July Cup

July Cup
Chief Singer, painted by Bob Demuyser
oil on canvas
ClassGroup 1
LocationJuly Course
Newmarket, England
Inaugurated1876
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
SponsorPertemps Network (2023)
WebsiteNewmarket
Race information
Distance6f (1,207 metres)
SurfaceTurf
TrackStraight
QualificationThree-years-old and up
Weight9 st 2 lb (3yo);
9 st 8 lb (4yo+)
Allowances
3 lb for fillies and mares
Purse£600,000 (2022)
1st: £356,422
Bonusessee Global Sprint Challenge
July Cup
2024
Mill Stream Swingalong Vandeek
Previous years
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 one of Britain's most valuable and prestigious sprint races, and many of its winners have been acknowledged as the champion sprinter in Europe.

History

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.

Records

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)

Winners since 1918

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time
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
1939 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 [a] 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
  1. ^ Marinsky finished first in 1977, but was relegated to second place following a stewards' inquiry

Earlier 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
  • 1900: Running Stream
  • 1901: Lord Bobs
  • 1902: Sundridge
  • 1903: Sundridge
  • 1904: Sundridge
  • 1905: Delaunay
  • 1906: Thrush
  • 1907: Dinneford
  • 1908: Lesbia
  • 1909: Jack Snipe
  • 1910: Amore
  • 1911: Sunder
  • 1912: Spanish Prince
  • 1913: Spanish Prince
  • 1914: Golden Sun
  • 1915: Volta
  • 1916: Torloisk
  • 1917: no race

See also

References

  • Paris-Turf:
    • "1979"., "1980"., "1981"., "1982"., "1983"., "1984"., "1985"., "1986"., "1987".
  • Racing Post:
  • Race Recordings (1971-2003) youtube.com
  • galopp-sieger.de – July Cup.
  • ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – July Cup (2019).
  • pedigreequery.com – July Cup – Newmarket.
  • Abelson, Edward; John Tyrrel (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 119–121. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.
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