Ascot Gold Cup
Distance: 2m 4f
Details: (Group 1) (Class 1) (4yo+)
Venue: Ascot
Race Type:
Flat
Last Ran:
Thursday June 19th, 2008
Time: 15:45
The Ascot Gold Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds and is part of Royal Ascot.
First run in 1807, the Gold Cup is traditionally held on Ladies' Day (day three) at Royal Ascot and is the feature event of the five-day racing festival.
Along with the Doncaster Cup and the Goodwood Cup, the Ascot Gold Cup is part of Britain's Stayers' Triple Crown for horses capable of running longer distances.
Age Trend: Range: 4 - 7yo. Yeats is the only 7yo to have won since 1993.
Trainer Trend: AP O'Brien has won this race for the last three years with Yeats.
Favourite Trend: The favourite has won three times and the second favourite twice. Yeats won in 2006 at 7/1 (just outside the top three in the betting).
None at present.
| YEAR | HORSE | A/S | TRAINER | JOCKEY | RAN | DR | SP | TV |
| 2008 | Yeats (CD) | 7h | AP O'Brien | J Murtagh | 10 | 4 | 11/8 (f) |
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| 2007 | Yeats (CD) | 6 | AP O'Brien | MJ Kinane | 14 | 2 | 8/13 (f) |
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| 2006 | Yeats | 5 | AP O'Brien | K Fallon | 12 | 8 | 7/1 |
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| 2005 ! | Westerner | 6 | E Lellouche | O Peslier | 17 | 4 | 7/4 (f) |
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| 2004 | Papineau | 4h | Saeed bin Suroor | L Dettori | 13 | 4 | 5/1 (2f) |
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| 2003 | Mr Dinos | 4h | PFI Cole | K Fallon | 12 | 6 | 3/1 (2f) |
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