# Ascot Gold Cup

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The Gold Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 2 miles 3 furlongs and 210 yards (4,014 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.
It is Britain's most prestigious event for "stayers" – horses which specialise in racing over long distances. It is traditionally held on the third day of the Royal Ascot meeting, which is known colloquially (but not officially) as Ladies' Day. Contrary to popular belief, the actual title of the race does not include the word "Ascot".

## History

The event was established in 1807, and it was originally open to horses aged three or older. The inaugural winner, Master Jackey, was awarded prize money of 100 guineas. The first race took place in the presence of King George III and Queen Charlotte.
The 1844 running was attended by Nicholas I of Russia, who was making a state visit to England. That year's winner was unnamed at the time of his victory, but he was given the name "The Emperor" in honour of the visiting monarch. In return Nicholas offered a new trophy for the race — the "Emperor's Plate" — and this became the title of the event for a short period. Its original name was restored after nine years, during the Crimean War.
It was taken by thieves on 18 June 1907. The theft was never solved, but a replacement was finished by August. Mark Twain, the American humorist, came to London about that time, and was much amused by the twin headlines appearing in The Times:
MARK TWAIN ARRIVES
ASCOT GOLD CUP STOLEN
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 Stradivarius in 2019.
The Gold Cup is one of three perpetual trophies at the Royal Ascot meeting, along with the Royal Hunt Cup and the Queen's Vase, which can be kept permanently by the winning owners. A number of horses have won it more than once, and the most successful is Yeats, who recorded his fourth victory in 2009.

## Records

Most successful horse (4 wins):
* Yeats – 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Other multiple winners: 3 wins
* Sagaro – 1975, 1976, 1977
* Stradivarius – 2018, 2019, 2020
Other multiple winners: 2 wins
* Anticipation – 1816, 1819
* Bizarre – 1824, 1825
* Touchstone – 1836, 1837
* The Emperor – 1844, 1845
* The Hero – 1847, 1848
* Fisherman – 1858, 1859
* Isonomy – 1879, 1880
* The White Knight – 1907, 1908
* Prince Palatine – 1912, 1913
* Invershin – 1928, 1929
* Trimdon – 1931, 1932
* Fighting Charlie – 1965, 1966
* Le Moss – 1979, 1980
* Ardross – 1981, 1982
* Gildoran – 1984, 1985
* Sadeem – 1988, 1989
* Drum Taps – 1992, 1993
* Kayf Tara – 1998, 2000
* Royal Rebel – 2001, 2002
* Kyprios - 2022, 2024
Leading jockey (11 wins):
* Lester Piggott – Zarathustra (1957), Gladness (1958), Pandofell (1961), Twilight Alley (1963), Fighting Charlie (1965), Sagaro (1975, 1976, 1977), Le Moss (1979), Ardross (1981, 1982)
Leading trainer (9 wins):
* Aidan O'Brien – Yeats (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), Fame and Glory (2011), Leading Light (2014), Order of St George (2016), Kyprios (2022,2024)
