Doonside Cup

Doonside Cup
Listed race
Location Ayr Racecourse
Ayr, Scotland
Race type Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor William Hill
Website Ayr
Race information
Distance 1m 2f (2,012 metres)
Surface Turf
Track Left-handed
Qualification Three-years-old and up
Weight 8 st 8 lb (3yo);
9 st 0 lb (4yo+)
Allowances
5 lb for fillies

Penalties
10 lb for G1 / G2 winners*
7 lb for G3 winners*
4 lb for Listed winners*
* after February 28th 2014
Purse £60,000 (2014)
1st: £34,026
Doonside Cup
2014
Sky Hunter Sennockian Star Mutatis Mutandis

The Doonside Cup is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Ayr over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September. It is currently held on the final day of Ayr's three-day Ayr Gold Cup Festival (previously the Western Meeting), the same day as the Ayr Gold Cup itself.

Winners since 1994

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
1994 Dancing Bloom Willie Carson Michael Stoute 2:22.31
1995 Annus Mirabilis Darryll Holland Michael Stoute 2:17.04
1996 Key To My Heart Jason Weaver Sally Hall 2:15.43
1997 Ghataas Richard Hills John Dunlop 2:19.00
1998 Largesse John Egan John Berry 2:28.83
1999 Leggera Richard Quinn John Dunlop 2:22.95
2000 Island House Michael Roberts Geoff Wragg 2:23.08
2001 Albarahin 6 Richard Hills Marcus Tregoning 2:17.80
2002 Island House 6 Darryll Holland Geoff Wragg 2:17.81
2003 Imperial Dancer 5 Ted Durcan Mick Channon 2:15.56
2004 Into The Dark 3 Kerrin McEvoy Saeed Bin Suroor 2:27.85
2005 Fruhlingssturm 5 Neil Callan Michael Jarvis 2:10.77
2006 Mashaahed 3 Ryan Moore Barry Hills 2:11.08
2007 Anna Pavlova 4 Paul Hanagan Richard Fahey 2:13.56
2008 Lady Deauville 3 Frannny Norton Paul Blockley 2:20.34
2009 Prince Siegfried 3 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 2:06.00
2010 Vesuve 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 2:06.20
2011 Poet 6 Adam Kirby Clive Cox 2:15.63
2012 Opera Gal 5 Jim Crowley Andrew Balding 2:13.94
2013 Sharestan 5 Kieren Fallon Saeed bin Suroor 2:14.31
2014 Sky Hunter 4 Graham Lee Saeed bin Suroor 2:06.31

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