Ascot Racecard - Saturday 15th October

QUEEN ELIZABETH II with a special QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame exhibition located in the centre of the grandstand.

QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY FOREWORD FROM ROD STREET

Welcome to QIPCO British Champions Day. It is a pleasure to have you join us on what is sure to be an exciting day of horseracing.

Today is the first QIPCO British Champions Day since the death of our late monarch, Queen Elizabeth II We were privileged that Her Majesty attended every staging of this raceday, except for 2020 when we raced behind closed doors.

Last year, on what proved to be her final visit to a racecourse, we were proud to include her in the QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame, reflecting her immeasurable contribution to the sport over seven decades. Today we celebrate Her Late Majesty in the Hall of Fame Exhibition, which you can find on the ground floor of the grandstand I am sure you will join us in celebrating her role as the treasured figurehead of horseracing and for her dedication to the sport.

We are delighted to announce two more inductees into the QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame today. The first is former jockey Willie Carson OBE who won a total of 17 British Classics and became the first man to win a Classic on a horse he bred himself The second inductee is the late Sir Henry Cecil, who is regarded as one of the greatest trainers in history, having been Champion Trainer 10 times and trainer of 25 domestic Classic winners. And no-one will forget the success he had with Frankel, who was the first inductee in the Hall of Fame We are extremely privileged to welcome Lady Cecil to Ascot today to receive his honour.

Champions Day has been blessed with the participation of many of the world’s best racehorses since its inception It is fitting that 10 years since Frankel made his last racecourse appearance in the QIPCO Champion Stakes, that this year Baaeed, who is currently unbeaten in a ten-race career and is the highest-rated horse in Europe right now, will bid to sign off his career in similar fashion this afternoon.

There is a host of activity taking place away from the racing today: We will be celebrating the legend of staying races, Stradivarius, who will be paraded during the afternoon, and we have a new extended fan zone, as well as multiple jockey masterclasses and a parade of former QIPCO British Champion Series racehorses. Ahead of racing, we will also be crowning the Champion Jockey, Apprentice and Owner.

We are immensely grateful to have the continued support of QIPCO who sponsor both British Champions Series and Champions Day and appreciate the commitment and unwavering enthusiasm of Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah al Thani and his brothers.

Our thanks also go to all the owners, trainers and stable staff for continuing to support the day. We wish them and you the best of luck today and thank you for being with us at Ascot. We hope that you have an enjoyable day.

ROD STREET, CHIEF EXECUTIVE BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES

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Welcome from HH Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani, Chief Executive Officer, QIPCO Holding

On behalf of my brothers and fellow Directors of QIPCO, I welcome you all to Ascot for the 2016 running of QIPCO British Champions Day.

On behalf of my brothers and fellow directors of QIPCO, welcome to QIPCO British Champions Day.

As title sponsors we are delighted at how QIPCO British Champions Day has evolved and grown and once again there are several reasons to look forward to this year’s running, the sixth since its launch in 2011.

It is with great sadness that we reflect on Her Late Majesty The Queen’s passing. During her life The Queen derived immense joy and great success from horseracing. A consummate horsewoman with a deep intuition for bloodstock and breeding, she celebrated more than 1,800 winners, including 24 at Royal Ascot, and won all bar one of the British Classics. Her success on the track was celebrated throughout the industry and we are privileged to have so many memories of Her Late Majesty at Ascot; on QIPCO British Champions Day and at Royal Ascot.

First and foremost, there is the quality and competitiveness of the racing This year there were a record number of horses entered (256) when entries closed in August, including the winners of 79 Group 1 races and 15 European Classics. Today’s runners will be competing for prize money totaling £4.2m, the richest raceday in Britain, and the action will be played out in front of what is expected to be a record crowd after two of the enclosures sold out weeks in advance.

Our fortune in sharing her passion for our wonderful sport, and her love for the thoroughbred, cannot be overstated. A passion that permits us to celebrate here at Ascot Racecourse today, a place she held with deep affection. A true ambassador of our sport, her devotion and support raised the global profile of horseracing. We will forever be thankful

The QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame was launched on the 10th anniversary to recognise excellence and celebrate champions of the sport. It was an honour to have been able to induct Her Late Majesty The Queen to the Hall of Fame last year, in recognition of her extraordinary and special contribution to British Flat Racing.

While it is with heartfelt sorrow that we will no longer enjoy Her Late Majesty The Queen’s presence at our racecourses, the ongoing sight of the Royal silks reminds us of her enduring significance and the far-reaching impact she leaves on our sport We wish Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort every success as they build on Her Late Majesty The Queen’s considerable legacies.

As a business, QIPCO has invested in British Champions Series and British Champions Day to promote the sport and to promote the company and although both our racing and bloodstock operations are subsidiaries of QIPCO, it is as a family that we share in the thrill of ownership

This is the 12th running of the QIPCO British Champions Series and today we celebrate the crowning of Champions on what continues to be Britain’s

richest race day. This year’s series has been as thrilling as ever We have enjoyed international success from the likes of Australian sprinter Nature Strip, winner of the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot, and witnessed Stradivarius, who will be paraded here today, win a record-breaking sixteenth QIPCO British Champions Series race

My brothers and I have been fortunate enough to experience the highs that accompany the thrill of a winner on QIPCO British Champions Day firstly, in conjunction with our father when Charm Spirit won the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes in 2014 and then last year when Simple Verse won the Fillies’ and Mares’.

QIPCO British Champions Day is no stranger to superstars and today is no different In 2012 the unbeaten Frankel bid his farewell after victory in the QIPCO Champion Stakes and today we may say goodbye to another star. Baaeed, last year’s winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes and now the world’s second highest rated racehorse, bids to maintain his unbeaten record in the same race His performances have captured us all and I wish his connections the best of luck today.

Simple Verse returns to Ascot this year and we are excited at the prospect of her seeing her run again. Meanwhile, Charm Spirit returns to Britain, after a season in France, to stand at stud in 2017 alongside our other Qatar Bloodstock stallions at Tweenhills in Gloucestershire. It is a dream and ambition of ours to breed stock of the calibre good enough to win on QIPCO British Champions Day.

It is in the breeding sheds that we nurture future generations, and it was with huge delight that Qatar Racing’s Zoustar recently celebrated his first Northern Hemisphere Group 1 winner with Lezoo winning the Cheveley Park Stakes. There is also great excitement around our Classic winner Kameko’s first foals, who we welcomed earlier this year

A day of spectacular, high quality racing lies ahead and we wish all the participants and racegoers the best of luck, without your support QIPCO British Champions Day could not have progressed in the manner it has.

From four legged champions to two. Our many congratulations to William Buick who will be crowned Champion jockey, a hugely deserved and impressive feat We are also delighted to celebrate the legacy of the late Sir Henry Cecil and to welcome Willie Carson as the latest inductees to the QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame.

QIPCO British Champions Day sees the best racehorses, jockeys, and trainers coming together to compete on a global stage, marking the completion of another fantastic European racing season. We are immensely proud of the Series and of the day itself, and I am certain we will see yet more top-class and thrilling action today. We wish all the connections the best of luck.

HIS HIGHNESS SHEIKH HAMAD BIN ABDULLAH AL THANI CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, QIPCO HOLDING LTD

HIS HIGHNESS SHEIKH HAMAD BIN ABDULLAH AL THANI CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, QIPCO HOLDING

HH Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani and Her Late Majesty The Queen.

RACE

QUEEN

RING

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QIPCO CHAMPION

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BALMORAL

STAKES

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FAN ZONE

GRANDSTAND LAWN

Free activities including our brilliant Jockey School, Virtual Reality Experience, Face Painting and Competition & Giveaways, brought to you by the British Racing School, Great British Racing, Pony Racing Progression Pathway and Tweenhills.

Jump on board with professional jockeys and coaches, as they show you how to ride a racehorse and what it takes to be a jockey, with masterclasses at 11.45am, 1.40pm and 2.25pm

Meet Hollie Doyle, David Egan and Tom Marquand, and obtain an autograph and photograph as a special memory from 12.00.

MEET THE ALL-STARS MOTIVATOR LAWN

In partnership with Retraining of Racehorses, we bring you behind the-scenes access via our new pop-up yard Meet former QIPCO British Champions Series heroes, learn about their second careers and the outstanding care that these horses receive daily

AFTER PARTY

GRANDSTAND LAWN

The entertainment does not stop after the last race. Join us for the ultimate After Party with music from 4.50pm and a headline DJ set with Craig Charles.

QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES HALL OF FAME EXHIBITION

GRANDSTAND LAWN

We are remembering Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with a special British QIPCO Champions Series Hall of Fame exhibition. Plus find out more about this year’s Hall of Fame Inductees.

STRADIVARIUS PARADE PARADE RING

We welcome back to Ascot the QIPCO British Champions Series winning-most horse, Stradivarius, for a final lap of honour at 2.15pm; an opportunity to say ‘Thank You’ to one of the greats Grab a flag from a RaceMaker and have your camera ready!

TWEENHILLS EXHIBITION

QUEEN ANNE LAWN

Learn about the Tweenhills foals and what it takes to breed a thoroughbred racehorse

RETRAINING OF RACEHORSES PARADE RING

A parade of former Flat legends at 2.55pm with a talk from Olympic gold medallist, Laura Collett MBE on the incredible work of Retraining of Racehorses, allowing superstars from the track to thrive off the track.

MERCHANDISE GRANDSTAND

Pick up a stunning QIPCO British Champions Day jacket from the Ascot Shop.

HOW

RACING PAGES

AND RIDERS

Age of Horse

Owner’s Colours (description)

Weight Stones/lbs

Draw

Jockey’s Name & Photo

there is a number next to the name, this indicates that the jockey can claim that amount in weight (lbs) off the stated riding weight

3 FRANKEL (89)

B c Galileo (IRE) Kind (IRE) (Danehill (USA))

Owner: Mr K. Abdullah Trainer: Sir Henry Cecil, Newmarket Breeder: Juddmonte Farms Ltd.

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 3 Colours: GREEN, PINK sash and cap, WHITE sleeves.

Form: 11-1111 C D

Draw 3 Tom Queally

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW The best horse for many

13 starts,

his ninth Group

with another wide-margin success

Official BHA Rating 140

BHA Rating: The BHA Handicappers allot ratings to horses once they have taken part in a sufficient number of races to enable the Handicappers to make a numerical assessment of each horse’s ability. The principal purpose of the ratings is to determine the weight to be carried by each runner in handicap races, with the Handicappers aiming to provide each participant with an equal chance based on its best recent form under its optimum conditions. A horse rated 100, for example, would be set to carry 1lb more than a horse rated 99 (ignoring any penalties or allowances)

The ratings published in the racecard for handicap races are the ratings that were used to calculate the weight to be carried by each horse, whilst in non-handicap races the rating shown is that of each runner at the time that the entries for the race were confirmed Any subsequently published change to a rating, either up or down, is shown in brackets following the rating.

Champions

TODAY’S RUNNERS AT A GLANCE

Race 1 1.25

1m 7f 209y

THE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS LONG DISTANCE CUP

(CLASS 1) (Group 2) (British Champions Series)

1 Coltrane (IRE)

David Probert

2 Quickthorn (GB) Tom Marquand

3 Stratum (GB) William Buick

4 Trawlerman (IRE) Frankie Dettori

5 Trueshan (FR) Hollie Doyle

6 Wordsworth (IRE) James Doyle

7 Eldar Eldarov (GB) David Egan

8 Waterville (IRE) Ryan Moore

Race 2 2.00

6f

THE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SPRINT STAKES

(CLASS 1) (Group 1) (British Champions Series)

1 Art Power (IRE) David Allan

2 Brad The Brief (GB) David Egan

3 Creative Force (IRE) William Buick

4 Fresh (GB) Daniel Tudhope

5 Garrus (IRE) Jim Crowley

6 Gulliver (GB) Jason Watson

7 King’s Lynn (GB) David Probert

8 Kinross (GB) Frankie Dettori

9 Naval Crown (GB) James Doyle

10 Rohaan (IRE) Adam Kirby

11 Run To Freedom (GB) Dane O’Neill

12 Castle Star (IRE) Jamie Spencer

13 Go Bears Go (IRE) Rossa Ryan

14 Perfect Power (IRE) Tom Marquand

15 Double Or Bubble (IRE) Jack Mitchell

16 Vadream (GB) Hollie Doyle

17 Ventura Diamond (IRE) Oisin Orr

18 Tenebrism (USA) Ryan Moore

Race 3 2.40

1m 3f 211y

THE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS FILLIES & MARES STAKES

(CLASS 1) (Group 1) (British Champions Series)

1 Albaflora (GB) Rossa Ryan

2 Eshaada (GB) Jim Crowley

3 Insinuendo (IRE) Oisin Orr

4 Lilac Road (IRE) Cieren Fallon

5 Rosscarbery (GER) W. J. Lee

6 Sea La Rosa (IRE) Tom Marquand

7 Sweet Lady (FR) Gregory Benoist

8 Thunder Kiss (IRE) G. F. Carroll

9 Verry Elleegant (NZ) Mickael Barzalona

10 Emily Dickinson (IRE) Ryan Moore

11 Emily Upjohn (GB) Frankie Dettori

12 Eternal Pearl (GB) William Buick

13 Mimikyu (GB) Robert Havlin

14 Stay Alert (GB) David Egan

Race 4 3.20

THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES (CLASS 1)

1m

(Sponsored by QIPCO) (Group 1) (British Champions Mile)

1 El Drama (IRE) David Egan

2 Jadoomi (FR) James Doyle

3 Raadobarg (IRE) W. J. Lee

4 Tempus (GB) Hollie Doyle

5 The Revenant (GB) Ryan Moore

6 Bayside Boy (IRE) Tom Marquand

7 Checkandchallenge (GB) Jim Crowley

8 Modern Games (IRE) William Buick

9 Inspiral (GB) Frankie Dettori

Race 5 4.00

1m 1f 212y

THE QIPCO CHAMPION STAKES (CLASS 1)

(BRITISH CHAMPIONS MIDDLE DISTANCE) (Group 1)

1 Adayar (IRE) William Buick

2 Baaeed (GB) Jim Crowley

3 Bay Bridge (GB) Richard Kingscote

4 Dubai Honour (IRE) James Doyle

5 Helvic Dream (IRE) Oisin Orr

6 Mac Swiney (IRE) Kevin Manning

7 Royal Champion (IRE) Jack Mitchell

8 My Prospero (IRE) Tom Marquand

9 Stone Age (IRE) Ryan Moore

Race 6 4.40 1m

THE BALMORAL HANDICAP STAKES (CLASS 2) (Sponsored by QIPCO)

1 Escobar (IRE) Adam Kirby

2 Migration (IRE) William Buick

Accidental Agent (GB) Charles Bishop

Tyrrhenian Sea (IRE) Andrea Atzeni

Johan (GB) David Egan

6 Magical Morning (GB) Benoit de la Sayette (3)

Bashkirova (GB) Tom Marquand

8 Stormy Antarctic (GB) Richard Kingscote

Montatham (GB) Jim Crowley

Shelir (IRE) Jason Watson

Rhoscolyn (GB) James Doyle

Sweet Believer (IRE) Adam Farragher (5)

Blue For You (IRE) Daniel Tudhope

Symbolize (IRE) Callum Hutchinson (5)

Astro King (IRE) Ryan Moore

Tacarib Bay (GB) Pat Dobbs

Casanova (GB) Adam Caffrey (7)

Safe Voyage (IRE) Hollie Doyle

Perotto (GB) Harry Davies (3)

Orbaan (GB) Neil Callan

WHAT IS WORLD POOL?

World Pool enables racegoers to bet into a global pool consisting of over 20 countries, resulting in significantly bigger pools and increasing the total amount to be won, which is then shared between the winners (like the lottery).

Place any of the following bets

WIN, PLACE, FIRST TWO, FIRST THREE, TWO FROM THREE and the TREBLE at any Bet With Ascot kiosk on course to enter the World Pool for that race.

World Pool is available for all six QIPCO British Champions Day races with estimated pool sizes of £1million expected. Bet With Ascot screens will indicate pool sizes for each race.

The Placepot, Jackpot and Quadpot will be managed by using the standard Bet With Ascot rules.

Under World Pool rules, in races with exactly 7 declared runners, the place market will pay three places. The place terms for all races are as follows:

1-4 declared runnersNo place pool

5 & 6 declared runners

1st or 2nd (void if less than 4 runners)

7-20 declared runners

1st, 2nd or 3rd (3 places remain if 5 or 6 runners, void if less than 5 runners)

21 or more declared runners

1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th (4 places remain for 20 or less runners)

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THE PARADE RING

Horses will usually arrive in the Parade Ring around 15 to 20 minutes before the start time of the race. They will parade until roughly five minutes before the start of the race, at which point the bell will ring and the jockeys will mount.

What to look out for?

There is no exact science but here are some of the things to look out for if you’re trying to select a horse.

Does your horse look fit?

Clear muscle definition on its shoulders and over its hindquarters all suggest a horse that is fit and healthy.

It should not carry too much ‘condition’ or extra weight and its walk should be athletic

What does its coat look like?

Look for a sleek, shiny coat which is a sign of good health.

Is your horse relaxed?

The big occasion can get to some horses If it is sweating before it has left the Parade Ring or jig-jogging around, it might be expending too much energy before it has even run in the race.

Horse looks relaxed

Muscle definition on the shoulders and hindquarters

Coat looks sleek and shiny

THE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS LONG DISTANCE CUP

HISTORY OF THE RACE

Established in 1873 as the Jockey Club Cup, this race was run at Newmarket until 2011, when it was moved to Ascot and renamed the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup.

The variety of contests in the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance category vary in distance from the one mile and six furlongs (2,800m) of Doncaster's Cazoo St Leger to the two and a half miles (4,000m) of the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.

The intermediate two-mile distance of the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup therefore provides the perfect distance for the category finale. In 2018, the staying king and QIPCO British Champions Series stalwart, Stradivarius rounded off a memorable campaign to win this race. Remarkably, this was his fifth QIPCO British Champions Series race win in a single season In 2019 he was, however, overturned by Kew Gardens for Aidan O'Brien by the smallest of margins in a thrilling battle all the way to the line.

It was 2020 that arguably provided the race with its biggest story as Hollie Doyle became the first female jockey to win a race at QIPCO British Champions Day, aboard Trueshan That would prove to be the start of a memorable day for Doyle and also provided dual-purpose trainer, Alan King with his first QIPCO British Champions Series winner Trueshan made it back-to-back wins in the race after a storming victory in 2021, beating Tashkhan and Stradivarius in the process.

RACE DISTANCE

2 Miles

PREVIOUS WINNERS

2021: Trueshan

Trueshan

Kew Gardens

Stradivarius

Order of St George

Sheikhzayedroad

Flying Officer

Forgotten Rules

Royal Diamond

PRIZE MONEY

£500,000

1st: £283,550

£107,500

3rd: £53,800

4th: £26,800

£13,450

£6,750

ONES TO WATCH TRUESHAN

Sex: Gelding Colour: Bay Age: 6

Trainer: Alan King

Owner: Singula Partnership

Sire-Dam: Planteur (IRE) Shao Line (FR)

Breeder: Didier Blot

Info: Trueshan seeks to make history today by becoming the first horse to win three times on Champions Day. A runaway winner of this race two years ago, he retained his crown in decisive fashion 12 months ago and seems unlikely to relinquish it without a fight. He looked better than ever when winning the Northumberland Plate at Newcastle in June, when conceding lumps of weight to his rivals, and has subsequently been placed in the Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup and Coral Doncaster Cup. His ten wins on turf have all been achieved on good ground or softer, so any give in the ground will aid his cause.

