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July Cup
Flat horse race in Britain
| 2026 | ||
| Comanche Brave | Venetian Sun | Satono Reve |
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ||
| No Half Measures | Big Mojo | Run To Freedom |
| 2024 | ||
| Mill Stream | Swingalong | Vandeek |
| 2023 | ||
| Shaquille | Run To Freedom | Kinross |
| 2022 | ||
| Alcohol Free | Naval Crown | Artorius |
| 2021 | ||
| Starman | Dragon Symbol | Oxted |
| 2020-2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Oxted | Sceptical | Golden Horde |
| 2019 | ||
| Ten Sovereigns | Advertise | Fairyland |
| 2018 | ||
| U S Navy Flag | Brando | Fleet Review |
| 2017 | ||
| Harry Angel | Limato | Brando |
| 2016 | ||
| Limato | Suedois | Quiet Reflection |
| 2015 | ||
| Muhaarar | Tropics | Eastern Impact |
| 2014 | ||
| Slade Power | Tropics | Gregorian |
| 2013 | ||
| Lethal Force | Society Rock | Slade Power |
| 2012 | ||
| Mayson | The Cheka | Society Rock |
| 2011 | ||
| Dream Ahead | Bated Breath | Hitchens |
| 2010-2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
| Starspangledbanner | Equiano | Alverta |
| 2009 | ||
| Fleeting Spirit | Main Aim | J J The Jet Plane |
| 2008 | ||
| Marchand D'or | US Ranger | War Artist |
| 2007 | ||
| Sakhee's Secret | Dutch Art | Red Clubs |
| 2006 | ||
| Les Arcs | Iffraaj | Ashdown Express |
| 2005 | ||
| Pastoral Pursuits | Avonbridge | Etlaala |
| 2004 | ||
| Frizzante | Ashdown Express | Balmont |
| 2003 | ||
| Oasis Dream | Choisir | Airwave |
| 2002 | ||
| Continent | Bahamian Pirate | Danehurst |
| 2001 | ||
| Mozart | Cassandra Go | Misraah |
| 2000-1991 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||
| Agnes World | Lincoln Dancer | Pipalong |
| 1999 | ||
| Stravinsky | Bold Edge | Bertolini |
| 1998 | ||
| Elnadim | Tamarisk | Danetime |
| 1997 | ||
| Compton Place | Royal Applause | Indian Rocket |
| 1996 | ||
| Anabaa | Lucayan Prince | Hever Golf Rose |
| 1995 | ||
| Lake Coniston | Piccolo | Hoh Magic |
| 1994 | ||
| Owington | Dolphin Street | Catrail |
| 1993 | ||
| Hamas | College Chapel | Zieten |
| 1992 | ||
| Mr Brooks | Pursuit Of Love | Sheikh Albadou |
| 1991 | ||
| Polish Patriot | Lycius | Elbio |
| 1990-1981 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||
| Royal Academy | Great Commotion | Rock City |
| 1989 | ||
| Cadeaux Genereux | Golden Opinion | Danehill |
| 1988 | ||
| Soviet Star | Big Shuffle | Handsome Sailor |
| 1987 | ||
| Ajdal | Gayane | Bluebird |
| 1986 | ||
| Green Desert | Grey Desire | Gwydion |
| 1985 | ||
| Never So Bold | Committed | Dafayna |
| 1984 | ||
| Chief Singer | Never So Bold | Committed |
| 1983 | ||
| Habibti | Soba | On Stage |
| 1982 | ||
| Sharpo | Vaigly Star | Indian King |
| 1981 | ||
| Marwell | Moorestyle | Sonoma |
| 1980-1979 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | ||
| Moorestyle | Vaigly Great | Sharpo |
| 1979 | ||
| Thatching | Vaigly Great | Greenland Park |
The July Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July.
It is recognized as one of Britain's most valuable and prestigious sprint races, and many of its winners have been acknowledged as the champion sprinter in Europe.
01History
The event was established in 1876, and the first two runnings were won by Springfield, a colt bred by Queen Victoria at the Hampton Court Stud.
