Race series · Ascot · Group 1
Gold Cup
2m4f · June
Race essentials
CourseAscot, 2m4f
WhenJune
StatusGroup 1
Field11.5 runners avg
Winner profilelast 10
Entry OR: 110-1197/10
Won at 4/1 or shorter7/10
Won from top 3 in market9/10
Won as favourite7/10
Won in current season9/10
Drew in high stalls (top third)2/10
Placed last time out (2nd/3rd)1/10
Favourite Win Rate48.7%
Avg Winning SP6.0/1
Avg Field Size11.5
Renewals217
Roll of honourSP at the off
| Year | Winner | Trainer | Jockey | SP | Runners | Going |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Scandinavia | A P O'Brien | Ryan Moore | 11/8F | 11 | Good To Firm |
| 2025 | Trawlerman | John & Thady Gosden | William Buick | 85/40F | 8 | Good To Firm |
| 2024 | Kyprios | A P O'Brien | Ryan Moore | 11/10F | 9 | Good To Firm |
| 2023 | Courage Mon Ami | John & Thady Gosden | Frankie Dettori | 15/2 | 12 | Good To Firm |
| 2022 | Kyprios | A P O'Brien | Ryan Moore | 13/8F | 9 | Good To Firm |
| 2021 | Subjectivist | Mark Johnston | Joe Fanning | 13/2 | 12 | Good To Firm |
| 2020 | Stradivarius | John Gosden | Frankie Dettori | 4/5F | 8 | Soft |
| 2019 | Stradivarius | John Gosden | Frankie Dettori | EvensF | 11 | Soft |
| 2018 | Stradivarius | John Gosden | Frankie Dettori | 7/4J | 9 | Good To Firm |
| 2017 | Big Orange | Michael Bell | James Doyle | 5/1 | 14 | Good To Firm |
| 2016 | Order Of St George | A P O'Brien | Ryan Moore | 10/11F | 17 | Soft |
| 2015 | Trip To Paris | Ed Dunlop | Graham Lee | 12/1 | 12 | Good To Firm |
Historical Roll of Honour
pre-database records — not included in trends
| Year | Winner | Trainer | Jockey |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Paean | Henry Cecil | Steve Cauthen |
| 1986 | Longboat | Dick Hern | Willie Carson |
| 1985 | Gildoran | Barry Hills | Brent Thomson |
| 1984 | Gildoran | Barry Hills | Steve Cauthen |
| 1983 | Little Wolf | Dick Hern | Willie Carson |
| 1982 | Ardross | Henry Cecil | Lester Piggott |
| 1981 | Ardross | Henry Cecil | Lester Piggott |
| 1980 | Le Moss | Henry Cecil | Joe Mercer |
| 1979 | Le Moss | Henry Cecil | Lester Piggott |
| 1978 | Shangamuzo | Michael Stoute | Greville Starkey |
| 1977 | Sagaro | François Boutin | Lester Piggott |
| 1976 | Sagaro | François Boutin | Lester Piggott |
| 1975 | Sagaro | François Boutin | Lester Piggott |
| 1974 | Ragstone | John Dunlop | Ron Hutchinson |
| 1973 | Lassalle | Richard Carver Jr. | Jimmy Lindley |
| 1972 | Erimo Hawk | Geoffrey Barling | Pat Eddery |
| 1971 | Random Shot | Arthur Budgett | Geoff Lewis |
| 1970 | Precipice Wood | Rosemary Lomax | Jimmy Lindley |
| 1969 | Levmoss | Seamus McGrath | Bill Williamson |
| 1968 | Pardallo | Mick Bartholomew | Bill Pyers |
| 1967 | Parbury | Derrick Candy | Joe Mercer |
| 1966 | Fighting Charlie | Freddie Maxwell | Greville Starkey |
| 1965 | Fighting Charlie | Freddie Maxwell | Lester Piggott |
| 1963 | Twilight Alley | Noel Murless | Lester Piggott |
| 1962 | Balto | Max Bonaventure | Freddie Palmer |
| 1961 | Pandofell | Freddie Maxwell | Lester Piggott |
| 1960 | Sheshoon | Alec Head | George Moore |
| 1959 | Wallaby | Percy Carter | Freddie Palmer |
| 1958 | Gladness | Vincent O'Brien | Lester Piggott |
| 1957 | Zarathustra | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Lester Piggott |
| 1956 | Macip | Charlie Elliott | Serge Boullenger |
| 1955 | Botticelli | Enrico della Rocchetta | Enrico Camici |
| 1954 | Elpenor | Charlie Elliott | Jacques Doyasbère |
| 1953 | Souepi | George Digby | Charlie Elliott |
