Grand Cup

The Grand Cup is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 1 mile 5 furlongs and 188 yards (2,787 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.

Grand Cup
2020
Red Verdon King's Advice Euchen Glen

The race was first run in 2008 and prior to 2017 it was run in late May. It was moved to a fixture in mid-June in 2018 as part of changes to European stayers' races.[1]

Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
2008 Samuel 4 Eddie Ahern John Dunlop 2:55.03
2009 Caracciola 12 Dale Gibson Nicky Henderson 3:02.68
2010 Tactic 4 Jimmy Quinn John Dunlop 2:54.96
2011 Times Up 5 Eddie Ahern John Dunlop 2:59.03
2012 Cavalryman 6 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 3:01.24
2013 Songcraft 5 Silvestre De Sousa Saeed bin Suroor 3:10.18
2014
(dh)
Clever Cookie
Ralston Road
6
4
Graham Lee
Ronan Whelan
Peter Niven
John Patrick Shanahan
3:03.14
2015 Clever Cookie 7 P. J. McDonald Peter Niven 3:00.79
2016 Moonrise Landing 5 Fran Berry Ralph Beckett 3:00.03
2017 Dal Harraild 4 Paul Hanagan William Haggas 3:02.72
2018 Marmelo 5 Ryan Moore Hughie Morrison 2:54.92
2019 Gold Mount[lower-alpha 1] 6 Andrea Atzeni Ian Williams 2:59.95
2020 Red Verdon[lower-alpha 2] 7 David Allan Ed Dunlop 3:10.13
  1. Gold Mount originally raced in Britain under the name Primitivo[2]
  2. The 2020 race was run at Doncaster due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom

See also

References

  1. "European Pattern Committee announces changes to the 2018 European Programme of Black Type Races". British Horseracing Authority. 26 January 2018.
  2. "Grand result for Gold Mount". sportinglife.com. 15 June 2019.
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