the winning post, saying, ‘Inshallah, morning and has only been here an please God’, any religious thing I could RUNNERS SO FAR 62 FROM IRELAND hour. He didn’t have a lot of time to do think of to make the winning post come, anything – he had his piddle, got washed and it did.” off and then came into the paddock.” Michael Bell on how he willed Big 12 FROM FRANCE 7 FROM USA Aidan O’Brien after Highland Reel had Orange to a short-head victory in the overcome an eventful journey to Epsom Gold Cup. to win the Investec Coronation Cup. “It’s over.” 2 FROM GERMANY 1 FROM ARGENTINA “I wasn’t sure and when I saw Frankie Andre Fabre when asked for his put his arm up, I was gutted as I thoughts on Al Wukair’s staying-on third thought he had won, then someone said in the QIPCO 2000 Guineas. He was not W I N N I N G M A R G I N : FIVE LENGTHS, RECORDED BY ENABLE congratulations to me and it turned into inclined to expand. BIGGEST IN THE INVESTEC OAKS & DARLEY YORKSHIRE OAKS jubilation.” Despair turns to joy for Luke Morris, “I don’t get to sit on many beasts like this aboard Marsha, in the Coolmore at the races, so I’m going to enjoy it. I’d Nunthorpe Stakes. nearly given up on the big days, but Aidan BIGG£ST O’Brien has made it happen. It’s happy “I’m in shock, I thought I’d won a neck.” days.” PRIC£ SERIES RECORD £450,000 Frankie Dettori after he had celebrated Padraig Beggy reflects on scooping the “winning” the Coolmore Nunthorpe Investec Derby aboard Wings Of Eagles WINN£R Stakes on Lady Aurelia. The photo finish at 40-1. WINS QIPCO revealed he had been beaten a nose by WINGS for the Marsha. “I lost 7lb in six days, but it was worth OF EAGLES THIS YEAR ALREADY FOR BRITISH CHAMPIONS it. She is a superstar - as good as I’ve “It means you have to win it again, ridden. She is the real deal and I love her LONG DISTANCE CUP really.” so much. I’ll have a big dinner tonight, AIDAN O’BRIEN Ryan Moore on being asked what it was that’s for sure.” like to win the William Hill St Leger for Frankie Dettori reveals how he got down 40/1 the first time, with the help of Capri. to 8st 7lb to ride Enable in the QIPCO- SHORTEST WINNING MARGIN sponsored King George VI and Queen RECORDED BY MOST “I’m a believer in “A proper champion Elizabeth Stakes and explains why it IN THE can win on any ground”, but he’s so was worth it. ULYSSES IN THE fast I was a little bit concerned. He’s a INVESTEC A NOSE VALUABLE machine. He’s got speed to burn and “Pace, courage, tactical speed, he has EUROPEAN GROUP 1 that’s not how good he is. He’s there everything. He has passed every test DERBY CORAL-ECLIPSE (QIPCO Champion Stakes) OVER 1M2F now mentally and he’ll keep on that you would want a thoroughbred to getting better.” go through. His first Group race was as Adam Kirby says the best is still to come a two-year-old and we have toured the EUROPEAN from Harry Angel after a four- length world with him since then.” win in the 32Red Sprint Cup at Haydock. Aidan O’Brien sings the praises of MOST VALUABLE 1MGROUP 1 Highland Reel after his win in the Prince Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Sponsored by QIPCO) of Wales’s Stakes.

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SIX SUPER FINISHES IN THE 2017 1:25PM QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPION SERIES LONG DISTANCE CUP (GROUP 2) Total prize money £464,500 There has been plenty of drama and tight finishes in this year’s QIPCO British Champions Prize money breakdown: 1st: £263,417 - 2nd: £99,867 Series. Here are some of the best: 3rd: £49,980 - 4th: £24,897 - 5th: £12,495 - 6th: £6,270 • 2m (3200m) Round Course | 3yo+ | No Penalties | Maximum Field 14 MAY 19: YORK - JUNE 22: ROYAL ASCOT - • Contingency Inner Flat Course distance - 1m7f127yds BETWAY YORKSHIRE CUP GOLD CUP • Declare 10am Thursday 19th October The first race in the Long Any shortlist for the most Distance category of this year’s exciting Champions Series Series could not have been races of the year would have to any more exciting with about include this epic clash which a length covering the first five made for compelling viewing LAST YEAR’S WINNER: SHEIKHZAYEDROAD home. Dartmouth, owned by Her for 4min 22sec - longer if you Majesty The Queen, prevailed by count the number of times David Simcock sent out a third QIPCO British Champions Day winner as the a neck from Simple Verse - the replays were shown as the mercurial Sheikhzayedroad followed up his previous success in the Doncaster pair separated by the width of the track just to make it even judge tried to determine whether front-running Big Orange Cup under Martin Harley. “We all know he has his quirks, but he sticks his trickier to initially establish who had snatched the honours. had won, or if Order Of St George, defending his crown, neck out and loves his racing” said Simcock. Sheikhzayedroad returns to bid High Jinx, having his first run for two years, was another head had caught him in the final strides. The print showed the for a repeat success this year having performed with credit in no less than further back, with Endless Time another head behind him. courageous Big Orange had triumphed by a short head; the four 2017 QIPCO British Champions Series events. pair six lengths clear of Ladbrokes St Leger victor Harbour Law.

AUGUST 25: YORK - AUGUST 25: YORK - CONTENDERS THIS YEAR INCLUDE THE WEATHERBYS COOLMORE NUNTHORPE HAMILTON LONSDALE CUP STAKES A rousing finish, with Montaly, Lady Aurelia, the 10-11 BIG ORANGE having his first run in a QIPCO favourite, showed her Took a starring role in one of the sport’s most iconic moments this year when British Champions Series race, customary dash and looked holding off Order Of St George after a gripping head-to-head in the Gold Cup at getting his head in front right the winner virtually all the Royal Ascot. Undoubtedly one of the most popular horses in training, his gung- on the line under an exultant way. Indeed, crossing the line, ho attitude has won numerous admirers, having most recently once again given PJ McDonald. Montaly touched Frankie Dettori, her jockey, his all when going down to Stradivarius in the Qatar Goodwood Cup. One of the off Dartmouth, who had won was certain she had won - stars of the QIPCO British Champions Day show. the Betway Yorkshire Cup by a neck at York earlier in the year. saluting the crowd and placing a finger on his lips. However, it was Marsha, owned by the 10,000 members of the Elite Racing Club, who had prevailed by a whisker. ORDER OF ST GEORGE Only fourth when odds-on in this contest 12 months ago but probably wasn’t at his best less than a fortnight after heroic third in Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Needs to reverse Gold Cup form with Big Orange here, but that’s far JUNE 24: ROYAL ASCOT - JULY 8: SANDOWN - from impossible and another solid fourth in this year’s Arc confirms that the DIAMOND JUBILEE STAKES CORAL-ECLIPSE Comer Group International Irish St Leger winner remains in good form. Can he The Tin Man quickened up The most incident-packed set the record straight this year? smartly to edge out Tasleet, Coral-Eclipse ever? Three with Limato, squeezed by the jockeys ended up in hot water pair late on, another three with the stewards, the winning quarters of a length behind trainer was fined £1,000 for his STRADIVARIUS in third. There was a lengthy horse entering the parade ring Progressive youngster ready to shake up the old guard in the top staying stewards’ enquiry into the late and Eminent, who finished contests having justified support to win the Queen’s Vase at Royal Ascot before incident near the end but the fifth, tried to bite Decorated finding further improvement for another step up in trip when felling Big Orange result was allowed to stand. Knight, who was sixth. Meanwhile, Ulysses and Barney Roy in the Qatar Goodwood Cup. Narrowly beaten in a three-way photo in the William flashed past the post as one - the former clinging on by a Hill St Leger at Doncaster afterwards, but may just have been in front soon nose as Barney Roy closed on him all the way to the line. enough and remains capable of further improvement.

PAGE 08 PAGE 09 QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY MEDIA GUIDE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY MEDIA GUIDE FIVE-DAY ENTRIES FOR QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS LONG DISTANCE CUP 2017 IN THE LONG DISTANCE DIVISION: Entries on 16th October 2017

HORSE AGE TRAINER OWNER

Big Orange (GB) 6 Michael Bell W. J. and T. C. O. Gredley BETWAY YORKSHIRE CUP | 1M6F | 4YO+ | 8 RAN | SOFT | 13TH MAY | YORK

1st Dartmouth Sir M Stoute R Moore 11/4f Cap'n (IRE) 6 Brendan Powell Dr Marisa Viegas 2nd Simple Verse R Beckett O Murphy 13/2

3rd High Jinx T Easterby D Allan 40/1 Clever Cookie (GB) 9 Peter Niven Mr P. D. Niven 4th Endless Time C Appleby W Buick 5/1

Dal Harraild (GB) 4 William Haggas St Albans Bloodstock Limited 5th Marmelo H Morrison A Atzeni 5/1

6th Clever Cookie P Niven D Tudhope 10/1 Dartmouth (GB) 5 Sir Michael Stoute The Queen 7th Muntahaa J Gosden J Crowley 9/2

Duretto (GB) 5 Andrew Balding Lord Blyth 8th Crimean Tatar H Palmer J Mitchell 9/1

Idaho (IRE) 4 Aidan O'Brien Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier GOLD CUP | 2M4F | 4YO+ | 14 RAN | GOOD TO FIRM | 22ND JUNE | ASCOT

Montaly (GB) 6 Andrew Balding Farleigh Racing 1st Big Orange M Bell J Doyle 5/1

2nd Order Of St George A O’Brien R Moore 5/6f Nearly Caught (IRE) 7 Hughie Morrison Mr A. N. Solomons 3rd Harbour Law L Mongan J Crowley 33/1

Order of St George (IRE) 5 Aidan O'Brien M.Tabor,D.Smith,MrsJ Magnier,L Williams 4th She Is No Lady R Beckett F Berry 50/1

5th Torcedor J Harrington C O’Donoghue 20/1

Renneti (FR) 8 W. P. Mullins Mrs S. Ricci 6th Sheikhzayedroad D Simcock M Harley 10/1

7th Sweet Selection H Morrison S De Sousa 14/1 Sheikhzayedroad (GB) 8 David Simcock Mr Mohammed Jaber 8th Prince Of Arran C Fellowes T Queally 66/1

Stars Over The Sea (USA) 6 Henry de Bromhead Mr R. S. Brookhouse 9th Nearly Caught H Morrison A Kirby 66/1

10th Endless Time C Appleby W Buick 20/1 Torcedor (IRE) 5 Mrs J. Harrington Te Akau Torcedor(Mngr David Ellis) 11th Harrison M Channon G Lee 66/1

Seventh Heaven (IRE) 4 Aidan O'Brien Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. Tabor 12th Quest For More R Charlton J Spencer 25/1

13th Trip To Paris E Dunlop A Atzeni 50/1

Desert Skyline (IRE) 3 David Elsworth C Benham/ D Whitford/ L Quinn/ K Quinn 14th Simple Verse R Beckett O Murphy 15/2

Mount Moriah (GB) 3 Ralph Beckett Mr Norman Brunskill

Stradivarius (IRE) 3 John Gosden Mr B. E. Nielsen

Uae King (GB) 3 Roger Varian Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum

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2nd Big Orange M Bell L Dettori 6/4f 2nd Crystal Ocean Sir M Stoute J Crowley 5/1

3rd Desert Skyline D Elsworth D Probert 14/1 3rd Stradivarius J Gosden J Doyle 9/2

4th Wicklow Brave W Mullins J Crowley 8/1 4th Rekindling J O’Brien D O’Brien 10/1

5th She Is No Lady R Beckett J Doyle 33/1 5th Coronet J Gosden L Dettori 8/1

6th Pallasator Sir M Prescott O Murphy 25/1 6th Count Octave A Balding O Murphy 20/1

7th Sheikhzayedroad D Simcock M Harley 10/1 7th Raheen House B Meehan A Kirby 14/1

8th US Army Ranger A O’Brien R Moore 8/1 8th Venice Beach A O’Brien S Heffernan 12/1

9th Sweet Selection H Morrison A Kirby 33/1 9th Douglas Macarthur A O’Brien E McNamara 33/1

10th Prince Of Arran C Fellowes S Donohoe 33/1

11th Higher Power J Fanshawe T Queally 20/1

12th High Jinx T Easterby D Allan 66/1 13th Qewy C Appleby W Buick 16/1 PAST WINNERS OF THE QIPCO BRITISH 14th Oriental Fox M Johnston J Fanning 50/1 CHAMPIONS LONG DISTANCE CUP (GROUP 2)

YEAR RATING HORSE JOCKEY TRAINER

2nd Dartmouth Sir M Stoute R Moore 11/4f 2013 114 Royal Diamond Johnny Murtagh Johnny Murtagh

3rd St Michel Sir M Prescott L Morris 14/1 2014 111 Forgotten Rules Pat Smullen Dermot Weld

4th Sheikhzayedroad D Simcock M Harley 15/2 2015 115 Flying Officer Frankie Dettori John Gosden

5th High Jinx T Easterby D Allan 33/1 2016 115 Sheikhzayedroad Martin Harley David Simcock

6th Dal Harraild W Haggas P Cosgrave 7/2

7th Thomas Hobson W Mullins J Crowley 4/1

8th Prince Of Arran C Fellowes S Donohoe 25/1 9th Higher Power J Fanshawe J Doyle 7/1 HISTORY OF THE RACE Established in 1873 as the Jockey Club Cup, this race was run at Newmarket until 2011, when it was moved to Ascot and renamed the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup.

