QIPCO HOLDING, OFFICIAL PARTNER AND SPONSORS OF THE BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES QIPCO Holding, based in Doha, was established in 1999 and is considered one of the leading investment companies in Qatar. QIPCO has a diverse range of interests including real estate, construction, oil and gas, trading and services, finance and health. In more recent years QIPCO has made a significant investment in horseracing, not only as sponsors but also as owners and breeders through its global racing and bloodstock company, Qatar Racing, a subsidiary of QIPCO.
once again, along with the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes back at Ascot in July. QIPCO British Champions Day on Saturday 15th October at Ascot is the finale of the British Flat racing season and the richest raceday in the British calendar with £4 million on offer this year. The QIPCO Champion Stakes is set to be one of the richest races in the UK this year with £1.2 million in prize money, with the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (sponsored by QIPCO) at £1.1 million. The three remaining pattern races on the card; the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup, the QIPCO British Champions Sprint and the QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes, will offer a prize fund of £500,000 each. The programme for QIPCO British Champions Day consists of four Group 1 races, a Group 2 and the Balmoral Handicap (sponsored by QIPCO), Europe’s most valuable mile handicap.
QIPCO is an Official Partner of Ascot and Royal Ascot, sponsors of the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes at Ascot in July and of the QIPCO British Champions Series, which commenced at the QIPCO Guineas Festival in April/May alongside the start of this season’s Flat Jockeys’ Championship and culminates on QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot in October. The ten-year deal, signed in 2015, with British Champions Series and Ascot is the largest in the history of British racing.
The QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame, the first of its kind in British Flat racing, launched in 2021 to immortalise the modern greats of the sport from 1970 onwards.
There are five QIPCO British Champions Series race categories: Sprint, Mile, Middle Distance, Long Distance and Fillies & Mares. Royal Ascot, with all eight Group 1 races designated to their appropriate categories, will play a significant part in the Series
For more information please visit: qipco.com.qa
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