Coronation Cup

This article is about the horse race. For the football tournament, see Coronation Cup (football).

Group 1 race
Coronation Cup

Location	Epsom Downs Epsom, England
Inaugurated	1902
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor	Investec
Website	Epsom Downs
Race information
Distance	1m 4f 10y (2,423 m)
Track	Turf, left-handed
Qualification	Four-years-old and up
Weight	9 st 0 lb Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares
Purse	£250,000 (2011) 1st: £141,925

The Coronation Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Epsom Downs over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 10 yards (2,423 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.

History

The event was established in 1902 to commemorate the coronation of a new British monarch, King Edward VII. Epsom had previously staged a similar race, the Epsom Gold Cup, which was open to horses aged three or older. The Coronation Cup was temporarily switched to alternative venues during wartime periods, with runnings at Newmarket (1915–16, 1943–45) and Newbury (1941).

The race is presently contested on the opening day of Epsom's two-day Derby Festival meeting. Its distance is the same as that of both the Derby and the Oaks, and it often features horses which competed in those events in the preceding seasons.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

• Pretty Polly – 1905, 1906
• The White Knight – 1907, 1908
• Petite Etoile – 1960, 1961
• Triptych – 1987, 1988
• Warrsan – 2003, 2004

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Leading jockey (9 wins):

• Lester Piggott – Zucchero (1953), Nagami (1959), Petite Etoile (1960, 1961), Park Top (1969), Roberto (1973), Quiet Fling (1976), Sea Chimes (1980), Be My Native (1983)

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Leading trainer (6 wins):

• André Fabre – Saint Estephe (1986), In the Wings (1990), Apple Tree (1994), Sunshack (1995), Swain (1996), Shirocco (2006)

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Leading owner (5 wins): (includes part ownership)

• Sue Magnier – Yeats (2005), Scorpion (2007), Soldier of Fortune (2008), Fame and Glory (2010), St Nicholas Abbey (2011)

