ALMANZOR & Christophe Soumillon get the better of FOUND & Frankie Dettori to win the Group 1 Qipco Irish Champion Stakes. Image Photo Healy Racing / Racingfotos.com

A star-studded cast of 28 remain in the feature event of British Champions Day, the £1.3 million QIPCO Champion Stakes.

The entries are headed by Almanzor, brilliant winner of the Irish equivalent this month, having previously won the French Derby and for whom the Ascot race is the preferred destination.

The first four home in last year’s renewal – Fascinating Rock, Found, Jack Hobbs and Racing History – are on course to meet again, while the first two in this year’s Investec Derby, Harzand and US Army Ranger, plus Minding, the QIPCO 1000 Guineas and Investec Oaks winner, are other possibles.

My Dream Boat, Highland Reel and Hawkbill, all winners of races that form part of the QIPCO British Champions Series, are others in the mix.

The full remaining entries for the QIPCO Champion Stakes:

Elliptique (IRE)
Fascinating Rock (IRE)
Gabrial (IRE)
Highland Reel (IRE)
Jack Hobbs (GB)
Maverick Wave (USA)
Mutakayyef (GB)
My Dream Boat (IRE)
New Bay (GB)
One Foot In Heaven (IRE)
Racing History (IRE)
Success Days (IRE)
The Grey Gatsby (IRE)
The Steward (USA)
Yorker (SAF)
Found (IRE)
Almanzor (FR)
Harzand (IRE)
Hawkbill (USA)
Hit It A Bomb (USA)
Long Island Sound (USA)
Midterm (GB)
Moonlight Magic (GB)
Ulysses (IRE)
Us Army Ranger (IRE)
Wings of Desire (GB)
Zarak (FR)
Minding (IRE)