Staged for the first time in 2011, QIPCO British Champions Series incorporates the 35 top Flat races and festivals in the British horseracing calendar. The Series takes place over several racedays ...

Long recognised as Europe’s mile championship, 1,600 metre races come no bigger than this anywhere on the international stage. With £1.15 million in prize money, the race has entered a different ...

From small beginnings, Karl Burke has developed into one of the top trainers in the north of England with the help of his wife, Elaine. He was initially a journeyman jump jockey who rode in about 750 ...

Following on from iconic races like the Cazoo Derby and King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (sponsored by QIPCO), this is the final, pulsating showdown in the QIPCO British Champions Series Middle ...

Multiple Classic winning trainer William Haggas, is one of Britain’s most respected trainers and has been sending out winners from his Somerville Lodge base in Newmarket since 1987. He spent time with ...

QIPCO British Champions Day is the single best day of racing in Britain, with some of the best equine and human athletes taking to the track. The day consists of four Group 1 races (the best calibre ...

Andrew Balding comes from a family steeped in horseracing. His father, Ian, trained the legendary Mill Reef, while his uncle, Toby, was one of few to have trained winners of the Grand National, ...

Roger Varian began training a decade ago and has surpassed 1,000th winners in Britain. He had a wonderful tutor in the late Michael Jarvis and his strike-rage has ranged between 17 per cent and 22 per ...

With two demanding miles (3,200 metres) of Ascot’s famous turf to negotiate, the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup provides a thorough test of stamina for flat racing’s top stayers as they ...

James Fanshawe has been sending out winners for 30 years and trains at the famous Pegasus Stables in Newmarket, ably helped by his wife, Jacko. The yard was built in 1884 by legendary champion jockey ...

One of racing’s most colourful characters. A gifted trainer, first and foremost, but he is also one of the sport’s great historians and a wonderful storyteller who, if he ever chose to, could make a ...

The son of serial Irish champion trainer Aidan O’Brien had a short but hugely successful career as a jockey before quitting because of recurring weight issues. At 22, he instantly turned to training ...