DONCASTER CUP | 2M2F | 3YO+ | GOOD TO SOFT | 15TH SEPTEMBER | DONCASTER The seven races in the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance category vary in distance from the mile and six furlongs 1st Desert Skyline D Elsworth S De Sousa 2/1f (2,800m) of York’s Betway Yorkshire Cup to the two and a half miles (4,000 metres) of the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. The intermediate two-mile trip of the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup therefore provides the perfect distance 2nd Thomas Hobson W Mullins R Moore 4/1 for the category finale.

3rd Sheikhzayedroad D Simcock M Harley 5/1 Having been dominated by Irish challengers in its first four years, John Gosden and Frankie Dettori recorded their 4th Clever Cookie P Niven G Lee 33/1 first QIPCO British Champions Day success with Flying Officer in 2015. A thrilling four horse photo-finish in 2016 saw Sheikhzayedroad defeat Group 1 winners Quest For More, Simple Verse and Order Of St George to provide David Simcock 5th High Jinx T Easterby D Allan 20/1 with his third QIPCO British Champions Day victory. 6th Montaly A Balding O Murphy 15/2

7th She Is No Lady R Beckett J Doyle 7/1

8th Pallasator Sir M Prescott R Jessop 16/1

9th Fun Mac H Morrison A Kirby 22/1

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2:00PM QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS FIVE-DAY ENTRIES FOR SPRINT STAKES (GROUP 1) QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SPRINT STAKES Total prize money £600,000 Entries on 16th October 2017 Prize money breakdown: 1st £340,260 - 2nd £129,000 3rd £64,560 - 4th £32,160 - 5th £16,140 - 6th £8,100 HORSE AGE TRAINER OWNER • 6f (1200 metres) Straight Course | 3yo+ | Maximum Field 20 • Declare 10am Thursday 19th October Brando (GB) 5 Kevin Ryan Mrs Angie Bailey

Cougar Mountain (IRE) 6 Aidan O'Brien M Tabor/D Smith/Mrs Magnier/Mrs O'Brien LAST YEAR’S WINNER: THE TIN MAN

Claiming his first Group 1, The Tin Man improved upon his fourth in the same Danzeno (GB) 6 Michael Appleby Mr A. M. Wragg race 12 months previously, in the process emulating his half-brother Deacon Blues who won the same contest in 2011. The Tin Man has already tasted QIPCO British Champions Series success again this season in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes and finished third to Harry Angel in the 32Red Sprint Cup at Haydock on Donjuan Triumphant (IRE) 4 Andrew Balding King Power Racing Co Ltd his most recent start. Can he rise to the big occasion at Ascot again?

Librisa Breeze (GB) 5 Dean Ivory Mr Tony Bloom CONTENDERS THIS YEAR INCLUDE Tasleet (GB) 4 William Haggas Mr Hamdan Al Maktoum

CARAVAGGIO Placed high on a pedestal by connections since winning last year’s Coventry The Tin Man (GB) 5 James Fanshawe Fred Archer Racing - Ormonde Stakes at Royal Ascot in blistering fashion and lived up to expectations with a powerful display in the Commonwealth Cup here in June. Things have not gone quite so smoothly since in two defeats, but latest victory at The Curragh was Tupi (IRE) 5 Richard Hannon Michael Kerr-Dineen & Martin Hughes more like it and may be happier at this six-furlong trip in any case. Fascinating contender.

Mrs John Magnier,Mr M.Tabor & Washington DC (IRE) 4 Aidan O'Brien Mr D.Smith QUIET REFLECTION Mrs John Magnier,Mr M.Tabor & Outstanding sprinting filly last season, winning QIPCO British Champion Series Caravaggio (USA) 3 Aidan O'Brien Mr D.Smith prizes at Royal Ascot and Haydock. Probably over the top when beaten in this contest 12 months ago, but comes here far fresher this year. Sidelined after disappointing reappearance this year in Haydock’s Armstrong Aggregates Temple Stakes, but returned from four months off with an emphatic display in a Harry Angel (IRE) 3 Clive Cox Godolphin Naas Group Three last month. Soft ground holds no fears.

Mrs John Magnier,Mr M.Tabor & Intelligence Cross (USA) 3 Aidan O'Brien Mr D.Smith HARRY ANGEL Bought by Godolphin after winning a Group 2 at Haydock in May before making Quiet Reflection (GB) 4 K. R. Burke Ontoawinner, Strecker & Burke Caravaggio work all the way for victory at Royal Ascot. That form was reversed, though, when Harry Angel took the first of two QIPCO British Champions Series successes in the Darley July Cup before emphatically following up in testing Mrs John Magnier,Mr M.Tabor & Alphabet (GB) 3 Aidan O'Brien conditions in the 32Red Sprint Cup at Haydock. Victory here would cement his Mr D.Smith status as champion sprinter.

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2017 IN THE SPRINT DIVISION: 2017 IN THE SPRINT DIVISION:

1st Lady Aurelia W Ward J Velazquez 7/2 1st The Tin Man J Fanshawe T Queally 9/2

2nd Profitable C Cox J Doyle 14/1 2nd Tasleet W Haggas J Crowley 7/1

3rd Marsha Sir M Prescott L Morris 11/4f 3rd Limato H Candy R Moore 2/1f

4th Muthmir W Haggas J Crowley 16/1 4th Librisa Breeze D Ivory R Winston 11/1

5th Take Cover D Griffiths D Allan 66/1 5th Finsbury Square F Chappet O Peslier 40/1

6th Alpha Delphini B Smart C Beasley 20/1 6th Tupi R Hannon S Levey 66/1

7th Cotai Glory C Hills S De Sousa 28/1 7th Suedois D O’Meara D Tudhope 25/1

8th Signs Of Blessing F Rohaut S Pasquier 5/1 8th Aclaim M Meade J Spencer 25/1

9th Final Venture P Midgley P Dobbs 40/1 9th Al Jazi F Rohaut G Benoist 33/1

10th Goldream R Cowell M Harley 12/1 10th Kachy T Dascombe R Kingscote 33/1

11th Ardhoomey G Lyons C Keane 20/1 11th The Right Man D Guillemin F-X Bertras 14/1

12th Priceless C Cox A Kirby 11/1 12th Long On Value W Mott J Rosario 14/1

13th Willytheconqueror W Muir M Dwyer 125/1 13th Comicas C Appleby W Buick 33/1

14th Gracious John D Evans J Egan 80/1 14th Dancing Star A Balding D Probert 25/1

15th Washington DC A O’Brien R Moore 8/1 15th Windfast B Meehan S De Sousa 66/1

16th Medicean Man J Gask A Atzeni 66/1 16th Mobsta M Channon P Smullen 100/1

17th Just Glamourous R Harris S Kelly 100/1 17th Kassia M Channon G Lee 100/1

18th Magical Memory C Hills J Doyle 8/1

1st Caravaggio A O’Brien R Moore 5/6f

3rd Blue Point C Appleby W Buick 9/2 1st Harry Angel C Cox A Kirby 9/2

4th Bound For Nowhere W Ward D Flores 10/1 2nd Limato H Candy H Bentley 4/1

5th Mr Scarlet S Lavery P Smullen 80/1 3rd Brando K Ryan T Eaves 28/1

6th Tis Marvellous C Cox G Mosse 33/1 4th Caravaggio A O’Brien R Moore 10/11f

7th Straight Right C Ferland O Peslier 66/1 5th Intelligence Cross A O’Brien P Beggy 100/1

8th Visionary R Cowell J Spencer 50/1 6th Growl R Fahey P Hanagan 50/1

9th Intelligence Cross A O’Brien S Heffernan 25/1 7th Intisaab D O’Meara W Buick 66/1

10th Legendary Lunch R Hannon T Marquand 50/1 8th The Tin Man J Fanshawe T Queally 7/1

11th Victory Angel R Varian S De Sousa 66/1 9th Mr Lupton R Fahey J Spencer 66/1

12th Yalta M Johnston J Doyle 50/1 10th Tasleet W Haggas J Crowley 9/1

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2nd Lady Aurelia W Ward L Dettori 10/11f YEAR RATING HORSE JOCKEY TRAINER 3rd Cotai Glory C Hills S De Sousa 50/1 2011 120 Deacon Blues Johnny Murtagh James Fanshawe 4th Battaash C Hills J Crowley 11/4

5th Priceless C Cox A Kirby 33/1 2012 114 Maarek Jamie Spencer David Peter Nagle

6th Profitable C Cox J Doyle 8/1

2013 115 Slade Power Wayne Lordan Edward Lynam 7th Final Venture P Midgley P Mulrennan 40/1

8th Alpha Delphini B Smart G Lee 50/1 2014 118 Gordon Lord Byron Wayne Lordan Tom Hogan

9th Goldream R Cowell M Harley 66/1

10th Washington DC A O’Brien R Moore 20/1 2015 123 Muhaarar Paul Hanagan Charles Hills

11th Take Cover D Griffiths D Allan 25/1 2016 115 The Tin Man Tom Queally James Fanshawe

32RED SPRINT CUP | 6F | 3YO+ | HEAVY | 9TH SEPTEMBER | HAYDOCK PARK 1st Harry Angel C Cox A Kirby 2/1f HISTORY OF THE RACE 2nd Tasleet W Haggas J Crowley 9/2 The event was established in 1946, and it was originally called the Diadem Stakes. It was named after Diadem (foaled 1914), a winner of several of Ascot’s leading races. 3rd The Tin Man J Fanshawe T Queally 11/2 The race was given its present name in 2011 when it became part of the newly created QIPCO British Champions Day, 4th Blue Point C Appleby J Doyle 15/2 and its purse was increased to £250,000 from £100,000.

5th Cougar Mountain A O’Brien B Curtis 40/1 In 2015, the QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes was upgraded from Group 2 to Group 1 status and, in response to its enhanced prestige, the race’s value was boosted from £350,000 to £600,000 establishing it as Europe’s joint-most valuable sprint. 6th Mr Lupton R Fahey R Kingscote 50/1 This six-furlong (1,200 metres) contest provides the grand finale to the seven-race QIPCO British Champions Sprint 7th Growl R Fahey G Lee 25/1 division. There are three Series races run over five furlongs (1,000 metres) and four, including today’s contest, over six furlongs. Many sprinters tend to specialise over one of these distances, but the true greats have the versatility to excel 8th Kimberella R Fahey P Mulrennan 40/1 over both trips.

Having won the first running under its current guise in 2011 with Deacon Blues, Newmarket trainer James Fanshawe 9th Brando K Ryan T Eaves 5/1 won the race for a second time in 2016 with the The Tin Man, ridden by Tom Queally.

10th Queen Kindly R Fahey P Hanagan 33/1

11th Magical Memory C Hills S De Sousa 12/1

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2:40PM QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS FIVE-DAY ENTRIES FOR FILLIES & MARES STAKES (GROUP 1) QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS FILLIES & MARES STAKES Total prize money £627,500 Entries on 16th October 2017 Prize money breakdown: 1st £355,855 - 2nd £134,912 3rd £67,519 - 4th £33,634 - 5th £16,879 - 6th £8,471 HORSE AGE TRAINER OWNER

• 1m4f (2400 metres) Round Course | 3yo+ Fillies & Mares | Maximum Field 16 Alyssa (GB) 4 Ralph Beckett Miss K. Rausing • Contingency Inner Flat Course distance - 1m3f133yds • Declare 10am Thursday 19th October

Bateel (IRE) 5 Francis-Henri Graffard Al Asayl Bloodstock Ltd

LAST YEAR’S WINNER: JOURNEY Journey (GB) 5 John Gosden Mr George Strawbridge Frankie Dettori treated the appreciative crowd to one of his famous flying dismounts after steering John Gosden’s filly into first place. Second in the same race 12 months earlier, Journey travelled with ease and held off the high-class Speedy Boarding close home. “She picked up like she had rollerskates on,” Left Hand (GB) 4 C. Laffon-Parias Wertheimer et Frere beamed Dettori. Back for another attempt at this year’s race, she produced a timely return to form when second in France last time.

Mountain Bell (GB) 4 Ralph Beckett Qatar Racing Limited

CONTENDERS THIS YEAR INCLUDE Seventh Heaven (IRE) 4 Aidan O'Brien Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. Tabor

CORONET Progressive profile saw her step up from fifth in the Investec Oaks to take the Smart Call (SAF) 6 Sir Michael Stoute Miss Jessica Slack Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot and consistent efforts in high-class company since, including when staying on for a clear second behind stablemate and old rival Enable in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks. Unable to sustain her effort when fifth The Black Princess (FR) 4 John Gosden Mr R. J. H. Geffen in the William Hill St Leger on her latest start, having possibly failed to see out the trip, but her chance must be respected here back at the scene of her biggest victory. The Juliet Rose (FR) 4 N. Clement Markus J. Jooste & Bernard Kantor

BATEEL Coronet (GB) 3 John Gosden Denford Stud Smart performer when with David Simcock last season, when beaten only a couple of lengths in a French Group 1. Transferred to France this year to join Francis-Henri Graffard and has continued to go forwards, winning a Group 3 at Haydock on suitably soft ground before moving up take a Group 2 at Deauville Eziyra (IRE) 3 D. K. Weld H.H. Aga Khan and the Group 1 Qatar Prix Vermeille at Chantilly. On a roll presently and respected given versatility and proven stamina.

Horseplay (GB) 3 Andrew Balding Cliveden Stud

EZIYRA Hydrangea (IRE) 3 Aidan O'Brien Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. Tabor Smart performer at two, winning a Group 3 on her final start, and has maintained a high level of form this year. Finished in front of Coronet when third to Enable in the Darley Irish Oaks and a winner of two Group races since, staying on strongly to hold off male rivals in the Group 3 KPMG Enterprise Stakes at Leopardstown Rhododendron (IRE) 3 Aidan O'Brien Mrs John Magnier,Mr M.Tabor & Mr D.Smith last time out. Sees this trip out well, her trainer has fine record at this meeting and rates as a fascinating contender.

