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

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

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

Sprint

Race Date Distance Course 1st 2nd 3rd
King's Stand Stakes 15 June 5 furlongs Ascot Oxted
Cieren Fallon – Roger Teal		 Arecibo
Jamie Spencer – Robert Cowell		 Extravagant Kid
Frankie Dettori – Brendan Walsh
Commonwealth Cup 18 June 6 furlongs Ascot Campanelle[note 1]
Frankie Dettori – Wesley 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 Moore – Michael Stoute		 Glen Shiel
Hollie Doyle – Archie Watson		 Art Power
Silvestre de Sousa – Tim 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 Sousa – Tim 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 Probert – Andrew Balding
British Champions
Sprint Stakes		 16 October 6 furlongs Ascot Creative Force
William Buick – Charlie Appleby		 Glen Shiel
Hollie Doyle – Archie Watson		 Minzaal
Jim Crowley – Owen Burrows

Mile

Race Date Distance Course 1st 2nd 3rd
2,000 Guineas 1 May 1 mile Newmarket Poetic Flare
Kevin Manning – Jim Bolger		 Master Of The Seas
William Buick – Charlie Appleby		 Lucky Vega
Shane Foley – Jessica Harrington
Lockinge Stakes 15 May 1 mile Newbury Palace Pier
Frankie Dettori – John & 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 Dettori – John & Thady Gosden		 Lope Y Fernandez
Seamie Heffernan – Aidan O'Brien		 Sir Busker
Oisin Murphy – William Knight
St James's Palace Stakes 15 June 1 mile Ascot Poetic Flare
Kevin Manning – Jim Bolger		 Lucky Vega
Shane Foley – Jessica Harrington		 Battleground
Ryan Moore – Aidan O'Brien
Sussex Stakes 28 July 1 mile Goodwood Alcohol Free
Oisin Murphy – Andrew Balding		 Poetic Flare
Kevin Manning – Jim Bolger		 Snow Lantern
Jamie Spencer – Richard Hannon
Sun Chariot Stakes 2 October 1 mile Newmarket Saffron Beach
William Buick – Jane Chapple-Hyam		 Mother Earth
Ryan Moore – Aidan O'Brien		 Dreamloper
Kieran Shoemark – Ed Walker
Queen Elizabeth II Stakes 16 October 1 mile Ascot Baaeed
Jim Crowley – William Haggas		 Palace Pier
Frankie Dettori – John & Thady Gosden		 Lady Bowthorpe
Kieran Shoemark – William Jarvis

Middle Distance

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 Crowley – William Haggas		 Japan
Ryan Moore – Aidan O'Brien
Epsom Derby 5 June 1 mile 4 furlongs Epsom Adayar
Adam Kirby – Charlie Appleby		 Mojo Star
David Egan – Richard Hannon		 Hurricane Lane
William Buick – Charlie Appleby
Prince of Wales's Stakes 16 June 1 mile 2 furlongs Ascot Love
Ryan Moore – Aidan O'Brien		 Audarya
William Buick – James Fanshawe		 Armory
Seamie Heffernan – Aidan O'Brien
Eclipse Stakes 3 July 1 mile 2 furlongs Sandown St Mark's Basilica
Ryan Moore – Aidan O'Brien		 Addeybb
Tom Marquand – William Haggas		 Mishriff
David Egan – John & Thady Gosden
King George VI &
Queen Elizabeth Stakes		 24 July 1 mile 4 furlongs Ascot Adayar
William Buick – Charlie Appleby		 Mishriff
David Egan – John & Thady Gosden		 Love
Ryan Moore – Aidan O'Brien
International Stakes 18 August 1 mile 2½ furlongs York Mishriff
David Egan – John & Thady Gosden		 Alenquer
Tom Marquand – William Haggas		 Love
Ryan Moore – Aidan O'Brien
Champion Stakes 16 October 1 mile 2 furlongs Ascot Sealiway
Mickael Barzalona – Cedric Rossi		 Dubai Honour
James Doyle – William Haggas		 Mac Swiney
Kevin Manning – Jim Bolger

Long Distance

Race Date Distance Course 1st 2nd 3rd
Yorkshire Cup 14 May 1 mile 6 furlongs York Spanish Mission
William Buick – Andrew Balding		 Santiago
Ryan Moore – Aidan O'Brien		 Sir Ron Priestley
Franny Norton – Mark Johnston
Ascot Gold Cup 17 June 2 miles 4 furlongs Ascot Subjectivist
Joe Fanning – Mark Johnston		 Princess Zoe
Joey Sheridan – Anthony Mullins		 Spanish Mission
William Buick – Andrew Balding
Goodwood Cup 27 July 2 miles Goodwood Trueshan
Hollie Doyle – Alan 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 Dettori – John & Thady Gosden		 Spanish Mission
William Buick – Andrew Balding		 The Grand Visir
Richard Kingscote – Ian Williams
Doncaster Cup 10 September 2 miles 2 furlongs Doncaster Stradivarius
Frankie Dettori – John & Thady Gosden		 Alerta Roja
Luke Morris – Mark Prescott		 Nayef Road
Andrea Atzeni – Mark Johnston
St Leger Stakes 11 September 1 mile 6½ furlongs Doncaster Hurricane Lane
William Buick – Charlie Appleby		 Mojo Star
Rossa Ryan – Richard Hannon		 The Mediterranean
Wayne Lordan – Aidan O'Brien
British Champions
Long Distance Cup		 16 October 2 miles Ascot Trueshan
Hollie Doyle – Alan King		 Tashkhan
Ben Robinson – Brian Ellison		 Stradivarius
Frankie Dettori – John & Thady Gosden

Fillies & Mares

Race Date Distance Course 1st 2nd 3rd
1,000 Guineas 2 May 1 mile Newmarket Mother Earth
Frankie Dettori – Aidan O'Brien		 Saffron Beach
Adam Kirby – Jane Chapple-Hyam		 Fev Rover
Paul Hanagan – Richard Fahey
Epsom Oaks 4 June 1 mile 4 furlongs Epsom Snowfall
Frankie Dettori – Aidan O'Brien		 Mystery Angel
Ben Curtis – George Boughey		 Divinely
Seamie Heffernan – Aidan O'Brien
Coronation Stakes 18 June 1 mile Ascot Alcohol Free
Oisin Murphy – Andrew Balding		 Snow Lantern
Sean Levey – Richard Hannon		 Mother Earth
Ryan Moore – Aidan O'Brien
Falmouth Stakes 9 July 1 mile Newmarket Snow Lantern
Sean Levey – Richard Hannon		 Mother Earth
Ryan Moore – Aidan O'Brien		 Alcohol Free
Oisin Murphy – Andrew Balding
Nassau Stakes 29 July 1 mile 2 furlongs Goodwood Lady Bowthorpe
Kieran Shoemark – William Jarvis		 Zeyaadah
Jim Crowley – Roger Varian		 Joan Of Arc
Ryan Moore – Aidan O'Brien
Yorkshire Oaks 19 August 1 mile 4 furlongs York Snowfall
Ryan Moore – Aidan O'Brien		 Albaflora
Rossa Ryan – Ralph Beckett		 La Joconde
Hollie Doyle – Aidan O'Brien
British Champions
Fillies & Mares Stakes		 16 October 1 mile 4 furlongs Ascot Eshaada
Jim Crowley – Roger Varian		 Albaflora
Rossa Ryan – Ralph Beckett		 Snowfall
Ryan Moore – Aidan O'Brien

Notes

  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

References

  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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