ASCOT 19.10.13
This is the ground-breaking event that the QIPCO British Champions Series leads up to, when the eyes of the racing world are focused on Ascot for the richest day in British racing.
£3.4 million in prize money is on offer across the final races in each of the five QIPCO British Champions Series categories, presenting a fantastic opportunity for the season's equine stars and their owners, together with the top trainers and jockeys, to achieve sporting immortality on Ascot's historic turf.
The first two editions were sensational occasions that will long live in the memory.
In 2011 the mighty Frankel, the world's best racehorse, maintained his unbeaten record with a breath-taking triumph in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes and brilliant victories also for Cirrus Des Aigles, Fame And Glory, Deacon Blues and Dancing Rain as the curtain came down in dramatic fashion on the inaugural QIPCO British Champions Series. Many who were present at Ascot on 15 October 2011 rated it as the best raceday they had ever attended.
2012 was even better, with Frankel returning to sign off his illustrious and still unbeaten career in the QIPCO Champion Stakes, deafeating defending champion, Cirrus des Aigles, in brilliant style. The other prizes all went across the Irish Sea with the brilliant Excelebration getting his moment in the spotlight in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Rite of Passge taking the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup, Maarek landing the QIPCO British Champions Sprint and Sapphire the QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes.
A sell-out crowd of 32,000 - a modern day autumn Flat racing record in the UK - at Ascot on 20 October 2012 created an amazing atmosphere and once again the vast majority rated it as their best ever raceday.
Make sure you come along to Ascot on Saturday 19 October and savour the occasion for yourself in 2013!
The Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Sponsored by QIPCO (British Champions Mile)
15.30
Watch live on the BBC, At The Races and Racing UK
Long recognised as Europe's mile championship, 1,600 metre races come no bigger than this anywhere on the international stage. With a cool million pounds in prize money, the race has now entered a different stratosphere.
The QIPCO Champion Stakes (British Champions Middle Distance)
16.05
Watch live on the BBC, At The Races and Racing UK
With £1.3 million in prize money, the QIPCO Champion Stakes is Britain's most valuable ten furlong race. Run over 1¼ miles (2,000 metres), it is the final, pulsating showdown in the QIPCO British Champions Series Middle Distance category.
The QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes
14.20
Watch live on the BBC, At The Races and Racing UK
This six furlong (1,200 metres) contest provides the finale to the QIPCO British Champions Series Sprint category, with prize money of £350,000.
The QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes
14.55
Watch live on the BBC, At The Races and Racing UK
The £500,000 climax to the QIPCO British Champions Series Fillies & Mares category over 1½ miles (2,400 metres) provides a fantastic end-of-season target for the top female stars of the turf.
The QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup
13.45
Watch live on the BBC, At The Races and Racing UK
With two demanding miles (3,200 metres) of Ascot's famous turf to negotiate, the £200,000 QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup provides a thorough test of stamina for Flat racing's top stayers as they contest the final major long distance race of the British season.
