Royal Ascot > The Gold Cup
The Gold Cup Race Facts
- Location: Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, England
- Inaugural Race: 1807
- Distance: 4,014 meters (2.5 miles)
- Track Type: Turf
- Age Qualifications: Four Year Olds & Up
- 2022 Purse: £500,000
- 2022 Race Date: Thursday, June 16th
2022 Gold Cup Race Results
| POST | HORSE | JOCKEY / TRAINER | WIN / PLACE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Kyprios (IRE) | Ryan Moore / Aidan O'Brien | $4.30 / $2.30 |
| 6 | Mojo Star (IRE) | Rossa Ryan / Richard Hannon | $5.00 |
| 3 | Stradivarius (IRE) | Frankie Dettori / John & Thady Gosden | $2.50 |
| 9 | Burning Victory (FR) | William Buick / William Buick | |
| 7 | Tashkhan (IRE) | Ben Robinson / Brian Ellison | |
| 10 | Princess Zoe (GER) | J. M. Sheridan / Anthony Mullins | |
| 8 | Bubble Smart | Gerald Mosse / M. Delzangles | |
| 1 | Alignak | Saffie Osborne / Jamie Osborne | |
| 2 | Earlofthecotswolds (FR) | Liam Keniry / Nigel Twiston-Davies |
Exotic Payoffs:
- $1 Exacta (5-6): $12.60
- $1 Trifecta (5-6-3): $42.50
Watch the 2022 Royal Ascot Gold Cup
Royal Ascot Gold Cup Race History
There is no more famous race at the Royal Meeting than the Gold Cup, and it has a history to match its prestige. Britain’s most prestigious event for ‘stayers’ was established in 1807, and the Gold Cup is a Group 1 turf race for horses 4-years or older run at Ascot Racecourse over a distance of 4,014 meters (2.5 miles). The race takes place each year in June on day 3 of the Royal Ascot meet, and the Gold Cup stands proudly as the showpiece event of Royal Ascot week and is the world’s premier race for horses that are specialists over long distances.
The Gold Cup is the first leg of Britain’s Stayers’ Triple Crown, followed by the Goodwood Cup and the Doncaster Cup. The last horse to win all three races in the same year was Double Trigger in 1995. From 2006-2009, Yeats won the Gold Cup a record four times for trainer Aiden O’Brien, who has won the race a record seven times himself. Jockey Lester Piggott won the Gold Cup a record 11 times over four decades starting in the late 1950’s.
The reception Irish superstar Yeats received following his record fourth Gold Cup win in 2009 is unforgettable to many, and in 2013 the memorable moment and outpouring of public joy was spectacular when Her Majesty The Queen’s filly Estimate won the Gold Cup. A statue of Irish superstar Yeats stands majestically in the parade ring.
Since 2000, the Ascot Gold Cup has won by three trainers at least twice, Aidan O’Brien (8), Saeed Bin Suroor (3) and Mark Johnston (2). Jockey Jonny Muragh has won the Gold Cup five times since 2000.
When Big Orange held off the late charge of Order of St. George to win the 2017 Gold Cup, he became just the fifth 7-year-old in the last 100 years to win the race. A total of 66 four-year-olds have won since 1900, with the next most Gold Cup victories by 5-year-olds (26).
The magnificent Gold Cup trophy awarded to the owner of the winning horse is one of only three at the Royal meeting that are able to be taken away and kept on a permanent basis, along with those of the Royal Hunt Cup and the Queen’s Vase.