| 1952 | Aquino | Sam Armstrong | Gordon Richards |
| 1951 | Pan | Etienne Pollet | Roger Poincelet |
| 1950 | Supertello | John Waugh | Doug Smith |
| 1949 | Alycidon | Walter Earl | Doug Smith |
| 1948 | Arbar | Charles Semblat | Charlie Elliott |
| 1947 | Souverain | Henri Delavaud | Marcel Lollierou |
| 1946 | Caracalla | Charles Semblat | Charlie Elliott |
| 1945 | Ocean Swell | Jack Jarvis | Eph Smith |
| 1944 | Umiddad | Frank Butters | Gordon Richards |
| 1943 | Ujiji | Joseph Lawson | Gordon Richards |
| 1942 | Owen Tudor | Fred Darling | Gordon Richards |
| 1941 | Finis | Ossie Bell | Harry Wragg |
| 1939 | Flyon | Jack Jarvis | Eph Smith |
| 1938 | Flares | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Bobby Jones |
| 1937 | Precipitation | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Patrick Beasley |
| 1936 | Quashed | Colledge Leader | Richard Perryman |
| 1935 | Tiberius | Joseph Lawson | Tommy Weston |
| 1934 | Felicitation | Frank Butters | Gordon Richards |
| 1933 | Foxhunter | Jack Jarvis | Harry Wragg |
| 1932 | Trimdon | Joseph Lawson | Joe Childs |
| 1931 | Trimdon | Joseph Lawson | Joe Childs |
| 1930 | Bosworth | Frank Butters | Tommy Weston |
| 1929 | Invershin | George Digby | Richard Perryman |
| 1928 | Invershin | George Digby | Brownie Carslake |
| 1927 | Foxlaw | Reg Day | Brownie Carslake |
| 1926 | Solario | Reg Day | Joe Childs |
| 1925 | Santorb | James Rhodes | Steve Donoghue |
| 1924 | Massine | Elijah Cunnington | Fred Sharpe |
| 1923 | Happy Man | Thomas Hogg | Victor Smyth |
| 1922 | Golden Myth | Jack Jarvis | Charlie Elliott |
| 1921 | Periosteum | Basil Jarvis | Frank Bullock |
| 1920 | Tangiers | Richard Dawson | George Hulme |
| 1919 | By Jingo! | James Rhodes | George Hulme |
| 1918 | Gainsborough | Alec Taylor Jr. | Joe Childs |
| 1917 | Gay Crusader | Alec Taylor Jr. | Steve Donoghue |
| 1915 | Apothecary | Fred Pratt | Edward Lancaster |
| 1914 | Aleppo | Alec Taylor Jr. | Freddie Fox |
| 1913 | Prince Palatine | Henry Beardsley | William Saxby |
| 1912 | Prince Palatine | Henry Beardsley | Frank O'Neill |
| 1911 | Willonyx | Sam Darling | William Higgs |
| 1910 | Bayardo | Alec Taylor Jr. | Danny Maher |
| 1909 | Bomba | Fred Pratt | Freddie Fox |
| 1908 | The White Knight | Harry Sadler | William Halsey |
| 1907 | The White Knight | Harry Sadler | William Halsey |
| 1906 | Bachelor's Button | Charles Peck | Danny Maher |
| 1905 | Zinfandel | Charles Beatty | Morny Cannon |
| 1904 | Throwaway | Herbert Braime | Willie Lane |
| 1903 | Maximum | Richard Count | Archie McIntyre |
| 1902 | William the Third | John Porter | Morny Cannon |
| 1901 | Santoi | Wallace Davis | Fred Rickaby |
| 1900 | Merman | Jack Robinson | Tod Sloan |
| 1899 | Cyllene | William Jarvis | Sam Loates |
| 1898 | Elf | Richard Count | E Watkins |
| 1897 | Persimmon | Richard Marsh | John Watts |
| 1896 | Love Wisely | Alec Taylor Jr. | Sam Loates |
| 1895 | Isinglass | James Jewitt | Tommy Loates |
| 1894 | La Fleche | Richard Marsh | John Watts |
| 1893 | Marcion | W Matthews | Seth Chandley |
| 1892 | Buccaneer | S Pickering | George Barrett |
| 1891 | Morion | Richard Marsh | John Watts |
| 1890 | Gold | Tom Jennings | Frederic Webb |
| 1889 | Trayles | James Jewitt | Jack Robinson |
| 1888 | Timothy | James Jewitt | Jack Robinson |
| 1887 | Bird of Freedom | J Ryan | Billy Warne |
| 1886 | Althorp | John Porter | Tom Cannon |
| 1885 | St. Gatien | James Waugh | Charles Wood |
| 1884 | St. Simon | Mathew Dawson | Charles Wood |
