Almanzor heads Champion Stakes betting as Ascot fields take shape

Almanzor is 13-8 favourite with Coral for Saturday’s QIPCO Champion Stakes, ahead of the Arc heroine Found at 7-2 and last year’s winner Fascinating Rock, 5-1, following the latest entry stage for the Group One showpiece.

In the QIPCO Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Ribchester heads the betting at 9-4, with Minding next at 3-1, while the latter’s stablemates Order Of St George and Seventh Heaven are evens and 5-2 respectively for the QIPCO Long Distance Cup and QIPCO British Champions Fillies’ & Mares’ Stakes.

Finally, recent Chantilly winner Limato is Coral’s 2-1 favourite for the QIPCO British Champions Sprint, ahead of Quiet Reflection at 7-2.

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Evens

**QIPCO Champion Stakes
13-8 Almanzor, 7-2 Found, 5 Fascinating Rock, 6 Minding, 10 Highland Reel, 16 Hawkbill, Jack Hobbs, Midterm, US Army Ranger, 20 My Dream Boat, One Foot In Heaven, 25 Bar

**QIPCO Queen Elizabeth II Stakes
9-4 Ribchester, 3 Minding, 4 Galileo Gold, 8 Awtaad, Jet Setting, 10 Lightning Spear, 12 Alice Springs, 20 Hathal, 25 Cougar Mountain, Hit It A Bomb, Stormy Antarctic, 33 Breton Rock, Mitchum Swagger, 66 Bar

**QIPCO Long Distance Cup
Evs Order Of St George, 4 Simple Verse, 7 Forgotten Rules, Quest For More, 10 Sheikhzayedroad, 16 Nearly Caught, Pallasator, 20 Litigant, 33 Trip To Paris, 40 Burmese, 50 Sandro Botticelli, 66 Bar

**QIPCO British Champions Fillies’ & Mares’ Stakes
5-2 Seventh Heaven, 3 Zhukova, 6 Journey, Minding, 8 Speedy Boarding, 10 Queen’s Trust, Simple Verse, 14 Endless Time, 16 Architecture, Pretty Perfect, 20 Bateel, Even Song, 25 Furia Cruzada, 33 Bar

**QIPCO British Champions Sprint
2 Limato, 7-2 Quiet Reflection, 6 Mecca’s Angel, 7 Shalaa, The Tin Man, Twilight Son, 10 Librisa Breeze, 12 Brando, Washington DC, 16 Signs Of Blessing, 20 Bar