ELDAR ELDAROV

Sex: Colt Colour: Bay Age: 3

Trainer: Roger Varian

Sire-Dam: Dubawi (IRE) All At Sea

Breeder: Miss K Rausing

Owner: KHK Racing Ltd

Info: A three-year-old has yet to win the Long Distance Cup but perhaps Eldar Eldarov will put the record straight He was having only his third start when performing wonders to get up in the final stride of the Queen’s Vase at Royal Ascot in June and stayed on strongly to win the Cazoo St Leger at Doncaster on his latest start. His only defeat in five races came on his penultimate start when he dropped in trip and was a creditable fourth to Onesto in the Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp in mid-July His jockey, David Egan, suggested last weekend that his recent work at home has been better than ever

WATERVILLE

Sex: Colt Colour: Bay Age: 3

Trainer: Aidan O'Brien

Owner: Mrs John Magnier/Michael Tabor/ Derrick Smith/Westerberg

Sire-Dam: Camelot Holy Moon (IRE)

Breeder: Razza Del Velino Srl

Info: Aidan O’Brien has scooped the majority of this year’s top staying races with Kyprios and in the imposing Waterville he has another emerging long-distance star The Camelot colt, a half-brother to the brilliant Sea Of Class, is stepping up in class but put up a tremendous display in the 30-runner Friends Of The Curragh Irish Cesarewitch last month, weaving through from the back of the field to get up in the final strides and win by a neck from main market rival Echoes In Rain

AIDAN O'BRIEN

ON WATERVILLE

It’s a big step up in class for Waterville, but this has been the plan for him after the Cesarewitch. He’s come out of the race well.

CATEGORY

THE LONG DISTANCE SERIES

British Horseracing Authority

British Champions Series race.

THE PADDY POWER YORKSHIRE CUP

YORK, 13TH MAY

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 2) (1M 6F) £170,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: STRADIVARIUS (IRE) 6/4F

2nd: Thunderous (IRE) 17/2

3rd: Tashkhan (IRE) 17/2

Stradivarius struck again with Frankie Dettori to win a third Paddy Power Yorkshire Cup. The victory making it the 16th win in the QIPCO British Champions Series for the superstar stayer in a year that was to be his last on the racetrack. A rapturous reception awaited the winning pair from the appreciative York crowd after "Super-Strad" glided past his opponents to win by a length and retain his Yorkshire Cup crown.

THE GOLD CUP

ROYAL ASCOT, 16TH JUNE

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (2M 4F) £440,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: KYPRIOS 13/8F

2nd: Mojo Star (IRE) 15/2

3rd: Stradivarius (IRE) 2/1

The super stayer Stadivarius was back for one last attempt at matching the legendary Yeats’ record of four Gold Cup wins but, it wasn’t meant to be Kyprios, the favourite going into the race showed his class under Ryan Moore and there was no denying he was the best in the race

horse led from two furlongs out and battled hard to hold off a close Mojo Star in second and Stradivarius in third, who met trouble in running but finished

THE AL SHAQAB GOODWOOD CUP

GOODWOOD, 26TH JULY

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (2M) £490,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: KYPRIOS (IRE) 6/4F

2nd: Stradivarius (IRE) 9/2

3rd: Trueshan 2/1

What a showdown! Gold cup winner Kyprios came head to head with last year’s winner, Trueshan and Stradivarius in this year’s Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup. In the final two furlongs it was a waiting game for Strad as he was boxed in behind Kyprios but as soon as the gap came on the inside showed an impressive turn of foot and drove to the front, partnered by Andrea Atzeni. However, Kyprios did not back down and ridden by Ryan Moore once more, the pair powered home to cement his credentials as the dominant stayer in training.

THE WEATHERBYS HAMILTON LONSDALE CUP

YORK, 19TH AUGUST

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 2) (2M 1/2F) £245,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: QUICKTHORN 9/4

2nd: Coltrane (IRE) 5/4F

3rd: Reshoun (IFR) 25/1

This year’s Lonsdale Cup was a wide-open contest after two of the favourites, Stradivarius and Trueshan, dropped out on the day of the race It was Quickthorn who set the pace from the start and under Tom Marquand the pair never looked back, winning by an impressive fourteen lengths from Coltrane in second After an agonising second at York last year in the Ebor, Quickthorn really made his mark at the track this year.

THE DONCASTER CUP

DONCASTER, 11TH SEPTEMBER

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 2) (2M 2F) £127,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: COLTRANE (IRE) 9/1

2nd: Trueshan (FR) 2/9F

3rd: Lismore (IRE) 22/1

There was shock in the Doncaster Cup as Coltrane beat the odds on favourite Trueshan by a neck The Andrew Balding-trained gelding travelled in the middle of the pack throughout and ahead of Trueshan who was held at the back. Once turning for home, Jockey David Probert found a gap on the inside, taking Coltrane on that route to the finish line ahead of Trueshan and Lismore. In winning the race Andrew Balding emulated his father, Ian, who won this contest for Her Late Majesty The Queen with Magna Carta in 1970

THE CAZOO ST LEGER

DONCASTER, 11TH SEPTEMBER

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M 6F) £773,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: ELDAR ELDAROV 9/2

2nd: New London (IRE) 11/8F

3rd: Giavelloto (IRE) 28/1

Eldar Eldarov made it a first British Classic for Jockey David Egan and a second for trainer Roger Varian In the early stages Egan trailed Godolphin’s New London sitting comfortable midfield and showed an impressive turn of foot at the two-furlong marker to battle it out with Haskoy and New London In the final furlong the pair stretched from the field to win by half a length, with Egan poignantly dedicating his Classic win to Jack De Bromhead who had sadly passed the week before.

RACE 1.25PM

THE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS LONG DISTANCE CUP (CLASS

(GROUP 2) (BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES)

ABOUT TWO MILES (15F 209YDS) (3,191 metres)

For three yrs old and upwards. Total race value £500000

Owners Prize Money. Winner £222800; Second £91450; Third £45750; Fourth £22850; Fifth £11450; Sixth £5700. (Penalty Value £283550) A SS

See page 94 for conditions of this race

No Horse Draw Jockey

1 COLTRANE (IRE) (34)

B g Mastercraftsman (IRE) Promise Me (IRE) (Montjeu (IRE))

Owner: Mick and Janice Mariscotti

Trainer: Andrew Balding, Kingsclere Breeder: Rockfield Farm2

Sponsor: Kingsclere Stud

Horse Age: 5 Weight: 9 9

Colours: WHITE, EMERALD GREEN hoops, DARK BLUE sleeves and cap. Form: 211421 C D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHH Below form sole run on soft; has really clicked this season with wins in a handicap at Royal Ascot (2m4f), Listed race at Sandown (2m; by 10l) and the Doncaster Cup (2m2f, good to soft); in the last-named he put his head down admirably to prevail in a very tight finish from below-form Trueshan; in the form of his life this year and has solid each-way claims. Official BHA Rating 113

2 QUICKTHORN (GB) (14)

B g Nathaniel (IRE) Daffydowndilly (Oasis Dream)

Owner: Lady Blyth

Trainer: Hughie Morrison, East Ilsley Breeder: Lemington Grange Stud2

Sponsor: Bridgend Hotel

Horse Age: 5 Weight: 9 9 Colours: PALE BLUE, CAMPBELL TARTAN hooped sleeves, ROYAL BLUE cap. Form: 221116 C D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHH Three wins from the front this May-August, notably a runaway success from Coltrane at York in August; second favourite for the Group 1 Cadran at Longchamp two weeks ago but headed after 3f, struggled a long way out and looked extremely leg-weary up the straight (on very soft but he’s won on heavy here); major player on his best form but scale of that latest defeat has to be a major worry and he was below form twice in October last term. Official BHA Rating 117

3 STRATUM (GB) (34)

B g Dansili Lunar Phase (IRE) (Galileo (IRE))

Owner: Tony Bloom

Trainer: W. P. Mullins, Ireland Breeder: Al Asayl Bloodstock Ltd2

Horse Age: 9 Weight: 9 9 Colours: ROYAL BLUE, WHITE seams, WHITE and ROYAL BLUE hooped cap. Form: 140-016 C D

Draw 7 William Buick

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW H 9yo who has run well at three Royal Ascots, notably with wins in the 2m5f Queen Alexandra in the last two seasons (on soft ground first occasion); that’s not the quality of this contest, however, and his peak Flat ratings were in 2019 and 2020; tailed off in the Doncaster Cup on latest start and he’s now tongue tied and blinkered, both for the first time. Official BHA Rating 108

4 TRAWLERMAN (IRE) (56)

B g Golden Horn Tidespring (IRE) (Monsun (GER))

Owner: Godolphin

Trainer: John & Thady Gosden, Newmarket Breeder: Godolphin2

Sponsor: Emirates Fly Better

Draw 4 Frankie Dettori

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 9

Colours: ROYAL BLUE.

Form: 6-10011

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH Unraced on softer than good; never dangerous at Royal Ascot or the Newmarket July festival but, with a hood enlisted, he then won at Glorious Goodwood and added a top handicap when he made most and rallied very well to oblige by a short head in the Ebor at York; both were 1m6f and, as a rather free-going sort, he’s no

5 TRUESHAN (FR) (34)

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Draw 3 David Probert

Draw 2 Tom Marquand

Draw

6 WORDSWORTH (IRE) (20)

Ch c Galileo (IRE) Chelsea Rose (IRE) (Desert King (IRE))

Owner: Mr D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier, Mr M. Tabor

Trainer: Aidan O’Brien, Ireland Breeder: Barronstown Stud2

Draw 6 James Doyle

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 9

Colours: PURPLE, WHITE seams, striped sleeves, PURPLE cap.

Form: 143030

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW H Can front-run; acts on soft; effective here, one of his peak efforts when close fourth in C&D Group 3 in April; not in the same form since, absent three months before he had a crack at the Irish Cesarewitch (handicap debut; 13th) three weeks ago; even his peak form requires marked improvement. Official BHA Rating 107

7 ELDAR ELDAROV (GB) (34)

B c Dubawi (IRE) All At Sea (Sea The Stars (IRE))

Owner: KHK Racing

Trainer: Roger Varian, Newmarket Breeder: Miss K. Rausing2

Sponsor: Oliver St Lawrence Bloodstock Limited

Horse Age: 3 Weight: 9 0

Colours: YELLOW and BLACK stripes, halved sleeves.

Form: 1-1141 C

Draw 1 David Egan

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHHHH Last-gasp win in the Group 2 Queen’s Vase at Royal Ascot (1m6f, good to firm) in June on third start; lost his unbeaten record in the 1m4f Grand Prix de Paris one month later but he was back with a bang five weeks ago when winning the St Leger at Doncaster (14.5f, good to soft); leaves the strong impression that moving up to 2m will suit, so further improvement is likely and that would give him a very big shout Official BHA Rating 116

8 WATERVILLE (IRE) (20)

B c Camelot Holy Moon (IRE) (Hernando (FR))

Owner: Mrs J Magnier/M Tabor/D Smith/Westerberg

Trainer: Aidan O’Brien, Ireland Breeder: Razza Del Velino SRL2

Draw 8 Ryan Moore

Horse Age: 3 Weight: 9 0

Colours: DARK BLUE Form: 323121

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHHH Took four starts to get off the mark but has improved pretty much every time and produced a dramatic last-to-first win in the 30-runner Irish Cesarewitch at the Curragh (2m, yielding) three weeks ago; while his form does not match that of several opponents, he’s an exciting staying prospect Official BHA Rating 107

NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 8 Blinkers, Tongue Strap worn first time by No. 3. Hood worn by No. 4.

2021: TRUESHAN (FR) 5 9 7 Hollie Doyle EVENS (Alan King) 10 ran (Draw 9)

THE RESULT

WINNER: DISTANCE: TIME:

BETTING FORECAST:

2ND: 3RD: 4TH:

3-1 Trueshan (FR), Eldar Eldarov (GB), 11-2 Waterville (IRE), 6-1 Coltrane (IRE), 13-2 Trawlerman (IRE), 9-1 Quickthorn (GB), 12-1 Wordsworth (IRE), 14-1 Stratum (GB)

RACE PREDICTOR

QIPCO HOLDING has generously sponsored the race. A silver salver will be presented to the winning owner, with a replica for the winning trainer and jockey In addition, a memento will be presented to the stable lad or lass of the winning horse A £250 cash prize will be presented to the stable lad or lass responsible for the best turned out horse

TODD

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Barry and Charlie Hills

first time leading up

RICKY HALL led up BAAEED when he recorded his stunning tenth consecutive win in the

International at York

ANNABEL WILLIS led up ALPINISTA when she recorded her seventh straight win with a brilliant performance in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks at York

SATREJEET JHINGREE led up HIGHFIELD PRINCESS who landed her second Group 1 in the Nunthorpe Stakes at York

J O C K E Y 2 0 2 2

The Flat Jockeys’ Championship is enot Champion p not an honorary gong, a bauble anbestowed gon at the season’s end, but a title thearned e seas earned through blood, sweat and tears. ghIt , tear It is testament to the tedetermination, stament determination, character and talent of William rBuick d t Buick that having finished runner-up in thatthe g fi runner p the last two gruelling campaigns, that twhe o ca was fully prepared to do it all sagain. y d l

The 34-year-old gave it his all in 2021, a year in which he could have been forgiven for focusing on quality over quantity in a campaign that yielded a host of big-race successes, including the Cazoo St Leger on Hurricane Lane and the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes aboard Adayar

But Buick’s agent Tony Hind made it clear from an early stage this year that his appetite for honours, along with the rider’s, was as voracious as ever

“I have got this thing in my blood that I love making champions,” Hind said.

“I am going to go for it from start to finish with William. He has got a lot of good contacts, he is a brilliant jockey, and has got all the attributes to be champion.”

Those attributes now have affirmation, if any were needed, in the form of a first Flat Jockeys’ Championship for Buick. It’s hard to believe it will be his last.

It seems an age ago that Buick shared the 2008 apprentices’ title with David Probert when both were based with Andrew Balding at Kingsclere, a yard which has also helped launch the careers of last year’s champion Oisin Murphy and 2018 champion apprentice

Jason Watson and which houses one of this year’s leading apprentice jockeys in Harry Davies.

Balding’s father, Ian, was so taken with Buick’s ability that he struck a £10 bet at 500/1 that Buick would be champion, remarkably placed before the jockey had ridden in public

Towards the end of 2014, Godolphin signed up both Buick and his close friend James Doyle; their careers remain closely entwined, with Doyle gaining a first British Classic success in the QIPCO 2000 Guineas in April of this year aboard Coroebus, at the expense of Buick who had elected to ride stablemate Native Trail.

Buick and Native Trail gained some compensation in the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas before the pair finished a close third behind Vadeni and Mishriff in the Coral-Eclipse, one of the races of the season

Buick was back on board Coroebus at Royal Ascot, guiding him to success in the St James’s Palace Stakes, one of five victories for the rider at the prestigious meeting.

Despite that fast start to the first six weeks of the campaign, this year’s title was no all-the-way success for Buick, who was headed by both Hollie Doyle and

MURN

Ben Curtis at points during the opening skirmishes

A gifted rider unfairly dogged by injury, Curtis’s season has again been interrupted by battles with a longstanding shoulder problem All racing fans will hope that he is able to put those issues behind him and return in 2023 to enjoy a smoother season

As for Doyle, her achievements require no further introduction This year saw further holes punched in the glass ceiling as she gained a first Classic success in the French Oaks on Nashwa, days after finishing third in the Epsom version on the same filly.

She finishes the campaign with her best-ever seasonal tally, battling it out for second place in the championship with husband Tom Marquand and Paul Mulrennan, whose impressive level stakes profit over the course of the campaign has ensured that his popularity with punters endures.

Another six successes at the Qatar Goodwood Festival saw Buick retain the meeting’s top jockey title and put the seal on a prolific period which saw him ride over 30 winners in both June and July and pull clear of his title race competitors.

The pace barely dropped in August, a month in which Buick brought up his fastest century, appropriately with a Newmarket double for Charlie Appleby in mid-month, prompting Appleby to say: “To get to 100 winners in the speed that he’s done it in is an achievement in itself and I am delighted to be a part of it

“It’s not just his achievements here in the UK, it’s what he does on the global stage as well, and it just shows the horsemanship and the talent that William has. But to be crowned Champion Jockey will be a great achievement, and myself and everyone at Godolphin are very pleased for him.”

As Appleby highlighted, Buick rides for a worldwide operation and some of this year’s biggest highlights have been on the international stage.

Buick won the French 2000 Guineas aboard Modern Games (and the following day was back at Redcar for six rides) who has been a star for stable and jockey this season, placing in the French Derby and Sussex Stakes before winning the Woodbine Mile to complete a Grade One double in Canada for the jockey

Just days later, Newmarket’s important Cambridgeshire meeting saw further success

Buick ended the first day with a treble which he supplemented 24 hours later with a double and then another treble on the Saturday, including a Group One when landing the Cheveley Park Stakes aboard Ralph Beckett’s Lezoo, highlighting his popularity with all trainers at the time of writing, Buick had ridden domestic winners for 36 different trainers in the calendar year at an impressive strike rate of 27%.

Buick wasn’t done there though and Sunday saw him in Germany, again in Group One-winning action, when he partnered Rebel’s Romance to beat German Derby winner Sammarco in the Preis von Europa

It is a relentless schedule, especially for a man with a young family, but dedication and a drive to succeed have carried Buick to the top and we can be certain that he will not rest on the laurels of being crowned Champion Jockey today.

THEQIPCOBRITISHCHAMPIONSSPRINTSTAKES

HISTORY OF THE RACE

The event was established in 1946, and was originally called the Diadem Stakes, named after Diadem, a winner of several of Ascot’s leading races.

The race was given its present name and returned to October in 2011 when it became part of the newly created QIPCO British Champions Day. In 2015, the QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes was upgraded from Group 2 to Group 1 status and has since been won by some top-class sprinters.

This six-furlong (1,200m) contest provides the grand finale to the seven-race sprint category of the QIPCO British Champions Series There are three Series races run over five furlongs and four, including today’s contest, over six furlongs Trainer James Fanshawe has a good record in the race, having won the first renewal under its current guise with Deacon Blues and more recently, with the ever reliable The Tin Man in 2016.

In 2017, 2018, and 2019 there were high-priced winners with the most notable being Donjuan Triumphant, winning at 33/1 in 2019, making him the highest-priced winner at QIPCO British Champions Day so far. In 2020 Hollie Doyle rode Glen Shiel to victory and, in doing so, secured her maiden Group 1 win. The duo returned in 2021 to defend their title, but were denied by Godolphin’s Creative Force and William Buick.

RACE DISTANCE

6 Furlongs

PREVIOUS WINNERS

2021: Creative Force

Glen Shiel

2019: Donjuan Triumphant

2018: Sands Of Mali

Librisa Breeze

The Tin Man

Muhaarar

2014: Gordon Lord Byron

Slade Power

PRIZE MONEY

Overall: £500,000

1st: £301,271.87

2nd: £107,500

3rd: £53,800

4th: £26,800

5th: £13,450

6th: £6,750

ONES TO WATCH CREATIVE FORCE

Sex: Gelding Colour: Chestnut Age: 4

Trainer: Charlie Appleby

Owner: Godolphin

Sire-Dam: Dubawi (IRE) Choose Me (IRE)

Breeder: Owenstown Bloodstock Ltd

Info: No horse has won the Sprint in successive years, although 2020 winner Glen Shiel came close to achieving the feat when runner-up last year. Creative Force was the horse who denied him the double and now seeks back-to-back triumphs himself. He was a convincing winner 12 months ago, having won four other races earlier in the campaign, including in the Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot. We’ve not see so much of Creative Force this season but he’s shown all his powers remain intact, being beaten a neck by Naval Crown, his stablemate, in the Platinum Jubilee Stakes here in June before finishing fourth in the Darley July Cup (a place better than he managed in 2021).

