The Victoria Cup is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres) at Ascot in May.
Handicap race | |
Location | Ascot Racecourse Ascot, England |
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Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Lavazza |
Website | Ascot |
Race information | |
Distance | 7f (1,408 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Straight |
Qualification | Four-year-olds and up |
Weight | Handicap |
Purse | £100,000 (2024) 1st: £51,540 |
2024 | ||
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The Wizard Of Eye | Ramazan | Bless Him |
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2023 | ||
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Rebel Territory | Biggles | Vafortino |
2022 | ||
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Vafortino | Accidental Agent | River Nymph |
2021 | ||
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River Nymph | Eagleway | Escobar |
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1990 | ||
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Lomax | Profit A Prendre | Just Jennings |
1989 | ||
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Top Dream | Compleat | Winking Winner |
1988 | ||
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Wing Park | Captain Holly | Barclay Street |
The Victoria Cup was first run over 2 miles at Hurst Park in 1901, becoming a 7 furlong handicap race from 1908. It was run at Hurst Park until the course closed in 1962 and was transferred to Ascot from the 1963 running, where it has been run ever since apart from a single race at Newbury in 1964.[1]
Winners since 1988
editYear | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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1988 | Wing Park | 4 | 9-01 | Pat Eddery | Chris Wall | 1:28.06 |
1989 | Top Dream | 4 | 9-01 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Jarvis | 1:32.19 |
1990 | Lomax | 4 | 9-03 | Pat Eddery | Guy Harwood | 1:26.83 |
1991 | Sky Cloud | 5 | 7-11 | Willie Carson | Reg Akehurst | 1:30.88 |
1992 | Band On The Run | 5 | 9-00 | Richard Quinn | Bryan McMahon | 1:32.01 |
1993 | Tender Moment | 5 | 7-07 | Brett Doyle | Clive Brittain | 1:28.21 |
1994 | Face North | 6 | 8-01 | Alan Munro | Reg Akehurst | 1:29.49 |
1995 | Jawaal | 5 | 8-06 | John Reid | Lady Herries | 1:27.03 |
1996 | Yeast | 4 | 8-09 | Ray Cochrane | William Haggas | 1:27.86 |
1997 | Tregaron | 6 | 8-13 | Richard Quinn | Reg Akehurst | 1:28.33 |
1998 | No Race | |||||
1999 | Great News | 4 | 8-03 | Adrian Nicholls | Ian Balding | 1:27.70 |
2000 | Bold King | 5 | 8-09 | Michael Hills | John Hills | 1:31.09 |
2001 | No Race | |||||
2002 | Scotty's Future | 4 | 8-11 | Ian Mongan | David Nicholls | 1:30.42 |
2003 | Camp Commander | 4 | 8-10 | Frankie Dettori | Clive Brittain | 1:29.62 |
2004 | Mine | 6 | 9-07 | Richard Quinn | James Bethell | 1:26.70 |
2005 | Iffraaj[a] | 4 | 8-07 | Philip Robinson | Michael Jarvis | 1:22.97 |
2006 | Partners In Jazz | 5 | 9-01 | Ryan Moore | David Barron | 1:28.11 |
2007 | Wise Dennis | 5 | 8-12 | Hugh Bowman | Alan Jarvis | 1:29.55 |
2008 | Zaahid | 4 | 8-11 | Richard Hills | Barry Hills | 1:26.08 |
2009 | Swift Gift | 4 | 8-05 | Martin Dwyer | Brian Meehan | 1:29.09 |
2010 | Dandy Boy | 4 | 8-13 | Colm O'Donoghue | David Marnane | 1:26.73 |
2011 | Hawkeyethenoo | 5 | 8-10 | Gary Bartley | Jim Goldie | 1:26.49 |
2012 | Global Village | 7 | 8-05 | Tadgh O'Shea | Brian Ellison | 1:30.30 |
2013 | Excellent Guest | 6 | 8-10 | Tom Queally | George Margarson | 1:28.26 |
2014 | Gabriel's Lad | 5 | 9-08 | George Baker | Denis Coakley | 1:29.78 |
2015 | Speculative Bid | 4 | 8-09 | Jamie Spencer | David Elsworth | 1:26.46 |
2016 | Flash Fire | 4 | 9-06 | Adam Kirby | Charlie Appleby | 1:25.35 |
2017 | Fastnet Tempest | 4 | 8-05 | Josephine Gordon | William Haggas | 1:27.14 |
2018 | Ripp Orf | 4 | 8-01 | Hayley Turner | David Elsworth | 1:25.40 |
2019 | Cape Byron | 5 | 9-03 | Andrea Atzeni | Roger Varian | 1:27.35 |
no race 2020 [b] | ||||||
2021 | River Nymph | 4 | 9-00 | Adam Kirby | Clive Cox | 1:30.95 |
2022 | Vafortino | 4 | 8-07 | Benoit de la Sayette | Kevin Philippart De Foy | 1:27.18 |
2023 | Rebel Territory | 5 | 9-01 | Jim Crowley | Amanda Perrett | 1:30.53 |
2024 | The Wizard Of Eye | 5 | 9–02 | Tom Marquand | Charlie Fellowes | 1:26.58 |
- ^ The 2005 running took place at Lingfield Park
- ^ The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The hottest handicap in the history of Hurst Park". Michael Church Racing Books. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ "Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspension extended". BBC Sport. 15 April 2020.