Dubai: For the first time in its history Ascot Racecourse will award a Leading Owner Trophy at the end of next week’s Royal Ascot meeting.
The competition will run alongside the established equivalents for jockeys and trainers.
Like the established jockeys and trainers awards, the champion owner over the week will be decided on straight wins, with seconds, thirds (etc) only coming into play in the event of a tie for wins.
Charlie Liverton, chief executive of the ROA, welcomed the new initiative. “Royal Ascot is one of the most eagerly anticipated meetings of the flat racing calendar and captures the imagination of horsemen both in the UK and overseas. The recognition of the part that owners play in the week long spectacle through the award of a leading owner trophy is very much welcome and it will be keenly contested.”
The eight Group One races at Royal Ascot are all British Champions Series races and this year, the stable staff leading up the horses for those events will be provided with British Champions Series gilets, all of which will carry the owners’ colours on the front.
— Staff Report