The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and the July Cup was initially classed at Group 2 level. It was promoted to Group 1 status in 1978.
The July Cup was part of the Global Sprint Challenge from 2008 to 2017. It was the sixth leg of the series, preceded by the Diamond Jubilee Stakes and followed by the Sprinters Stakes.
The race is currently held on the final day of Newmarket's three-day July Festival meeting.
02Records
Most successful horse (3 wins):
- Sundridge, 1902, 1903, 1904
Leading jockey (10 wins):
- Lester Piggott, Vigo (1957), Right Boy (1958, 1959), Tin Whistle (1960), Thatch (1973), Saritamer (1974), Solinus (1978), Thatching (1979), Moorestyle (1980), Mr Brooks (1992)
Leading trainer (5 wins):
- Charles Morton, Sundridge (1903, 1904), Spanish Prince (1912, 1913), Golden Sun (1914)
- Aidan O'Brien, Stravinsky (1999), Mozart (2001), Starspangledbanner (2010), U S Navy Flag (2018), Ten Sovereigns (2019)
- Vincent O'Brien, Thatch (1973), Saritamer (1974), Solinus (1978), Thatching (1979), Royal Academy (1990)
Leading owner (5 wins):
- Jack Joel, Sundridge (1903, 1904), Spanish Prince (1912, 1913), Golden Sun (1914)
03Winners since 1900
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Running Stream | 2 | Johnny Reiff | Sam Darling | ||
| 1901 | Lord Bobs | 3 | Sam Loates | Willie Waugh | 1:15.40 | |
| 1902 | Sundridge | 4 | Mornington Cannon | Joe Cannon | ||
| 1903 | Sundridge | 5 | ||||
| 1904 | Sundridge | 6 | Mornington Cannon | Charles Morton | ||
| 1905 | Delaunay | 4 | Otto Madden | Peter Gilpin | ||
| 1906 | Thrush | 4 | Herbert Randall | E Robson | Captain J Orr-Ewing | |
| 1907 | Dinneford | 5 | Danny Maher | Alec Taylor Jr. | ||
| 1908 | Lesbia | 3 | Danny Maher | George Blackwell | ||
| 1909 | Jack Snipe | 4 | Billy Higgs | Sam Darling | ||
| 1910 | Amore | 3 | Billy Higgs | Colledge Leader | ||
| 1911 | Sunder | 4 | Danny Maher | Charles Peck | ||
| 1912 | Spanish Prince | 5 | Frank Wootton | Charles Morton | ||
| 1913 | Spanish Prince | 6 | Frank Wootton | Charles Morton | ||
| 1914 | Golden Sun | 4 | William Huxley | Charles Morton | Jack Joel | |
| 1915 | Volta | 3 | Steve Donoghue | Richard Dawson | ||
| 1916 | Torloisk | 4 | Joe Childs | Richard Dawson | ||
| 1917 | no race 1917 | |||||
| 1918 | Irish Elegance | 3 | Freddie Fox | Harry Cottrill | James White | |
| 1919 | Diadem | 5 | Steve Donoghue | George Lambton | 1st Baron d'Abernon | |
| 1920 | Diadem | 6 | George Colling | George Lambton | 1st Baron d'Abernon | Walkover |
| 1921 | Tetratema | 4 | Brownie Carslake | Atty Persse | Dermot McCalmont | 1:13.40 |
| 1922 | Pharmacie | 4 | Steve Donoghue | Harry Cottrill | James White | 1:13.20 |
| 1923 | Golden Corn | 4 | Joe Childs | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Marshall Field III | 1:14.80 |
| 1924 | Drake | 4 | Michael Beary | Harry Cottrill | Mrs S Whitburn | 1:14.00 |
| 1925 | Diomedes | 3 | John Leach | Harvey Leader | S W Beer | Walkover |
| 1926 (dh) |
Diomedes Phalaros |
4 4 |
John Leach Tommy Weston |
