Royal Ascot Gold Cup: List of Past Winners
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One of the most famous and oldest races in the world, the Ascot Gold Cup is the showpiece event of Royal Ascot. Taking place at Ascot Racecourse, the race is run over 2 miles, 3 furlongs and 210 yards and horses must be four years old or over.
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First held in 1807, the Gold Cup is one of the most prestigious events in the UK for horses with a bit of stamina (or “stayers”). It always takes place on the third day of Royal Ascot – known as Ladies Day.
The first ever winner took home 100 guineas and was watched by King George III and Queen Charlotte. Last year’s winner Stradivarius, ridden by Frankie Dettori received £283,550.
But most interesting to keep your eye on are the trends. Of the last 17 Ascot Gold Cup favourites, 13 of them have finished in the top three and the favourite has won six times in the last ten years. If these trends weren’t enough to whet your appetite, we’ve got plenty more in our Gold Cup preview.
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Race Records
Trainer Aidan O’Brien must love the Ascot Gold Cup, having won the race seven times. Mostly thanks to Yeats, who had the Midas touch for a four year run from 2006 – 2009. Unsurprisingly Yeats is also the most successful horse at the Gold Cup with four wins.
The top jock title belongs to Lester Piggot whose name sounds like it should be Cockney rhyming slang, but it isn’t. We checked. He has taken home the Gold eleven times, on eight different horses. If you’re interested, they are, Zarathustra (1957), Gladness (1958), Pandofell (1961), Twilight Alley (1963), Fighting Charlie (1965), Sagaro (1975, 1976, 1977), Le Moss (1979), Ardross (1981, 1982).
John and Sue Magnier are the top owners with seven winners, courtesy of Gold Cup wizard, Aidan O’Brien (Yeats, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, Fame and Glory, 2011, Leading Light, 2014, Order of St George, 2016). The most famous winning owner has to be the Queen, who’s horse Estimate won in 2013.
Ascot Gold Cup Winners List
Ever wondered who the winning jockey was from the 1837 Ascot Gold Cup? We can make your dreams come true. Here’s a list of every Gold Cup winner, jockey, trainer and owner since 1807 (records of jockeys, trainers and owners didn’t start until 1823).
Winners List:
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Winning Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Stradivarius | 5 | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | Bjorn Nielsen | 4:30.88 |
| 2018 | Stradivarius | 4 | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | Bjorn Nielsen | 4:21.08 |
| 2017 | Big Orange | 6 | James Doyle | Michael Bell | Bill Gredley | 4:22.40 |
| 2016 | Order of St George | 4 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O’Brien | Smith / Magnier / Tabor | 4:26.21 |
| 2015 | Trip To Paris | 4 | Graham Lee | Ed Dunlop | La Grange Partnership | 4:22.61 |
| 2014 | Leading Light | 4 | Joseph O’Brien | Aidan O’Brien | Smith / Magnier / Tabor | 4:21.09 |
