QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES MEDIA GUIDE 2018 QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES MEDIA GUIDE | CONTENTS CONTENTS P02 The Road To QIPCO British Champions Day 20th October 2018 P04 The 2017 Series In Numbers P06 Historic Moments - 50 years since Sir Ivor P07 Established Stars And New Kids On The Block P08 Emerging Talent P09 Series Moments - All Set For The 8th QIPCO British Champions Series P11 The Sprint Category - Pace Aces Set To Hit The Deck Running P12 The Mile Category - Out With The Old And In With The New P13 The Middle Distance Category - Superstar Stablemates Set To Return P14 The Long Distance Category - Gold Cup Protagonists Back For More P15 The Fillies & Mares Category - O’Brien Holds Another Strong Hand P16 Record Breaking O’Brien - Set For More Fireworks P17 20 years since King of Kings P18 Stobart Champion Flat Jockey Title Race P19 Stobart Champion Apprentice Race P20 Owners’ Championship P21 QIPCO British Champions Day 2018 P22 Title Partner - QIPCO Holding P23 Contact Details 01 THE ROAD TO QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY 20TH OCTOBER 2018 MAY SAT 5TH MAY | NEWMARKET QIPCO 2000 GUINEAS THUR 21ST JUNE | ROYAL ASCOT FRI 22ND JUNE | ROYAL ASCOT THUR 2ND AUG | GOODWOOD WED 22ND AUG | YORK SAT 20TH OCT | ASCOT ROLL OF HONOUR 2017 CHURCHILL THE GOLD CUP THE QATAR NASSAU JUDDMONTE 2018 QIPCO ROLL OF HONOUR COMMONWEALTH STAKES 2017 BIG ORANGE INTERNATIONAL BRITISH CUP ROLL OF HONOUR SUN 6TH MAY | NEWMARKET 2017 WINTER STAKES EBOR FESTIVAL ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR CHAMPIONS 2017 CARAVAGGIO 2017 ULYSSES QIPCO 1000 WED 20TH JUNE | ROYAL ASCOT DAY GUINEAS WED 1ST AUG | GOODWOOD BRITAIN’S FRI 22ND JUNE | ROYAL ASCOT THUR 23RD AUG | YORK RICHEST RACEDAY ROLL OF HONOUR THE PRINCE OF £4.3M IN PRIZE MONEY 2017 WINTER QATAR SUSSEX WALES’S STAKES FIVE CATEGORY FINALS ROLL OF HONOUR THE CORONATION STAKES DARLEY YORKSHIRE 2017 HIGHLAND REEL ROLL OF HONOUR FRI 18TH MAY | YORK STAKES 2017 HERE COMES WHEN OAKS ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR 2017 WINTER 2017 ENABLE YORKSHIRE SAT 6TH OCT | NEWMARKET CUP TUE 19TH JUNE | ROYAL ASCOT AUGUST ROLL OF HONOUR THE QUEEN ANNE SAT 23RD JUNE | ROYAL ASCOT FRI 24TH AUG | YORK KINGDOM OF 2017 DARTMOUTH BAHRAIN SUN STAKES THE DIAMOND TUE 31ST JULY | GOODWOOD COOLMORE SAT 19TH MAY | NEWBURY ROLL OF HONOUR CHARIOT STAKES 2017 RIBCHESTER JUBILEE STAKES NUNTHORPE ROLL OF HONOUR QATAR GOODWOOD 2017 ROLY POLY ROLL OF HONOUR STAKES AL SHAQAB 2017 THE TIN MAN CUP ROLL OF HONOUR LOCKINGE STAKES ROLL OF HONOUR 2017 MARSHA ROLL OF HONOUR THE ST JAMES’S 2017 STRADIVARIUS 2017 RIBCHESTER PALACE STAKES JULY OCTOBER ROLL OF HONOUR SAT 28TH JULY | ASCOT WEATHERBYS 2017 BARNEY ROY HAMILTON JUNE SAT 7TH JULY | SANDOWN SAT 15TH SEPT | DONCASTER ROYAL ASCOT KING GEORGE VI LONSDALE CUP & QUEEN ELIZABETH ROLL OF HONOUR FRI 1ST JUNE | EPSOM THE KING’S STAND CORAL-ECLIPSE 2017 MONTALY THE WILLIAM HILL STAKES STAKES STAKES SPONSORED BY QIPCO ST LEGER STAKES INVESTEC OAKS ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR 2017 LADY AURELIA 2017 ULYSSES 2017 CAPRI 2017 ENABLE 2017 ENABLE SEPTEMBER FRI 1ST