Harvey Leader George Lambton |
S W Beer Mrs A James |
1:15.20 |
| 1927 | Highborn | 4 | Harry Beasley | Ossie Bell | Hugo Cunliffe-Owen | 1:17.00 |
| 1928 | Golden Oracle | 3 | Joe Childs | H Ussher | H Whitworth | 1:13.80 |
| 1929 | Tiffin | 4 | Freddie Fox | Fred Darling | 4th Earl of Ellesmere | 1:12.20 |
| 1930 | Sir Cosmo | 4 | George Swann | William Walters | Richard Garton | 1:12.80 |
| 1931 | Xandover | 4 | Charlie Elliott | F Holt | J Schwod | 1:12.40 |
| 1932 | Concerto | 4 | Harry Wragg | Ossie Bell | Hugo Cunliffe-Owen | 1:14.80 |
| 1933 | Myrobella | 3 | Gordon Richards | Fred Darling | 5th Earl of Lonsdale | 1:13.20 |
| 1934 | Coroado | 4 | Herbert Gunn | W Easterby | F J Lundgren | 1:14.20 |
| 1935 | Bellacose | 3 | Patrick Beasley | Robert Colling | P Dunne | 1:09.80 |
| 1936 | Bellacose | 4 | Patrick Beasley | Robert Colling | P Dunne | 1:14.80 |
| 1937 | Micky The Greek | 3 | Harry Wragg | Henry Leach | N Frieze | 1:12.80 |
| 1938 | Shalfleet | 7 | Richard Perryman | Harvey Leader | J Walker | 1:14.80 |
| 1939 | Portobello | 3 | Tommy Lowrey | Robert Colling | P Dunne | 1:11.40 |
| 1940 | no race 1940 | |||||
| 1941 | Comatas | 4 | Billy Nevett | Ossie Bell | Miss K Farrar | 1:13.20 |
| 1939 | no race 1942-44 | |||||
| 1945 | Honeyway | 4 | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis | Lord Milford | 1:12.00 |
| 1946 | The Bug | 3 | Charlie Smirke | Gerald Wellesley | Norman Wachmann | 1:12.40 |
| 1947 | Falls of Clyde | 3 | Sam Wragg | E Williams | Miss P Vaughan | 1:12.60 |
| 1948 | Palm Vista | 3 | Eph Smith | Rufus Beasley | E Broadbelt | 1:11.80 |
| 1949 | Abernant | 3 | Gordon Richards | Noel Murless | Reginald Macdonald-Buchanan | 1:11.80 |
| 1950 | Abernant | 4 | Gordon Richards | Noel Murless | Reginald Macdonald-Buchanan | 1:12.20 |
| 1951 | Hard Sauce | 3 | Gordon Richards | Norman Bertie | Victor Sassoon | 1:12.60 |
| 1952 | Set Fair | 3 | Eph Smith | Walter Nightingall | C Bell | 1:12.40 |
| 1953 | Devon Vintage | 3 | Gordon Richards | Robert Colling | Robert Boucher | 1:15.80 |
| 1954 | Vilmoray | 4 | William Snaith | B Bullock | A Green | 1:12.35 |
| 1955 | Pappa Fourway | 3 | Harry Carr | Bill Dutton | Elaine Goldson | 1:13.18 |
| 1956 | Matador | 3 | Bill Rickaby | Jack Waugh | Mrs J Ferguson | 1:11.77 |
| 1957 | Vigo | 4 | Lester Piggott | Bill Dutton | T Farr | 1:15.05 |
| 1958 | Right Boy | 4 | Lester Piggott | Bill Dutton | G Gilbert | 1:15.66 |
| 1959 | Right Boy | 5 | Lester Piggott | Pat Rohan | G Gilbert | 1:12.50 |
| 1960 | Tin Whistle | 3 | Lester Piggott | Pat Rohan | B Grainger | Walk over |
| 1961 | Galivanter | 5 | Harry Carr | Dick Hern | Lionel Brook Holliday | 1:11.48 |
| 1962 | Marsolve | 4 | Bill Rickaby | Reg Day | Malcolm McAlpine | 1:11.58 |
| 1963 | Secret Step | 4 | Geoff Lewis | Peter Hastings-Bass | Paul Mellon | 1:12.74 |
| 1964 | Daylight Robbery | 3 | Scobie Breasley | Arthur Budgett | R Budgett | 1:12.18 |
| 1965 | Merry Madcap | 3 | Ron Hutchinson | Freddie Maxwell | Mrs H Frelinghuysen | 1:12.04 |