ART POWER

Sex: Horse Colour: Grey Age: 5

Trainer: Tim Easterby

Owner: King Power Racing Co Ltd

Sire-Dam: Dark Angel (IRE) Evening Time (IRE)

Breeder: Owenstown Bloodstock Ltd

Info: Art Power has run in six QIPCO British Champions Series races over 6f in the past couple of years and finished 443454; never being beaten far on any occasion His connections must be growing a little concerned that their grey might never hit the jackpot but an emphatic win on his latest start in the Group 3 William Hill Ireland Renaissance Stakes at The Curragh means he will arrive at the top of the game. Art Power’s record at Ascot stands close inspection He’s been a fine fourth in the past two renewals of this race last year when drawn away from the trio who beat him plus has twice run well at Royal Ascot, winning at the meeting in 2020 and finishing third in last year’s Diamond Jubilee Stakes

ROHAAN

Sex: Gelding Colour: Bay Age: 4

Trainer: David Evans

Sire-Dam: Mayson Vive Les Rouges

Breeder: Liam Phelan

Owner: Kieran McCabe & Partner

Info: Rohaan was disappointing in the Sprint last year but perhaps a fruitful year, during which he won seven of his 17 races, had caught up with him. His prowess at Ascot is certainly not in doubt as he has won the past two renewals of the Wokingham, beating an aggregate of 45 rivals from high in the weights. And a fortnight ago he returned to land the Group 3 John Guest Racing Bengough Stakes.Rohaan made the frame in two Group 1 races in the second half of the summer the Arc Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville (behind Highfield Princess) and Betfair Sprint Cup (behind Minzaal) at Haydock

CHARLIE APPLEBY ON CREATIVE FORCE & NAVAL CROWN

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They had a lovely gallop and came out of it in great order. You can see visually that they are both in A1 condition.

CATEGORY

THE SPRINT SERIES

THE KING'S STAND STAKES

ROYAL ASCOT, 14TH JUNE

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (5F) £490,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: NATURE STRIP (AUS) 9/4

2nd: Twilight Calls 11/1

3rd: Acklam Express (IRE) 200/1

Nature Strip came home in the lead to make it a first British Group 1 win for trainer Chris Waller The Australian team had been close before back in 2015, but Nature Strip’s impressive performance in The King’s Stand Stakes made the day one to remember for connections Ridden by James McDonald, the pair always travelled well and an impressive turn of foot meant they strode clear of the pack to win by a remarkable four-and-a-half lengths from Cheveley Park’s Twilight Calls.

THE COMMONWEALTH CUP

ROYAL ASCOT, 17TH JUNE

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (6F) £490,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: PERFECT POWER (IRE) 7/2JF

2nd: Flaming Rib (IRE) 14/1

3rd: Flotus (IRE) 40/1

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THE PLATINUM JUBILEE STAKES

ROYAL ASCOT, 18TH JUNE

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (6F) £900,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: NAVAL CROWN 33/1

2nd: Creative Force (IRE) 12/1

3rd: Artorius (AUS) 17/2

3rd: Campanelle (IRE) 10/1

Having started the QIPCO British Champions Series by landing both QIPCO Guineas, James Doyle’s season got even better when he won the Platinum Jubilee aboard Naval Crown. Once again it was another Charlie Appleby 1-2, with the 33-1 shot coming home in front of last year’s QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes winner, Creative Force. It was tight for the top five with a dead heat in third between the Australian Artorius and American trained Campanelle

THE DARLEY JULY CUP

NEWMARKET JULY COURSE, 9TH JULY

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (6F) £500,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: ALCOHOL FREE (IRE) 14/1

2nd: Naval Crown 4/1

3rd: Artorius (AUS) 8/1

Having run a disappointing ninth at Royal Ascot, Alcohol Free regained her form of 2021 to overcome a strong field and triumph in the Darley July Cup. Coming into the race as something of an outsider, the pair battled alongside Naval Crown and James Doyle on the inside with Australian trained Artorius trailing behind But it was Alcohol Free that showed a real fire in her belly to finish strongly and win.

THE COOLMORE WOOTTON BASSETT NUNTHORPE STAKES

YORK, 19TH AUGUST

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (5F) £525,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: HIGHFIELD PRINCESS (FR) 5/1

2nd: The Platinum Queen (IRE) 9/2

3rd: Emaraaty Ana 12/1

Highfield Princess was crowned the winner of this year’s Nunthorpe adding a second Group 1 win to her repertoire within a fortnight of her first The remarkable mare showed her class by looming in The Platinum Queen’s shadow throughout but stormed passed in the closing stages to win comfortably. Trainer John Quinn said admiringly, "To start off a mark of fiftyseven before she even won her first race, to then absolutely hack up in the Nunthorpe is what dreams are made of.”

THE BETFAIR SPRINT CUP

HAYDOCK PARK, 3RD SEPTEMBER

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (6F) £270,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: MINZAAL (IRE) 7/2

2nd: Emaraaty Ana 7/1

3rd: Rohaan (IRE) 7/1

Minzaal showed his class in the Betfair Sprint Cup at Haydock Park making it his first Group 1 win. Naval Crown was favourite going into the race after impressing spectators at Royal Ascot but didn’t live up to expectations and finished at the back of the field. Jockey, Jim Crowley sat comfortably behind the leaders throughout but when asked one furlong out, the colt showed a remarkable turn of foot Minzaal stormed home to win impressively, making it a sixth win of the Series for Jim Crowley and Team Shadwell, from last year’s winner Emaraaty Ana in second.

SECOND RACE 2.00PM

THE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SPRINT STAKES (CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES)

SIX FURLONGS (6F) (1,200 metres)

For three yrs old and upwards. Total race value £500000

Owners Prize Money. Winner £222800; Second £91450; Third £45750; Fourth £22850; Fifth £11450; Sixth £5700. (Penalty Value £283550) A SS

See page 94 for conditions of this race

Stalls:

No Horse Draw Jockey

1 ART POWER (IRE) (20)

Gr h Dark Angel (IRE) Evening Time (IRE) (Keltos (FR))

Owner: King Power Racing Co Ltd

Trainer: Tim Easterby, Malton Breeder: Owenstown Bloodstock Ltd2

Sponsor: King Power International Co Ltd

Horse Age: 5 Weight: 9 4

Colours: ROYAL BLUE, WHITE hoop, striped sleeves, WHITE cap, ROYAL BLUE star Form: 514-401 C D

Draw 8 David Allan

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHHH Usually leads but he doesn’t have to; an honest soul who has been a contender in several Group 1s and has run excellent races in the last two runnings of this (badly drawn when fourth on good to soft last year); has another big run in him after winning a Group 3 in Ireland 20 days ago.

2 BRAD THE BRIEF (GB) (147)

B g Dutch Art Kenzadargent (FR) (Kendargent (FR))

Owner: Chasemore Farm

Trainer: Hugo Palmer, Malpas Breeder: Chasemore Farm2

Sponsor: Chasemore Farm LLP

Official BHA Rating 114

Draw 5 David Egan

Horse Age: 5 Weight: 9 4 Colours: PEA GREEN, MAUVE cap. Form: 5002-11 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW H Made a bright start for new trainer with 6f wins in a conditions stakes and Group 2 in May (soft and good to yielding) but is an unknown quantity after a layoff and on his first run at Ascot

3 CREATIVE FORCE (IRE) (98)

Ch g Dubawi (IRE) Choose Me (IRE) (Choisir (AUS))

Owner: Godolphin Trainer: Charlie Appleby, Newmarket Breeder: Owenstown Bloodstock Ltd2

Sponsor: Emirates Fly Better

Official BHA Rating 115

Draw 13 William Buick

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 4

Colours: ROYAL BLUE, WHITE cap. Form: 261-024 CD

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHHH Formidable on this track, his three most recent runs yielding a win in the 7f Jersey in 2021, a copybook success in this race 12 months ago (good to soft) and then first home on his side in the Platinum Jubilee won by Naval Crown in June; wasn’t the same force at Newmarket in July but this is more his race; solid contender

4 FRESH (GB) (14)

B g Bated Breath Kendal Mint (Kyllachy)

Owner: Clipper Logistics

Trainer: James Fanshawe, Newmarket Breeder: Glebe Stud2

Official BHA Rating 117

Draw 3 Daniel Tudhope

Horse Age: 5 Weight: 9 4 Colours: GREY Form: 240110 CD BF

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW H Has a wonderful record in the best 6f and 7f course handicaps and he reached new heights with his 7f wins in July (good to firm) and September (good to soft); however, he was a long way from his best when a short-priced favourite here 14 days ago and has much to prove in his first Group race.

5 GARRUS (IRE) (69)

Gr g Acclamation Queen of Power (IRE) (Medicean)

Owner: Mrs Susan Roy

Trainer: Charles Hills, Lambourn Breeder: Mrs Max Morris2

Sponsor: Stonegate Homes

Official BHA Rating 103

Horse Age: 6 Weight: 9 4

Colours: MAUVE. Form: 424013 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH Better than ever in 2022 and his close third in a Group 1 at Deauville in August (extended 6f, good to soft) was his best form yet; respectable fifth in the Diamond Jubilee at the Royal meeting in 2021 but he didn’t figure in the same race this year and others may be more at home on this track.

Official BHA Rating 113

Draw 7 Jim Crowley

SPRINT STAKES

6 GULLIVER (GB) (7)

B g Sayif (IRE) Sweet Coincidence (Mujahid (USA))

Owner: Withernsea Thoroughbred Limited

Trainer: David O’Meara, Upper Helmsley

Breeder: S. A. Douch2

Sponsor: Tiffin Sandwiches Limited

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW H

7 KING’S LYNN (GB) (14)

B g Cable Bay (IRE) Kinematic (Kyllachy)

Owner: The King

Trainer: Andrew Balding, Kingsclere Breeder: The Queen2

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW

8 KINROSS (GB) (13)

B g Kingman Ceilidh House (Selkirk (USA))

Owner: Mr Marc Chan

Trainer: Ralph Beckett, Kimpton Down Breeder: Lawn Stud2 Sponsor: R M Beckett Ltd

Horse Age: 8 Weight: 9 4

Draw 10 Jason Watson

Colours: BLACK, YELLOW, GREEN & RED dartboard, WHITE sleeves, RED darts, RED cap.

Form: 000600 D BF

Draw 2 David Probert

Horse Age: 5 Weight: 9 4

Colours: PURPLE, GOLD braid, SCARLET sleeves, BLACK velvet cap, GOLD fringe. Form: 1-21004 D BF

Horse Age: 5 Weight: 9 4

Colours: MAUVE, GOLD chevron hoop, WHITE sleeves, PURPLE stars, WHITE cap, PURPLE star. Form: 302111

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHHH Badly hampered in this race in 2021 but no match for Naval Crown and Creative Force in the Platinum Jubilee in June; has made great strides over 7f since, winning Group 2s in Britain

to very

9 NAVAL CROWN (GB) (42)

B c Dubawi (IRE) Come Alive (Dansili)

Owner: Godolphin

Trainer: Charlie Appleby, Newmarket Breeder: Godolphin2

Sponsor: Emirates Fly Better

Group 1

Official BHA Rating 118

Longchamp on ground ranging from good to

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 4 Colours: ROYAL BLUE. Form: 041250 CD BF

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHH Can lead; has strong course form, chasing home Creative Force in the 7f Jersey in 2021 (soft) and beating that rival to win the Platinum Jubilee in June (6f, good to firm); best form when runner-up in the July Cup after but has not run to the same level since, markedly so at Haydock in September Official BHA Rating 118

10 ROHAAN (IRE) (14)

B g Mayson Vive Les Rouges (Acclamation)

Owner: Mr Kieran McCabe & Partner Trainer: David Evans, Abergavenny Breeder: Liam Phelan2

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 4

Draw 6 Adam Kirby

Colours: DARK BLUE, WHITE star and sleeves. Form: 144031 CD

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHHHH Bled in this last year but otherwise is 4-4 over C&D and despite his season starting in February he was in fine fettle when winning a Group 3 two weeks ago; has more to do in this but he looked to have a Group 1 in him when rushing home into a close fourth in a top sprint at Deauville in August (extended 6f, good to soft); good chance. Official BHA Rating 113

11 RUN TO FREEDOM (GB) (14)

B c Muhaarar Twilight Mistress (Bin Ajwaad (IRE))

Owner: Mr Godfrey Wilson

Trainer: Henry Candy, Wantage Breeder: Mrs C. R. D. Wilson2

Sponsor: Tote

Draw 14 Dane O’Neill

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 4

Colours: WHITE, EMERALD GREEN stars, sleeves and stars on cap. Form: 410104 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW H Two 6f wins in 2022 have come in easier races; not disgraced when mid-division in the Platinum Jubilee or when fourth to Rohaan

C&D

12 CASTLE STAR (IRE) (34)

B c Starspangledbanner (AUS) Awohaam (IRE) (Iffraaj)

Owner: C. Bernick/Haras d’Etreham/Antony Beck

Trainer: J. A. Stack, Ireland

Breeder: Churchtown B/stock,Grouseridge & Carhue2

much

Official BHA Rating

Horse Age: 3 Weight: 9 3

Colours: BROWN, WHITE chevron, hooped sleeves, WHITE cap, BROWN spots.

Form: 1242-50 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW

Had very smart 6f form

2yo,

a close second

Power in a Group 1 (good to firm; has won on soft to heavy); hard to

after just two 5f

since but he was

a Group

at the Curragh last month and the return to 6f can suit Official BHA Rating

Dr aw 17 Frankie Dettori

Dr aw 16 James Doyle

13 GO BEARS GO (IRE) (42)

B c Kodi Bear (IRE) In Dubai (USA) (Giant’s Causeway (USA))

Owner: Amo Racing and Omnihorse Racing

Trainer: David Loughnane, Tern Hill

Breeder: Micheal D. Ryan2

Sponsor: Sports Invest UK Ltd, Amo Racing Limited

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW

14 PERFECT POWER (IRE) (69)

B c Ardad (IRE) Sagely (IRE) (Frozen Power (IRE))

Owner: Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum

Trainer: Richard Fahey, Malton

Breeder: Tally-Ho Stud2

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHH Triple Group 1

soft) but

favourite against the older sprinters

Horse Age: 3 Weight: 9 3

Draw 9 Rossa Ryan

Colours: PURPLE, WHITE stars, WHITE sleeves, PURPLE stars, PURPLE cap.

Form: 140210 CD

Draw 11 Tom Marquand

Horse Age: 3 Weight: 9 3

Colours: YELLOW, DARK BLUE seams, YELLOW cap.

Form: 1-10100 CD

Group

15 DOUBLE OR BUBBLE (IRE) (34)

B m Exceed And Excel (AUS) Mango Lady (Dalakhani (IRE))

Owner: Mr S Fustok

Trainer: Chris Wall, Newmarket Breeder: Deerfield Farm2 Sponsor: Tote

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW H Just

16 VADREAM (GB) (14)

also

BHA Rating 115

Draw 1 Jack Mitchell

Horse Age: 5 Weight: 9 1 Colours: TERRACOTTA, BLACK cap. Form: 0-10516 C D

B f Brazen Beau (AUS) Her Honour (IRE) (Shamardal (USA))

Owner: Mr D. R. J. King

Trainer: Charlie Fellowes, Newmarket Breeder: Crispin Estates Ltd2

Dr aw 18 Hollie Doyle

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 1 Colours: EMERALD GREEN and WHITE (quartered), PURPLE sleeves, EMERALD GREEN and WHITE striped cap. Form: 600200 CD

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW H Useful win in a Group 3 over C&D last autumn (soft) but she isn’t having the best of seasons and was well held in that race 14 days ago (cheekpieces left off, refitted today). Official BHA Rating 100

17 VENTURA DIAMOND (IRE) (14)

B f Dandy Man (IRE) Shehila (IRE) (Zamindar (USA))

Owner: Middleham Park Racing XXVIII

Trainer: Richard Fahey, Malton Breeder: Sandra Russell2

Sponsor: Middleham Park Racing

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 1

Colours: LIGHT BLUE, ORANGE epaulets. Form: 00-0330 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW H Close third to Vadream in Group 3 over C&D last autumn (soft) but only seventh in this race after and nothing she’s done this year, including when behind Rohaan over C&D this month, suggests a big show today. Official BHA Rating 100

18 TENEBRISM (USA) (13)

B or Br f Caravaggio (USA) Immortal Verse (IRE) (Pivotal)

Owner: Westerberg/Coolmore/Merribelle Stables

Trainer: Aidan O’Brien, Ireland Breeder: Merrieblle/Orpendale/Chelston/Wynatt2

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHH Won 6f

Horse Age: 3 Weight: 9 0

Colours: MAROON, ROYAL BLUE hoop and sleeves, quartered cap. Form: 041235 D

Draw 12 Ryan Moore

Draw 4 Oisin Orr

THE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SPRINT STAKES

THE RESULT

WINNER:

BETTING FORECAST:

3-1 Creative Force (IRE), 4-1 Rohaan (IRE), 11-2 Kinross (GB), 9-1 Art Power (IRE), 10-1 Naval Crown (GB), Perfect Power (IRE), Tenebrism (USA), 12-1 Brad The Brief (GB), 16-1 Castle Star (IRE), 22-1 Garrus (IRE), 25-1 King’s Lynn (GB), Go Bears Go (IRE), 33-1 Fresh (GB), 40-1 Double Or Bubble (IRE), 50-1 Vadream (GB), 66-1 Run To Freedom (GB), Ventura Diamond (IRE), 100-1 Gulliver (GB)

RACE PREDICTOR

QIPCO HOLDING has generously sponsored the race A silver salver will be presented to the winning owner, with a replica for the winning trainer and jockey In addition, a memento will be presented to the stable lad or lass of the winning horse A £250 cash prize will be presented to the stable lad or lass responsible for the best turned out horse

CHAMPION APPRENTICE 2 0 2 2

The 2022 Apprentice Jockeys’ Championship has been a relentless rollercoaster of a ride.

Given the precocity and obvious talent of Benoit De La Sayette and Harry Davies, the racing world hoped the title battle between them might deliver. They were not to be disappointed.

Such has been the close-knit rivalry of the pair that only in the very final days has the championship been decided with just a handful of winners separating title-winner from runner-up. Perhaps it was runaway winner Obelix at Newcastle that clinched it, or easy winner Fully Wet at Chelmsford. October has seen Benoit De La Sayette, 19, edge into an unassailable lead and today, he will be crowned Champion Apprentice.

The first few weeks saw the chance for Davies to get first run on his would-be rival, as De La Sayette had only just returned from a six-month suspension Davies, 17, struck first, scoring on sprinter Son Of Sannie just three days into the season. Both he and Saffie Osborne raced into an early lead, their confidence up and the thrill of a new campaign spurring them on

It didn’t take long for De La Sayette to throw his hat in the ring, though taking the ride on Vafortino in one of the biggest handicaps of the season, the Victoria Cup, he steered the four-year-old gelding home for a cosy victory.

Once again, just as he had demonstrated when winning the Lincoln a season earlier, De La Sayette proved himself a man for the big occasion However, you can’t keep a talented rider down for long and Davies soon responded. Donning the blue silks of Godolphin, he bounced straight back with victory aboard After The Rain in the very next race.

Perhaps this was an early auspice of what was to come. Just when De La Sayette might have thought he’d stolen a march on his rival, Davies hit back. It would be tit for tat throughout the summer Indeed, just a week after the Victoria Cup, Davies landed a big Saturday handicap at Newmarket aboard Shine So Bright Despite a slow start, Davies refused to panic and weaved his mount through rivals to land the prize, demonstrating composure and cool in the heat of the moment.

And another seven days later, Davies continued his surge, landing a double at York on Bronte Cup Day with Truly Aclaimed and Maywake. Time for his rival to panic?

