Racing: BHB schemes a summer Grand Slam
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Your support makes all the difference.A summer Triple Crown and Grand Slam for top-level middle-distance Flat horses, with a prize reported to be £5m, is to be unveiled by the British Horseracing Board next month in an attempt to boost the sport's profile and counter the growing riches offered abroad.
It could also fill a void caused by the decline in interest in the traditional Triple Crown for three-year-olds – the 2,000 Guineas, Derby and St Leger.
The series would be open to older horses as well as three-year-olds. Races that may be included in the first leg in June are the Derby, Oaks and Coronation Cup, or the Prince of Wales's Stakes. The second and third legs in July would take in the Eclipse Stakes and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, with York's International in August completing the Grand Slam. Success in the Triple Crown would bring £1m and victory in the Grand Slam a bonus of £4m.
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