Wild Irish Rose (IRE) 3 Aidan O'Brien Mrs Magnier/M Tabor/D Smith/Mrs O'Brien

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2017 IN THE FILLIES & MARES DIVISION: 2017 IN THE FILLIES & MARES DIVISION:

2nd Rhododendron A O’Brien R Moore 5/4f 1st Roly Poly A O’Brien R Moore 6/4f 3rd Daban J Gosden L Dettori 5/1 2nd Wuheida C Appleby W Buick 3/1 4th Talaayeb O Burrows J Crowley 11/1

5th Fair Eva R Charlton J Doyle 8/1 3rd Arabian Hope S Bin Suroor J Gordon 13/2 6th Unforgetable Filly H Palmer W Buick 25/1 4th Sea Of Grace W Haggas A Atzeni 9/2 7th Poet’s Vanity A Balding D Probert 20/1

8th Urban Fox J Tate M Harley 50/1 5th Delectation A Wohler E Pedroza 16/1 9th Queen Kindly R Fahey G Mosse 33/1 6th Greta G J Gosden J Crowley 14/1 10th Hydrangea A O’Brien P Beggy 9/1

11th Kilmah M Johnston R Kingscote 100/1 7th Opal Tiara M Channon R Whelan 25/1 12th Intricately J O’Brien D O’Brien 20/1 13th Ce La Vie K Dalgleish T Queally 150/1 14th Dream Start J Ryan J Gordon 200/1 QATAR NASSAU STAKES | 1M2F | 3YO+ F&M | SOFT (HEAVY) | 3RD AUGUST | GOODWOOD

1st Winter A O’Brien R Moore 10/11f INVESTEC OAKS | 1M4F | 3YO FILLIES | GOOD | 2ND JUNE | EPSOM DOWNS 1st Enable J Gosden L Dettori 6/1 2nd Blond Me A Balding O Murphy 16/1 2nd Rhododendron A O’Brien R Moore 8/11f 3rd Sobetsu C Appleby W Buick 6/1 3rd Alluringly A O’Brien S Heffernan 16/1 4th Horseplay A Balding O Murphy 14/1 4th Hydrangea A O’Brien S Heffernan 10/1 5th Coronet J Gosden A Atzeni 12/1 5th So Mi Dar J Gosden L Dettori 4/1 6th Isabel De Urbina R Beckett F Berry 33/1 7th Pocketfullofdreams A O’Brien D O’Brien 50/1 6th Queen’s Trust Sir M Stoute J Crowley 8/1 8th Sobetsu C Appleby W Buick 6/1 9th Natavia R Charlton P Smullen 12/1

DARLEY YORKSHIRE OAKS | 1M4F | 3YO+ F&M | GOOD TO SOFT | 24TH AUGUST | YORK CORONATION STAKES | 1M | 3YO FILLIES | GOOD TO FIRM | 23RD JUNE | ASCOT 1st Enable J Gosden L Dettori 1/4f 1st Winter A O’Brien R Moore 4/9f 2nd Roly Poly A O’Brien S Heffernan 12/1 2nd Coronet J Gosden O Peslier 16/1 3rd Hydrangea A O’Brien P Beggy 16/1 3rd Queen’s Trust Sir M Stoute J Crowley 12/1 4th Dabyah J Gosden J Crowley 13/2 5th La Coronel M Casse F Geroux 25/1 4th Nezwaah R Varian A Atzeni 7/1 6th Tomyris R Varian A Atzeni 33/1 5th Alluringly A O’Brien R Moore 16/1 7th Precieuse F Chappet O Peslier 8/1 6th Abingdon Sir M Stoute R Kingscote 33/1

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PAST WINNERS OF THE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS 3:15PM QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES FILLIES & MARES STAKES (GROUP 1) (SPONSORED BY QIPCO) (GROUP 1) Total prize money £1,100,000 YEAR RATING HORSE JOCKEY TRAINER Prize money breakdown: 1st £623,810 - 2nd £236,500 2011 117 Dancing Rain Johnny Murtagh William Haggas 3rd £118,360 - 4th £58,960 - 5th £29,590 - 6th £14,850 2012 116 Sapphire Pat Smullen Dermot Weld • 1m (1600 metres) Straight Course | 3yo+ | Maximum Field 20 • Declare 10am Thursday 19th October 2013 116 Seal of Approval George Baker James Fanshawe

2014 113 Madame Chiang Jim Crowley David Simcock

2015 116 Simple Verse Andrea Atzeni Ralph Beckett LAST YEAR’S WINNER: MINDING The remarkable Minding put the seal on an incredible season with a fifth Group 1 victory, confirming her position as a supreme performer by beating the best of 2016 115 Journey Frankie Dettori John Gosden the boys having already proven herself much the best of her own sex. Ribchester and William Buick pushed her to the line, but got no closer than the half-length winning margin. Aidan O’Brien, winning on QIPCO British Champions Day for a third time, hailed her as being “quite incredible”. HISTORY OF THE RACE The genealogy of the QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes dates back to 1946, when Ascot staged the Princess Royal Stakes for the first time. In 2008 it was renamed the Pride Stakes and moved to Newmarket, but it returned to Ascot under its current name in 2011. CONTENDERS THIS YEAR INCLUDE

The new race was given a boost in its very first year as it was won by none other than the Investec Oaks and Preis der Diana (German Oaks) winner, Dancing Rain, a dual Classic heroine having her final European start. Simple Verse was the second AL WUKAIR Classic winner to claim the spoils in its short recent history when successful in 2015. The race was awarded Group 1 status in Well fancied to win the QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on the strength of a 2013 and now boasts prize money of £600,000, making it Britain’s joint-most valuable fillies-only race. hugely-impressive reappearance in the Prix Djebel at Maisons-Laffitte and far from disgraced to finish a close-up third. Built on his subsequent second in a Group 3 afterwards to claim a first Group 1 success in the Prix Jacques Le Marois under Frankie Dettori. Still has very few miles on the clock and a fascinating contender for French master trainer.

RIBCHESTER Versatile and high-quality performer who returns to QIPCO British Champions Day with his reputation further enhanced since finishing second to Minding in this race 12 months ago. Stylish success at the start of the season in Newbury’s Lockinge Stakes was followed up by career-best victory in the Queen Anne over track and trip. Beaten in the mud at Goodwood afterwards but back to form in France since.

CHURCHILL Outstanding dual Group 1-winning two-year-old last season who returned with the same sort of high-class performance when taking QIPCO 2000 Guineas on return. Followed up in softer ground in the Irish version and looked to be going places, but possibly boiled over at Royal Ascot on a scorching hot day and then followed back-to-form second in Juddmonte International with a disappointing run in the QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes. Best foot forward required here.

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HORSE AGE TRAINER OWNER 1st Churchill A O’Brien R Moore 6/4f 2nd Barney Roy R Hannon J Doyle 7/2 Breton Rock (IRE) 7 David Simcock Mr John Cook 3rd Al Wukair A Fabre G Benoist 11/2 4th Lancaster Bomber A O’Brien D O’Brien 14/1

Here Comes When (IRE) 7 Andrew Balding Mrs Fitri Hay 5th Dream Castle S Bin Suroor S De Sousa 8/1 6th Eminent M Meade J Crowley 5/1 7th Top Score S Bin Suroor J Fanning 100/1 Lightning Spear (GB) 6 David Simcock Qatar Racing Limited 8th Spirit Of Valor A O’Brien S Heffernan 33/1 9th Larchmont Lad R Hannon W Buick 33/1 Ribchester (IRE) 4 Richard Fahey Godolphin 10th Law And Order J Tate M Harley 100/1

AL SHAQAB LOCKINGE STAKES | 1M | 4YO+ | SOFT | 20TH MAY | NEWBURY Toscanini (IRE) 5 Richard Fahey Godolphin 1st Ribchester R Fahey W Buick 7/4f 2nd Lightning Spear D Simcock O Murphy 9/2 Zonderland (GB) 4 Clive Cox Cheveley Park Stud 3rd Breton Rock D Simcock A Atzeni 25/1 4th Somehow A O’Brien R Moore 100/30

Al Wukair (IRE) 3 A. Fabre Al Shaqab Racing 5th Galileo Gold H Palmer L Dettori 9/2 6th Aclaim M Meade J Spencer 9/1 7th Mitchum Swagger D Lanigan T Queally 25/1 Beat The Bank (GB) 3 Andrew Balding King Power Racing Co Ltd 8th Toscanini R Fahey P Hanagan 50/1

Lancaster Bomber (USA) 3 Aidan O'Brien Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier 2nd Mutakayyef W Haggas J Crowley 5/1 3rd Deauville A O’Brien R Moore 12/1 4th Spectre M Munch S Pasquier 50/1 Nathra (IRE) 4 John Gosden Abdullah Saeed Al Naboodah 5th Kaspersky J Chapple-Hyam M Payne 66/1 6th Dutch Connection C Hills J Doyle 25/1 Persuasive (IRE) 4 John Gosden Cheveley Park Stud 7th Cougar Mountain A O’Brien D O’Brien 33/1 8th Oh This Is Us R Hannon P Dobbs 33/1

Sir John Lavery (IRE) 3 Aidan O'Brien Mrs John Magnier 9th Lightning Spear D Simcock J Spencer 11/2 10th Jallota C Hills S De Sousa 40/1 11th American Patriot T Pletcher J Velazquez 20/1 Thunder Snow (IRE) 3 Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 12th Kool Kompany R Hannon P Smullen 50/1 13th Miss Temple City G Motion E Prado 20/1 Roly Poly (USA) 3 Aidan O'Brien Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier 14th Toscanini R Fahey P Hanagan 150/1 15th Ennaadd R Varian A Atzeni 16/1

Sea of Grace (IRE) 3 William Haggas Sunderland Holding Inc. 16th Dutch Uncle R Cowell M Harley 200/1

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2017 IN THE MILE DIVISION: QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES (SPONSORED BY QIPCO) (GROUP 1) WINNERS AND RATINGS 2000-2016

ST JAMES’S PALACE STAKES | 1M | 3YO | GOOD TO FIRM | 20TH JUNE | ASCOT YEAR RATING HORSE JOCKEY TRAINER OWNER 1st Barney Roy R Hannon J Doyle 5/2 2nd Lancaster Bomber A O’Brien D O’Brien 12/1 2000 126 Observatory Kevin Darley John Gosden Khalid Abdullah 3rd Thunder Snow S Bin Suroor C Soumillon 6/1 2001 122 Summoner Richard Hills Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 4th Churchill A O’Brien R Moore 1/2f 2002 123 Where or When Kevin Darley Terry Mills John Humphreys 5th Forest Ranger R Fahey T Hamilton 33/1 6th Rivet W Haggas A Atzeni 16/1 2003 127 Falbrav Darryll Holland Luca Cumani Rencati/Yoshida

7th Mr Scaramanga S Dow H Bentley 66/1 2004 123 Rakti Philip Robinson Michael Jarvis Gary Tanaka 8th Peace Envoy A O’Brien S Heffernan 33/1 2005 124 Starcraft Christophe Lemaire Luca Cumani The Australian Syndicate

2nd Ribchester R Fahey W Buick 8/13f 2008 129 Raven’s Pass Jimmy Fortune John Gosden Princess Haya of Jordan 3rd Lightning Spear D Simcock O Murphy 8/1 2009 129 Rip Van Winkle Johnny Murtagh Aidan O’Brien Magnier/ Tabor/ Smith 4th Zelzal J-C Rouget L Dettori 4/1 5th Toscanini R Fahey J Doyle 66/1 2010 122 Poet’s Voice Frankie Dettori Saeed Bin Suroor Godolphin 6th Lancaster Bomber A O’Brien R Moore 8/1 2011 136 Frankel Tom Queally Sir Henry Cecil Khalid Abdullah 7th Kool Kompany R Hannon A Atzeni 40/1 2012 130 Excelebration Joseph O’Brien Aidan O’Brien Smith/ Magnier/ Tabor

KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN SUN CHARIOT STAKES | 1M | 3YO+ F&M | GOOD | 7TH OCTOBER | NEWMARKET 2013 125 Olympic Glory Richard Hughes Richard Hannon Sr Sheikh Joaan Al Thani 1st Roly Poly A O’Brien R Moore 4/1 2014 122 Charm Spirit Olivier Peslier Freddy Head Sheikh Abdulla Bin Khalifa Al Thani 2nd Persuasive J Gosden L Dettori 9/4f 2015 125 Solow Maxime Guyon Freddy Head Wertheimer & Frère 3rd Nathra J Gosden J Fortune 20/1 4th Usherette A Fabre M Barzalona 9/1 2016 120 Minding Ryan Moore Aidan O’Brien Smith/ Magnier/ Tabor 5th Dawn Of Hope R Varian C O’Donoghue 66/1 6th Qemah J-C Rouget G Benoist 5/1 7th Muffri’Ha W Haggas J Fanning 18/1 8th Alluringly A O’Brien S Heffernan 50/1 9th Aljazzi M Botti A Kirby 8/1 10th Siyoushake F Head S Pasquier 9/1 11th Tomyris R Varian J Spencer 50/1 12th Spangled R Varian H Bentley 66/1 13th Arabian Hope S Bin Suroor J Quinn 50/1

HISTORY OF THE RACE Long recognised as Europe’s mile championship, 1,600 metre races come no bigger than this anywhere on the International (capital I) stage. It is now by far the richest mile race in Europe and one of the most valuable anywhere in the world.

Named in honour of The Queen in 1955, the race has a roll of honour packed full of stars, including Brigadier Gerard (1971 & 1972), Known Fact (1980), Dubai Millennium (1999) and the awesome Frankel, who took the contest in 2011 in effortless fashion. After a dozen straight home wins leading up to 2005, the winner’s trophy has been taken overseas five times in the last nine years, with Charm Spirit, Solow and Minding taking the last three renewals.

