Racing Post Trophy
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The Racing Post Trophy is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for two-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run over a distance of 1 mile at Doncaster Racecourse in late October.
It was first run in 1961 as the Timeform Gold Cup, sponsored by Timeform, and was subsequently known as the Observer Gold Cup (1965-75, sponsored by The Observer) and the Futurity Stakes (1976-88, sponsored by William Hill plc), before taking its present name in 1989 when the Racing Post took sponsorship.
Four winners of the race have gone on to win the Epsom Derby the following year – Reference Point, High Chaparral, Motivator and Authorized.
[edit] Winners since 1986
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 1986 | Reference Point | Pat Eddery | Henry Cecil | Louis Freedman | 1:45.03 |
| 1987 | Emmson | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | Sir Michael Sobell | 1:42.66 |
| 1988 | Al Hareb | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 1:40.73 |
| 1989 | Be My Chief * | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil | Peter Burrell | 1:42.99 |
| 1990 | Peter Davies | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil | Charles St. George | 1:46.00 |
| 1991 | Seattle Rhyme | Cash Asmussen | David Elsworth | H. J. Senn | 1:39.58 |
| 1992 | Armiger | Pat Eddery | Henry Cecil | Khalid Abdullah | 1:39.70 |
| 1993 | King's Theatre | Willie Ryan | Henry Cecil | Michael Poland | 1:41.04 |
| 1994 | Celtic Swing | Kevin Darley | Lady Herries | Peter Savill | 1:40.04 |
| 1995 | Beauchamp King | John Reid | John Dunlop | Erik Penser | 1:38.89 |
| 1996 | Medaaly | Gary Hind | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 1:41.12 |
| 1997 | Saratoga Springs | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | Michael Tabor | 1:40.36 |
| 1998 | Commander Collins | Jimmy Fortune | Peter Chapple-Hyam | Robert Sangster | 1:47.80 |
| 1999 | Aristotle | George Duffield | Aidan O'Brien | Sue Magnier | 1:45.00 |
| 2000 | Dilshaan | Johnny Murtagh | Sir Michael Stoute | Saeed Suhail | 1:45.87 |
| 2001 | High Chaparral | Kevin Darley | Aidan O'Brien | Michael Tabor | 1:45.39 |
| 2002 | Brian Boru | Kevin Darley | Aidan O'Brien | Sue Magnier | 1:46.01 |
| 2003 | American Post | Christophe Soumillon | Criquette Head-Maarek | Khalid Abdullah | 1:39.57 |
| 2004 | Motivator | Kieren Fallon | Michael Bell | Royal Ascot Racing Club | 1:41.62 |
| 2005 | Palace Episode | Neil Callan | Kevin Ryan | Mrs T. Marnane | 1:45.10 |
| 2006 | Authorized * | Frankie Dettori | Peter Chapple-Hyam | Saleh Al Homaizi & Imad Al Sagar | 1:43.74 |
| 2007 | Ibn Khaldun | Kerrin McEvoy | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 1:37.62 |
* The 1989 race took place at Newcastle and the 2006 race at Newbury.
[edit] Earlier winners
- 1961 - Miralgo
- 1962 - Noblesse
- 1963 - Pushful
- 1964 - Hardicanute
- 1965 - Pretendre
- 1966 - Ribocco
- 1967 - Vaguely Noble
- 1968 - The Elk
- 1969 - Approval
- 1970 - Linden Tree
- 1971 - High Top
- 1972 - Noble Decree
- 1973 - Apalachee
- 1974 - Green Dancer
- 1975 - Take Your Place
- 1976 - Sporting Yankee
- 1977 - Dactylographer
- 1978 - Sandy Creek
- 1979 - Hello Gorgeous
- 1980 - Beldale Flutter
- 1981 - Count Pahlen
- 1982 - Dunbeath
- 1983 - Alphabatim
- 1984 - Lanfranco
- 1985 - Bakharoff
[edit] References
- PedigreeQuery.com (Racing Post Trophy)
- PedigreeQuery.com (Futurity Stakes)
- Racing Post:
