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| Welcome to Betting Kingdom and our page on the Ascot Gold Cup. This race is the highlight of the Royal Ascot festival which take place in June. It is |
| a Group 1 flat race for 4 year old thoroughbreds and above. The race is run over a distance of 2 miles and 4 furlongs and is ideal for stayers, horses |
| which specialise in running long distances. It takes place on day three of the meeting which is also Ladies Day. |
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Race: |
Ascot Gold Cup |
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Racecourse: |
Ascot |
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June |
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Flat |
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Distance: |
2 miles 4 furlongs |
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Winner: |
Yeats |
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| HISTORY IN THE MAKING - YEATS GOING FOR FOURTH GOLD CUP WIN |
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| Today is a potentially huge day at Royal Ascot with Yeats looking to win his fourth straight Gold Cup. This race is |
| now 202 years old and no horse has ever won it four times running. Only once in its history, way back in 1900 has an |
| 8 year old won the race. Yeats has reached that age and doubts have been raised as to whether he's past his best. |
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| Yeats is one of the bravest horse around and that is a crucial trait over this longer race. Last year it was the final two |
| furlongs that's Yeats pulled away to secure a comfortable victory. However in his last meeting he produced a poor |
| performance at Navan in April. He was odds favourite and finished 6th out of 9 runners. |
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Horse |
Trainer |
2008 |
Yeats |
Aiden O'Brien |
2007 |
Yeats |
Aiden O'Brien |
2006 |
Yeats |
Aiden O'Brien |
2005 |
Westerner |
Elie Lellouche |
2004 |
Papineau |
Saeed bin Suroor |
2003 |
Mr Dinos |
Paul Cole |
2002 |
Royal Rebel |
Mark Johnston |
2001 |
Royal Rebel |
Mark Johnston |
2000 |
Kayf Tara |
Saeed bin Suroor |
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