| 2013 | Estimate | 4 | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute | Queen Elizabeth II | 4:20.51 |
| 2012 | Colour Vision | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 4:42.05 |
| 2011 | Fame and Glory | 5 | Jamie Spencer | Aidan O’Brien | Smith / Magnier et al | 4:37.51 |
| 2010 | Rite of Passage | 6 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | Dr Ronan Lambe | 4:16.92 |
| 2009 | Yeats | 8 | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O’Brien | Magnier / Nagle | 4:20.73 |
| 2008 | Yeats | 7 | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O’Brien | Magnier / Nagle | 4:21.14 |
| 2007 | Yeats | 6 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O’Brien | Magnier / Nagle | 4:20.78 |
| 2006 | Yeats | 5 | Kieren Fallon | Aidan O’Brien | Magnier / Nagle | 4:20.45 |
| 2005 | Westerner | 6 | Olivier Peslier | Elie Lellouche | Ecurie Wildenstein | 4:19.49 |
| 2004 | Papineau | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 4:20.90 |
| 2003 | Mr Dinos | 4 | Kieren Fallon | Paul Cole | Constantine Shiacolas | 4:20.15 |
| 2002 | Royal Rebel | 6 | Johnny Murtagh | Mark Johnston | Peter Savill | 4:25.64 |
| 2001 | Royal Rebel | 5 | Johnny Murtagh | Mark Johnston | Peter Savill | 4:18.92 |
| 2000 | Kayf Tara | 6 | Michael Kinane | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 4:24.53 |
| 1999 | Enzeli | 4 | Johnny Murtagh | John Oxx | HH Aga Khan IV | 4:18.85 |
| 1998 | Kayf Tara | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 4:32.36 |
| 1997 | Celeric | 5 | Pat Eddery | David Morley | Christopher Spence | 4:26.19 |
| 1996 | Classic Cliche | 4 | Michael Kinane | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 4:23.20 |
| 1995 | Double Trigger | 4 | Jason Weaver | Mark Johnston | Ron Huggins | 4:20.25 |
| 1994 | Arcadian Heights | 6 | Michael Hills | Geoff Wragg | John Pearce | 4:27.67 |
| 1993 | Drum Taps | 7 | Frankie Dettori | Lord Huntingdon | Yoshio Asakawa | 4:32.57 |
| 1992 | Drum Taps | 6 | Frankie Dettori | Lord Huntingdon | Yoshio Asakawa | 4:18.29 |
| 1991 | Indian Queen | 6 | Walter Swinburn | Lord Huntingdon | Sir Gordon Brunton | 4:23.90 |
| 1990 | Ashal | 4 | Richard Hills | Harry Thomson Jones | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 4:28.58 |
| 1989 | Sadeem | 6 | Willie Carson | Guy Harwood | Sheikh Mohammed | 4:22.68 |
| 1988 | Sadeem | 5 | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood | Sheikh Mohammed | 4:15.67 |
| 1987 | Paean | 4 | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil | Lord Howard de Walden | 4:33.26 |
| 1986 | Longboat | 5 | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | Dick Hollingsworth | 4:22.11 |
| 1985 | Gildoran | 5 | Brent Thomson | Barry Hills | Robert Sangster | 4:25.19 |
| 1984 | Gildoran | 4 | Steve Cauthen | Barry Hills | Robert Sangster | 4:18.81 |
| 1983 | Little Wolf | 5 | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | Lord Porchester | 4:24.36 |
| 1982 | Ardross | 6 | Lester Piggott | Henry Cecil | Charles St George | 4:35.24 |
| 1981 | Ardross | 5 | Lester Piggott | Henry Cecil | Charles St George | 4:51.23 |
| 1980 | Le Moss | 5 | Joe Mercer | Henry Cecil | Carlo d’Alessio | 4:28.40 |
