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Yorkshire Cup (horse race)

Flat horse race in Britain

Summary

Flat horse race in Britain

Field	Value
class	Group 2
horse race	Yorkshire Cup
location	York Racecourse
York, England
inaugurated	1927
race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
sponsor	Boodles
website	York
distance	1m 5f 188y (2,787m)
surface	Turf
track	Left-handed
qualification	Four-years-old and up
weight	9 st 3 lb
Allowances
3 lb for fillies and mares
Penalties
5 lb for Group 1 winners *
3 lb for Group 2 winners*
since 31 August last year*
purse	£192,200 (2025)
1st: £100,000

York, England Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares Penalties 5 lb for Group 1 winners * 3 lb for Group 2 winners*

since 31 August last year 1st: £100,000 |} The Yorkshire Cup is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile, 5 furlongs and 188 yards (3048 yd) at York in May.

History

Formerly a weight-for-age race, the event was revived as a handicap in 1927. It was originally contested over 2 miles. The first running was won by Templestowe.

The Yorkshire Cup was abandoned from 1940 to 1944. A substitute called the Yorkshire Autumn Cup, for horses aged three or older, was staged in 1945.

The event became a conditions race after the war. It temporarily reverted to a handicap in 1951. That year's edition was titled the Yorkshire Stayers' Handicap. Its previous format was restored in 1952.

The race continued with its original distance until 1965. It was cut to 1¾ miles in 1966. It was given Group 2 status in 1971.

The Yorkshire Cup became part of the British Champions Series in 2011. It was the first race in the long-distance division, which concluded with the British Champions Long Distance Cup in October.

The race is currently held on the final day of York's three-day Dante Festival meeting. It is run the day after the Dante Stakes.

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins):

Stradivarius – 2018, 2019, 2022

Leading jockey (8 wins):

Lester Piggott – Pandofell (1961), Aunt Edith (1966), Knockroe (1972), Bruni (1976), Bright Finish (1977), Noble Saint (1980), Ardross (1981, 1982)

Leading trainer (7 wins):