Leading owner (9 wins): (includes part ownership)
* Sue Magnier – Yeats (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), Fame and Glory (2011), Leading Light (2014), Order of St George (2016), Kyprios (2022,2024)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 1807 | Master Jackey | 3 | | | Mr Durand | |
| 1808 | Brighton | 4 | | | Mr Fermor | |
| 1809 | Anderida | 4 | | | Gen Gower | |
| 1810 | Loiterer | 4 | | | Lord Lowther | |
| 1811 | Jannette | 4 | | | Mr F Craven | |
| 1812 | Flash | 3 | | | Lord Lowther | |
| 1813 | Lutzen | 4 | | | Mr Trevanion | |
| 1814 | Pranks | 5 | | | Mr Batson | |
| 1815 | Aladdin | 5 | | | Duke of York | |
| 1816 | Anticipation | 4 | | | Mr Thornhill | |
| 1817 | Sir Richard | 4 | | | Mr Blake | |
| 1818 | Belville | 7 | | | Lord Darlington | |
| 1819 | Anticipation | 7 | | | Mr Goddard | |
| 1820 | Champignon | 4 | | | T A Fraser | |
| 1821 | Banker | 5 | | W Butler | Duke of York | |
| 1822 | Sir Huldibrand | 4 | | | J Ramsbottom | |
| 1823 | Marcellus | 4 | Will Wheatley | William Chifney | Lord Darlington | |
| 1824 | Bizarre | 4 | Bill Arnull | Dixon Boyce | Lord George Cavendish | |
| 1825 | Bizarre | 5 | Bill Arnull | Dixon Boyce | Lord George Cavendish | |
| 1826 | Chateau Margaux | 4 | George Dockeray | R Stephenson | C Wyndham | |
| 1827 | Memnon | 5 | Sam Chifney Jr. | William Chifney | Earl of Darlington | |
| 1828 | Bobadilla | 3 | Thomas Lye | Robert Pettit | A Molony | |
| 1829 | Zinganee | 4 | Sam Chifney Jr. | William Chifney | 6th Earl of Chesterfield | |
| 1830 | Lucetta | 4 | Jem Robinson | H Scott | Sir Mark Wood, 2nd Baronet | |
| 1831 | Cetus | 4 | Jem Robinson | H Scott | Sir Mark Wood, 2nd Baronet | |
| 1832 | Camarine | 4 | Jem Robinson | H Scott | Sir Mark Wood, 2nd Baronet | |
| 1833 | Galata | 4 | Bill Arnull | Charles Marson | 2nd Marquess of Exeter | |
| 1834 | Glaucus | 4 | William Scott | John Scott | 6th Earl of Chesterfield | |
| 1835 | Glencoe | 4 | Jem Robinson | James Edwards | 5th Earl of Jersey | |
| 1836 | Touchstone | 5 | John Barham Day | John Scott | 1st Marquess of Westminster | |
| 1837 | Touchstone | 6 | William Scott | John Scott | 1st Marquess of Westminster | |
| 1838 | Grey Momus | 3 | William Day | John Barham Day | Lord George Bentinck | |
| 1839 | Caravan | 5 | Jem Robinson | Isaac Day | Isaac Day | |
| 1840 | St Francis | 5 | Sam Chifney Jr. | Robert Pettit | Robert Pettit | |
| 1841 | Lanercost | 6 | William Noble | William I'Anson | W Ramsay | |
| 1842 | Beeswing | 9 | D Cartwright | | William Orde | |
| 1843 | Ralph | 5 | Jem Robinson | W Edwards | 4th Earl of Albemarle | |
| 1844 | The Emperor | 3 | George Whitehouse | W Edwards | 4th Earl of Albemarle | |
| 1845 | The Emperor | 4 | George Whitehouse | W Edwards | 4th Earl of Albemarle | |
| 1846 | Alarm | 4 | Nat Flatman | Montgomery Dilly | Charles Greville | |
| 1847 | The Hero | 4 | Alfred Day | John Barham Day | John Barham Day | |
| 1848 | The Hero | 5 | Alfred Day | John Barham Day | John Barham Day | |
| 1849 | Van Tromp | 5 | Charles Marlow | John Fobert | 13th Earl of Eglinton | |