In 2016, after victories in the QIPCO 1000 Guineas, Investec Oaks, Darley Irish Oaks and Darley Yorkshire Oaks, Minding became the first filly to be successful since Milligram in 1987 and Aidan O’Brien’s fourth winner in the race.

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ROLL OF HONOUR 1970-1999 3:50PM QIPCO CHAMPION STAKES (GROUP 1) FOR THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES Total prize money £1,300,000 FIRST RUN IN 1955 AND RUN AT NEWMARKET IN 2005 WHEN ASCOT WAS BEING REDEVELOPED. Prize money breakdown: 1st £737,230 - 2nd £279,500 YEAR HORSE AGE JOCKEY TRAINER OWNER 3rd £139,880 - 4th £69,680 - 5th £34,970 - 6th £17,550 1970 Welsh Pageant 4 Sandy Barclay Noel Murless Jim Joel • 1m2f (2000 metres) | 3yo+ | Maximum Field 14 • Contingency Inner Flat Course distance - 1m2f 1971 Brigadier Gerard 3 Joe Mercer Dick Hern Jean Hislop • Declare 10am Thursday 19th October 1972 Brigadier Gerard 4 Joe Mercer Dick Hern Jean Hislop

1973 Jan Ekels 4 Jimmy Lindley Guy Harwood Anthony Bodie

1974 Track Waterlogged LAST YEAR’S WINNER: ALMANZOR 1975 Rose Bowl 3 Willie Carson Fulke Johnson Houghton Jane Engelhard Having announced himself as a high-class colt in France when taking the Prix du Jockey-Club at Chantilly, he moved on to a new plateau in the autumn with 1976 Rose Bowl 4 Willie Carson Fulke Johnson Houghton Jane Engelhard victories in the QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown and then in this 1977 Trusted 4 Willie Carson John Dunlop Duchess of Norfolk mighty race, where he stayed on with typical power to beat Found by two lengths. Victory confirmed him the supreme middle-distance performer in Europe. After 1978 Homing 3 Willie Carson Dick Hern 2nd Baron Rotherwick an injury-interrupted start to this season, he was retired after failing to show his old sparkle when returning the racecourse at Deauville in August. 1979 Kris 3 Joe Mercer Sir Henry Cecil Lord Howard de Walden

1980 Known Fact 3 Willie Carson Jeremy Tree Khalid Abdullah 1981 To-Agori-Mou 3 Lester Piggott Guy Harwood Andry Muinos CONTENDERS THIS YEAR INCLUDE 1982 Buzzards Bay 4 Walter Swinburn Hugh Collingridge Vera McKinney

1983 Sackford 3 Greville Starkey Guy Harwood Anthony Bodie HIGHLAND REEL Already the winner of two QIPCO British Champions Series contests this year, 1984 Teleprompter 4 Willie Carson Bill Watts 18th Earl of Derby his hallmark is fortitude and determination. Travel problems meant that he 1985 Shadeed 3 Walter Swinburn Sir Michael Stoute Maktoum Al Maktoum arrived late into Epsom before the Investec Coronation Cup, but he proved unflappable and unstoppable in the race. Then dropped in trip for the Prince of 1986 Sure Blade 3 Brent Thomson Guy Harwood Sheikh Mohammad Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot, he fought like a lion in the home straight to see off a series of challengers. No QIPCO British Champions Day contender will have 1987 Milligram 3 Pat Eddery Sir Michael Stoute Helena Springfield Ltd more heart. 1988 Warning 3 Pat Eddery Guy Harwood Khalid Abdullah

1989 Zilzal 3 Walter Swinburn Sir Michael Stoute Mana Al Maktoum BARNEY ROY 1990 Markofdistinction 4 Frankie Dettori Luca Cumani Gerald Leigh Followed up victory in the JLT Greenham Stakes on return with a solid second to Churchill in the QIPCO 2000 Guineas. He reversed that form subsequently on the 1991 Selkirk 3 Ray Cochrane Ian Balding George Strawbridge biggest stage at Royal Ascot and lost nothing in defeat afterwards when stepped 1992 Lahib 4 Willie Carson John Dunlop Hamdan Al Maktoum up to 10 furlongs and beaten by a nostril by Ulysses in the Coral-Eclipse. Tactics may have been to blame when third in the Juddmonte International at York 1993 Bigstone 3 Pat Eddery Elie Lellouche Daniel Wildenstein subsequently and better expected here.

1994 Maroof 4 Richard Hills Robert Armstrong Hamdan Al Maktoum

1995 Bahri 3 Willie Carson John Dunlop Hamdan Al Maktoum CRACKSMAN 1996 Mark of Esteem 3 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Third in the Investec Derby on just the third start of his life, then second in the 1997 Air Express 3 Olivier Peslier Clive Brittain Mohamed Obaida Irish version four weeks later, just unable to reel in the leader having been set plenty to do. Returned from break with emphatic Betway Great Voltigeur 1998 Desert Prince 3 Olivier Peslier David Loder Lucayan Stud Stakes success at York before effortless victory in the Group 2 Qatar Prix Niel at Chantilly. Connections opted to miss the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe to wait 1999 Dubai Millennium 3 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin for this and looks sure to land a big one at some stage.

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FIVE-DAY ENTRIES FOR 2017 IN THE MIDDLE DISTANCE DIVISION: QIPCO CHAMPION STAKES Entries on 16th October 2017

HORSE AGE TRAINER OWNER INVESTEC CORONATION CUP | 1M4F | 4YO+ | 10 RAN | GOOD | 2ND JUNE | EPSOM

1st Highland Reel A O’Brien R Moore 9/4f Desert Encounter (IRE) 5 David Simcock Mr Abdulla Al Mansoori 2nd Frontiersman C Appleby J Doyle 9/1

Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. 3rd Hawkbill C Appleby W Buick 11/2 Highland Reel (IRE) 5 Aidan O'Brien Tabor 4th Elbereth A Balding O Murphy 33/1

Maverick Wave (USA) 6 John Gosden Godolphin 5th Journey J Gosden L Dettori 7/2 6th Idaho A O’Brien S Heffernan 11/1

Poet's Word (IRE) 4 Sir Michael Stoute Mr Saeed Suhail 7th Red Verdon E Dunlop P Smullen 33/1

8th Air Pilot R Beckett F Berry 25/1

Success Days (IRE) 5 K. J. Condon Mr Robert Ng 9th Prize Money S Bin Suroor O Peslier 10/1

10th US Army Ranger A O’Brien D O’Brien 8/1 Flaxman Stables IRE & Cheveley Park Ulysses (IRE) 4 Sir Michael Stoute Stud INVESTEC DERBY | 1M4F | 3YO | 18 RAN | GOOD | 3RD JUNE | EPSOM

Barney Roy (GB) 3 Richard Hannon Godolphin 1st Wings Of Eagles A O’Brien P Beggy 40/1

2nd Cliffs Of Moher A O’Brien R Moore 5/1 Brametot (IRE) 3 Jean Claude Rouget Al Shaqab/G. Augustin-Normand 3rd Cracksman J Gosden L Dettori 7/2f

4th Eminent M Meade J Crowley 5/1 Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Churchill (IRE) 3 Aidan O'Brien Magnier 5th Benbatl S Bin Suroor O Murphy 20/1

6th Capri A O’Brien S Heffernan 16/1 Cliffs of Moher (IRE) 3 Aidan O'Brien Mrs John Magnier 7th Douglas Macarthur A O’Brien C O’Donoghue 25/1

Cracksman (GB) 3 John Gosden Mr A. E. Oppenheimer 8th Best Solution S Bin Suroor P Cosgrave 12/1 9th Glencadam Glory J Gosden J Doyle 33/1 Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Lancaster Bomber (USA) 3 Aidan O'Brien 10th Permian M Johnston W Buick 8/1 Magnier 11th Dubai Thunder S Bin Suroor A Kirby 9/1

Recoletos (FR) 3 C. Laffon-Parias Sarl Darpat France 12th Venice Beach A O’Brien D O’Brien 12/1

13th Salouen S Kirk F Berry 33/1

Sir John Lavery (IRE) 3 Aidan O'Brien Mrs John Magnier 14th Khalidi J Gosden P Smullen 20/1

15th Crowned Eagle J Gosden A Atzeni 33/1 A Rosen/Mrs J Magnier/M Tabor/D War Decree (USA) 3 Aidan O'Brien Smith 16th Rekindling J O’Brien W Lordan 25/1

Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. 17th The Anvil A O’Brien Ana O’Brien 66/1 Hydrangea (IRE) 3 Aidan O'Brien Tabor 18th Pealer J Gosden S De Sousa 100/1

Mrs John Magnier,Mr M.Tabor & Mr Rhododendron (IRE) 3 Aidan O'Brien D.Smith

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2017 IN THE MIDDLE DISTANCE DIVISION: HISTORY OF THE RACE With £1.3 million in prize money, the QIPCO Champion Stakes over one mile and two furlongs (2,000 metres) is the most valuable ten-furlong race in Europe. Following on from iconic races like the Investec Derby and King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Sponsored by QIPCO), this is the final, pulsating showdown in the QIPCO British Champions Series Middle Distance division. PRINCE OF WALES’S STAKES | 1M2F | 4YO+ | 8 RAN | GOOD TO FIRM | 21ST JUNE | ASCOT The race brought a great heritage with it from Newmarket, where it had been run from its inception in 1877 until 2010. But 1st Highland Reel A O’Brien R Moore 9/4 the dramatic injection in prize money that accompanied its move to become the glittering highlight of the new QIPCO British 2nd Decorated Knight R Charlton A Atzeni 10/1 Champions Day has changed its status completely.

3rd Ulysses Sir M Stoute J Crowley 9/2 Each of the six renewals in the race’s new surroundings have produced top-quality fields and thrilling finishes. The first set 4th Queen’s Trust Sir M Stoute O Peslier 16/1 the bar high, with French raider Cirrus Des Aigles getting the better of Aussie superstar So You Think with two champion 5th Scottish C Appleby J Doyle 20/1 mares, Snow Fairy and Midday, further behind. For quality and drama few races could ever match the 2012 running, when Frankel completed his career unbeaten despite unsuitable ground and a very slow start from the stalls. 6th Mekhtaal J-C Rouget G Benoist 17/2 7th Johannes Vermeer A O’Brien D O’Brien 50/1 2013 saw Farhh prevail in a three-way battle, while in 2014 we were treated to a spine-tingling duel between Al Kazeem and Noble Mission, who ultimately came out on top for Lady Cecil. In 2015, QIPCO British Champions Day dream team Dermot 8th Jack Hobbs J Gosden W Buick 2/1f Weld and Pat Smullen (who have each enjoyed four winners on the day over the past six years) pounced late to land the spoils with Fascinating Rock. CORAL-ECLIPSE | 1M2F | 3YO+ | 8 RAN | GOOD TO FIRM (FIRM) | 8TH JULY | SANDOWN PARK Last year Almanzor completed a stunning sequence of five victories with a dramatic defeat of Prix de l’Arc De Triomphe 1st Ulysses Sir M Stoute J Crowley 8/1 winner Found to provide French trainer Jean-Claude Rouget and Belgian jockey Christophe Soumillon with their second 2nd Barney Roy R Hannon J Doyle 9/4 winner of the race. In the subsequent World’s Best Racehorse Rankings, Almanzor was ranked the fourth-best racehorse 3rd Desert Encounter D Simcock S Levey 50/1 in the world, making him the top-rated horse trained in Europe. The QIPCO Champion Stakes was also rated the fifth-best Group 1 race in the world in 2016. 4th Cliffs Of Moher A O’Brien R Moore 7/4f 5th Eminent M Meade S De Sousa 4/1 6th Decorated Knight R Charlton O Peslier 10/1 7th Lightning Spear D Simcock O Murphy 25/1 QIPCO CHAMPION STAKES 8th Salouen S Kirk W Buick 33/1 9th Taj Mahal A O’Brien P Beggy 50/1 WINNERS AND RATINGS 2000-2016

YEAR RATING HORSE JOCKEY TRAINER OWNER KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES (SPONSORED BY QIPCO) | 1M4F | 3YO+ | 8 RAN | GOOD TO FIRM | 29TH JULY | ASCOT 2000 126 Kalanisi Johnny Murtagh Sir Michael Stoute HH Aga Khan IV 1st Enable J Gosden L Dettori 5/4f 2001 121 Nayef Richard Hills Marcus Tregoning Hamdan Al Maktoum 2nd Ulysses Sir M Stoute J Crowley 9/1 2002 121 Storming Home Michael Hills Barry Hills Maktoum Al Maktoum 3rd Idaho A O’Brien S Heffernan 8/1 4th Highland Reel A O’Brien R Moore 9/2 2003 121 Rakti Philip Robinson Michael Jarvis Gary Tanaka 5th Benbatl S Bin Suroor O Murphy 14/1 2004 124 Haafhd Richard Hills Barry Hills Hamdan Al Maktoum 6th Desert Encounter D Simcock S Levey 33/1 2005 123 David Junior Jamie Spencer Brian Meehan Roldvale Ltd 7th My Dream Boat C Cox A Kirby 16/1 2006 123 Pride Christophe Lemaire Alain De Royer Dupre NP Bloodstock Ltd 8th Maverick Wave J Gosden G Lee 100/1 2007 123 Literato Christophe Lemaire Jean-Claude Rouget Herve Morin 9th Jack Hobbs J Gosden W Buick 11/2 2008 130 New Approach Kevin Manning Jim Bolger Princess Haya of Jordan 10th Sixties Song A F Gaitan Dassie G Mosse 33/1 2009 123 Twice Over Tom Queally Sir Henry Cecil Khalid Abdullah 2010 125 Twice Over Tom Queally Sir Henry Cecil Khalid Abdullah JUDDMONTE INTERNATIONAL STAKES | 1M2F | 3YO+ | GOOD TO SOFT | 23RD AUGUST | YORK 2011 128 Cirrus des Aigles Christophe Soumillon Mrs Corinne Barande-Barbe Jean-Claude Dupouy 1st Ulysses Sir M Stoute J Crowley 4/1 2012 140 Frankel Tom Queally Sir Henry Cecil Khalid Abdullah 2nd Churchill A O’Brien R Moore 5/2f 2013 124 Farhh Silvestre de Sousa Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 3rd Barney Roy R Hannon J Doyle 11/4 2014 122 Noble Mission James Doyle Lady Jane Cecil Khalid Abdullah 4th Cliffs Of Moher A O’Brien S Heffernan 9/2 5th Decorated Knight R Charlton A Atzeni 16/1 2015 123 Fascinating Rock Pat Smullen Dermot Weld Newtown Anner Stud Farm Ltd 6th Shutter Speed J Gosden L Dettori 9/1 2016 127 Almanzor Christophe Soumillon Jean-Claude Rouget Ecurie Antonio Caro 7th My Dream Boat C Cox A Kirby 28/1