Ascot Gold Cup Past Winners
| YEAR | WINNER (AGE) | JOCKEY / TRAINER | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Kyprios (4) | Ryan Moore / Aidan O'Brien | 4:26.52 |
| 2021 | Subjectivist (4) | Joe Fanning / Mark Johnston | 4:20.28 |
| 2020 | Stradivarius (6) | Frankie Dettori / John Gosden | 04:32.7 |
| 2019 | Stradivarius (5) | Frankie Dettori / John Gosden | 04:30.8 |
| 2018 | Stradivarius (4) | Frankie Dettori / John Gosden | 04:21.1 |
| 2017 | Big Orange (6) | James Doyle / Michael Bell | 04:22.4 |
| 2016 | Order of St George (4) | Ryan Moore / Aidan O'Brien | 04:26.2 |
| 2015 | Trip To Paris (4) | Graham Lee / Ed Dunlop | 04:22.6 |
| 2014 | Leading Light (4) | Joseph O'Brien / Aidan O'Brien | 04:21.1 |
| 2013 | Estimate (4) | Ryan Moore / Sir Michael Stoute | 04:20.5 |
| 2012 | Colour Vision (4) | Frankie Dettori / Saeed bin Suroor | 04:42.0 |
| 2011 | Fame and Glory (5) | Jamie Spencer / Aidan O'Brien | 04:37.5 |
| 2010 | Rite of Passage (6) | Pat Smullen / Dermot Weld | 04:16.9 |
| 2009 | Yeats (8) | Johnny Murtagh / Aidan O'Brien | 04:20.7 |
| 2008 | Yeats (7) | Johnny Murtagh / Aidan O'Brien | 04:21.1 |
| 2007 | Yeats (6) | Michael Kinane / Aidan O'Brien | 04:20.8 |
| 2006 | Yeats (5) | Kieren Fallon / Aidan O'Brien | 04:20.4 |
| 2005 | Westerner [e] (6) | Olivier Peslier / Élie Lellouche | 04:19.5 |
| 2004 | Papineau (4) | Frankie Dettori / Saeed bin Suroor | 04:20.9 |
| 2003 | Mr Dinos (4) | Kieren Fallon / Paul Cole | 04:20.1 |
| 2002 | Royal Rebel (6) | Johnny Murtagh / Mark Johnston | 04:25.6 |
| 2001 | Royal Rebel (5) | Johnny Murtagh / Mark Johnston | 04:18.9 |
| 2000 | Kayf Tara (6) | Michael Kinane / Saeed bin Suroor | 04:24.5 |
| 1999 | Enzeli (4) | Johnny Murtagh / John Oxx | 04:18.9 |
| 1998 | Kayf Tara (4) | Frankie Dettori / Saeed bin Suroor | 04:32.4 |
| 1997 | Celeric (5) | Pat Eddery / David Morley | 04:26.2 |
| 1996 | Classic Cliche (4) | Michael Kinane / Saeed bin Suroor | 04:23.2 |
| 1995 | Double Trigger (4) | Jason Weaver / Mark Johnston | 04:20.3 |
| 1994 | Arcadian Heights (6) | Michael Hills / Geoff Wragg | 04:27.7 |
| 1993 | Drum Taps (7) | Frankie Dettori / Lord Huntingdon | 04:32.6 |
| 1992 | Drum Taps (6) | Frankie Dettori / Lord Huntingdon | 04:18.3 |
| 1991 | Indian Queen (6) | Walter Swinburn / Lord Huntingdon | 04:23.9 |
| 1990 | Ashal (4) | Richard Hills / Harry Thomson Jones | 04:28.6 |
| 1989 | Sadeem (6) | Willie Carson / Guy Harwood | 04:22.7 |
| 1988 | Sadeem [d] (5) | Greville Starkey / Guy Harwood | 04:15.7 |
| 1987 | Paean (4) | Steve Cauthen / Henry Cecil | 04:33.3 |
| 1986 | Longboat (5) | Willie Carson / Dick Hern | 04:22.1 |
| 1985 | Gildoran (5) | Brent Thomson / Barry Hills | 04:25.2 |
| 1984 | Gildoran (4) | Steve Cauthen / Barry Hills | 04:18.8 |
| 1983 | Little Wolf (5) | Willie Carson / Dick Hern | 04:24.4 |
| 1982 | Ardross (6) | Lester Piggott / Henry Cecil | 04:35.2 |
| 1981 | Ardross (5) | Lester Piggott / Henry Cecil | 04:51.2 |
| 1980 | Le Moss (5) | Joe Mercer / Henry Cecil | 04:28.4 |
| 1979 | Le Moss (4) | Lester Piggott / Henry Cecil | 04:25.2 |
| 1978 | Shangamuzo (5) | Greville Starkey / Michael Stoute | 04:27.3 |