Of course not. Forty-eight hours after Davies’ double, De La Sayette caressed Salvator Mundi home at Leicester for bosses John and Thady Gosden

By the end of June, the standings saw Davies on 20 winners, with Benoit De La Sayette on 19. Neither had given an inch thus far, and July would see more of the same On the opening weekend, it was De La Sayette’s turn to ride a double, with Leicester once again a happy hunting ground as Divine Magic and Dukedom both did the business

Damaar helped him stretch the lead yet further at Chelmsford the following day, and it was at this point that De La Sayette really laid a marker down for the first time Another winner at Brighton twenty-four hours later, and he was on a roll. The following Saturday he scored again, this time at Newmarket. Three winners during Qatar Glorious Festival week followed, including a success aboard Trawlerman, who went on to triumph in the Ebor. But the best thrive under pressure, and Davies was keeping himself in the mix. A treble at Chelmsford at the beginning of August gave him a big boost, and suddenly it was game on again.

Another Saturday winner at Newmarket two weeks later, and once again there wasn’t much in it at all. Come mid-September and the scores were Davies 48, De La Sayette 47 Too close to call

Since then however, De La Sayette has had a month to remember. Over a dozen winners has seen his lead become a title. Racing should be grateful to both him and Davies as, apart from serving up an exciting battle, we now have two brilliant riding prospects to look forward to in the future

Not that any racing championship even this one can only have been about two protagonists

Saffie Osborne, Rhys Clutterbuck, Ryan Sexton, and Callum Hutchinson have all demonstrated that they have bright futures with notable successes against the biggest names, while Sean Kirrane, Stefano Cherchi, Pierre-Louis Jamin and Fred Larson have all also shown themselves to be hot prospects for the future

Competition at the top is becoming stronger and that healthy sporting rivalry is cascading down to the apprentice ranks. Recent winners of this title include Cieren Fallon, Oisin Murphy and Tom Marquand, and all have gone on to great things It would take a brave person to bet that Benoit De La Sayette is not destined for the same heights.

THE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS FILLIES & MARES STAKES

HISTORY OF THE RACE

The history of the QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes dates back to 1946 when Ascot staged the Princess Royal Stakes for the first time.

In 2008 it was renamed the Pride Stakes and moved to Newmarket, but it returned to Ascot under its current name in 2011 The new race was given a boost in its very first year as it was won by none other than the Investec Oaks and Preis der Diana (German Oaks) winner, Dancing Rain, a dual Classic heroine in her final European start.

It was subsequently upgraded to Group 1 status in 2013. Simple Verse was the second British Classic winner to claim the spoils in its short recent history when successful in 2015 Aidan O’Brien won back-to-back renewals with Hydrangea (2017) and Magical (2018). The latter went on to secure 2019’s QIPCO Champion Stakes. In 2019, the race was won by the John Gosden-trained Star Catcher with Frankie Dettori aboard. In 2020, Wonderful Tonight was a hugely impressive winner and was a first Group 1 win on British soil for her trainer, David Menuisier The Roger Varian-trained Eshaada was the 2021 winner of the race, who finished marginally ahead of Albaflora on the line.

RACE DISTANCE

1 Mile about 4 Furlongs

PREVIOUS WINNERS

2021: Eshaada

Wonderful Tonight

Star Catcher

Magical

Hydrangea

Journey

Simple Verse

Madame Chiang

Seal of Approval

PRIZE MONEY

Overall: £500,000

1st: £283,550

2nd: £107,500

3rd: £53,800

4th: £26,800

5th: £13,450

6th: £6,750

ONES TO WATCH

MIMIKYU

Sex: Filly Colour: Bay Age: 3

Trainer: John and Thady Gosden

Owner: George Strawbridge

Sire-Dam: Dubawi (IRE) Montare (IRE)

Breeder: George Strawbridge

Info: Veteran owner-breeder George Strawbridge saw his white and green silks carried to victory by the John Gosden-trained Journey in this race in 2016 and must be hopeful of repeating the feat with her sister, Mimikyu, who has been blessed with similar powers and is also housed at Clarehaven

She was having only her sixth start when an emphatic winner of the Park Hill Fillies’ Stakes Doncaster last time when settling better than she has done sometimes in the past and scoring at the main expense of Eshaada A first-time hood seemed to help Mimikyu relax at Town Moor last time and perhaps it is no coincidence that the same headgear also helped Journey fulfil her potential.

ESHAADA

Sex: Filly Colour: Bay Age: 4

Trainer: Roger Varian

Owner: Shadwell Estate Company Ltd

Sire-Dam: Muhaarar Muhawalah (IRE)

Breeder: Shadwell Estate Company Limited

Info: Eshaada edged home by a short head from Albaflora in a thrilling renewal of the Fillies & Mares last year and is back to defend her crown. She had been runner-up in the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot four months earlier and the demands of this course clearly serve her well, much as they did her sire, Muhaarar, who was all about speed and won the Commonwealth Cup and Champions Sprint at Ascot in 2015 Eshaada has been unable to add to her tally in three starts this term but has run well in defeat on her past two starts

ETERNAL PEARL

Sex: Filly Colour: Bay Age: 3

Trainer: Charlie Appleby

Owner: Godolphin

Sire-Dam: Frankel Pearly Steph (FR)

Breeder: Scea Haras De Saint Pair

Info: The daughter of Frankel seems to be peaking at just the right time for Champions Day, and she arrives at Ascot seeking a fifth successive win. A 700,000gns purchase as a yearling, she was unraced as a two-year-old and beaten in her first three starts this campaign However, she’s improved with every run, winning Group 3 prizes at Deauville and Newmarket on her past two starts She was particularly impressive when staying on stoutly to collar Peripatetic in the Princess Royal Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai Stakes on her latest start, a race that Journey won before landing this in 2016 A big, scopey filly, it would be no surprise if Eternal Pearl progressed again

ROGER VARIAN ON ESHAADA

Eshaada has been trained for one race all year and I’m very happy with her It doesn’t concern me at all that she hasn’t won yet this year as she needed the race first time out, nearly got brought down at Haydock, and then was second to a very good filly at Doncaster.

THE FILLIES & MARES SERIES

THE QIPCO 1000 GUINEAS

NEWMARKET ROWLEY MILE, 1ST MAY

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M) £490,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: CACHET (IRE) 16/1

2nd: Prosperous Voyage (IRE) 33/1

3rd: Tuesday (IRE) 4/1

Cachet made it a weekend to remember for James Doyle who was winning his second Classic in the space of 24 hours. It was another first for young trainer George Boughey who won one of racing’s most coveted prizes in just his third year of training. It was an impressive performance from the filly as she led the field from the stalls and all the way to the line, ahead of Prosperous Voyage who challenged hard in the final furlong and just missed out on the spoils

THE CAZOO OAKS

EPSOM DOWNS, 3RD JUNE

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M 4F) £540,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: TUESDAY (IRE) 13/2

2nd: Emily Upjohn 6 /4F

3rd: Nashwa 4/1

What a Race! Tuesday triumphed for team Ballydoyle in this year’s Cazoo Oaks beating the favourite Emily Upjohn by a head. In doing so she gave maestro Aidan O’Brien a history-breaking 41st British Classic winner The result may have been different had Frankie Dettori and Emily Upjohn not stumbled when leaving the stalls, conceding huge amounts of ground, but Tuesday withstood the challenge of her fast-finishing rival to claim the crown.

THE CORONATION STAKES

ROYAL ASCOT, 17TH JUNE

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M) £440,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: INSPIRAL 15/8F

2nd: Spendarella (USA) 9/1

3rd: Discoveries (IRE) 11/1

After a slight setback meant she swerved the QIPCO 1000 Guineas, Inspiral made her debut in the Coronation Stakes and what a debut it was! Trained by John and Thady Gosden the filly turned around the Clarehaven team’s Royal Ascot week by going into turbo mode down the straight and mowing past the field to win by an inspiring four and three-quarter lengths

THE TATTERSALLS FALMOUTH STAKES

NEWMARKET JULY COURSE, 8TH JULY

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M) £200,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: PROSPEROUS VOYAGE (IRE) 16/1

2nd: Inspiral 1/7F

3rd: Sandrine 12/1

A shock result in this year’s Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes with 16-1 outsider Prosperous Voyage beating the odds-on favourite and Royal Ascot winning Inspiral This win was the first of the Series for jockey, Rob Hornby who would have been itching to get a Group 1 under his belt after losing the ride of Westover in the Irish Derby. The pace was set steady from the start but on the day Inspiral was no match for Prosperous Voyage who found a second wind the further she went

THE QATAR NASSAU STAKES

GOODWOOD, 28TH JULY

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M 2F) £590,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: NASHWA 6/5F

2nd: Aristia (IRE) 40/1

3rd: Lilac Road (IRE) 15/2

Hollie Doyle made history in becoming the first female jockey to win the Qatar Nassau Stakes on board Nashwa Trainer John Gosden spoke glowingly after the race, saying, “She’s a star, so applied and focused, and a credit to anyone in any line of work.” An impressive ride saw Nashwa show her class as she swooped past the field from last to first with 40-1 outsider Aristia in second.

THE DARLEY YORKSHIRE OAKS

YORK, 18TH AUGUST

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M 4F) £350,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: ALPINISTA (JPN) 7/4F

2nd: Tuesday (IRE) 7/2

3rd: La Petite Coco (IRE) 4/1

After Group 1 international success could Alpinista make it a fifth Group 1 on home soil? Going into the race, her trainer Sir Mark Prescott had no doubt she was the best filly in the race, and after her performance at York and subsequent heroics at Longchamp we now know why. Alpinista, ridden by Luke Morris, held a steady pace throughout the race and was always in the slipstream of strong competition on La Petite Coco and Magical Lagoon In the closing stretch the filly showed enough to win by a length in front of the Cazoo Oaks winner, Tuesday

THIRD RACE 2.40PM

THE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS FILLIES & MARES STAKES (CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES)

ONE MILE ABOUT FOUR FURLONGS (2,392 metres), SWINLEY (11F ABT 211YDS)

For three yrs old and upwards fillies and mares. Total race value £500000

Owners Prize Money. Winner £222800; Second £91450; Third £45750; Fourth £22850; Fifth £11450; Sixth £5700. (Penalty Value £283550) 2 Balloted Out Under Rules (I)9 and (I)10. A SS

See page 94 for conditions of this race

No Horse

1 ALBAFLORA (GB) (34)

Gr m Muhaarar Almiranta (Galileo (IRE))

Owner: Miss K. Rausing

Trainer: Ralph Beckett, Kimpton Down Breeder: Miss K. Rausing2

Horse Age: 5 Weight: 9 7

Colours: WHITE, EMERALD GREEN hoops, WHITE sleeves and cap. Form: 5322-50 CD

Draw Jockey

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH Short-headed by Eshaada in this race last year (good to soft); however, she’s had just two runs this season, when failing to fire in either the Ormonde at Chester in May or the Vermeille at Longchamp in September Official BHA Rating 110

2 ESHAADA (GB) (37)

B f Muhaarar Muhawalah (IRE) (Nayef (USA))

Owner: Shadwell Estate Company Ltd

Trainer: Roger Varian, Newmarket Breeder: Shadwell Estate Company Limited2

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 7 Colours: ROYAL BLUE, WHITE epaulets, striped cap. Form: 201-532 CD BF

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHH Her best two days last year came over C&D, latterly when winning this race (good to soft) by a short head from Albaflora; made a big step back in that direction when third at Haydock (1m4f, soft) in early July and seemingly outstayed by Mimikyu over 14.5f when coming up well short as 6-4 favourite at Doncaster over two months later; not dismissed. Official BHA Rating 111

3 INSINUENDO (IRE) (13)

B m Gleneagles (IRE) Obama Rule (IRE) (Danehill Dancer (IRE))

Owner: Deegan Racing Syndicate

Trainer: W. McCreery, Ireland Breeder: Mountarmstrong Stud2

Draw 12 Oisin Orr

Horse Age: 5 Weight: 9 7

Colours: DARK BLUE, MAROON stripe, WHITE cap.

Form: 04-2220

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH Won a Group 3 and a Group 2 last season and runner-up in the same grades on her first three starts this year, with a big late effort to go close on last two occasions; wore a first-time hood (retained today) when never dangerous in the Group 1 Opera at Longchamp 13 days ago, however, which was creditable on form but reinforces that she needs a big career best today on this first go beyond 1m2f Official BHA Rating 107

4 LILAC ROAD (IRE) (34)

Ch f Mastercraftsman (IRE) Lavender Lane (IRE) (Shamardal (USA))

Owner: Jon and Julia Aisbitt

Trainer: William Haggas, Newmarket Breeder: Jon and Julia Aisbitt2

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 7

Colours: DARK BLUE and MAROON diabolo, MAROON sleeves, DARK BLUE cap.

Form: 2-51342

Draw 3 Cieren Fallon

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHHH Reliable on turf last two seasons and raised her game this term; tried 1m4f on last two starts when fourth in the Yorkshire Oaks at York (good) and beaten a head by Sweet Lady in the Vermeille at Longchamp (soft); very plucky last time and should not be far away.

5 ROSSCARBERY (GER) (34)

B f Sea The Stars (IRE) Rose Rized (GER) (Authorized (IRE))

Owner: Robert J. W. Moran

Trainer: P. Twomey, Ireland

Breeder: Gestut Wittekindshof2

Official BHA Rating 111

Draw 9 W. J. Lee

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 7

Colours: YELLOW, BLACK shield with three YELLOW stars, vertical halved sleeves, YELLOW cap.

Form: 11D124 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHH Spectacularly improved this season, winning five times in Ireland, including in two Group 3s (1m4f and 1m6f); battled her way to a close second in the 1m2f Group 1 Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville and ran creditably when fourth in the Irish St Leger; needs respect even though a fair bit better is required of her to win this.

Official BHA Rating 110

Draw 4 Rossa Ryan

Draw 7 Jim Crowley

6 SEA LA ROSA (IRE) (14)

Ch f Sea The Stars (IRE) Soho Rose (IRE) (Hernando (FR))

Owner: Sunderland Holding Inc.

Trainer: William Haggas, Newmarket Breeder: G. B. Partnership2

Sponsor: Somerville Lodge Ltd

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 7

Draw 6 Tom Marquand

Colours: YELLOW, PURPLE star and star on cap.

Form: 1-12111 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHHH Progressive at three and same again this season, winning a Group 3 in May, Group 2s in July and August, and the Group 1 Prix de Royallieu at Longchamp (1m6f, very soft) two weeks ago; effective at 1m4f and 1m6f; probably needs further progress but she’s firmly in calculations.

7 SWEET LADY (FR) (34)

B f Lope de Vega (IRE) High Heel Sneakers (Dansili)

Owner: S.A.R.L Gemini Stud

Trainer: Francis-Henri Graffard, France Breeder: Stratford Place Stud2

Official BHA Rating 110

Draw 14 Gregory Benoist

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 7

Colours: RED, EMERALD GREEN star, sleeves and star on cap.

Form: 21-2141 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHHHH Better than ever this season, winning Group 2 at Saint-Cloud (10.5f, soft) in May and making all in the Group 1 Vermeille at Longchamp (1m4f, soft; held Lilac

8 THUNDER KISS (IRE) (35)

Gr m Night of Thunder (IRE) Desert Snow (Teofilo (IRE))

Owner: Newtown Anner Stud Farm

Trainer: G. M. Lyons, Ireland Breeder: Newtown Anner Stud2

Official BHA Rating 112

Draw 5 G. F. Carroll

Horse Age: 5 Weight: 9 7

Colours: BEIGE, DARK BLUE Cross of Lorraine and sleeves, DARK BLUE cap, BEIGE star.

Form: 1-13632 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHH Nearly always gets seriously involved and has won two Listed races and a Group 3; short-headed in another Group 3 last time and ran creditably in the Group 1 Pretty Polly the time before; one of many with each-way claims but she needs a bit extra to win this. Official BHA Rating 110

9 VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ) (14)

B m Zed (NZ) Opulence (NZ) (Danroad (AUS))

Owner: Jomara Bloodstock Ltd

Trainer: Francis-Henri Graffard, France Breeder: Jd. Goodwin2

Horse Age: 7 Weight: 9 7

Colours: LIGHT GREEN, DARK GREEN yoke and sleeves, quartered cap. Form: 105030 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH 11-time scorer at the top level up to 2m in Australia, her most notable victory in last year’s Melbourne Cup; front running third in the Foy at Longchamp (1m4f, soft) was easily the best of her three runs in France this year, comfortably below her peak efforts even then; never looked a threat behind Sea La Rosa there two weeks ago, so others have to be preferred. Official BHA Rating 113

10 EMILY DICKINSON (IRE) (14)

B f Dubawi (IRE) Chicquita (IRE) (Montjeu (IRE))

Owner: Mrs J Magnier/M Tabor/D Smith/Westerberg Trainer: Aidan O’Brien, Ireland Breeder: Chicquita Syndicate2

Horse Age: 3 Weight: 9 1

Colours: DARK BLUE Form: 524354

Draw 13 Ryan Moore

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH Fourth in Irish Oaks (1m4f) and showed her major strength of stamina when placed with late bids in 1m6f Group events on starts either side, including when beaten just over 1l by Sea La Rosa at Glorious Goodwood; this autumn’s 3l fifth in the St Leger and close fourth to Sea La Rosa at Longchamp also suggest she can put up a fight but is vulnerable for win purposes. Official BHA Rating 108

11 EMILY UPJOHN (GB) (84)

B f Sea The Stars (IRE) Hidden Brief (Barathea (IRE))

Owner: Lloyd Webber, Tactful Finance, S Roden

Trainer: John & Thady Gosden, Newmarket Breeder: Lordship Stud & Sunderland Holding Inc2

Horse Age: 3 Weight: 9 1

Colours: PINK, GREY sash. Form: 1-1126

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHHH Unraced on softer than good; readily won the Musidora at York in May

12 ETERNAL PEARL (GB) (22)

B f Frankel Pearly Steph (FR) (Oasis Dream)

Owner: Godolphin

Trainer: Charlie Appleby, Newmarket

Breeder: SCEA Haras de Saint Pair2

Sponsor: Emirates Fly Better

BET

ASCOT VIEW

Draw 10 Frankie Dettori

Horse Age: 3 Weight: 9 1

Colours: ROYAL BLUE.

Form:

Official

Draw 2

Buick

Draw 8 Mickael Barzalona

13 MIMIKYU (GB) (37)

B f Dubawi (IRE) Montare (IRE) (Montjeu (IRE))

Owner: Mr George Strawbridge

Trainer: John & Thady Gosden, Newmarket

Breeder: George Strawbridge2

Draw 1 Robert Havlin

Horse Age: 3 Weight: 9 1 Colours: WHITE, EMERALD GREEN hoop. Form: 0-21101 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHHH Notable improver on all but one of her starts, the exception when she raced too freely in Listed race at York in August; classy sister Journey did well in a hood, her best form when winning this race in 2016 (runner-up in 2015), and this 3yo took well to that headgear on latest start, staying on much too strongly for Eshaada in the 14.5f Group 2 Park Hill at Doncaster (good to soft); Frankie Dettori prefers Emily Upjohn but this stablemate is another to take seriously.

14 STAY ALERT (GB) (28)

B f Fastnet Rock (AUS) Starfala (Galileo (IRE))

Owner: Ben & Sir Martyn Arbib

Trainer: Hughie Morrison, East Ilsley

Breeder: Arbib Bloodstock Partnership2

Sponsor: Bridgend Hotel

Official BHA Rating 112

Draw 11 David Egan

Horse Age: 3 Weight: 9 1 Colours: YELLOW, ROYAL BLUE Cross of Lorraine, armlets and cap. Form: 412151 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHHH Won Listed race at Newbury (1m2f, good to soft) in June; apparently too free in the Lancashire Oaks next time but she improved in Group 3 at Newbury (1m3f, good) four weeks ago and put up a striking performance, held up in rear, switched and quickening to get up close home; that gives her a shout

NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 14

Official BHA Rating 108

Hood worn first time by No. 3, 11. Tongue Strap worn first time by No. 9. Hood worn by No. 13.