Winners since 1960

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1960	Petite Etoile	4	Lester Piggott	Noel Murless	Prince Aly Khan	2:35.20
1961	Petite Etoile	5	Lester Piggott	Noel Murless	HH Aga Khan IV
1962	Dicta Drake	4	Yves Saint-Martin	François Mathet	Suzy Volterra	2:42.00
1963	Exbury	4	Jean Deforge	Geoffroy Watson	Guy de Rothschild
1964	Relko	4	Yves Saint-Martin	François Mathet	François Dupré	2:47.00
1965	Oncidium	4	Scobie Breasley	George Todd	Lord Howard de Walden	2:38.70
1966	I Say	4	Duncan Keith	Walter Nightingall	Louis Freedman	2:36.40
1967	Charlottown	4	Jimmy Lindley	Gordon Smyth	Lady Zia Wernher	2:49.70
1968	Royal Palace	4	Sandy Barclay	Noel Murless	Jim Joel	2:55.50
1969	Park Top	5	Lester Piggott	Bernard van Cutsem	11th Duke of Devonshire	2:37.50
1970	Caliban	4	Sandy Barclay	Noel Murless	Stanhope Joel	2:49.20
1971	Lupe	4	Geoff Lewis	Noel Murless	Gladys Joel	2:37.70
1972	Mill Reef	4	Geoff Lewis	Ian Balding	Paul Mellon	2:34.94
1973	Roberto	4	Lester Piggott	Vincent O'Brien	John W. Galbreath	2:34.50
1974	Buoy	4	Joe Mercer	Dick Hern	Dick Hollingsworth	2:36.50
1975	Bustino	4	Joe Mercer	Dick Hern	Lady Beaverbrook	2:33.31
1976	Quiet Fling	4	Lester Piggott	Jeremy Tree	John Hay Whitney	2:38.10
1977	Exceller	4	Gérard Dubroeucq	François Mathet	Nelson Bunker Hunt	2:36.94
1978	Crow	5	Pat Eddery	Peter Walwyn	Daniel Wildenstein	2:34.30
1979	Ile de Bourbon	4	John Reid	F. Johnson Houghton	Sir Philip Oppenheimer	2:43.50
1980	Sea Chimes	4	Lester Piggott	John Dunlop	J. Thursby	2:35.89
1981	Master Willie	4	Philip Waldron	Henry Candy	Robert Barnett	2:44.49
1982	Easter Sun	5	Bruce Raymond	Michael Jarvis	Lady Beaverbrook	2:35.05
1983	Be My Native	4	Lester Piggott	Robert Armstrong	K. Hsu	2:45.38
1984	Time Charter	5	Steve Cauthen	Henry Candy	Robert Barnett	2:40.60
1985	Rainbow Quest	4	Pat Eddery	Jeremy Tree	Khalid Abdullah	2:39.51
1986	Saint Estephe	4	Pat Eddery	André Fabre	Yan Houyvet	2:34.87
1987	Triptych	5	Tony Cruz	Patrick Biancone	Alan Clore	2:35.97
1988	Triptych	6	Steve Cauthen	Patrick Biancone	Peter M. Brant	2:34.84
1989	Sheriff's Star	4	Ray Cochrane	Lady Herries	Duchess of Norfolk	2:35.49
1990	In the Wings	4	Cash Asmussen	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	2:36.43
1991	In the Groove	4	Steve Cauthen	David Elsworth	Brian Cooper	2:36.32
1992	Saddlers' Hall	4	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute	Lord Weinstock	2:35.73
1993	Opera House	5	Michael Roberts	Michael Stoute	Sheikh Mohammed	2:35.13
1994	Apple Tree	5	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Sultan Al Kabeer	2:35.43
1995	Sunshack	4	Pat Eddery	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	2:35.85
1996	Swain	4	Frankie Dettori	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	2:40.27
1997	Singspiel	5	Frankie Dettori	Michael Stoute	Sheikh Mohammed	2:37.72
1998	Silver Patriarch	4	Pat Eddery	John Dunlop	Peter Winfield	2:37.60
1999	Daylami	5	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:40.26
2000	Daliapour	4	Kieren Fallon	Sir Michael Stoute	HH Aga Khan IV	2:41.63
2001	Mutafaweq	5	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:36.05
2002	Boreal	4	Kieren Fallon	Peter Schiergen	Gestüt Ammerland	2:45.01
2003	Warrsan	5	Philip Robinson	Clive Brittain	Saeed Manana	2:35.68
2004	Warrsan	6	Darryll Holland	Clive Brittain	Saeed Manana	2:35.96
2005	Yeats	4	Kieren Fallon	Aidan O'Brien	Magnier / Nagle	2:36.98
2006	Shirocco	5	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	Baron G. von Ullmann	2:37.64
2007	Scorpion	5	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	Magnier / Tabor	2:40.82
2008	Soldier of Fortune	4	Johnny Murtagh	Aidan O'Brien	Magnier / Tabor / Smith	2:36.83
2009	Ask	6	Ryan Moore	Sir Michael Stoute	Patrick J. Fahey	2:37.00
2010	Fame and Glory	4	Johnny Murtagh	Aidan O'Brien	Smith / Magnier / Tabor	2:33.42
2011	St Nicholas Abbey	4	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien	Smith / Magnier / Tabor	2:37.18

Earlier winners

• 1902: Osboch
• 1903: Valenza
• 1904: Zinfandel
• 1905: Pretty Polly
• 1906: Pretty Polly
• 1907: The White Knight
• 1908: The White Knight
• 1909: Dean Swift
• 1910: Sir Martin
• 1911: Lemberg
• 1912: Stedfast
• 1913: Prince Palatine
• 1914: Blue Stone
• 1915: Black Jester
• 1916: Pommern
• 1917–18: no race
• 1919: He
• 1920: Manilardo
• 1921: Silvern

• 1922: Franklin
• 1923: Condover
• 1924: Verdict
• 1925: St Germans
• 1926: Solario
• 1927: Coronach
• 1928: Apelle
• 1929: Reigh Count
• 1930: Plantago
• 1931: Parenthesis
• 1932: Salmon Leap
• 1933: Dastur
• 1934: King Salmon
• 1935: Windsor Lad
• 1936: Plassy
• 1937: Cecil / His Grace *
• 1938: Monument
• 1939: Scottish Union
• 1940: no race

• 1941: Winterhalter
• 1942: no race
• 1943: Hyperides
• 1944: Persian Gulf
• 1945: Borealis
• 1946: Ardan
• 1947: Chanteur
• 1948: Goyama
• 1949: Beau Sabreur
• 1950: Amour Drake
• 1951: Tantieme
• 1952: Nuccio
• 1953: Zucchero
• 1954: Aureole
• 1955: Narrator
• 1956: Tropique
• 1957: Fric
• 1958: Ballymoss
• 1959: Nagami

* The 1937 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.

See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races

References

• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

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• galopp-sieger.de – Coronation Cup (ex Epsom Gold Cup).
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Coronation Cup (2011).
• pedigreequery.com – Coronation Cup – Epsom.
• Abelson, Edward; John Tyrrel (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 56–58. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.