Horse Racing - Goodwood Cup
Run at Goodwood racecourse in Sussex, England over two miles (3,200 metres) on the opening day of the annual Glorious Goodwood meeting in late July/early August. It was inaugurated in 1808 as a three-mile event, and won on three separate occasions by Bucephalus. Its trophy, a silver cup, was awarded permanently to the horse's owner after the third victory. The replacement trophy, established in 1812, is a gold cup and shortly afterwards the race was cut to two miles and five furlongs. It became a Group 2 event in 1971, was relegated to Group 3 status in 1985 and was shortened by a furlong in 1990 before adopting its current distance in 1991. It regained Group 2 status in 1995 and, in 2017, attained its elite Group 1 status.
The winners since it became a Group 1 contest have been:
YEAR | WINNER | JOCKEY | TRAINER |
2017 | STRADIVARIUS | A Atzeni | J Gosden |
2018 | STRADIVARIUS | A Atzeni | J Gosden |
2019 | STRADIVARIUS | F Dettori | J Gosden |
2020 | STRADIVARIUS | F Dettori | J Gosden |
2021 | TRUESHAN | H Doyle | A King |
2022 | KYPRIOS | R Moore | A O'Brien |
2023 | QUICKTHORN | T Marquand | H Morrison |
2024 | KYPRIOS | R Moore | A O'Brien |
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