| 1977 | Sagaro (6) | Lester Piggott / François Boutin | 04:28.3 |
| 1976 | Sagaro (5) | Lester Piggott / François Boutin | 04:26.2 |
| 1975 | Sagaro (4) | Lester Piggott / François Boutin | 04:48.6 |
| 1974 | Ragstone (4) | Ron Hutchinson / John Dunlop | 04:35.0 |
| 1973 | Lassalle (4) | Jimmy Lindley / Richard Carver Jr. | 04:33.5 |
| 1972 | Erimo Hawk [c] (4) | Pat Eddery / Geoffrey Barling | 04:28.7 |
| 1971 | Random Shot [c] (4) | Geoff Lewis / Arthur Budgett | 04:41.4 |
| 1970 | Precipice Wood (4) | Jimmy Lindley / Rosemary Lomax | 04:27.4 |
| 1969 | Levmoss (4) | Bill Williamson / Seamus McGrath | 04:25.6 |
| 1968 | Pardallo (5) | Bill Pyers / Mick Bartholomew | 04:35.8 |
| 1967 | Parbury (4) | Joe Mercer / Derek Candy | 04:36.0 |
| 1966 | Fighting Charlie (5) | Greville Starkey / Freddie Maxwell | 04:34.6 |
| 1965 | Fighting Charlie (4) | Lester Piggott / Freddie Maxwell | 04:34.5 |
| 1963 | Twilight Alley (4) | Lester Piggott / Noel Murless | 04:52.9 |
| 1962 | Balto (4) | Freddie Palmer / Max Bonaventure | 04:48.0 |
| 1961 | Pandofell (4) | Lester Piggott / Freddie Maxwell | 04:30.3 |
| 1960 | Sheshoon (4) | George Moore / Alec Head | 04:28.4 |
| 1959 | Wallaby (4) | Freddie Palmer / Percy Carter | 04:34.0 |
| 1958 | Gladness (5) | Lester Piggott / Vincent O'Brien | 04:30.2 |
| 1957 | Zarathustra (6) | Lester Piggott / Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | 04:23.9 |
| 1956 | Macip (4) | Serge Boullenger / Charlie Elliott | 04:48.8 |
| 1955 | Botticelli (4) | Enrico Camici / Enrico della Rocchetta | 04:29.0 |
| 1954 | Elpenor (4) | Jacques Doyasbère / Charlie Elliott | 04:32.8 |
| 1953 | Souepi (5) | Charlie Elliott / George Digby | 04:35.2 |
| 1952 | Aquino (4) | Gordon Richards / Sam Armstrong | 04:29.6 |
| 1951 | Pan (4) | Roger Poincelet / Etienne Pollet | 04:22.4 |
| 1950 | Supertello (4) | Doug Smith / John Waugh | 04:25.0 |
| 1949 | Alycidon (4) | Doug Smith / Walter Earl | |
| 1948 | Arbar (4) | Charlie Elliott / Charles Semblat | |
| 1947 | Souverain (4) | Marcel Lollierou / Henri Delavaud | |
| 1946 | Caracalla (4) | Charlie Elliott / Charles Semblat | |
| 1945 | Ocean Swell (4) | Eph Smith / Jack Jarvis | |
| 1944 | Umiddad[a] (4) | Gordon Richards / Frank Butters | |
| 1943 | Ujiji[a] (4) | Gordon Richards / Joseph Lawson | |
| 1942 | Owen Tudor[a] (4) | Gordon Richards / Fred Darling | |
| 1941 | Finis[a] (6) | Harry Wragg / Ossie Bell | |
| 1939 | Flyon (4) | Eph Smith / Jack Jarvis | |
| 1938 | Flares (5) | Bobby Jones / Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | |
| 1937 | Precipitation (4) | Patrick Beasley / Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | |
| 1936 | Quashed (4) | Richard Perryman / Colledge Leader | |
| 1935 | Tiberius (4) | Tommy Weston / Joseph Lawson | |
| 1934 | Felicitation (4) | Gordon Richards / Frank Butters | |
| 1933 | Foxhunter (4) | Harry Wragg / Jack Jarvis | |
| 1932 | Trimdon (6) | Joe Childs / Joseph Lawson | |
| 1931 | Trimdon (5) | Joe Childs / Joseph Lawson | |
| 1930 | Bosworth (4) | Tommy Weston / Frank Butters | |
| 1929 | Invershin (7) | Richard Perryman / George Digby | |