| 1979 | Le Moss | 4 | Lester Piggott | Henry Cecil | Carlo d’Alessio | 4:25.22 |
| 1978 | Shangamuzo | 5 | Greville Starkey | Michael Stoute | Mrs E. Charles | 4:27.30 |
| 1977 | Sagaro | 6 | Lester Piggott | François Boutin | Gerry Oldham | 4:28.25 |
| 1976 | Sagaro | 5 | Lester Piggott | François Boutin | Gerry Oldham | 4:26.15 |
| 1975 | Sagaro | 4 | Lester Piggott | François Boutin | Gerry Oldham | 4:48.60 |
| 1974 | Ragstone | 4 | Ron Hutchinson | John Dunlop | 16th Duke of Norfolk | 4:35.01 |
| 1973 | Lassalle | 4 | Jimmy Lindley | Richard Carver, Jr. | Zenya Yoshida | 4:33.46 |
| 1972 | Erimo Hawk | 4 | Pat Eddery | Geoffrey Barling | Y. Yamamoto | 4:28.69 |
| 1971 | Random Shot | 4 | Geoff Lewis | Arthur Budgett | Mrs G. Benskin | 4:41.39 |
| 1970 | Precipice Wood | 4 | Jimmy Lindley | Rosemary Lomax | Bobby McAlpine | 4:27.35 |
| 1969 | Levmoss | 4 | Bill Williamson | Seamus McGrath | Seamus McGrath | 4:25.60 |
| 1968 | Pardallo | 5 | Bill Pyers | Mick Bartholomew | Suzy Volterra | 4:35.84 |
| 1967 | Parbury | 4 | Joe Mercer | Derek Candy | Herbert Holt | 4:36.05 |
| 1966 | Fighting Charlie | 5 | Greville Starkey | Freddie Maxwell | Lady Mairi Bury | 4:34.56 |
| 1965 | Fighting Charlie | 4 | Lester Piggott | Freddie Maxwell | Lady Mairi Bury | 4:34.47 |
| No race 1964, course waterlogged | ||||||
| 1963 | Twilight Alley | 4 | Lester Piggott | Noel Murless | Lady Sassoon | 4:52.95 |
| 1962 | Balto | 4 | Freddie Palmer | Max Bonaventure | André Rueff | 4:48.04 |
| 1961 | Pandofell | 4 | Lester Piggott | Freddie Maxwell | H. Warwick Daw | 4:30.32 |
| 1960 | Sheshoon | 4 | George Moore | Alec Head | Prince Aly Khan | 4:28.42 |
| 1959 | Wallaby | 4 | Freddie Palmer | Percy Carter | Geoffroy de Waldner | 4:34.02 |
| 1958 | Gladness | 5 | Lester Piggott | Vincent O’Brien | John McShain | 4:30.18 |
| 1957 | Zarathustra | 6 | Lester Piggott | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Terence Gray | 4:23.93 |
| 1956 | Macip | 4 | Serge Boullenger | Charlie Elliott | Marcel Boussac | 4:48.80 |
| 1955 | Botticelli | 4 | Enrico Camici | Enrico della Rocchetta | Mario della Rocchetta | 4:29.02 |
| 1954 | Elpenor | 4 | Jacques Doyasbère | Charlie Elliott | Marcel Boussac | 4:32.80 |
| 1953 | Souepi | 5 | Charlie Elliott | George Digby | George Digby | 4:35.20 |
| 1952 | Aquino | 4 | Gordon Richards | Sam Armstrong | Maharanee of Baroda | 4:29.60 |
| 1951 | Pan | 4 | Roger Poincelet | Etienne Pollet | Eugène Constant | 4:22.40 |
| 1950 | Supertello | 4 | Doug Smith | John Waugh | Wilfred Harvey | 4:25.00 |
| 1949 | Alycidon | 4 | Doug Smith | Walter Earl | 18th Earl of Derby | |
| 1948 | Arbar | 4 | Charlie Elliott | Charles Semblat | Marcel Boussac | |
| 1947 | Souverain | 4 | Marcel Lollierou | Henri Delavaud | F. R. Schmitt | |
| 1946 | Caracalla | 4 | Charlie Elliott | Charles Semblat | Marcel Boussac | |
| 1945 | Ocean Swell | 4 | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis | 6th Earl of Rosebery | |
| 1944 | Umiddad | 4 | Gordon Richards | Frank Butters | Aga Khan III | |
| 1943 | Ujiji | 4 | Gordon Richards | Joseph Lawson | Alfred Allnatt | |
