British Champions Day

Powerful Glory holds the record as the longest-priced Group 1 winner in Britain. Sent off at 200/1 for the 2025 Champions Sprint at British Champions Day, he set the mark since the current grading system was introduced. Jamie Spencer rode him for trainer Richard Fahey, and he held off Lazzat, the 2/1 favourite, by a neck. It was a day of upsets at Ascot, as Cicero's Gift later won the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at 100/1.

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Cups

First Champions Day hat-trick in one race

Trueshan and Hollie Doyle made the Long Distance Cup their own. The Alan King-trained stayer won it in 2020, 2021 and 2022, the first horse to win the same race on Champions Day in three consecutive years. His first success made Doyle the first woman to ride a winner on Champions Day, and she added the Champions Sprint on Glen Shiel that afternoon, her first Group 1. The hat-trick came by a head from Coltrane.

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starts

Won both the QEII and the Champion Stakes

Frankel is the only horse to have won both the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes and the Champion Stakes at British Champions Day. He took the QEII by four lengths from Excelebration at the first Champions Day in 2011. A year later he beat Cirrus des Aigles by a length and three-quarters in the Champion Stakes, with Nathaniel third, and retired unbeaten in 14 starts. Tom Queally rode him for Sir Henry Cecil in both races.

Stories of the 2025 Winners

British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes

Kalpana

Kalpana defended the title she won in 2024. The winning margin over Estrange was 2 ½ lengths. The field numbered 10 runners. The horse is by Study Of Man out of Zero Gravity. The win was worth GBP 301,272 to the winner.

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British Champions Long Distance Cup

Trawlerman

With this win, Trawlerman now has 2 Group 1 wins this season. The field numbered 5 runners. The horse is by Golden Horn out of Tidespring. The win was worth GBP 301,272 to the winner. The winning time was 3m 22.29s.

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British Champions Sprint Stakes

Powerful Glory

Former winner Kind Of Blue (2024) was among the beaten runners, finishing 11th. The horse was an outsider, returned at decimal odds of 201. The winning margin over Lazzat was a neck. The winning time was 1m 11.72s.

Champion Stakes

Calandagan

In 2024, Calandagan had finished second here behind Anmaat. The field numbered 11 runners. The horse is by Gleneagles out of Calayana. The win was worth GBP 803,864 to the winner. The winning time was 2m 3.19s.

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Queen Elizabeth II Stakes

Cicero's Gift

Cicero's Gift was an outsider, returned at decimal odds of 101. The field numbered 16 runners. The horse is by Muhaarar out of Terentia. The win was worth GBP 655,709 to the winner. The winning time was 1m 38.35s.