| 1928 | Invershin (6) | Brownie Carslake / George Digby | |
| 1927 | Foxlaw (5) | Brownie Carslake / Reg Day | |
| 1926 | Solario (4) | Joe Childs / Reg Day | |
| 1925 | Santorb (4) | Steve Donoghue / James Rhodes | |
| 1924 | Massine (4) | Fred Sharpe / Elijah Cunnington | |
| 1923 | Happy Man (7) | Victor Smyth / Thomas Hogg | |
| 1922 | Golden Myth (4) | Charlie Elliott / Jack Jarvis | |
| 1921 | Periosteum (4) | Frank Bullock / Basil Jarvis | |
| 1920 | Tangiers (4) | George Hulme / Richard Dawson | |
| 1919 | By Jingo! (5) | George Hulme / James Rhodes | |
| 1918 | Gainsborough[a] (3) | Joe Childs / Alec Taylor Jr. | |
| 1917 | Gay Crusader[a] (3) | Steve Donoghue / Alec Taylor Jr. | |
| 1915 | Apothecary (3) | E Lancaster / Fred Pratt | |
| 1914 | Aleppo (5) | Freddie Fox / Alec Taylor Jr. | |
| 1913 | Prince Palatine (5) | W Saxby / Henry Beardsley | |
| 1912 | Prince Palatine (4) | Frank O'Neill / Henry Beardsley | |
| 1911 | Willonyx (4) | William Higgs / Sam Darling | |
| 1910 | Bayardo (4) | Danny Maher / Alec Taylor Jr. | |
| 1909 | Bomba (3) | Freddie Fox / Fred Pratt | |
| 1908 | The White Knight (5) | William Halsey / Harry Sadler | |
| 1907 | The White Knight (4) | William Halsey / Harry Sadler | |
| 1906 | Bachelor's Button (7) | Danny Maher / Charles Peck | |
| 1905 | Zinfandel (5) | Morny Cannon / Charles Beatty | |
| 1904 | Throwaway (5) | Willie Lane / Herbert Braime | |
| 1903 | Maximum (4) | A McIntyre / Richard Count | |
| 1902 | William the Third (4) | Morny Cannon / John Porter | |
| 1901 | Santoi (4) | Fred Rickaby / Wallace Davis | |
| 1900 | Merman (8) | Tod Sloan / Jack Robinson | |
| 1899 | Cyllene (4) | Sam Loates / William Jarvis | |
| 1898 | Elf (5) | E Watkins / Richard Count | |
| 1897 | Persimmon (4) | John Watts / Richard Marsh | |
| 1896 | Love Wisely (3) | Sam Loates / Alec Taylor Jr. | |
| 1895 | Isinglass (5) | Tommy Loates / James Jewitt | |
| 1894 | La Fleche (5) | John Watts / Richard Marsh | |
| 1893 | Marcion (3) | S Chandley / W Matthews | |
| 1892 | Buccaneer (4) | George Barrett / S Pickering | |
| 1891 | Morion (4) | John Watts / Richard Marsh | |
| 1890 | Gold (4) | Frederic Webb / Tom Jennings | |
| 1889 | Trayles (4) | Jack Robinson / James Jewitt | |
| 1888 | Timothy (4) | Jack Robinson / James Jewitt | |
| 1887 | Bird of Freedom (5) | W Warne / J Ryan | |
| 1886 | Althorp (4) | Tom Cannon / John Porter | |
| 1885 | St. Gatien (4) | Charles Wood / James Waugh | |
| 1884 | St. Simon (3) | Charles Wood / Mathew Dawson | |
| 1883 | Tristan (5) | George Fordham / Tom Jennings | |
| 1882 | Foxhall (4) | Tom Cannon / William Day | |
| 1881 | Robert the Devil (4) | Tom Cannon / Charles Blanton | |
| 1880 | Isonomy (5) | Tom Cannon / John Porter | |
| 1879 | Isonomy (4) | Tom Cannon / John Porter | |
| 1878 | Verneuil (4) | J Goater / Tom Jennings | |
| 1877 | Petrarch (4) | Tom Cannon / Joseph Cannon | |
| 1876 | Apology (5) | John Osborne Jr. / John Osborne | |
| 1875 | Doncaster (5) | George Fordham / Robert Peck | |
| 1874 | Boiard (4) | Carver | |
| 1873 | Cremorne (4) | Charles Maidment / William Gilbert | |
| 1872 | Henry (4) | George Fordham / Tom Jennings | |