| 1850 | The Flying Dutchman | 4 | Charles Marlow | John Fobert | 13th Earl of Eglinton | |
| 1851 | Woolwich | 5 | Job Marson | John Scott | A Campbell | |
| 1852 | Joe Miller | 3 | George Mann | William Day | Mr Farrance | |
| 1853 | Teddington | 5 | Job Marson | Alec Taylor Sr. | John Massey Stanley | |
| 1854 | West Australian | 4 | Alfred Day | John Scott | 1st Baron Londesborough | |
| 1855 | Fandango | 3 | Tommy Ashmall | George Abdale | 2nd Earl of Zetland | |
| 1856 | Winkfield | 5 | James Bartholomew | S Death | S Walker | |
| 1857 | Skirmisher | 3 | John Charlton | George Abdale | 2nd Earl of Zetland | |
| 1858 | Fisherman | 5 | John Wells | T Parr | J B Starkey | |
| 1859 | Fisherman | 6 | William Cresswell | T Parr | F Higgins | |
| 1860 | Rupee | 3 | Harry Grimshaw | Jos Dawson | 7th Earl of Stamford | |
| 1861 | Thormanby | 4 | Harry Custance | Mathew Dawson | James Merry | |
| 1862 | Asteroid | 4 | John Wells | G Manning | Sir Joseph Hawley | |
| 1863 | Buckstone | 4 | Arthur Edwards | Mathew Dawson | James Merry | |
| 1864 | Scottish Chief | 3 | Harvey Covey | Mathew Dawson | James Merry | |
| 1865 | Ely | 4 | Harry Custance | Tom Olliver | W S Cartwright | |
| 1866 | Gladiateur | 4 | Harry Grimshaw | Tom Jennings | Frédéric de Lagrange | |
| 1867 | Lecturer | 4 | George Fordham | John Day | 4th Marquess of Hastings | |
| 1868 | Blue Gown | 3 | Tom Cannon | John Porter | Sir Joseph Hawley | |
| 1869 | Brigantine | 3 | F Butler | William Day | Sir Frederick Johnstone | |
| 1870 | Sabinus | 3 | Robert Rowell | | J G Hessey | |
| 1871 | Mortemer | 6 | George Fordham | Tom Jennings | C. J. Lefevre | |
| 1872 | Henry | 4 | George Fordham | Tom Jennings | C. J. Lefevre | |
| 1873 | Cremorne | 4 | Charles Maidment | William Gilbert | Henry Savile | |
| 1874 | Boiard | 4 | William Carver | | Henri Delamarre | |
| 1875 | Doncaster | 5 | George Fordham | Robert Peck | James Merry | |
| 1876 | Apology | 5 | John Osborne Jr. | John Osborne | Mr Seabrook | |
| 1877 | Petrarch | 4 | Tom Cannon | Joseph Cannon | 4th Earl of Lonsdale | |
| 1878 | Verneuil | 4 | Jem Goater | Tom Jennings | Frédéric de Lagrange | |
| 1879 | Isonomy | 4 | Tom Cannon | John Porter | Frederick Gretton | |
| 1880 | Isonomy | 5 | Tom Cannon | John Porter | Frederick Gretton | |
| 1881 | Robert the Devil | 4 | Tom Cannon | Charles Blanton | Charles Brewer | |
| 1882 | Foxhall | 4 | Tom Cannon | William Day | James R. Keene | |
| 1883 | Tristan | 5 | George Fordham | Tom Jennings | C. J. Lefevre | |
| 1884 | St. Simon | 3 | Charles Wood | Mathew Dawson | 6th Duke of Portland | |
| 1885 | St. Gatien | 4 | Charles Wood | James Waugh | Jack Hammond | |
| 1886 | Althorp | 4 | Tom Cannon | John Porter | Maurice de Hirsch | |
| 1887 | Bird of Freedom | 5 | Billy Warne | J Ryan | D Baird | |
| 1888 | Timothy | 4 | Jack Robinson | James Jewitt | Harry McCalmont | |
| 1889 | Trayles | 4 | Jack Robinson | James Jewitt | W de la Rue | |
| 1890 | Gold | 4 | Frederic Webb | Tom Jennings | Prince Soltykoff | |
