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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 PAGE 03 QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY MEDIA GUIDE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY MEDIA GUIDE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY 2017 ITINERARY 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 MOST VALUABLE but it’s not the size of the dog that fights, matter when you have a horse like The WINS O EUROPEAN HANDICAP it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” Tin Man to get you out of jail.” M N David Elsworth talks about Desert James Fanshawe after the success of 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. PAGE 06 PAGE 07 QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY MEDIA GUIDE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY MEDIA GUIDE 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.