PAGE 34 PAGE 35 QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY MEDIA GUIDE THE AFTER PARTY QIPCO CHAMPION STAKES ROLL OF HONOUR 1970-1999 FIRST RUN IN 1877 AND HELD AT NEWMARKET UP TO 2010 FEATURING YEAR HORSE AGE JOCKEY TRAINER OWNER

1970 Lorenzaccio 5 Geoff Lewis Noel Murless Charles St George

1971 Brigadier Gerard 3 Joe Mercer Dick Hern Jean Hislop

1972 Brigadier Gerard 4 Joe Mercer Dick Hern Jean Hislop

1973 Hurry Harriet 3 Jean Cruguet Paddy Mullins Malcolm Thorp

1974 Giacometti 3 Lester Piggott Ryan Price Charles St George

1975 Rose Bowl 3 Willie Carson Fulke Johnon Houghton Jane Engelhard GRANDSTAND LAWN MARQUEE

1976 Vitiges 3 Pat Eddery Peter Walwyn Mrs Marc Laloum 1977 Flying Waters 4 Yves Saint-Martin Angel Penna Daniel Wildenstein AFTER RACING 1978 Swiss Maid 3 Greville Starkey Paul Kelleway Max Fine

1979 Northern Baby 3 Philippe Paquet Francois Boutin Anne-Marie d’Estainville

1980 Cairn Rouge 3 Tony Murray Michael Cunningham D. Brady

1981 Vayrann 3 Yves Saint-Martin Francois Mathet HH Aga Khan IV

1982 Time Charter 3 Billy Newnes Henry Candy Robert Barnet

1983 Cormorant Wood 3 Steve Cauthen Barry Hills Bobby McAlphine

1984 Palace Music 3 Yves Saint-Martin Patrick Biancone Nelson Bunker Hunt

1985 Pebbles 4 Pat Eddery Clive Brittain Sheikh Mohammed

1986 Triptych 4 Tony Cruz Patrick Biancone Alan Clore

1987 Triptych 5 Tony Cruz Patrick Biancone Alan Clore

1988 Indian Skimmer 4 Michael Roberts Sir Henry Cecil Sheikh Mohammed

1989 Legal Case 3 Ray Cochrane Luca Cumani Sir Gordon White

1990 In the Groove 3 Steve Cauthen David Elsworth Brian Cooper

1991 Tel Quel 3 Thierry Jarnet Andre Fabre Sheikh Mohammed

1992 Rodrigo de Triano 3 Lester Piggott Peter Chapple-Hyam Robert Sangster

1993 Hatoof 4 Walter Swinburn Criquette Head Maktoum Al Maktoum

1994 Dernier Empereur 4 Sylvain Guillot Andre Fabre Gary Tanaka

1995 Spectrum 3 John Reid Peter Chapple-Hyam Lord Weinstock

1996 Bosra Sham 3 Pat Eddery Sir Henry Cecil Wafic Said

1997 Pilsudski 5 Michael Kinane Sir Michael Stoute Lord Weinstock

1998 Alborada 3 George Duffield Sir Mark Prescott Kirsten Rausing

1999 Alborada 4 George Duffield Sir Mark Prescott Kirsten Rausing

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4:30PM BALMORAL HANDICAP (SPONSORED BY QIPCO) BH FIVE-DAY ENTRIES FOR Total prize money £250,000 BALMORAL HANDICAP (SPONSORED BY QIPCO) BH Prize money breakdown: 1st £155,625 - 2nd £46,600 Entries on 16th October 2017 3rd £23,300 - 4th £11,650 - 5th £5,825 6th £2,925 HORSE AGE TRAINER OWNER • 1m (1600m) Straight Course | 3yo+ | Maximum Field 20 • Declare 10am Thursday 19th October Firmament (GB) 5 David O'Meara Gallop Racing • Winners after 1st October to carry a 6lb penalty Master The World (IRE) 6 David Elsworth K. Quinn/ C. Benham Speculative Bid (IRE) 6 David Elsworth K. Quinn/ C. Benham Oh This Is Us (IRE) 4 Richard Hannon Team Wallop Gabrial (IRE) 8 Richard Fahey Dr Marwan Koukash LAST YEAR’S WINNER: YUFTEN GM Hopkins (GB) 6 John Gosden Mr R. J. H. Geffen Trainer Roger Charlton saddled his first QIPCO British Champions Day winner Linguistic (IRE) 4 John Gosden Godolphin when the enigmatic Yuften took Europe’s most valuable one-mile handicap George William (GB) 4 Richard Hannon Lady Coventry & Partners under Andrea Atzeni. It was welcome compensation for Charlton, who had Lord Glitters (FR) 4 David O'Meara Geoff & Sandra Turnbull watched his Quest For More being narrowly edged out in the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup. Yuften had been switched to join the stable only White Lake (GB) 5 Roger Varian Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum a couple of months earlier by his foresighted owners, in the hope that a change Eddystone Rock (IRE) 5 John Best Curtis, Malt & Williams of scenery might rekindle his fortunes. Hors de Combat (GB) 6 Denis Coakley Chris van Hoorn Racing Accidental Agent (GB) 3 Eve Johnson Houghton Mrs R. F. Johnson Houghton Qassem (IRE) 4 Hugo Palmer Al Shaqab Racing Withernsea (IRE) 6 Richard Fahey Tiffin Sandwiches Limited & Partner HISTORY OF THE RACE Greenside (GB) 6 Henry Candy Clayton, Frost, Kebell & Turner Stamp Hill (IRE) 4 Richard Fahey Merchants and Missionaries Named after the castle in Scotland that has belonged to the British Royal Family since it was purchased by Prince Albert, Century Dream (IRE) 3 Simon Crisford Abdullah Saeed consort to Queen Victoria, in 1852, the Balmoral Handicap was inaugurated in 2014. Leader Writer (FR) 5 Henry Spiller G. B. Partnership A race known as the Balmoral Handicap had previously been staged over five furlongs at the Royal Meeting, discontinued in Raising Sand (GB) 5 Jamie Osborne Nick Bradley Racing 22 & Partner 2004 in favour of the new Windsor Forest Stakes for fillies and mares. The Ascot Executive always intended to bring the name Mjjack (IRE) 3 K. R. Burke Mrs M. Gittins back when the appropriate opportunity arose, and Her Majesty The Queen graciously consented to it being re-introduced on QIPCO British Champions Day. Bronze Angel (IRE) 8 Marcus Tregoning Lady Tennant & Mr M P N Tregoning Dark Red (IRE) 5 Ed Dunlop The Hon R J Arculli The new Balmoral Handicap (Sponsored By QIPCO), with its £250,000 race value, is the richest one-mile (1,600 metre) Zabeel Prince (IRE) 4 Roger Varian Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum handicap in Europe. Battered (GB) 3 William Haggas Mr B. Haggas In its inaugural running, the race could not have had a more popular winner than Marcus Tregoning’s Bronze Angel, who had Bravery (IRE) 4 David O'Meara Thoroughbred British Racing built up a legion of fans via his two triumphs, in 2012 and 2014, in another of Britain’s most prestigious handicaps, the Betfred Mountain Hunter (USA) 3 Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Cambridgeshire. His victory also showcased an exciting new riding talent in the shape of 20-year-old Louis Steward. In 2015, Belgian Bill (GB) 9 George Baker PJL, Byrne & Baker although open to all jockeys, it was another apprentice who stole the show when 17-year-old Eddy Greatrex scored aboard Musaddas for Godolphin. Masham Star (IRE) 3 Mark Johnston 3 Batterhams and a Reay The Grape Escape (IRE) 3 Richard Hannon Mr John Manley The latest renewal saw Andrea Atzeni, aboard the Roger Charlton-trained Yuften, record his second QIPCO British Brigliadoro (IRE) 6 Philip McBride SerafinoAgodino,C.M.Budgett,P.J.McBride Champions Day winner. Big Baz (IRE) 7 William Muir The Big Baz Partnership King's Pavilion (IRE) 4 David Barron Mr Laurence O'Kane

YEAR HORSE JOCKEY TRAINER OWNER Brilliant Vanguard (IRE) 4 Kevin Ryan JCG Chua & CK Ong Storm King (GB) 8 David C. Griffiths Norcroft Park Stud 2014 Bronze Angel Lady Tennant Marcus Tregoning Louis Steward (3) Khamaary (IRE) 3 Mark Johnston Mr Hamdan Al Maktoum Havre de Paix (FR) 5 David Menuisier Mr Clive Washbourn Graphite Storm (GB) 3 Clive Cox Mrs Olive Shaw 2015 Musaddas Godolphin Saeed Bin Suroor Eddy Greatex (5) Mazyoun (GB) 3 Hugo Palmer Al Shaqab Racing Sinfonietta (FR) 5 David Menuisier Mr Clive Washbourn

2016 Yuften Saleh Al Homaizi & Imad Al Sagar Roger Charlton Andrea Atzeni The Warrior (IRE) 5 Amanda Perrett The Warrior Partnership Fastar (IRE) 3 Brian Meehan Biddestone Racing Partnership XVIII Colibri (IRE) 3 Hugo Palmer Al Asayl Bloodstock Ltd Me Too Nagasaki (IRE) 3 Jeremy Noseda C Fox, B Wilson & R Levitt

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QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY - 2017 STOBART FLAT JOCKEYS’ STOBART CHAMPION JOCKEY 2016 CHAMPIONSHIP

Quite simply, victory in the 2016 Stobart Flat Jockeys’ Championship proved a career-changing achievement for Jim Crowley. Having begun the year rated a 50/1 shot by the bookmakers to take the title, an incredible run of success in August and STANDINGS AS OF 31ST MAY 2017 September last year saw former jumps jockey Crowley leapfrog defending champion Silvestre De Sousa at the head of the table. POSITION JOCKEY WINNERS RIDES STRIKE RATE

By the time the season had reached its finale on QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot, Crowley, who rode 148 winners, 1st William Buick 19 75 25% finished 16 victories clear of De Sousa. During that period he had ridden in more than 700 races and clocked up more than 50,000 miles travelling around the country in search of winners, while wife Lucinda and children Alice, Bella and Sam watched his every ride at home on television. 2nd Silvestre De Sousa 19 111 17%

Championship success opened doors for Crowley, 3rd Andrea Atzeni 17 68 25% and only weeks after he had claimed that crown, he replaced the departing Paul Hanagan as retained 4th Ryan Moore 17 75 23% jockey to Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum - a post that Hanagan himself had taken up after he had become 5th Frankie Dettori 16 53 30% champion for the second time in 2012. 6th Jim Crowley 16 103 16% Although Crowley has not managed to defend his crown this year, new doors continue to open for him 7th P J McDonald 15 73 21% and a partnership with the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Ulysses yielded victories in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes 8th Danny Tudhope 14 76 18% and the Juddmonte International, as well as a first Group 1 winner for Sheikh Hamdan in the Prix de 9th Jamie Spencer 14 79 18% l’Abbaye de Longchamp Longines.

10th Paul Hanagan 14 97 14%

THE PRIZE MONEY FOR JOCKEYS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS: STANDINGS AS OF 30TH JUNE 2017

CHAMPION JOCKEY: £25,000 POSITION JOCKEY WINNERS RIDES STRIKE RATE

RUNNER-UP: £10,000 1st Silvestre De Sousa 59 275 21% CHAMPION APPRENTICE: £5,000 2nd Ryan Moore 40 174 23% LEADING JOCKEY (MOST WINS THROUGHOUT THE FULL CALENDAR YEAR): £15,000

ALL-WEATHER CHAMPIONSHIP: £10,000 3rd William Buick 36 149 24% PJA WELFARE SCHEME FOR ALL MEMBERS: £25,000 4th Jim Crowley 36 243 15%

5th Danny Tudhope 31 168 18%

STOBART JOCKEY OF THE MONTH WINNERS SO FAR IN 2017 6th Paul Mulrennan 31 187 17% Throughout the Championship there is a Jockey Of The Month Award, for which all members of the weighing room are eligible. Each month the winner receives £1,000, 7th P J McDonald 30 192 16% as well as £500 for a charity of their choice and the two runners-up £500 each. 8th Andrea Atzeni 28 147 19% MAY 2017: RYAN MOORE 9th Luke Morris 28 238 12% JUNE 2017: SILVESTRE DE SOUSA

JULY 2017: FRANKIE DETTORI 10th Paul Hanagan 25 201 12% AUGUST 2017: SILVESTRE DE SOUSA SEPTEMBER 2017: GEORGE WOOD

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STANDINGS AS OF 31ST JULY 2017 2017 STOBART FLAT CHAMPION JOCKEY POSITION JOCKEY WINNERS RIDES STRIKE RATE 1st Silvestre De Sousa 85 435 20% SILVESTRE DE SOUSA 2nd Jim Crowley 61 345 18% He may have spent most of the season playing down his prospects of a second Stobart Flat Jockeys’ Championship crown, 3rd Danny Tudhope 53 300 18% but when it comes to Silvestre De Sousa, followers of the sport have come to understand that the Brazillian’s actions often 4th William Buick 51 226 23% speak louder than his words. While other recent renewals of the Championship have proved closely-fought affairs, June was the month in which it became clear to all that Silvestre De Sousa’s hunger for riding winners remained insatiable. 5th Ryan Moore 50 235 21% Having ended the previous month tied with William Buick for winners, and with a host of other top-notch jockeys snapping at 6th P J McDonald 45 307 15% his heels, an incredible 40 victories from 164 rides – well over one per day at an impressive 24% strike-rate – saw him burst 7th Luke Morris 45 357 13% into a clear advantage in the standings over another former champion in Ryan Moore.