| 1942 | Owen Tudor | 4 | Gordon Richards | Fred Darling | Catherine Macdonald-Buchanan | |
| 1941 | Finis | 6 | Harry Wragg | Ossie Bell | Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen | |
| No race 1940 | ||||||
| 1939 | Flyon | 4 | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis | 1st Baron Milford | |
| 1938 | Flares | 5 | Bobby Jones | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | William Woodward, Sr. | |
| 1937 | Precipitation | 4 | Patrick Beasley | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Lady Zia Wernher | |
| 1936 | Quashed | 4 | Richard Perryman | Colledge Leader | Lord Stanley | |
| 1935 | Tiberius | 4 | Tommy Weston | Joseph Lawson | Sir Abe Bailey | |
| 1934 | Felicitation | 4 | Gordon Richards | Frank Butters | Aga Khan III | |
| 1933 | Foxhunter | 4 | Harry Wragg | Jack Jarvis | Edward Esmond | |
| 1932 | Trimdon | 6 | Joe Childs | Joseph Lawson | Charles Lambton | |
| 1931 | Trimdon | 5 | Joe Childs | Joseph Lawson | Charles Lambton | |
| 1930 | Bosworth | 4 | Tommy Weston | Frank Butters | 17th Earl of Derby | |
| 1929 | Invershin | 7 | Richard Perryman | George Digby | John Reid Walker | |
| 1928 | Invershin | 6 | Brownie Carslake | George Digby | John Reid Walker | |
| 1927 | Foxlaw | 5 | Brownie Carslake | Reg Day | Sir Abe Bailey | |
| 1926 | Solario | 4 | Joe Childs | Reg Day | Sir John Rutherford | |
| 1925 | Santorb | 4 | Steve Donoghue | James Rhodes | A Barclay-Walker | |
| 1924 | Massine | 4 | Fred Sharpe | Elijah Cunnington | Henri Ternynck | |
| 1923 | Happy Man | 7 | Victor Smyth | Thomas Hogg | F Hardy | |
| 1922 | Golden Myth | 4 | Charlie Elliott | Jack Jarvis | Sir George Bullough | |
| 1921 | Periosteum | 4 | Frank Bullock | Basil Jarvis | Ben Irish | |
| 1920 | Tangiers | 4 | George Hulme | Richard Dawson | Sir William Nelson | |
| 1919 | By Jingo! | 5 | George Hulme | James Rhodes | W T de Pledge | |
| 1918 | Gainsborough | 3 | Joe Childs | Alec Taylor, Jr. | Lady James Douglas | |
| 1917 | Gay Crusader | 3 | Steve Donoghue | Alec Taylor, Jr. | Alfred W. Cox | |
| 1915 | Apothecary | 3 | E Lancaster | Fred Pratt | ||
| 1914 | Aleppo | 5 | Freddie Fox | Alec Taylor, Jr. | Alfred W. Cox | |
| 1913 | Prince Palatine | 5 | W Saxby | Henry Beardsley | Thomas Pilkington | |
| 1912 | Prince Palatine | 4 | Frank O’Neill | Henry Beardsley | Thomas Pilkington | |
| 1911 | Willonyx | 4 | William Higgs | Sam Darling | Charles Howard | |
| 1910 | Bayardo | 4 | Danny Maher | Alec Taylor, Jr. | Alfred W. Cox | |
| 1909 | Bomba | 3 | Freddie Fox | Fred Pratt | Jimmy de Rothschild | |
| 1908 | The White Knight | 5 | William Halsey | Harry Sadler | Tom Kirkwood | |
| 1907 | The White Knight | 4 | William Halsey | Harry Sadler | Tom Kirkwood | |
| 1906 | Bachelor’s Button | 7 | Danny Maher | Charles Peck | Solomon Joel | |
| 1905 | Zinfandel | 5 | Morny Cannon | Charles Beatty | 8th Baron Howard de Walden | |
| 1904 | Throwaway | 5 | Willie Lane | Herbert Braime | Fred Alexander | |
| 1903 | Maximum | 4 | A McIntyre | Richard Count | Jacques de Bremond | |
| 1902 | William the Third | 4 | Morny Cannon | John Porter | 6th Duke of Portland | |
| 1901 | Santoi | 4 | Fred Rickaby | Wallace Davis | George Edwards | |
