#Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes

Newsboy fancies Baaeed to take star billing at Ascot as the unbeaten four-year-old bids to bow out in the Champion Stakes with an 11th straight win Ascot hosts the six-race Qipco Champions Day meeting on Saturday October 15 BAAEED tops the bill as a glittering cast list assembles for the £4million QIPCO British Champions Day seasonal finale at…

BAAEED can star in the Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes (British Champions Series) (3.20pm) at Newbury on Saturday afternoon. Willie Haggas' four-year-old is hardly a betting prospect at long odds-on but he looks sure to maintain his unbeaten record in the Group One feature at the Berkshire track. The son of the Sea The Stars didn't race as a juvenile but…

Frankie Dettori and Richard Kingscote after finishing their racing in Renault Clio RS cars around the short track of the Bahrain International Circuit, home of the Bahrain Grand PrixBahrain 17.11.22 Pic: Edward Whitaker Friday: Bahrain Frankie Dettori and Richard Kingscote prepared for the fourth running of the Group 3 Bahrain International Trophy…

Too keen in the Yorkshire Oaks last time, Roger Varian's charge was in front two furlongs out under Jim Crowley. She was immediately challenged by Albaflora and Snowfall but the latter, sent off an odds-on favourite, was soon beaten. The runner-up stuck to her task gamely but the winner was always holding her off, hitting the line a short-head to…

BAAEED is the star attraction on British Champions Day at Ascot on Saturday afternoon and he can end on a high with victory in the Group One QIPCO Champion Stakes (British Champions Middle Distance) (4pm). But at cramped odds he is not really a betting proposition but his Willie Haggas' stable-mate SEA LA ROSA certainly is in the Group One QIPCO…

This marked a tremendous training performance from John and Thady Gosden as the 3/1 favourite was racing for the first time since disappointing over course-and-distance in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in July. She was always travelling sweetly on this occasion and showed a smart turn of foot to put the race to bed two furlongs…

Verry Elleegant (right): runs in the Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes at Ascot Francis Graffard might feel he is due a change of luck after recent events but his chief hope for Verry Elleegant's challenge in the Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (2.40) at Ascot on Saturday is that she can show European audiences her true…

Who will rise to the challenge at Ascot on Saturday? Andy Stephens shares his best bets and suggests potentially underestimated runners to keep in mind. 1.25 Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup (Group 2) THE TIP: ELDAR ELDAROV at a general 5-2 No three-year-old has won this race since it was first run in 2011 but that masks the fact that…

THE £4 million Flat season finale is finally here. Ascot hosts a star-studded six-race card on QIPCO British Champions Day, with four mouth watering Group 1s to get stuck into. The meeting was launched in 2011 and has gone from strength to strength, and this year it will be the scene for Baaeed's career swansong. The unbeaten four-year-old will be…

The parade will take place after the QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes (2pm) and will give fans the opportunity to show their appreciation to the eight-year-old, who will stand at the National Stud from 2023. Trained by John & Thady Gosden, Stradivarius had a remarkable career on the track that included winning the QIPCO British Champions Long…