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British Champions Day

Sat 17 Oct 2026Ascot Racecourse

The biggest single day's prize money in British flat racing. Six championship races including four Group 1s — the Champion Stakes, the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, the Sprint and the Fillies & Mares — closing the British Champions Series.

Headline races

  • Long Distance Cup (G2) — staying
  • Sprint Stakes (G1) — sprint championship
  • Fillies & Mares Stakes (G1)
  • Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (G1) — mile championship
  • Champion Stakes (G1) — middle-distance championship

Where it's held

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Our Champions Day previews, tips and result articles will appear here as they ship in the run-up to the meeting.

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