| 1966 | Lucasland | 4 | Eric Eldin | Jack Waugh | J Baillie | 1:11.33 |
| 1967 | Forlorn River | 5 | Bruce Raymond | Arthur Stephenson | Mrs W A Richardson | 1:14.21 |
| 1968 | So Blessed | 3 | Frankie Durr | Michael Jarvis | David Robinson | 1:13.60 |
| 1969 | Tudor Music | 3 | Frankie Durr | Michael Jarvis | David Robinson | 1:15.89 |
| 1970 | Huntercombe | 3 | Sandy Barclay | Arthur Budgett | Horace Renshaw | 1:14.42 |
| 1971 | Realm | 4 | Brian Taylor | John Winter | Bob Boucher | 1:13.60 |
| 1972 | Parsimony | 3 | Ron Hutchinson | Fulke Johnson Houghton | Ruby Holland-Martin | 1:14.07 |
| 1973 | Thatch | 3 | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien | Jack Mulcahy | 1:13.10 |
| 1974 | Saritamer | 3 | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien | Charles St George | 1:11.80 |
| 1975 | Lianga | 4 | Yves Saint-Martin | Angel Penna, Sr. | Daniel Wildenstein | 1:11.80 |
| 1976 | Lochnager | 4 | Edward Hide | Mick Easterby | Charles Spence | 1:12.30 |
| 1977 | Gentilhombre | 4 | Paul Cook | Neil Adam | J. Murrell | 1:11.40 |
| 1978 | Solinus | 3 | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien | Danny Schwartz | 1:11.90 |
| 1979 | Thatching | 4 | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien | Robert Sangster | 1:13.20 |
| 1980 | Moorestyle | 3 | Lester Piggott | Robert Armstrong | Moores Furnishings Ltd | 1:12.89 |
| 1981 | Marwell | 3 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | Sir Edmund Loder | 1:14.10 |
| 1982 | Sharpo | 5 | Pat Eddery | Jeremy Tree | Monica Sheriffe | 1:11.74 |
| 1983 | Habibti | 3 | Willie Carson | John Dunlop | Mohamed Mutawa | 1:12.11 |
| 1984 | Chief Singer | 3 | Ray Cochrane | Ron Sheather | Jeff Smith | 1:11.75 |
| 1985 | Never So Bold | 5 | Steve Cauthen | Robert Armstrong | Edward Kessly | 1:11.86 |
| 1986 | Green Desert | 3 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 1:12.25 |
| 1987 | Ajdal | 3 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | Sheikh Mohammed | 1:11.02 |
| 1988 | Soviet Star | 4 | Cash Asmussen | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed | 1:12.55 |
| 1989 | Cadeaux Genereux | 4 | Paul Eddery | Alex Scott | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 1:09.82 |
| 1990 | Royal Academy | 3 | John Reid | Vincent O'Brien | Classic Thoroughbred plc | 1:11.46 |
| 1991 | Polish Patriot | 3 | Ray Cochrane | Guy Harwood | Dick Kirstein | 1:12.98 |
| 1992 | Mr Brooks | 5 | Lester Piggott | Richard Hannon Sr. | Paul Green | 1:11.80 |
| 1993 | Hamas | 4 | Willie Carson | Peter Walwyn | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 1:13.08 |
| 1994 | Owington | 3 | Paul Eddery | Geoff Wragg | Baron G. von Ullmann | 1:10.96 |
| 1995 | Lake Coniston | 4 | Pat Eddery | Geoff Lewis | Highclere Racing Ltd | 1:12.42 |
| 1996 | Anabaa | 4 | Freddy Head | Criquette Head | Ghislaine Head | 1:10.63 |
| 1997 | Compton Place | 3 | Seb Sanders | James Toller | 11th Duke of Devonshire | 1:12.10 |
| 1998 | Elnadim | 4 | Richard Hills | John Dunlop | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 1:09.72 |
