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Bunbury Cup

Flat horse race in Britain

Summary

Flat horse race in Britain

Field	Value
class	Handicap
horse race	Bunbury Cup
location	July Course
Newmarket, England
race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
sponsor	Bet365
website	Newmarket
distance	7f (1,408 metres)
surface	Turf
track	Straight
qualification	Three-years-old and up
weight	Handicap
purse	£60,000 (2020)
1st: £37,350

Newmarket, England 1st: £37,350 |} The Bunbury Cup is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July.

The event is named in honour of Sir Charles Bunbury (1740–1821), who served as the Senior Steward of the Jockey Club. He introduced both of the Classics held at Newmarket, the 1,000 Guineas and the 2,000 Guineas.

The Bunbury Cup is contested on the final day of Newmarket's three-day July Festival meeting.

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins):

Mine – 2002, 2005, 2006

Leading jockey (7 wins):

Lester Piggott – Showoff (1966), Red Mask (1972), Pitskelly (1974), Paterno (1982), Mummy's Pleasure (1983), En Attendant (1993, 1994)

Leading trainer (3 wins):

Michael Jarvis – Pitskelly (1974), Fedoria (1990), Savoyard (1991)
James Bethell – Mine (2002, 2005, 2006)
Richard Fahey - Brae Hill (2011), Heaven's Guest (2014), Rene Mathis (2015)

Winners

Weights given in stones and pounds.

Year	Winner	Age	Weight	Jockey	Trainer	SP	Time
1962	Blue Over	5	8-00	Geoff Lewis	Sam Armstrong		1:25.56
1963	Nereus	4	9-07	Scobie Breasley	Ken Cundell	F	1:24.63
1964	Passenger	5	9-09	Taffy Thomas	Pat Moore		1:27.57
1965	Grey Lord	3	7-11	Frankie Durr	Sir Gordon Richards		1:28.65
1966	Showoff	4	8-09	Lester Piggott	John Winter		1:25.18
1967	Vibrant	4	9-10	Peter Robinson	Teddy Lambton		1:29.69
1968	Swinging Minstrel	4	7-07	Ray Still	Bill Payne		1:31.02
1969	Woolley	4	6-09	Dennis McKay	Arthur Goodwill		1:27.58
1970	Golden Orange	4	7-02	Alan Cousins	Ken Cundell		1:28.72
1971	Grotto	4	7-07	Des Cullen	Bruce Hobbs		1:27.78
1972	Red Mask	5	8-12	Lester Piggott	Alec Kerr	F	1:29.50
1973	Fabvista	3	8-05	Greville Starkey	Henry Cecil		1:25.92
1974	Pitskelly	4	9-09	Lester Piggott	Michael Jarvis		1:26.06
1975	Penny Post	3	8-02	Pat Eddery	Bill Watts		1:26.90
1976	Lottogift	5	8-10	Richard Fox	David Hanley		1:26.62
1977	Kintore	5	8-00	John Lowe	Bill Watts	F	1:27.38
1978	Greenhill God	4	8-05	Paul Cook	Michael Stoute		1:27.72
1979	Pipedreamer	4	9-03	Philip Waldron	Henry Candy		1:24.03
1980	Steeple Bell	4	7-09	Ernie Johnson	Michael Stoute		1:26.03
1981	Captain Nick	5	9-13	Brian Taylor	Jeremy Hindley		1:25.67
1982	Paterno	4	9-01	Lester Piggott	Robert Armstrong		1:24.59
1983	Mummy's Pleasure	4	9-03	Lester Piggott	Patrick Haslam	CF	1:26.53
1984	Mummy's Pleasure	5	8-12	Tyrone Williams	Patrick Haslam		1:25.38
1985	Tremblant	4	8-12	Willie Carson	Ron Smyth	F	2:24.16
1986		4	9-01	Richard Quinn	John Dunlop	F	1:25.50
1987	Individualist	4	8-05	Terry Lucas	William Hastings-Bass		1:23.72
1988	Pinctada	6	8-03	Gary Bardwell	Rod Simpson	CF	1:28.86
1989	Baldomero	4	7-07	Jimmy Quinn	William Jarvis		1:24.84
1990	Fedoria	4	8-03	Frankie Dettori	Michael Jarvis		1:24.19
1991	Savoyard	3	9-00	Walter Swinburn	Michael Jarvis		1:24.86
1992	Consigliere	4	9-01	Paul Eddery	Roger Charlton		1:26.02
1993	En Attendant	5	9-04	Lester Piggott	Ben Hanbury		1:25.07
1994	En Attendant	6	9-12	Lester Piggott	Ben Hanbury		1:24.93
1995	Cadeaux Tryst	3	9-01	Walter Swinburn	Ed Dunlop		1:26.96
1996	Crumpton Hill	4	8-12	Michael Roberts	Neil Graham		1:24.43
1997	Tumbleweed Ridge	4	9-06	Michael Tebbutt	Brian Meehan		1:24.86
1998	Ho Leng	3	9-07	Michael Kinane	Linda Perratt		1:22.59
1999	Grangeville	4	9-03	Kieren Fallon	Ian Balding	JF	1:23.16
2000	Tayseer	6	8-09	Gérald Mossé	David Nicholls		1:25.33
2001	Atavus	4	8-09	Jamie Mackay	George Margarson		1:23.67
2002	Mine	4	8-12	Kieren Fallon	James Bethell	F	1:26.43
2003	Patavellian	5	9-01	Steve Drowne	Roger Charlton	F	1:23.63
2004	Material Witness	7	9-03	Martin Dwyer	Willie Muir		1:26.20
2005	Mine	7	9-09	Richard Quinn	James Bethell		1:26.25
2006	Mine	8	9-10	Michael Kinane	James Bethell		1:24.26
2007	Giganticus	4	8-08	Philip Robinson	Barry Hills		1:24.54
2008	Little White Lie	4	9-00	Darryll Holland	John Jenkins		1:24.16
2009	Plum Pudding	6	9-10	Ryan Moore	Richard Hannon Sr.		1:23.39
2010	St Moritz	4	9-01	Frankie Dettori	Mark Johnston	F	1:23.75
2011	Brae Hill	5	9-01	Barry McHugh	Richard Fahey		1:23.91
2012	Bonnie Brae	5	9-09	Ryan Moore	David Elsworth		1:30.91
2013	Field of Dream	6	9-07	Adam Kirby	Jamie Osborne		1:23.09
2014	Heaven's Guest	4	9-03	Tony Hamilton	Richard Fahey		1:25.61
2015	Rene Mathis	5	9-01	Paul Hanagan	Richard Fahey		1:22.61
2016	Golden Steps	5	9-00	Frankie Dettori	Marco Botti	JF	1:23.99
2017	Above The Rest	6	8-10	Clifford Lee	David Barron		1:23.78
2018	Burnt Sugar	6	9-01	Paul Hanagan	Roger Fell		1:24.36
2019	Vale of Kent	4	9-01	Frankie Dettori	Mark Johnston		1:22.69
2020	Motakhayyel	4	9-07	Jim Crowley	Richard Hannon Jr.		1:23.12
2021	Motakhayyel	5	9-10	Frankie Dettori	Richard Hannon Jr.		1:24.03
2022	Bless Him	8	9-03	Jamie Spencer	David Simcock		1:22.84
2023	Biggles	6	9-03	Ryan Moore	Ralph Beckett		1:25.70
2024	Aalto	4	8-12	Rossa Ryan	Ian Williams		1:24.08
2025	More Thunder	4	9-08	Tom Marquand	William Haggas	F	1:24.75

References

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