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2021 British Champions Series

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2021 British Champions Series
SportHorse racing
Duration1 May – 16 October 2021
Leading Horse
Highest RatedAdayar / St Mark's Basilica
Rating127
Leading Jockey
WinnerFrankie Dettori
Win / 2nd / 3rd7 / 1 / 2
Leading Trainer
WinnerAidan O'Brien
Win / 2nd / 3rd5 / 4 / 11
Seasons
2022 →

The 2021 British Champions Series, sponsored by QIPCO, was the 11th edition of the horse racing series comprising 35 of the UK's top flat races.[1]

The series began with the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket on 1 May, and ended on British Champions Day at Ascot on 16 October.[2]

Results

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The series was split into five categories: Sprint, Mile, Middle Distance, Long Distance and Fillies & Mares. Each category included seven races.[3][4]

Sprint

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Race Date Distance Course 1st 2nd 3rd
King's Stand Stakes 15 June 5 furlongs Ascot Oxted
Cieren Fallon – Roger Teal
Arecibo
Jamie SpencerRobert Cowell
Extravagant Kid
Frankie Dettori – Brendan Walsh
Commonwealth Cup 18 June 6 furlongs Ascot Campanelle[note 1]
Frankie DettoriWesley Ward
Dragon Symbol
Oisin Murphy – Archie Watson
Measure Of Magic
Ben Coen – Johnny Murtagh
Diamond Jubilee Stakes 19 June 6 furlongs Ascot Dream Of Dreams
Ryan MooreMichael Stoute
Glen Shiel
Hollie Doyle – Archie Watson
Art Power
Silvestre de SousaTim Easterby
July Cup 10 July 6 furlongs Newmarket Starman
Tom Marquand – Ed Walker
Dragon Symbol
Oisin Murphy – Archie Watson
Oxted
Cieren Fallon – Roger Teal
Nunthorpe Stakes 20 August 5 furlongs York Winter Power
Silvestre de SousaTim Easterby
Emaraaty Ana
Andrea Atzeni – Kevin Ryan
Dragon Symbol
Oisin Murphy – Archie Watson
Sprint Cup 4 September 6 furlongs Haydock Emaraaty Ana
Andrea Atzeni – Kevin Ryan
Starman
Tom Marquand – Ed Walker
Chil Chil
David ProbertAndrew Balding
British Champions
Sprint Stakes
16 October 6 furlongs Ascot Creative Force
William BuickCharlie Appleby
Glen Shiel
Hollie Doyle – Archie Watson
Minzaal
Jim Crowley – Owen Burrows

Mile

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Race Date Distance Course 1st 2nd 3rd
2,000 Guineas 1 May 1 mile Newmarket Poetic Flare
Kevin ManningJim Bolger
Master Of The Seas
William BuickCharlie Appleby
Lucky Vega
Shane Foley – Jessica Harrington
Lockinge Stakes 15 May 1 mile Newbury Palace Pier
Frankie DettoriJohn & Thady Gosden
Lady Bowthorpe
Oisin Murphy – William Jarvis
Top Rank
P J McDonald – James Tate
Queen Anne Stakes 15 June 1 mile Ascot Palace Pier
Frankie DettoriJohn & Thady Gosden
Lope Y Fernandez
Seamie HeffernanAidan O'Brien
Sir Busker
Oisin Murphy – William Knight
St James's Palace Stakes 15 June 1 mile Ascot Poetic Flare
Kevin ManningJim Bolger
Lucky Vega
Shane Foley – Jessica Harrington
Battleground
Ryan MooreAidan O'Brien
Sussex Stakes 28 July 1 mile Goodwood Alcohol Free
Oisin MurphyAndrew Balding
Poetic Flare
Kevin ManningJim Bolger
Snow Lantern
Jamie SpencerRichard Hannon
Sun Chariot Stakes 2 October 1 mile Newmarket Saffron Beach
William BuickJane Chapple-Hyam
Mother Earth
Ryan MooreAidan O'Brien
Dreamloper
Kieran Shoemark – Ed Walker
Queen Elizabeth II Stakes 16 October 1 mile Ascot Baaeed
Jim CrowleyWilliam Haggas
Palace Pier
Frankie DettoriJohn & Thady Gosden
Lady Bowthorpe
Kieran Shoemark – William Jarvis