| 1891 | Morion | 4 | John Watts | Richard Marsh | Lord Hartington | |
| 1892 | Buccaneer | 4 | George Barrett | S Pickering | Lord Rosslyn | |
| 1893 | Marcion | 3 | Seth Chandley | W Matthews | R C Vyner | |
| 1894 | La Fleche | 5 | John Watts | Richard Marsh | Maurice de Hirsch | |
| 1895 | Isinglass | 5 | Tommy Loates | James Jewitt | Harry McCalmont | |
| 1896 | Love Wisely | 3 | Sam Loates | Alec Taylor Jr. | William Bass | |
| 1897 | Persimmon | 4 | John Watts | Richard Marsh | Prince of Wales | |
| 1898 | Elf | 5 | E Watkins | Richard Count | Jacques de Brémond | 4:30.40 |
| 1899 | Cyllene | 4 | Sam Loates | William Jarvis | Sir Charles Rose | 4:29.40 |
| 1900 | Merman | 8 | Tod Sloan | Jack Robinson | Mr. Jersey | 4:29.60 |
| 1901 | Santoi | 4 | Fred Rickaby | Wallace Davis | George Edwardes | 4:39.00 |
| 1902 | William the Third | 4 | Morny Cannon | John Porter | 6th Duke of Portland | 4:32.00 |
| 1903 | Maximum | 4 | Archie McIntyre | Richard Count | Jacques de Brémond | |
| 1904 | Throwaway | 5 | Willie Lane | Herbert Braime | Fred Alexander | 4:43.40 |
| 1905 | Zinfandel | 5 | Morny Cannon | Charles Beatty | 8th Baron Howard de Walden | 4:23.60 |
| 1906 | Bachelor's Button | 7 | Danny Maher | Charles Peck | Solomon Joel | 4:23.20 |
| 1907 | The White Knight | 4 | William Halsey | Harry Sadler | Tom Kirkwood | 4:31.80 |
| 1908 | The White Knight | 5 | William Halsey | Harry Sadler | Tom Kirkwood | |
| 1909 | Bomba | 3 | Freddie Fox | Fred Pratt | Jimmy de Rothschild | 4:28.40 |
| 1910 | Bayardo | 4 | Danny Maher | Alec Taylor Jr. | Alfred W. Cox | |
| 1911 | Willonyx | 4 | William Higgs | Sam Darling | Charles Howard | 4:48.20 |
| 1912 | Prince Palatine | 4 | Frank O'Neill | Henry Beardsley | Thomas Pilkington | 4:27.60 |
| 1913 | Prince Palatine | 5 | William Saxby | Henry Beardsley | Thomas Pilkington | 4:22.60 |
| 1914 | Aleppo | 5 | Freddie Fox | Alec Taylor Jr. | Alfred W. Cox | 4:25.40 |
| 1915 | Apothecary | 3 | Edward Lancaster | Fred Pratt | | 3:32.80 |
| 1917 | Gay Crusader | 3 | Steve Donoghue | Alec Taylor Jr. | Alfred W. Cox | |
| 1918 | Gainsborough | 3 | Joe Childs | Alec Taylor Jr. | Lady James Douglas | |
| 1919 | By Jingo! | 5 | George Hulme | James Rhodes | W T de Pledge | 4:33.00 |
| 1920 | Tangiers | 4 | George Hulme | Richard Dawson | Sir William Nelson | 4:23.80 |
| 1921 | Periosteum | 4 | Frank Bullock | Basil Jarvis | Ben Irish | 4:22.00 |
| 1922 | Golden Myth | 4 | Charlie Elliott | Jack Jarvis | Sir George Bullough | 4:17.00 |
| 1923 | Happy Man | 7 | Victor Smyth | Thomas Hogg | F Hardy | 4:20.80 |
| 1924 | Massine | 4 | Fred Sharpe | Elijah Cunnington | Henri Ternynck | 4:36.60 |
| 1925 | Santorb | 4 | Steve Donoghue | James Rhodes | A Barclay-Walker | 4:31.40 |
| 1926 | Solario | 4 | Joe Childs | Reg Day | Sir John Rutherford | 4:45.20 |
| 1927 | Foxlaw | 5 | Brownie Carslake | Reg Day | Sir Abe Bailey | 4:29.60 |
| 1928 | Invershin | 6 | Brownie Carslake | George Digby | John Reid Walker | 4:34.20 |
| 1929 | Invershin | 7 | Richard Perryman | George Digby | John Reid Walker | 4:24.80 |
