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Doonside Cup
Flat horse race in Britain
| 2025 | ||
| Almeric | King's Gambit | Liberty Lane |
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ||
| Persica | Enfjaar | Eydon |
| 2023 | ||
| Royal Rhyme | Pride Of America | Helvic Dream |
| 2022 | ||
| Royal Champion | Euchen Glen | Stormy Antarctic |
| 2021 | ||
| Maydanny | Euchen Glen | Juan Elcano |
| 2020-2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Addeybb | Lord Glitters | San Donato |
| 2019 | ||
| Encapsulation | What's The Story | Big Country |
| 2018 | ||
| Dolphin Vista | Morando | Aspetar |
| 2016 | ||
| Secret Number | Motdaw | Abdon |
| 2015 | ||
| Scottish | Mutakayyef | Exosphere |
| 2014 | ||
| Sky Hunter | Sennockian Star | Mutatis Mutandis |
| 2013 | ||
| Sharestan | Willie The Whipper | Clon Brulee |
| 2012 | ||
| Opera Gal | Circumvent | St Moritz |
| 2011 | ||
| Poet | Vesuve | Hot Prospect |
| 2010-2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
| Vesuve | Kings Gambit | Circumvent |
| 2009 | ||
| Prince Siegfried | Baila Me | Arch Rebel |
| 2008 | ||
| Lady Deauville | Mutajarred | Perks |
| 2007 | ||
| Anna Pavlova | Dunaskin | Ivy Creek |
| 2006 | ||
| Mashaahed | Ouninpohja | Profit's Reality |
| 2005 | ||
| Fruhlingssturm | Real Quality | Windsor Knot |
| 2004 | ||
| Into The Dark | Percussionist | Bonecrusher |
| 2003 | ||
| Imperial Dancer | Island House | Scott's View |
| 2002 | ||
| Island House | Vintage Premium | Torcello |
| 2001 | ||
| Albarahin | Esyoueffcee | Delius |
| 2000-1991 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||
| Island House | Forbearing | Vintage Premium |
| 1999 | ||
| Leggera | Carry The Flag | Achilles |
| 1998 | ||
| Largesse | Salmon Ladder | Redbridge |
| 1997 | ||
| Ghataas | Sandmoor Chambray | Winter Romance |
| 1996 | ||
| Key To My Heart | Desert Shot | Behaviour |
| 1995 | ||
| Annus Mirabilis | Captain Horatius | Salt Lake |
| 1994 | ||
| Dancing Bloom | Key To My Heart | Pearl Kite |
| 1993 | ||
| John Balliol | Mack The Knife | Key To My Heart |
| 1992 | ||
| Linpac West | Percy's Girl | Guilty Secret |
| 1991 | ||
| Azzaam | Spinning | Swift Sword |
| 1990-1988 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||
| Pirate Army | Berry's Dream | Spritsail |
| 1989 | ||
| Shellac | Sudden Victory | Operation Wolf |
| 1988 | ||
| Per Quod | Apache | Lazaz |
The Doonside Cup is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Ayr over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September. It is currently held on the final day of Ayr's three-day Ayr Gold Cup Festival (previously the Western Meeting).
01Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Auralia | 3 | Doug Smith | Reg Day | 2:25.20 |
| 1947 | Mighty Maharatta | 3 | Edgar Britt | Frank Armstrong | Not taken |
| 1948 | Spahee | 3 | Doug Smith | Harry Peacock | 2:13.40 |
| 1949 | Donate | 3 | Billy Nevett | Matthew Peacock | 2:23.80 |
| 1950 | Saved | 3 | Joe Sime | Sam Hall | |
| 1951 | Anamnestes | 3 | Edgar Britt | Charles Elsey | 2:20.40 |
| 1952 | Bondage | 3 | Geoff Littlewood | Harry Peacock | 2:22.00 |
| 1953 | Stormy Hour | 3 | Bill Rickaby | Jack Jarvis | 2:21.80 |
| 1954 | Tale Of Two Cities | 3 | Billy Nevett | H M Hartigan | 2:39.20 |
| 1955 | Alessi | 3 | Edgar Britt | Charles Elsey | 2:37.80 |
| 1956 | Money To Burn | 3 | Joe Sime | Rufus Beasley | 2:21.00 |
| 1957 | Tattinger | 3 | Edgar Britt | Charles Elsey | 2:43.22 |
| 1958 | Aggressor | 3 | Jimmy Lindley | Towser Gosden | 2:24.06 |
| 1959 | Connaissance | 3 | Bill Rickaby | Reg Day | 2:16.80 |
| 1960 | Caistor Top | 3 | Joe Sime | Sam Hall | 2:34.06 |
| 1961 | Dual | 3 | Eddie Hide | Towser Gosden | 2:31.61 |
| 1962 | River Whistle | 3 | Jimmy Lindley | Bill Elsey | 2:30.21 |
| 1963 | Thik Hai | 3 | Brian Connorton | Snowy Gray | 2:22.39 |
| 1964 | Devastation | 3 | Joe Sime | Sam Hall | 2:39.39 |
| 1965 | Rehearsed | 3 | Bobby Elliott | Towser Gosden | 2:41.04 |
| 1966 | Reubens | 3 | Joe Sime | Herbert Murless | 2:36.86 |
| 1967 | Ludham | 3 | Denis Letherby | Eric Cousins | 2:22.68 |
