2026 Champions Day News - Constitution River, Talk Of New York and Highwayman supplemented for Ascot

Jon Vine

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Last updated: Tue 13 Oct 2026 11:58

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Classic winner Highwayman is now set for the British Champions Long Distance Cup after being supplemented
Other major entries include Constitution River and Talk Of New York for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes
See The Fire, Tajlina, and Soul Love complete the supplementary additions for the event's Group One races

Joel Stakes winner Talk Of New York (left) will take his chance in the QEII on Champions Day. (Getty)

Several star names have been supplemented for races on British Champions Day, including the final Classic winner of the season.

Saffie Osborne made the headlines at Doncaster as she rode Highwayman to victory in the St Leger, becoming the first female jockey to ride the winner of a British Classic.

Joseph O'Brien did have his three-year-old entered in the Melbourne Cup. However, with so much firepower at his disposal for that massive handicap Down Under, connections have opted to supplement Highwayman for the Long Distance Cup instead.

Two names have been added to the mix for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. The first of those is Coral-Eclipse winner Constitution River, who'll race over a mile for the first time this season.

Since his victory at Sandown, Constitution River has been beaten in both the Juddmonte International and the Irish Champion Stakes, racing too keenly on both occasions. Instead of trying to harness that raw energy, Aidan O'Brien has taken the bold step of supplementing his Prix du Jockey Club winner for the QEII and will step Gstaad up in trip for the Champion Stakes.

Talk Of New York will join Constitution River in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes field. Charlie Appleby's star bolted up in the Joel Stakes at Newmarket on his most recent start and steps back into Group One company for the first time since that narrow defeat to Bow Echo and Gstaad at Royal Ascot.

In a last-ditch attempt to hold Aidan O'Brien at bay in the race to be Champion Trainer, Andrew Balding has supplemented See The Fire for the Champion Fillies' and Mares' Stakes, where she'll join two-time defending champion Kalpana.

Francis Graffard has decided to throw Group Three winner Tajlina into the Fillies' and Mares' at the last minute too. The final supplementary entry for Champions Day is Karl Burke's Soul Love, who will take on Almeraq in the Champions Sprint.

You can find the latest betting for all of the Group One races on our British Champions Day page...