| 1930 | Bosworth | 4 | Tommy Weston | Frank Butters | 17th Earl of Derby | 5:05.00 |
| 1931 | Trimdon | 5 | Joe Childs | Joseph Lawson | Charles Lambton | 4:40.60 |
| 1932 | Trimdon | 6 | Joe Childs | Joseph Lawson | Charles Lambton | 4:44.20 |
| 1933 | Foxhunter | 4 | Harry Wragg | Jack Jarvis | Edward Esmond | 4:22.60 |
| 1934 | Felicitation | 4 | Gordon Richards | Frank Butters | Aga Khan III | 4:24.40 |
| 1935 | Tiberius | 4 | Tommy Weston | Joseph Lawson | Sir Abe Bailey | 4:34.80 |
| 1936 | Quashed | 4 | Richard Perryman | Colledge Leader | Lord Stanley | 4:33.60 |
| 1937 | Precipitation | 4 | Patrick Beasley | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Lady Zia Wernher | 4:18.80 |
| 1938 | Flares | 5 | Bobby Jones | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | William Woodward Sr. | 4:19.40 |
| 1939 | Flyon | 4 | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis | 1st Baron Milford | 4:28.20 |
| 1940 | no race 1940 | | | | | |
| 1941 | Finis | 6 | Harry Wragg | Ossie Bell | Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen | 4:03.00 |
| 1942 | Owen Tudor | 4 | Gordon Richards | Fred Darling | Catherine Macdonald-Buchanan | 4:04.00 |
| 1943 | Ujiji | 4 | Gordon Richards | Joseph Lawson | Alfred Allnatt | 3:51.00 |
| 1944 | Umiddad | 4 | Gordon Richards | Frank Butters | Aga Khan III | |
| 1945 | Ocean Swell | 4 | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis | 6th Earl of Rosebery | 4:36.60 |
| 1946 | Caracalla | 4 | Charlie Elliott | Charles Semblat | Marcel Boussac | 4:41.20 |
| 1947 | Souverain | 4 | Marcel Lollierou | Henri Delavaud | F. R. Schmitt | 4:31.60 |
| 1948 | Arbar | 4 | Charlie Elliott | Charles Semblat | Marcel Boussac | 4:27.80 |
| 1949 | Alycidon | 4 | Doug Smith | Walter Earl | 18th Earl of Derby | 4:19.20 |
| 1950 | Supertello | 4 | Doug Smith | John Waugh | Wilfred Harvey | 4:25.00 |
| 1951 | Pan | 4 | Roger Poincelet | Etienne Pollet | Eugène Constant | 4:22.40 |
| 1952 | Aquino | 4 | Gordon Richards | Sam Armstrong | Maharanee of Baroda | 4:29.60 |
| 1953 | Souepi | 5 | Charlie Elliott | George Digby | George Digby | 4:35.20 |
| 1954 | Elpenor | 4 | Jacques Doyasbère | Charlie Elliott | Marcel Boussac | 4:32.80 |
| 1955 | Botticelli | 4 | Enrico Camici | Enrico della Rocchetta | Mario della Rocchetta | 4:29.02 |
| 1956 | Macip | 4 | Serge Boullenger | Charlie Elliott | Marcel Boussac | 4:48.80 |
| 1957 | Zarathustra | 6 | Lester Piggott | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Terence Gray | 4:23.93 |
| 1958 | Gladness | 5 | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien | John McShain | 4:30.18 |
| 1959 | Wallaby | 4 | Freddie Palmer | Percy Carter | Geoffroy de Waldner | 4:34.02 |
| 1960 | Sheshoon | 4 | George Moore | Alec Head | Prince Aly Khan | 4:28.42 |
| 1961 | Pandofell | 4 | Lester Piggott | Freddie Maxwell | H. Warwick Daw | 4:30.32 |
| 1962 | Balto | 4 | Freddie Palmer | Max Bonaventure | André Rueff | 4:48.04 |
| 1963 | Twilight Alley | 4 | Lester Piggott | Noel Murless | Lady Sassoon | 4:52.95 |
| 1964 | no race 1964, course waterlogged | | | | | |
