Staged for the first time in 2011, QIPCO British Champions Series incorporates the 35 top Flat races and festivals in the British horseracing calendar.  Starting in May with the QIPCO Guineas Festival and ending in October at QIPCO British Champions Day. In between, the Series hosts races at some of the most prestigious racecourses anywhere in the world including Ascot, Epsom, Newmarket and Goodwood.