Racing Post Trophy

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The Racing Post Trophy is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom open to two-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres) at Doncaster Racecourse, and it takes place annually in late October.

First run in 1961, the race was originally sponsored by Timeform and titled the Timeform Gold Cup. It was subsequently known as the Observer Gold Cup (1965–75, sponsored by The Observer) and the Futurity Stakes (1976–88, sponsored by William Hill), before taking its present name when the Racing Post took sponsorship in 1989.

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 [1]	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 [2]	Frankie Dettori	Peter Chapple-Hyam	Al Homaizi / Al Sagar	1:43.74
2007	Ibn Khaldun	Kerrin McEvoy	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:37.62

¹  The 1989 race was run at Newcastle.
²  The 2006 race was run at Newbury.

[edit] Earlier winners

[edit] References

• PedigreeQuery.com (Racing Post Trophy)
• PedigreeQuery.com (Futurity Stakes)
• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

[edit] See also

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