| 1883 | Tristan | Tom Jennings | George Fordham |
| 1882 | Foxhall | William Day | Tom Cannon |
| 1881 | Robert the Devil | Charles Blanton | Tom Cannon |
| 1880 | Isonomy | John Porter | Tom Cannon |
| 1879 | Isonomy | John Porter | Tom Cannon |
| 1878 | Verneuil | Tom Jennings | Jem Goater |
| 1877 | Petrarch | Joseph Cannon | Tom Cannon |
| 1876 | Apology | John Osborne | John Osborne Jr. |
| 1875 | — | Robert Peck | George Fordham |
| 1874 | Boiard | — | William Carver |
| 1873 | Cremorne | William Gilbert | Charles Maidment |
| 1872 | Henry | Tom Jennings | George Fordham |
| 1871 | Mortemer | Tom Jennings | George Fordham |
| 1870 | Sabinus | — | Robert Rowell |
| 1869 | Brigantine | William Day | F Butler |
| 1868 | Blue Gown | John Porter | James Cameron |
| 1867 | Lecturer | John Day | George Fordham |
| 1866 | Gladiateur | Tom Jennings | Harry Grimshaw |
| 1865 | Ely | Tom Olliver | Harry Custance |
| 1864 | Scottish Chief | Mathew Dawson | Harvey Covey |
| 1863 | Buckstone | Mathew Dawson | Arthur Edwards |
| 1862 | Asteroid | G Manning | John Wells |
| 1861 | Thormanby | Mathew Dawson | Harry Custance |
| 1860 | Rupee | Jos Dawson | Harry Grimshaw |
| 1859 | Fisherman | T Parr | William Cresswell |
| 1858 | Fisherman | T Parr | John Wells |
| 1857 | Skirmisher | George Abdale | John Charlton |
| 1856 | Winkfield | S Death | James Bartholomew |
| 1855 | Fandango | George Abdale | Tommy Ashmall |
| 1854 | West Australian | John Scott | Alfred Day |
| 1853 | Teddington | Alec Taylor Sr. | Job Marson |
| 1852 | Joe Miller | William Day | George Mann |
| 1851 | Woolwich | John Scott | Job Marson |
| 1850 | The Flying Dutchman | John Fobert | Charles Marlow |
| 1849 | Van Tromp | John Fobert | Charles Marlow |
| 1848 | The Hero | John Barham Day | Alfred Day |
| 1847 | The Hero | John Barham Day | Alfred Day |
| 1846 | Alarm | Montgomery Dilly | Nat Flatman |
| 1845 | The Emperor | W Edwards | George Whitehouse |
| 1844 | The Emperor | W Edwards | George Whitehouse |
| 1843 | Ralph | W Edwards | Jem Robinson |
| 1842 | Beeswing | — | D Cartwright |
| 1841 | Lanercost | William I'Anson | William Noble |
| 1840 | St Francis | Robert Pettit | Sam Chifney Jr. |
| 1839 | Caravan | Isaac Day | Jem Robinson |
| 1838 | Grey Momus | John Barham Day | William Day |
| 1837 | Touchstone | John Scott | William Scott |
| 1836 | Touchstone | John Scott | John Barham Day |
| 1835 | Glencoe | James Edwards | Jem Robinson |
| 1834 | Glaucus | John Scott | William Scott |
| 1833 | Galata | Charles Marson | Bill Arnull |
| 1832 | Camarine | H Scott | Jem Robinson |
| 1831 | Cetus | H Scott | Jem Robinson |
| 1830 | Lucetta | H Scott | Jem Robinson |
| 1829 | Zinganee | William Chifney | Sam Chifney Jr. |
| 1828 | Bobadilla | Robert Pettit | Thomas Lye |
| 1827 | Memnon | William Chifney | Sam Chifney Jr. |
| 1826 | Chateau Margaux | R Stephenson | George Dockeray |
| 1825 | Bizarre | Dixon Boyce | Bill Arnull |
| 1824 | Bizarre | Dixon Boyce | Bill Arnull |
| 1823 | Marcellus | William Chifney | Will Wheatley |
| 1822 | Sir Huldibrand | — | — |
| 1821 | Banker | W Butler | — |
| 1820 | Champignon | — | — |
| 1819 | Anticipation | — | — |
| 1818 | Belville | — | — |
| 1817 | Sir Richard | — | — |
| 1816 | Anticipation | — | — |
| 1815 | Aladdin | — | — |
| 1814 | Pranks | — | — |
| 1813 | Lutzen | — | — |
| 1812 | Flash | — | — |
| 1811 | Jannette | — | — |
| 1810 | Loiterer | — | — |
| 1809 | Anderida | — | — |
| 1808 | — | — | — |
| 1807 | Master Jackey | — | — |