BBC To Screen New Flat Racing Championship
British Champions Series has announced a two year agreement with the BBC for it to become the host broadcaster of British Champions Day – the new climax of British horseracing’s flat season.
?The new event will be run for the first time next year at Ascot on 15th October, with five British Champions Series finale races broadcast live on BBC1.?
With a total prize money pot of more than £13m and being staged at 10 UK racecourses, the British Champions Series will feature 35 premier Flat races – including those run as part of Royal Ascot and the Investec Derby Festival.
??Channel 4 will broadcast 19 British Champions Series races and the BBC will broadcast 11 plus five on British Champions Day.?
Launching on 30th April 2011 in Newmarket with the 2,000 Guineas, the British Champions Series is hoping to provide an easy-to-follow structure in a bid to increase its appeal to a broader audience.