Stewards Note: EMILY UPJOHN: Following its run on 23/7/2022 it was reported that the trainer could not explain the poor run. 2021: ESHAADA 3 8 13 Jim Crowley 16-1 (Roger Varian) 8 ran (Draw 8)

THE RESULT

WINNER: DISTANCE: TIME:

BETTING FORECAST:

2ND: 3RD: 4TH:

13-2 Sea La Rosa (IRE), Eternal Pearl (GB), 7-1 Eshaada (GB), 15-2 Sweet Lady (FR), 8-1 Mimikyu (GB), 10-1 Lilac Road (IRE), Thunder Kiss (IRE), Verry Elleegant (NZ), Stay Alert (GB), 12-1 Emily Upjohn (GB), 14-1 Rosscarbery (GER), 16-1 Albaflora (GB), Emily Dickinson (IRE), 25-1 Insinuendo (IRE)

QIPCO HOLDING has generously sponsored the race A silver salver will be presented to the winning owner, with a replica for the winning trainer and jockey In addition, a memento will be presented to the stable lad or lass of the winning horse

A £250 cash prize will be presented to the stable lad or lass responsible for the best turned out horse.

ChampionsSeries

British Champions Series

Queen Elizabeth II was racing’s greatest supporter for more than 70 years and it was our honour to induct her into the QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame last year

What other sport has had such a constant companion and ally since the mid-1940s? Queen Elizabeth II’s lifetime love of horses never diminished with her devotion as an owner, breeder, ambassador and fan unwavering She is a treasured figurehead and has been part of racing’s fabric for as long as anyone can remember

The magic and excitement that The Queen created when attending the races was immeasurable, as anyone who has crowded around the paddock to greet her daily arrival at Royal Ascot over the past seven decades will testify

The Queen nominated Aureole as being among her favourite five racehorses in Horse & Hound magazine in 2020. The other quartet were Doutelle, the first top-class horse bred by The Queen in her own right; Phantom Gold, who won the Ribblesdale Stakes in 1995 before becoming central to Her Majesty’s broodmare band, Estimate who won the Gold Cup at Ascot in 2013 and Highclere, winner of the 1974 1000 Guineas

The Queen’s induction into the Hall of Fame, the first within the Special Contributor category, was testament to her unwavering commitment and longstanding patronage of the sport, and the benefits that this devotion had undoubtedly brought to British horseracing

On the 8th September 2022, Queen Elizabeth II sadly passed away, but her mark on horse racing will be left for decades to come Her eldest son and now monarch, King Charles III has now taken on the reins as a racehorse owner, enjoying his first success at Leicester Racecourse on 5th October

Visit the QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame exhibition, where a special display pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, together with other Hall of Famers. The exhibition is located in the centre of the Grandstand.

The QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame inducts individuals, both equine and human, from 1970 to the present day, with the Class of 2022 including champions from across the timeline

Guineas Inductions

In April the Hall of Fame inducted two more titans of the turf, with Frankie Dettori and Dancing Brave becoming the tenth and eleventh Hall of Famers. Both titans were recognised at the QIPCO Guineas Festival and presented with their coveted Hall of Fame medals.

Frankie Dettori has been thrilling racing fans for 35 years and is a sporting colossus recognised by a global audience, and his story still has more chapters. Dettori has ridden almost 3,300 British winners and has also enjoyed vast success all around the world, winning major races in no fewer than 24 countries His six victories in France’s most coveted race, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, is a record.

The Class of 2022 also wound back the clock to the early 1980s, with Dancing Brave becoming the sixth horse to be inducted into the Hall of Fame His versatility and turn of foot, not to mention constitution, made him stand out from the crowd

The Great Galileo

The seventh horse inducted into the Hall of Fame was the late great Galileo, who was recognised at the Cazoo Derby Festival following a public vote. Galileo was a dazzling Derby winner in 2001, and his progeny has continued to shine in the Classic race The great stallion now joins his most successful progeny, the incomparable and all-conquering Frankel, in the Hall of Fame.

Today’s Inductions

It was ten years ago this week that the magnificent colt Frankel, signed off his flawless career with victory in the QIPCO Champion Stakes on this very raceday. Today we’re celebrating his trainer, Sir Henry Cecil, one of the most successful and much-loved trainers of the past century. Speaking of his most celebrated masterpiece, Frankel, Cecil acclaimed;

“He’s the best I’ve ever had, the best I’ve ever seen.” Cecil is joined in the Hall of Fame by one of racing’s colourful characters, Willie Carson OBE. Carson was a 5ft powerhouse of the Weighing Room and today, we recognise his glittering career by announcing his induction into the QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame

The Scot, who will be 80 next month, was champion jockey in Britain five times and his 3,828 winners in the UK have included 17 Classic triumphs, four of them in The Derby Only three other greats have bettered his overall tally: Sir Gordon Richards (4870), Pat Eddery (4633) and Lester Piggott (4493)

Britain’s richest race day has played host to many true champions over the course of the last decade, but none greater than the horse who starred at the inaugural meeting.

Ten years ago on this exact raceday, the legend Frankel arrived at Ascot with a perfect record of 13 wins in 13 straight races, nine of them Group 1s He produced another imperious performance to land the QIPCO Champion Stakes on an emotional day at the Berkshire track.

The ground was more testing that he had faced, and the colt’s participation had been in doubt until Lord Grimthorpe (then Juddmonte Racing Manager) walked the course before giving the go ahead A sell-out crowd of 32,000 cheered home Frankel who finished ahead of the previous year’s victor Cirrus des Aigles

The mastermind behind Frankel’s training, Sir Henry Cecil, paid tribute to the horse after the race by saying: “He’s the best I’ve ever had, the best I’ve ever seen I’d be very surprised if there’s ever been a better.”

Today, it is our honour to induct the great late Sir Henry Cecil into the QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame, where he is also joined by legendary jockey Willie Carson OBE.

For more information on our Hall of Famers, visit the special exhibition located in the centre of the Grandstand, or head to

THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES (SPONSORED

QIPCO)

HISTORY OF THE RACE

Long recognised as Europe’s flagship mile race, 1,600m contests come no bigger than this anywhere on the international stage. Since becoming part of QIPCO British Champions Day the race has gone from strength to strength and has seen some mighty performances across the previous nine runnings.

Named in honour of The Queen in 1955, the race has a roll of honour packed full of stars, including Brigadier Gerard (1971 & 1972), Known Fact (1980), Dubai Millennium(1999) and the awesome Frankel, who took the contest in 2011 in effortless fashion

In 2016, Minding became the first filly to be successful since Milligram in 1987, a feat which was followed up by Persuasive for John Gosden and Frankie Dettori in 2017 The race already held special memories for Frankie Dettori, having provided him with his first-ever Group 1 victory thanks to Markofdistinction in 1990.

Six years later, Mark Of Esteem was the third leg of his ‘Magnificent Seven’, when he won all seven races on that famous Ascot card 2021 saw a fantastic battle with Dettori and Palace Pier denied a final career win on the day by undefeated three-year-old, Baaeed. This gave owners Shadwell and jockey Jim Crowley a second of three wins on the day

RACE DISTANCE

Mile

PREVIOUS WINNERS

Baaeed

The Revenant

King Of Change

Roaring Lion

Persuasive

Minding

Solow

Charm Spirit

Olympic Glory

PRIZE MONEY

ONES TO WATCH INSPIRAL

Sex: Filly Colour: Bay Age: 3

Trainer: John & Thady Gosden

Sire-Dam: Frankel Starscope

Breeder: Cheveley Park Stud Limited

Owner: Cheveley Park Stud

Info: Ten years after the mighty Frankel signed off his career with another win on his Champions Day, several of his offspring are in action today not least Inspiral, who has inherited plenty of her Dad’s brilliance. Unbeaten in four starts last season, when crowned champion two-year-old filly, she won the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot by almost five lengths on her return in June and was winning at the highest level for the third time when taking the Jacques le Marois at Deauville on her latest start. Her only defeat came in between, when runner-up in the Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket.

MODERN GAMES

Sex: Colt Colour: Chestnut Age: 3

Trainer: Charlie Appleby

Owner: Godolphin

Sire-Dam: Dubawi (IRE) Modern Ideals Breeder: Godolphin

Info: Modern Games had the distinction of winning last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Del Mar after temporarily being withdrawn minutes before the start and his eventful story has included more glorious chapters around the globe this year. The chestnut colt won the Mirates Poule D’Essai Des Poulains (French 2000 Guineas) on his return at Longchamp and on his latest start he ventured to Canada and scooped the Ricoh Woodbine Mile The son of Dubawi is already pencilled in for a return to America for another Breeders’ Cup assignment next month but first he will attempt to win a fourth race at the highest level in a fourth country

THE REVENANT

Sex: Gelding Colour: Chesnut Age: 7

Trainer: F-H Graffard

Owner: Al Asayl

Sire-Dam: Dubawi (IRE) Hazel Lavery (IRE)

Breeder: Al Asayl Bloodstock Ltd

Info: The Revenant will need no introduction to Champions Day regulars as the French-trained challenger has become a standing dish in this race Runner-up to King Of Change in the 2019 renewal, he went one better 12 months later when too strong for Roseman and Palace Pier Last year, he again gave his all to finish a close fourth to the outstanding Baaeed one of only two occasions in his 21-race career when he has finished outside the first three. As in previous years, The Revenant has warmed up for his date here by running in the Group 2 Qatar Prix Daniel Wildenstein a couple of weeks earlier at Longchamp.

WILLIAM BUICK ON MODERN GAMES

When he changes gears, he’s got a lot of speed.

THE MILE SERIES

3.20: THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES (SPONSORED BY PQIPCO)

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M) £1,100,000 PRIZE )MONEY (

Horseracing

Champions Series

THE QIPCO 2000 GUINEAS

NEWMARKET ROWLEY MILE, 30TH APRIL

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M) £490,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: COROEBUS (IRE) 5/1

2nd: Native Trail 5/4F

3rd: Luxembourg (IRE) 9/2

The 2022 QIPCO British Champions Series started in tremendous style with a first British Classic success for jockey James Doyle. His mount, Coroebus travelled well throughout, gaining the lead three furlongs out, ahead of his stable companion Native Trial who was the favourite for the race A Charlie Appleby 1-2 was a fine way to kick off the Series, closely followed by Luxembourg who ran a promising race, ridden by Ryan Moore for Aidan O’Brien The Appleby team were delighted with both horses’ performances and came out of the race saying, “they are the two best three-year-old colts around.”

THE AL SHAQAB LOCKINGE STAKES

NEWBURY, 14TH MAY

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M) £350,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: BAAEED 4/9F

2nd: Real

impressive

was the

Baaeed

made it seven out of seven during an effortless

at Newbury in the Al Shaqab Lockinge.

in the

Baaeed

from the

with no other horse being able to live with

turn of foot Ridden as usual by Jim Crowley, the pair won by an impressive 3

lengths from Godolphin’s Real World and Danny Tudhope.

THE QUEEN ANNE STAKES

ROYAL ASCOT, 14TH JUNE

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M) £470,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: BAAEED 1/6F

2nd: Real World (IRE) 15/2

3rd: Order Of Australia (IRE) 18/1

Baaeed put up another unbelievable performance to stride clear once again from Real World in the opening race of Royal Ascot. The field split with Baaeed sitting comfortably behind Real Word until the final three furlongs where Crowley decided it was time to move Cruising past the competition as he had done at Newbury, it was hands and heels for Jim Crowley to add to the pair’s unbeaten record. After the race Jim was delighted with how the four-year-old performed saying “It doesn’t get easier than that! It was just the perfect race really.”

THE ST JAMES'S PALACE STAKES

ROYAL ASCOT, 14TH JUNE

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M) £350,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: COROEBUS (IRE) 10/11F

2nd: Lusail (IRE) 28/1

3rd: My Prospero (IRE) 4/1

A second win of the Series for Coroebus but this time in the hands of William Buick. After an impressive QIPCO 2000 Guineas in which Coroebus had beaten stable companion Native Trail, he was the punters’ favourite going into the race and rewarded their faith in him. William Buick kept him hidden on the rail throughout most of the race and it was only in the final furlong the pair came through the gap, before battling hard with Lusail to land the spoils

THE QATAR SUSSEX STAKES

GOODWOOD, 27TH JULY

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M) £1,000,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: BAAEED 1/6F

2nd: Modern Games (IRE) 12/1

3rd: Alcohol Free (IRE) 11/1

Brilliant Baaeed struck again to extend his undefeated run by beating Modern Games in the Godolphin blue and last year’s winner, Alcohol Free in third. Jim Crowley kept Baaeed calm racing at the rear of the field alongside Alcohol Free, letting the Japanese Bathrat Leon set a strong pace Baaeed was pushed along nicely, swiftly passing the competition and coming into the final two furlongs cantering whilst the rest of the field were already off the bridle for what looked like an effortless win.

THE ROYAL BAHRAIN SUN CHARIOT STAKES

NEWMARKET ROWLEY MILE, 1ST OCTOBER

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M) £250,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: FONTEYN (IRE) 16/1

2nd: Laurel 9/1

3rd: Grande Dame 14/1

There was shock in this year's Royal Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes with the outsider, Fonteyn, storming home to just catch John & Thady Gosden’s Laurel on the line. Last year's winner, Saffron Beach who was the favourite, ran disappointingly and was no match for Fonteyn who was steered to victory by Neil Callan who scored his first Series win after a decade racing in Hong Kong. The pair jumped out of the stalls well, taking a keen lead and keeping a good position on the stands rail In the final furlong Fonteyn battled against supplemented Laurel, both finishing strongly but it was the Kevin Ryan trained horse that came out on top.

FOURTH RACE 3.20PM

THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES

1) (SPONSORED BY QIPCO) (GROUP 1) (BRITISH CHAMPIONS MILE)

ONE MILE (1,600 metres), ROYAL HUNT CUP COURSE (8F)

For three yrs old and upwards. Total race value £1156250

Owners Prize Money. Winner £515225; Second £211478; Third £105797; Fourth £52841; Fifth £26478; Sixth £13181. (Penalty Value £655709.37) A SS

See page 94 for conditions of this race

No Horse Draw Jockey

1 EL DRAMA (IRE) (22)

Ch c Lope de Vega (IRE) Victoire Finale (Peintre Celebre (USA))

Owner: Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum

Trainer: Roger Varian, Newmarket Breeder: Farm Cove Thoroughbreds2

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 6

Draw 1 David Egan

Colours: YELLOW, large BLACK spots and spots on cap.

Form: 10426-2

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH Won the Listed Dee Stakes at Chester (1m2f, good to soft) last term before some respectable Group-race form; made belated reappearance in the Group 2 Joel Stakes at Newmarket (1m, good) last month and was a close second; this lightly raced 4yo could build on that last run but has plenty to find.

2 JADOOMI (FR) (35)

B g Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) South Sister (Sakhee (USA))

Owner: Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum Trainer: Simon & Ed Crisford, Newmarket Breeder: Elevage Du Moratalla et al2

Official BHA Rating 111

Draw 2 James Doyle

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 6 Colours: YELLOW, BLACK epaulets. Form: 13/3-111 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHH Reappeared this year having been gelded and he’s 3-3 for the season, with 1m Group 2 wins at Goodwood (good to soft) and Leopardstown (soft) the last twice; faces a tougher assignment here but this progressive 4yo had 4l to spare last time and could enjoy the run of the race in front this afternoon.

3 RAADOBARG (IRE) (14)

B c Night of Thunder (IRE) Queen Bodicea (IRE) (Revoque (IRE))

Owner: Amo Racing Limited

Trainer: J. P. Murtagh, Ireland Breeder: Pier House Stud2

Sponsor: Sports Invest UK Ltd

Official BHA Rating 115

Draw 4 W. J. Lee

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 6

Colours: PURPLE, WHITE cap, PURPLE stars. Form: 104455 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW H Won a handicap and a conditions race in Ireland this spring on his first two starts for his current yard; however, he’s been no better than fourth in five Group/Listed races since and is up against it once more.

4 TEMPUS (GB) (22)

B g Kingman Passage of Time (Dansili)

Owner: Hambleton Racing Ltd XXXI and Partner

Trainer: Archie Watson, Upper Lambourn Breeder: Juddmonte Farms Ltd2 Sponsor: Hambleton Racing Ltd

Official BHA Rating 106

Draw 3 Hollie Doyle

Horse Age: 6 Weight: 9 6

Colours: BEIGE, DARK BLUE armlets, DARK BLUE cap. Form: 231113 CD BF

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH 6yo who is lightly raced for his age and has been better than ever this year for a new yard, winning a C&D handicap in July and two Group 3s in August before a trouble passage proved costly when third in the Group 2

Official

5 THE REVENANT (GB) (14)

Ch g Dubawi (IRE) Hazel Lavery (IRE) (Excellent Art)

Owner: Al Asayl France

Trainer: Francis-Henri Graffard, France Breeder: Al Asayl Bloodstock Ltd2

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW

race,

Horse Age: 7 Weight: 9 6

Colours: RED, BLACK stars, RED sleeves. Form: 24-1132

Dr

Ryan Moore

6 BAYSIDE BOY (IRE) (31)

B c New Bay Alava (IRE) (Anabaa (USA))

Owner: Teme Valley & Ballylinch Stud

Trainer: Roger Varian, Newmarket

Breeder: Ballylinch Stud2

Sponsor: Varian Stable Limited

Draw 7 Tom Marquand

Horse Age: 3 Weight: 9 3

Colours: MAROON, YELLOW hoops, MAROON sleeves, YELLOW cap.

Form: 33-0041 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH Third in two juvenile Group 1s last October and he was a Listed winner in first-time blinkers at Sandown (1m, soft) last month; he’s unexposed in the headgear but needs a clear career best if he’s to threaten here. Official BHA Rating 111

7 CHECKANDCHALLENGE (GB) (14)

B or Br c Fast Company (IRE) Likeable (Dalakhani (IRE))

Owner: Mr A. Hetherton

Trainer: William Knight, Newmarket Breeder: Meon Valley Stud2

Sponsor: William Knight Racing Ltd

Horse Age: 3 Weight: 9 3

Colours: PINK, ROYAL BLUE seams and armlets, quartered cap.

Form: 102013 D

Draw 5 Jim Crowley

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH Made it 3-6 when winning a Group 3 at Deauville (1m, good) in August and ran to a similar level when third in Group 2 at Longchamp (1m, very soft) a fortnight ago; however, he was behind The Revenant (runner-up) last time and that rival is not the only one with whom he has something to find.

8 MODERN GAMES (IRE) (28)

Ch c Dubawi (IRE) Modern Ideals (New Approach (IRE))

Owner: Godolphin Trainer: Charlie Appleby, Newmarket Breeder: Godolphin2

Sponsor: Emirates Fly Better

Official BHA Rating 111

Draw 8 William Buick

Horse Age: 3 Weight: 9 3

Colours: ROYAL BLUE. Form: 1-13521 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHH Ran well behind Baaeed in the Group 1 Sussex Stakes at Goodwood (1m, good to firm) in July and bolted up in the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile (firm) in Canada last month; also seems to be effective on soft/good to soft ground; faces sterner opposition here than was the case last time out but he has to be respected given his dominance. Official BHA Rating 122

9 INSPIRAL (GB) (62)

B f Frankel Starscope (Selkirk (USA))

Owner: Cheveley Park Stud

Trainer: John & Thady Gosden, Newmarket Breeder: Cheveley Park Stud Limited2

Sponsor: Cheveley Park Stud

Horse Age: 3 Weight: 9 0

Colours: RED, WHITE sash, ROYAL BLUE cap. Form: 111-121 CD

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHHHH Lost her unbeaten record when turned over at 1-7 in the Falmouth Stakes in July but bounced back from that blip to win the Prix Jacques Le Marois against males at Deauville in August (1m, good to soft; unraced on softer); has now won three Group 1s (including here) and the Deauville third Erevann beat The Revenant to win a Group 2 next time out; leading claims.

NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 9

Hood worn by No. 5. Blinkers worn by No. 6. Tongue Strap worn by No. 3.

Official BHA Rating 121

Stewards Note: TEMPUS: Following its run on 23/9/2022 it was reported that the horse started awkwardly losing ground. 2021: BAAEED 3 9 1 Jim Crowley 2-1 (William Haggas) 10 ran (Drawn 10)

THE RESULT

TIME:

BETTING FORECAST:

2ND:

4TH:

Evs Inspiral, 4-1 Modern Games (IRE), 5-1 The Revenant (GB), 6-1 Jadoomi (FR), 16-1 Tempus (GB), 20-1 Bayside Boy (IRE), Checkandchallenge (GB), 33-1 El Drama (IRE), 100-1 Raadobarg (IRE)

Draw 9 Frankie Dettori

RACE PREDICTOR

QIPCO HOLDING has generously sponsored the race A silver salver will be presented to the winning owner, with a replica for the winning trainer and jockey In addition, a memento will be presented to the stable lad or lass of the winning horse A £250 cash prize will be presented to the stable lad or lass responsible for the best turned out horse.

CHAMPION O W N E R TITLE RACE 2 0 2 2

“For Godolphin to be Champion Owner, me Champion Trainer and William (Buick) being two strides off being Champion Jockey… that shows the strength and depth of the operation and long may that continue,” said Charlie Appleby at the end of 2021. The hardest point now is to try to maintain this level in 2022, but we have an exciting team with some very smart soon-to-be three-year-olds.” Appleby’s faith was not to prove misplaced. Those three-year-olds had collected three Classics between them before the dust had settled on the new British season.

So, although the destination of this year’s trainers’ title will take a little more unravelling, Godolphin and Buick will today be crowned Champion Owner and Champion Jockey following a season which began in scintillating fashion on Newmarket’s Rowley Mile at the end of April (a month which had already seen Godolphin named UK Champion Owner on the all-weather for an eighth consecutive time).

Native Trail was unbeaten in his juvenile career and went into the winter as favourite for the QIPCO 2000 Guineas following his victory in the Dewhurst. Also successful on the same 2021 Dubai Future Champions Festival card was Coroebus, a convincing winner of the Group Three Emirates Autumn Stakes.

Buick and the betting market preferred Native Trail to Coroebus, but the latter produced a brilliant display to beat his stablemate by three quarters of a length and spark dreams of what lay ahead.

Those dreams didn’t pan out as we all would have hoped with Coroebus suffering an untimely and fatal injury in the Prix du Moulin, having already added the St James’s Palace Stakes to his tally, ending his career with four victories from seven starts.

Native Trail picked up a Classic victory of his own in the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas before being asked to stretch his stamina to 10 furlongs in the Eclipse, finishing a half-length third, and the International at York

Godolphin had taken centre stage in the 2021 Cazoo Derby but this year’s Epsom festivities proved to be somewhat lower key, with last season’s Classic hero, Adayar, ruled out of his intended return due to a minor setback.

But the day after Epsom, French 2000 Guineas winner Modern Games showcased Godolphin’s strength in depth with a fighting third in the French Derby. He went on to book his return to the Breeders’ Cup when winning the Grade One Woodbine Mile in Canada on a remarkable night which saw Godolphin gain further Grade One honours on the card with Mysterious Night and Nations Pride at Aqueduct in America.

Back in Britain, Godolphin enjoyed a fine June, saddling 32 winners with a strike rate of 25%, and winning the Leading Owner Award at Royal Ascot for a second successive year with five victories over as many days There was more top-level success too, courtesy both of Coroebus, and Naval Crown, who edged out stablemate Creative Force in a thrilling Platinum Jubilee Stakes

The pair finished first and second at the same meeting in the Group Three Jersey Stakes 12 months earlier and repeated the feat against some of the leading sprinters in the world, with Naval Crown emerging best by a neck to become the 50th individual Group One winner for his sire, Dubawi. Noble Truth ensured that the Jersey Stakes remained with Godolphin and that success was further supplemented by Dubai Future (Wolferton) and Secret State (King George V Handicap).

Mawj, trained by Appleby’s Godolphin colleague Saeed bin Suroor, finished second in the Albany Stakes but she went one better at Newmarket’s July Festival in the Group Two Duchess of Cambridge Stakes and returned to Newmarket in September to finish third in the Group One Cheveley Park Stakes.

She was joined in the July Course winner’s enclosure by the globe-trotting Yibir and New London, who gave a sign of things to come when storming home to win a heritage handicap

New London successfully stepped up in grade for the Group Three John Pearce Racing Gordon Stakes, putting himself in the frame for the Cazoo St Leger Secret State also threw his hat into the ring for the final Classic of the season as the pair helped Godolphin end the Qatar Goodwood Festival as Champion Owner with six winners.

Godolphin ended July with another impressive haul of 30 winners at a 28% strike-rate and continued to send out winners at a similar rate throughout August and September with notable highlights provided by Noble Style’s victory in the Gimcrack Stakes and by fellow juvenile Naval Power showcasing his talents in the Ascendant Stakes

There are still races to be run today and new champions to be crowned, but the race for the Owners’ Championship was over bar the shouting, some time ago. There will, though, be no easing up from Sheikh Mohammed’s global operation with representatives at the key international fixtures to look forward to and a wealth of juvenile talent with Classic aspirations to nurture through the winter months.

At the very top of the sport, racing’s wheel never stops turning.

THE QIPCO CHAMPION STAKES

HISTORY OF THE RACE

Following on from iconic races like the Cazoo Derby and King George VI & Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes, the QIPCO Champion Stakes provides a pulsating showdown in the QIPCO British Champions Series Middle Distance division.

The race brought its great heritage with it from Newmarket, where it had been run from its inception in 1877 until 2010 But it’s move to QIPCO British Champions Day in 2011 has seen some remarkable performances and has further enhanced its status Each of the eleven renewals in the race’s new surroundings have produced top quality fields and thrilling finishes

The first set the bar high, with French raider Cirrus Des Aigles getting the better of Aussie superstar So You Think, with two champion mares, Snow Fairy and Midday, further behind. For quality and drama, few races could ever match the 2012 running, when Frankel rounded off his unbeaten career with another magnificent win, his 14th in a row. In 2016, Almanzor completed a stunning sequence of five victories with a dramatic defeat of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc De Triomphe winner, Found, to provide French trainer Jean-Claude Rouget with his first and Belgian jockey Christophe Soumillon with his second win in the race.

Cracksman, son of Frankel, won back-to-back renewals in 2017 and 2018 by a combined distance of 13 lengths, and in doing so became the first horse to win the same race twice at QIPCO British Champions Day. In 2019 the tough mare Magical showed her class and in 2020, it was Addeybb that would go one better and secure jockey, Tom Marquand his first success at QIPCO British Champions Day. In 2021, France took home the trophy with their representative, Sealiway, ridden by classic winning jockey Mickael Barzalona

RACE DISTANCE

1 Mile about 2 Furlongs

PREVIOUS WINNERS

2021: Sealiway 2020: Addeybb

2019: Magical 2018: Cracksman 2017: Cracksman

2016: Almanzor

2015: Fascinating Rock 2014: Noble Mission 2013: Farhh

PRIZE MONEY

Overall: £1,300,000

1st: £737,230

2nd: £279,500

3rd: £139,880

4th: £69,680

5th: £34,970

6th: £17,550

ONES TO WATCH BAAEED

Sex: Colt Colour: Bay Age: 4

Trainer: William Haggas

Owner: Shadwell Estate Company Ltd

Sire-Dam: Sea The Stars (IRE) Aghareed (USA)

Breeder: Shadwell Estate Company Limited

Info: All-conquering Baaeed is the headline this afternoon. Unbeaten in ten starts, his connection have said this will be the outstanding colt’s final race before he is retired to stud. He signed off last year with victory in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on QIPCO British Champions Day and this season has reeled off four more Group 1 wins, winning them by an aggregate of more than 13 lengths under regular rider Jim Crowley. The son of Sea The Stars won the Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes in effortless fashion on his return before landing the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. Next came a fluent success in the Qatar Sussex Stakes at Goodwood before a step up in trip and an imperious 6½-length success in the Juddmonte International at York

ADAYAR

Sex: Colt Colour: Bay Age: 4

Trainer: Charlie Appleby

Owner: Godolphin

Sire-Dam: Frankel Anna Salai (USA)

Breeder: Godolphin

Info: Last year’s emphatic Derby winner seems likely to ensure Baaeed does not have things all his own way this afternoon. He followed up his triumph in the premier Classic at Epsom by winning the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes here at Ascot before finishing a gallant fourth in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Adayar was possibly not over those exertions when below-par in this race 13 days later but freshness will not be a problem today as he only made his return at Doncaster last month

BAY BRIDGE

Sex: Colt Colour: Bay Age: 4

Trainer: Sir Michael Stoute

Sire-Dam: New Bay Hayyona

Owner: James Wigan & Ballylinch Stud

Breeder: London Thoroughbred Services Ltd

Info: Ten-time champion trainer Sir Michael Stoute was able to savour a sixth Derby success this summer but a winner on QIPCO British Champions Day has eluded him. BayBridgeisalivecontenderforhimthisafternoon,evenifhe’sbeenabeatenfavourite on his past two starts in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes (second to State Of Rest) and Coral-Eclipse (fifth to Vadeni). There’s a suspicion we didn’t see him to best advantage either time, with the memory of his dazzling comeback win in the Coral Brigadier Stakes at Sandown Park, when winning a fifth race in succession, remaining vivid.

JIM CROWLEY ON BAAEED

I’ve been fortunate to ride some good horses, but Baaeed does give that feeling of something completely different to any I’ve come across before not only on the racecourse, but in his whole demeanour. He’s such a great character. I may never come across a horse like him again.

MIDDLE DISTANCE SERIES

CATEGORY LEADERS

British Horseracing Authority

British Champions Series

THE DAHLBURY CORONATION CUP

EPSOM DOWNS, 3RD JUNE

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M 4F) £440,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: HUKUM (IRE) 11/4

2nd: Pyledriver 2/1F

3rd: High Definition (IRE) 7/1

Son of Sea the Stars, Hukum made it a first Group 1 win for trainer Owen Burrows when winning the Dahlbury Coronation Cup comfortably from last year’s winner, Pyledriver Travelling well throughout, Jim Crowley steered Hukum to the front to battle against Pyledriver and Frankie Dettori down the Epsom straight, but quickly breezed past the defending champion to win by an easy four and a quarter lengths

THE CAZOO DERBY

EPSOM DOWNS, 4TH JUNE

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M 4F) £1,125,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: DESERT CROWN 5/2F

2nd: Hoo Yal Mal 150/1

3rd: Westover 25/1

This year's Cazoo Derby favourite, Desert Crown, performed sensationally to give Richard Kingscote a first win in the famous Classic and his trainer Sir Michael Stoute a fifth win in the race, forty-one years after his first with the legendary Shergar. The pair travelled well throughout and when Kingscote turned for home, Desert Crown accelerated away from the rest of the field, making the win look effortless Desert Crown came home ahead of 150-1 outsider, Hoo Yal Mal by two-and-a-half lengths

THE PRINCE OF WALES'S STAKES

ROYAL ASCOT, 15TH JUNE

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M 2F) £1,000,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: STATE OF REST (IRE) 5/1

2nd: Bay Bridge 10/11F

3rd: Grand Glory (IRE) 16/1

After already succeeding in Ireland, France and Australia, globe-trotting superstar State of Rest made it a first Royal Ascot win for jockey Shane Cross and Joseph O’Brian as a trainer. The horse and jockey dictated the pace from the off with only Bay Bridge, ridden by Ryan Moore challenging in the last furlong. But it wasn’t enough to catch State of Rest who found enough to triumph in front and win by a length.

THE CORAL-ECLIPSE

SANDOWN PARK, 2ND JULY

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M 2F) £778,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: VADENI (FR) 11/4

2nd: Mishriff (IRE) 7/1

3rd: Native Trail 3/1

This year’s Coral Eclipse was won by Vadeni, giving France a first win in the Sandown showpiece since Javelot in 1960 The race was not an easy one, with a high-class field and a late strong running from Mishriff, but Vadeni just managed to hold off his rivals having shown an impressive turn of foot under the urgings of Christophe Soumillon. Vadeni finished in front by a neck of Mishriff and Native Trail finished strongly in third place.

THE KING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH QIPCO STAKES

ASCOT, 23RD JULY

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M 4F) £1,229,625 PRIZE MONEY

1st: PYLEDRIVER 18/1

2nd: Torquator Tasso (GER) 16/1

3rd: Mishriff (IRE) 5/2

A star-studded line-up graced the stage for this year’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth QIPCO stakes including an Irish Derby, Saudi Cup and previous Arc winner Against the odds, it was Pyledriver who prevailed, running out an astounding two and three-quarter lengths winner from Torquator Tasso who himself was eight lengths clear of Mishriff Pyledriver travelled well throughout with the favorite Westover setting a strong pace Jockey PJ McDonald sent on Pyledriver three furlongs out and there was no catching them Who would have thought the horse picked up for 10,000 guineas would have a career like this?

THE JUDDMONTE INTERNATIONAL STAKES

YORK, 17TH AUGUST

(CLASS 1) (GROUP 1) (1M 2 1/2F) £1,000,000 PRIZE MONEY

1st: BAAEED 2/5F

2nd: Mishriff (IRE) 4/1

3rd: Sir Busker (IRE) 100/1

Leading up to this year’s Juddmonte International all the talk was of how Baaeed would handle the step up in trip and whether he would be able to emulate the mighty Frankel who likewise made his 10 furlong debut in this race ten years ago. Silky smooth in running and still on the bridle until the last furlong, Baaeed silenced the doubters with a spectacular performance, showing a remarkable turn of foot to win by an impressive six-and-a-half lengths and cement his position as one of the greatest racehorses in the world

FIFTH RACE 4.00PM

THE QIPCO CHAMPION STAKES (CLASS 1) (BRITISH CHAMPIONS MIDDLE DISTANCE)

1)

ONE MILE ABT TWO FURLONGS (9F ABT 212YDS) (1,993 metres)

For three yrs old and upwards. Total race value £1300000

Owners Prize Money. Winner £579280; Second £237770; Third £118950; Fourth £59410; Fifth £29770; Sixth £14820. (Penalty Value £737230) A SS

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No Horse Draw Jockey

1 ADAYAR (IRE) (37)

B c Frankel Anna Salai (USA) (Dubawi (IRE))

Owner: Godolphin

Trainer: Charlie Appleby, Newmarket Breeder: Godolphin2

Sponsor: Emirates Fly Better

BETWITHASCOTVIEW

2 BAAEED (GB) (59)

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 7

Colours: ROYAL BLUE.

Form: 21145-1 C D

B c Sea The Stars (IRE) Aghareed (USA) (Kingmambo (USA))

Owner: Shadwell Estate Company Ltd

Trainer: William Haggas, Newmarket Breeder: Shadwell Estate Company Limited2

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 7 Colours: ROYAL BLUE, WHITE epaulets, striped cap.

Form: 11-1111 C D

BETWITHASCOTVIEW HHHHH Ended last season with a success in the QEII on this card and continued to dominate the 1m division this term with comfortable wins in the Lockinge, Queen Anne and Sussex; took his form to the next level with a dazzling display in the International at York last time, proving well suited by the step up to 1m2f and recording an RPR of 138 which puts him not far off Frankel territory; acts on good to firm and good to soft ground, unraced on soft/heavy; just like Frankel

years ago, he looks

3 BAY BRIDGE (GB) (105)

B c New Bay Hayyona (Multiplex)

Owner: James Wigan & Ballylinch Stud

Trainer: Sir Michael Stoute, Newmarket Breeder: London Thoroughbred Services Ltd2

Sponsor: Tote

BHA Rating 135

Draw 4 Richard Kingscote

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 7 Colours: CHERRY, CORNFLOWER BLUE sash and cap. Form: 111-125 D BF

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHH Four from four last season and continued his excellent progress with an impressive success in the Brigadier Gerard at Sandown on reappearance, has been beaten since but good to firm ground perhaps wasn’t ideal for either and a steady pace certainly didn’t help in the former; has gained his turf wins on good/good to soft; goes well fresh and, back from 105-day layoff, could well resume his improvement granted suitable going; one of the main players Official BHA Rating 120

4 DUBAI HONOUR (IRE) (42)

B g Pride of Dubai (AUS) Mondelice (Montjeu (IRE))

Owner: Mr Mohamed Obaida

Trainer: William Haggas, Newmarket Breeder: Macha Bloodstock/Meridian International2

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH Beaten favourite in the

5 HELVIC DREAM (IRE) (146)

B g Power Rachevie (IRE) (Danehill Dancer (IRE))

Owner: Mrs Caroline Hendron/Mrs M.Cahill

Trainer: Noel Meade, Ireland

Breeder: T. O’Dwyer & K. O’Brien2

BET

who has been

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 7 Colours: ROYAL BLUE, RED epaulets, striped cap.

Form: 24-0242 D BF

running below his

Draw 9 James Doyle

Horse Age:

form; good performer

Draw

Weight:

Colours: LIGHT BLUE, PINK chevron, PINK

Form:

Draw 6 William Buick

Draw 1 Jim Crowley

Sadler's Wells Ga(USA) lileo (IRE)

Urban Sea Fra(USA) nkel (GB)

Danehill Kind(USA) (IRE) Rainbow Lake (GB)

Dubai Millennium Dubawi(GB) (IRE) Zomaradah Anna(GB) Salai (USA)

Caerleon Anna(USA) Palariva (IRE)

Anna of Saxony (GB)

Green Desert Cape(USA) Cross (IRE) Park SeaAppeal The Stars (IRE)

Miswaki Urban(USA) Sea (USA)

Allegretta

Mr Prospector Kingmambo(USA) (USA) Miesque Aghar(USA) eed (USA) Singspiel Lahudood(IRE) (GB) Rahayeb (GB)

Dubai Millennium Dubawi(GB) (IRE)

Zomaradah New(GB) Bay (GB)

Zamindar Cinnamon(USA) Bay (GB)

Trellis Bay (GB)

Danehill Mul(USA) tiplex (GB) Shirley Valentine Ha(GB) yyona (GB)

King of Kings Shemriyna(IRE) (IRE) Shemaya (IRE)

Machiavellian Str(USA) eet Cry (IRE)

Helen Street

Pride of Dubai (AUS)

Danehill Al(USA) Anood (AUS) Eljazzi

Sadler's Wells Mo(USA) ntjeu (IRE) Floripedes Mondelic(FR) e (GB)

Kingmambo Compelling(USA) (IRE) Damson (IRE)

Green Desert Oasis(USA) Dream (GB) Hope Po(IRE) wer (GB)

Inchinor Fra(GB) ppe (IRE) Glatisant (GB)

Danehill Danehill(USA) Dancer (IRE)

Mira Adonde Rachevie(USA) (IRE)

Woodman Chal(USA) low Hills (USA)

Cascassi (USA)

SEALIWAY, RIDDEN BY MICKAEL BARZALONA, WINS LAST YEAR’S RENEWAL

6 MAC SWINEY (IRE) (112)

Ch c New Approach (IRE) Halla Na Saoire (IRE) (Teofilo (IRE))

Owner: Mrs J. S. Bolger

Trainer: J. S. Bolger, Ireland

Breeder: J. S. Bolger2

Draw 5 Kevin Manning

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 7 Colours: WHITE, PURPLE stripe, check cap.

Form: 5030-04

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW H Won the Vertem Futurity as a 2yo and Irish 2,000 Guineas as a 3yo; creditable 40-1 third in the 2021 Champion Stakes, though along with runner-up Dubai Honour was fortunate that the two market leaders failed to show their form; otherwise an inconsistent sort whose RPRs are prone to big swings; below best in both runs this term; unlikely to repeat last year’s placed effort.

7 ROYAL CHAMPION (IRE) (28)

B g Shamardal (USA) Emirates Queen (Street Cry (IRE))

Owner: Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum

Trainer: Roger Varian, Newmarket

Breeder: Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum2

Official BHA Rating 113

Draw 8 Jack Mitchell

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 7 Colours: YELLOW, large BLACK spots and spots on cap.

Form: 0-41431 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH Has form figures of 1431 since being gelded, the latest performance in Listed grade at Ayr (1m2f, good) where he was chased home by a couple of 9yos but ran out an impressive winner; faces a much higher standard of competition in this race and, while he’s open to further progress, will do extremely well to follow up; likely to be more at home back in Group 3 or Group 2.

8 MY PROSPERO (IRE) (91)

B c Iffraaj My Titania (IRE) (Sea The Stars (IRE))

Owner: Sunderland Holding Inc.

Trainer: William Haggas, Newmarket Breeder: Sunderland Holding Inc.2 Sponsor: Somerville Lodge Ltd

Official BHA Rating 111

Draw 7 Tom Marquand

Horse Age: 3 Weight: 9 3

Colours: YELLOW, PURPLE star and star on cap. Form: 3-1131 D

BETWITHASCOTVIEW HHH Smart 3yo colt who has a very solid record this season,most recently

9 STONE AGE (IRE) (35)

B c Galileo (IRE) Bonanza Creek (IRE) (Anabaa (USA))

Owner: Brant/Magnier/Tabor/Smith/Westerberg

Trainer: Aidan O’Brien, Ireland

Breeder: White Birch Farm, SC2

holding

half-length success in the Prix Eugene Adam at Saint-Cloud (upped to 1m2f, good to soft) three months ago; very close third in the St James’s

Draw 3 Ryan Moore

Horse Age: 3 Weight: 9 3 Colours: DARK GREEN, LIGHT GREEN yoke, LIGHT GREEN armlets, DARK GREEN cap. Form: 116355 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH Ballydoyle colt who impressed in the spring, then didn’t quite live up to expectations when second favourite for the Derby (finished only sixth); subsequently not disgraced in the Belmont Derby, Saratoga Derby or Irish Champion Stakes; however, he’s now 0-6 at Group/Grade 1 level and is highly unlikely to make it seventh time lucky in this field. Official BHA Rating 116

NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 9

Sheepskin Cheek Pieces worn first time by No. 4. Tongue Strap worn by No. 4.

2021: SEALIWAY (FR) 3 9 1 Mickael Barzalona 12-1 (Cedric Rossi) 9 ran (Draw 3)

THE RESULT

WINNER: DISTANCE: TIME:

BETTING FORECAST:

2ND: 3RD: 4TH:

1-4 Baaeed (GB), 9-2 Adayar (IRE), 11-1 Bay Bridge (GB), 25-1 Dubai Honour (IRE), My Prospero (IRE), 33-1 Royal Champion (IRE), 50-1 Stone Age (IRE), 66-1 Mac Swiney (IRE), 100-1 Helvic Dream (IRE)

Sadler's Wells Ga(USA) lileo (IRE) Urban Sea New(USA) Approach (IRE) Ahonoora Park Express

Matcher

Galileo Te(IRE) ofilo (IRE) Speirbhean Halla(IRE) Na Saoire (IRE)

Quest For Fame Siamsa (USA) Amoura (USA)

Storm Cat Giant(USA) 's Causeway (USA) Mariah's Storm Shamar(USA) dal (USA)

Machiavellian Helsinki(USA) (GB) Helen Street

Machiavellian Str(USA) eet Cry (IRE) Helen Street Emirates Queen (GB)

ZoDeploy maradah (GB) Jawaher (IRE)

Gone West Zafonic(USA) (USA)

Zaizafon Iffr(USA) aaj (GB)

Nureyev Pa(USA) storale (GB) Park Appeal

Cape Cross Sea(IRE) The Stars (IRE) Urban Sea My(USA) Titania (IRE) Danehill Fa(USA) iry of The Night (IRE) Sassenach (IRE)

Northern Dancer

Sadler's Wells (USA) Fairy Bridge Galileo(USA) (IRE) Miswaki Urban(USA) Sea (USA) Allegretta Danzig Anabaa(USA) (USA) Balbonella Bonanza(FR) Creek (IRE) Alysheba Bright(USA) Moon (USA) Bonshamile

RACE PREDICTOR

QIPCO HOLDING has generously sponsored the race and will present a specially commissioned trophy to the winning owner and a replica to the winning trainer and jockey In addition, a memento will be presented to the stable lad or lass of the winning horse A £250 cash prize will be presented to the stable lad or lass responsible for the best turned out horse

ChampionsSeries

WORLD’S BEST RACEHORSE RANKINGS

Ranking Rating HorseAge Sex Country of Training

Flightline (USA) 2018 CUSA

Baaeed (GB) 2018 CGB

Nature Strip (AUS) 2014 GAUS

Epicenter (USA) 2019 CUSA

Life Is Good (USA) 2018 CUSA

WORLD RANKINGS

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The LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings

ishorseracing’sequivalenttoWorld Rankingsbyothermajorsporting organizationssuchasATPTennis Rankings,WorldGolfRankings, FIFAWorldRankingsforsoccerand IRBRugbyWorldRankings.

TheLONGINESRankingsarebasedon theratingsearnedbyhorsesrunning worldwidefromNorthandSouth America,Europe,MiddleEast,South Africa,AsiathroughtoAustraliaand NewZealand.

Theratingsarecompiledunder theauspicesofTheInternational FederationofHorseracingAuthorities (IFHA)byracingofficials&handicappers representingthefivecontinentswho compilethe rankingorderbyagreeing ontheratingforeachhorse.

Theratingsarebasedontheperfor manceofhorsesineliteracesheld duringthedesignatedperiodwhich takesinaccountthequalityof oppositionandachievementsof eachhorse.

ThroughouttheyeartheLONGINES Rankingsarepublishedatregular intervalsandtheconsolidatedannual rankingsarereleasedinJanuary.The annualrankingsdenotethechampions inthevariousdistancecategoriesfor examplesprintormile,surfaceeither turfordirt/artificialandalsothefillies& marescategory.

Vadeni (FR) 2019 CFR

Kyprios (IRE) 2018 CIRE

Pyledriver (GB) 2017 HGB

Titleholder (JPN)2018 CJPN

Torquator Tasso (GER) 2017 HGER

123

123

Alpinista (GB) 2017 MGB

Desert Crown (GB) 2019 CGB

123 Jack Christopher (USA) 2019 CUSA

123 Real World (IRE) 2017 HGB

123 Speaker's Corner (USA)2018 CUSA

122 Golden Sixty (AUS) 2015 GHK

122 Jackie's Warrior (USA) 2018 CUSA

122 Luxembourg (IRE) 2019 CIRE

122 Modern Games (IRE) 2019 CGB

122 State of Rest (IRE) 2018 CIRE

122 Taiba (USA) 2019 CUSA

121 Al Hakeem (GB) 2019 CFR

121 Anamoe (AUS) 2018 CAUS

121 Coroebus (IRE) 2019 CGB

121 Country Grammer (USA) 2017 HUSA

121 Golden Pal (USA) 2018 CUSA

121 Hot Rod Charlie (USA) 2018 CUSA

121 Hukum (IRE) 2017 HGB

121 Inspiral (GB) 2019 FGB

121 Minzaal (IRE) 2018 CGB

121 Mishriff (IRE) 2017 HGB

121 Native Trail (GB) 2019 CGB

121 Onesto (IRE) 2019 CFR

121 Zaaki (GB) 2015 GAUS

THE BALMORAL HANDICAP STAKES (SPONSORED BY QIPCO)

HISTORY OF THE RACE

Named after the castle in Scotland that has belonged to the British Royal Family since it was purchased by Prince Albert in 1852, the Balmoral Handicap (sponsored by QIPCO) was inaugurated in 2014.

A race known as the Balmoral Handicap had previously been staged over five furlongs at the Royal Meeting but was discontinued in 2004 in favour of the new Windsor Forest Stakes for fillies and mares. The Ascot Executive always intended to bring the name back when the appropriate opportunity arose, and Her Majesty The Queen graciously consented to it being re-introduced on QIPCO British Champions Day. The Balmoral Handicap, with its £200,000 race value, has quickly become established as one of the most prestigious events of its kind anywhere in Europe. In its inaugural running, the race could not have had a more popular winner than Marcus Tregoning’s Bronze Angel, twice the winner of the Cambridgeshire.

In 2017, Lord Glitters secured victory for David O’Meara and subsequently went on to secure his first Group 1 at Royal Ascot in 2019 in the Queen Anne Stakes In 2020, trainer Jessica Harrington would secure her first QIPCO British Champions Day winner with Njord, who gave his jockey Tom Marquand back-to-back wins on the card. Jim Crowley made it a QIPCO British Champions Day to remember by completing a treble when winning with Aldaary in last year’s renewal. It also marked a third win on the day for owners Shadwell.

RACE DISTANCE

PREVIOUS WINNERS

PRIZE MONEY

ONES TO WATCH BLUE FOR YOU

Sex: Gelding Colour: Chesnut Age: 4

Trainer: David O’Meara

Owner: Alderson Burke Francis

Sire-Dam: New Approach (IRE) Love In The Sun (IRE)

Breeder: Moyglare Stud Farm

Info: Winner of two of his seven races in Ireland last year, when trained by Dermot Weld, Blue For You has continued to progress in the care of David O’Meara this season after changing hands for 65,000gns After four successive near-misses at Sandown Park, York (twice) and Goodwood, the handicapper must have thought he was in control but Blue For You deservedly got his head in front at York’s Ebor meeting in August beating stablemate Escobar by a head with 16 others behind. On his latest start, here at Ascot a fortnight ago, Blue For You finished behind Escobar but he wasn’t seen to best advantage after a six-week break.

MONTASSIB

Sex: Gelding Colour: Chestnut Age: 4

Trainer: William Haggas

Owner: Somerville Lodge Limited

Sire-Dam: Exceed And Exceli (AUS) Felwah

Breeder: Shadwell Estate Company Limited

Info: Montassib has been knocking at the door so loudly in competitive handicaps in the second half of this season that he probably has bruised knuckles Having returned from a lengthy lay-off with successive wins at Wetherby and Goodwood, he was then a close fifth in the Buckingham Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot before fourth-place finishes in the bet365 Bunbury Cup, at Newmarket, and Dubai Duty Free Shergar Mile, here at Ascot. On his latest start, he found one too good at Haydock Park, again hinting his turn was close

MIGRATION

Sex: Gelding Colour: Bay Age: 6

Trainer: David Menuisier

Owner: Gail Brown Racing (IX)

Sire-Dam: Alhebayeb (IRE) Caribbean Ace (IRE)

Breeder: Ms C Peddie

Info: Migration has been absent since being beaten a neck by Modern News in a competitive 17-runner handicap at Newbury in April but he can go well when fresh, so don’t let that put you off him. Last season, having returned from 20 months on the sidelines, he was an unlucky loser on his return at Salisbury before winning at Glorious Goodwood and then scoring at York’s Dante meeting. His trainer attributed his below-par final run of the campaign to fast ground and his overall record does point to good going or softer serving him well His Newbury conqueror won a Listed race next time and went close in Group 3 company on his latest start.

ESCOBAR

Sex: Gelding Colour: Bay Age: 8

Trainer: David O’Meara

Owner: Withernsea Thoroughbred Limited

Sire-Dam: Famous Name Saying Grace (IRE)

Breeder: Peter Evans

Info: Escobar will be running on QIPCO British Champions Day for the fifth successive year and few will take him lightly after his commanding win in a valuable handicap at Ascot a fortnight ago. That success confirmed he seems to have a soft spot for Ascot, which is also reflected by his record in this race Second in the 2018 renewal, he went one better 12 months later, when winning at the main expense of subsequent Group 1 winner Lord North, and he was a creditable sixth last year. He is well-served by the demands of big-field handicaps and the dartboard colours of his owners make him easy to identify.

THE BALMORAL HANDICAP STAKES (CLASS 2) (SPONSORED BY QIPCO)

ONE MILE (1,600 metres), ROYAL HUNT CUP COURSE (8F)

For three yrs old and upwards Total race value £200000 Owners Prize Money. Winner £81260; Second £40640; Third £20320; Fourth £10160; Fifth £5080; Sixth £2540. (Penalty Value £103080) Weights raised 1lb and paragraphs 27 to 31 of the Weights and Handicapping Code complied with where applicable. 26 Eliminated Under Rules (I)9 and (I)10. SS

See page 94 for conditions of this race

RACE START RACE FINISH

Stalls: Far Side

No Horse Draw Jockey

1 ESCOBAR (IRE) (14)

B g Famous Name Saying Grace (IRE) (Brief Truce (USA))(in 6lb ex)

Owner: Withernsea Thoroughbred Limited

Trainer: David O’Meara, Upper Helmsley Breeder: Peter Evans2

Sponsor: Tiffin Sandwiches Limited

Horse Age: 8 Weight: 10 2

Colours: BLACK, YELLOW, GREEN & RED dartboard, WHITE sleeves, RED darts, RED cap. Form: 023301 CD

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHH Has form figures of 216 in this race, the win gained in 2019 (on heavy ground); recent 7f win here (good to soft) sets him

Balmoral

2 MIGRATION (IRE) (182)

B g Alhebayeb (IRE) Caribbean Ace (IRE) (Red Clubs (IRE))

Owner: Gail Brown Racing (IX)

Trainer: David Menuisier, Pulborough Breeder: Ms C. Peddie2

Sponsor: Shinco Racing Limited

Horse Age: 6 Weight: 9 12 Colours: ROYAL BLUE, PURPLE hoop and diamond on cap. Form: 5//4110-2 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHHH Lightly raced in the last few years; bagged 1m2f handicaps at two major festivals (heavy/good) in 2021; close second in the Spring Cup at Newbury (good) on sole run this season, proving as effective back over 1m; largely progressive and looks interesting on return from another layoff. Official BHA Rating 109

3 ACCIDENTAL AGENT (GB) (14)

B g Delegator Roodle (Xaar)

Owner: Mrs R. F. Johnson Houghton

Trainer: Eve Johnson Houghton, Blewbury Breeder: Mrs R. F. Johnson Houghton2

Sponsor: Abm Catering Limited

Horse Age: 8 Weight: 9 11

Colours: LIGHT BLUE, DARK BLUE cross belts and sleeves, ORANGE cap.

Form: 200000 CD

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH Has contested this event twice, finishing fourth in 2017 and well held in 2021; loads of other Ascot form includes a win in the 2018 Queen Anne; went close in this year’s Victoria Cup but hasn’t quite matched that effort subsequently. Official BHA Rating 108 (-2)

4 TYRRHENIAN SEA (IRE) (34)

Gr g Dark Angel (IRE) Nocturne (GER) (Rock of Gibraltar (IRE))

Owner: Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd

Trainer: Roger Varian, Newmarket Breeder: Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd2

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHHH Quickly developed

at the York Ebor festival (1m,

not

5 JOHAN (GB) (34)

B g Zoffany (IRE) Sandreamer (IRE) (Oasis Dream)

Owner: Jon and Julia Aisbitt

Trainer: Mick Channon, West Ilsley Breeder: Jon and Julia Aisbitt2

Sponsor: Mike Channon Bloodstock Ltd

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 8

Draw 10 Andrea Atzeni

Colours: DARK BLUE, LIGHT BLUE cross belts, diabolo on sleeves, WHITE cap.

Form: 142435 D BF

For

in

Draw 3 David Egan

Horse Age: 5 Weight: 9 8

Colours: DARK BLUE and MAROON diabolo, MAROON sleeves, DARK BLUE cap.

Form:

that form in his two starts since, latest back at Doncaster; only midfield

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH Successful in the Lincoln (off

this

Dr aw 16 Adam Kirby

Dr aw 23 William Buick

Dr aw 18 Charles Bishop

6 MAGICAL MORNING (GB) (21)

B g Muhaarar The Lark (Pivotal)

Owner: Lady Bamford

Trainer: John & Thady Gosden, Newmarket

Breeder: Lady Bamford2

Horse Age: 5 Weight: 9 8

Colours: MAROON.

Form: 3-01050 D

runs this term, when scoring at Doncaster in June; therefore far from certain to repeat his third-place finish in this contest last year; headgear enlisted. Official BHA Rating 105

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH Capable of useful form but has shown it only once in

7 BASHKIROVA (GB) (56)

B f Pivotal Russian Finale (Dansili)

Owner: Cheveley Park Stud

Trainer: William Haggas, Newmarket

Breeder: Cheveley Park Stud Limited2

Sponsor: Cheveley Park Stud

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 7

Dr aw 19 Tom Marquand

Colours: RED, WHITE sash, ROYAL BLUE cap. Form: 10-2156 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHH Useful filly who bagged Group 3 honours at Epsom (8.5f, good) on Derby day; couple of below-par efforts back on faster ground since, including at Royal Ascot; has won on soft; conditions aside, has the class to play a big role off this mark provided she’s back on song; 1-1 in handicaps.

8 STORMY ANTARCTIC (GB) (28)

Ch g Stormy Atlantic (USA) Bea Remembered (Doyen (IRE))

Owner: Mr P. K. Siu

Trainer: Ed Walker, Upper Lambourn Breeder: East Bloodstock Ltd2

Sponsor: ABM Catering Facilities Management

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH Multiple Listed/Group

9 MONTATHAM (GB) (364)

Official BHA Rating 104

Horse Age: 9 Weight: 9 6

Colours: RED and BLACK stripes, RED sleeves.

Form: 026-353 D

Gr g Showcasing Eastern Destiny (Dubai Destination (USA))

Owner: Shadwell Estate Company Ltd

Trainer: William Haggas, Newmarket Breeder: Worksop Manor Stud2

Horse Age: 6 Weight: 9 5

Colours: ROYAL BLUE, WHITE epaulets, striped cap. Form: 20/3650- D

Draw 4 Jim Crowley

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH Absent since beating just one

a

mark;

10 SHELIR (IRE) (14)

this contest

market signals. Official BHA Rating 102

when 100-1; however, he’s useful on his day (second in 2020 Royal Hunt Cup) and returns

Gr g Dark Angel (IRE) Shelina (IRE) (Dalakhani (IRE))

Owner: Akela Thoroughbreds Limited

Trainer: David O’Meara, Upper Helmsley Breeder: H. H. The Aga Khan’s Studs SC2

Sponsor: Akela Plant Hire Ltd

Horse Age: 6 Weight: 9 5

Colours: LIGHT BLUE, DARK BLUE seams, diabolo on sleeves, quartered cap. Form: 560160 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW H Respectable seventh in this race in 2021 but that came on the back of a York win; didn’t fare nearly so well on latest outing (in 7f handicap here);

11 RHOSCOLYN (GB) (14)

B g Territories (IRE) Zeyran (IRE) (Galileo (IRE))

Owner: The Horse Watchers

Trainer: David O’Meara, Upper Helmsley Breeder: Mrs J. E. Laws2

Sponsor: Gain Equine Nutrition

ASCOT VIEW HH Ran well in the Buckingham

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 5

Colours: BLACK, ORANGE seams and sleeves, BLACK cap.

Form: 000350

stiff

12 SWEET BELIEVER (IRE) (31)

B f Make Believe Olivia Pope (IRE) (Lilbourne Lad (IRE))

Owner: Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum

Trainer: William Haggas, Newmarket

Breeder: Mark Byrne2

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 5

Colours: YELLOW, DARK BLUE seams, YELLOW cap.

Form: 12130-2 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHHHH Progressive filly who scored three times (on good/firmer) in 2021; ran well in Listed event at Sandown (1m, soft) last month on belated seasonal debut, earning a 5lb rise that is offset today by Adam Farragher’s useful claim; fresher than most and enters calculations. Official BHA Rating 102

Draw 6 Richard Kingscote

Draw 11 Jason Watson

Draw 7 James Doyle

13 BLUE FOR YOU (IRE) (14)

Ch g New Approach (IRE) Love In The Sun (IRE) (Kodiac)

Owner: Alderson Burke Francis

Trainer: David O’Meara, Upper Helmsley

Breeder: Moyglare Stud Farm2

Sponsor: Gain Equine Nutrition

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 5

Colours: RED and BLACK check, BLACK sleeves, WHITE cap.

Form: 322210 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHHH Only seventh to Escobar over 7f here two weeks ago; however, has form figures of 32221 in 1m races for current yard, most recently overcoming traffic issues to beat Escobar and Tyrrhenian Sea at the York Ebor festival (on good ground); open to further improvement back at this trip; respected. Official BHA Rating 102

14 SYMBOLIZE (IRE) (14)

Ch g Starspangledbanner (AUS) French Flirt (Peintre Celebre (USA))

Owner: Sheikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum

Trainer: Andrew Balding, Kingsclere Breeder: Dc Investments Ltd2

Horse Age: 5 Weight: 9 5

Colours: DARK BLUE, large YELLOW spots. Form: 2-20260

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHH Beat only one rival here a fortnight ago in the race won by Escobar; however, finished second (off this mark) in this event last year and holds obvious each-way claims if repeating that effort; headgear enlisted. Official BHA Rating 102 (-2)

15 ASTRO KING (IRE) (83)

B h Kingman Astroglia (USA) (Montjeu (IRE))

Owner: Mr Saeed Suhail

Trainer: Sir Michael Stoute, Newmarket Breeder: Niarchos Family2

Horse Age: 5 Weight: 9 4

Colours: ROYAL BLUE, YELLOW chevron, YELLOW cap, ROYAL BLUE spots. Form: 030-046 D

Dr aw 22 Ryan Moore

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHH Raced mainly

good/firmer;

the last two Royal Hunt Cups; form dipped in Listed grade when last seen

he

16 TACARIB BAY (GB) (29)

B c Night of Thunder (IRE) Bassmah (Harbour Watch (IRE))

Owner: Mr J. R. Shannon

Trainer: Richard Hannon, Marlborough Breeder: J. R. Shannon2

BHA Rating 101

he takes to first-time headgear

Draw 2 Pat Dobbs

Horse Age: 3 Weight: 9 4 Colours: YELLOW, RED epaulets, quartered cap. Form: 012525

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH Narrow winner at Haydock (7f, soft) in July then held his form well in cheekpieces until a below-par effort last time; sole 3yo in the field but doesn’t appear to be ahead of his mark and chance largely depends on how well he takes to new headgear Official BHA Rating 104

17 CASANOVA (GB) (13)

B g Frankel Karen’s Caper (USA) (War Chant (USA))

Owner: Dooley Thoroughbreds

Trainer: Adrian McGuinness, Ireland Breeder: Godolphin2

Draw 5 Adam Caffrey (7)

Horse Age: 6 Weight: 9 3 Colours: BLACK, RED chevron and armlets, RED cap, BLACK stars. Form: 206034 D

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW H Started his career in Britain; trained

18 SAFE VOYAGE (IRE) (14)

B g Fast Company (IRE) Shishangaan (IRE) (Mujadil (USA))

Owner: Mr Ross Harmon

Trainer: John Quinn, Malton Breeder: Schneider Adolf2

Sponsor: JJ Quinn Racing Ltd

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HH Retains a good

19 PEROTTO (GB) (21)

Ch g New Bay Tschierschen (IRE) (Acclamation)

Owner: Halcyon Thoroughbreds

Trainer: Marcus Tregoning, Whitsbury Breeder: China Horse Club International Ltd2

Sponsor: Marcus Tregoning Racing Ltd

task.

Official BHA Rating 100

since early 2021; has performed well in some competitive handicaps this year; however, he’s on a 13-race losing run and this looks a

Horse Age: 9 Weight: 9 3

Colours: MAROON, MAUVE epaulets. Form: 500620 D

Horse Age: 4 Weight: 9 3

Colours: PURPLE, WHITE chevron, striped sleeves.

Form: 036340 CD

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHH Raced mainly on good/firmer; has seemed difficult to place, mostly in Listed/Group races, since winning last year’s Britannia

C&D

just 1lb lower); however, looks

this

Official BHA Rating 100

with Harry Davies taking off a useful

Dr aw 17 Daniel Tudhope

Draw 8 Callum Hutchinson (5)

Draw 13 Hollie Doyle

Draw 1 Harry Davies (3)

20 ORBAAN (GB) (49)

B g Invincible Spirit (IRE) Contradict (Raven’s Pass (USA))

Owner: Mr J. C. G. Chua

Trainer: David O’Meara, Upper Helmsley

Breeder: Nawara Stud Limited2

Sponsor: Gain Equine Nutrition

Horse Age: 7 Weight: 9 3

Draw 14 Neil Callan

Colours: DARK BLUE, YELLOW inverted triangle, YELLOW sleeves, DARK BLUE armlets, YELLOW cap.

Form: 201142 C D BF

BET WITH ASCOT VIEW HHH Readily beat stablemate Blue For You in the Golden Mile at Goodwood then followed up in a classified event here on Shergar Cup day; sound efforts at York (fourth to Blue For You having met trouble) and Goodwood (went very close) since; in great form and should go well again. Official BHA Rating 100

NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 20

Blinkers worn first time by No. 16. Visor worn first time by No. 15. Sheepskin Cheek Pieces worn first time by No. 6, 14, 22. Blinkers worn by No. 3. Visor worn by No. 13. Tongue Strap worn by No. 1, 8, 11, 20. Sheepskin Cheek Pieces worn by No. 23. Stewards Note: SHELIR: Following its run on 1/10/2022 it was reported that the horse was hampered at the start BLUE FOR YOU: Following its run on 1/10/2022 it was reported that the horse was denied a clear run.

ASTRO KING: Following its run on 24/7/2022 it was reported that the trainer could not explain the poor run.

2021: ALDAARY 3 9 6 Jim Crowley 7-2 (William Haggas) 20 ran (Draw 11)

THE RESULT

WINNER:

DISTANCE: TIME:

BETTING FORECAST:

2ND: 3RD: 4TH:

6-1 Blue For You (IRE), 7-1 Tyrrhenian Sea (IRE), 8-1 Sweet Believer (IRE), 9-1 Bashkirova (GB), 10-1 Migration (IRE), 11-1 Escobar (IRE), 14-1 Symbolize (IRE), Astro King (IRE), 16-1 Stormy Antarctic (GB), Montatham (GB), Safe Voyage (IRE), Perotto (GB), Orbaan (GB), 20-1 Johan (GB), Rhoscolyn (GB), Tacarib Bay (GB), 25-1 Accidental Agent (GB), Magical Morning (GB), 33-1 Shelir (IRE), Casanova (GB)

RACE PREDICTOR

QIPCO HOLDING has generously sponsored the race A silver salver will be presented to the winning owner, with a replica for the winning trainer and jockey In addition, a memento will be presented to the stable lad or lass of the winning horse A £250 cash prize will be presented to the stable lad or lass responsible for the best turned out horse.

As lots of my bets are each-way, the thing that really helps me is being able to quickly compare live prices and places available from the biggest bookmakers

PAUL KEALY

POST TIPSTER

RACE CONDITIONS

First Race 1.25 THE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS LONG DISTANCE CUP (CLASS 1) (Group 2) (British Champions Series) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code. £283550 to the winning horse The second to receive £107500, the third £53800, the fourth £26800, the fifth £13450 and the sixth £6750. for three yrs old and upwards. Enter by noon, August 2nd and pay £1750 stake, Scratch by noon, September 27th or pay £2000, Confirm by noon, October 10th and pay £1250, Supplementary Entry by noon, October 10th and pay £37500 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. October 13th. Weights: 3-y-o colts and geldings 9st; fillies 8st 11lb 4-y-o and up colts and geldings 9st 9lb; fillies 9st 6lb. QIPCO HOLDING has generously sponsored this race and will present a Silver Salver to the winning owner and a replica to the winning trainer and jockey In addition, a memento will be presented to the stable lad or lass of the winning horse. A £250 cash prize will be presented to the stable lad or lass responsible for the best turned out horse. All number cloths to be carried in this race have been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of QIPCO HOLDING The sponsorship payment of £500 will be distributed equally amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. (No confirmation of entry is required for Supplementary entries). The Outer Flat Course is the default for round course races on QIPCO British Champions Day (1m 2f, 1m 4f & 2m races). In the event of “heavy” appearing in the going description on the day, the races in question will switch to the Inner Flat course, subject to verification from an independent panel (The Stewards’ Panel Chair, the BHA Senior Inspector of Courses and a Clerk of Course; independent of British Champions Series) that “heavy” in the going description has been correctly called. This will only be actioned if the Inner Flat Course is safe to use and the decision to switch will be taken as early as possible and no later than 8am on the day of racing. 36 entries, 13 at £1750, 9 at £3750, 14 at £5000. Closed August 2nd, 2022. Owners Prize Money. Winner £222800; Second £91450; Third £45750; Fourth £22850; Fifth £11450; Sixth £5700. (Penalty Value £283550) A SS

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Second Race 2.00 THE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SPRINT STAKES (CLASS 1) (Group 1) (British Champions Series) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code. £283550 to the winning horse The second to receive £107500, the third £53800, the fourth £26800, the fifth £13450 and the sixth £6750. for three yrs old and upwards. Enter by noon, August 2nd and pay £2185 stake, Scratch by noon, September 27th or pay £2500, Confirm by noon, October 10th and pay £1565, Supplementary Entry by noon, October 10th and pay £37500 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. October 13th. Weights: 3-y-o colts and geldings 9st 3lb; fillies 9st 4-y-o and up colts and geldings 9st 4lb; fillies 9st 1lb NOTE: Horses will only be eligible to run in this race provided that they have a current BHA Handicap Rating of 80 or higher at midday of the confirmation stage. Horses which do not qualify for a rating may also be eligible providing the BHA Handicapper is satisfied that the horse’s racecourse performances up to and including the day before confirmation merit a provisional assessment of 80 or higher Horses which have not run will not be eligible.. QIPCO HOLDING has generously sponsored this race and will present a Silver Salver to the winning owner and a replica to the winning trainer and jockey In addition, a memento will be presented to the stable lad or lass of the winning horse. A £250 cash prize will be presented to the stable lad or lass responsible for the best turned out horse. All number cloths to be carried in this race have been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of QIPCO HOLDING The sponsorship payment of £500 will be distributed equally amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. (No confirmation of entry is required for Supplementary entries). 49 entries, 21 at £2185, 9 at £4685, 19 at £6250. Closed August 2nd, 2022. Owners Prize Money. Winner £222800; Second £91450; Third £45750; Fourth £22850; Fifth £11450; Sixth £5700. (Penalty Value £283550) A SS

SEE PAGE 32 FOR THIS RACE.

Third Race 2.40 THE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS FILLIES & MARES STAKES (CLASS 1) (Group 1) (British Champions Series) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code. £283550 to the winning horse The second to receive £107500, the third £53800, the fourth £26800, the fifth £13450 and the sixth £6750. for three yrs old and upwards fillies and mares only. Enter by noon, August 2nd and pay £2185 stake, Scratch by noon, September 27th or pay £2500, Confirm by noon, October 10th and pay £1565, Supplementary Entry by noon, October 10th and pay £37500 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. October 13th. Weights: 3-y-o 9st 1lb; 4-y-o and up 9st 7lb NOTE: Horses will only be eligible to run in this race provided that they have a current BHA Handicap Rating of 80 or higher at midday of the confirmation stage. Horses which do not qualify for a rating may also be eligible providing the BHA Handicapper is satisfied that the horse’s racecourse performances up to and including the day before confirmation merit a provisional assessment of 80 or higher Horses which have not run will not be eligible.. QIPCO HOLDING has generously sponsored this race and will present a Silver Salver to the winning owner and a replica to the winning trainer and jockey In addition, a memento will be presented to the stable lad or lass of the winning horse. A £250 cash prize will be presented to the stable lad or lass responsible for the best turned out horse. The winning owner will secure a single nomination to any stallion standing under the banner of Qatar Bloodstock for the winning horse, to be taken up in 2022 or 2023, by arrangement with Tweenhills Stud. All number cloths to be carried in this race have been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of QIPCO HOLDING The sponsorship payment of £500 will be distributed equally amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. (No confirmation of entry is required for Supplementary entries). The Outer Flat Course is the default for round course races on QIPCO British Champions Day (1m 2f, 1m 4f & 2m races). In the event of “heavy” appearing in the going description on the day, the races in question will switch to the Inner Flat course, subject to verification from an independent panel (The Stewards’ Panel Chair, the BHA Senior Inspector of Courses and a Clerk of Course; independent of British Champions Series) that “heavy” in the going description has been correctly called. This will only be actioned if the Inner Flat Course is safe to use and the decision to switch will be taken as early as possible and no later than 8am on the day of racing. 54 entries, 28 at £2185, 11 at £4685, 15 at £6250. Closed August 2nd, 2022. Owners Prize Money. Winner £222800; Second £91450; Third £45750; Fourth £22850; Fifth £11450; Sixth £5700. (Penalty Value £283550) 2 Balloted Out Under Rules (I)9 and (I)10. A SS

SEE PAGE 44 FOR THIS RACE.

Fourth Race 3.20 THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES (CLASS 1) (Sponsored by QIPCO) (Group 1) (British Champions Mile) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code. £655709 to the winning horse The second to receive £248593, the third £124412, the fourth £61975, the fifth £31103 and the sixth £15609. for three yrs old and upwards. Enter by noon, August 2nd and pay £4800 stake, Scratch by noon, September 27th or pay £5500, Confirm by noon, October 10th and pay £3450, Supplementary Entry by noon, October 10th and pay £70000 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. October 13th. Weights: 3-y-o colts and geldings 9st 3lb; fillies 9st 4-y-o and up colts and geldings 9st 6lb; fillies 9st 3lb NOTE: Horses will only be eligible to run in this race provided that they have a current BHA Handicap Rating of 80 or higher at midday of the confirmation stage. Horses which do not qualify for a rating may also be eligible providing the BHA Handicapper is satisfied that the horse’s racecourse performances up to and including the day before confirmation merit a provisional assessment of 80 or higher Horses which have not run will not be eligible.. QIPCO HOLDING has generously sponsored this race and will present a Silver Salver to the winning owner and a replica to the winning trainer and jockey In addition, a memento will be presented to the stable lad or lass of the winning horse. A £250 cash prize will be presented to the stable lad or lass responsible for the best turned out horse. All number cloths to be carried in this race have been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of QIPCO HOLDING The sponsorship payment of £500 will be distributed equally amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. The Ascot Racecourse Executive reserves the right to transfer this race to the Old Mile Course. (No confirmation of entry is required for Supplementary entries). 32 entries, 12 at £4800, 10 at £10300, 9 at £13750, 1 at £70000. Closed August 2nd, 2022. Owners Prize Money. Winner £515225; Second £211478; Third £105797; Fourth £52841; Fifth £26478; Sixth £13181. (Penalty Value £655709.37) A SS

SEE PAGE 64 FOR THIS RACE.

Fifth Race 4.00 THE QIPCO CHAMPION STAKES (CLASS 1) (BRITISH CHAMPIONS MIDDLE DISTANCE) (Group 1) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code. £737230 to the winning horse The second to receive £279500, the third £139880, the fourth £69680, the fifth £34970 and the sixth £17550. for three yrs old and upwards. Enter by noon, August 2nd and pay £5675 stake, Scratch by noon, September 27th or pay £6500, Confirm by noon, October 10th and pay £4075, Supplementary Entry by noon, October 10th and pay £75000 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. October 13th. Weights: 3-y-o colts and geldings 9st 3lb; fillies 9st 4-y-o and up colts and geldings 9st 7lb; fillies 9st 4lb NOTE: Horses will only be eligible to run in this race provided that they have a current BHA Handicap Rating of 80 or higher at midday of the confirmation stage. Horses which do not qualify for a rating may also be eligible providing the BHA Handicapper is satisfied that the horse’s racecourse performances up to and including the day before confirmation merit a provisional assessment of 80 or higher Horses which have not run will not be eligible.. QIPCO HOLDING has generously sponsored this race and will present a specially commissioned trophy to the winning owner and a replica to the winning trainer and jockey In addition, a memento will be presented to the stable lad or lass of the winning horse. A £250 cash prize will be presented to the stable lad or lass responsible for the best turned out horse. All number cloths to be carried in this race have been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of QIPCO HOLDING The sponsorship payment of £500 will be distributed equally amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. THERE WILL BE A PARADE FOR THIS RACE. Runners will be paraded in the order requested by the managing executive on the day. (No confirmation of entry is required for Supplementary entries). The Outer Flat Course is the default for round course races on QIPCO British Champions Day (1m 2f, 1m 4f & 2m races). In the event of “heavy” appearing in the going description on the day, the races in question will switch to the Inner Flat course, subject to verification from an independent panel (The Stewards’ Panel Chair, the BHA Senior Inspector of Courses and a Clerk of Course; independent of British Champions Series) that “heavy” in the going description has been correctly called. This will only be actioned if the Inner Flat Course is safe to

August

THIS RACE.

Race 4.40 THE BALMORAL HANDICAP STAKES (CLASS 2) (Sponsored

‘Reserves’ which has been published in The Racing Calendar and which also appears in the important notices following the Standard Conditions on the Racing Bulletin area of the BHA Racing Administration

www.racingadmin.co.uk. Trainers are reminded of the provisions of paragraph 41 of the Race Entry Code which require that they must notify the Racing Calendar Office immediately when the decision has been made not to

This will maximise the list of runners and determine whether the weights will need to be raised. The British Horseracing Authority has modified the Declaration of Jockey section of the

TODAY’S OFFICIALS

BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES LTD BOARD MEMBERS

Tony Langham (Chairman, British Champions Series Ltd)

Rod Street (Chief Executive, British Champions Series Ltd)

Amy Starkey (Managing Director, East Region, The Jockey Club)

Alastair Warwick (Managing Director, Ascot Racecourse)

Nick Smith (Director of Racing & Public Affairs, Ascot Racecourse)

Charlie Liverton (Chief Executive, Racehorse Owners’ Association)

Martin Stevenson (Chief Executive Officer, Racecourse Media Group)

Charles Barnett (Secretary General, Large Independent Racecourses)

Mark Spincer (Managing Director, Arena Racing Company)

STEWARDS

Chief Steward

Shaun Parker

Stewards’ Panel Chair Rupert Sweeting

OFFICIALS

Starters

Robert Supple

Steven Avis

Clerks of the Scales

Leigh O’Brien

Graham Ford Judge

Nick Bostock

Equine Welfare and Integrity Officers

Kelly McSorley Carol Broodbank

Georgina Crabb

Peter Double

John Bramhill Nick Holman Darren Stone

Steward

Sophie Candy, Richard Westropp Assistant Steward Josie Brown

Raceday Assistant Kate Smith

Commentator

Simon Holt

Betting Ring Managers

Andrew Boardley

Vicki Moore

Doctors Roger Goulds John Heathcock

Guy Mitchell Peter Johnson Lucy Free Veterinary Officer Katherine Byam-Cook

Handicapper

Mark Olley

Dominic Gardiner-Hill

Veterinary Surgeons

Simon Knapp

Jamie Knapp, Clive Hamblin

Bobby McEwen

David Dugdale

Director of Racing and Public Affairs

Nick Smith

Head of Racing and Clerk of the Course Chris Stickels

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HORSE WELFARE

At all meetings there is a team of specially qualified vets appointed to look after the welfare of all horses.

During each race vets follow the horse by car and can attend a casualty in the same response time as the paramedic teams responsible for human casualties. It is standard practise for screens to be fixed around any horse receiving veterinary treatment This does not reflect the severity of an injury, just allows the vet some privacy and the patient a calm environment in which to recover. Please do not always assume the worst if you see screens around a fallen horse.

ABANDOMENT POLICY

In the event of racing being abandoned, refunds on entrance money and car parks will only be made in the following circumstances:

a) Abandonment before the running of the first race full refund.

b) Abandonment before the third or feature race, whichever is later 50% refund

In the event of an abandonment, please apply to the Customer Liaison Team in writing within three days for a refund.