| 1968 | Attalus | 3 | Sandy Barclay | Noel Murless | 2:21.04 |
| 1969 | Nedda | 3 | Ernie Johnson | Bruce Hobbs | 2:17.82 |
| 1970 | Pembroke Castle | 3 | Sandy Barclay | Noel Murless | Not taken |
| 1971 | Primerello | 3 | Eddie Hide | Henry Cecil | 2:23.91 |
| 1972 | Paper Cap | 3 | Brian Jago | Bruce Hobbs | 2:19.44 |
| 1973 | Warpath | 4 | Eddie Hide | Sam Hall | 2:26.66 |
| 1974 | Candlestand | 3 | Willie Carson | Vincent O'Brien | 2:25.81 |
| 1975 | Mil's Bomb | 4 | Geoff Lewis | Noel Murless | 2:23.24 |
| 1976 | Gunner B | 3 | Joe Mercer | G Toft | 2:21.66 |
| 1977 | Norfolk Air | 4 | Ron Hutchinson | John Dunlop | 2:19.72 |
| 1978 | Jellaby | 5 | Brian Taylor | Ryan Price | 2:22.96 |
| 1979 | Town And Country | 5 | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | 2:35.05 |
| 1980 | Sea Pigeon | 10 | Jonjo O'Neill | Peter Easterby | 2:26.52 |
| 1981 | Castle Keep | 4 | Pat Eddery | John Dunlop | 2:19.04 |
| 1982 | Fine Sun | 5 | Pat Eddery | Mick Lambert | 2:22.34 |
| 1983 | Balladier | 3 | Billy Newnes | Henry Candy | 2:21.51 |
| 1984 | Hatim | 3 | Pat Eddery | Jeremy Tree | 2:27.23 |
| 1985 | Abandoned due to waterlogging | ||||
| 1986 | Santiki | 3 | Tony Kimberley | Sir Michael Stoute | 2:14.51 |
| 1987 | Lake Erie | 4 | Walter Swinburn | Sir Michael Stoute | 2:26.90 |
| 1988 | Per Quod | 3 | Bruce Raymond | Ben Hanbury | 2:26.17 |
| 1989 | Shellac | 3 | Frankie Dettori | Luca Cumani | 2:26.08 |
| 1990 | Pirate Army | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Luca Cumani | 2:23.07 |
| 1991 | Azzaam | 4 | Willie Carson | John Dunlop | 2:13.31 |
| 1992 | Linpac West | 6 | John Carroll | John Spearing | 2:25.85 |
| 1993 | John Balliol | 5 | Kevin Darley | David Loder | 2:17.29 |
| 1994 | Dancing Bloom | 4 | Willie Carson | Sir Michael Stoute | 2:22.31 |
| 1995 | Annus Mirabilis | 3 | Darryll Holland | Sir Michael Stoute | 2:17.04 |
| 1996 | Key To My Heart | 6 | Jason Weaver | Sally Hall | 2:15.43 |
| 1997 | Ghataas | 3 | Richard Hills | John Dunlop | 2:19.00 |
| 1998 | Largesse | 4 | John Egan | John Berry | 2:28.83 |
| 1999 | Leggera | 4 | Richard Quinn | John Dunlop | 2:22.95 |
| 2000 | Island House | 4 | Michael Roberts | Geoff Wragg | 2:23.08 |
| 2001 | Albarahin | 6 | Richard Hills | Marcus Tregoning | 2:17.80 |
| 2002 | Island House | 6 | Darryll Holland | Geoff Wragg | 2:17.81 |
| 2003 | Imperial Dancer | 5 | Ted Durcan | Mick Channon | 2:15.56 |
| 2004 | Into The Dark | 3 | Kerrin McEvoy | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:27.85 |
| 2005 | Fruhlingssturm | 5 | Neil Callan | Michael Jarvis | 2:10.77 |
| 2006 | Mashaahed | 3 | Ryan Moore | Barry Hills | 2:11.08 |
| 2007 | Anna Pavlova | 4 | Paul Hanagan | Richard Fahey | 2:13.56 |
| 2008 | Lady Deauville | 3 | Franny Norton | Paul Blockley | 2:20.34 |
| 2009 | Prince Siegfried | 3 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:06.00 |
| 2010 | Vesuve | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:06.20 |
| 2011 | Poet | 6 | Adam Kirby | Clive Cox | 2:15.63 |
| 2012 | Opera Gal | 5 | Jim Crowley | Andrew Balding | 2:13.94 |
| 2013 | Sharestan | 5 | Kieren Fallon | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:14.31 |
| 2014 | Sennockian Star | 4 | Franny Norton | Mark Johnston | 2:06.31 |
| 2015 | Scottish | 3 | David Probert | Andrew Balding | 2:05.67 |
| 2016 | Secret Number | 6 | Danny Tudhope | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:09.39 |
| 2017 | no race | ||||
| 2018 | Dolphin Vista | 5 | Danny Tudhope | Ralph Beckett | 2:13.95 |
| 2019 | Encapsulation | 3 | Ben Curtis | Andrew Balding | 2:11.99 |
| 2020 | Addeybb | 6 | Tom Marquand | William Haggas | 2:11.48 |
| 2021 | Maydanny | 5 | Joe Fanning | Mark Johnston | 2:06.93 |
| 2022 | Royal Champion | 4 | Jack Mitchell | Roger Varian | 2:06.20 |
| 2023 | Royal Rhyme | 3 | Clifford Lee | Karl Burke | 2:06.26 |
| 2024 | Persica | 3 | Sean Levey | Richard Hannon Jr. | 2:05.99 |
| 2025 | Almeric | 3 | Oisin Murphy | Andrew Balding | 2:13.59 |
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