| 1999 | Stravinsky | 3 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier / Tabor | 1:09.51 |
| 2000 | Agnes World | 5 | Yutaka Take | Hideyuki Mori | Takao Watanabe | 1:13.18 |
| 2001 | Mozart | 3 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Magnier | 1:09.86 |
| 2002 | Continent | 5 | Darryll Holland | David Nicholls | Lucayan Stud | 1:13.00 |
| 2003 | Oasis Dream | 3 | Richard Hughes | John Gosden | Khalid Abdullah | 1:09.94 |
| 2004 | Frizzante | 5 | Johnny Murtagh | James Fanshawe | Hopper / Grundy | 1:11.51 |
| 2005 | Pastoral Pursuits | 4 | John Egan | Hughie Morrison | Pursuits / National Stud | 1:11.86 |
| 2006 | Les Arcs | 6 | John Egan | Tim Pitt | Willie McKay | 1:11.16 |
| 2007 | Sakhee's Secret | 3 | Steve Drowne | Hughie Morrison | Bridget Swire | 1:10.77 |
| 2008 | Marchand d'Or | 5 | Davy Bonilla | Freddy Head | Carla Giral | 1:11.01 |
| 2009 | Fleeting Spirit | 4 | Tom Queally | Jeremy Noseda | The Searchers | 1:09.58 |
| 2010 | Starspangledbanner | 4 | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien | Michael Tabor et al. | 1:09.81 |
| 2011 | Dream Ahead | 3 | Hayley Turner | David Simcock | Khalifa Dasmal | 1:10.66 |
| 2012 | Mayson | 4 | Paul Hanagan | Richard Fahey | David W. Armstrong | 1:15.90 |
| 2013 | Lethal Force | 4 | Adam Kirby | Clive Cox | Alan G. Craddock | 1:09.11 |
| 2014 | Slade Power | 5 | Wayne Lordan | Edward Lynam | Sabena Power | 1:12.40 |
| 2015 | Muhaarar | 3 | Paul Hanagan | Charlie Hills | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 1:09.34 |
| 2016 | Limato | 4 | Harry Bentley | Henry Candy | Paul G. Jacobs | 1:09.97 |
| 2017 | Harry Angel | 3 | Adam Kirby | Clive Cox | Godolphin | 1:11:25 |
| 2018 | U S Navy Flag | 3 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Smith / Magnier | 1:11:32 |
| 2019 | Ten Sovereigns | 3 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Smith / Magnier | 1:09.31 |
| 2020 | Oxted | 4 | Cieren Fallon | Roger Teal | S Piper, T Hirschfeld & D Fish | 1:09.59 |
| 2021 | Starman | 4 | Tom Marquand | Ed Walker | David Ward | 1:10.11 |
| 2022 | Alcohol Free | 4 | Rob Hornby | Andrew Balding | Jeff Smith | 1:09.47 |
| 2023 | Shaquille | 3 | Rossa Ryan | Julie Camacho | Hughes, Rawlings, O'Shaughnessy | 1:11.68 |
| 2024 | Mill Stream | 4 | William Buick | Jane Chapple-Hyam | Peter Harris | 1:10.90 |
| 2025 | No Half Measures | 4 | Neil Callan | Richard Hughes | Richard Gallagher | 1:11.18 |
| 2026 | Comanche Brave | 4 | Billy Loughnane | Donnacha O'Brien | Muhaideb A Almuhaideb | 1:09.99 |
04Earlier winners
- 1876: Springfield
- 1877: Springfield
- 1878: Trappist
- 1879: Phenix
- 1880: Charibert
- 1881: Charibert
- 1882: Tristan
- 1883: Clairvaux
- 1884: Geheimniss
- 1885: Energy
- 1886: Melton
- 1887: Ormonde
- 1888: Fullerton
- 1889: Mephisto
- 1890: Queen of the Fairies
- 1891: Memoir
- 1892: Workington
- 1893: Prince Hampton
- 1894: Best Man
- 1895: Woolsthorpe
- 1896: Worcester
- 1897: Kilcock
- 1898: Ugly
- 1899: Eager
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