Fantasy stable game to feature top British races

QIPCO British Champions Series, the Daily Telegraph and Racing Post

have 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 Group 1 races like the Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, Gold Cup at

Royal Ascot, St Leger and 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 colors. The first race is the Two Thousand Guineas at

Newmarket on May 5.

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 at the same

time as taking part in the overall competition. They can also see how they fare

against the likes of 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," British Champions Series Chief Executive Rod

Street explained.

"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."

Dettori and top trainer Brian Meehan feature in a major advertising campaign

to publicize 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

fantasyracing.telegraph.co.uk.