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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 ...
Gold Cup is a Premier Handicap National Hunt race in Great Britain. It is a handicap steeplechase and is run at Ascot in late October or early November, over a distance of about 3 miles (2 miles, 7 furlongs and 180 yards, or 4,791 metres).
September 30, 2007 – in the Fenwolf Stakes at Ascot, between Distinction and Solent; September 24, 2008 – in the Foundation Stakes at Goodwood, between Hearthstead Maison and Tranquil Tiger; March 2009 – at The Meadows, between Tsm Goldenridge, Serious Damage and Teen Elvis; the 25th triple dead heat in harness racing history. [36]
The Royal Enclosure on Cup Day, 1907. Over its 300-year history, Ascot has established itself as a national institution, with Royal Ascot being the centerpiece of the British summer social calendar and the ultimate stage for the best racehorses in the world. [1] The racecourse was founded in 1711 by Queen Anne.
Royal Ascot 2023 started on Tuesday 20 June and runs through to Saturday 24 June at Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire. Luckily for racing fans Royal Ascot will be broadcasted on free-to-air ITV1 ...
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At Royal Ascot Rite Of Passage ran in his third conventional flat race, the Group One Ascot Gold Cup over two and a half miles for which he started a 20/1 outsider. He raced in third and survived a "barging match" with the tiring Akmal (for which Smullen was subsequently disciplined) [ 11 ] to challenge Age of Aquarius for the lead a furlong out.
Estimate's victory was the first time the Gold Cup had been won by the reigning monarch. [17] On her only subsequent appearance in 2013, Estimate started 2/1 favourite for the British Champions Long Distance Cup at Ascot on 19 October, but made no impact, finishing seventh of the twelve runners behind Royal Diamond.