Champions Day: Bay Bridge on course to take on Baaeed

The QIPCO Champion Stakes betting sees the French raider Horizon Dore topping the market for the Saturday Ascot showcase race on Champions Day. This Patrice Cottier runner will be looking to uphold the good record in the race for runners from France but will also be taking on last year's winner Bay Bridge and this season's Epsom Derby runner-up…

When Magical won back-to-back runnings of the Tattersalls Gold Cup in 2019 and 2020 at odds of 2-7 and 2-9 you feared for the future of the race but this rollicking rendition is unquestionably the Flat race of 2023 at this early stage. The late inclusion of Vadeni at a supplementary cost of €45000 adds an extra bit of spice to a dish that was…

William Haggas concedes a mile is probably not My Prospero's optimum trip as he returns to action in Saturday's Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes at Newbury. Tom Marquand's mount has won three of his six starts, including the Group Two Prix Eugene Adam at Saint-Cloud in July. However, he has been twice unfortunate not to break his top-class duck, having…

The Rowley Mile hosted the senior Godolphin stars on Wednesday morning including 2021 Derby winner Adayar, who trainer Charlie Appleby plans to campaign over a mile and a quarter for the first part of the season at least. The son of Frankel, who was restricted to just two starts in 2022, could be on for a cracking rematch with his Champion Stakes…

When people speak about the best racehorses in the world, the same names will always appear Shergar, Red Rum, Kauto Star and more recently Tiger Roll, to name a few. Little has been said about Baaeed, a lightning-quick Thoroughbred owned by the Shadwell Estate in Norfolk, who was placed in the trusty hands of renowned trainer William Haggas after…

Bay Bridge and Richard Kingscote get the better of Adayar and William Buick in the Champion Stakes to seal the Ten to Follow first prize for MyCatChance 20 The dramatic events of Qipco British Champions Day had a momentous impact on the outcome of the Tote Ten to Follow. If only Baaeed and Inspiral had not fluffed their lines the longtime leader O…

Bay Bridge, jockey Richard Kingscote, and trainer Sir Michael Stoute sprung an almighty shock as they claimed the QIPCO Champion Stakes (G1) Saturday at Ascot, with the previously unbeaten Baaeed finishing fourth. Last seen placing fifth in the Coral Eclipse (G1), Bay Bridge came out on of an intense duel with Adayar, with My Prospero running on…

The final step proved one too many for Baaeed as his unbeaten record and sheen of greatness were undone at odds of 1-4 as Bay Bridge put forward his own claim to excellence in winning the Qipco Champion Stakes. This farewell leg of Baaeed's tour as Frankel's greatest tribute act was hoped to be the biggest, parting, compliment to the great horse,…

Bay Bridge will have his first run since being a beaten favourite in the Coral-Eclipse when he lines up in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot, with co-owner James Wigan admitting he would be happy to settle for minor honours. The Sir Michael Stoute-trained four-year-old has had just three runs this season, winning the Brigadier Gerard at Sandown in…

Bay Bridge will have his first run since being a beaten favourite in the Coral-Eclipse when he lines up in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot, with co-owner James Wigan admitting he would be happy to settle for minor honours. The Sir Michael Stoute -trained four-year-old has had just three runs this season, winning the Brigadier Gerard at Sandown…

The Sir Michael Stoute-trained four-year-old has had just three runs this season, winning the Brigadier Gerard at Sandown in imperious fashion in May off the back of a seven-month lay-off. Beaten a length by State Of Rest when favourite for the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot the following month, he again topped the market when downed four…

Baaeed and Adayar are set to clash in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday All eyes are drawn to an epic Qipco British Champions Day clash at Ascot on Saturday - Baaeed v Adayar. The unbeaten machine that is Baaeed goes up against arguably his toughest rival in the Qipco Champion Stakes (4.00), in which he bids to cap his sparkling career…

After mounting speculation that the brilliant Baaeed could head to Paris for the prestigious Prix de l'Arc de triomphe for the final start of his glittering career following a stunning victory last time out in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York when tested over 1m2½f for the first time, the four-year-old's trainer William Haggas has poured…

Bay Bridge has been given the green light to take on Baaeed in the Qipco British Champion Stakes at Ascot, despite joint-owner James Wigan describing his chances of winning as "rather a forlorn hope". Bay Bridge won all four of his races last year and took the Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown in impressive style on his seasonal debut in May. The…

Bay Bridge has been given the green light to take on Baaeed in the Qipco British Champion Stakes at Ascot, despite joint-owner James Wigan describing his chances of winning as "rather a forlorn hope". Bay Bridge won all four of his races last year and took the Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown in impressive style on his seasonal debut in May. The…

Mimikyu: one of five joint-favourites with Ladbrokes for the Fillies & Mares Stakes following the defection of stablemate Free Wind Baaeed, the highest-rated horse in Europe, remains on course for Qipco British Champions Day at Ascot on October 15 following the latest acceptance stage, but Fillies & Mares Stakes favourite Free Wind was a notable…

The four-year-old, who is unbeaten in a ten-race career, will retire to stud after he contests the £1.3 million race over 1m2f, ten years after Frankel bowed out with victory in the 2012 QIPCO Champion Stakes with a record of 14 wins out of 14. After today's scratching stage for the QIPCO Champion Stakes, the Shadwell Estate Company-owned Baaeed is…

UNBEATEN superstar Baaeed will NOT run in the Arc and instead will end his career at Ascot next month. Title chasing trainer William Haggas has opted to swerve the end of season showpiece in France for a shot at the Champion Stakes. Baaeed, who has won all ten of his races, was the 9-4 favourite for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. He would have…

Now unbeaten in nine starts, it's fair to say that Baaeed has dominated the miling division for much of the last 12 months. After ending his three-year-old campaign with victories in the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, he has taken his form up another notch this season with further wins in the Lockinge Stakes, Queen Anne…

Bay Bridge, the exciting Sir Michael Stoute-trained favourite for next Friday's King Edward VII Stakes, will miss Royal Ascot after sustaining a setback. An impressive four-length victory in Newbury's London Gold Cup - traditionally one of the season's most informative three-year-olds' handicaps - had led to him being quoted at between 11-4 and 7-2…

Dirt prices look settled, but the grass market is in upheaval. At first glance, that probably reads like guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Actually, it is a snapshot of futures odds for the Breeders' Cup, which arrives at the junction of turf and surf near San Diego in just over two weeks. Knicks Go, whose stud rights were sold this…