QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot on Saturday is set to feature four of the top ten horses in the world, with Ombudsman (Night Of Thunder), Field Of Gold (Kingman), Delacroix (Dubawi) and Calandagan (Gleneagles) headlining the confirmations for the five Group 1 races made on Monday.The £1.3m QIPCO Champion Stakes looks like being one of the races of the year, with the world's top-rated horse, Ombudsman, leading 15 confirmations for the 10-furlong contest. The Godolphin-owned four-year-old's ongoing rivalry with Coolmore's Delacroix will be settled at Ascot on Saturday with the Aidan O'Brien-trained three-year-old also confirmed for the race – the series between the two currently stands at 1-1.This year's G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Calandagan, who was second in this race in 2024, will bid to go one better this year, meaning that this year's QIPCO Champion Stakes will feature three of the eight best turf horses in the world, according to the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings.Meanwhile, Economics (Night Of Thunder) will have his first run of the season in Saturday's showpiece, having last been seen in this contest last year, where he finished a close-up sixth. The two supplementary entries for the race are Devil's Advocate (Too Darn Hot) for Godolphin and John and Thady Gosden, an intended pacemaker for Ombudsman, and First Look (Lope De Vega), the Andre Fabre-trained four-year-old who won the G2 Prix Dollar on Arc weekend.Field Of Gold, the world's joint-second best horse, will make his long-awaited reappearance in the £1.1m Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (sponsored by QIPCO), which sees 17 confirmed for the one-mile contest. John and Thady Gosden's Juddmonte-owned colt has been given time to recover after being found to be lame following the G1 Sussex Stakes where he finished fourth. The three-year-old had previously looked like a superstar when steaking away from his rivals in the G1 Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh and G1 St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.Fallen Angel (Too Darn Hot) steps back into open company for the first time since May, having rattled off three consecutive Group 1 wins against her own sex. Rosallion (Blue Point) has finished runner-up in three Group 1 contests this year, each time by a neck or less, and will bid to add to his impressive Ascot record, as will Docklands (Massaat), who has finished first or second six times in seven starts in Berkshire, including when beating Rosallion in this year's G1 Queen Anne Stakes. Andrew Balding's Marvelman (Invincible Spirit) has been supplemented for the race, having impressively won the G2 Park Stakes at Doncaster last time.The £500,000 QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes sees 21 confirmed, including last year's winner Kind Of Blue (Blue Point). Wathnan Racing hold a strong hand in the race with Lazzat (Territories), this year's G1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes winner, and Flora Of Bermuda (Dark Angel), third in this race last year, also confirmed.Course-and-distance winner Big Mojo (Mohaather), who took the Haydock Sprint Cup last time, and No Half Measures (Cable Bay), who sprung a surprise when winning Newmarket's July Cup, will look to add more Group 1 glory to their CVs, as will the eight-year-old Art Power (Dark Angel), who won this race in 2023 and proved age is just a number when taking a Group 3 at the Curragh last month. George Boughey's Rosy Affair (Havana Grey) and Francis-Henri Graffard's Rayevka (Blue Point) have been supplemented for the race.The £500,000 QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes could also see last year's heroine look to defend their crown. Kalpana (Study Of Man), who finished seventh in the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe earlier this month, is among 13 confirmed for the race, along with Estrange (Night Of Thunder), who was an intended runner in the Arc but suffered a late setback, and Waardah (Postponed), who proved too strong for Danielle (Cracksman) in the G2 Lillie Langtry Stakes at Goodwood at the start of August.Francis-Henri Graffard has confirmed Latakia (Frankel), a Group 2 winner at Deauville in August, and Quisisana (Le Havre), who won the G1 Prix Jean Romanet at the same meeting. Wathnan Racing's One Look (Gleneagles), trained by Paddy Twomey, is a supplementary entry.Trawlerman (Golden Horn) will look to cap a dominant season in the staying division with a second success in the £500,000 QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup, which sees six confirmed as it is run as a Group 1 for the first time. John and Thady Gosden's seven-year-old won this race in 2023, before finishing second behind Kyprios in 2024, and this year he has looked better than ever in registering three consecutive victories, notably winning the G1 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.The Gosden team also send out Sweet William (Sea The Stars), successful in the G2 Doncaster Cup last month, while Al Qareem (Awtaad) makes a quick return to Ascot having become the first ever three-time winner of the G3 Cumberland Lodge Stakes earlier in October. Aidan O'Brien has supplemented G1 St Leger third Stay True (Galileo).For the first time ever there will be seven races on QIPCO British Champions Day with a new two-year-old race kicking off proceedings. The £250,000 QIPCO British Champions Day Two-Year-Old Conditions Stakes sees 19 entered, including the G2 Mill Reef Stakes winner Words Of Truth (Lope De Vega) and G1 Middle Park Stakes runner-up Brussels (Wootton Bassett).The card will close as always with the £200,000 Balmoral Handicap, which will have a maximum field of 20 with three reserves. Following Monday's confirmation stage, 46 horses remain in contention, including ante-post market leaders Native Warrior (Wootton Bassett) and Crown Of Oaks (Wootton Bassett).Regarding track conditions for QIPCO British Champions Day, Chris Stickels, clerk of the course at Ascot, said, “As of Monday morning we've got good ground on the straight course and we're good, good to soft in places on the round course. We're not expecting much rain through the week, with just a few light showers in the forecast, so I'd expect that we will be racing on a mixture of good and good to firm ground on Saturday.”The post World’s Best Confirmed for QIPCO British Champions Day Blockbuster appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.