Yorkshire Cup (horse race)

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History

Formerly a weight-for-age race, the event was revived as a handicap in 1927.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It was originally contested over 2 miles. The first running was won by Templestowe.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It temporarily reverted to a handicap in 1951. That year's edition was titled the Yorkshire Stayers' Handicap.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Its previous format was restored in 1952.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The race continued with its original distance until 1965.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It was cut to 1¾ miles in 1966.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It was given Group 2 status in 1971.

The Yorkshire Cup became part of the British Champions Series in 2011.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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

Template:Refbegin 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 BastardTemplate:Efn	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
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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
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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

See also

• Horse racing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races

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.
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