| 1965 | Fighting Charlie | 4 | Lester Piggott | Freddie Maxwell | Lady Mairi Bury | 4:34.47 |
| 1966 | Fighting Charlie | 5 | Greville Starkey | Freddie Maxwell | Lady Mairi Bury | 4:34.56 |
| 1967 | Parbury | 4 | Joe Mercer | Derek Candy | Herbert Holt | 4:36.05 |
| 1968 | Pardallo | 5 | Bill Pyers | Mick Bartholomew | Suzy Volterra | 4:35.84 |
| 1969 | Levmoss | 4 | Bill Williamson | Seamus McGrath | Seamus McGrath | 4:25.60 |
| 1970 | Precipice Wood | 4 | Jimmy Lindley | Rosemary Lomax | Bobby McAlpine | 4:27.35 |
| 1971 | Random Shot | 4 | Geoff Lewis | Arthur Budgett | Mrs G. Benskin | 4:41.39 |
| 1972 | Erimo Hawk | 4 | Pat Eddery | Geoffrey Barling | Y. Yamamoto | 4:28.69 |
| 1973 | Lassalle | 4 | Jimmy Lindley | Richard Carver Jr. | Zenya Yoshida | 4:33.46 |
| 1974 | Ragstone | 4 | Ron Hutchinson | John Dunlop | 16th Duke of Norfolk | 4:35.01 |
| 1975 | Sagaro | 4 | Lester Piggott | François Boutin | Gerry Oldham | 4:48.60 |
| 1976 | Sagaro | 5 | Lester Piggott | François Boutin | Gerry Oldham | 4:26.15 |
| 1977 | Sagaro | 6 | Lester Piggott | François Boutin | Gerry Oldham | 4:28.25 |
| 1978 | Shangamuzo | 5 | Greville Starkey | Michael Stoute | Mrs E. Charles | 4:27.30 |
| 1979 | Le Moss | 4 | Lester Piggott | Henry Cecil | Carlo d'Alessio | 4:25.22 |
| 1980 | Le Moss | 5 | Joe Mercer | Henry Cecil | Carlo d'Alessio | 4:28.40 |
| 1981 | Ardross | 5 | Lester Piggott | Henry Cecil | Charles St George | 4:51.23 |
| 1982 | Ardross | 6 | Lester Piggott | Henry Cecil | Charles St George | 4:35.24 |
| 1983 | Little Wolf | 5 | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | Lord Porchester | 4:24.36 |
| 1984 | Gildoran | 4 | Steve Cauthen | Barry Hills | Robert Sangster | 4:18.81 |
| 1985 | Gildoran | 5 | Brent Thomson | Barry Hills | Robert Sangster | 4:25.19 |
| 1986 | Longboat | 5 | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | Dick Hollingsworth | 4:22.11 |
| 1987 | Paean | 4 | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil | Lord Howard de Walden | 4:33.26 |
| 1988 | Sadeem | 5 | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood | Sheikh Mohammed | 4:15.67 |
| 1989 | Sadeem | 6 | Willie Carson | Guy Harwood | Sheikh Mohammed | 4:22.68 |
| 1990 | Ashal | 4 | Richard Hills | Harry Thomson Jones | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 4:28.58 |
| 1991 | Indian Queen | 6 | Walter Swinburn | Lord Huntingdon | Sir Gordon Brunton | 4:23.90 |
| 1992 | Drum Taps | 6 | Frankie Dettori | Lord Huntingdon | Yoshio Asakawa | 4:18.29 |
| 1993 | Drum Taps | 7 | Frankie Dettori | Lord Huntingdon | Yoshio Asakawa | 4:32.57 |
| 1994 | Arcadian Heights | 6 | Michael Hills | Geoff Wragg | John Pearce | 4:27.67 |
| 1995 | Double Trigger | 4 | Jason Weaver | Mark Johnston | Ron Huggins | 4:20.25 |
| 1996 | Classic Cliche | 4 | Michael Kinane | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 4:23.20 |
| 1997 | Celeric | 5 | Pat Eddery | David Morley | Christopher Spence | 4:26.19 |
| 1998 | Kayf Tara | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 4:32.36 |