JUNE | EPSOM SAT 2ND JUNE | EPSOM FRI 13TH JULY | NEWMARKET SAT 14TH JULY | NEWMARKET SAT 8TH SEPT | HAYDOCK PARK FRI 14TH SEPT | DONCASTER INVESTEC INVESTEC TATTERSALLS DARLEY JULY 32RED SPRINT DONCASTER CORONATION CUP DERBY FALMOUTH CUP CUP CUP ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR STAKES ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR 2017 HIGHLAND REEL 2017 WINGS OF EAGLES 2017 HARRY ANGEL 2017 HARRY ANGEL 2017 DESERT SKYLINE ROLL OF HONOUR 2017 ROLY POLY THE JULY ST LEGER FESTIVAL FESTIVAL RACE TYPE RACE TYPE RACE TYPE RACE TYPE RACE TYPE KEY SPRINT MILE MIDDLE DISTANCE LONG DISTANCE FILLIES & MARES 02 03 MAY SAT 5TH MAY | NEWMARKET QIPCO 2000 GUINEAS THUR 21ST JUNE | ROYAL ASCOT FRI 22ND JUNE | ROYAL ASCOT THUR 2ND AUG | GOODWOOD WED 22ND AUG | YORK SAT 20TH OCT | ASCOT ROLL OF HONOUR 2017 CHURCHILL THE GOLD CUP THE QATAR NASSAU JUDDMONTE 2018 QIPCO ROLL OF HONOUR COMMONWEALTH STAKES 2017 BIG ORANGE INTERNATIONAL BRITISH CUP ROLL OF HONOUR SUN 6TH MAY | NEWMARKET 2017 WINTER STAKES EBOR FESTIVAL ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR CHAMPIONS 2017 CARAVAGGIO 2017 ULYSSES QIPCO 1000 WED 20TH JUNE | ROYAL ASCOT DAY GUINEAS WED 1ST AUG | GOODWOOD BRITAIN’S FRI 22ND JUNE | ROYAL ASCOT THUR 23RD AUG | YORK RICHEST RACEDAY ROLL OF HONOUR THE PRINCE OF £4.3M IN PRIZE MONEY 2017 WINTER QATAR SUSSEX WALES’S STAKES FIVE CATEGORY FINALS ROLL OF HONOUR THE CORONATION STAKES DARLEY YORKSHIRE 2017 HIGHLAND REEL ROLL OF HONOUR FRI 18TH MAY | YORK STAKES 2017 HERE COMES WHEN OAKS ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR 2017 WINTER 2017 ENABLE YORKSHIRE SAT 6TH OCT | NEWMARKET CUP TUE 19TH JUNE | ROYAL ASCOT AUGUST ROLL OF HONOUR THE QUEEN ANNE SAT 23RD JUNE | ROYAL ASCOT FRI 24TH AUG | YORK KINGDOM OF 2017 DARTMOUTH BAHRAIN SUN STAKES THE DIAMOND TUE 31ST JULY | GOODWOOD COOLMORE SAT 19TH MAY | NEWBURY ROLL OF HONOUR CHARIOT STAKES 2017 RIBCHESTER JUBILEE STAKES NUNTHORPE ROLL OF HONOUR QATAR GOODWOOD 2017 ROLY POLY ROLL OF HONOUR STAKES AL SHAQAB 2017 THE TIN MAN CUP ROLL OF HONOUR LOCKINGE STAKES ROLL OF HONOUR 2017 MARSHA ROLL OF HONOUR THE ST JAMES’S 2017 STRADIVARIUS 2017 RIBCHESTER PALACE STAKES JULY OCTOBER ROLL OF HONOUR SAT 28TH JULY | ASCOT WEATHERBYS 2017 BARNEY ROY HAMILTON JUNE SAT 7TH JULY | SANDOWN SAT 15TH SEPT | DONCASTER ROYAL ASCOT KING GEORGE VI LONSDALE CUP & QUEEN ELIZABETH ROLL OF HONOUR FRI 1ST JUNE | EPSOM THE KING’S STAND CORAL-ECLIPSE 2017 MONTALY THE WILLIAM HILL STAKES STAKES STAKES SPONSORED BY QIPCO ST LEGER STAKES INVESTEC OAKS ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR 2017 LADY AURELIA 2017 ULYSSES 2017 CAPRI 2017 ENABLE 2017 ENABLE SEPTEMBER FRI 1ST JUNE | EPSOM SAT 2ND JUNE | EPSOM FRI 13TH JULY | NEWMARKET SAT 14TH JULY | NEWMARKET SAT 8TH SEPT | HAYDOCK PARK FRI 14TH SEPT | DONCASTER INVESTEC INVESTEC TATTERSALLS DARLEY JULY 32RED SPRINT DONCASTER CORONATION CUP DERBY FALMOUTH CUP CUP CUP ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR STAKES ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR ROLL OF HONOUR 2017 HIGHLAND REEL 2017 WINGS OF EAGLES 2017 HARRY ANGEL 2017 HARRY ANGEL 2017 DESERT SKYLINE ROLL OF HONOUR 2017 ROLY POLY THE