QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES MEDIA GUIDE 2017 QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES MEDIA GUIDE | FOREWORD CONTENTS p01 Foreword Note from the Chief Executive p02 QIPCO British Champions Series Race Schedule p04 The 2016 Series in Numbers p06 Five Magic Moments of the 2016 Series p07 Five of the Best Finishes of the 2016 Series p08 The Millionaires Club p09 The Class of 2017 – Sprint p10 The Class of 2017 – Mile p11 The Class of 2017 – Middle Distance p12 The Class of 2017 – Long Distance FOREWORD NOTE p13 The Class of 2017 – Fillies & Mares FROM ROD STREET p14 Five Flying the Frankel Flag Now in its seventh year, the QIPCO British p16 Lester Piggott Champions Series incorporates Great Britain’s p Great winners of the 2000 Guineas 18 top 35 races under one banner to highlight the p20 QIPCO British Champions Series Ambassadors very best quality of competition the sport has p22 The Stobart Flat Jockeys’ Championship Contenders to offer. p24 The Stobart Flat Jockeys’ Championship: 2016 Final Standings Last year, a total of £18.8million in prize money was available p25 The Stobart Champion Apprentice Jockey Contenders across the 35 races, which represents a 43.5% increase in prize money in the five years since its launch in 2011. p26 The Champion Owners’ Title This could not have been achieved without the collaborative p27 QIPCO British Champions Day approach of the industry and the participating racecourses p28 Title Partner – QIPCO Holding working together, which has also resulted in QIPCO British Champions Day becoming firmly established in the autumn racing calendar. Prize money will increase again across the Series in 2017, notably on QIPCO British Champions Day when over £4.3 million in prize money will be on offer, thanks to a further £100,000 being added to the prize fund for the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup. We remain ever grateful for QIPCO’s valued sponsorship and vision for QIPCO British Champions Day and the Series as a whole. Rod Street, Chief Executive British Champions Series 01 THE ROAD TO QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY MAY SAT 6TH MAY | NEWMARKET SAT 21ST OCT | ASCOT QIPCO 2000 THUR 3RD AUG | GOODWOOD WED 21ST JUNE | ROYAL ASCOT GUINEAS (MILE) THUR 22ND JUNE | ROYAL ASCOT WED 2ND AUG | GOODWOOD 2017 QIPCO ROLL OF HONOUR QUATAR NASSAU 2016 GALILEO GOLD PRINCE OF WALES’S 2015 GLENEAGLES GOLD CUP QUATAR SUSSEX STAKES (FILLIES & MARES) BRITISH 2014 NIGHT OF THUNDER STAKES (MIDDLE DISTANCE) (LONG DISTANCE) (MILE) ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR STAKES 2016 MINDING CHAMPIONS 2016 MY DREAM BOAT ROLL OF HONOUR SUN 7TH MAY | NEWMARKET 2016 ORDER OF ST GEORGE 2015 LEGATISSIMO (MILE) 2015 FREE EAGLE 2015 TRIP TO PARIS 2016 THE GURKHA 2014 SULTANINA DAY EBOR FESTIVAL 2014 THE FUGUE 2014 LEADING LIGHT 2015 SOLOW BRITAIN’S 2014 KINGMAN QIPCO 1000 WED 23RD AUG | YORK RICHEST RACEDAY GUINEAS TUE 20TH JUNE | ROYAL ASCOT FRI 23RD JUNE | ROYAL ASCOT £4.26M IN PRIZE MONEY TUE 1ST AUG | GOODWOOD FIVE CATEGORY FINALS (FILLIES & MARES) JUDDMONTE COMMONWEALTH ROLL OF HONOUR QUEEN ANNE INTERNATIONAL 2016 MINDING (MILE) CUP (SPRINT) QUATAR GOODWOOD 2015 LEGATISSIMO STAKES STAKES (MIDDLE DISTANCE) ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR CUP (LONG DISTANCE) 2014 MISS