| 1999 | Enzeli | 4 | Johnny Murtagh | John Oxx | HH Aga Khan IV | 4:18.85 |
| 2000 | Kayf Tara | 6 | Michael Kinane | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 4:24.53 |
| 2001 | Royal Rebel | 5 | Johnny Murtagh | Mark Johnston | Peter Savill | 4:18.92 |
| 2002 | Royal Rebel | 6 | Johnny Murtagh | Mark Johnston | Peter Savill | 4:25.64 |
| 2003 | Mr Dinos | 4 | Kieren Fallon | Paul Cole | Constantine Shiacolas | 4:20.15 |
| 2004 | Papineau | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 4:20.90 |
| 2005 | Westerner | 6 | Olivier Peslier | Élie Lellouche | Ecurie Wildenstein | 4:19.49 |
| 2006 | Yeats | 5 | Kieren Fallon | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier / Nagle | 4:20.45 |
| 2007 | Yeats | 6 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier / Nagle | 4:20.78 |
| 2008 | Yeats | 7 | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier / Nagle | 4:21.14 |
| 2009 | Yeats | 8 | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier / Nagle | 4:20.73 |
| 2010 | Rite Of Passage | 6 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | Dr Ronan Lambe | 4:16.92 |
| 2011 | Fame and Glory | 5 | Jamie Spencer | Aidan O'Brien | Smith / Magnier et al. | 4:37.51 |
| 2012 | Colour Vision | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 4:42.05 |
| 2013 | Estimate | 4 | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute | HM Queen Elizabeth II | 4:20.51 |
| 2014 | Leading Light | 4 | Joseph O'Brien | Aidan O'Brien | Smith / Magnier / Tabor | 4:21.09 |
| 2015 | Trip To Paris | 4 | Graham Lee | Ed Dunlop | La Grange Partnership | 4:22.61 |
| 2016 | Order of St George | 4 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Smith / Magnier / Tabor | 4:26.21 |
| 2017 | Big Orange | 6 | James Doyle | Michael Bell | Bill Gredley | 4:22.40 |
| 2018 | Stradivarius | 4 | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | Bjorn Nielsen | 4:21.08 |
| 2019 | Stradivarius | 5 | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | Bjorn Nielsen | 4:30.88 |
| 2020 | Stradivarius | 6 | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | Bjorn Nielsen | 4:32.60 |
| 2021 | Subjectivist | 4 | Joe Fanning | Mark Johnston | Dr Jim Walker | 4:20.28 |
| 2022 | Kyprios | 4 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Moyglare Stud / Smith / Magnier / Tabor | 4:26.52 |
| 2023 | Courage Mon Ami | 4 | Frankie Dettori | John and Thady Gosden | Wathnan Racing | 4:20.97 |
| 2024 | Kyprios | 6 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Moyglare Stud / Smith / Magnier / Tabor | 4:18.06 |
* ↑ Smallhopes won in 1811, but was disqualified as his owner had failed to pay the entry fee
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 The race was run at Newmarket during the wartime periods of 1917–18 and 1941–44
* ↑ The race was abandoned in 1964 because of waterlogging
* 1 2 Rock Roi finished first in 1971 and 1972, but he was disqualified both times
* ↑ Royal Gait was first in 1988, but he was relegated to last place following a stewards' inquiry
* ↑ The 2005 running took place at York