JULY ST LEGER FESTIVAL FESTIVAL RACE TYPE RACE TYPE RACE TYPE RACE TYPE RACE TYPE KEY SPRINT MILE MIDDLE DISTANCE LONG DISTANCE FILLIES & MARES 03 QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES MEDIA GUIDE | 2017 SERIES IN NUMBERS 2017 SERIES 1N NUMBERS MARSHA 10,000 MEMBERS OF ELITE RACING CLUB, AIDAN O’BRIEN’S OWNERS OF NUNTHORPE STAKES WINNER SENSATIONAL SEASON MARSHA FOUR ONEAMERICAN-TRAINED CLASSICS WINNER LADY AURELIA WINNING IN THE KING’S STAND STAKES 17 £6,237,541 FAVOURITES PRIZE MONEY WON 13 SERIES 2004DAYS BETWEEN FRANKEL’S VICTORY IN THE QIPCO CHAMPION VICTORIES STAKES AND HIS SON, 12 CONTRIBUTING CRACKSMAN WINNING TO HIS WORLD RECORD THE SAME RACE 28 GROUP 1 WINS IN THE YEAR THE REMARKABLE WINNING SEVEN DISTANCE OF CRACKSMAN IN LENGTHS THE QIPCO CHAMPION STAKES 04 QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES MEDIA GUIDE | 2016 SERIES IN NUMBERS 2017 SERIES 1N NUMBERS RUNNERS, AN AVERAGE 396 OF 11 A RACE TWELVERYAN MOORE 262 SECONDS TO RUN THE LONGEST RIDDEN WINNERS CHAMPIONS SERIES RACE, THE GOLD CUP AT ROYAL ASCOT. A SHORT HEAD DIVIDED BIG ORANGE AND 15 DIFFERENT ORDER OF ST GEORGE AT JOCKEYS THE FINISH ENJOYED AT LEAST ONE WIN THE SP OF INVESTEC DERBY WINNER 40-1 WINGS OF EAGLES 7 RACES £82.11 PROFIT CARRYING PRIZE MONEY HAD YOU PLACED A OF AT LEAST £10 BET ON ALL CHAMPIONS SERIES RACES (AT SP) £1 MILLION KING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES 2ND IN THE LONGINES WORLD’S BEST RACES RANKING 05 QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES MEDIA GUIDE | HISTORIC MOMENTS HISTORIC MOMENTS THE HORSE HE DIDN’T KNOW SIR IVOR 1968 50 years ago the American-bred, Irish-trained Sir Ivor traveled to England for the first time to win the 2000 Guineas Trial Stakes at Ascot. He started 11/8 favourite for the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket in which his main rival was expected to be the English colt Petingo. Ridden by Lester Piggott, Sir Ivor accelerated past Petingo in the closing stages to win by one and a half lengths. Lester Piggott first partnered Sir Ivor in the Grand Critérium in France 1967 and reflecting on his first encounter with him admits “I didn’t really know anything about him, only that he’d won all of his races. That day he was very impressive really, it was October and the ground was very soft, he wasn’t so easy but you had to be very impressed by him.” Lester went onto partner Sir Ivor in the Guineas trial as Ascot, the 2000 Guineas against Petingo, and then chose to stick with Sir Ivor for the Epsom Derby; “I preferred Sir Ivor because he was going to be more of a Derby horse than Petingo who wasn’t going stay a mile and half, so we were hoping Sir Ivor would. We were taking a chance but we thought that was the best way to go.” Lester’s favoritism of Sir Ivor was rewarded, with an electrifying surge of speed down the outside to catch the leader Connaught to win the Epsom Derby by one and a half lengths. After the race, Lester described Sir Ivor as “the best I have ridden”. Lester Piggott has fond memories of Sir Ivor’s playful character. “He was very intelligent he used to play around a bit, he’d like a kick and buck so he wasn’t that easy.