FRANCE ROLL OF HONOUR SAT 7TH OCT | NEWMARKET 2016 TEPIN 2016 QUIET REFLECTION ROLL OF HONOUR 2016 POSTPONED 2015 SOLOW 2015 MUHHARAR FRI 19TH MAY | YORK 2016 BIG ORANGE 2015 ARABIAN QUEEN 2014 TORONADO 2015 BIG ORANGE 2014 AUSTRALIA KINGDOM OF FRI 23RD JUNE | ROYAL ASCOT 2014 CAVALRYMAN BAHRAIN SUN BETWAY THUR 24TH AUG | YORK YORKSHIRE ST JAMES’S CORONATION CHARIOT STAKES PALACE STAKES (MILE) (MILE) CUP (LONG DISTANCE) STAKES AUGUST ROLL OF HONOUR DARLEY YORKSHIRE ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR 2016 GALILEO GOLD (FILLES & MARES) 2016 ALICE SPRINGS SAT 29TH JULY | NEWMARKET OAKS (FILLIES & MARES) 2016 CLEVER COOKIE 2015 GLENEAGLES 2015 ESTORIQUE ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR 2015 SNOW SKY 2014 KINGMAN 2014 GOSPEL CHOIR 2016 QEMAH 2016 SEVENTH HEAVEN 2015 ERVEDYA KING GEORGE VI 2015 PLEASCACH 2014 RIZEENA 2014 TAPESTRY OCTOBER SAT 20TH MAY | NEWBURY KING’S STAND & QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES (SPRINT) SAT 24TH JUNE | ROYAL ASCOT STAKES (MIDDLE DISTANCE) FRI 25TH AUG | YORK SAT 16TH SEPT | DONCASTER AL SHAQAB ROLL OF HONOUR SPONSORED BY QIPCO LOCKINGE 2016 PROFITABLE DIAMOND JUBILEE ROLL OF HONOUR COOLMORE ST LEGER 2015 GOLDREAM 2016 HIGHLAND REEL (SPRINT) (LONG DISTANCE) STAKES (MILE) 2014 SOLE POWER STAKES 2015 POSTPONED NUNTHORPE ROLL OF HONOUR ROYAL ASCOT ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR 2014 TAGHROODA STAKES (SPRINT) 2016 HARBOUR LAW 2016 BELARDO 2016 TWILIGHT SON 2015 SIMPLE VERSE 2015 NIGHT OF THUNDER SAT 3RD JUNE | EPSOM 2015 UNDRAFTED ROLL OF HONOUR SAT 15TH JULY | NEWMARKET 2014 KINGSTON HILL 2014 OLYMPIC GLORY 2014 SLADE POWER 2016 MECCA'S ANGEL 2015 MECCA'S ANGEL INVESTEC 2014 SOLE POWER FRI 15TH SEPT | DONCASTER DARLEY JULY JUNE DERBY (MIDDLE DISTANCE) JULY (SPRINT) ROLL OF HONOUR CUP WEATHERBYS DONCASTER FRI 2ND JUNE | EPSOM 2016 HARZAND SAT 8TH JULY | SANDOWN ROLL OF HONOUR 2015 GOLDEN HORN 2016 ALIMATO HAMILTON CUP (LONG DISTANCE) 2014 AUSTRALIA 2015 MUHHARAR LONSDALE CUP ROLL OF HONOUR INVESTEC CORAL-ECLIPSE 2014 SLADE POWER (LONG DISTANCE) 2016 SHEIZHZAYEDROAD (FILLIES & MARES) 2015 PALLASTOR OAKS FRI 2ND JUNE | EPSOM STAKES ROLL OF HONOUR 2014 ESTIMATE ROLL OF HONOUR FRI 14TH JULY | SANDOWN 2016 QUEST FOR MORE (MIDDLE DISTANCE) 2015 MAX DYNAMITE 2016 MINDING SAT 9TH SEPT | HAYDOCK PARK 2015 QUALIFY INVESTEC ROLL OF HONOUR 2014 PALE MIMOSA 2014 TAGHROODA CORONATION 2016 HAWKBILL TATTERSALLS 2015 GOLDEN HORN FALMOUTH STAKES 32RED SPRINT CUP (MIDDLE DISTANCE) 2014 MUKHADRAM (FILLIES & MARES) SEPTEMBER (SPRINT) ROLL OF HONOUR CUP 2016 POSTPONED ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR 2015 PETHER’S MOON 2016 ALICE SPRINGS 2016 QUIET REFLECTION 2014 CIRRUS DES AIGLES 2015 AMAZING MARIA 2015 TWILIGHT SON 2014 INTEGRAL 2014 G FORCE THE JULY ST LEGER FESTIVAL FESTIVAL RACE TYPE RACE TYPE RACE TYPE RACE TYPE RACE TYPE KEY SPRINT MILE LONG DISTANCE MIDDLE DISTANCE FILLIES & MARES 02 03 QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES MEDIA GUIDE | 2016 SERIES IN NUMBERS QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES MEDIA GUIDE | 2016 SERIES IN NUMBERS 2016 SERI3S 1N 2016 SERI3S 1N NUMB3RS NUMB3RS £5,648,937 TWO RACES ON QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY PRIZE MONEY WON BY RANKED BY LONGINES IN THE TOP TEN AT THE WORLD’S AIDAN O’BRIEN BEST RACEHORSE & BEST HORSERACE CEREMONY TRAINED RUNNERS IN LONDON. 