Middle Distance

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Race Date Distance Course 1st 2nd 3rd
Coronation Cup 4 June 1 mile 4 furlongs Newmarket Pyledriver
Martin Dwyer – William Muir & Chris Grassick
Al Aasy
Jim CrowleyWilliam Haggas
Japan
Ryan MooreAidan O'Brien
Epsom Derby 5 June 1 mile 4 furlongs Epsom Adayar
Adam KirbyCharlie Appleby
Mojo Star
David EganRichard Hannon
Hurricane Lane
William BuickCharlie Appleby
Prince of Wales's Stakes 16 June 1 mile 2 furlongs Ascot Love
Ryan MooreAidan O'Brien
Audarya
William BuickJames Fanshawe
Armory
Seamie HeffernanAidan O'Brien
Eclipse Stakes 3 July 1 mile 2 furlongs Sandown St Mark's Basilica
Ryan MooreAidan O'Brien
Addeybb
Tom MarquandWilliam Haggas
Mishriff
David EganJohn & Thady Gosden
King George VI &
Queen Elizabeth Stakes
24 July 1 mile 4 furlongs Ascot Adayar
William BuickCharlie Appleby
Mishriff
David EganJohn & Thady Gosden
Love
Ryan MooreAidan O'Brien
International Stakes 18 August 1 mile 2½ furlongs York Mishriff
David EganJohn & Thady Gosden
Alenquer
Tom MarquandWilliam Haggas
Love
Ryan MooreAidan O'Brien
Champion Stakes 16 October 1 mile 2 furlongs Ascot Sealiway
Mickael Barzalona – Cedric Rossi
Dubai Honour
James DoyleWilliam Haggas
Mac Swiney
Kevin ManningJim Bolger

Long Distance

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Race Date Distance Course 1st 2nd 3rd
Yorkshire Cup 14 May 1 mile 6 furlongs York Spanish Mission
William BuickAndrew Balding
Santiago
Ryan MooreAidan O'Brien
Sir Ron Priestley
Franny Norton – Mark Johnston
Ascot Gold Cup 17 June 2 miles 4 furlongs Ascot Subjectivist
Joe FanningMark Johnston
Princess Zoe
Joey Sheridan – Anthony Mullins
Spanish Mission
William BuickAndrew Balding
Goodwood Cup 27 July 2 miles Goodwood Trueshan
Hollie DoyleAlan King
Away He Goes
Jim Crowley – Ismail Mohammed
Sir Ron Priestley
Franny Norton – Mark Johnston
Lonsdale Cup 20 August 2 miles ½ furlong York Stradivarius
Frankie DettoriJohn & Thady Gosden
Spanish Mission
William BuickAndrew Balding
The Grand Visir
Richard Kingscote – Ian Williams
Doncaster Cup 10 September 2 miles 2 furlongs Doncaster Stradivarius
Frankie DettoriJohn & Thady Gosden
Alerta Roja
Luke MorrisMark Prescott
Nayef Road
Andrea AtzeniMark Johnston
St Leger Stakes 11 September 1 mile 6½ furlongs Doncaster Hurricane Lane
William BuickCharlie Appleby
Mojo Star
Rossa RyanRichard Hannon
The Mediterranean
Wayne LordanAidan O'Brien
British Champions
Long Distance Cup
16 October 2 miles Ascot Trueshan
Hollie DoyleAlan King
Tashkhan
Ben Robinson – Brian Ellison
Stradivarius
Frankie DettoriJohn & Thady Gosden

Fillies & Mares

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Race Date Distance Course 1st 2nd 3rd
1,000 Guineas 2 May 1 mile Newmarket Mother Earth
Frankie DettoriAidan O'Brien
Saffron Beach
Adam KirbyJane Chapple-Hyam
Fev Rover
Paul HanaganRichard Fahey
Epsom Oaks 4 June 1 mile 4 furlongs Epsom Snowfall
Frankie DettoriAidan O'Brien
Mystery Angel
Ben Curtis – George Boughey
Divinely
Seamie HeffernanAidan O'Brien
Coronation Stakes 18 June 1 mile Ascot Alcohol Free
Oisin MurphyAndrew Balding
Snow Lantern
Sean LeveyRichard Hannon
Mother Earth
Ryan MooreAidan O'Brien
Falmouth Stakes 9 July 1 mile Newmarket Snow Lantern
Sean LeveyRichard Hannon
Mother Earth
Ryan MooreAidan O'Brien
Alcohol Free
Oisin MurphyAndrew Balding
Nassau Stakes 29 July 1 mile 2 furlongs Goodwood Lady Bowthorpe
Kieran Shoemark – William Jarvis
Zeyaadah
Jim CrowleyRoger Varian
Joan Of Arc
Ryan MooreAidan O'Brien
Yorkshire Oaks 19 August 1 mile 4 furlongs York Snowfall
Ryan MooreAidan O'Brien
Albaflora
Rossa RyanRalph Beckett
La Joconde
Hollie DoyleAidan O'Brien
British Champions
Fillies & Mares Stakes
16 October 1 mile 4 furlongs Ascot Eshaada
Jim CrowleyRoger Varian
Albaflora
Rossa RyanRalph Beckett
Snowfall
Ryan MooreAidan O'Brien

Notes

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  1. ^ Dragon Symbol finished the race in first place, with Campanelle second, but following a stewards' enquiry the first two places were reversed and Campanelle was declared the winner.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "10th Anniversary of British Champions Series – 10 Top Moments". Eclipse Magazine. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. ^ "QIPCO British Champions Day tickets now on sale as crowds set to return". British Champions Series. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Five QIPCO British Champions Series Categories". British Champions Series. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Fixtures / QIPCO British Champions Series". British Champions Series. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Commonwealth Cup result reversed in dramatic stewards' inquiry". Racing Post. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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