Sponsor offers £2m bonus if horse wins Triple Crown

A prize of £2m has been offered to connections of immoderate equine which wins racing's Triple Crown.

The Triple Crown covers nan 2,000 Guineas, nan Derby and nan St Leger, pinch Nijinsky - successful 1970 - nan past equine to triumph each 3 races successful a year.

Next season, nan 5 British classics - which includes nan Triple Crown events arsenic good arsenic nan Oaks and 1,000 Guineas - will each beryllium sponsored by bookmakers Betfred.

Trainer Aidan O'Brien, who has a grounds 10 2,000 Guineas winners to his name, says nan £2m prize is simply a "great incentive" and will make nan races "even much exciting".

"It takes a very unsocial equine to spell done each nan Triple Crown races - they person sewage to person quality, class, speed, stamina and intelligence strength," said O'Brien.

Amy Starkey, managing head of nan Jockey Club racecourses, said nan prize was a "superb initiative".