8th Oisin Murphy 44 299 15% There was no let-up from that point either for De Sousa, his continuing associations with Mark Johnston, Saeed bin Suroor, Roger Varian and other leading yards yielding frequent victories from the furthest points north to the South Coast. 9th Paul Mulrennan 44 301 15% De Sousa made it clear at the start of the year that he hoped to secure more rides in the very best races and he has been 10th Andrea Atzeni 40 210 19% handed mounts in Classics and other Group 1s this year, albeit while still searching for another big-race triumph. However, the 36-year-old has still showcased his talent on the major occasions on numerous occasions, not least when winning the Doncaster Cup aboard Desert Skyline for David Elsworth, having also taken the Coral Distaff for the same trainer STANDINGS AS OF 31ST AUGUST 2017 on the cunningly-ridden Tisbutadream whose all-the-way victory was a lesson in managing front-running fractions. POSITION JOCKEY WINNERS RIDES STRIKE RATE Doncaster’s big Group Two QIPCO British Champions Series prize was De Sousa’s first time aboard three-year-old Desert Skyline, but the pair struck up an immediate rapport and Elsworth was left to admire “the sort of good ride you just expect 1st Silvestre De Sousa 122 601 20% from him every time” after they had scored by a length and a half. 2nd Jim Crowley 82 460 18% But it is nearer to his Newmarket home that he has proved most profitable to follow this season, with a sparkling total of 3rd Danny Tudhope 73 397 18% 20 victories at Great Yarmouth. At one fixture in June, he rode a four-timer at the seaside track, then just two days later improved upon that performance when heading to Sandown and partnering five winners. 4th Ryan Moore 66 305 22% De Sousa’s reaction to such a devastating run of success was typically unassuming. “I’ve been lucky to be riding the right 5th Joe Fanning 60 367 16% horses,” he said. “I couldn’t do it without the support of owners and trainers so the thanks must go to them.” 6th Paul Mulrennan 59 402 15% It was that burst of form, however, which effectively killed off the championship race and none of his rivals have from that 7th Luke Morris 58 457 13% point ever threatened to throw down a challenge. De Sousa promised to “keep pushing right to the end of the season” and 8th Oisin Murphy 58 388 15% the victories have continued to flow. He reached 100 winners for the championship season on August 9 at Brighton aboard Al Ozzdi for Simon Crisford. 9th P J McDonald 58 387 15% Hitting the century had taken him just 96 days, compared 137 days the year before and 120 in his previous championship- 10th William Buick 58 259 22% winning season in 2015. On 29 of those 96 days, he had returned home with a haul of two or more winners.

That’s not to say that those who have finished behind STANDINGS AS OF 30TH SEPTEMBER 2017 him in the final standings haven’t themselves enjoyed outstanding campaigns. POSITION JOCKEY WINNERS RIDES STRIKE RATE Reigning champion Jim Crowley has not only 1st Silvestre De Sousa 139 762 18% enjoyed a solid debut season as the retained rider for Hamdan al Maktoum, but also made the 2nd Jim Crowley 102 578 18% most of other opportunities, including a highly- 3rd Ryan Moore 90 404 22% successful association with Coral-Eclipse Stakes and Juddmonte International winner Ulysses. 4th Daniel Tudhope 83 452 18% Ryan Moore’s commitments to Aidan O’Brien’s team 83 5th James Doyle 377 22% have required him to ride regularly in Ireland and 6th Joe Fanning 75 450 17% elsewhere, restricting his opportunities in Britain, but along with Godolphin riders William Buick and James 7th Oisin Murphy 74 516 14% Doyle, his strike-rate stands out. 8th Luke Morris 73 623 12% Flying the flag for racing in the north, Danny Tudhope, Joe Fanning and PJ McDonald have all also 9th P J McDonald 70 481 15% enjoyed highly-successful seasons, the first-named 10th Andrea Atzeni 64 259 18% giving his supporters an impressive profit for a level- stakes outlay on all of his rides.

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Rather than spending the winter at the mercy of the British weather, Egan will return to the US where he enjoyed spending STOBART CHAMPION APPRENTICE time working for Jose Corrales at Laurel Park last year. “I learnt so much there about timing and style and I’m looking forward to going back out,” he says. “I also rode for Wesley TITLE RACE Ward when he brought horses over for Ascot this year and that’s another possible opportunity before I come back for the start of next season.” Clearly putting in some travel miles doesn’t bother the rider, as his trusty Seat hatchback can attest to.

“Having spent years waiting to be able to drive and only finally getting my licence at the start of the year, I’m already sick of spending most of my life on motorways, so it will be nice to get away from that for a couple of months!” he says.

A couple of years older than Egan is Shoemark, who proved an instant hit as an apprentice when first taking out a licence in 2014, riding 21 winners in his first season when based with Andrew Balding. However, things failed to spiral as might have been expected and he struggled for chances within a stable blessed with other young riding talent.

A change of focus, helped by his jockey coach John Reid, and a move to Charlton’s yard in 2016, have seen the victories start to flow again and after riding a treble at Epsom from three rides on July 13, he lost his allowance.

Happily for Shoemark, the winners have not stopped coming since and he has continued to ride for a number of leading stables, most notably that of John Gosden.

“Every apprentice jockey knows that riding out your claim is a significant milestone,” says Shoemark. “But the reassuring thing was that trainers who had been giving me rides when I was claiming were still happy to do so after I’d lost it. That was KIERAN SHOEMARK important. “It’s been a great year. I know that part of the reason why I have picked up chances for Mr Charlton is because of the injury From the shortest race to the longest, 2017 has been a year of tight finishes at the highest level of British Flat racing. Across that happened to George Baker. He’s a great bloke and a good friend and that wasn’t easy. the spectrum of race distances, from the Coolmore Nunthorpe to the Coral-Eclipse and up as far as the Gold Cup, the eagle “But at the same time I have been really grateful to Mr Charlton for his support and encouragement and the way things have eye of the judge has been needed to identify the winner. gone have really exceeded my expectations.”

Could we be in for a similarly tight finish to this year’s Stobart Champion Apprentice title? David Egan and Kieran Shoemark Another rider to have enjoyed a fine season is George Wood. The 19-year-old from Essex secured the biggest win of his are the pair set to scrap it out to the finish in search of the crown and the £5,000 first prize. career so far when God Given landed the Listed BetBright Aphrodite Stakes at Newmarket in July. Wood is attached to the stable of James Fanshawe, but has picked up a number of rides for other major stables, including God Given’s trainer Luca Heading into the final days of the season it was Egan, who with 15 winners in August put distance between himself and his Cumani. closest pursuers, who led the championship standings. It was Hollie Doyle who cut out the initial pace in the championship, showing on several occasions just what a polished rider Whether or not he is ultimately handed the title, it has undoubtedly been an outstanding year for the 18-year-old who only she has developed into. However, a fractured collarbone, sustained in a heavy fall at Goodwood in June, cost her important rode his first winner little more than a year ago. momentum and forced her on to the sidelines for over a month.

Having ridden in pony races in Ireland, Egan left as a 16-year-old to train at the British Racing School and has been working She remains a young rider to follow, as is Callum Rodriguez, who made headlines when riding Nakeeta to take the valuable since in Newmarket for Roger Varian and lives just outside the town with his father, and senior jockey, John. Betfred Ebor at York and impressed with his coolness on and off the track.

“I couldn’t be happier with how the year has gone,” says Egan. “Dad has been really helpful to me, always giving me advice, and I think he has enjoyed a bit of extra rivalry too. There was one day in July where we had both ridden exactly the same number of winners from the same number of rides over the course of the year, which was pretty amazing. STANDINGS AS OF MONDAY 16TH OCTOBER 2017

“I’m very grateful for all of the support I’ve been given by owners and trainers and hopefully I can keep things moving POSITION JOCKEY WINNERS RIDES STRIKE RATE forwards. 1st David Egan 51 427 12% “I could have stayed in Ireland but there are some good apprentice jockeys who struggle to get rides there as just aren’t as many opportunities. Working at Mr Varian’s stable is a great 2nd Kieran Shoemark 47 365 13% place to be as there are so many nice horses around and 3rd George Wood 41 287 14% good riders to work alongside. When I was starting out, I got great advice from the likes of Andrea Atzeni, Jack Mitchell, 4th Hollie Doyle 28 257 11% Paul Eddery, John Lowe and Harry Bentley. 5th Lewis Edmunds 28 238 12% “It’s been a thrill to have rides at big meetings like Royal Ascot and Glorious Goodwood and to have a couple of rides 6th Callum Rodriguez 27 191 14% in Listed races where trainers have been prepared to put me up even though I haven’t been able to ride with my 7th Edward Greatrex 27 199 14% allowance.” 8th Hector Crouch 24 242 10%

GEORGE WOOD HOLLIE DOYLE 9th Adam McNamara 23 219 11% 10th Charlie Bennett 23 243 9%

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WINNING RECORDS OF JOCKEYS ON RYAN MOORE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY 2017 QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS

NO. OF WINS DATE RACE WINNER SP JOCKEY OWNER SERIES WINNERS (10): Andrea Atzeni (2) 17/10/15 QIPCO British Champions Simple Verse 5/1 Ralph Beckett QRL/Sheikh Suhaim Al Thani/ CHURCHILL (QIPCO 2000 Guineas), DARTMOUTH (Betway Yorkshire Cup), Fillies & Mares Stakes M Al Kubaisi WINTER (Coronation Stakes & Qatar Nassau Stakes), 15/10/16 Balmoral Handicap Yuften 12/1 Roger Charlton Saleh Al Homaizi & Imad Al Sagar (Sponsored by QIPCO) HIGHLAND REEL (Investec Coronation Cup & Prince of Wales’s Stakes), George Baker (1) 19/10/13 QIPCO British Champions Seal Of Approval 16/1 James Fanshawe T R G Vestey CARAVAGGIO (Commonwealth Cup), ROLY POLY (Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes Fillies & Mares Stakes & Kingdom Of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes) & CAPRI (William Hill St Leger). Jim Crowley (1) 18/10/14 QIPCO British Champions Madame Chiang 12/1 David Simcock Miss K Rausing Fillies & Mares Stakes Ryan Moore rarely goes more than a day or two without a winner, so it can only have been a statistical anomaly that the world- Matthew Davies (1) 15/10/11 Future Stars Handicap Edinburgh Knight 18/1 Paul D’Arcy Knights Racing class rider had to wait until Minding, his 26th QIPCO British Champions Day ride, finally snapped a surprising losing sequence Silvestre De Sousa (1) 19/10/13 QIPCO Champion Stakes Farhh 11/4 Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin when taking the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Sponsored by QIPCO) at last year’s meeting. Frankie Dettori (2) 17/10/15 QIPCO British Champions Flying Officer 6/1 John Gosden Mr George Strawbridge Long Distance Cup Moore must have started the day expecting his first victory at the meeting, first staged in 2011, to have come earlier. His first 15/10/16 QIPCO British Champions Journey 4/1 John Gosden Mr George Strawbridge Fillies & Mares Stakes three rides on the card, Order Of St George, Twilight Son and Seventh Heaven, were all strongly fancied, but failed to deliver and George Downing (1) 20/10/12 Future Stars Handicap Jack Dexter 11/2 Jim Goldie Jim Goldie Racing Club finished out of the frame. James Doyle (1) 18/10/14 QIPCO Champions Stakes Noble Mission 7/1 Lady Cecil Khalid Abdullah Expectation mounted, therefore, upon the amazing Aidan O’Brien-trained filly Minding as the time grew nearer for her to tackle Edward Greatrex (1) 17/10/15 Balmoral Handicap Musaddas 7/1 Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin (Sponsored by QIPCO) high-class opposition from across both sexes and different age groups. Not for the first time though, all doubts were erased as Maxime Guyon (1) 17/10/15 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Solow 10/11F Freddy Head Wertheimer et Frere she produced another top-drawer performance to repel the late thrust of Ribchester and landed the spoils by half a length. It (Sponsored by QIPCO) was her seventh Group 1 success, including three earlier victories in previous 2016 QIPCO British Champions Series contests. Paul Hanagan (1) 17/10/15 QIPCO British Champions Muhaarar 5/2F Charlie Hills Mr Hamdan Al Maktoum Sprint Stakes “I am really delighted, said Moore afterwards. This is some performance – she’s had a hard year and Aidan has freshened her Martin Harley (1) 15/10/16 QIPCO British Champions Sheikhzayedroad 11/1 David Simcock Mohammed Jaber up and brought her back to a mile. It is some achievement to see off the colts and she has done it the hard way. She was just too Long Distance Cup good and too strong for them. She has lots of pace and has masses of talent.” Richard Hughes (1) 19/10/13 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Olympic Glory 11/2 Richard Hannon Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad Al Thani (Sponsored by QIPCO) Moore, 34, has been among the world’s elite jockeys for over a decade. Brothers Jamie and Josh both ride over jumps, and Wayne Lordan (2) 19/10/13 QIPCO British Champions Slade Power 7/1 Edward Lynam Mrs S Power it was over hurdles that Ryan Moore enjoyed his first success, scoring aboard Mersey Beat, trained by his father Gary, at Sprint Stakes Towcester as a 17-year-old. 18/10/14 QIPCO British Champions Gordon Lord Byron 5/1JF Tom Hogan Dr Cyrus Poonawalla & Sprint Stakes Morgan L Cahalan However, he quickly made his mark on the Flat, being crowned Champion Apprentice in 2003 before his first major role arrived Ryan Moore (1) 15/10/16 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Minding 7/4F Aidan O’Brien D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor (Sponsored by QIPCO) when appointed stable jockey to Sir Michael Stoute in 2007. He was formally signed up to ride for Ballydoyle at the start of 2015. Johnny Murtagh (3) 15/10/11 QIPCO British Champions Deacon Blues 5/1F James Fanshawe Jan and Peter Hopper & Moore has been champion jockey in Britain three times – in 2006 (with 182 wins), 2008 (192) & 2009 (178). Sprint Stakes Michelle Morris 15/10/11 QIPCO British Champions Dancing Rain 6/1 William Haggas M J & L A Taylor In recent years, Moore’s commitments to ride outside of the UK and his popularity in the Far East have seen him scale down Fillies & Mares Stakes the number of mounts he takes in Britain. However, he remains a go-to jockey of choice for many of the top trainers when not 19/10/13 QIPCO British Champions Royal Diamond 20/1 Johnny Murtagh Andrew Tinkler riding for O’Brien or Stoute, and he has claimed important successes already this season for the likes of Richard Hannon, Mark Long Distance Cup Johnston, Chris Wall, Willie Mullins, Henry Candy and Roger Charlton. Joseph O’Brien (1) 20/10/13 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Excelebration 10/11F Aidan O’Brien D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor (Sponsored by QIPCO) He partnered the Stoute-trained Dartmouth to victory in the colours of The Queen in the Betway Yorkshire Cup, the opening leg Olivier Peslier (1) 18/10/14 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Charm Spirit 5/1 Freddy Head H H Sheikh Abdulla Bin Khalifa in the Long Distance division of the QIPCO British Champions Series. (Sponsored by QIPCO) Al Thani Tom Queally (3) 15/10/11 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Frankel 4/11F Sir Henry Cecil Khalid Abdullah However, all of Moore’s British Group 1 wins so far this year and all of his other QIPCO British Champions Series successes (Sponsored by QIPCO) have come in Coolmore silks aboard O’Brien-trained horses. 20/10/11 QIPCO Champion Stakes Frankel 2/11F Sir Henry Cecil Khalid Abdullah 15/10/16 QIPCO British Champions The Tin Man 13/2 James Fanshawe Fred Archer Racing - Ormonde Winter may have surprised some when striking in the QIPCO 1000 Guineas, but she has gone on to prove herself a star in taking Sprint Stakes two further QIPCO British Champions Series, the Coronation Stakes and the Qatar Nassau Stakes, the latter two victories Pat Smullen (4) 20/10/12 QIPCO British Champions Rite Of Passage 8/1 Dermot Weld Dr R Lambe Long Distance Cup coming under Moore. 20/10/12 QIPCO British Champions Sapphire 5/2JF Dermot Weld Moyglare Stud Farm Fillies & Mares Stakes The rider has also landed a pair of QIPCO British Champions Series successes apiece aboard Highland Reel and Roly Poly and 18/10/14 QIPCO British Champions Forgotten Rules 3/1 Dermot Weld Moyglare Stud Farm other wins on Churchill, Caravaggio and Capri. Long Distance Cup 17/10/15 QIPCO Champion Stakes Fascinating Rock 10/1 Dermot Weld Newtown Anner Stud Farm With horses of that quality to partner, although it might have taken Moore six years to secure a first QIPCO British Champions Christophe Soumillon (2) 15/10/11 QIPCO Champion Stakes Cirrus Des Aigles 12/1 Mme C Barande-Barbe Jean-Claude-Alain Dupouy Day success, it’s close to a racing certainty that he won’t have to wait for as long again. 15/10/16 QIPCO Champion Stakes Almanzor 11/8F Jean-Claude Rouget Ecurie Antonio Caro Jamie Spencer (2) 15/10/11 QIPCO British Champions Fame And Glory 3/1 Aidan O’Brien Mrs F Hay, D Smith, Long Distance Cup Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor 1ST 5TH 20/10/12 QIPCO British Champions Maarek 5/1 David Nagle Lisbunny Syndicate RYAN MOORE’S 2ND 6TH Sprint Stakes Louis Steward (1) 18/10/14 Balmoral Handicap Bronze Angel 20/1 Marcus Tregoning Lady Tennant 3RD 10TH (Sponsored by QIPCO) FORM FIGURES Lewis Walsh (1) 19/10/13 Future Stars Handicap Breton Rock 12/1 David Simcock John Cook QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPION SERIES 2017 4TH

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WINNING RECORDS OF TRAINERS ON AIDAN O’BRIEN QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY 2017 QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS NO. OF WINS DATE RACE WINNER SP JOCKEY OWNER SERIES WINNERS (11): Mme C Barande-Barbe (1) 15/10/11 QICPO Champion Stakes Cirrus Des Aigles 12/1 Christophe Soumillon Jean-Claude-Alain Dupouy CHURCHILL (QIPCO 2000 Guineas), WINTER (QIPCO 1000 Guineas, Coronation Ralph Beckett (1) 17/10/15 QIPCO British Champions Simple Verse 5/1 Andrea Atzeni QRL/Sheikh Suhaim Al Thani/ Fillies & Mares Stakes M Al Kubaisi Stakes & Qatar Nassau Stakes), HIGHLAND REEL (Investec Coronation Cup & Sir Henry Cecil (2) 15/10/11 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Frankel 4/11F Tom Queally Khalid Abdullah Prince of Wales’s Stakes), WINGS OF EAGLES (Investec Derby), CARAVAGGIO (Sponsored by QIPCO) (Commonwealth Cup), ROLY POLY (Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes & Kingdom Of 20/10/12 QIPCO Champion Stakes Frankel 2/11F Tom Queally Khalid Abdullah Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes) & CAPRI (William Hill St Leger). Lady Cecil (1) 18/10/14 QIPCO Champion Stakes Noble Mission 7/1 James Doyle Khalid Abdullah Roger Charlton (1) 15/10/16 Balmoral Handicap Yuften 12/1 Andrea Atzeni Saleh Al Homaizi & Imad Al Sagar Having dominated the elite races that make up the QIPCO British Champions Series in 2016, it would scarcely have been fair if (Sponsored by QIPCO) Aidan O’Brien had gone home from QIPCO British Champions Day without a winner. Paul D’Arcy (1) 15/10/11 Future Stars Handicap Edinburgh Knight 18/1 Matthew Davies Knights Racing James Fanshawe (3) 15/10/11 QIPCO British Champions Deacon Blues 5/2F Johnny Murtagh Jan and Peter Hopper & O’Brien had set the tone in last year’s Series right from the start when Minding had led home a 1-2-3 for the stable in the QIPCO Sprint Stakes Michelle Morris 1000 Guineas and the strength of the bloodlines at his disposal were highlighted by the fact that all 10 of his Series winners were 19/10/13 QIPCO British Champions Seal Of Approval 16/1 George Baker T R G Vestey sons or daughters of champion stallion Galileo. Fillies & Mares Stakes 15/10/16 QIPCO British Champion The Tin Man 13/2 Tom Queally Fred Archer Racing - Ormonde However, despite his considerable success at home and in Britain in recent years, O’Brien has not always found success on Sprint Stakes QIPCO British Champions Day so easy to come by. Minding was just his third winner at the meeting after Excelebration’s facile Jim Goldie (1) 20/10/12 Future Stars Handicap Jack Dexter 11/2 George Downing Jim Goldie Racing Club display in the 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Sponsored by QIPCO) and success for Fame And Glory in the 2011 QIPCO British John Gosden (2) 17/10/15 QIPCO British Champions Flying Officer 6/1 Frankie Dettori Mr George Strawbridge Long Distance Cup Champions Long Distance Cup. 15/10/16 QIPCO British Champions Journey 4/1 Frankie Dettori Mr George Strawbridge Fillies & Mares Stakes One of his most obvious contenders for this year’s meeting, Order Of St George, illustrated how hard it can be to keep an William Haggas (1) 15/10/11 QIPCO British Champions Dancing Rain 6/1 Johnny Murtagh M J & L A Taylor outstanding racehorse at the top of their game at the end of a long campaign. Coming into the QIPCO British Champions Long Fillies & Mares Stakes Distance Cup at the top of his game on the back of a fine third place in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Chantilly, the Richard Hannon (1) 19/10/13 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Olympic Glory 11/2 Richard Hughes Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad Al Thani effects of that contest possibly caught up with him as he could finish only fourth behind Sheikhzayedroad. (Sponsored by QIPCO) Freddy Head (2) 18/10/14 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Charm Spirit 5/1 Olivier Peslier H H Sheikh Abdulla Bin Khalifa Having finished fourth to Enable in this year’s Arc, can Order Of St George set the record straight this time with an extra week (Sponsored by QIPCO) Al Thani between the two races this year? 17/10/15 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Solow 10/11F Maxime Guyon Wertheimer et Frere (Sponsored by QIPCO) Minding’s success in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Sponsored by QIPCO) ultimately did not prove enough to help O’Brien reach Charlie Hills (1) 17/10/15 QIPCO British Champions Muhaarar 5/2F Paul Hanagan Mr Hamdan Al Maktoum the mark of 25 set by Bobby Frankel for the most international top-level successes in a year. But the trainer is rapidly moving Sprint Stakes towards achieving that target in 2017. Tom Hogan (1) 18/10/14 QIPCO British Champions Gordon Lord Byron 5/1JF Wayne Lordan Dr Cyrus Poonawalla & Sprint Stakes Morgan L Cahalan Born on October 16th, 1969, O’Brien was a champion amateur jockey over jumps in Ireland, and began his training career with Edward Lynam (1) 19/10/13 QIPCO British Champions Slade Power 7/1 Wayne Lordan Mrs S Power Sprint Stakes jumpers before taking over from the unrelated Vincent O’Brien at the famous Ballydoyle stables in County Tipperary. In the 21 Johnny Murtagh (1) 19/10/13 QIPCO British Champions Royal Diamond 20/1 Johnny Murtagh Andrew Tinkler years since, he has emerged as the pre-eminent training force in racing in Britain and Ireland. Long Distance Cup Aidan O’Brien (3) 15/10/11 QIPCO British Champions Fame And Glory 3/1 Jamie Spencer Mrs F Hay, D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, Not only has O’Brien trained a number of great racehorses, but he has also worked hand in hand with the Coolmore breeding Long Distance Cup M Tabor operation to produce and promote a number of top-class stallions whose influence will be felt within racing for generations 20/10/12 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Excelebration 10/11F Joseph O’Brien D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor to come. (Sponsored by QIPCO) 15/10/16 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Minding 7/4F Ryan Moore D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor The likes of Giant’s Causeway, Hawk Wing, High Chaparral, Johannesburg, Mozart, Rock of Gibraltar, Fame And Glory, St (Sponsored by QIPCO) Nicholas’s Abbey, Camelot, Yeats and Galileo himself trip off the tongue of every racing fan. All were champions and multiple David Nagle (1) 20/10/12 QIPCO British Champions Maarek 5/1 Jamie Spencer Lisbon Syndicate Group 1 winners. Sprint Stakes Jean-Claude Rouget (1) 15/10/2016 QIPCO Champion Stakes Almanzor 11/8F Christophe Soumillon Ecurie Antonio Caro This year, O’Brien has continued in his usual vein, with a series of big-race wins in Ireland and in Britain, including victories in David Simcock (3) 19/10/13 Future Stars Handicap Breton Rock 12/1 Lewis Walsh John Cook four of the five British Classics and a total of 11 triumphs already this year in the QIPCO British Champions Series. Furthermore, 18/10/14 QIPCO British Champions Madame Chiang 12/1 Jim Crowley Miss K Rausing there is every chance that some of the names of those successful stars may in the future be mentioned in the same breath as Fillies & Mares Stakes the Ballydoyle greats above. 15/10/16 QIPCO British Champions Sheikzayedroad 11/1 Martin Harley Mohammed Jaber Long Distance Cup Saeed bin Suroor (2) 19/10/13 QIPCO Champion Stakes Farhh 11/4 Silvestre De Sousa Godolphin 17/10/15 Balmoral Handicap Musaddas 7/1 Edward Greatrex Godolphin 1ST 6TH 11TH (Sponsored by QIPCO) Marcus Tregoning (1) 18/10/14 Balmoral Handicap Bronze Angel 20/1 Louis Steward Lady Tennant 2ND 7TH 12TH (Sponsored by QIPCO) AIDAN O’BRIEN’S Dermot Weld (4) 20/10/12 QIPCO British Champions Rite Of Passage 8/1 Pat Smullen Dr R Lambe 3RD 8TH 15TH Long Distance Cup 4TH 9TH 17TH 20/10/12 QIPCO British Champions Sapphire 5/2JF Pat Smullen Moyglare Stud Farm FORM FIGURES Fillies & Mares Stakes 5TH 10TH 18/10/14 QIPCO British Champions Forgotten Rules 3/1 Pat Smullen Moyglare Stud Farm QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPION SERIES 2017 Long Distance Cup 17/10/15 QIPCO Champion Stakes Fascinating Rock 10/1 Pat Smullen Newton Anner Stud Farm

