Changes to Champions Day at Ascot

QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot will become the first British raceday to stage five Group 1 races following the upgrade of the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup. Prize money for the race will also be increased to £500,000 this year, bringing it into line with the Fillies & Mares and Sprint races.

The day will also feature a new £250,000 race for two-year-olds. The six-furlong conditions race, open to all two-year-olds and to be run without penalties, will open Champions Day, taking the total value of the day to £4.35m in 2025. More details about the new race will be released later in the year.

British Champions Series will cease from this year with the priority of the business being delivery of the day itself, progressing Club 26 – the successful racing club for 18–26-year-olds with over 14,000 members – and the expansion of The Hall of Fame.