Doncaster Cup
The
Doncaster Cup, known at times in the past as the
Doncaster Gold Cup, is a
Group 2 flat horse race in the
United Kingdom for three-year-old and above
thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2
miles 2
furlongs (3,621 metres) at
Doncaster Racecourse during the St Leger meeting in September.
First run in
1766, it is the oldest continuing regulated horse race in the world, though not since its early years has it overshadowed the
St. Leger Stakes, now considered Doncaster's leading race. Together with the 2 mile (3,219 m)
Goodwood Cup and 2½ mile (4,023 m)
Ascot Gold Cup, the Doncaster Cup is part of Britain's
Stayers' Triple Crown for horses capable of running longer distances. Only six horses have ever swept the series, one of them twice.
In 2005 it was won by a former St Leger winner, Millenary, with 2005 Horse of the Year Sergeant Cecil in second place.
In recent years it has been sponsored by the
Great North Eastern Railway.
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2000 - Enzeli
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2001 - Alleluia
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2002 - Boreas
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2003 -
Persian Punch*
2004 - Millenary / Kasthari -
dead-heat*
2005 - Millenary
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List of British flat horse races*
List of winners