35RACES THE QIPCO CHAMPION STAKES WAS FIFTH AND THE IN THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES 5 ODDS-ON FAVOURITES DEFEATED SERIES WAS TENTH OFFICIAL RATING OF THE OF THE RACES WERE WON TEN WINS BY HORSES FOR JOCKEY RYAN MOORE MIGHTY 31 WHO REMAIN IN TRAINING THIS YEAR PLUS SEVEN SECONDS ALMANZOR 129 ½ LENGTHS 4THE BIGGEST WINNING MARGIN ACHIEVED BY POSTPONED 387 RUNNERS IN THE INVESTEC CORONATION CUP ONEAMERICAN-TRAINED IN 35 RACES AVERAGING WINNER FRENCH-TRAINED 11 RUNNERS TEPIN CAME OVER AND PER RACE CONQUERED HER RIVALS - WINNERS IN THE QUEEN ANNE 22THE BIGGEST 1PRICE QEMAH AND ALMANZOR STAKES AT ROYAL ASCOT 2 BOTH FOR WINNER JEAN-CLAUDE ROUGET OF A SERIES RACE WAS 16 WINNING FAVOURITES - THE BIGGEST PRICED OF THEM BEING HARBOUR LAW IN THE ST LEGER LIMATO (9-2) IN THE DARLEY JULY CUP 04 05 QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES MEDIA GUIDE | FIVE MAGIC MOMENTS QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES MEDIA GUIDE | FIVE BEST FINISHES FIVE MAGIC MOMENTS IN THE FIVE OF THE BEST FINISHES 2016 QIPCO BRITISH IN THE 2016 QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES CHAMPIONS SERIES 1 HISTORY MADE IN THE ST LEGER 1 THE SUSSEX STAKES Laura Mongan was shaking in disbelief after Harbour Law had won the world’s oldest This was billed as a rematch between Galileo Gold and The Gurkha, who had finished Classic in dramatic fashion - in the process making her the first female trainer to land first and second in the St James’s Palace Stakes, and it did not disappoint. Frankie the race. It was the Epsom-based trainer’s first runner in a Group One race. Before- Dettori dictated on Galileo Gold and it looked like he might confirm the form for a hand, she had secured £207,997 in win prize money on the Flat since 2005. First prize long way, only for The Gurkha to claw him back in the final strides and win by a neck. in the Group 1 contest was £396,970. Ribchester flew home in third, just a short head further back, in a gripping finale. FILLY BECOMES A BIG NOISE 2 THE ST LEGER 2 Racegoers were still trying to take in the fact that Idaho had unseated his rider The syndicate-owned Quiet Reflection was a relatively cheap purchased at just 44,000 when a second drama was played out. With the odds-on favourite out of the race, guineas, and was steered to glory by former jump jockey Dougie Costello, having his first Housesofparliament and Ventura Storm looked like they were going to fight out the finish. winner on the Flat at Ascot - let alone at the Royal Meeting. It was also a first Royal Ascot The latter won that battle but not the war - Harbour Law wearing the pair of them down success for trainer Karl Burke. to win by half a length. 3 DERBY JOY FOR IRISH VETERAN DIAMOND JUBILEE STAKES The 67-year-old Dermot Weld has won most of the big races around the world but 3 A tremendous tussle in which five horses flashed past the line almost as one. The photo success in the Derby had eluded him. His chances of breaking his duck seemed remote finish revealed that Twilight Son, partnered by Ryan Moore, had taken the spoils from when Harzand ripped off a shoe while travelling to Epsom, but the colt overcame that Gold-Fun, with Signs Of Blessing third, Magical Memory fourth and Suedois fifth.