Guineas favourite Camelot© Healy Racing Photos
Qipco British Champions Series, the Daily Telegraph and Racing Post have this week launched a brand new, free-to-enter fantasy game, with players having the opportunity to score points across all 35 races in the 2012 Series.
Encompassing all the top events in the British Flat racing calendar, including iconic races like the QIPCO 2000 Guineas, Investec Derby, Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, Ladbrokes St Leger and QIPCO Champion Stakes, the game provides those who enter it with an interest in the elite level of the sport throughout the season.
After selecting a stable of five trainers and five jockeys at the outset, players then select two horses per race during the Series to augment their points-scoring potential. They also get to choose their own stable name and create their own stable colours. The first race is the QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday 5 May.
The overall prize is a VIP day for four at a 2013 QIPCO British Champions Series raceday and a framed set of their stable silks which they will have designed when entering the game. The silks will be signed by QIPCO British Champions Series ambassador, Frankie Dettori, who will be playing the game himself.
There are also prizes for different segments of the Series and for the highest points scorer in each of the five Series categories – Sprint, Mile, Middle Distance, Long Distance and Fillies & Mares.
Particularly popular are likely to be the private and public leagues which form a key part of the competition. Groups of friends and work colleagues can play against each other for bragging rights in their own leagues, perhaps competing for the prestigious ‘office champion’ title, at the same time as taking part in the overall competition. They can also see how they fare against the likes of Frankie Dettori and other racing professionals in different public leagues.
“We see this new game as a great way to heighten interest in the very best of British Flat racing, which is precisely why the QIPCO British Champions Series itself was launched last year,” said British Champions Series Chief Executive, Rod Street.
“We are lucky enough to have the best horses in the world competing in this country and now there’s an exciting, free-to-enter competition which we hope will generate increased excitement for racing fans as well as enticing general sports enthusiasts to get involved.”
Britain’s best known jockey, Frankie Dettori, and one of the country’s top trainers, Brian Meehan, feature in a major advertising campaign to publicise the game, while the Daily Telegraph and Racing Post will be promoting it to their readers and, in the Telegraph’s case, to their existing fantasy football, cricket and racing customers.
To enter the game, visit: www.fantasyracing.telegraph.co.uk