| 1871 | Mortemer (6) | George Fordham / Tom Jennings | |
| 1870 | Sabinus (3) | R Rowell | |
| 1869 | Brigantine (3) | F Butler / William Day | |
| 1868 | Blue Gown (3) | Tom Cannon / John Porter | |
| 1867 | Lecturer (4) | George Fordham / John Day | |
| 1866 | Gladiateur (4) | H Grimshaw / Tom Jennings | |
| 1865 | Ely (4) | Harry Custance / Tom Olliver | |
| 1864 | Scottish Chief (3) | H Covey / Mathew Dawson | |
| 1863 | Buckstone (4) | A Edwards / Mathew Dawson | |
| 1862 | Asteroid (4) | John Wells / G Manning | |
| 1861 | Thormanby (4) | Harry Custance / Mathew Dawson | |
| 1860 | Rupee (3) | H Grimshaw / Jos Dawson | |
| 1859 | Fisherman (6) | W Cresswell / T Parr | |
| 1858 | Fisherman (5) | John Wells / T Parr | |
| 1857 | Skirmisher (3) | J Charlton / George Abdale | |
| 1856 | Winkfield (5) | J Bartholomew / S Death | |
| 1855 | Fandango (3) | T Ashmall / George Abdale | |
| 1854 | West Australian (4) | Alfred Day / John Scott | |
| 1853 | Teddington (5) | Job Marson / Alec Taylor Sr. | |
| 1852 | Joe Miller (3) | G Mann / William Day | |
| 1851 | Woolwich (5) | Job Marson / John Scott | |
| 1850 | The Flying Dutchman (4) | Charles Marlow / John Fobert | |
| 1849 | Van Tromp (5) | Charles Marlow / John Fobert | |
| 1848 | The Hero (5) | Alfred Day / John Barham Day | |
| 1847 | The Hero (4) | Alfred Day / John Barham Day | |
| 1846 | Alarm (4) | Nat Flatman / Montgomery Dilly | |
| 1845 | The Emperor (4) | G Whitehouse / W Edwards | |
| 1844 | The Emperor (3) | G Whitehouse / W Edwards | |
| 1843 | Ralph (5) | Jem Robinson / W Edwards | |
| 1842 | Beeswing (9) | D Cartwright | |
| 1841 | Lanercost (6) | W Noble / William I'Anson | |
| 1840 | St Francis (5) | Sam Chifney Jr. / Robert Pettit | |
| 1839 | Caravan (5) | Jem Robinson / Isaac Day | |
| 1838 | Grey Momus (3) | William Day / John Barham Day | |
| 1837 | Touchstone (6) | William Scott / John Scott | |
| 1836 | Touchstone (5) | John Barham Day / John Scott | |
| 1835 | Glencoe (4) | Jem Robinson / James Edwards | |
| 1834 | Glaucus (4) | William Scott / John Scott | |
| 1833 | Galata (4) | Bill Arnull / Charles Marson | |
| 1832 | Camarine (4) | Jem Robinson / H Scott | |
| 1831 | Cetus (4) | Jem Robinson / H Scott | |
| 1830 | Lucetta (4) | Jem Robinson / H Scott | |
| 1829 | Zinganee (4) | Sam Chifney Jr. / William Chifney | |
| 1828 | Bobadilla (3) | Thomas Lye / Robert Pettit | |
| 1827 | Memnon (5) | Sam Chifney Jr. / William Chifney | |
| 1826 | Chateau Margaux (4) | George Dockeray / R Stephenson | |
| 1825 | Bizarre (5) | Bill Arnull / R D Boyce | |
| 1824 | Bizarre (4) | Bill Arnull / R D Boyce | |
| 1823 | Marcellus (4) | Will Wheatley / William Chifney | |
| 1822 | Sir Huldibrand (4) | ||
| 1821 | Banker (5) | ||
| 1820 | Champignon (4) | ||
| 1819 | Anticipation (7) | ||
| 1818 | Belville (7) | ||
| 1817 | Sir Richard (4) | ||
| 1816 | Anticipation (4) | ||
| 1815 | Aladdin (5) | ||
| 1814 | Pranks (5) | ||
| 1813 | Lutzen (4) | ||
| 1812 | Flash (3) | ||
| 1811 | Jannette (4) | ||
| 1810 | Loiterer (4) | ||
| 1809 | Anderida (4) | ||
| 1808 | Brighton (4) | ||
| 1807 | Master Jackey (3) |