British Champions Day at Ascot takes place in mid-October and marks the official closing of the British flat racing season.
This single day of racing has five Group 1 races on the card, covering a range of distances between 6f and 2m, with one race dedicated to fillies and mares. With prize money in excess of £4.3m, this is the single most valuable day of racing in the country.
In addition to the five Group 1 contests there is also a conditions race for two-year-olds which was introduced in 2025 and the Balmoral Handicap, making a total of seven races.
The meeting was created in 2011 and until 2024 this was the finale to the British Champions Series of races. The Champion Flat Jockey, Champion Apprentice and Champion Owner titles are also crowned following the conclusion of this meeting.
Saturday 18th October 2025, British Champions Day
Champions Day begins with the 2m Long Distance Cup, which was upgraded from Group 2 to Group 1 ahead of the 2025 renewal. This is followed by the 6f Two-Year-Old Conditions Stakes, a Class 2 race which was also introduced in 2025.
Race three is the Champions Sprint Stakes over 6f ahead of the Fillies and Mares Stakes which is over 1m4f. The two most valuable races of the day follow in the £1.1m Queen Elizabeth II Stakes over 1m and the £1.3m Champion Stakes which is over a distance of 1m2f. Champions Day concludes with the 1m Balmoral Handicap.
- 12:55pm: Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup
Group 1, 2m, 3yo+, £531,250 - 1:30pm: Qipco British Champions Day Two-Year-Old Conditions Stakes
Class 2, 6f, 2yo, £250,000 - 2:05pm: Qipco British Champions Sprint Stakes
Group 1, 6f, 3yo+, £562,500 - 2:45pm: Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes
Group 1, 1m4f, 3yo+, £531,250 - 3:25pm: Queen Elizabeth II Stakes
Group 1, 1m, 3yo+, £1,156,250 - 4:05pm: Qipco Champion Stakes
Group 1, 1m2f, 3yo+, £1,417,500 - 4:40pm: Balmoral Handicap
Class 2, 1m, 3yo+, £200,000
