British Champions Day 2022: Picture Gallery from Ascot
British Champions Day at Ascot Racecourse is widely considered to be the grand finale of the flat racing season in Britain. It attracts some of the world’s finest horses for some of the biggest Group One races including the Champion Stakes. The 2022 edition took place on Saturday 15 October.
Live TV coverage in the UK was provided by ITV Sport, supported by NEP and ACS, working alongside British Racing’s technical facilities provider RaceTech. Races were also shown on Racing TV, Sky Sports Racing and in 150 territories around the world.
In the picture gallery below you can see the various production teams and crew in action, capturing the excitement of one of flat racing’s biggest days of the year.
NEP cameraman Matt Payne with RF handheld camera covering the start of the 1m 4f Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes for ITV Racing
Good access for NEP cameraman Matt Payne and ITV reporter Luke Harvey at race starts
ITV reporter Luke Harvey with NEP cameraman Matt Payne at race starts
NEP steadicams covering flying dismount by jockey Frankie Dettori in the Ascot winner’s enclosure
Kiss for the NEP Steadicam from jockey Frankie Dettori in the winner’s enclosure
NEP reverse angle finish camera for ITV Racing
NEP head-on finish and pull-up camera for ITV Racing
NEP RF Jib at race starts (supplied by Dan George)
ACS Media Land Rover Discovery Tracking vehicle with roof-mounted gyro-stabilised camera
ACS Media gyro-stabilised camera tracking the horses up the Ascot home straight
ACS Media gyro-stabilised camera tracking the horses up the Ascot home straight
Trainer interview by ITV presenter Oli Bell captured by NEP RF handheld camera
Champion jockey William Buick faces a barrage of cameras including the NEP RF handheld camera
Legendary Steadicam operator Adrian Camm in the Ascot paddock
Adrian Camm with ITV Racing’s Adele Mulrennan in the Ascot paddock
NEP RF handheld camera covering horses in the pre-parade ring
NEP RF handheld camera with ITV’s Oli Bell covering a pre-racing masterclass with jockeys Hollie Doyle and Tom Marquand
NEP reverse angle finish camera picks up a winning horse and jockey parading in front of the Ascot grandstand
Steadicam operator Adrian Camm with William Buick, 2022 Flat champion jockey
Two NEP Steadicams covering the walk-back of horses to the Winner’s enclosure
ITV Racing presentation position at the heart of the action in the Ascot paddock
RaceTech finish cameras high in the Ascot grandstand
RaceTech RF handheld camera with Mick Fitzgerald of Sky Sports Racing
RaceTech camera with the crowds surveying the Ascot paddock
Sky Sports Racing presentation position with RaceTech facilities
RaceTech camera provides on-course presentation and interviews
RaceTech camera with Racing TV’s Lydia Hislop
Pictures by Steve Challes