| 1900 | Merman | 8 | Tod Sloan | Jack Robinson | Mr. Jersey | |
| 1899 | Cyllene | 4 | Sam Loates | William Jarvis | Sir Charles Rose | |
| 1898 | Elf | 5 | E Watkins | Richard Count | Jacques de Bremond | |
| 1897 | Persimmon | 4 | John Watts | Richard Marsh | Prince of Wales | |
| 1896 | Love Wisely | 3 | Sam Loates | Alec Taylor, Jr. | William Bass | |
| 1895 | Isinglass | 5 | Tommy Loates | James Jewitt | Harry McCalmont | |
| 1894 | La Fleche | 5 | John Watts | Richard Marsh | Maurice de Hirsch | |
| 1893 | Marcion | 3 | S Chandley | W Matthews | R C Vyner | |
| 1892 | Buccaneer | 4 | George Barrett | S Pickering | Lord Rosslyn | |
| 1891 | Morion | 4 | John Watts | Richard Marsh | Lord Hartington | |
| 1890 | Gold | 4 | Frederic Webb | Tom Jennings | Prince Soltykoff | |
| 1889 | Trayles | 4 | Jack Robinson | James Jewitt | W de la Rue | |
| 1888 | Timothy | 4 | Jack Robinson | James Jewitt | Harry McCalmont | |
| 1887 | Bird of Freedom | 5 | W Warne | J Ryan | D Baird | |
| 1886 | Althorp | 4 | Tom Cannon | John Porter | Maurice de Hirsch | |
| 1885 | St. Gatien | 4 | Charles Wood | James Waugh | Jack Hammond | |
| 1884 | St. Simon | 3 | Charles Wood | Mathew Dawson | 6th Duke of Portland | |
| 1883 | Tristan | 5 | George Fordham | Tom Jennings | C. J. Lefevre | |
| 1882 | Foxhall | 4 | Tom Cannon | William Day | James R. Keene | |
| 1881 | Robert the Devil | 4 | Tom Cannon | Charles Blanton | Charles Brewer | |
| 1880 | Isonomy | 5 | Tom Cannon, Sr. | John Porter | Frederick Gretton | |
| 1879 | Isonomy | 4 | Tom Cannon | John Porter | Frederick Gretton | |
| 1878 | Verneuil | 4 | J Goater | Tom Jennings | Frédéric de Lagrange | |
| 1877 | Petrarch | 4 | Tom Cannon | Joseph Cannon | 4th Earl of Lonsdale | |
| 1876 | Apology | 5 | John Osborne, Jr. | John Osborne | Mr Seabrook | |
| 1875 | Doncaster | 5 | George Fordham | Robert Peck | James Merry | |
| 1874 | Boiard | 4 | Carver | Henri Delamarre | ||
| 1873 | Cremorne | 4 | Charles Maidment | William Gilbert | Henry Savile | |
| 1872 | Henry | 4 | George Fordham | Tom Jennings | C. J. Lefevre | |
| 1871 | Mortemer | 6 | George Fordham | Tom Jennings | C. J. Lefevre | |
| 1870 | Sabinus | 3 | R Rowell | J G Hessey | ||
| 1869 | Brigantine | 3 | F Butler | William Day | Sir Frederick Johnstone | |
| 1868 | Blue Gown | 3 | Tom Cannon | John Porter | Sir Joseph Hawley | |
| 1867 | Lecturer | 4 | George Fordham | John Day | 4th Marquess of Hastings | |
| 1866 | Gladiateur | 4 | H Grimshaw | Tom Jennings | Frédéric de Lagrange | |
| 1865 | Ely | 4 | Harry Custance | Tom Olliver | W S Cartwright | |
| 1864 | Scottish Chief | 3 | H Covey | Mathew Dawson | James Merry | |
| 1863 | Buckstone | 4 | A Edwards | Mathew Dawson | James Merry | |
| 1862 | Asteroid | 4 | John Wells | G Manning | Sir Joseph Hawley | |
| 1861 | Thormanby | 4 | Harry Custance | Mathew Dawson | James Merry | |
| 1860 | Rupee | 3 | H Grimshaw | Jos Dawson | 7th Earl of Stamford | |
| 1859 | Fisherman | 6 | W Cresswell | T Parr | F Higgins | |
| 1858 | Fisherman | 5 | John Wells | T Parr | J B Starkey | |
| 1857 | Skirmisher | 3 | J Charlton | George Abdale | 2nd Earl of Zetland | |
