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Her Majesty The Queen has today been inducted into the QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame – the official Hall of Fame for British Flat racing.

Your Basket will expire in time minutes.View Basket Fancy an upgrade? View options Your Basket will expire in time minutes. 2021 QIPCO Guineas Festival marks 10 years of investment Article 28th April 2021 Newmarket 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the QIPCO Guineas Festival, the traditional curtain raiser for QIPCO British Champions Series. Over the past decade, the two-day meeting at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile has been witness to some extraordinary equine performances, celebrating horses who have excelled both o...

Updated / Monday, 26 Apr 2021 08:27 Lester Piggott won nearly 4,500 races during a lengthy career Frankel and Lester Piggott have become the first two members of the British Champions Series Hall of Fame. Launched to mark the 10th anniversary of Qipco's sponsorship of the British Champions Series, the first official Hall of Fame for British Flat racing sets out to immortalise greats of the sport, both human and equine, from 1970 onwards. Piggott is widely regarded as one of the greatest Flat jockeys of all time, having won almost 4,500 races during a glittering riding career, including a rec...

Oisin Murphy: "I wasn't sure if I wanted to ride again" after cocaine ban Thu 25 Feb 2021 Oisin Murphy has opened up over struggles with his mental health as he came to terms with the consequences of a three-month ban for failing a drugs test and admitted that one stage he wondered if he would ever return to riding again. The champion jockey was banned for three months in November after a racecourse test, taken at Chantilly in July, found traces of cocaine in his system. Having always strenuously denied he had taken any drugs, Murphy requested a B sample – and upon receiving the results, Fr...

Last modified on Fri 22 Jan 2021 04.59 EST Top story: House poised for impeachment vote tomorrow Morning everyone. I’m Martin Farrer and these are the top stories today. The Republican revolt against Donald Trump over the US Capitol riot is gathering pace after Liz Cheney, one of the most senior Republicans in Congress, said she will vote to impeach the president. Cheney, a representative from Wyoming and the daughter of the former vice-president Dick Cheney, said that Trump had “summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack”. She was joined by two other Republi...