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QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS CHAMPION OWNER SERIES AMBASSADORS

The plates shifted again under Sheikh Mohammed’s all-powerful Godolphin operation in 2017, but the ultimate result was OISIN MURPHY AGE - 22 YEARS OLD | GROUP 1 WINNING FLAT JOCKEY success – a twelfth British champion owners’ title and a series of big-race victories throughout the year. Oisin is without doubt one of the rising stars of the horseracing world. He burst onto the scene in 2013 While the departure of the Sheikh’s longstanding right-hand-man John Ferguson in June took many by surprise, it didn’t stop with a sensational 9,260/1 four-timer on Ayr Gold Cup day, while in 2014 he became the youngest the flow of winners and within a matter of days, the Sheikh and his family were in the winner’s enclosure on no less than six jockey to win a QIPCO British Champions Series race, when at 19 he partnered Hot Streak to victory in occasions during Royal Ascot week. Ferguson’s influence, whether through the purchase of some of those winners or with the Temple Stakes at Haydock. the systems he put into place while serving as Chief Executive, was clear in several of those successes. Coming from a family steeped in racing tradition (his uncle is Grand National winning jockey, turned Characteristically, Godolphin’s greatest moments this year have come all around the world, but on these shores it has trainer, Jim Culloty), Oisin has been described by those in racing as a “rare young talent” and, been Ribchester, Barney Roy and Harry Angel who have flown the flag highest, along with the likes of Benbatl, Hawkbill and unsurprisingly, it wasn’t long before he was snapped up to become the retained rider for the powerful Qatar Racing operation. Frontiersman for Godolphin’s own private trainers, Saeed bin Suroor and Charlie Appleby. Having ridden his first Royal Ascot winner aboard Benbatl, things have continued to get better for Oisin with Group 2 victories on Third in Dubai on his first start of the year, Ribchester returned to produce an outstandingly dominant display in the Al Lightning Spear, Aclaim and Beat The Bank before recording his first and second Group/Grade 1 wins within two weeks courtesy Shaqab Lockinge Stakes at Newbury in May, overcoming the potential obstacle of a comatose start from a stablemate of Aclaim (Qatar Prix de la Foret at Chantilly) and Blond Me (E. P. Taylor Stakes at Woodbine). expected to give him a lead in the early stages of the race, by making his own running and simply pulling away from the front. Then, the following month at the Royal meeting at this track and on a much quicker surface, he produced arguably the greatest performance of his career when beating an international field with depth and quality. Beaten afterwards in a KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON AGE - 24 YEARS OLD | ATHLETE - HEPTATHLON & HIGH JUMP monsoon at Goodwood, Ribchester has since returned to One of the greatest all-round athletes in the world, Katarina Johnson-Thompson specialises in the winning form in France with a fourth Group 1 success. Heptathlon but such is her talent that she is amongst the world’s best in both the High Jump and Long Successful on the same day at Royal Ascot was Barney Roy, Jump and has been labelled as ‘the future of athletics’. who lowered the colours of dual Guineas winner Churchill Since winning the World Junior Championships as a teenager in 2012, KJT has become the European in the St James’s Palace Stakes, and then went down with Indoor Pentathlon Champion, the World Indoor Long Jump silver medallist and was ranked the all guns blazing when losing out in one of the finishes of the world’s number one Heptathlete. She is only the second women in history to score 5000+ points in a season to Ulysses in Sandown’s Coral-Eclipse. His trainer Pentathlon and is the current British Record holder in both the Pentathlon and High Jump, having previously held the national Richard Hannon has long had QIPCO British Champions Day record in the Long Jump as well. Katarina finished fifth in both the Heptathlon and Individual High Jump at this year’s World in his sights for Barney Roy and the imposing three-year-old Athletics Championships in London. gets the chance to end the season on a high this afternoon. During a visit to the Home of Horseracing, Newmarket, earlier this year KJT commented: “It’s easy to see there are so many Also set to be in action today is Harry Angel, whose performances in the very top sprints have lit up the second half of the similarities between how a racehorse is trained and how elite athletes train. We both have a team of people that work on all season. Trained by the brilliant Clive Cox, he reversed Commonwealth Cup form with Caravaggio when taking the Darley the aspects of performance so that you can hopefully achieve your potential and what we do in the lead up to competitions, how July Cup and then captured a second QIPCO British Champions Series success in markedly different conditions in the 32Red we get prepared in the winter months for the season ahead or a few days ahead of an upcoming race is so comparable to what Sprint Cup at Haydock. racehorses do. It made me have huge appreciation for these amazing athletes and the team around them”. The team are operating at a noticeably improved overall strike-rate this season and it is Charlie Appleby and Saeed bin Suroor who have between them supplied over three-quarters of their winners, not to mention a host of Group-race victories overseas. Both trainers contributed to the Godolphin tally at Royal Ascot, with the Appleby-trained Sound And Silence ADAM GEMILI AGE - 24 YEARS OLD | ATHLETE - 100M, 200M & 4X100M supplying a significant two-year-old success in the Windsor Castle Stakes and Benbatl winning the Hampton Court Stakes A sprint sensation born in London, Adam Gemili is the only man in British history to run sub 10 just days after finishing a sound fifth in the Investec Derby. seconds in the 100m and sub 20 seconds in the 200m. Gemili, who played professional football for The surprise victory of Wings of Eagles in that contest, the world’s most famous Flat race, ensures that the Coolmore Dagenham & Redbridge and spent seven years at Chelsea’s youth academy, decided to concentrate on partnership of ‘Mr Derrick Smith, Mrs Sue Magnier and Mr Michael Tabor’ will also finish high in the final standings this athletics after becoming the 100m World Junior Champion in 2012 where his winning time of 10.05s year, with other Coolmore groupings also right behind, confirming that trainer Aidan O’Brien has enjoyed another highly- established a new championship record and enabled him to compete for Team GB at the London successful year with his British raiders. Olympics later that year, aged just 18.

Also enjoying notable success in 2017 has been Sheikh Since then, Adam has become the European Champion over 200m and 4x100m relay, a silver medallist in the 100m and 4x100m Mohammed’s brother, Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum, whose relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and captained Team GB athletics team at last year’s Rio 2016 Olympics where he blue and white silks have once again been seen prolifically agonisingly missed out on a bronze medal, coming fourth in the 200m by 0.003s although finished the year ranked third fastest man throughout the year, while the remarkable filly Enable has in the world over 200m. After an interrupted start to the season through injury, Gemili was part of the 4x100m relay team who won guaranteed a lucrative campaign for her owner and breeder, Gold at this year’s World Athletics Championships, in doing-so setting a new European and National record time of 37.47. Prince Khalid Abdullah. Adam who visited Longholes Rehabilitation Centre said “It is kind of mind-blowing to think that there is so much equipment that is used in athletics which is also used with horses. The fact that there are things such as a horse hydrospa to cool down soft tissue and a water treadmill to build up their endurance and to give them a really good work out is amazing and really impressive – it shows just how similar their facilities are and the fact that they’re elite athletes too”.

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BACKGROUND TO QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS TITLE PARTNER - QIPCO SERIES AND QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY

Now in its seventh year, the QIPCO British Champions Series incorporates Great Britain’s top 35 Flat races under one banner The Series is sponsored by QIPCO Holding, one of the leading private investment companies in Qatar. Established in 1999, QIPCO to highlight the very best quality of competition the sport has to offer. The ambition of the QIPCO British Champions Series is has since developed and diversified its range of interests which currently include real estate, construction, oil and gas, finance to increase the appeal of horseracing in this country and in QIPCO British Champions Day, create an iconic and fitting finale and health services as well as thoroughbred horseracing. to the British Flat racing season, something the racing calendar previously lacked. The global racing and bloodstock operations, Qatar Racing and Qatar Bloodstock, are both subsidiaries of QIPCO. Qatar Some of the world’s leading thoroughbred racehorses, the most talented jockeys and trainers, internationally-renowned Bloodstock was established in 2010, following the purchase of the world champion miler Makfi - who has since been sold to racecourses and the highest-rated races on earth – including two of the top 10 races run anywhere in the world in 2016 - stand at stud in Japan - and the operation currently stands stallions in Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand. come together to create a unique offering for existing and new fans of racing. Qatar Investment & Projects Development Holding Company (QIPCO Holding) is a private, family run company owned by six The QIPCO British Champions Series reaches its climax on QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday brothers who are members of the Qatari Royal family. The Chief Executive is Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani who together 21st October. Staged for the first time in 2011, Champions Day is the single richest day in the British Flat calendar boasting with his brothers, are cousins of the Emir of the state of Qatar. £4.3 million in prize money. The prize money is spread across the final races in the five Series categories (Sprint, Mile, Middle Distance, Fillies & Mares and Long Distances divisions) as well as the prestigious £250,000 Balmoral Handicap (Sponsored Since the company’s inception, the group has diversified to form individual subsidiaries, each operating independently and by QIPCO). specialising in various fields of expertise. For more information please visit www.qipco.com.qa

The race programme consists of four Group 1 races – the £1.3 million QIPCO Champion Stakes run over a mile and a quarter, In 2011 QIPCO became the inaugural sponsors of British Champions Series and in June 2015 a landmark, multi-million pound the £1.1 million Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Sponsored by QIPCO) and run over the straight mile course, the £600,000 QIPCO deal secured QIPCO’s ongoing support for the Series and British racing for a further ten years until 2024. British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes, contested over the Derby and Oaks distance of a mile and a half and the £600,000 As the Title Partner, QIPCO enjoys exclusive naming rights for the Series and full partnerships rights for the £4.3 million QIPCO QIPCO British Champion Sprint Stakes. These races comprise some of the most valuable races of their kind in Europe. British Champions Day climax at Ascot, which is set to have increased to £5 million when the new contract expires in 2024. The Group 2 £450,000 QIPCO Long Distance Cup concludes the Pattern race line-up. Despite its official classification, the QIPCO is also the official partner of the Guineas Festival at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile Racecourse which launches the British Long Distance Cup is effectively a Group 1 race in respect of its conditions, such as no weight penalties for previous Group 1 Champions Series with the QIPCO 2000 and 1000 Guineas and is title partner to the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners, and attracts a high-class field every year. hosted at Ascot in July. Under the deal signed in 2015, QIPCO is an official commercial partner with Ascot Racecourse, including Royal Ascot. STRUCTURE OF QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES

The QIPCO British Champions Series With a collective prize fund of over The Series encompasses British Flat comprises five categories: £18million, the Series is staged across racing’s key festivals including: ten of the UK’s leading racecourses: • Sprint • Ascot • The QIPCO Guineas Festival • Mile • Doncaster • The Investec Derby Festival • Middle Distance • Epsom Downs • Royal Ascot • Long Distance • Goodwood • The Moët & Chandon July Festival • Fillies & Mares • Haydock Park • King George VI & Queen Elizabeth • Newbury Stakes Day • Newmarket’s Rowley Mile • Qatar Goodwood Festival Each division features the seven • Newmarket’s July Course • The Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor highest-rated races in each category in Great Britain which culminate in • Sandown Park Festival a same-day finale on QIPCO British • York • The St Leger Festival Champions Day on Saturday 21st October 2017.

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TICKET INFORMATION CONTACT LIST

For tickets to QIPCO British Champions Day on Saturday 21st October head to www.britishchampionsday.co.uk NAOMI LAWSON For Media Accreditation for QIPCO British Champions Day, Head of PR, British Champions Series / Great British Racing: Ascot Racecourse, Saturday 21st October 2017: TICKET PRICES: Email: [email protected] King Edward VII Enclosure: SOLD OUT Tel: +44 7881 266 359 ASHLEY MORTON-HUNTE Winning Post Enclosure: SOLD OUT Press Officer, Ascot Racecourse: Queen Anne Enclosure: £35 STEVEN POWELL Email: [email protected] Children under 18 and accompanied by an adult: FREE Consultant, British Champion Series Tel: +44 1344 878 508 Email: [email protected] Ticket holders are able to bring children under 18 years of age FREE of charge, however please note that all under Tel: +44 7742 195 968 PLEASE NOTE: 18s must be accompanied by a ticket-holding adult (ID may be required at the turnstiles). Metal RCA Press badges are valid for entrance to Ascot on NICK SMITH QIPCO British Champions Day on Saturday 21st October 2017. FREE STUDENT ADMISSION: students can access their free tickets by registering via the Ascot Racecourse website Head of Communications, Ascot Racecourse: They will provide access to the press room and lawn-level using the promotional code STUDENTSBCD. Admission will only be granted with a valid photo student ID. Email: [email protected] media centre. Only members of the national and international Tel: +44 7771 791 449 racing/ sports media are permitted to enter the Parade Ring.

JOHN MAXSE All matters regarding QIPCO Holding Email: [email protected] TRAVELLING TO ASCOT RACECOURSE Tel: +44 7785 243 232 Ascot Racecourse is ideally situated in the beautiful, wooded countryside adjoining Windsor Great Park and is approximately a 50 minute drive or train journey from London.

Located close to the M3, M4, M40 and M25 as well as to London’s Heathrow Airport for international visitors, Ascot Racecourse offers easy access for all racegoers.

BY ROAD:

FROM LONDON AND THE NORTH M4 Junction 6 onto the A332 Windsor by-pass then follow signs for Ascot

FROM THE WEST M4 Junction 10 to the A329(M) signed as Bracknell then follow signs to Ascot

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.bbc.co.uk/berkshire before you leave to receive a local traffic update.

BY RAIL: There are regular services to Ascot from both Reading and London Waterloo 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.

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