Ascot Gold Cup

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The Ascot Gold Cup, 1834 by James Pollard
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The Ascot Gold Cup, 1834 by James Pollard

The Ascot Gold Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2 miles 4 furlongs (4,023 metres) at Ascot Racecourse during June.

First run in 1807, the Gold Cup is traditionally held on Ladies' Day at Royal Ascot and multiple winners include Sagaro, Le Moss and Ardross.

It is the most popular race of the festival with spectators, and is the most high quality long distance flat race in the Northern Hemisphere. In earlier years the greatest horses in the continent would run in this race, as to prove a horse great they would prove themselves over many different distances. This is less true today, with the winners gaining popular love, rather than incredible stud values.

When Royal Ascot was temporarily moved to York Racecourse in 2005, the course had to be modified to allow the Gold Cup and other long distance races to be possible.

[edit] Winners since 1988

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time
1988 Sadeem * 5 Greville Starkey Guy Harwood Sheikh Mohammed 4:15.67
1989 Sadeem 6 Willie Carson Guy Harwood Sheikh Mohammed 4:22.68
1990 Ashal 4 Richard Hills Tom Jones Hamdan Al Maktoum 4:28.58
1991 Indian Queen 6 Walter Swinburn Lord Huntingdon Sir Gordon Brunton 4:23.90
1992 Drum Taps 6 Frankie Dettori Lord Huntingdon Yoshio Asakawa 4:18.29
1993 Drum Taps 7 Frankie Dettori Lord Huntingdon Yoshio Asakawa 4:32.57
1994 Arcadian Heights 6 Michael Hills Geoff Wragg John Pearce 4:27.67
1995 Double Trigger 4 Jason Weaver Mark Johnston Ron Huggins 4:20.25
1996 Classic Cliché 4 Michael Kinane Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Stables 4:23.20
1997 Celeric 5 Pat Eddery David Morley Christopher Spence 4:26.19
1998 Kayf Tara 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Stables 4:32.36
1999 Enzeli 4 Johnny Murtagh John Oxx HH Aga Khan IV 4:18.85
2000 Kayf Tara 6 Michael Kinane Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Stables 4:24.53
2001 Royal Rebel 5 Johnny Murtagh Mark Johnston Peter Savill 4:18.92
2002 Royal Rebel 6 Johnny Murtagh Mark Johnston Peter Savill 4:25.64
2003 Mr Dinos 4 Kieren Fallon Paul Cole Constantine Shiacolas 4:20.15
2004 Papineau 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin Stables 4:20.90
2005 Westerner ** 6 Olivier Peslier Elie Lellouche Ecurie Wildenstein 4:19.49
2006 Yeats 5 Kieren Fallon Aidan O'Brien Sue Magnier & Diane Nagle 4:20.45

* Royal Gait finished first in 1988 but was relegated to last place following a Stewards' Enquiry. The horse subsequently won the Champion Hurdle.
** The 2005 race took place at York Racecourse.

[edit] Earlier winners


Probable previous race Probable next race
< Henry II Stakes Goodwood Cup >
Yorkshire Cup Lonsdale Cup
Prix Vicomtesse Vigier Prix Kergorlay

[edit] See also

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