QIPCO British Champions Day 2012 Media Guide - Ascot Racecourse

The World’s Highest-Rated Races
QIPCO British Champions Series has no less than nine of the world’s top-rated races, based on
the official three-year average ratings of the first four horses to finish in each race (2009-2011).
France and the USA have three each and Ireland one:
1. Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe France 126.42
2. Breeders’ Cup Classic USA 124.58
3. Queen Elizabeth II Stakes sponsored by QIPCO UK – QBCS 123.33
4= QIPCO Sussex Stakes UK – QBCS 123.00
4= Breeders’ Cup Mile USA 123.00
6. Prix Jacques Le Marois France 122.75
7. QIPCO Champion Stakes UK – QBCS 122.58
8= Investec Derby UK – QBCS 122.42
8= Coral-Eclipse Stakes UK – QBCS 122.42
8= Irish Champion Stakes Ireland 122.42
11= King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes
(sponsored by Betfair) UK – QBCS 121.92
11= Prix de la Foret France 121.92
13. Prince of Wales’s Stakes UK – QBCS 121.67
14. St James’s Palace Stakes UK – QBCS 121.50
15. Breeders’ Cup Turf USA 121.42
16. QIPCO 2000 Guineas UK – QBCS 121.33
Based purely on the races in 2011, the rankings look even better for British racing with seven of
the world’s top 10 races in the QIPCO British Champions Series:
1. Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe France 126.25
2. Queen Elizabeth II Stakes sponsored by QIPCO UK – QBCS 125.75
3. QIPCO Champion Stakes UK – QBCS 125.50
4. QIPCO Sussex Stakes UK – QBCS 125.00
5. Prix Ganay France 124.00
6. St James’s Palace Stakes UK – QBCS 123.75
7. Queen Anne Stakes UK – QBCS 123.25
8. Coral-Eclipse Stakes UK – QBCS 122.75
9. Prince of Wales’s Stakes UK – QBCS 122.50
10. Breeders’ Cup Classic USA 122.25
Thanks mainly to Frankel, the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes was the second highest-rated race in the world last year
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