Cecil Boyd-Rochfort – The Scout II (1931), Kingstone (1945), Premonition (1954), Dickens (1960), Sagacity (1962), Raise You Ten (1964), Apprentice (1965)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1927	Templestowe	5	Tommy Weston	Robert Colling	3:21.00
1928	Royal Pom	4	George Baines	Ronald Farquharson	3:27.60
1929	The Consul	4	Willie Stephenson	William Rose Jarvis	3:17.00
1930	The Bastard	4	Harry Wragg	Jack Jarvis	3:24.80
1931	The Scout II	4	Joe Childs	Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
1932	Trimdon	6	Joe Childs	Joseph Lawson
1933	Orpen	5	Dick Perryman	Frank Butters
1934	Within-the-Law	5	W. Wells	J. Cannon	3:19.20
1935	Felicitation	5	Freddie Fox	Frank Butters	3:21.60
1936	Valerius	5	Tommy Weston	Joseph Lawson	3:12.80
1937	Silversol	4	Billy Nevett	Matthew Peacock	3:43.40
1938	Suzerain	5	Bill Rickaby	Ted Leader
1939	Finis	4	Harry Wragg	Ossie Bell
1940	no race 1940–44
1945	Kingstone	3	Doug Smith	Cecil Boyd-Rochfort	3:28.00
1946	Stirling Castle	4	Eph Smith	Joseph Lawson	3:57.40
1947	No Orchids	4	Harry Blackshaw	M. Everitt
1948	Whiteway	4	Bill Evans	Norman Bertie
1949	Woodburn	4	Bill Rickaby	Charles Elsey
1950	Miraculous Atom	6	Billy Nevett	Sam Hall
1951	Orderly Ann	5	A. Carson	Tommy Shedden	3:27.60
1952	Eastern Emperor	4	Bill Rickaby	Jack Jarvis	3:30.20
1953	Childe Harold	4	Jack Brace	Bill Dutton	3:24.80
1954	Premonition	4	Harry Carr	Cecil Boyd-Rochfort	3:22.80
1955	By Thunder!	4	Wally Swinburn	Sam Armstrong	3:56.40
1956	Romany Air	5	Bill Rickaby	Reginald Day	3:29.40
1957	Souverlone	4	Joe Sime	Harry Peacock	3:31.80
1958	Brioche	4	Edgar Britt	Charles Elsey	3:35.40
1959	Cutter	4	Manny Mercer	John Oxley	3:59.60
1960	Dickens	4	Harry Carr	Cecil Boyd-Rochfort	3:28.00
1961	Pandofell	4	Lester Piggott	Freddie Maxwell	3:40.00
1962	Sagacity	4	Harry Carr	Cecil Boyd-Rochfort	3:43.40
1963	Honour Bound	5	Doug Smith	Fred Rimell	3:37.00
1964	Raise You Ten	4	Harry Carr	Cecil Boyd-Rochfort	3:32.00
1965	Apprentice	5	Stan Clayton	Cecil Boyd-Rochfort	3:36.00
1966	Aunt Edith	4	Lester Piggott	Noel Murless	3:21.60
1967	Salvo	4	Ron Hutchinson	Harry Wragg	3:19.00
1968	Sweet Story	6	Jimmy Etherington	Dick Peacock	3:21.40
1969	Quartette	5	Russ Maddock	Tommy Gosling	3:49.00
1970	Rangong	5	Sandy Barclay	Noel Murless	3:01.00
1971	Alto Volante	4	Brian Taylor	Freddie Maxwell	3:00.50
1972	Knockroe	4	Lester Piggott	Peter Nelson	2:55.90
1973	Celtic Cone	6	Greville Starkey	Frank Cundell	2:58.20
1974	Buoy	4	Joe Mercer	Dick Hern	2:56.37
1975	Riboson	4	Joe Mercer	Dick Hern	3:06.71
1976	Bruni	4	Lester Piggott	Ryan Price	3:06.39
1977	Bright Finish	4	Lester Piggott	Jeremy Tree	3:05.93
1978	Smuggler	5	Willie Carson	Dick Hern	2:56.25
1979	Pragmatic	4	John Reid	Fulke Johnson Houghton	3:07.90
1980	Noble Saint	4	Lester Piggott	Robert Armstrong	2:56.03
1981	Ardross	5	Lester Piggott	Henry Cecil	3:08.26
1982	Ardross	6	Lester Piggott	Henry Cecil	2:58.97
1983	Line Slinger	4	Edward Hide	Bill Elsey	3:19.39
1984	Band	4	Willie Carson	Dick Hern	2:57.29
1985	Ilium	4	Richard Hills	Harry Thomson Jones	3:05.42
1986	Eastern Mystic	4	Pat Eddery	Luca Cumani	3:12.26
1987	Verd-Antique	4	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	3:08.89
1988	Moon Madness	5	Pat Eddery	John Dunlop	3:00.51
1989	Mountain Kingdom	5	Steve Cauthen	Clive Brittain	2:52.92
1990	Braashee	4	Michael Roberts	Alec Stewart	2:56.79
1991	Arzanni	4	Frankie Dettori	Luca Cumani	2:57.94
1992	Rock Hopper	5	Pat Eddery	Michael Stoute	2:59.91
1993	Assessor	4	Richard Quinn	Richard Hannon Sr.	2:59.23
1994	Key to My Heart	4	John Reid	Dudley Moffatt	2:55.87
1995	Moonax	4	Pat Eddery	Saeed bin Suroor	2:58.89
1996	Classic Cliche	4	Michael Kinane	Saeed bin Suroor	2:52.77
1997	Celeric	5	Pat Eddery	David Morley	2:59.39
1998	Busy Flight	5	Michael Hills	Barry Hills	3:04.02
1999	Churlish Charm	4	Richard Hughes	Richard Hannon Sr.	3:05.61
2000	Kayf Tara	6	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	2:55.06
2001	Marienbard	4	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	2:57.30
2002	Zindabad	6	Kevin Darley	Mark Johnston	2:54.90
2003	Mamool	4	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	2:52.54
2004	Millenary	7	Richard Quinn	John Dunlop	3:01.61
2005	Franklins Gardens	5	Darryll Holland	Mark Tompkins	3:02.78
2006	Percussionist	5	Darryll Holland	Howard Johnson	3:12.41
2007	Sergeant Cecil	8	Jimmy Fortune	Rod Millman	2:59.63
2008	Geordieland	7	Shane Kelly	Jamie Osborne	3:02.47
2009	Ask	6	Ryan Moore	Sir Michael Stoute	3:05.36
2010	Manifest	4	Tom Queally	Henry Cecil	2:58.99
2011	Duncan	6	William Buick	John Gosden	2:58.33
2012	Red Cadeaux	6	Tom McLaughlin	Ed Dunlop	3:02.89
2013	Glen's Diamond	5	Tony Hamilton	Richard Fahey	3:01.39
2014	Gospel Choir	5	Ryan Moore	Sir Michael Stoute	3:00.36
2015	Snow Sky	4	Ryan Moore	Sir Michael Stoute	2:57.64
2016	Clever Cookie	8	P. J. McDonald	Peter Niven	3:01.12
2017	Dartmouth	5	Ryan Moore	Sir Michael Stoute	3:01.90
2018	Stradivarius	4	Frankie Dettori	John Gosden	2:55.15
2019	Stradivarius	5	Frankie Dettori	John Gosden	3:01.21
	no race 2020
2021	Spanish Mission	5	William Buick	Andrew Balding	2:59.56
2022	Stradivarius	8	Frankie Dettori	John & Thady Gosden	2:58.33
2023	Giavellotto	4	Andrea Atzeni	Marco Botti	2:56.79
2024	Giavellotto	5	Oisin Murphy	Marco Botti	2:55.96
2025	Rebel's Romance	7	William Buick	Charlie Appleby	3:07.88

References

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galopp-sieger.de – Yorkshire Cup.
ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Yorkshire Cup (2019).
pedigreequery.com – Yorkshire Cup – York.

References

(17 May 1927). "Yorkshire Cup Today". [[The Herald (Glasgow).
(18 May 1927). "1927 Yorkshire Cup". Glasgow Herald.
(17 May 1950). "1950 Yorkshire Cup". Glasgow Herald.
(6 June 1951). "1951 Yorkshire Stayers' Handicap". Glasgow Herald.
(21 May 1952). "1952 Yorkshire Cup". Glasgow Herald.
(20 May 1965). "1965 Yorkshire Cup". Glasgow Herald.
(12 May 1966). "1966 Yorkshire Cup". Glasgow Herald.
"2011 British Champions Series". britishchampionsseries.com.
(15 April 2020). "Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspension extended".

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