ALTHOUGH there were none of this season’s star performers such as Australia, Kingman, Taghrooda and Slade Power involved, British Champions Weekend proved to be a wonderful two days of racing. This was the first time that the two days had been run on successive days with a week gap at least previously between the two events.

The heavy ground threatened to weaken the racing but there was no complaint from the crowd when Noble Mission dug deep to win the feature Champion Stakes. Much discussion before the event focused on the state of the ground and positioning of the event in mid-October; however there is little or no room to move British Champions Weekend earlier in the season without re-shuffling most of the racing calendar.