| 1856 | Winkfield | 5 | J Bartholomew | S Death | S Walker | |
| 1855 | Fandango | 3 | T Ashmall | George Abdale | 2nd Earl of Zetland | |
| 1854 | West Australian | 4 | Alfred Day | John Scott | 1st Baron Londesborough | |
| 1853 | Teddington | 5 | Job Marson | Alec Taylor, Sr. | John Massey Stanley | |
| 1852 | Joe Miller | 3 | G Mann | William Day | Mr Farrance | |
| 1851 | Woolwich | 5 | Job Marson | John Scott | A Campbell | |
| 1850 | The Flying Dutchman | 4 | Charles Marlow | John Fobert | 13th Earl of Eglinton | |
| 1849 | Van Tromp | 5 | Charles Marlow | John Fobert | 13th Earl of Eglinton | |
| 1848 | The Hero | 5 | Alfred Day | John Barham Day | John Barham Day | |
| 1847 | The Hero | 4 | Alfred Day | John Barham Day | John Barham Day | |
| 1846 | Alarm | 4 | Nat Flatman | Montgomery Dilly | Charles Greville | |
| 1845 | The Emperor | 4 | G Whitehouse | W Edwards | 4th Earl of Albemarle | |
| 1844 | The Emperor | 3 | G Whitehouse | W Edwards | 4th Earl of Albemarle | |
| 1843 | Ralph | 5 | Jem Robinson | W Edwards | 4th Earl of Albemarle | |
| 1842 | Beeswing | 9 | D Cartwright | William Orde | ||
| 1841 | Lanercost | 6 | W Noble | William I’Anson | W Ramsay | |
| 1840 | St Francis | 5 | Sam Chifney, Jr. | Robert Pettit | Robert Pettit | |
| 1839 | Caravan | 5 | Jem Robinson | Isaac Day | Isaac Day | |
| 1838 | Grey Momus | 3 | William Day | John Barham Day | Lord George Bentinck | |
| 1837 | Touchstone | 6 | William Scott | John Scott | 1st Marquess of Westminster | |
| 1836 | Touchstone | 5 | John Barham Day | John Scott | 1st Marquess of Westminster | |
| 1835 | Glencoe | 4 | Jem Robinson | James Edwards | 5th Earl of Jersey | |
| 1834 | Glaucus | 4 | William Scott | John Scott | 6th Earl of Chesterfield | |
| 1833 | Galata | 4 | Bill Arnull | Charles Marson | 2nd Marquess of Exeter | |
| 1832 | Camarine | 4 | Jem Robinson | H Scott | Sir Mark Wood, 2nd Baronet | |
| 1831 | Cetus | 4 | Jem Robinson | H Scott | Sir Mark Wood, 2nd Baronet | |
| 1830 | Lucetta | 4 | Jem Robinson | H Scott | Sir Mark Wood, 2nd Baronet | |
| 1829 | Zinganee | 4 | Sam Chifney, Jr. | William Chifney | 6th Earl of Chesterfield | |
| 1828 | Bobadilla | 3 | Thomas Lye | Robert Pettit | A Molony | |
| 1827 | Memnon | 5 | Sam Chifney, Jr. | William Chifney | Earl of Darlington | |
| 1826 | Chateau Margaux | 4 | George Dockeray | R Stephenson | C Wyndham | |
| 1825 | Bizarre | 5 | Bill Arnull | R D Boyce | Lord G H Cavendish | |
| 1824 | Bizarre | 4 | Bill Arnull | R D Boyce | Lord G H Cavendish | |
| 1823 | Marcellus | 4 | Will Wheatley | William Chifney | Earl of Darlington | |
| 1822 | Sir Huldibrand | 4 | J Ramsbottom | |||
| 1821 | Banker | 5 | W Butler | Duke of York | ||
| 1820 | Champignon | 4 | T A Fraser | |||
| 1819 | Anticipation | 7 | ||||
| 1818 | Belville | 7 | ||||
| 1817 | Sir Richard | 4 | ||||
| 1816 | Anticipation | 4 | ||||
| 1815 | Aladdin | 5 | ||||
| 1814 | Pranks | 5 | ||||
| 1813 | Lutzen | 4 | ||||
| 1812 | Flash | 3 | ||||
| 1811 | Jannette | 4 | ||||
| 1810 | Loiterer | 4 | ||||
| 1809 | Anderida | 4 | ||||
| 1808 | Brighton | 4 | ||||
| 1807 | Master Jackey | 3 |
